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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,101 | Marjane Satrapi | $31,939,602 | 5 | $6,387,920 |
| 2,102 | Henry Levin | $31,920,615 | 6 | $5,320,103 |
| 2,103 | Ma Yuke | $31,910,932 | 1 | $31,910,932 |
| 2,104 | Deran Sarafian | $31,873,100 | 3 | $10,624,367 |
| 2,105 | Taichi Ishidate | $31,862,575 | 2 | $15,931,288 |
| 2,106 | Eon-hie Lee | $31,795,699 | 2 | $15,897,850 |
| 2,107 | Karel Reisz | $31,700,370 | 7 | $4,528,624 |
| 2,108 | Wei Xu (徐伟) | $31,673,207 | 4 | $7,918,302 |
| 2,109 | Felix Van Groeningen | $31,663,138 | 4 | $7,915,785 |
| 2,110 | Jesse Peretz | $31,628,407 | 2 | $15,814,204 |
| 2,111 | Michael Zinberg | $31,559,552 | 1 | $31,559,552 |
| 2,112 | Matthias Glasner | $31,559,552 | 2 | $15,779,776 |
| 2,113 | George Butler | $31,530,291 | 4 | $7,882,573 |
| 2,114 | Jonathan Teplitzky | $31,506,285 | 3 | $10,502,095 |
| 2,115 | Michael Gordon | $31,455,882 | 6 | $5,242,647 |
| 2,116 | Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | $31,366,522 | 3 | $10,455,507 |
| 2,117 | Peter Atencio | $31,345,077 | 2 | $15,672,539 |
| 2,118 | Jae Yong Kwak | $31,328,959 | 9 | $3,480,995 |
| 2,119 | Janusz Kaminski | $31,320,293 | 2 | $15,660,147 |
| 2,120 | Anthony Fabian | $31,301,780 | 3 | $10,433,927 |
| 2,121 | Stewart Hendler | $31,298,877 | 3 | $10,432,959 |
| 2,122 | Christopher Erskin | $31,286,759 | 1 | $31,286,759 |
| 2,123 | Oz Scott | $31,261,000 | 2 | $15,630,500 |
| 2,124 | Stacy Title | $31,213,727 | 2 | $15,606,864 |
| 2,125 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $31,192,425 | 1 | $31,192,425 |
| 2,126 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | $31,191,613 | 5 | $6,238,323 |
| 2,127 | Yi'nan Diao | $31,167,845 | 2 | $15,583,923 |
| 2,128 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 2,129 | Will Graham | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 2,130 | Patrik Forsberg | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 2,131 | James Duffy | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 2,132 | Jim Drake | $31,138,404 | 2 | $15,569,202 |
| 2,133 | Phil Nibbelink | $31,055,430 | 3 | $10,351,810 |
| 2,134 | Denys Arcand | $31,044,645 | 5 | $6,208,929 |
| 2,135 | Ismail Fidan | $31,025,596 | 4 | $7,756,399 |
| 2,136 | Derek Hui | $30,996,614 | 1 | $30,996,614 |
| 2,137 | Hong-seon Kim | $30,942,053 | 3 | $10,314,018 |
| 2,138 | Vadim Perelman | $30,871,873 | 5 | $6,174,375 |
| 2,139 | John Bruno | $30,861,680 | 2 | $15,430,840 |
| 2,140 | John Waters | $30,819,106 | 10 | $3,081,911 |
| 2,141 | Takehiko Shinjo | $30,812,812 | 4 | $7,703,203 |
| 2,142 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $30,792,024 | 1 | $30,792,024 |
| 2,143 | R. Balki | $30,783,121 | 5 | $6,156,624 |
| 2,144 | Jon Cassar | $30,768,449 | 2 | $15,384,225 |
| 2,145 | Barnaby Thompson | $30,716,316 | 4 | $7,679,079 |
| 2,146 | Nicolas Bedos | $30,636,530 | 4 | $7,659,133 |
| 2,147 | Tom Ropelewski | $30,610,303 | 2 | $15,305,152 |
| 2,148 | Damien O'Donnell | $30,551,505 | 2 | $15,275,753 |
| 2,149 | Trevor Wall | $30,535,660 | 1 | $30,535,660 |
| 2,150 | Jerome Salle | $30,506,100 | 4 | $7,626,525 |
| 2,151 | Florian David Fitz | $30,479,367 | 3 | $10,159,789 |
| 2,152 | Siddharth Malhotra | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 2,153 | Bruce Hendricks | $30,428,831 | 1 | $30,428,831 |
| 2,154 | Jessica Bendinger | $30,399,714 | 1 | $30,399,714 |
| 2,155 | Shenyang Xiao | $30,355,804 | 1 | $30,355,804 |
| 2,156 | Mukuan Lai (来牧宽) | $30,350,000 | 1 | $30,350,000 |
| 2,157 | Yann Demange | $30,325,241 | 3 | $10,108,414 |
| 2,158 | Jim Sonzero | $30,241,435 | 1 | $30,241,435 |
| 2,159 | Cedric Jimenez | $30,174,207 | 5 | $6,034,841 |
| 2,160 | Gianluca Leuzzi | $30,101,727 | 6 | $5,016,955 |
| 2,161 | Wojciech Smarzowski | $30,013,044 | 3 | $10,004,348 |
| 2,162 | Roger Christian | $30,011,256 | 3 | $10,003,752 |
| 2,163 | Chang | $29,957,334 | 3 | $9,985,778 |
| 2,164 | Jonas Elmer | $29,937,909 | 1 | $29,937,909 |
| 2,165 | Michael Dinner | $29,932,825 | 4 | $7,483,206 |
| 2,166 | Mehmet Ada Öztekin | $29,928,637 | 5 | $5,985,727 |
| 2,167 | Kevin Allen | $29,910,063 | 5 | $5,982,013 |
| 2,168 | Julie Taymor | $29,846,418 | 4 | $7,461,605 |
| 2,169 | Greg Beeman | $29,811,382 | 2 | $14,905,691 |
| 2,170 | Dev Patel | $29,765,094 | 1 | $29,765,094 |
| 2,171 | Motonori Sakakibara | $29,753,435 | 1 | $29,753,435 |
| 2,172 | Jang Chang-won | $29,721,934 | 1 | $29,721,934 |
| 2,173 | Gary Nelson | $29,693,699 | 2 | $14,846,850 |
| 2,174 | Charles Walters | $29,670,559 | 7 | $4,238,651 |
| 2,175 | Mike Slee | $29,649,360 | 3 | $9,883,120 |
| 2,176 | John Curran | $29,624,807 | 4 | $7,406,202 |
| 2,177 | Simon Cellan Jones | $29,621,253 | 2 | $14,810,627 |
| 2,178 | Akiva Goldsman | $29,575,033 | 2 | $14,787,517 |
| 2,179 | Kwak Kyung-taek | $29,566,314 | 3 | $9,855,438 |
| 2,180 | Guo Degang | $29,546,964 | 2 | $14,773,482 |
| 2,181 | Vikram Bhatt | $29,527,492 | 7 | $4,218,213 |
| 2,182 | Eric Lavaine | $29,486,038 | 6 | $4,914,340 |
| 2,183 | Abbas Mustan | $29,479,927 | 2 | $14,739,964 |
| 2,184 | Tae-Gyoon Kim | $29,433,930 | 2 | $14,716,965 |
| 2,185 | Julie Delpy | $29,357,457 | 6 | $4,892,910 |
| 2,186 | John Turturro | $29,356,083 | 5 | $5,871,217 |
| 2,187 | Doze Niu | $29,338,638 | 1 | $29,338,638 |
| 2,188 | James Franco | $29,320,199 | 14 | $2,094,300 |
| 2,189 | Donovan Marsh | $29,312,121 | 4 | $7,328,030 |
| 2,190 | Jae-Gyu Lee | $29,306,967 | 1 | $29,306,967 |
| 2,191 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | $29,284,214 | 1 | $29,284,214 |
| 2,192 | Justine Triet | $29,266,196 | 3 | $9,755,399 |
| 2,193 | Brian Tse | $29,257,113 | 4 | $7,314,278 |
| 2,194 | Álvaro Fernández Armero | $29,237,721 | 4 | $7,309,430 |
| 2,195 | David Seltzer | $29,232,000 | 2 | $14,616,000 |
| 2,196 | Nelson McCormick | $29,227,561 | 2 | $14,613,781 |
| 2,197 | Philippe Falardeau | $29,209,484 | 5 | $5,841,897 |
| 2,198 | Johan Nijenhuis | $29,182,651 | 11 | $2,652,968 |
| 2,199 | Yan Han (韩琰) | $29,173,460 | 1 | $29,173,460 |
| 2,200 | Emile Gaudreault | $29,137,423 | 6 | $4,856,237 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.