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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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
2,901 Otto Preminger $14,991,268 10 $1,499,127
2,902 Halina Reijn $14,976,652 2 $7,488,326
2,903 Mark Duplass $14,976,277 5 $2,995,255
2,904 Jay Duplass $14,976,277 4 $3,744,069
2,905 Leslye Headland $14,951,022 3 $4,983,674
2,906 W.D. Richter $14,941,499 2 $7,470,750
2,907 Wei Liu $14,932,035 2 $7,466,018
2,908 Jessy Terrero $14,921,106 2 $7,460,553
2,909 Kwan Lai Siu $14,917,516 1 $14,917,516
2,910 Tai Lau Wing $14,917,516 1 $14,917,516
2,911 Sze Pak-Lam $14,917,516 1 $14,917,516
2,912 Lu Zhengyu $14,897,163 1 $14,897,163
2,913 Luc Dardenne $14,889,298 6 $2,481,550
2,914 Jean-Pierre Dardenne $14,889,298 6 $2,481,550
2,915 James Kent $14,889,084 2 $7,444,542
2,916 Ralph Fiennes $14,887,726 4 $3,721,932
2,917 Beto Gomez $14,875,491 4 $3,718,873
2,918 Ozer Feyzioglu $14,856,541 2 $7,428,271
2,919 Wallace Wolodarsky $14,848,533 3 $4,949,511
2,920 Piers Haggard $14,815,234 2 $7,407,617
2,921 James Dearden $14,806,560 2 $7,403,280
2,922 Gong Feng $14,798,770 1 $14,798,770
2,923 Emmett Malloy $14,797,997 3 $4,932,666
2,924 Brendan Malloy $14,797,997 2 $7,398,999
2,925 Mohamed Hamidi $14,793,003 5 $2,958,601
2,926 Isao Yukisada $14,790,802 5 $2,958,160
2,927 Isshin Inudô $14,782,761 5 $2,956,552
2,928 Liam Lynch $14,758,819 2 $7,379,410
2,929 Cristian Mungiu $14,753,809 4 $3,688,452
2,930 Andre Techine $14,739,463 13 $1,133,805
2,931 Raj Mehta $14,738,309 3 $4,912,770
2,932 Jianbin Chen $14,736,732 2 $7,368,366
2,933 Michael Anderson $14,717,854 1 $14,717,854
2,934 Jean-Christophe Lie $14,709,816 1 $14,709,816
2,935 Matthew Akers $14,663,001 1 $14,663,001
2,936 Prince $14,654,107 3 $4,884,702
2,937 Jong-pil Lee $14,647,829 3 $4,882,610
2,938 Jong-Yeol Baek $14,625,759 3 $4,875,253
2,939 Eloïse Lang $14,624,635 2 $7,312,318
2,940 Vishal Bhardwaj $14,617,226 6 $2,436,204
2,941 Julio Soto Gurpide $14,578,808 3 $4,859,603
2,942 Douglas Day Stewart $14,577,713 2 $7,288,857
2,943 Olivier Assayas $14,572,244 12 $1,214,354
2,944 Gastón Duprat $14,565,994 3 $4,855,331
2,945 George Sluizer $14,562,886 2 $7,281,443
2,946 Wolfgang Lauenstein $14,561,025 2 $7,280,513
2,947 Christoph Lauenstein $14,561,025 2 $7,280,513
2,948 Setsuro Wakamatsu $14,559,135 2 $7,279,568
2,949 Banjong Pisanthanakun $14,557,368 3 $4,852,456
2,950 Guy Ferland $14,554,299 2 $7,277,150
2,951 Juliano Ribeiro Salgado $14,543,275 1 $14,543,275
2,952 Alexandre Heboyan $14,534,046 1 $14,534,046
2,953 Benoit Philippon $14,534,046 2 $7,267,023
2,954 Caroline Thompson $14,495,934 2 $7,247,967
2,955 Anthony Perkins $14,481,606 1 $14,481,606
2,956 Aanand Rai $14,474,271 5 $2,894,854
2,957 Fred Dekker $14,466,200 2 $7,233,100
2,958 Oxide Pang $14,455,808 3 $4,818,603
2,959 Gyu-tae Park $14,453,138 1 $14,453,138
2,960 Juan Pablo Buscarini $14,414,391 5 $2,882,878
2,961 Elaine May $14,375,181 2 $7,187,591
2,962 Peter Glenville $14,364,370 3 $4,788,123
2,963 Raoul Peck $14,361,147 4 $3,590,287
2,964 Jennifer Westfeldt $14,357,752 1 $14,357,752
2,965 Bo Burnham $14,348,020 3 $4,782,673
2,966 Todd Solondz $14,346,301 8 $1,793,288
2,967 Im Sang-soo $14,345,219 4 $3,586,305
2,968 Koji Shintoku $14,303,699 3 $4,767,900
2,969 Tom Green $14,301,755 3 $4,767,252
2,970 Stuart Heisler $14,300,000 4 $3,575,000
2,971 Ate de Jong $14,298,777 4 $3,574,694
2,972 Patricia Birch $14,297,083 1 $14,297,083
2,973 Wych Kaosayananda $14,294,842 5 $2,858,968
2,974 Sally Potter $14,293,366 6 $2,382,228
2,975 Seong Sik Kim (김성식) $14,280,419 2 $7,140,210
2,976 Fran Rubel Kuzui $14,269,504 2 $7,134,752
2,977 Dan O’Bannon $14,238,828 2 $7,119,414
2,978 Ali Zafar $14,233,249 1 $14,233,249
2,979 Fred Walton $14,209,815 3 $4,736,605
2,980 Grand Corps Malade $14,178,920 1 $14,178,920
2,981 Mehdi Idir $14,178,920 2 $7,089,460
2,982 Jonathan Kasdan $14,163,238 2 $7,081,619
2,983 Arnaud Bouron $14,163,162 1 $14,163,162
2,984 Antoon Krings $14,163,162 1 $14,163,162
2,985 Meng A (阿猛) $14,162,404 1 $14,162,404
2,986 Gary Weis $14,155,617 1 $14,155,617
2,987 Jin-ho Heo $14,151,744 3 $4,717,248
2,988 John Cherry $14,143,280 1 $14,143,280
2,989 Sean Baker $14,126,525 7 $2,018,075
2,990 Vikas Bahl $14,123,980 7 $2,017,711
2,991 Zhong Yu $14,120,000 2 $7,060,000
2,992 Charles Sturridge $14,059,077 1 $14,059,077
2,993 Marco Bellocchio $14,053,461 7 $2,007,637
2,994 Noel Black $14,049,706 3 $4,683,235
2,995 Brett Haley $14,046,644 6 $2,341,107
2,996 Marshall Brickman $14,043,618 2 $7,021,809
2,997 Yasuo Tsuruhashi $14,028,357 2 $7,014,179
2,998 Lionel Smith Martin $14,010,363 1 $14,010,363
2,999 Douglas Sirk $14,001,150 13 $1,077,012
3,000 Michael Gornick $14,000,000 1 $14,000,000

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.