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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)BETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Directors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.

Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
2,101 Kelong Li $37,969,932 7 $5,424,276
2,102 Alain Gsponer $37,950,786 5 $7,590,157
2,103 Jerry Schatzberg $37,934,354 5 $7,586,871
2,104 Paul Bolger $37,923,818 1 $37,923,818
2,105 Yvette Kaplan $37,923,818 1 $37,923,818
2,106 Russell Crowe $37,920,754 2 $18,960,377
2,107 Dapeng Zhang $37,903,035 3 $12,634,345
2,108 Vincenzo Natali $37,726,330 6 $6,287,722
2,109 Ed Herzog $37,644,339 7 $5,377,763
2,110 Ashutosh Gowariker $37,640,553 5 $7,528,111
2,111 Leo McCarey $37,605,246 7 $5,372,178
2,112 Alan Myerson $37,576,774 2 $18,788,387
2,113 Salvatore Ficarra $37,557,767 3 $12,519,256
2,114 Kôjirô Hashimoto $37,538,344 3 $12,512,781
2,115 Martin Weisz $37,466,538 2 $18,733,269
2,116 Farhan Akhtar $37,345,849 4 $9,336,462
2,117 Derrick Borte $37,340,228 5 $7,468,046
2,118 Gilles Lellouche $37,279,675 3 $12,426,558
2,119 Alexandre de La Patellière $37,267,840 2 $18,633,920
2,120 Ulu Grosbard $37,172,788 6 $6,195,465
2,121 David S.F. Wilson $37,163,054 1 $37,163,054
2,122 Thomas Gilou $37,160,289 2 $18,580,145
2,123 Pang Ho-cheung $37,152,743 4 $9,288,186
2,124 Daniel St. Pierre $37,108,370 2 $18,554,185
2,125 John Wayne $37,107,027 3 $12,369,009
2,126 Fung Chih-chiang $37,092,694 2 $18,546,347
2,127 Imtiaz Ali $37,083,774 6 $6,180,629
2,128 Youyin Wu $37,064,009 2 $18,532,005
2,129 Gary Sinyor $36,983,266 3 $12,327,755
2,130 Jeffrey Nachmanoff $36,919,653 2 $18,459,827
2,131 Nicholas Jarecki $36,913,218 2 $18,456,609
2,132 Kurt Wimmer $36,848,908 3 $12,282,969
2,133 Damian Harris $36,787,448 4 $9,196,862
2,134 Ellory Elkayem $36,722,311 3 $12,240,770
2,135 Brandon Camp $36,718,347 3 $12,239,449
2,136 Drew Hancock $36,709,101 1 $36,709,101
2,137 Zhi Li $36,670,000 2 $18,335,000
2,138 Kay Pollack $36,571,042 2 $18,285,521
2,139 David Yarovesky $36,547,039 3 $12,182,346
2,140 Won-Chan Hong $36,521,377 2 $18,260,689
2,141 Stephen Kessler $36,509,156 2 $18,254,578
2,142 Ueli Steiger $36,489,888 1 $36,489,888
2,143 Clive Barker $36,429,925 3 $12,143,308
2,144 Patrick Read Johnson $36,414,766 5 $7,282,953
2,145 Gene Kelly $36,108,213 2 $18,054,107
2,146 Jeff Pollack $36,093,386 2 $18,046,693
2,147 Josh Greenbaum $36,030,254 7 $5,147,179
2,148 Nat Faxon $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
2,149 Jim Rash $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
2,150 Choi Kook-Hee $36,010,953 2 $18,005,477
2,151 Don Chaffey $36,000,000 3 $12,000,000
2,152 Kentarô Ôtani $36,000,000 1 $36,000,000
2,153 Naoko Yamada $35,973,099 4 $8,993,275
2,154 Tetsuo Yajima $35,927,170 2 $17,963,585
2,155 Ryo Tanaka $35,762,324 5 $7,152,465
2,156 Liesl Tommy $35,752,851 1 $35,752,851
2,157 Luis Prieto $35,721,975 4 $8,930,494
2,158 Willard Huyck $35,561,076 3 $11,853,692
2,159 Nicole Holofcener $35,550,663 4 $8,887,666
2,160 Zhuo Chen (陈卓) $35,523,265 3 $11,841,088
2,161 Mitsuo Fukuda $35,418,211 1 $35,418,211
2,162 Laurent Cantet $35,417,660 5 $7,083,532
2,163 Bill Paxton $35,415,546 2 $17,707,773
2,164 Jesse Peretz $35,367,029 3 $11,789,010
2,165 Jie Han $35,327,718 1 $35,327,718
2,166 Dev Patel $35,271,631 2 $17,635,816
2,167 Ahn Sang-hoon $35,203,902 3 $11,734,634
2,168 Faruk Aksoy $35,172,116 4 $8,793,029
2,169 Des McAnuff $35,129,610 4 $8,782,403
2,170 Shigeaki Kubo $35,129,395 3 $11,709,798
2,171 Henry King $35,084,934 7 $5,012,133
2,172 Armando Iannucci $35,062,218 2 $17,531,109
2,173 Xu Jizhou $35,045,171 1 $35,045,171
2,174 Joe Layton $34,970,309 1 $34,970,309
2,175 Wei Xu (徐伟) $34,960,927 4 $8,740,232
2,176 Haolin Song $34,939,739 3 $11,646,580
2,177 Martin Lawrence $34,873,513 1 $34,873,513
2,178 Mike Hodges $34,797,126 7 $4,971,018
2,179 Atom Egoyan $34,782,353 13 $2,675,566
2,180 Joe Cornish $34,756,166 3 $11,585,389
2,181 Giddens Ko $34,637,134 4 $8,659,284
2,182 Bruce Robinson $34,621,666 4 $8,655,417
2,183 Shin-Yeon Won $34,518,596 1 $34,518,596
2,184 Michael Lockshin $34,516,377 3 $11,505,459
2,185 Arthur Benzaquen $34,510,866 1 $34,510,866
2,186 Elia Kazan $34,468,396 15 $2,297,893
2,187 Wayne Thornley $34,454,336 1 $34,454,336
2,188 Gilles Paquet-Brenner $34,452,023 3 $11,484,008
2,189 Norihiro Koizumi $34,440,523 5 $6,888,105
2,190 Peng Sanyuan $34,432,439 1 $34,432,439
2,191 Yoshihiro Osugi $34,395,038 1 $34,395,038
2,192 Chi-Leung Law $34,382,995 4 $8,595,749
2,193 Bud Yorkin $34,362,438 5 $6,872,488
2,194 James Signorelli $34,309,766 2 $17,154,883
2,195 Andrew Jay Cohen $34,284,504 1 $34,284,504
2,196 Richard Pryor $34,190,926 2 $17,095,463
2,197 Jin Mo-young $34,100,278 1 $34,100,278
2,198 Robert Connolly $34,091,425 6 $5,681,904
2,199 Takahiko Kyogoku $34,087,399 2 $17,043,700
2,200 Loren Bouchard $34,074,480 1 $34,074,480

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.