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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | Eric Valette | $44,513,466 | 1 | $44,513,466 |
| 1,802 | Chuck Sheetz | $44,451,470 | 1 | $44,451,470 |
| 1,803 | Desmond Davis | $44,400,000 | 3 | $14,800,000 |
| 1,804 | Beyoncé Knowles | $44,372,181 | 1 | $44,372,181 |
| 1,805 | Alan Shapiro | $44,202,709 | 2 | $22,101,355 |
| 1,806 | Chika Nagaoka | $44,191,883 | 1 | $44,191,883 |
| 1,807 | Richard Thorpe | $44,167,304 | 12 | $3,680,609 |
| 1,808 | Todd Graff | $44,125,743 | 2 | $22,062,872 |
| 1,809 | Keith Scholey | $44,075,302 | 7 | $6,296,472 |
| 1,810 | Dorota Kobiela | $44,074,957 | 2 | $22,037,479 |
| 1,811 | Daniel Stamm | $44,061,297 | 2 | $22,030,649 |
| 1,812 | Tommy O'Haver | $44,060,577 | 4 | $11,015,144 |
| 1,813 | Kent Alterman | $43,980,363 | 1 | $43,980,363 |
| 1,814 | Jamie Uys | $43,923,227 | 3 | $14,641,076 |
| 1,815 | Art Stevens | $43,899,231 | 1 | $43,899,231 |
| 1,816 | Stephen Merchant | $43,860,635 | 2 | $21,930,318 |
| 1,817 | Akira Nagai | $43,780,309 | 4 | $10,945,077 |
| 1,818 | Woo-suk Kang | $43,747,663 | 4 | $10,936,916 |
| 1,819 | Joel Hopkins | $43,601,970 | 3 | $14,533,990 |
| 1,820 | Arne Glimcher | $43,551,829 | 2 | $21,775,915 |
| 1,821 | Ari Sandel | $43,528,634 | 2 | $21,764,317 |
| 1,822 | George Gallo | $43,420,706 | 10 | $4,342,071 |
| 1,823 | Vernie Yeung | $43,415,987 | 1 | $43,415,987 |
| 1,824 | Koan Hui | $43,415,987 | 1 | $43,415,987 |
| 1,825 | Mike Tiddes | $43,319,936 | 3 | $14,439,979 |
| 1,826 | Rick Famuyliwa | $43,250,471 | 2 | $21,625,236 |
| 1,827 | Joel Silberg | $43,213,466 | 3 | $14,404,489 |
| 1,828 | Gan Bi | $43,104,559 | 2 | $21,552,280 |
| 1,829 | Nanni Moretti | $43,013,533 | 8 | $5,376,692 |
| 1,830 | Bernard Rose | $42,963,959 | 10 | $4,296,396 |
| 1,831 | Yôji Yamada | $42,916,164 | 7 | $6,130,881 |
| 1,832 | Celine Song | $42,913,181 | 2 | $21,456,591 |
| 1,833 | Matthew Warchus | $42,897,897 | 2 | $21,448,949 |
| 1,834 | Hideki Takeuchi | $42,870,694 | 3 | $14,290,231 |
| 1,835 | Castille Landon | $42,823,644 | 6 | $7,137,274 |
| 1,836 | Lee Hae-yeong | $42,814,695 | 3 | $14,271,565 |
| 1,837 | Isabel Coixet | $42,763,173 | 12 | $3,563,598 |
| 1,838 | Saket Chaudhary | $42,732,776 | 3 | $14,244,259 |
| 1,839 | Alan Rudolph | $42,685,236 | 14 | $3,048,945 |
| 1,840 | Brian Kirk | $42,657,631 | 2 | $21,328,816 |
| 1,841 | Brad Parker | $42,566,433 | 2 | $21,283,217 |
| 1,842 | Oleg Stepchenko | $42,557,124 | 2 | $21,278,562 |
| 1,843 | Chris Nahon | $42,530,536 | 3 | $14,176,845 |
| 1,844 | Barry W. Blaustein | $42,504,358 | 3 | $14,168,119 |
| 1,845 | Snow Zou | $42,467,539 | 2 | $21,233,770 |
| 1,846 | James Clavell | $42,432,803 | 2 | $21,216,402 |
| 1,847 | Paco Plaza | $42,426,535 | 6 | $7,071,089 |
| 1,848 | Paola Cortellesi | $42,390,349 | 1 | $42,390,349 |
| 1,849 | He Jiong | $42,386,771 | 1 | $42,386,771 |
| 1,850 | Jason Zada | $42,309,230 | 2 | $21,154,615 |
| 1,851 | Sarah Gavron | $42,272,983 | 3 | $14,090,994 |
| 1,852 | Philippe Le Guay | $42,259,257 | 5 | $8,451,851 |
| 1,853 | Elaine Bogan | $42,235,744 | 1 | $42,235,744 |
| 1,854 | Richard Kelly | $42,231,521 | 3 | $14,077,174 |
| 1,855 | Nattawut Poonpiriya | $42,197,645 | 3 | $14,065,882 |
| 1,856 | Justin Dec | $42,176,201 | 1 | $42,176,201 |
| 1,857 | Arbaaz Khan | $42,165,098 | 1 | $42,165,098 |
| 1,858 | Giles New | $42,047,346 | 1 | $42,047,346 |
| 1,859 | Percy Adlon | $42,001,910 | 2 | $21,000,955 |
| 1,860 | Luis Carlos Hueck | $41,955,727 | 2 | $20,977,864 |
| 1,861 | Paolo Genovese | $41,943,691 | 5 | $8,388,738 |
| 1,862 | Phil Traill | $41,906,876 | 3 | $13,968,959 |
| 1,863 | Travis Cluff | $41,799,291 | 3 | $13,933,097 |
| 1,864 | Chris Lofing | $41,799,291 | 3 | $13,933,097 |
| 1,865 | Robert Ben Garant | $41,785,006 | 3 | $13,928,335 |
| 1,866 | Richard Glatzer | $41,769,504 | 2 | $20,884,752 |
| 1,867 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $41,754,733 | 1 | $41,754,733 |
| 1,868 | Ken Hughes | $41,745,181 | 2 | $20,872,591 |
| 1,869 | Val Guest | $41,744,718 | 5 | $8,348,944 |
| 1,870 | Joe McGrath | $41,744,718 | 1 | $41,744,718 |
| 1,871 | Robert Parrish | $41,744,718 | 4 | $10,436,180 |
| 1,872 | Dallas Jenkins | $41,686,663 | 8 | $5,210,833 |
| 1,873 | Robert Mulligan | $41,636,560 | 6 | $6,939,427 |
| 1,874 | Michel Debats | $41,622,861 | 2 | $20,811,431 |
| 1,875 | Jim Sharman | $41,554,939 | 2 | $20,777,470 |
| 1,876 | Eric Till | $41,410,575 | 2 | $20,705,288 |
| 1,877 | Uwe Boll | $41,394,510 | 14 | $2,956,751 |
| 1,878 | Peter Markle | $41,313,762 | 5 | $8,262,752 |
| 1,879 | Robert Clouse | $41,308,462 | 8 | $5,163,558 |
| 1,880 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $41,268,579 | 1 | $41,268,579 |
| 1,881 | Oleg Trofim | $41,239,621 | 3 | $13,746,540 |
| 1,882 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $41,209,025 | 1 | $41,209,025 |
| 1,883 | David Gelb | $41,149,345 | 5 | $8,229,869 |
| 1,884 | Mohit Suri | $41,132,301 | 8 | $5,141,538 |
| 1,885 | Lu Le | $41,046,927 | 1 | $41,046,927 |
| 1,886 | Jorge Pareja | $41,039,145 | 1 | $41,039,145 |
| 1,887 | Seungwan Ryu | $40,983,176 | 1 | $40,983,176 |
| 1,888 | Lenny Abrahamson | $40,926,067 | 3 | $13,642,022 |
| 1,889 | John Patrick Shanley | $40,868,076 | 2 | $20,434,038 |
| 1,890 | Matt Williams | $40,862,054 | 1 | $40,862,054 |
| 1,891 | Lisa Cholodenko | $40,836,619 | 2 | $20,418,310 |
| 1,892 | Can Ulkay | $40,816,180 | 4 | $10,204,045 |
| 1,893 | Maneesh Sharma | $40,760,915 | 4 | $10,190,229 |
| 1,894 | Martin Bourboulon | $40,717,432 | 5 | $8,143,486 |
| 1,895 | Brian G. Hutton | $40,716,895 | 3 | $13,572,298 |
| 1,896 | Philip G. Atwell | $40,686,409 | 1 | $40,686,409 |
| 1,897 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $40,677,827 | 2 | $20,338,914 |
| 1,898 | Haipeng Sun | $40,661,541 | 2 | $20,330,771 |
| 1,899 | Baran bo Odar | $40,591,943 | 3 | $13,530,648 |
| 1,900 | Ricky Gervais | $40,583,708 | 4 | $10,145,927 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.