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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Anna J. Foerster | $81,209,222 | 2 | $40,604,611 |
| 1,302 | Takahisa Zeze | $81,139,850 | 10 | $8,113,985 |
| 1,303 | Aneesh Chaganty | $81,127,557 | 3 | $27,042,519 |
| 1,304 | Patrick Gilmore | $80,767,884 | 1 | $80,767,884 |
| 1,305 | Davis Guggenheim | $80,659,520 | 6 | $13,443,253 |
| 1,306 | Mary Lambert | $80,479,801 | 6 | $13,413,300 |
| 1,307 | Wolfgang Becker | $80,355,402 | 2 | $40,177,701 |
| 1,308 | George C. Wolfe | $80,272,400 | 5 | $16,054,480 |
| 1,309 | Jeremy Garelick | $80,171,596 | 4 | $20,042,899 |
| 1,310 | Christian Gudegast | $80,147,166 | 2 | $40,073,583 |
| 1,311 | Hyung-rae Shim | $80,079,608 | 3 | $26,693,203 |
| 1,312 | Richard Eyre | $80,013,424 | 8 | $10,001,678 |
| 1,313 | James Frawley | $79,990,306 | 4 | $19,997,577 |
| 1,314 | Costa-Gavras | $79,579,230 | 11 | $7,234,475 |
| 1,315 | Ken Annakin | $79,495,487 | 3 | $26,498,496 |
| 1,316 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $79,413,335 | 5 | $15,882,667 |
| 1,317 | Anton Megerdichev | $79,390,285 | 3 | $26,463,428 |
| 1,318 | Susanna Fogel | $79,371,624 | 4 | $19,842,906 |
| 1,319 | Florent-Emilio Siri | $79,355,507 | 3 | $26,451,836 |
| 1,320 | Wataru Takahashi | $79,269,719 | 4 | $19,817,430 |
| 1,321 | Fred Wolf | $79,256,010 | 6 | $13,209,335 |
| 1,322 | Joe Camp | $79,063,152 | 5 | $15,812,630 |
| 1,323 | Thomas Vinterberg | $78,910,888 | 8 | $9,863,861 |
| 1,324 | Gail Mancuso | $78,867,205 | 1 | $78,867,205 |
| 1,325 | Peter Cornwell | $78,758,522 | 2 | $39,379,261 |
| 1,326 | Tony Bill | $78,743,301 | 7 | $11,249,043 |
| 1,327 | Ken Scott | $78,674,398 | 5 | $15,734,880 |
| 1,328 | Stewart Raffill | $78,630,310 | 8 | $9,828,789 |
| 1,329 | Rick Rosenthal | $78,491,553 | 8 | $9,811,444 |
| 1,330 | Howard Hawks | $78,485,957 | 17 | $4,616,821 |
| 1,331 | Michael J. Bassett | $78,448,056 | 6 | $13,074,676 |
| 1,332 | Yongchang Li | $78,392,065 | 2 | $39,196,033 |
| 1,333 | William Malone | $78,379,831 | 2 | $39,189,916 |
| 1,334 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $78,259,394 | 8 | $9,782,424 |
| 1,335 | Reginald Hudlin | $78,220,349 | 11 | $7,110,941 |
| 1,336 | Gary David Goldberg | $78,143,328 | 2 | $39,071,664 |
| 1,337 | Sanaa Hamri | $77,621,465 | 4 | $19,405,366 |
| 1,338 | John Dahl | $77,604,177 | 8 | $9,700,522 |
| 1,339 | Mark L. Lester | $77,577,517 | 9 | $8,619,724 |
| 1,340 | Til Schweiger | $77,559,870 | 8 | $9,694,984 |
| 1,341 | Juan Jose Campanella | $77,546,087 | 3 | $25,848,696 |
| 1,342 | Joseph Zito | $77,522,384 | 4 | $19,380,596 |
| 1,343 | Chris Rock | $77,490,917 | 3 | $25,830,306 |
| 1,344 | Jaume Balaguero | $77,431,229 | 7 | $11,061,604 |
| 1,345 | Everado Gout | $77,422,405 | 2 | $38,711,203 |
| 1,346 | Paolo Sorrentino | $77,289,666 | 9 | $8,587,741 |
| 1,347 | Jeff Tomsic | $77,024,944 | 6 | $12,837,491 |
| 1,348 | John R. Cherry, III | $76,741,060 | 3 | $25,580,353 |
| 1,349 | Ken Loach | $76,719,914 | 18 | $4,262,217 |
| 1,350 | John Sanford | $76,482,461 | 1 | $76,482,461 |
| 1,351 | Tian Yu-sheng | $76,481,594 | 2 | $38,240,797 |
| 1,352 | Takahiro Miki | $76,426,494 | 11 | $6,947,863 |
| 1,353 | Nuel C. Naval | $76,283,565 | 4 | $19,070,891 |
| 1,354 | Brian Percival | $76,086,711 | 2 | $38,043,356 |
| 1,355 | Courtney Solomon | $76,029,231 | 3 | $25,343,077 |
| 1,356 | James Bridges | $75,955,222 | 4 | $18,988,806 |
| 1,357 | Michael Showalter | $75,934,914 | 7 | $10,847,845 |
| 1,358 | Mario Van Peebles | $75,908,230 | 11 | $6,900,748 |
| 1,359 | Jake Szymanski | $75,898,100 | 2 | $37,949,050 |
| 1,360 | Jimming Guo | $75,490,000 | 1 | $75,490,000 |
| 1,361 | Nacho G. Velilla | $75,484,122 | 6 | $12,580,687 |
| 1,362 | Alan Poul | $75,281,179 | 1 | $75,281,179 |
| 1,363 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | $75,226,301 | 6 | $12,537,717 |
| 1,364 | Beier Bao (包贝尔) | $75,146,261 | 4 | $18,786,565 |
| 1,365 | Michael Cuesta | $74,974,670 | 3 | $24,991,557 |
| 1,366 | Robert Lorenz | $74,877,023 | 3 | $24,959,008 |
| 1,367 | Michael Schultz | $74,768,681 | 9 | $8,307,631 |
| 1,368 | Ilya Naishuller | $74,699,904 | 2 | $37,349,952 |
| 1,369 | Robert Harmon | $74,561,875 | 13 | $5,735,529 |
| 1,370 | Anne Fontaine | $74,501,012 | 12 | $6,208,418 |
| 1,371 | Bob Spiers | $74,344,420 | 2 | $37,172,210 |
| 1,372 | Gene Wilder | $74,341,544 | 5 | $14,868,309 |
| 1,373 | Vincent Kesteloot | $73,996,771 | 2 | $36,998,386 |
| 1,374 | Steve Shill | $73,964,713 | 1 | $73,964,713 |
| 1,375 | Bryan Spicer | $73,874,414 | 3 | $24,624,805 |
| 1,376 | Peggy Holmes | $73,816,079 | 3 | $24,605,360 |
| 1,377 | Kevin Bray | $73,729,528 | 2 | $36,864,764 |
| 1,378 | Yao Yoyo | $73,724,082 | 1 | $73,724,082 |
| 1,379 | Steven Zaillian | $73,497,832 | 3 | $24,499,277 |
| 1,380 | Allen Coulter | $73,332,371 | 2 | $36,666,186 |
| 1,381 | George Stevens | $73,189,167 | 9 | $8,132,130 |
| 1,382 | Mark Herman | $73,127,197 | 5 | $14,625,439 |
| 1,383 | Patryk Vega | $73,125,029 | 13 | $5,625,002 |
| 1,384 | Frant Fwo | $73,050,000 | 1 | $73,050,000 |
| 1,385 | Craig Mazin | $73,039,298 | 2 | $36,519,649 |
| 1,386 | Alexandre Astier | $73,008,590 | 2 | $36,504,295 |
| 1,387 | Jeremy Degruson | $72,997,543 | 2 | $36,498,772 |
| 1,388 | Mike Tollin | $72,987,519 | 2 | $36,493,760 |
| 1,389 | Ken Marino | $72,847,059 | 2 | $36,423,530 |
| 1,390 | Lee Toland Krieger | $72,772,225 | 2 | $36,386,113 |
| 1,391 | Gao Ke | $72,760,000 | 1 | $72,760,000 |
| 1,392 | Tie Wei | $72,506,344 | 1 | $72,506,344 |
| 1,393 | Takeshi Kitano | $72,467,056 | 13 | $5,574,389 |
| 1,394 | David Mamet | $72,446,093 | 11 | $6,586,008 |
| 1,395 | Chris Kentis | $72,129,401 | 2 | $36,064,701 |
| 1,396 | Albert Magnoli | $71,967,721 | 2 | $35,983,861 |
| 1,397 | Shinji Ushiro | $71,791,741 | 2 | $35,895,871 |
| 1,398 | Alfonso Arau | $71,664,677 | 2 | $35,832,339 |
| 1,399 | Nicolai Fuglsig | $71,118,378 | 1 | $71,118,378 |
| 1,400 | Matthew O'Callaghan | $71,052,604 | 1 | $71,052,604 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.