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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,601-4,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,601 | Linzi Zhang | $5,083,976 | 2 | $2,541,988 |
| 4,602 | Seonho Jo | $5,083,421 | 1 | $5,083,421 |
| 4,603 | Karim Ainouz | $5,079,472 | 8 | $634,934 |
| 4,604 | Yaniv Raz | $5,075,369 | 3 | $1,691,790 |
| 4,605 | Ken Iizuka | $5,074,784 | 3 | $1,691,595 |
| 4,606 | Thorbjom Christoffersen | $5,070,366 | 3 | $1,690,122 |
| 4,607 | Kentaro Hagiwara | $5,068,767 | 3 | $1,689,589 |
| 4,608 | Tung-Shing Yee | $5,064,302 | 1 | $5,064,302 |
| 4,609 | Jonathan King | $5,063,452 | 2 | $2,531,726 |
| 4,610 | Di Song | $5,057,740 | 2 | $2,528,870 |
| 4,611 | Liang Dong | $5,043,654 | 2 | $2,521,827 |
| 4,612 | Benny Lau | $5,040,574 | 2 | $2,520,287 |
| 4,613 | Shokyo Oda | $5,035,830 | 1 | $5,035,830 |
| 4,614 | Jill Sprecher | $5,035,636 | 3 | $1,678,545 |
| 4,615 | David Beaird | $5,021,267 | 2 | $2,510,634 |
| 4,616 | Carlo Carlei | $5,020,792 | 2 | $2,510,396 |
| 4,617 | Gracia Querejeta | $5,019,344 | 4 | $1,254,836 |
| 4,618 | Bilal Lashari | $5,019,297 | 1 | $5,019,297 |
| 4,619 | Robert Kenner | $5,016,643 | 4 | $1,254,161 |
| 4,620 | Maksim Fadeev | $5,015,080 | 1 | $5,015,080 |
| 4,621 | Jean-Patrick Benes | $5,013,158 | 2 | $2,506,579 |
| 4,622 | Reem Kherici | $5,006,772 | 2 | $2,503,386 |
| 4,623 | Itsuji Itao | $5,005,352 | 1 | $5,005,352 |
| 4,624 | Blair Hayes | $5,002,310 | 4 | $1,250,578 |
| 4,625 | Eugene Lourie | $5,000,000 | 3 | $1,666,667 |
| 4,626 | Yasuhiro Takemoto | $4,997,409 | 3 | $1,665,803 |
| 4,627 | Toby Nowlan | $4,994,381 | 1 | $4,994,381 |
| 4,628 | Colin Butfield | $4,994,381 | 1 | $4,994,381 |
| 4,629 | Charles Burnett | $4,988,939 | 6 | $831,490 |
| 4,630 | Michele Placido | $4,984,658 | 4 | $1,246,165 |
| 4,631 | Jiacheng Wei (魏泇丞) | $4,984,365 | 1 | $4,984,365 |
| 4,632 | Xiaoyu Du (杜晓宇) | $4,984,365 | 1 | $4,984,365 |
| 4,633 | Eros Puglielli | $4,978,657 | 4 | $1,244,664 |
| 4,634 | Gretchen Mallorie | $4,973,133 | 1 | $4,973,133 |
| 4,635 | Sergey Trofimov | $4,969,221 | 1 | $4,969,221 |
| 4,636 | Samuel Tourneux | $4,965,349 | 1 | $4,965,349 |
| 4,637 | Yu Dong | $4,964,366 | 1 | $4,964,366 |
| 4,638 | Martin Zandvliet | $4,962,092 | 6 | $827,015 |
| 4,639 | Lan Chengxu | $4,961,880 | 3 | $1,653,960 |
| 4,640 | Mimi Maynard | $4,957,098 | 1 | $4,957,098 |
| 4,641 | Regina Welker | $4,957,098 | 1 | $4,957,098 |
| 4,642 | Klaus Haro | $4,956,962 | 5 | $991,392 |
| 4,643 | Peter Kassovitz | $4,956,401 | 1 | $4,956,401 |
| 4,644 | Paul Currie | $4,945,733 | 2 | $2,472,867 |
| 4,645 | Francis Lee | $4,943,053 | 2 | $2,471,527 |
| 4,646 | Alain Guiraudie | $4,943,004 | 4 | $1,235,751 |
| 4,647 | Jonas Cuaron | $4,940,419 | 3 | $1,646,806 |
| 4,648 | Hanqiang Xu (徐汉强) | $4,938,520 | 1 | $4,938,520 |
| 4,649 | Norberto Barba | $4,932,915 | 1 | $4,932,915 |
| 4,650 | Safy Nebbou | $4,920,559 | 2 | $2,460,280 |
| 4,651 | Fen-Fen Cheng | $4,919,240 | 2 | $2,459,620 |
| 4,652 | Giulio Ricciarelli | $4,917,315 | 1 | $4,917,315 |
| 4,653 | Kim Jung-kwon | $4,913,889 | 1 | $4,913,889 |
| 4,654 | Ding Shi | $4,906,533 | 2 | $2,453,267 |
| 4,655 | Mariana Cengel-Solcanská | $4,901,668 | 4 | $1,225,417 |
| 4,656 | Kim Jong-Hyeon | $4,900,142 | 1 | $4,900,142 |
| 4,657 | John Rich | $4,900,000 | 2 | $2,450,000 |
| 4,658 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 4,659 | Alan Cumming | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 4,660 | Rafael Montero | $4,892,727 | 3 | $1,630,909 |
| 4,661 | Bruce Macdonald | $4,892,438 | 2 | $2,446,219 |
| 4,662 | Kimio Yabuki | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 4,663 | Bernard Deyriès | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 4,664 | Andy Fehu | $4,888,424 | 2 | $2,444,212 |
| 4,665 | David Schmoeller | $4,888,270 | 3 | $1,629,423 |
| 4,666 | Hitesh Kewalya | $4,888,040 | 1 | $4,888,040 |
| 4,667 | Cenk Celik | $4,886,090 | 3 | $1,628,697 |
| 4,668 | Fendou Liu | $4,883,710 | 3 | $1,627,903 |
| 4,669 | Chris Chow | $4,878,197 | 1 | $4,878,197 |
| 4,670 | Aditya Dhar | $4,876,800 | 1 | $4,876,800 |
| 4,671 | Armand Mastroianni | $4,875,436 | 2 | $2,437,718 |
| 4,672 | Shin’ichiro Sawai | $4,874,498 | 1 | $4,874,498 |
| 4,673 | Rufus Norris | $4,873,923 | 4 | $1,218,481 |
| 4,674 | Ilker Ayrik | $4,872,639 | 2 | $2,436,320 |
| 4,675 | Nurullah Yenihan | $4,871,863 | 6 | $811,977 |
| 4,676 | Vanessa Jopp | $4,869,079 | 2 | $2,434,540 |
| 4,677 | Rich Peppiatt | $4,866,303 | 1 | $4,866,303 |
| 4,678 | Yongbo Zhen | $4,860,000 | 1 | $4,860,000 |
| 4,679 | David LaChapelle | $4,857,731 | 1 | $4,857,731 |
| 4,680 | Xu Jun | $4,853,628 | 5 | $970,726 |
| 4,681 | Matteo Rovere | $4,850,228 | 2 | $2,425,114 |
| 4,682 | Mark Achbar | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 4,683 | Jennifer Abbott | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 4,684 | Mohamed Samy | $4,843,164 | 1 | $4,843,164 |
| 4,685 | Eytan Fox | $4,838,637 | 5 | $967,727 |
| 4,686 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,835,599 | 1 | $4,835,599 |
| 4,687 | Viktor Glukhushin | $4,827,885 | 2 | $2,413,943 |
| 4,688 | Gerardo Olivares | $4,827,387 | 3 | $1,609,129 |
| 4,689 | Andrey Korenkov | $4,825,824 | 1 | $4,825,824 |
| 4,690 | Meg Leonard | $4,825,334 | 1 | $4,825,334 |
| 4,691 | Nick Moorcroft | $4,825,334 | 2 | $2,412,667 |
| 4,692 | Yana Gladkikh | $4,824,940 | 2 | $2,412,470 |
| 4,693 | Theresa von Eltz | $4,818,297 | 1 | $4,818,297 |
| 4,694 | Frederick Wiseman | $4,817,221 | 13 | $370,555 |
| 4,695 | Onur Ünlü | $4,814,176 | 5 | $962,835 |
| 4,696 | Cristina Comencini | $4,810,015 | 5 | $962,003 |
| 4,697 | Jiahuan Kong | $4,800,000 | 1 | $4,800,000 |
| 4,698 | Peter Bebjak | $4,798,894 | 5 | $959,779 |
| 4,699 | Ceyda Torun | $4,797,784 | 1 | $4,797,784 |
| 4,700 | Leonel Vieira | $4,793,792 | 4 | $1,198,448 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.