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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,701 | Richard Pryor | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
| 2,702 | Gabriele Salvatores | $18,033,672 | 8 | $2,254,209 |
| 2,703 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $18,021,084 | 2 | $9,010,542 |
| 2,704 | Karoline Herfurth | $18,013,251 | 4 | $4,503,313 |
| 2,705 | Arne Mattsson | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2,706 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2,707 | Sönke Wortmann | $17,978,763 | 6 | $2,996,461 |
| 2,708 | Cedric Klapisch | $17,966,285 | 7 | $2,566,612 |
| 2,709 | Timo Vuorensolam | $17,933,103 | 5 | $3,586,621 |
| 2,710 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | $17,917,762 | 3 | $5,972,587 |
| 2,711 | Zara Hayes | $17,901,314 | 1 | $17,901,314 |
| 2,712 | Li Qingfang | $17,880,000 | 1 | $17,880,000 |
| 2,713 | Alexander Charlot | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 2,714 | Rob Hardy | $17,821,945 | 3 | $5,940,648 |
| 2,715 | Allan Arkush | $17,798,302 | 4 | $4,449,576 |
| 2,716 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
| 2,717 | Jingwu Ning | $17,769,278 | 4 | $4,442,320 |
| 2,718 | Xixi Gao | $17,759,871 | 2 | $8,879,936 |
| 2,719 | Dani de la Orden | $17,747,650 | 10 | $1,774,765 |
| 2,720 | Holly Goldberg Sloan | $17,736,619 | 1 | $17,736,619 |
| 2,721 | Wing-cheong Law | $17,732,735 | 4 | $4,433,184 |
| 2,722 | Xiaogang Gu | $17,727,596 | 2 | $8,863,798 |
| 2,723 | Daniel Calparsoro | $17,711,780 | 7 | $2,530,254 |
| 2,724 | Alex Wong | $17,697,587 | 1 | $17,697,587 |
| 2,725 | Laura Terruso | $17,657,217 | 3 | $5,885,739 |
| 2,726 | Jung-Hoon Kim | $17,624,124 | 1 | $17,624,124 |
| 2,727 | Ram Madvani | $17,538,874 | 2 | $8,769,437 |
| 2,728 | Bud Smith | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 2,729 | Hakan Algul | $17,498,178 | 5 | $3,499,636 |
| 2,730 | Abhishek Kapoor | $17,487,378 | 4 | $4,371,845 |
| 2,731 | Wei-hao Cheng | $17,465,560 | 3 | $5,821,853 |
| 2,732 | Ozan Aciktan | $17,414,934 | 4 | $4,353,734 |
| 2,733 | Alan Mak | $17,404,331 | 4 | $4,351,083 |
| 2,734 | Cheryl Dunye | $17,364,947 | 2 | $8,682,474 |
| 2,735 | Neri Parenti | $17,358,010 | 6 | $2,893,002 |
| 2,736 | Cheech Marin | $17,355,263 | 1 | $17,355,263 |
| 2,737 | Michael O. Sajbel | $17,353,402 | 5 | $3,470,680 |
| 2,738 | Lance Rivera | $17,352,893 | 2 | $8,676,447 |
| 2,739 | Gary Goddard | $17,336,686 | 1 | $17,336,686 |
| 2,740 | Maria Ripoll | $17,323,462 | 8 | $2,165,433 |
| 2,741 | Yang Lei | $17,283,136 | 1 | $17,283,136 |
| 2,742 | Rob Sitch | $17,267,526 | 3 | $5,755,842 |
| 2,743 | Melvin Frank | $17,267,413 | 6 | $2,877,902 |
| 2,744 | He Nian | $17,241,380 | 2 | $8,620,690 |
| 2,745 | Dan Fogelman | $17,232,299 | 2 | $8,616,150 |
| 2,746 | John D. Hancock | $17,230,331 | 4 | $4,307,583 |
| 2,747 | Stephen Elliott | $17,227,542 | 2 | $8,613,771 |
| 2,748 | Michael Chapman | $17,200,000 | 2 | $8,600,000 |
| 2,749 | Nate Parker | $17,173,343 | 3 | $5,724,448 |
| 2,750 | Wladyslaw Pasikowski | $17,154,827 | 4 | $4,288,707 |
| 2,751 | Ruijun Li | $17,134,158 | 2 | $8,567,079 |
| 2,752 | Brian Klugman | $17,100,221 | 2 | $8,550,111 |
| 2,753 | Roger Corman | $17,075,070 | 12 | $1,422,923 |
| 2,754 | Danyang Wang | $17,060,000 | 1 | $17,060,000 |
| 2,755 | Valentino Picone | $17,028,644 | 1 | $17,028,644 |
| 2,756 | Benson Lee | $17,020,688 | 4 | $4,255,172 |
| 2,757 | Gillies MacKinnon | $17,017,700 | 7 | $2,431,100 |
| 2,758 | Hiroyuki Yamashita | $17,014,551 | 1 | $17,014,551 |
| 2,759 | E. Elias Merhige | $17,002,617 | 2 | $8,501,309 |
| 2,760 | Colin Brady | $17,000,437 | 1 | $17,000,437 |
| 2,761 | Christopher Reeve | $17,000,437 | 2 | $8,500,219 |
| 2,762 | John Cardos | $17,000,000 | 2 | $8,500,000 |
| 2,763 | Peter Hastings | $16,988,996 | 2 | $8,494,498 |
| 2,764 | Julia von Heinz | $16,972,306 | 3 | $5,657,435 |
| 2,765 | Yuelun Wang | $16,960,000 | 1 | $16,960,000 |
| 2,766 | Teng Huatao | $16,923,672 | 1 | $16,923,672 |
| 2,767 | Keith Thomas | $16,898,903 | 2 | $8,449,452 |
| 2,768 | Francine McDougall | $16,880,799 | 1 | $16,880,799 |
| 2,769 | Won-Sub Choi | $16,821,116 | 3 | $5,607,039 |
| 2,770 | Brian Koppelman | $16,780,248 | 2 | $8,390,124 |
| 2,771 | Michael Cristofer | $16,766,618 | 2 | $8,383,309 |
| 2,772 | Mark Christpher | $16,757,163 | 1 | $16,757,163 |
| 2,773 | Tommy Lee Wallace | $16,750,289 | 5 | $3,350,058 |
| 2,774 | Massimo Venier | $16,680,371 | 3 | $5,560,124 |
| 2,775 | Tim Blake Nelson | $16,672,293 | 5 | $3,334,459 |
| 2,776 | James Glickenhaus | $16,647,588 | 3 | $5,549,196 |
| 2,777 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | $16,628,751 | 1 | $16,628,751 |
| 2,778 | Paul Abascal | $16,612,072 | 1 | $16,612,072 |
| 2,779 | Laura Lau | $16,610,760 | 1 | $16,610,760 |
| 2,780 | Madhur Bhandarkar | $16,606,196 | 2 | $8,303,098 |
| 2,781 | Harry Winer | $16,604,726 | 2 | $8,302,363 |
| 2,782 | Stan Lathan | $16,595,791 | 4 | $4,148,948 |
| 2,783 | Lamont Johnson | $16,593,944 | 4 | $4,148,486 |
| 2,784 | Pascal Vuong | $16,586,615 | 2 | $8,293,308 |
| 2,785 | Kuo Liu | $16,558,135 | 1 | $16,558,135 |
| 2,786 | Oh-Kwang Kwon | $16,556,995 | 2 | $8,278,498 |
| 2,787 | Duncan Tucker | $16,553,163 | 1 | $16,553,163 |
| 2,788 | Onur Bilgetay | $16,538,539 | 4 | $4,134,635 |
| 2,789 | Ronan Chapalain | $16,515,203 | 1 | $16,515,203 |
| 2,790 | Gu Changwei | $16,514,588 | 2 | $8,257,294 |
| 2,791 | Deepa Mehta | $16,488,892 | 8 | $2,061,112 |
| 2,792 | Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | $16,485,016 | 3 | $5,495,005 |
| 2,793 | Cao Feng | $16,470,062 | 2 | $8,235,031 |
| 2,794 | Stephen Susco | $16,434,588 | 1 | $16,434,588 |
| 2,795 | Anthony Hickox | $16,428,216 | 5 | $3,285,643 |
| 2,796 | James Lapine | $16,425,760 | 5 | $3,285,152 |
| 2,797 | Craig McCracken | $16,425,701 | 2 | $8,212,851 |
| 2,798 | Christian Marquand | $16,408,286 | 1 | $16,408,286 |
| 2,799 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | $16,402,295 | 4 | $4,100,574 |
| 2,800 | Richard Lang | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.