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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)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
401 Brian Robbins $464,734,306 10 $46,473,431
402 Joseph Ruben $463,461,326 10 $46,346,133
403 Greg Tiernan $461,327,348 5 $92,265,470
404 Patrick Hughes $461,078,413 5 $92,215,683
405 Robert Redford $460,681,656 9 $51,186,851
406 Chiyu Zhang $460,303,199 1 $460,303,199
407 Terry Gilliam $459,711,283 13 $35,362,406
408 Edgar Wright $456,844,280 8 $57,105,535
409 David Hand $455,171,725 4 $113,792,931
410 Les Mayfield $454,924,803 8 $56,865,600
411 Tony Gilroy $454,423,137 3 $151,474,379
412 Kunihiko Yuyama $454,258,059 10 $45,425,806
413 Wolfgang Reitherman $453,835,510 6 $75,639,252
414 Peter Chelsom $453,308,188 12 $37,775,682
415 David R. Ellis $452,842,101 6 $75,473,684
416 Joe Dante $452,559,314 17 $26,621,136
417 Dean Parisot $451,819,609 5 $90,363,922
418 Olivier Megaton $450,102,666 4 $112,525,667
419 Tian Yusheng $449,654,341 2 $224,827,171
420 Joon-ho Bong $449,225,826 8 $56,153,228
421 Chirs Buck $448,191,819 1 $448,191,819
422 Eric Brevig $447,955,627 2 $223,977,814
423 Michael Dougherty $445,116,216 3 $148,372,072
424 Chloé Zhao $444,813,627 5 $88,962,725
425 George Roy Hill $442,398,273 12 $36,866,523
426 Eli Roth $441,724,900 12 $36,810,408
427 S.S. Rajamouli $440,799,882 4 $110,199,971
428 Ariel Schulman $439,792,275 7 $62,827,468
429 Henry Joost $439,792,275 7 $62,827,468
430 George Clooney $438,377,343 9 $48,708,594
431 Roman Polanski $437,540,255 20 $21,877,013
432 Stephen Hopkins $436,549,629 11 $39,686,330
433 Blake Edwards $436,125,330 27 $16,152,790
434 Arthur Hiller $432,875,303 18 $24,048,628
435 Bradley Cooper $432,197,943 2 $216,098,972
436 Victor Fleming $431,228,064 4 $107,807,016
437 Craig Gillespie $430,347,419 8 $53,793,427
438 Joel Zwick $428,453,590 4 $107,113,398
439 John Francis Daley $427,539,531 3 $142,513,177
440 Jonathan Goldstein $427,539,531 3 $142,513,177
441 Jean-Pierre Jeunet $427,054,605 8 $53,381,826
442 Marc Lawrence $426,607,649 5 $85,321,530
443 George P. Cosmatos $424,545,859 8 $53,068,232
444 Adil El Arbi $424,534,411 4 $106,133,603
445 Bilall Fallah $424,534,411 4 $106,133,603
446 Alex Kurtzman $422,571,377 2 $211,285,689
447 Jimmy Hayward $420,887,654 3 $140,295,885
448 Hamilton Luske $418,640,749 7 $59,805,821
449 Josh Gordon $417,742,955 5 $83,548,591
450 Will Speck $417,742,955 5 $83,548,591
451 Wang Baoqiang $414,484,500 2 $207,242,250
452 Brian Helgeland $413,704,605 6 $68,950,768
453 Frank Darabont $413,616,487 5 $82,723,297
454 David Soren $413,319,527 3 $137,773,176
455 Jason Friedberg $413,130,983 10 $41,313,098
456 Lawrence Guterman $413,076,285 3 $137,692,095
457 Steve Oedekerk $412,611,461 4 $103,152,865
458 Sam Wood $408,316,513 5 $81,663,303
459 Ben Wheatley $408,139,364 12 $34,011,614
460 Lawrence Kasdan $406,557,149 11 $36,959,741
461 Bruce Beresford $405,539,259 29 $13,984,112
462 Mikael Hafstrom $405,268,356 9 $45,029,817
463 Michael Lembeck $404,918,010 10 $40,491,801
464 Pedro Almodovar $403,599,498 26 $15,523,058
465 Thor Freudenthal $403,355,217 4 $100,838,804
466 Tyler Gillett $403,020,649 9 $44,780,072
467 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin $403,020,649 9 $44,780,072
468 Mike Thurmeier $402,156,682 1 $402,156,682
469 Ken Kwapis $401,624,979 10 $40,162,498
470 Leonard Nimoy $401,387,573 6 $66,897,929
471 Bibo Bergeron $398,741,342 2 $199,370,671
472 Stanley Tong $398,038,678 8 $49,754,835
473 Simon Wells $397,949,526 7 $56,849,932
474 Stanley Kubrick $395,618,246 12 $32,968,187
475 Mike Gabriel $394,531,461 2 $197,265,731
476 Mel Brooks $393,154,574 10 $39,315,457
477 Xing Wenxiong $393,014,816 1 $393,014,816
478 Cate Shortland $384,474,052 4 $96,118,513
479 Stephen Daldry $384,079,560 8 $48,009,945
480 Brian Fee $383,541,369 1 $383,541,369
481 John Hamburg $382,793,278 5 $76,558,656
482 Adam Robitel $382,401,790 4 $95,600,448
483 Sidney Lumet $381,456,377 29 $13,153,668
484 Jill Culton $380,600,906 2 $190,300,453
485 Albert Hughes $379,227,500 7 $54,175,357
486 Kathryn Bigelow $378,863,264 9 $42,095,918
487 Sam Fell $377,959,105 4 $94,489,776
488 John Pasquin $376,239,359 4 $94,059,840
489 Bob Persichetti $375,464,627 1 $375,464,627
490 Rodney Rothman $375,464,627 1 $375,464,627
491 Pierre Morel $375,092,713 9 $41,676,968
492 Kirk Jones $373,717,279 5 $74,743,456
493 Don Bluth $369,755,472 10 $36,975,547
494 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck $368,977,367 3 $122,992,456
495 Michel Gondry $368,690,684 13 $28,360,822
496 Stephen Gaghan $368,597,728 5 $73,719,546
497 Tom Dey $368,437,431 5 $73,687,486
498 Richard Curtis $368,250,509 4 $92,062,627
499 Simon J. Smith $366,942,531 1 $366,942,531
500 Lu Yang $366,917,797 3 $122,305,932

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.