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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,301 | Simon Cellan Jones | $26,076,333 | 2 | $13,038,167 |
| 2,302 | Egor Baranov | $26,027,536 | 7 | $3,718,219 |
| 2,303 | Sukumar | $26,017,905 | 4 | $6,504,476 |
| 2,304 | René Cardona, Jr. | $25,998,102 | 2 | $12,999,051 |
| 2,305 | Dominic Cooke | $25,949,118 | 4 | $6,487,280 |
| 2,306 | Scott Mann | $25,919,022 | 4 | $6,479,756 |
| 2,307 | Melville Shavelson | $25,912,624 | 3 | $8,637,541 |
| 2,308 | Zheng Laizhi | $25,910,816 | 4 | $6,477,704 |
| 2,309 | Harald Reinl | $25,900,000 | 3 | $8,633,333 |
| 2,310 | Chris Appelhans | $25,860,000 | 2 | $12,930,000 |
| 2,311 | Sacha Gervasi | $25,828,712 | 5 | $5,165,742 |
| 2,312 | Reema Kagti | $25,795,917 | 2 | $12,897,959 |
| 2,313 | Matthias Schweighofer | $25,753,763 | 4 | $6,438,441 |
| 2,314 | Tim Fywell | $25,732,334 | 2 | $12,866,167 |
| 2,315 | Hiroshi Akabane | $25,644,943 | 10 | $2,564,494 |
| 2,316 | Aki Kaurismaki | $25,632,627 | 4 | $6,408,157 |
| 2,317 | Phil Vischer | $25,608,779 | 1 | $25,608,779 |
| 2,318 | Ed Gass-Donnelly | $25,525,097 | 4 | $6,381,274 |
| 2,319 | Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla | $25,515,605 | 2 | $12,757,803 |
| 2,320 | Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | $25,515,605 | 2 | $12,757,803 |
| 2,321 | Lulu Wang | $25,484,104 | 3 | $8,494,701 |
| 2,322 | Wayne Kramer | $25,482,975 | 4 | $6,370,744 |
| 2,323 | Michael Crichton | $25,473,174 | 6 | $4,245,529 |
| 2,324 | Maria Loohufvud | $25,462,153 | 1 | $25,462,153 |
| 2,325 | Love Martinsen | $25,462,153 | 1 | $25,462,153 |
| 2,326 | J.D. Dillard | $25,453,616 | 4 | $6,363,404 |
| 2,327 | Matthew Chow Hoi-Kwong | $25,441,760 | 1 | $25,441,760 |
| 2,328 | David Charhon | $25,385,741 | 3 | $8,461,914 |
| 2,329 | Mabrouk El Mechri | $25,363,494 | 2 | $12,681,747 |
| 2,330 | Doug Lefler | $25,357,771 | 1 | $25,357,771 |
| 2,331 | David Wnendt | $25,344,264 | 4 | $6,336,066 |
| 2,332 | Hart Bochner | $25,328,592 | 2 | $12,664,296 |
| 2,333 | Steve Loter | $25,320,246 | 1 | $25,320,246 |
| 2,334 | Alexandre de La Patellière | $25,307,405 | 2 | $12,653,703 |
| 2,335 | Je Kyun Yoon (윤제균) | $25,304,092 | 1 | $25,304,092 |
| 2,336 | Timur Vermes | $25,283,394 | 1 | $25,283,394 |
| 2,337 | Claude Lelouch | $25,267,327 | 9 | $2,807,481 |
| 2,338 | Peter Mullan | $25,218,290 | 2 | $12,609,145 |
| 2,339 | Rob Pritts | $25,116,103 | 1 | $25,116,103 |
| 2,340 | Clarence Fok Yiu-leung | $25,040,000 | 1 | $25,040,000 |
| 2,341 | Hajime Hashimoto | $25,023,863 | 3 | $8,341,288 |
| 2,342 | William Peter Blatty | $25,011,739 | 2 | $12,505,870 |
| 2,343 | Al Silliman, Jr. | $25,000,000 | 1 | $25,000,000 |
| 2,344 | Izuru Narushima | $24,981,995 | 7 | $3,568,856 |
| 2,345 | Ulu Grosbard | $24,972,788 | 5 | $4,994,558 |
| 2,346 | Park Noo-ri | $24,945,222 | 1 | $24,945,222 |
| 2,347 | Don Michael Paul | $24,927,588 | 14 | $1,780,542 |
| 2,348 | Sergio Leone | $24,899,900 | 8 | $3,112,488 |
| 2,349 | Wong Ming-Sing | $24,860,818 | 1 | $24,860,818 |
| 2,350 | Kwok Cheung Tsang | $24,859,900 | 1 | $24,859,900 |
| 2,351 | Reinhard Klooss | $24,764,069 | 3 | $8,254,690 |
| 2,352 | Haiyin Qin (秦海燕) | $24,732,804 | 1 | $24,732,804 |
| 2,353 | Erik White | $24,719,879 | 4 | $6,179,970 |
| 2,354 | Don Mancini | $24,716,190 | 3 | $8,238,730 |
| 2,355 | Charles Jarrott | $24,655,822 | 4 | $6,163,956 |
| 2,356 | Ry Russo-Young | $24,654,174 | 4 | $6,163,544 |
| 2,357 | Yang Wu | $24,620,000 | 1 | $24,620,000 |
| 2,358 | Joshua Marston | $24,595,114 | 4 | $6,148,779 |
| 2,359 | Abhinay Deo | $24,510,818 | 4 | $6,127,705 |
| 2,360 | Anika Decker | $24,483,670 | 3 | $8,161,223 |
| 2,361 | Nicholas Ray | $24,483,352 | 3 | $8,161,117 |
| 2,362 | Pitipol Ybarra | $24,465,224 | 6 | $4,077,537 |
| 2,363 | Neeraj Pandey | $24,451,507 | 4 | $6,112,877 |
| 2,364 | Ross Katz | $24,429,284 | 2 | $12,214,642 |
| 2,365 | Cho Jung rae | $24,404,484 | 5 | $4,880,897 |
| 2,366 | Choi Sung-hyun | $24,376,704 | 1 | $24,376,704 |
| 2,367 | Fernando González Molina | $24,375,055 | 5 | $4,875,011 |
| 2,368 | Remi Bezancon | $24,364,748 | 3 | $8,121,583 |
| 2,369 | Vasiliy Rovenskiy | $24,346,994 | 9 | $2,705,222 |
| 2,370 | Mahsun Kirmizigül | $24,288,961 | 4 | $6,072,240 |
| 2,371 | Jeong Yeol Choi | $24,225,992 | 2 | $12,112,996 |
| 2,372 | Wayne Blair | $24,212,392 | 4 | $6,053,098 |
| 2,373 | Jun-hee Han | $24,134,402 | 2 | $12,067,201 |
| 2,374 | Gary Halvorson | $24,114,804 | 18 | $1,339,711 |
| 2,375 | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | $24,107,767 | 4 | $6,026,942 |
| 2,376 | Leslie Small | $24,071,817 | 9 | $2,674,646 |
| 2,377 | Jun-Soo Park | $23,985,356 | 3 | $7,995,119 |
| 2,378 | Marc Fafard | $23,970,431 | 1 | $23,970,431 |
| 2,379 | Patricia Rozema | $23,970,351 | 5 | $4,794,070 |
| 2,380 | Fritz Kiersch | $23,969,329 | 3 | $7,989,776 |
| 2,381 | Philippe Claudel | $23,936,509 | 3 | $7,978,836 |
| 2,382 | Hu Gao (高虎) | $23,927,919 | 1 | $23,927,919 |
| 2,383 | Hideki Ito | $23,913,019 | 1 | $23,913,019 |
| 2,384 | Abdellatif Kechiche | $23,893,645 | 3 | $7,964,548 |
| 2,385 | Wagner de Assis | $23,886,064 | 4 | $5,971,516 |
| 2,386 | Debra Granik | $23,867,192 | 5 | $4,773,438 |
| 2,387 | André De Toth | $23,802,233 | 6 | $3,967,039 |
| 2,388 | Michael Mayer | $23,745,708 | 6 | $3,957,618 |
| 2,389 | Gregg Champion | $23,742,152 | 4 | $5,935,538 |
| 2,390 | Fioria Sigismondi | $23,739,371 | 3 | $7,913,124 |
| 2,391 | John Carl Buechler | $23,736,563 | 3 | $7,912,188 |
| 2,392 | Savage Steve Holland | $23,729,407 | 4 | $5,932,352 |
| 2,393 | Tomohisa Taguchi | $23,722,547 | 4 | $5,930,637 |
| 2,394 | Amy Holden Jones | $23,676,308 | 4 | $5,919,077 |
| 2,395 | Chava Cartas | $23,663,142 | 6 | $3,943,857 |
| 2,396 | Héctor Babenco | $23,630,098 | 5 | $4,726,020 |
| 2,397 | Seth Kearsley | $23,607,202 | 1 | $23,607,202 |
| 2,398 | Akiyuki Shinbo | $23,558,147 | 5 | $4,711,629 |
| 2,399 | Alberto Rodriguez | $23,533,797 | 4 | $5,883,449 |
| 2,400 | Benh Zeitlin | $23,532,256 | 2 | $11,766,128 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.