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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Pupi Avati | $8,293,446 | 7 | $1,184,778 |
| 3,902 | Shinobu Yaguchi | $8,286,941 | 4 | $2,071,735 |
| 3,903 | Fei Tong Ka (唐家辉) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 3,904 | William Oldroyd | $8,278,669 | 2 | $4,139,335 |
| 3,905 | Gia Coppola | $8,273,299 | 4 | $2,068,325 |
| 3,906 | Linshan Zhao | $8,264,881 | 2 | $4,132,441 |
| 3,907 | Laura Poitras | $8,263,299 | 6 | $1,377,217 |
| 3,908 | Joachim Masannek | $8,260,647 | 3 | $2,753,549 |
| 3,909 | Oliver Daly | $8,259,753 | 1 | $8,259,753 |
| 3,910 | Peter Masterson | $8,255,200 | 3 | $2,751,733 |
| 3,911 | Declan Lowney | $8,253,426 | 1 | $8,253,426 |
| 3,912 | Joan Freeman | $8,253,123 | 2 | $4,126,562 |
| 3,913 | Michael Corrente | $8,249,736 | 2 | $4,124,868 |
| 3,914 | Tigmanshu Dhulia | $8,246,224 | 6 | $1,374,371 |
| 3,915 | Markus Imhoof | $8,244,071 | 2 | $4,122,036 |
| 3,916 | Xu Haofeng | $8,244,057 | 2 | $4,122,029 |
| 3,917 | Lin Yu-Hsien | $8,237,942 | 2 | $4,118,971 |
| 3,918 | Wil Shriner | $8,224,998 | 1 | $8,224,998 |
| 3,919 | Sergey Korotaev | $8,221,931 | 1 | $8,221,931 |
| 3,920 | Jong-Eon Lee | $8,216,550 | 1 | $8,216,550 |
| 3,921 | Mitch Davis | $8,198,229 | 5 | $1,639,646 |
| 3,922 | Edoardo Leo | $8,191,676 | 7 | $1,170,239 |
| 3,923 | Yaron Zilberman | $8,181,982 | 2 | $4,090,991 |
| 3,924 | Soo-hoon Kim | $8,172,347 | 2 | $4,086,174 |
| 3,925 | Zhijia Cui (崔志佳) | $8,163,728 | 2 | $4,081,864 |
| 3,926 | Minho Jo | $8,148,634 | 1 | $8,148,634 |
| 3,927 | Edouard Molinaro | $8,147,968 | 5 | $1,629,594 |
| 3,928 | Joseph Cedar | $8,147,559 | 2 | $4,073,780 |
| 3,929 | Jemaine Clement | $8,137,272 | 1 | $8,137,272 |
| 3,930 | Jez Butterworth | $8,130,727 | 1 | $8,130,727 |
| 3,931 | Roman Karimov | $8,128,971 | 6 | $1,354,829 |
| 3,932 | Ketan Mehta | $8,127,331 | 2 | $4,063,666 |
| 3,933 | Dean Semler | $8,123,860 | 2 | $4,061,930 |
| 3,934 | Nelson Dilipkumar | $8,110,931 | 3 | $2,703,644 |
| 3,935 | Fernando Colomo | $8,107,766 | 6 | $1,351,294 |
| 3,936 | Rachel Morrison | $8,104,328 | 2 | $4,052,164 |
| 3,937 | Valerie Lemercier | $8,103,397 | 2 | $4,051,699 |
| 3,938 | Franck Khalfoun | $8,093,358 | 6 | $1,348,893 |
| 3,939 | Ahmet Katıksız | $8,063,733 | 2 | $4,031,867 |
| 3,940 | Daniela Goggi | $8,058,593 | 2 | $4,029,297 |
| 3,941 | Fumihiko Sori | $8,053,641 | 2 | $4,026,821 |
| 3,942 | Esmé Lammers | $8,040,606 | 1 | $8,040,606 |
| 3,943 | Chris Eyre | $8,036,476 | 4 | $2,009,119 |
| 3,944 | Roel Reine | $8,034,455 | 17 | $472,615 |
| 3,945 | Étienne Chatiliez | $8,033,866 | 2 | $4,016,933 |
| 3,946 | Tomokazu Yamada | $8,024,530 | 1 | $8,024,530 |
| 3,947 | Pasha Patriki | $8,023,159 | 1 | $8,023,159 |
| 3,948 | Dani Levy | $8,005,512 | 2 | $4,002,756 |
| 3,949 | Adam Elliot | $8,001,365 | 2 | $4,000,683 |
| 3,950 | R.S. Prasanna | $8,000,881 | 2 | $4,000,441 |
| 3,951 | Jacques Tourneur | $8,000,258 | 8 | $1,000,032 |
| 3,952 | Norman Z. McLeod | $8,000,208 | 11 | $727,292 |
| 3,953 | Ralph Levy | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,954 | Stuart Paton | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,955 | Stuart Millar | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,956 | Albert Maysles | $7,978,398 | 4 | $1,994,600 |
| 3,957 | Alice Rohrwacher | $7,973,806 | 5 | $1,594,761 |
| 3,958 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | $7,973,314 | 12 | $664,443 |
| 3,959 | Patrick Imbert | $7,972,921 | 2 | $3,986,461 |
| 3,960 | Hitoshi Matsumoto | $7,970,921 | 2 | $3,985,461 |
| 3,961 | Guillaume Ivernel | $7,965,121 | 2 | $3,982,561 |
| 3,962 | Zhang Zhiyi | $7,965,121 | 1 | $7,965,121 |
| 3,963 | Tom DeSimone | $7,964,557 | 3 | $2,654,852 |
| 3,964 | Philip Yung | $7,963,867 | 2 | $3,981,934 |
| 3,965 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $7,942,355 | 5 | $1,588,471 |
| 3,966 | Donato Carrisi | $7,942,183 | 3 | $2,647,394 |
| 3,967 | Rensil D'silva | $7,938,155 | 2 | $3,969,078 |
| 3,968 | Jeff Zimbalist | $7,936,913 | 6 | $1,322,819 |
| 3,969 | Armando de Boer | $7,924,465 | 5 | $1,584,893 |
| 3,970 | Erwin van den Eshof | $7,924,385 | 9 | $880,487 |
| 3,971 | Liz Clare | $7,912,443 | 1 | $7,912,443 |
| 3,972 | Adam Anders | $7,905,395 | 1 | $7,905,395 |
| 3,973 | Fuga Yamashiro | $7,905,171 | 2 | $3,952,586 |
| 3,974 | Yin Li | $7,900,000 | 1 | $7,900,000 |
| 3,975 | Satoshi Morota | $7,897,263 | 1 | $7,897,263 |
| 3,976 | Bowen Liu (刘博文) | $7,895,937 | 1 | $7,895,937 |
| 3,977 | Jin Soon Lim | $7,892,361 | 2 | $3,946,181 |
| 3,978 | Scott Wiper | $7,887,105 | 3 | $2,629,035 |
| 3,979 | Xavier Gens | $7,886,563 | 7 | $1,126,652 |
| 3,980 | Jeff Blyth | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 3,981 | Rebecca Miller | $7,875,853 | 3 | $2,625,284 |
| 3,982 | Pan Anzi | $7,871,627 | 1 | $7,871,627 |
| 3,983 | Michael Zimbalist | $7,869,939 | 4 | $1,967,485 |
| 3,984 | Pieter Jan Brugge | $7,863,875 | 1 | $7,863,875 |
| 3,985 | Naoki Miyahara | $7,861,536 | 1 | $7,861,536 |
| 3,986 | Saiji Yakumo | $7,858,150 | 2 | $3,929,075 |
| 3,987 | Ethan Wiley | $7,854,176 | 3 | $2,618,059 |
| 3,988 | Seong hun Kim | $7,844,292 | 2 | $3,922,146 |
| 3,989 | Lauren Lazin | $7,830,850 | 2 | $3,915,425 |
| 3,990 | Charles Ferguson | $7,828,490 | 3 | $2,609,497 |
| 3,991 | Michael Noer | $7,826,841 | 3 | $2,608,947 |
| 3,992 | Marc Munden | $7,821,502 | 3 | $2,607,167 |
| 3,993 | Christian Vincent | $7,820,203 | 2 | $3,910,102 |
| 3,994 | Allan Dwan | $7,803,339 | 5 | $1,560,668 |
| 3,995 | Alexandre Boury | $7,802,639 | 2 | $3,901,320 |
| 3,996 | Courtney Hunt | $7,802,621 | 2 | $3,901,311 |
| 3,997 | Sergei Ursuliak | $7,800,584 | 1 | $7,800,584 |
| 3,998 | Jean-Claude Tramont | $7,800,000 | 1 | $7,800,000 |
| 3,999 | James Griffiths | $7,794,339 | 2 | $3,897,170 |
| 4,000 | Paolo Costella | $7,792,325 | 5 | $1,558,465 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.