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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Andy Cheng | $6,881,021 | 2 | $3,440,511 |
| 3,902 | Julien Fournet | $6,875,511 | 2 | $3,437,756 |
| 3,903 | Gilles Bourdos | $6,873,392 | 2 | $3,436,696 |
| 3,904 | Shankar Sachdev | $6,871,135 | 1 | $6,871,135 |
| 3,905 | Hiroyuki Yano | $6,867,958 | 2 | $3,433,979 |
| 3,906 | Peter Hall | $6,854,148 | 4 | $1,713,537 |
| 3,907 | Richard Ayoade | $6,848,118 | 2 | $3,424,059 |
| 3,908 | James Vanderbilt | $6,842,580 | 1 | $6,842,580 |
| 3,909 | Tugçe Soysop | $6,836,281 | 4 | $1,709,070 |
| 3,910 | Frank Zuniga | $6,831,033 | 2 | $3,415,517 |
| 3,911 | A.R. Murugadoss | $6,822,350 | 5 | $1,364,470 |
| 3,912 | Drake Doremus | $6,822,044 | 7 | $974,578 |
| 3,913 | Dick Maas | $6,820,238 | 3 | $2,273,413 |
| 3,914 | Abderrahmane Sissako | $6,818,073 | 2 | $3,409,037 |
| 3,915 | Dominik Moll | $6,806,360 | 5 | $1,361,272 |
| 3,916 | Hannes Holm | $6,804,746 | 3 | $2,268,249 |
| 3,917 | Janice Karman | $6,804,312 | 1 | $6,804,312 |
| 3,918 | Rezo Gigineishvili | $6,800,785 | 4 | $1,700,196 |
| 3,919 | Jason Chadwick | $6,792,768 | 1 | $6,792,768 |
| 3,920 | Subhash Ghai | $6,789,166 | 2 | $3,394,583 |
| 3,921 | Wonsuk Lee | $6,780,546 | 2 | $3,390,273 |
| 3,922 | Peng Jun | $6,780,000 | 1 | $6,780,000 |
| 3,923 | Gabe Ibanez | $6,775,458 | 1 | $6,775,458 |
| 3,924 | K.S. Ravikumar | $6,771,093 | 2 | $3,385,547 |
| 3,925 | Gook jin Ahn (안국진) | $6,764,472 | 1 | $6,764,472 |
| 3,926 | Darin Scott | $6,762,661 | 7 | $966,094 |
| 3,927 | Sang-hyun Park III | $6,758,065 | 1 | $6,758,065 |
| 3,928 | J.S. Cardone | $6,755,271 | 2 | $3,377,636 |
| 3,929 | Mao Dai | $6,750,000 | 1 | $6,750,000 |
| 3,930 | Charles Binamé | $6,749,187 | 2 | $3,374,594 |
| 3,931 | Stéphan Archinard | $6,741,069 | 2 | $3,370,535 |
| 3,932 | Sebastian Schipper | $6,722,142 | 2 | $3,361,071 |
| 3,933 | Tiina Lymi | $6,719,854 | 1 | $6,719,854 |
| 3,934 | Richard Stanley | $6,717,218 | 2 | $3,358,609 |
| 3,935 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $6,712,903 | 1 | $6,712,903 |
| 3,936 | Paul Provenza | $6,702,604 | 1 | $6,702,604 |
| 3,937 | Penn Jillette | $6,702,604 | 1 | $6,702,604 |
| 3,938 | Ha Jung-woo | $6,702,181 | 1 | $6,702,181 |
| 3,939 | Diego Kaplan | $6,699,289 | 2 | $3,349,645 |
| 3,940 | Laure de Clermont | $6,699,047 | 2 | $3,349,524 |
| 3,941 | Mike Birbiglia | $6,684,049 | 2 | $3,342,025 |
| 3,942 | Yuan Fan | $6,683,943 | 2 | $3,341,972 |
| 3,943 | Rasmus A. Sivertsen | $6,666,995 | 8 | $833,374 |
| 3,944 | Lynn Shelton | $6,649,467 | 7 | $949,924 |
| 3,945 | Jae-Keun Yoon | $6,648,164 | 1 | $6,648,164 |
| 3,946 | Justin Martin | $6,646,622 | 1 | $6,646,622 |
| 3,947 | Kim Sehwi | $6,634,637 | 1 | $6,634,637 |
| 3,948 | Antonio Pedro | $6,633,478 | 2 | $3,316,739 |
| 3,949 | Armando de Boer | $6,632,321 | 4 | $1,658,080 |
| 3,950 | Chuck Barris | $6,621,520 | 1 | $6,621,520 |
| 3,951 | Hasi Chaolu | $6,620,968 | 2 | $3,310,484 |
| 3,952 | Tarik Saleh | $6,619,731 | 4 | $1,654,933 |
| 3,953 | Leander Haußmann | $6,618,024 | 2 | $3,309,012 |
| 3,954 | Bruce Paltrow | $6,615,452 | 1 | $6,615,452 |
| 3,955 | R.S. Prasanna | $6,614,086 | 1 | $6,614,086 |
| 3,956 | Richard Tanne | $6,612,968 | 2 | $3,306,484 |
| 3,957 | Akihisa Shibata | $6,611,464 | 1 | $6,611,464 |
| 3,958 | Kevin Connolly | $6,601,992 | 2 | $3,300,996 |
| 3,959 | John Byrum | $6,600,000 | 1 | $6,600,000 |
| 3,960 | Paolo Costella | $6,596,949 | 3 | $2,198,983 |
| 3,961 | Christopher Smith | $6,595,630 | 6 | $1,099,272 |
| 3,962 | Nicholaus Goossen | $6,590,172 | 2 | $3,295,086 |
| 3,963 | Ziad Doueiri | $6,587,326 | 2 | $3,293,663 |
| 3,964 | Julien Temple | $6,583,226 | 9 | $731,470 |
| 3,965 | Carine Tardieu | $6,582,475 | 2 | $3,291,238 |
| 3,966 | Fluxa Farkhshatova | $6,577,468 | 1 | $6,577,468 |
| 3,967 | Pierfrancesco Dilberto | $6,576,223 | 1 | $6,576,223 |
| 3,968 | Satoshi Kuwabara | $6,573,390 | 1 | $6,573,390 |
| 3,969 | Diego Levy | $6,559,825 | 1 | $6,559,825 |
| 3,970 | Vicky Jones | $6,554,791 | 1 | $6,554,791 |
| 3,971 | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | $6,552,623 | 4 | $1,638,156 |
| 3,972 | Zhibin Gu | $6,550,000 | 1 | $6,550,000 |
| 3,973 | Jorge Ramirez Suarez | $6,547,113 | 4 | $1,636,778 |
| 3,974 | Jo Cheol hyeon | $6,542,844 | 1 | $6,542,844 |
| 3,975 | Michele Laroque | $6,533,239 | 3 | $2,177,746 |
| 3,976 | Charles S. Dutton | $6,532,865 | 2 | $3,266,433 |
| 3,977 | Euros Lyn | $6,530,068 | 2 | $3,265,034 |
| 3,978 | John Chester | $6,526,377 | 1 | $6,526,377 |
| 3,979 | Anton Maslov | $6,520,318 | 1 | $6,520,318 |
| 3,980 | Arnaud Lemort | $6,510,082 | 2 | $3,255,041 |
| 3,981 | Craig Johnson | $6,507,575 | 5 | $1,301,515 |
| 3,982 | Ayako Kuono | $6,504,916 | 1 | $6,504,916 |
| 3,983 | Kurt Miller | $6,504,890 | 3 | $2,168,297 |
| 3,984 | Peter Speek | $6,504,890 | 2 | $3,252,445 |
| 3,985 | Jeb Stuart | $6,504,442 | 1 | $6,504,442 |
| 3,986 | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | $6,501,023 | 1 | $6,501,023 |
| 3,987 | Joey Zou | $6,497,818 | 3 | $2,165,939 |
| 3,988 | Timothy Björklund | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 3,989 | Abbas Kiarostami | $6,491,106 | 9 | $721,234 |
| 3,990 | Pierre Salvadori | $6,490,090 | 3 | $2,163,363 |
| 3,991 | Takeshi Nozue | $6,479,980 | 1 | $6,479,980 |
| 3,992 | Rajesh Mapuskar | $6,477,036 | 1 | $6,477,036 |
| 3,993 | Bishal Dutta | $6,468,779 | 2 | $3,234,390 |
| 3,994 | Michael Carney | $6,468,664 | 1 | $6,468,664 |
| 3,995 | Atsuko Ishizuka | $6,458,951 | 2 | $3,229,476 |
| 3,996 | Ali Biligin | $6,457,519 | 1 | $6,457,519 |
| 3,997 | Kim Druzhinin | $6,457,240 | 1 | $6,457,240 |
| 3,998 | Andrey Shalopa | $6,457,240 | 1 | $6,457,240 |
| 3,999 | Arthur Rankin Jr. | $6,455,330 | 5 | $1,291,066 |
| 4,000 | Jules Bass | $6,455,330 | 6 | $1,075,888 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.