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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Harry Elfont | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 1,902 | Debbie Isitt | $39,606,847 | 6 | $6,601,141 |
| 1,903 | Jae-gyoo Lee | $39,504,707 | 1 | $39,504,707 |
| 1,904 | John Gatins | $39,498,360 | 1 | $39,498,360 |
| 1,905 | Katsuo Fukuzawa | $39,459,456 | 2 | $19,729,728 |
| 1,906 | Gordon Chan | $39,396,780 | 7 | $5,628,111 |
| 1,907 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $39,386,742 | 3 | $13,128,914 |
| 1,908 | Werner Herzog | $39,383,966 | 28 | $1,406,570 |
| 1,909 | Umesh Shukla | $39,237,700 | 5 | $7,847,540 |
| 1,910 | Rachel Talalay | $39,159,864 | 4 | $9,789,966 |
| 1,911 | Troy Nixey | $39,126,427 | 1 | $39,126,427 |
| 1,912 | Mary Harron | $39,080,468 | 7 | $5,582,924 |
| 1,913 | Rodrigo Cortes | $38,990,210 | 5 | $7,798,042 |
| 1,914 | Todd Holland | $38,948,312 | 5 | $7,789,662 |
| 1,915 | Mike Nawrocki | $38,857,223 | 2 | $19,428,612 |
| 1,916 | Nia Vardalos | $38,797,188 | 1 | $38,797,188 |
| 1,917 | David Swift | $38,723,111 | 4 | $9,680,778 |
| 1,918 | Maiwenn | $38,699,078 | 4 | $9,674,770 |
| 1,919 | Zoya Akhtar | $38,692,791 | 5 | $7,738,558 |
| 1,920 | Pascal Chaumeil | $38,658,311 | 3 | $12,886,104 |
| 1,921 | Woody Hui | $38,611,941 | 1 | $38,611,941 |
| 1,922 | Steven Seagal | $38,590,458 | 1 | $38,590,458 |
| 1,923 | Shao Yihui | $38,580,000 | 1 | $38,580,000 |
| 1,924 | Shunji Iwai | $38,537,519 | 10 | $3,853,752 |
| 1,925 | Peter Sollett | $38,518,823 | 5 | $7,703,765 |
| 1,926 | Ed Harris | $38,468,744 | 2 | $19,234,372 |
| 1,927 | Mandie Fletcher | $38,454,993 | 2 | $19,227,497 |
| 1,928 | Whit Stillman | $38,445,193 | 5 | $7,689,039 |
| 1,929 | Greg Coolidge | $38,364,855 | 2 | $19,182,428 |
| 1,930 | Farah Khan | $38,362,835 | 2 | $19,181,418 |
| 1,931 | Jong-bin Yun | $38,312,818 | 2 | $19,156,409 |
| 1,932 | Weiming Huang | $38,280,831 | 4 | $9,570,208 |
| 1,933 | Morton DaCosta | $38,253,846 | 2 | $19,126,923 |
| 1,934 | Jing Cai (蔡婧) | $38,242,892 | 1 | $38,242,892 |
| 1,935 | Andrew Haigh | $38,192,816 | 4 | $9,548,204 |
| 1,936 | Jon S. Baird | $38,176,938 | 5 | $7,635,388 |
| 1,937 | Kang Je-Kyu | $38,135,467 | 4 | $9,533,867 |
| 1,938 | David Mackenzie | $38,093,371 | 7 | $5,441,910 |
| 1,939 | Bob Dolman | $38,067,218 | 1 | $38,067,218 |
| 1,940 | Orkenbek Baysenbay | $38,000,000 | 1 | $38,000,000 |
| 1,941 | Herb Freed | $37,994,000 | 3 | $12,664,667 |
| 1,942 | Florian Zeller | $37,980,925 | 2 | $18,990,463 |
| 1,943 | Alain Gsponer | $37,950,786 | 5 | $7,590,157 |
| 1,944 | Jerry Schatzberg | $37,934,324 | 5 | $7,586,865 |
| 1,945 | Paul Bolger | $37,923,818 | 1 | $37,923,818 |
| 1,946 | Yvette Kaplan | $37,923,818 | 1 | $37,923,818 |
| 1,947 | Dapeng Zhang | $37,903,035 | 3 | $12,634,345 |
| 1,948 | Aleksandr Voytinskiy | $37,845,873 | 3 | $12,615,291 |
| 1,949 | Vincenzo Natali | $37,726,330 | 6 | $6,287,722 |
| 1,950 | George Armitage | $37,696,527 | 3 | $12,565,509 |
| 1,951 | Sajid Khan | $37,688,527 | 2 | $18,844,264 |
| 1,952 | Ed Herzog | $37,644,339 | 7 | $5,377,763 |
| 1,953 | Kelong Li | $37,641,855 | 6 | $6,273,643 |
| 1,954 | Leo McCarey | $37,604,117 | 7 | $5,372,017 |
| 1,955 | Alan Myerson | $37,576,774 | 2 | $18,788,387 |
| 1,956 | Salvatore Ficarra | $37,557,767 | 3 | $12,519,256 |
| 1,957 | Kôjirô Hashimoto | $37,538,344 | 3 | $12,512,781 |
| 1,958 | Martin Weisz | $37,466,538 | 2 | $18,733,269 |
| 1,959 | Farhan Akhtar | $37,345,849 | 4 | $9,336,462 |
| 1,960 | Derrick Borte | $37,340,228 | 4 | $9,335,057 |
| 1,961 | Hallie Meyers-Shyer | $37,336,874 | 3 | $12,445,625 |
| 1,962 | David S.F. Wilson | $37,163,054 | 1 | $37,163,054 |
| 1,963 | Pang Ho-cheung | $37,152,743 | 4 | $9,288,186 |
| 1,964 | Daniel St. Pierre | $37,108,370 | 2 | $18,554,185 |
| 1,965 | John Wayne | $37,107,027 | 3 | $12,369,009 |
| 1,966 | Fung Chih-chiang | $37,092,694 | 2 | $18,546,347 |
| 1,967 | Imtiaz Ali | $37,083,774 | 6 | $6,180,629 |
| 1,968 | Youyin Wu | $37,018,276 | 1 | $37,018,276 |
| 1,969 | Gary Sinyor | $36,983,266 | 3 | $12,327,755 |
| 1,970 | Ariel Winograd | $36,972,758 | 7 | $5,281,823 |
| 1,971 | Gilles Lellouche | $36,928,421 | 3 | $12,309,474 |
| 1,972 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | $36,919,653 | 2 | $18,459,827 |
| 1,973 | Nicholas Jarecki | $36,913,218 | 2 | $18,456,609 |
| 1,974 | Kurt Wimmer | $36,848,908 | 3 | $12,282,969 |
| 1,975 | Morgan Neville | $36,763,560 | 11 | $3,342,142 |
| 1,976 | Ellory Elkayem | $36,722,311 | 3 | $12,240,770 |
| 1,977 | Brandon Camp | $36,718,347 | 3 | $12,239,449 |
| 1,978 | Zhi Li | $36,670,000 | 2 | $18,335,000 |
| 1,979 | Dito Montiel | $36,642,178 | 9 | $4,071,353 |
| 1,980 | Kay Pollack | $36,571,042 | 2 | $18,285,521 |
| 1,981 | Won-Chan Hong | $36,521,377 | 2 | $18,260,689 |
| 1,982 | Stephen Kessler | $36,509,156 | 2 | $18,254,578 |
| 1,983 | Ueli Steiger | $36,489,888 | 1 | $36,489,888 |
| 1,984 | Clive Barker | $36,429,925 | 3 | $12,143,308 |
| 1,985 | Patrick Read Johnson | $36,414,766 | 5 | $7,282,953 |
| 1,986 | Stephen Low | $36,274,217 | 4 | $9,068,554 |
| 1,987 | Gene Kelly | $36,108,099 | 2 | $18,054,050 |
| 1,988 | Jeff Pollack | $36,093,386 | 2 | $18,046,693 |
| 1,989 | Josh Greenbaum | $36,030,254 | 4 | $9,007,564 |
| 1,990 | Nat Faxon | $36,013,193 | 3 | $12,004,398 |
| 1,991 | Jim Rash | $36,013,193 | 3 | $12,004,398 |
| 1,992 | Choi Kook-Hee | $36,010,953 | 2 | $18,005,477 |
| 1,993 | Don Chaffey | $36,000,000 | 3 | $12,000,000 |
| 1,994 | Kentarô Ôtani | $36,000,000 | 1 | $36,000,000 |
| 1,995 | Ben Younger | $35,944,957 | 2 | $17,972,479 |
| 1,996 | Tetsuo Yajima | $35,927,170 | 2 | $17,963,585 |
| 1,997 | Ryo Tanaka | $35,762,324 | 2 | $17,881,162 |
| 1,998 | Willard Huyck | $35,561,076 | 2 | $17,780,538 |
| 1,999 | Nicole Holofcener | $35,550,663 | 4 | $8,887,666 |
| 2,000 | Laurent Cantet | $35,417,660 | 5 | $7,083,532 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.