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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,801-4,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,801 | Theophile Dufresne | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,802 | Derin Seale | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,803 | Max Porter | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,804 | Florian Babikian | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,805 | Shelly Chopra Dhar | $3,510,432 | 1 | $3,510,432 |
| 4,806 | Frances O’Connor | $3,510,244 | 1 | $3,510,244 |
| 4,807 | Claude Berri | $3,503,546 | 2 | $1,751,773 |
| 4,808 | Mike Marvin | $3,500,898 | 2 | $1,750,449 |
| 4,809 | Yoshitaka Mori | $3,495,997 | 1 | $3,495,997 |
| 4,810 | Francis Lee | $3,490,529 | 2 | $1,745,265 |
| 4,811 | Burak Aksuk | $3,490,241 | 1 | $3,490,241 |
| 4,812 | Anurag Kashyap | $3,487,356 | 9 | $387,484 |
| 4,813 | Christopher Ashley | $3,487,000 | 4 | $871,750 |
| 4,814 | Rob Thomas | $3,485,383 | 1 | $3,485,383 |
| 4,815 | Marco Tullio Giordana | $3,484,370 | 6 | $580,728 |
| 4,816 | Guy A. Lepage | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 4,817 | Sylvain Roy | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 4,818 | André Ducharme | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 4,819 | Lodewijk van Lelyveld | $3,475,511 | 1 | $3,475,511 |
| 4,820 | Juho Kuosmanen | $3,474,782 | 2 | $1,737,391 |
| 4,821 | Wayne Roberts | $3,469,955 | 3 | $1,156,652 |
| 4,822 | Adam Resnick | $3,469,493 | 1 | $3,469,493 |
| 4,823 | Sagar Ballary | $3,465,362 | 2 | $1,732,681 |
| 4,824 | Jeffrey Hornaday | $3,463,620 | 3 | $1,154,540 |
| 4,825 | Pankaj Batra | $3,463,603 | 10 | $346,360 |
| 4,826 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,463,582 | 1 | $3,463,582 |
| 4,827 | Alex Gibney | $3,463,075 | 19 | $182,267 |
| 4,828 | Denis Dercourt | $3,461,222 | 2 | $1,730,611 |
| 4,829 | Tony Leung Ka Fai | $3,458,555 | 1 | $3,458,555 |
| 4,830 | Matthias Hoene | $3,457,987 | 4 | $864,497 |
| 4,831 | Zal Batmanglij | $3,457,404 | 2 | $1,728,702 |
| 4,832 | Anna Muylaert | $3,455,027 | 2 | $1,727,514 |
| 4,833 | Arnaud Viard | $3,454,876 | 2 | $1,727,438 |
| 4,834 | Sophon Sakdaphisit | $3,452,172 | 3 | $1,150,724 |
| 4,835 | Javier Calvo | $3,451,311 | 2 | $1,725,656 |
| 4,836 | Javier Ambrossi | $3,451,311 | 2 | $1,725,656 |
| 4,837 | Gela Babluani | $3,450,875 | 2 | $1,725,438 |
| 4,838 | Ryosuke Kanesaki | $3,450,057 | 1 | $3,450,057 |
| 4,839 | Anwar Safa | $3,445,606 | 2 | $1,722,803 |
| 4,840 | David Nixon | $3,445,573 | 2 | $1,722,787 |
| 4,841 | Takayuki Hamana | $3,444,996 | 3 | $1,148,332 |
| 4,842 | Paul Dugdale | $3,444,511 | 9 | $382,723 |
| 4,843 | Taavi Vartia | $3,444,404 | 3 | $1,148,135 |
| 4,844 | Pen Densham | $3,443,047 | 1 | $3,443,047 |
| 4,845 | Dean Murphy | $3,436,425 | 3 | $1,145,475 |
| 4,846 | Kestutis Gudavicius | $3,435,320 | 3 | $1,145,107 |
| 4,847 | Carlos Ávila | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 4,848 | Tommy Wiseau | $3,432,894 | 2 | $1,716,447 |
| 4,849 | Tom Fernandez | $3,431,073 | 1 | $3,431,073 |
| 4,850 | Andrey Korenkov | $3,430,393 | 1 | $3,430,393 |
| 4,851 | Victor Garcia | $3,428,409 | 4 | $857,102 |
| 4,852 | Alma Har'el | $3,425,030 | 4 | $856,258 |
| 4,853 | Giuseppe Capotondi | $3,418,127 | 2 | $1,709,064 |
| 4,854 | Jan Egleson | $3,417,056 | 1 | $3,417,056 |
| 4,855 | Isabell Suba | $3,415,880 | 1 | $3,415,880 |
| 4,856 | Lake Bell | $3,415,819 | 3 | $1,138,606 |
| 4,857 | Kan Ishibashi | $3,409,317 | 1 | $3,409,317 |
| 4,858 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 4 | $850,000 |
| 4,859 | Emmanuel Finkiel | $3,396,089 | 1 | $3,396,089 |
| 4,860 | Marius Vaysberg | $3,391,639 | 1 | $3,391,639 |
| 4,861 | Michael Dweck | $3,391,225 | 2 | $1,695,613 |
| 4,862 | Youssef Delara | $3,380,861 | 4 | $845,215 |
| 4,863 | Harry Macqueen | $3,380,398 | 1 | $3,380,398 |
| 4,864 | Gergory Kershaw | $3,379,278 | 1 | $3,379,278 |
| 4,865 | Alexander Dydyna | $3,378,311 | 1 | $3,378,311 |
| 4,866 | Vivian Qu | $3,375,245 | 1 | $3,375,245 |
| 4,867 | Geraldine Nakache | $3,374,169 | 1 | $3,374,169 |
| 4,868 | Tomáš Hoffman | $3,374,091 | 2 | $1,687,046 |
| 4,869 | Zhang Chong | $3,372,952 | 3 | $1,124,317 |
| 4,870 | Meg Ryan | $3,369,917 | 2 | $1,684,959 |
| 4,871 | Kenneth Kainz | $3,364,513 | 1 | $3,364,513 |
| 4,872 | Andac Haznedaroglu | $3,364,227 | 4 | $841,057 |
| 4,873 | Sonya Karpunina | $3,361,139 | 1 | $3,361,139 |
| 4,874 | Steven Hahn | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 4,875 | Simerjit Singh | $3,357,637 | 8 | $419,705 |
| 4,876 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 4,877 | Gregg Araki | $3,354,318 | 7 | $479,188 |
| 4,878 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 4,879 | Tona Errando | $3,347,219 | 1 | $3,347,219 |
| 4,880 | Smeep Kang | $3,347,118 | 14 | $239,080 |
| 4,881 | Rachel Ward | $3,344,958 | 2 | $1,672,479 |
| 4,882 | Jan Ole Gerster | $3,344,841 | 2 | $1,672,421 |
| 4,883 | Tanguy de Kermel | $3,341,130 | 1 | $3,341,130 |
| 4,884 | John Putch | $3,336,053 | 5 | $667,211 |
| 4,885 | Bruno Nuytten | $3,331,297 | 1 | $3,331,297 |
| 4,886 | Sang-soo Hong | $3,330,940 | 18 | $185,052 |
| 4,887 | Kenji Shibayama | $3,320,638 | 1 | $3,320,638 |
| 4,888 | Xavier Koller | $3,319,344 | 1 | $3,319,344 |
| 4,889 | Keith Samples | $3,317,930 | 1 | $3,317,930 |
| 4,890 | Pierre Falardeau | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 4,891 | Jeethu Joseph | $3,316,191 | 8 | $414,524 |
| 4,892 | Andrejs Ekis | $3,314,554 | 3 | $1,104,851 |
| 4,893 | Kevin McAfee | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 4,894 | Darrel Campbell | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 4,895 | Carlos Sedes | $3,306,105 | 2 | $1,653,053 |
| 4,896 | Matthew A. Cherry | $3,304,748 | 3 | $1,101,583 |
| 4,897 | Kathryn Hendrickson | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 4,898 | Meryam Joobeur | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 4,899 | Everett Downing | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 4,900 | Bruno Collet | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.