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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | John Ford | $105,435,082 | 23 | $4,584,134 |
| 1,102 | Kevin Donovan | $105,057,868 | 2 | $52,528,934 |
| 1,103 | Sunny Luk | $104,529,486 | 1 | $104,529,486 |
| 1,104 | Arturo Perez | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
| 1,105 | Samantha Jayne | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
| 1,106 | David E. Talbert | $104,189,940 | 5 | $20,837,988 |
| 1,107 | Joshua Logan | $104,099,280 | 5 | $20,819,856 |
| 1,108 | Haiqiang Ning | $103,725,493 | 6 | $17,287,582 |
| 1,109 | John Carney | $103,668,782 | 5 | $20,733,756 |
| 1,110 | Trey Parker | $103,613,701 | 4 | $25,903,425 |
| 1,111 | Richard Lester | $103,393,881 | 8 | $12,924,235 |
| 1,112 | Stiles White | $103,300,632 | 1 | $103,300,632 |
| 1,113 | Stig Bergqvist | $103,284,813 | 1 | $103,284,813 |
| 1,114 | Paul Demeyer | $103,284,813 | 1 | $103,284,813 |
| 1,115 | Wally Pfister | $103,039,258 | 1 | $103,039,258 |
| 1,116 | Tom Holland | $102,756,798 | 6 | $17,126,133 |
| 1,117 | Gene Saks | $102,368,900 | 6 | $17,061,483 |
| 1,118 | Mark Levin | $102,326,652 | 2 | $51,163,326 |
| 1,119 | Enrique Gato | $102,168,765 | 3 | $34,056,255 |
| 1,120 | Brad Anderson | $101,994,646 | 13 | $7,845,742 |
| 1,121 | William Dear | $101,875,253 | 6 | $16,979,209 |
| 1,122 | Drew Goddard | $101,862,076 | 2 | $50,931,038 |
| 1,123 | Jennifer Flackett | $101,857,425 | 1 | $101,857,425 |
| 1,124 | Richard Starzak | $101,850,986 | 1 | $101,850,986 |
| 1,125 | Mark Burton | $101,850,986 | 1 | $101,850,986 |
| 1,126 | Wai Man Yip | $101,381,397 | 5 | $20,276,279 |
| 1,127 | King Vidor | $101,289,510 | 10 | $10,128,951 |
| 1,128 | Konstantin Feoktistov | $101,281,586 | 12 | $8,440,132 |
| 1,129 | Yuen Fai Ng | $100,730,000 | 1 | $100,730,000 |
| 1,130 | George Seaton | $100,489,150 | 3 | $33,496,383 |
| 1,131 | Eugenio Derbez | $100,486,616 | 1 | $100,486,616 |
| 1,132 | SJ Clarkson | $100,467,785 | 2 | $50,233,893 |
| 1,133 | Mervyn LeRoy | $100,435,708 | 10 | $10,043,571 |
| 1,134 | Takashi Miike | $100,139,843 | 23 | $4,353,906 |
| 1,135 | Zhao Wei | $100,030,000 | 1 | $100,030,000 |
| 1,136 | Henry Hathaway | $99,993,233 | 14 | $7,142,374 |
| 1,137 | Pat O’Connor | $99,764,393 | 6 | $16,627,399 |
| 1,138 | Steven E. de Souza | $99,423,000 | 1 | $99,423,000 |
| 1,139 | Park Hoon-jung | $99,366,989 | 9 | $11,040,777 |
| 1,140 | Roland Joffe | $99,250,644 | 12 | $8,270,887 |
| 1,141 | Steve Williams | $99,010,667 | 1 | $99,010,667 |
| 1,142 | Jerry Paris | $98,916,205 | 2 | $49,458,103 |
| 1,143 | Callie Khouri | $98,870,825 | 2 | $49,435,413 |
| 1,144 | Zhang Mo | $98,648,583 | 2 | $49,324,292 |
| 1,145 | David Kellogg | $98,419,385 | 2 | $49,209,693 |
| 1,146 | Kenji Nagasaki | $98,381,259 | 3 | $32,793,753 |
| 1,147 | Kevin Tancharoen | $97,690,017 | 2 | $48,845,009 |
| 1,148 | Jorge R. Gutierrez | $97,651,543 | 1 | $97,651,543 |
| 1,149 | Seong Su Kim (김성수) | $97,612,764 | 3 | $32,537,588 |
| 1,150 | Chen Xiaoming | $97,580,207 | 2 | $48,790,104 |
| 1,151 | Craig Brewer | $97,532,770 | 5 | $19,506,554 |
| 1,152 | Pan Zhang (章攀) | $97,421,680 | 1 | $97,421,680 |
| 1,153 | Anees Bazmee | $97,406,812 | 7 | $13,915,259 |
| 1,154 | Chris Addison | $97,389,568 | 2 | $48,694,784 |
| 1,155 | Tetsuro Kodama | $97,242,192 | 1 | $97,242,192 |
| 1,156 | Wim Wenders | $97,164,172 | 25 | $3,886,567 |
| 1,157 | Mark Rydell | $97,071,698 | 7 | $13,867,385 |
| 1,158 | Hal Ashby | $96,884,804 | 10 | $9,688,480 |
| 1,159 | Stuart Hazeldine | $96,860,808 | 2 | $48,430,404 |
| 1,160 | Ding Liang | $96,784,216 | 1 | $96,784,216 |
| 1,161 | Eric Warin | $96,610,440 | 2 | $48,305,220 |
| 1,162 | Will Finn | $96,590,394 | 2 | $48,295,197 |
| 1,163 | Eric Summer | $96,589,789 | 2 | $48,294,895 |
| 1,164 | Andrei Konchalovsky | $96,479,187 | 5 | $19,295,837 |
| 1,165 | Harold Cronk | $96,393,509 | 6 | $16,065,585 |
| 1,166 | Ryuichi Hiroki | $96,363,629 | 10 | $9,636,363 |
| 1,167 | Gregory Plotkin | $96,254,257 | 2 | $48,127,129 |
| 1,168 | Jun Falkenstein | $96,213,813 | 3 | $32,071,271 |
| 1,169 | Tom Hanks | $96,006,551 | 2 | $48,003,276 |
| 1,170 | Eddie Murphy | $95,857,262 | 1 | $95,857,262 |
| 1,171 | Fred Zinnemann | $95,828,122 | 9 | $10,647,569 |
| 1,172 | Eric Bress | $95,763,816 | 2 | $47,881,908 |
| 1,173 | J. Mackye Gruber | $95,638,592 | 1 | $95,638,592 |
| 1,174 | Lars Von Trier | $95,453,400 | 14 | $6,818,100 |
| 1,175 | Deon Taylor | $94,863,516 | 11 | $8,623,956 |
| 1,176 | Bin Huang | $94,708,479 | 3 | $31,569,493 |
| 1,177 | Stanley Donen | $94,671,949 | 15 | $6,311,463 |
| 1,178 | Baorui Zheng (郑保瑞) | $94,612,435 | 1 | $94,612,435 |
| 1,179 | Chang-min Choo | $94,603,409 | 3 | $31,534,470 |
| 1,180 | Kay Cannon | $94,523,781 | 4 | $23,630,945 |
| 1,181 | Adrian Grunberg | $94,243,747 | 3 | $31,414,582 |
| 1,182 | Nicholas Hytner | $94,147,771 | 7 | $13,449,682 |
| 1,183 | Bob Fosse | $93,701,338 | 5 | $18,740,268 |
| 1,184 | Mike Binder | $93,561,782 | 8 | $11,695,223 |
| 1,185 | Brian Henson | $93,558,353 | 3 | $31,186,118 |
| 1,186 | Katsuichi Nakayama | $93,440,870 | 1 | $93,440,870 |
| 1,187 | Michael Pressman | $93,258,224 | 4 | $23,314,556 |
| 1,188 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $93,161,160 | 3 | $31,053,720 |
| 1,189 | John Herzfeld | $92,899,812 | 5 | $18,579,962 |
| 1,190 | Geoffrey Sax | $92,800,907 | 2 | $46,400,454 |
| 1,191 | Bob Swaim | $92,725,143 | 2 | $46,362,572 |
| 1,192 | Shinsuke Sato | $92,628,670 | 6 | $15,438,112 |
| 1,193 | Jonathan Kaplan | $92,628,057 | 6 | $15,438,010 |
| 1,194 | Justin Baldoni | $92,554,209 | 3 | $30,851,403 |
| 1,195 | Matteo Garrone | $92,538,604 | 6 | $15,423,101 |
| 1,196 | Terry Zwigoff | $92,266,436 | 4 | $23,066,609 |
| 1,197 | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | $92,202,493 | 10 | $9,220,249 |
| 1,198 | Michael Philippou | $92,181,818 | 3 | $30,727,273 |
| 1,199 | Danny Philippou | $92,181,818 | 3 | $30,727,273 |
| 1,200 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $92,141,886 | 1 | $92,141,886 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.