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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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
3,001 Xavier Giannoli $13,723,092 3 $4,574,364
3,002 Michel Leclerc $13,718,666 4 $3,429,667
3,003 Joann Sfar $13,711,694 4 $3,427,924
3,004 Kankurô Kudô $13,699,654 1 $13,699,654
3,005 Audrey Dana $13,690,904 3 $4,563,635
3,006 Werner Boote $13,689,039 2 $6,844,520
3,007 Tuck Tucker $13,684,949 1 $13,684,949
3,008 Adam Rifkin $13,676,212 7 $1,953,745
3,009 Martin Provost $13,655,451 4 $3,413,863
3,010 Tatsuyuki Nagai $13,640,711 3 $4,546,904
3,011 Tom Sito $13,596,911 1 $13,596,911
3,012 Piet Kroon $13,596,911 1 $13,596,911
3,013 Jonathan Darby $13,587,246 1 $13,587,246
3,014 Sang-il Lee $13,584,919 2 $6,792,460
3,015 Vladimir Kott $13,580,124 8 $1,697,516
3,016 Steve James $13,577,227 7 $1,939,604
3,017 Dae-gyu Kang $13,566,238 1 $13,566,238
3,018 Gregory Poirier $13,558,739 1 $13,558,739
3,019 Sylvia Chang $13,535,278 3 $4,511,759
3,020 David Helling $13,506,715 1 $13,506,715
3,021 Pascal Bourdiaux $13,490,197 4 $3,372,549
3,022 Luis Eduardo Reyes $13,485,868 6 $2,247,645
3,023 Jeremy Sims $13,476,063 4 $3,369,016
3,024 Il-hyeong Cho $13,450,193 1 $13,450,193
3,025 Cheng Zhang $13,400,000 2 $6,700,000
3,026 Jacob Schwarz $13,388,000 2 $6,694,000
3,027 Margarethe Von Trotta $13,371,582 6 $2,228,597
3,028 Tim Wardle $13,367,948 1 $13,367,948
3,029 Ye Lou $13,365,309 4 $3,341,327
3,030 Li Shaohong $13,355,086 2 $6,677,543
3,031 Masanori Hata $13,349,107 1 $13,349,107
3,032 Kon Ichikawa $13,349,107 4 $3,337,277
3,033 Emma Seligman $13,316,840 2 $6,658,420
3,034 Drew Pearce $13,316,627 1 $13,316,627
3,035 Mel Damski $13,300,393 10 $1,330,039
3,036 Jason Bloom $13,294,762 2 $6,647,381
3,037 Matt Brown $13,286,220 2 $6,643,110
3,038 Gauri Shinde $13,263,054 2 $6,631,527
3,039 Hing Fan Wong $13,235,014 2 $6,617,507
3,040 Doug Aarniokoski $13,205,460 4 $3,301,365
3,041 Pil Kam sung $13,188,333 1 $13,188,333
3,042 Jeffery Scott Lando $13,159,201 2 $6,579,601
3,043 Alexandre Castagnetti $13,145,736 4 $3,286,434
3,044 Kordian Piwowarski $13,133,367 1 $13,133,367
3,045 Jean-Claude Lord $13,121,713 3 $4,373,904
3,046 Jim Kouf $13,116,922 2 $6,558,461
3,047 Sergey Mokritsky $13,114,945 3 $4,371,648
3,048 John Hough $13,110,874 4 $3,277,719
3,049 Ron Maxwell $13,095,676 2 $6,547,838
3,050 Viktor Shamirov $13,083,774 3 $4,361,258
3,051 Lucien Jean-Baptiste $13,075,771 2 $6,537,886
3,052 Toru Murakawa $13,074,758 1 $13,074,758
3,053 Cagan Irmak $13,070,411 6 $2,178,402
3,054 Lu Jinming $13,061,075 2 $6,530,538
3,055 Tsutomu Mizushima $13,059,901 6 $2,176,650
3,056 Lajos Koltai $13,042,305 2 $6,521,153
3,057 François Desagnat $13,017,756 3 $4,339,252
3,058 Joel Oliansky $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
3,059 Svyatoslav Podgayevskiy $12,971,246 5 $2,594,249
3,060 Chayanop Boonprakob $12,964,399 2 $6,482,200
3,061 Jong-ho Huh $12,926,371 2 $6,463,186
3,062 Mike Schaerer $12,923,668 1 $12,923,668
3,063 Malik Bendjelloul $12,902,501 1 $12,902,501
3,064 Lance Hool $12,896,229 4 $3,224,057
3,065 Scott Christian Sava $12,877,422 1 $12,877,422
3,066 Tony Bancroft $12,877,422 2 $6,438,711
3,067 Marcel Langereger $12,850,033 1 $12,850,033
3,068 Hiroyuki Imaishi $12,845,911 2 $6,422,956
3,069 Hu Yang $12,844,326 3 $4,281,442
3,070 Gaspar Noe $12,841,811 8 $1,605,226
3,071 Jerry Zaks $12,803,305 1 $12,803,305
3,072 Konstantin Biryukov $12,799,769 1 $12,799,769
3,073 Jeffrey Blitz $12,790,500 3 $4,263,500
3,074 Li Xiao Feng $12,770,000 1 $12,770,000
3,075 Robert Harling $12,767,815 1 $12,767,815
3,076 Yukihiro Miyamoto $12,762,048 2 $6,381,024
3,077 Robert Klane $12,741,891 1 $12,741,891
3,078 Fan Lixin $12,708,946 3 $4,236,315
3,079 Cyrus Nowrasteh $12,678,701 3 $4,226,234
3,080 Rob Marcarelli $12,678,312 1 $12,678,312
3,081 Bryan Barber $12,669,914 2 $6,334,957
3,082 Darrell Roodt $12,669,576 6 $2,111,596
3,083 Massimiliano Bruno $12,669,534 5 $2,533,907
3,084 Yûichi Satô $12,658,917 3 $4,219,639
3,085 Ute von Munchow-Pohl $12,658,768 4 $3,164,692
3,086 Linda Mendoza $12,657,377 4 $3,164,344
3,087 Missy Tadjedin $12,646,519 1 $12,646,519
3,088 Abel Lanzac $12,639,190 1 $12,639,190
3,089 Jacob Chase $12,624,174 1 $12,624,174
3,090 Lee David Zlotoff $12,592,203 1 $12,592,203
3,091 Robert Young $12,571,101 4 $3,142,775
3,092 Marta Ferencova $12,557,703 7 $1,793,958
3,093 Theodore Witcher $12,554,569 1 $12,554,569
3,094 Zalman King $12,547,397 4 $3,136,849
3,095 Stuart Connelly $12,525,348 1 $12,525,348
3,096 Daniel Taplitz $12,512,317 1 $12,512,317
3,097 Karen Arthur $12,500,000 2 $6,250,000
3,098 Akshay Roy $12,498,298 1 $12,498,298
3,099 Jung-bae Park $12,490,420 1 $12,490,420
3,100 Eric Tosti $12,484,183 2 $6,242,092

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.