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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,301 | Huang Lei | $6,291,992 | 2 | $3,145,996 |
| 4,302 | Casey La Scala | $6,289,232 | 2 | $3,144,616 |
| 4,303 | John Wax | $6,288,085 | 2 | $3,144,043 |
| 4,304 | Jean-Pascal Zadi | $6,288,085 | 3 | $2,096,028 |
| 4,305 | Marc Abraham | $6,280,541 | 2 | $3,140,271 |
| 4,306 | Colm Bairéad | $6,279,739 | 1 | $6,279,739 |
| 4,307 | Shangming Cai (蔡尚铭) | $6,268,952 | 2 | $3,134,476 |
| 4,308 | Glendyn Ivin | $6,262,056 | 2 | $3,131,028 |
| 4,309 | Juana Macias | $6,259,085 | 5 | $1,251,817 |
| 4,310 | Hettie Macdonald | $6,246,971 | 1 | $6,246,971 |
| 4,311 | Agnès Jaoui | $6,240,467 | 2 | $3,120,234 |
| 4,312 | Zhijiang Liu | $6,240,000 | 1 | $6,240,000 |
| 4,313 | Rhys Frake-Waterfield | $6,235,845 | 5 | $1,247,169 |
| 4,314 | Craig Macneill | $6,229,712 | 4 | $1,557,428 |
| 4,315 | Antonia Bird | $6,228,251 | 2 | $3,114,126 |
| 4,316 | Jacky Gan | $6,225,444 | 1 | $6,225,444 |
| 4,317 | Anne de Clercq | $6,216,366 | 3 | $2,072,122 |
| 4,318 | Hermine Huntgeburth | $6,214,682 | 1 | $6,214,682 |
| 4,319 | Jeymes Samuel | $6,213,285 | 2 | $3,106,643 |
| 4,320 | Vladimir Kandaurov | $6,211,057 | 1 | $6,211,057 |
| 4,321 | Abhishek Chaubey | $6,208,146 | 5 | $1,241,629 |
| 4,322 | Deb Hagan | $6,176,114 | 1 | $6,176,114 |
| 4,323 | Fernando Trueba | $6,175,037 | 7 | $882,148 |
| 4,324 | Jianping Li | $6,172,935 | 2 | $3,086,468 |
| 4,325 | Rajshree Ojha | $6,165,645 | 1 | $6,165,645 |
| 4,326 | Declan Donnellan | $6,165,119 | 1 | $6,165,119 |
| 4,327 | Nick Ormedrod | $6,165,119 | 1 | $6,165,119 |
| 4,328 | Jay Levey | $6,157,157 | 2 | $3,078,579 |
| 4,329 | Antonio Manetti | $6,150,216 | 4 | $1,537,554 |
| 4,330 | Marco Manetti | $6,150,216 | 4 | $1,537,554 |
| 4,331 | Jung-ho Lee | $6,148,888 | 1 | $6,148,888 |
| 4,332 | Jonathan Wacks | $6,142,119 | 2 | $3,071,060 |
| 4,333 | Andrew Onwubolu | $6,140,993 | 3 | $2,046,998 |
| 4,334 | Bartlomiej Ignaciuk | $6,134,744 | 1 | $6,134,744 |
| 4,335 | Roy Andersson | $6,131,171 | 2 | $3,065,586 |
| 4,336 | Fisher Stevens | $6,121,622 | 4 | $1,530,406 |
| 4,337 | Zuzana Marianková | $6,120,842 | 2 | $3,060,421 |
| 4,338 | William Monahan | $6,120,407 | 2 | $3,060,204 |
| 4,339 | Karsten Kiilerich | $6,107,166 | 5 | $1,221,433 |
| 4,340 | Diane Paulus | $6,092,199 | 1 | $6,092,199 |
| 4,341 | Oren Moverman | $6,089,140 | 4 | $1,522,285 |
| 4,342 | Alex Mizgiryov | $6,088,454 | 1 | $6,088,454 |
| 4,343 | John Nicolella | $6,086,891 | 1 | $6,086,891 |
| 4,344 | Sigeaki Kubo | $6,081,142 | 1 | $6,081,142 |
| 4,345 | Fredi M. Murer | $6,079,556 | 1 | $6,079,556 |
| 4,346 | Peter Hunt | $6,075,793 | 2 | $3,037,897 |
| 4,347 | Michel Ocelot | $6,073,552 | 4 | $1,518,388 |
| 4,348 | Vincent Zhou | $6,071,862 | 2 | $3,035,931 |
| 4,349 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | $6,057,221 | 10 | $605,722 |
| 4,350 | Puri Jagannadh | $6,053,017 | 6 | $1,008,836 |
| 4,351 | Blair Treu | $6,049,171 | 1 | $6,049,171 |
| 4,352 | Robert Radler | $6,044,652 | 2 | $3,022,326 |
| 4,353 | Miki Magasiva | $6,037,734 | 1 | $6,037,734 |
| 4,354 | Benjamin Mousquet | $6,034,002 | 2 | $3,017,001 |
| 4,355 | Pa Ranjith | $6,031,426 | 4 | $1,507,857 |
| 4,356 | Fang Li | $6,031,366 | 1 | $6,031,366 |
| 4,357 | Kari Ketonen | $6,027,048 | 2 | $3,013,524 |
| 4,358 | David G. Evans | $6,020,368 | 2 | $3,010,184 |
| 4,359 | Rob Epstein | $6,014,155 | 5 | $1,202,831 |
| 4,360 | Bejoy Nambiar | $6,002,678 | 4 | $1,500,670 |
| 4,361 | Jeffrey Friedman | $6,000,594 | 4 | $1,500,149 |
| 4,362 | Raoul Walsh | $6,000,259 | 17 | $352,956 |
| 4,363 | Corey Allen | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 4,364 | Camilo Vila | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 4,365 | Evgeniy Bedarev | $5,994,476 | 2 | $2,997,238 |
| 4,366 | Colm McCarthy | $5,987,449 | 3 | $1,995,816 |
| 4,367 | Reed Morano | $5,986,199 | 3 | $1,995,400 |
| 4,368 | Ernest Thompson | $5,979,011 | 1 | $5,979,011 |
| 4,369 | Scott Marshall | $5,974,412 | 3 | $1,991,471 |
| 4,370 | Patrick Leung | $5,972,782 | 2 | $2,986,391 |
| 4,371 | Ron Fricke | $5,966,671 | 2 | $2,983,336 |
| 4,372 | Kevin Macdonald | $5,965,500 | 6 | $994,250 |
| 4,373 | François Truffaut | $5,963,009 | 14 | $425,929 |
| 4,374 | Alireza Golafshan | $5,961,121 | 4 | $1,490,280 |
| 4,375 | Frankie Chan | $5,959,716 | 1 | $5,959,716 |
| 4,376 | Michael Joens | $5,958,456 | 1 | $5,958,456 |
| 4,377 | Takeshi Yagi | $5,954,671 | 1 | $5,954,671 |
| 4,378 | A. Taner Elhan | $5,953,353 | 2 | $2,976,677 |
| 4,379 | Safak Sezer | $5,949,881 | 1 | $5,949,881 |
| 4,380 | Dewey Nicks | $5,942,218 | 1 | $5,942,218 |
| 4,381 | Tyler Russell | $5,937,306 | 1 | $5,937,306 |
| 4,382 | Oleksandra Ruban | $5,937,009 | 1 | $5,937,009 |
| 4,383 | Fernando Garcia-Ruiz | $5,935,890 | 1 | $5,935,890 |
| 4,384 | Gengxu Lu | $5,932,063 | 1 | $5,932,063 |
| 4,385 | Jon Shenk | $5,925,653 | 5 | $1,185,131 |
| 4,386 | Yang Yongchun | $5,921,481 | 1 | $5,921,481 |
| 4,387 | Lawrence Ah Mon | $5,919,976 | 2 | $2,959,988 |
| 4,388 | Philippe Mora | $5,919,000 | 7 | $845,571 |
| 4,389 | Alain DesRochers | $5,911,564 | 4 | $1,477,891 |
| 4,390 | Philippa Lowthorpe | $5,909,914 | 3 | $1,969,971 |
| 4,391 | Marco Ponti | $5,908,863 | 4 | $1,477,216 |
| 4,392 | Alexey Pimanov | $5,904,389 | 1 | $5,904,389 |
| 4,393 | Mika Kaurismaki | $5,900,129 | 7 | $842,876 |
| 4,394 | Yûki Yamato | $5,899,333 | 2 | $2,949,667 |
| 4,395 | Liza Johnson | $5,896,813 | 4 | $1,474,203 |
| 4,396 | Marcos Siega | $5,895,253 | 2 | $2,947,627 |
| 4,397 | Carla Simón | $5,887,499 | 3 | $1,962,500 |
| 4,398 | Bruce Schooley | $5,885,881 | 2 | $2,942,941 |
| 4,399 | David Feiss | $5,881,554 | 2 | $2,940,777 |
| 4,400 | Hervé Mimran | $5,877,217 | 2 | $2,938,609 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.