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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,401 | John Carl Buechler | $23,736,563 | 3 | $7,912,188 |
| 2,402 | Savage Steve Holland | $23,729,407 | 4 | $5,932,352 |
| 2,403 | Tomohisa Taguchi | $23,722,547 | 4 | $5,930,637 |
| 2,404 | Amy Holden Jones | $23,676,308 | 4 | $5,919,077 |
| 2,405 | Chava Cartas | $23,663,142 | 6 | $3,943,857 |
| 2,406 | Héctor Babenco | $23,630,098 | 5 | $4,726,020 |
| 2,407 | Seth Kearsley | $23,607,202 | 1 | $23,607,202 |
| 2,408 | Akiyuki Shinbo | $23,558,147 | 5 | $4,711,629 |
| 2,409 | Alberto Rodriguez | $23,533,797 | 4 | $5,883,449 |
| 2,410 | Benh Zeitlin | $23,532,256 | 2 | $11,766,128 |
| 2,411 | Hitoshi Ône | $23,414,354 | 1 | $23,414,354 |
| 2,412 | Tinto Brass | $23,401,066 | 2 | $11,700,533 |
| 2,413 | Bob Guccione | $23,400,000 | 1 | $23,400,000 |
| 2,414 | Giancarlo Lui | $23,400,000 | 1 | $23,400,000 |
| 2,415 | Yûichirô Hirakawa | $23,382,313 | 5 | $4,676,463 |
| 2,416 | Soon-rye Yim | $23,352,404 | 3 | $7,784,135 |
| 2,417 | Thomas Lilti | $23,272,834 | 4 | $5,818,209 |
| 2,418 | Graham Baker | $23,237,716 | 2 | $11,618,858 |
| 2,419 | Bruno Barreto | $23,205,874 | 9 | $2,578,430 |
| 2,420 | Jay Sandrich | $23,200,000 | 1 | $23,200,000 |
| 2,421 | Yang Feng | $23,193,657 | 2 | $11,596,829 |
| 2,422 | Mike Schwartz | $23,191,551 | 2 | $11,595,776 |
| 2,423 | Tyler Nilson | $23,191,551 | 2 | $11,595,776 |
| 2,424 | Zhuo Chen (陈卓) | $23,125,794 | 2 | $11,562,897 |
| 2,425 | Robert Vincent O’Neil | $23,111,351 | 2 | $11,555,676 |
| 2,426 | Joe Nussbaum | $23,060,391 | 3 | $7,686,797 |
| 2,427 | Ice Cube | $23,047,939 | 1 | $23,047,939 |
| 2,428 | Toichiro Ruto | $23,028,987 | 4 | $5,757,247 |
| 2,429 | Cord Jefferson | $23,026,243 | 1 | $23,026,243 |
| 2,430 | Joseph Sargent | $22,991,033 | 6 | $3,831,839 |
| 2,431 | Volfango De Biasi | $22,987,056 | 7 | $3,283,865 |
| 2,432 | Arna Selznick | $22,934,000 | 1 | $22,934,000 |
| 2,433 | Ken-Guan Chiu | $22,930,000 | 1 | $22,930,000 |
| 2,434 | George Bowers | $22,918,816 | 3 | $7,639,605 |
| 2,435 | Carter Smith | $22,910,563 | 4 | $5,727,641 |
| 2,436 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga | $22,907,304 | 3 | $7,635,768 |
| 2,437 | RZA | $22,883,895 | 3 | $7,627,965 |
| 2,438 | Marc Rocco | $22,861,819 | 3 | $7,620,606 |
| 2,439 | Daniel Sackheim | $22,861,785 | 1 | $22,861,785 |
| 2,440 | Franco Amurri | $22,820,654 | 2 | $11,410,327 |
| 2,441 | Sebastian Lelio | $22,819,076 | 6 | $3,803,179 |
| 2,442 | Yan Jia | $22,799,838 | 1 | $22,799,838 |
| 2,443 | Nadia Tass | $22,777,032 | 4 | $5,694,258 |
| 2,444 | Roman Prygunov | $22,695,549 | 4 | $5,673,887 |
| 2,445 | Jin-gyu Cho | $22,655,723 | 1 | $22,655,723 |
| 2,446 | Nisha Ganatra | $22,640,614 | 4 | $5,660,154 |
| 2,447 | Ludovic Bernard | $22,638,375 | 6 | $3,773,063 |
| 2,448 | Nicolas Philibert | $22,633,705 | 6 | $3,772,284 |
| 2,449 | John Sturges | $22,624,982 | 14 | $1,616,070 |
| 2,450 | Kenneth Johnson | $22,568,429 | 2 | $11,284,215 |
| 2,451 | Byron Paul | $22,565,634 | 1 | $22,565,634 |
| 2,452 | Robert Duvall | $22,560,647 | 3 | $7,520,216 |
| 2,453 | Tomasz Konecki | $22,553,791 | 3 | $7,517,930 |
| 2,454 | Jingle Ma | $22,548,305 | 2 | $11,274,153 |
| 2,455 | Trey Edward Shults | $22,440,789 | 3 | $7,480,263 |
| 2,456 | Mark Brown | $22,391,450 | 2 | $11,195,725 |
| 2,457 | B.W.L. Norton | $22,376,095 | 2 | $11,188,048 |
| 2,458 | Fei Xing | $22,369,964 | 1 | $22,369,964 |
| 2,459 | Jean-Francois Pouliot | $22,362,046 | 5 | $4,472,409 |
| 2,460 | Anthony Harvey | $22,295,024 | 4 | $5,573,756 |
| 2,461 | Adrienne Shelly | $22,217,183 | 1 | $22,217,183 |
| 2,462 | Cem Yilmaz | $22,203,546 | 5 | $4,440,709 |
| 2,463 | Oz Perkins | $22,196,001 | 6 | $3,699,334 |
| 2,464 | Katja von Garnier | $22,184,591 | 6 | $3,697,432 |
| 2,465 | John Bonito | $22,165,608 | 1 | $22,165,608 |
| 2,466 | Delbert Mann | $22,148,927 | 3 | $7,382,976 |
| 2,467 | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | $22,135,935 | 4 | $5,533,984 |
| 2,468 | Jeremy Leven | $22,124,036 | 2 | $11,062,018 |
| 2,469 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | $22,122,107 | 7 | $3,160,301 |
| 2,470 | Gordon Parks | $22,121,618 | 3 | $7,373,873 |
| 2,471 | Franck Dubosc | $22,117,346 | 2 | $11,058,673 |
| 2,472 | Bowen Han | $22,114,909 | 1 | $22,114,909 |
| 2,473 | Reggie Rock Blythewood | $22,105,310 | 1 | $22,105,310 |
| 2,474 | Charles E. Bastien | $22,098,272 | 8 | $2,762,284 |
| 2,475 | Sam Akina | $22,089,631 | 3 | $7,363,210 |
| 2,476 | William Lustig | $22,077,887 | 6 | $3,679,648 |
| 2,477 | Gaz Alazraki | $22,073,311 | 2 | $11,036,656 |
| 2,478 | Cheng Zhonghao | $22,070,284 | 2 | $11,035,142 |
| 2,479 | Ann Hui | $22,014,720 | 4 | $5,503,680 |
| 2,480 | Kamil Cetin | $22,004,514 | 7 | $3,143,502 |
| 2,481 | Kim Hyung-Joo | $21,920,589 | 2 | $10,960,295 |
| 2,482 | Bruce Malmuth | $21,915,505 | 2 | $10,957,753 |
| 2,483 | Nick Hurran | $21,911,585 | 3 | $7,303,862 |
| 2,484 | Jun'ichi Ishikawa | $21,876,984 | 2 | $10,938,492 |
| 2,485 | Roger Mitchell | $21,842,468 | 2 | $10,921,234 |
| 2,486 | James Toback | $21,814,005 | 6 | $3,635,668 |
| 2,487 | Rosalind Ross | $21,799,053 | 1 | $21,799,053 |
| 2,488 | Jamel Aattache | $21,777,401 | 7 | $3,111,057 |
| 2,489 | Han Jaerim | $21,775,622 | 2 | $10,887,811 |
| 2,490 | Siva Koratala | $21,763,650 | 3 | $7,254,550 |
| 2,491 | Martin Davidson | $21,712,845 | 3 | $7,237,615 |
| 2,492 | Ray Kellogg | $21,707,027 | 1 | $21,707,027 |
| 2,493 | Robert M. Young | $21,674,069 | 6 | $3,612,345 |
| 2,494 | Tommy Lee Jones | $21,672,045 | 2 | $10,836,023 |
| 2,495 | Peter Kosminsky | $21,657,770 | 2 | $10,828,885 |
| 2,496 | Lynne Ramsay | $21,656,564 | 2 | $10,828,282 |
| 2,497 | Jean-Claude Van Damme | $21,607,190 | 1 | $21,607,190 |
| 2,498 | Jeff Lowell | $21,596,074 | 1 | $21,596,074 |
| 2,499 | Maksim Sveshnikov | $21,593,623 | 4 | $5,398,406 |
| 2,500 | Joachim Roenning | $21,572,102 | 1 | $21,572,102 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.