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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Directors
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Griffin Dunne | $144,858,681 | 6 | $24,143,114 |
| 702 | Fernando Meirelles | $142,587,085 | 5 | $28,517,417 |
| 703 | Sheng Ding | $142,516,870 | 5 | $28,503,374 |
| 704 | Jack Lee Thompson | $142,240,067 | 14 | $10,160,005 |
| 705 | Stephen Hillenburg | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 706 | Greg Tiernan | $141,354,394 | 3 | $47,118,131 |
| 707 | David Lowery | $140,786,986 | 4 | $35,196,747 |
| 708 | Jodie Foster | $140,578,757 | 4 | $35,144,689 |
| 709 | Tommy Chong | $139,663,872 | 6 | $23,277,312 |
| 710 | Seth Rogen | $138,881,749 | 2 | $69,440,875 |
| 711 | Evan Goldberg | $138,881,749 | 2 | $69,440,875 |
| 712 | Peter Webber | $138,763,577 | 4 | $34,690,894 |
| 713 | Gabor Csupo | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 714 | Todd Michael Amateau | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 715 | Hu Guan | $137,634,868 | 1 | $137,634,868 |
| 716 | James Watkins | $137,477,882 | 2 | $68,738,941 |
| 717 | Alec Su | $137,162,665 | 2 | $68,581,333 |
| 718 | Martha Coolidge | $137,125,392 | 11 | $12,465,945 |
| 719 | Walter Salles | $136,061,051 | 7 | $19,437,293 |
| 720 | Craig Gillespie | $136,006,151 | 3 | $45,335,384 |
| 721 | Su Lun | $135,993,489 | 1 | $135,993,489 |
| 722 | Dany Boon | $135,857,956 | 3 | $45,285,985 |
| 723 | Guo Jingming | $135,824,291 | 3 | $45,274,764 |
| 724 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $134,902,350 | 2 | $67,451,175 |
| 725 | John Milius | $134,846,657 | 6 | $22,474,443 |
| 726 | Jessie Nelson | $134,709,704 | 2 | $67,354,852 |
| 727 | James Marsh | $134,531,249 | 6 | $22,421,875 |
| 728 | Howard Hall | $134,404,331 | 2 | $67,202,166 |
| 729 | Yu Shan Chen | $133,989,547 | 2 | $66,994,774 |
| 730 | Thomas McCarthy | $133,931,713 | 5 | $26,786,343 |
| 731 | George Nolfi | $133,902,136 | 2 | $66,951,068 |
| 732 | Bo Welch | $133,818,283 | 1 | $133,818,283 |
| 733 | Bob Rafelson | $133,732,502 | 8 | $16,716,563 |
| 734 | Dan Mazer | $133,569,941 | 2 | $66,784,971 |
| 735 | Nima Nourizadeh | $133,323,264 | 2 | $66,661,632 |
| 736 | Leigh Whannell | $132,109,673 | 2 | $66,054,837 |
| 737 | Cal Brunker | $132,100,418 | 2 | $66,050,209 |
| 738 | Nikolaj Arcel | $132,002,591 | 3 | $44,000,864 |
| 739 | Kobun Shizuno | $131,185,956 | 2 | $65,592,978 |
| 740 | Peter Lepeniotis | $130,860,753 | 2 | $65,430,377 |
| 741 | Chuan Lu | $130,761,813 | 2 | $65,380,907 |
| 742 | Barry Cook | $130,580,730 | 1 | $130,580,730 |
| 743 | Neil Nightingale | $130,580,730 | 2 | $65,290,365 |
| 744 | Nick Castle | $130,075,836 | 2 | $65,037,918 |
| 745 | Mike Flanagan | $129,360,239 | 6 | $21,560,040 |
| 746 | Colin Strause | $128,884,494 | 1 | $128,884,494 |
| 747 | Greg Strause | $128,884,494 | 1 | $128,884,494 |
| 748 | Julie Anne Robinson | $128,876,169 | 2 | $64,438,085 |
| 749 | Advait Chandan | $128,647,718 | 1 | $128,647,718 |
| 750 | Michel Hazanavicius | $128,538,670 | 4 | $32,134,668 |
| 751 | Bille Woodruff | $128,166,876 | 6 | $21,361,146 |
| 752 | David Breashears | $127,990,128 | 1 | $127,990,128 |
| 753 | Stephen Judson | $127,990,128 | 1 | $127,990,128 |
| 754 | Gregory Hoblit | $127,884,571 | 2 | $63,942,286 |
| 755 | Jonathan Dayton | $127,284,697 | 3 | $42,428,232 |
| 756 | Valerie Faris | $127,284,697 | 3 | $42,428,232 |
| 757 | Rajkumar Hirani | $127,133,665 | 3 | $42,377,888 |
| 758 | Ronald Neame | $126,700,000 | 4 | $31,675,000 |
| 759 | Lewis Teague | $126,272,538 | 5 | $25,254,508 |
| 760 | Henry Selick | $126,037,057 | 2 | $63,018,529 |
| 761 | Hugh Hudson | $125,393,554 | 7 | $17,913,365 |
| 762 | Alexander Witt | $125,168,734 | 1 | $125,168,734 |
| 763 | Tomas Alfredson | $124,656,224 | 2 | $62,328,112 |
| 764 | Bill Duke | $124,283,295 | 7 | $17,754,756 |
| 765 | Martin Ritt | $123,729,369 | 11 | $11,248,124 |
| 766 | Greg Jacobs | $123,709,460 | 1 | $123,709,460 |
| 767 | John Polson | $123,696,741 | 1 | $123,696,741 |
| 768 | Paul Fisher | $122,780,244 | 1 | $122,780,244 |
| 769 | Bob Logan | $122,780,244 | 1 | $122,780,244 |
| 770 | Charlie Bean | $122,780,244 | 1 | $122,780,244 |
| 771 | Philippe de Chauveron | $121,378,516 | 3 | $40,459,505 |
| 772 | Zach Braff | $121,334,378 | 3 | $40,444,793 |
| 773 | Peter Hedges | $120,918,160 | 2 | $60,459,080 |
| 774 | David Carson | $120,000,000 | 2 | $60,000,000 |
| 775 | Mira Nair | $119,915,857 | 10 | $11,991,586 |
| 776 | Gurinder Chadha | $119,141,673 | 6 | $19,856,946 |
| 777 | David Wain | $119,035,642 | 4 | $29,758,911 |
| 778 | Fangfang Li | $118,640,000 | 1 | $118,640,000 |
| 779 | Wu'ershan | $118,528,842 | 1 | $118,528,842 |
| 780 | Arthur Penn | $118,382,751 | 7 | $16,911,822 |
| 781 | John Luessenhop | $118,253,281 | 3 | $39,417,760 |
| 782 | Billy Wilder | $118,145,625 | 14 | $8,438,973 |
| 783 | Denzel Washington | $117,911,760 | 3 | $39,303,920 |
| 784 | Goro Miyazaki | $117,792,470 | 2 | $58,896,235 |
| 785 | Samuel Bayer | $117,729,621 | 1 | $117,729,621 |
| 786 | Emilio Martinez Lazaro | $117,216,727 | 3 | $39,072,242 |
| 787 | Robert De Niro | $117,148,354 | 2 | $58,574,177 |
| 788 | Jon Erwin | $115,429,037 | 4 | $28,857,259 |
| 789 | Andrew Erwin | $115,429,037 | 4 | $28,857,259 |
| 790 | Wong Kar-wai | $115,357,478 | 9 | $12,817,498 |
| 791 | John Schultz | $115,272,726 | 6 | $19,212,121 |
| 792 | Alejandro Agresti | $114,830,111 | 1 | $114,830,111 |
| 793 | Seok-hoon Lee | $114,590,392 | 2 | $57,295,196 |
| 794 | Paul McGuigan | $114,523,508 | 7 | $16,360,501 |
| 795 | Kimberly Peirce | $114,379,555 | 4 | $28,594,889 |
| 796 | Soi Cheang | $114,341,624 | 2 | $57,170,812 |
| 797 | Kevin Munroe | $114,003,153 | 3 | $38,001,051 |
| 798 | Sidney Poitier | $113,774,800 | 3 | $37,924,933 |
| 799 | Mike Figgis | $113,697,458 | 12 | $9,474,788 |
| 800 | J. Blakeson | $112,941,537 | 2 | $56,470,769 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
