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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Andrea Block | $3,894,713 | 1 | $3,894,713 |
| 5,002 | Maria Sole Tognazzi | $3,885,274 | 4 | $971,319 |
| 5,003 | Timothy A. Chey | $3,884,788 | 7 | $554,970 |
| 5,004 | Sing-Choong Foo | $3,883,880 | 1 | $3,883,880 |
| 5,005 | Stephane Robelin | $3,878,571 | 2 | $1,939,286 |
| 5,006 | Dae-seung Kim | $3,878,462 | 3 | $1,292,821 |
| 5,007 | Phan Gia Nhat Linh | $3,878,081 | 2 | $1,939,041 |
| 5,008 | Maura Delpero | $3,876,955 | 2 | $1,938,478 |
| 5,009 | Nicolas Bary | $3,875,144 | 2 | $1,937,572 |
| 5,010 | Philipp Stolzl | $3,870,877 | 7 | $552,982 |
| 5,011 | Aleksandra Shokha | $3,868,944 | 2 | $1,934,472 |
| 5,012 | Mikhail Polyakov | $3,868,464 | 1 | $3,868,464 |
| 5,013 | Kim Hongseon | $3,868,137 | 1 | $3,868,137 |
| 5,014 | Özhan Eren | $3,864,909 | 2 | $1,932,455 |
| 5,015 | Yizhi Tan | $3,864,739 | 2 | $1,932,370 |
| 5,016 | Stephen Williams | $3,864,206 | 2 | $1,932,103 |
| 5,017 | Alexandre Bustillo | $3,862,685 | 6 | $643,781 |
| 5,018 | Sandro Veronesi | $3,861,918 | 1 | $3,861,918 |
| 5,019 | Angga Dwimas Sasongko | $3,859,763 | 6 | $643,294 |
| 5,020 | Nick Powell | $3,859,687 | 2 | $1,929,844 |
| 5,021 | Nigel Dick | $3,855,334 | 3 | $1,285,111 |
| 5,022 | Mark Gorobets | $3,852,909 | 3 | $1,284,303 |
| 5,023 | Sean Evans | $3,850,720 | 3 | $1,283,573 |
| 5,024 | Roger Waters | $3,850,720 | 3 | $1,283,573 |
| 5,025 | Leon Lai | $3,850,338 | 2 | $1,925,169 |
| 5,026 | Etienne Comar | $3,847,465 | 2 | $1,923,733 |
| 5,027 | Mar Targarona | $3,847,265 | 4 | $961,816 |
| 5,028 | Dominic Brigstocke | $3,845,645 | 1 | $3,845,645 |
| 5,029 | Hubert Charuel | $3,845,589 | 1 | $3,845,589 |
| 5,030 | Jun Takagi | $3,844,017 | 1 | $3,844,017 |
| 5,031 | Francesco Micciche | $3,843,436 | 4 | $960,859 |
| 5,032 | Yasuto Nishikata | $3,840,168 | 1 | $3,840,168 |
| 5,033 | Ian Sbf | $3,839,910 | 2 | $1,919,955 |
| 5,034 | Sergio Rubini | $3,838,421 | 3 | $1,279,474 |
| 5,035 | Jiayin Liu (刘伽茵) | $3,834,556 | 1 | $3,834,556 |
| 5,036 | Sam Levinson | $3,831,286 | 3 | $1,277,095 |
| 5,037 | Gleb Orlov | $3,830,968 | 1 | $3,830,968 |
| 5,038 | Yong Joo Lee | $3,825,490 | 1 | $3,825,490 |
| 5,039 | Richard Lanni | $3,823,620 | 1 | $3,823,620 |
| 5,040 | Jean Negulesco | $3,819,772 | 5 | $763,954 |
| 5,041 | Stuart Blumberg | $3,818,604 | 1 | $3,818,604 |
| 5,042 | Daniele Thompson | $3,815,394 | 1 | $3,815,394 |
| 5,043 | Miguel Angel Vivas | $3,809,148 | 6 | $634,858 |
| 5,044 | Ersoy Güler | $3,808,684 | 2 | $1,904,342 |
| 5,045 | Luis Felipe Ybarra | $3,808,368 | 1 | $3,808,368 |
| 5,046 | James Caan | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 5,047 | Janjot Singh | $3,806,929 | 5 | $761,386 |
| 5,048 | Joe Penna | $3,805,492 | 4 | $951,373 |
| 5,049 | Changju Kim | $3,800,225 | 1 | $3,800,225 |
| 5,050 | James Cruze | $3,800,000 | 3 | $1,266,667 |
| 5,051 | Sang-ho Han | $3,799,329 | 2 | $1,899,665 |
| 5,052 | Cory Finley | $3,799,303 | 3 | $1,266,434 |
| 5,053 | Kyle Mooney | $3,798,682 | 1 | $3,798,682 |
| 5,054 | Jonathan Herman | $3,798,449 | 1 | $3,798,449 |
| 5,055 | Frank Cimière | $3,796,107 | 3 | $1,265,369 |
| 5,056 | Sandra Goldbacher | $3,794,031 | 1 | $3,794,031 |
| 5,057 | Seong-tae Lee | $3,792,749 | 1 | $3,792,749 |
| 5,058 | Jan Lachauer | $3,792,552 | 5 | $758,510 |
| 5,059 | Sonya Karpunina | $3,791,328 | 2 | $1,895,664 |
| 5,060 | Zacharias Kunuk | $3,786,801 | 2 | $1,893,401 |
| 5,061 | Martin Sheen | $3,784,867 | 2 | $1,892,434 |
| 5,062 | Kei Ishikawa | $3,781,269 | 3 | $1,260,423 |
| 5,063 | Michel Fizzano | $3,777,189 | 2 | $1,888,595 |
| 5,064 | Terry Leonard | $3,776,540 | 1 | $3,776,540 |
| 5,065 | Ilker Çatak | $3,775,803 | 2 | $1,887,902 |
| 5,066 | François Ruffin | $3,770,001 | 2 | $1,885,001 |
| 5,067 | Phil Claydon | $3,769,722 | 2 | $1,884,861 |
| 5,068 | Paco Cabezas | $3,769,116 | 4 | $942,279 |
| 5,069 | Georgi Gitis | $3,769,110 | 1 | $3,769,110 |
| 5,070 | Michael Damian | $3,764,332 | 8 | $470,542 |
| 5,071 | Atlee Kumar | $3,760,738 | 3 | $1,253,579 |
| 5,072 | Qi Lu | $3,759,982 | 1 | $3,759,982 |
| 5,073 | Xianhe Lei | $3,759,982 | 1 | $3,759,982 |
| 5,074 | Sam Eggers | $3,755,632 | 1 | $3,755,632 |
| 5,075 | Max Eggers | $3,755,632 | 1 | $3,755,632 |
| 5,076 | Paul Dano | $3,754,539 | 1 | $3,754,539 |
| 5,077 | Andrew Solt | $3,753,977 | 1 | $3,753,977 |
| 5,078 | Steven Baigelman | $3,752,446 | 1 | $3,752,446 |
| 5,079 | Manele Labidi | $3,751,039 | 2 | $1,875,520 |
| 5,080 | A.L. Vijay | $3,745,047 | 8 | $468,131 |
| 5,081 | Kyle Henry | $3,742,521 | 3 | $1,247,507 |
| 5,082 | Emmanuel Gillibert | $3,741,800 | 2 | $1,870,900 |
| 5,083 | Mark Buntzman | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 5,084 | Ross Kauffman | $3,735,969 | 3 | $1,245,323 |
| 5,085 | Zana Briski | $3,735,969 | 1 | $3,735,969 |
| 5,086 | Marc Meyers | $3,735,809 | 6 | $622,635 |
| 5,087 | Jacques Doillon | $3,729,936 | 4 | $932,484 |
| 5,088 | Curro Velázquez | $3,722,453 | 2 | $1,861,227 |
| 5,089 | Rodrigo Large | $3,720,805 | 1 | $3,720,805 |
| 5,090 | Roman Artemyev | $3,717,013 | 3 | $1,239,004 |
| 5,091 | Alex Holmes | $3,714,196 | 3 | $1,238,065 |
| 5,092 | John Swanbeck | $3,713,451 | 1 | $3,713,451 |
| 5,093 | Hongchun Lan (蓝鸿春) | $3,710,000 | 1 | $3,710,000 |
| 5,094 | Ugur Bayraktar | $3,703,295 | 2 | $1,851,648 |
| 5,095 | Christopher B. Stokes | $3,702,722 | 4 | $925,681 |
| 5,096 | Michal Wegrzyn | $3,702,616 | 3 | $1,234,205 |
| 5,097 | Petr Zahrádka | $3,702,387 | 5 | $740,477 |
| 5,098 | Theodore Anthony Ty | $3,699,399 | 1 | $3,699,399 |
| 5,099 | Laurent Zeitoun | $3,699,399 | 1 | $3,699,399 |
| 5,100 | Rigoberto Castañeda | $3,699,004 | 3 | $1,233,001 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.