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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Aaron Seltzer | $291,264,066 | 8 | $36,408,008 |
| 602 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 603 | David Lean | $288,927,193 | 10 | $28,892,719 |
| 604 | Jesse Dylan | $288,196,929 | 3 | $96,065,643 |
| 605 | Benny Chan | $286,824,964 | 6 | $47,804,161 |
| 606 | James B. Rogers | $286,500,000 | 1 | $286,500,000 |
| 607 | Richard Benjamin | $286,390,191 | 12 | $23,865,849 |
| 608 | Theodore Melfi | $284,501,758 | 4 | $71,125,440 |
| 609 | Alejandro Monteverde | $283,548,233 | 3 | $94,516,078 |
| 610 | Soi Cheang | $282,929,944 | 5 | $56,585,989 |
| 611 | Chris Noonan | $281,991,257 | 2 | $140,995,629 |
| 612 | Rajkumar Hirani | $281,910,789 | 5 | $56,382,158 |
| 613 | Martin McDonagh | $281,065,906 | 4 | $70,266,477 |
| 614 | John R. Leonetti | $280,339,254 | 4 | $70,084,814 |
| 615 | Peter Cattaneo | $279,413,417 | 5 | $55,882,683 |
| 616 | Takehiko Inoue | $278,965,560 | 1 | $278,965,560 |
| 617 | Richard LaGravenese | $278,005,964 | 8 | $34,750,746 |
| 618 | Sofia Coppola | $277,905,993 | 8 | $34,738,249 |
| 619 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $277,507,190 | 6 | $46,251,198 |
| 620 | Sam Weisman | $277,277,494 | 5 | $55,455,499 |
| 621 | Nia DaCosta | $277,264,885 | 5 | $55,452,977 |
| 622 | Scott Hicks | $277,242,969 | 9 | $30,804,774 |
| 623 | Yuen Woo Ping | $276,653,124 | 6 | $46,108,854 |
| 624 | Leigh Whannell | $276,441,681 | 5 | $55,288,336 |
| 625 | James McTeigue | $276,214,518 | 5 | $55,242,904 |
| 626 | Roar Uthaug | $276,125,838 | 5 | $55,225,168 |
| 627 | Kobun Shizuno | $275,824,547 | 10 | $27,582,455 |
| 628 | Kim Hanmin | $275,146,780 | 4 | $68,786,695 |
| 629 | John Guillermin | $274,963,147 | 10 | $27,496,315 |
| 630 | Mo Dai | $274,509,272 | 2 | $137,254,636 |
| 631 | Michael B. Jordan | $274,448,615 | 2 | $137,224,308 |
| 632 | Cody Cameron | $274,392,649 | 1 | $274,392,649 |
| 633 | Kris Pearn | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 634 | Charles Martin Smith | $273,064,005 | 8 | $34,133,001 |
| 635 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $272,302,767 | 4 | $68,075,692 |
| 636 | Kevin Smith | $269,473,050 | 19 | $14,182,792 |
| 637 | Peter Howitt | $268,349,740 | 5 | $53,669,948 |
| 638 | Boaz Yakin | $268,257,546 | 9 | $29,806,394 |
| 639 | James Algar | $268,000,000 | 2 | $134,000,000 |
| 640 | Sang Yong Lee (이상용) | $267,005,762 | 3 | $89,001,921 |
| 641 | Oliver Parker | $266,989,964 | 10 | $26,698,996 |
| 642 | Felix Chong | $266,115,842 | 2 | $133,057,921 |
| 643 | William Brent Bell | $265,996,109 | 8 | $33,249,514 |
| 644 | Simon Kinberg | $265,259,693 | 2 | $132,629,847 |
| 645 | Peter Chan | $264,144,907 | 4 | $66,036,227 |
| 646 | Mel Smith | $263,583,620 | 5 | $52,716,724 |
| 647 | Trish Sie | $263,540,796 | 5 | $52,708,159 |
| 648 | Sam Wrench | $263,530,254 | 3 | $87,843,418 |
| 649 | Steve Barron | $261,771,020 | 7 | $37,395,860 |
| 650 | Roberto Benigni | $261,637,240 | 4 | $65,409,310 |
| 651 | Jay Russell | $260,944,537 | 6 | $43,490,756 |
| 652 | Howard Zieff | $257,338,596 | 7 | $36,762,657 |
| 653 | Jeannot Szwarc | $256,649,551 | 7 | $36,664,222 |
| 654 | John Huston | $256,313,917 | 21 | $12,205,425 |
| 655 | Camille Delamarre | $256,050,676 | 3 | $85,350,225 |
| 656 | Jing Zou | $255,962,981 | 1 | $255,962,981 |
| 657 | Junwei Xie (谢君伟) | $255,962,981 | 1 | $255,962,981 |
| 658 | Joe Pytka | $255,151,472 | 2 | $127,575,736 |
| 659 | Justin Kurzel | $255,014,447 | 7 | $36,430,635 |
| 660 | Hideaki Anno | $252,525,143 | 7 | $36,075,020 |
| 661 | Lee Daniels | $251,127,409 | 6 | $41,854,568 |
| 662 | Pierre Perifel | $250,901,649 | 2 | $125,450,825 |
| 663 | Aaron Blaise | $250,397,798 | 1 | $250,397,798 |
| 664 | Robert Walker | $250,397,798 | 1 | $250,397,798 |
| 665 | Stefen Fangmeier | $249,488,115 | 1 | $249,488,115 |
| 666 | Henry Selick | $248,807,567 | 5 | $49,761,513 |
| 667 | Eduardo Sanchez | $248,743,453 | 7 | $35,534,779 |
| 668 | Daniel Myrick | $248,302,552 | 4 | $62,075,638 |
| 669 | Iain Softley | $247,967,936 | 9 | $27,551,993 |
| 670 | Anthony Leondis | $247,578,188 | 2 | $123,789,094 |
| 671 | Bora Dagtekin | $247,526,550 | 4 | $61,881,638 |
| 672 | Stuart Baird | $247,225,621 | 3 | $82,408,540 |
| 673 | Li Wei | $245,851,162 | 5 | $49,170,232 |
| 674 | Ron Underwood | $245,697,279 | 7 | $35,099,611 |
| 675 | Robert Benton | $245,098,156 | 9 | $27,233,128 |
| 676 | Ben Falcone | $245,089,802 | 5 | $49,017,960 |
| 677 | Dexter Fletcher | $244,917,692 | 5 | $48,983,538 |
| 678 | James Gray | $243,953,095 | 9 | $27,105,899 |
| 679 | Teng Cheng | $243,887,233 | 1 | $243,887,233 |
| 680 | Ronny Yu | $243,555,145 | 6 | $40,592,524 |
| 681 | Ric Roman Waugh | $242,958,480 | 9 | $26,995,387 |
| 682 | Yongchang Lin | $242,657,336 | 3 | $80,885,779 |
| 683 | Fawn Veerasunthorn | $240,368,730 | 1 | $240,368,730 |
| 684 | Cornell John | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 685 | David Cronenberg | $239,452,806 | 21 | $11,402,515 |
| 686 | Kieth Merrill | $239,000,000 | 2 | $119,500,000 |
| 687 | Tom Vaughan | $238,350,483 | 5 | $47,670,097 |
| 688 | Frank Miller | $238,184,948 | 3 | $79,394,983 |
| 689 | Xiaoxing Yi | $238,149,449 | 2 | $119,074,725 |
| 690 | Klay Hall | $238,059,569 | 1 | $238,059,569 |
| 691 | Russell Mulcahy | $237,337,364 | 14 | $16,952,669 |
| 692 | Choi Dong-hoon | $237,160,192 | 5 | $47,432,038 |
| 693 | Jon Hurwitz | $236,799,211 | 1 | $236,799,211 |
| 694 | Hayden Schlossberg | $236,799,211 | 1 | $236,799,211 |
| 695 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $236,708,548 | 8 | $29,588,569 |
| 696 | Steve Bendelack | $234,981,342 | 1 | $234,981,342 |
| 697 | Scott Cooper | $234,346,236 | 8 | $29,293,280 |
| 698 | Thea Sharrock | $233,403,155 | 4 | $58,350,789 |
| 699 | David S. Goyer | $233,103,892 | 4 | $58,275,973 |
| 700 | Jared Bush | $231,026,295 | 1 | $231,026,295 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.