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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,601 | Danila Kozlovsky | $20,330,979 | 2 | $10,165,490 |
| 2,602 | Changwei Gu | $20,316,227 | 1 | $20,316,227 |
| 2,603 | Blair Simmons | $20,290,215 | 3 | $6,763,405 |
| 2,604 | Kenji Kodama | $20,280,955 | 4 | $5,070,239 |
| 2,605 | Michael Karbeinikoff | $20,246,790 | 1 | $20,246,790 |
| 2,606 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $20,238,236 | 2 | $10,119,118 |
| 2,607 | Katt Shea Ruben | $20,214,597 | 4 | $5,053,649 |
| 2,608 | Trivikram Srinivas | $20,211,557 | 6 | $3,368,593 |
| 2,609 | John Farrow | $20,200,000 | 5 | $4,040,000 |
| 2,610 | Vilgot Sjöman | $20,200,000 | 1 | $20,200,000 |
| 2,611 | Sanjay Gupta | $20,175,154 | 4 | $5,043,789 |
| 2,612 | Mika Ninagawa | $20,125,208 | 2 | $10,062,604 |
| 2,613 | John Erman | $20,062,347 | 2 | $10,031,174 |
| 2,614 | John Berry | $20,000,000 | 2 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,615 | Isao Takahata | $19,987,393 | 7 | $2,855,342 |
| 2,616 | Mikkel Norgaard | $19,944,461 | 4 | $4,986,115 |
| 2,617 | Javier Ruiz Caldera | $19,934,835 | 6 | $3,322,473 |
| 2,618 | Julia Rezende | $19,930,115 | 5 | $3,986,023 |
| 2,619 | Brett Morgen | $19,928,990 | 4 | $4,982,248 |
| 2,620 | DJ Pooh | $19,918,431 | 2 | $9,959,216 |
| 2,621 | Bart Freundlich | $19,899,832 | 4 | $4,974,958 |
| 2,622 | Darina Shmidt | $19,879,056 | 4 | $4,969,764 |
| 2,623 | Jack Bender | $19,850,380 | 1 | $19,850,380 |
| 2,624 | Roschdy Zem | $19,828,415 | 4 | $4,957,104 |
| 2,625 | Jason Bateman | $19,808,412 | 4 | $4,952,103 |
| 2,626 | Sunao Katabuchi | $19,794,935 | 1 | $19,794,935 |
| 2,627 | Mauricio Eca | $19,775,492 | 5 | $3,955,098 |
| 2,628 | Richard Rush | $19,750,470 | 1 | $19,750,470 |
| 2,629 | Shipei Wen | $19,748,788 | 2 | $9,874,394 |
| 2,630 | Roger Young | $19,742,403 | 5 | $3,948,481 |
| 2,631 | Steve Carver | $19,729,309 | 2 | $9,864,655 |
| 2,632 | Paris Barclay | $19,674,813 | 2 | $9,837,407 |
| 2,633 | Alexs Stadermann | $19,674,208 | 3 | $6,558,069 |
| 2,634 | Andrew Strimaitis | $19,668,014 | 1 | $19,668,014 |
| 2,635 | Michael R. Roskam | $19,656,119 | 3 | $6,552,040 |
| 2,636 | Steven C. Miller | $19,648,314 | 12 | $1,637,360 |
| 2,637 | Feng Gao (高峰) | $19,631,615 | 9 | $2,181,291 |
| 2,638 | Marcus Dunstan | $19,606,371 | 4 | $4,901,593 |
| 2,639 | Gerald Potterton | $19,571,091 | 1 | $19,571,091 |
| 2,640 | Rowan Joffe | $19,563,579 | 1 | $19,563,579 |
| 2,641 | Fausto Brizzi | $19,553,928 | 8 | $2,444,241 |
| 2,642 | Joseph Barbera | $19,543,985 | 2 | $9,771,993 |
| 2,643 | William Hanna | $19,543,985 | 2 | $9,771,993 |
| 2,644 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $19,539,862 | 5 | $3,907,972 |
| 2,645 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,522,110 | 3 | $6,507,370 |
| 2,646 | Nick Gomez | $19,520,583 | 3 | $6,506,861 |
| 2,647 | Murat Şeker | $19,514,834 | 6 | $3,252,472 |
| 2,648 | Stanley Tucci | $19,505,782 | 5 | $3,901,156 |
| 2,649 | James D. Stern | $19,482,436 | 4 | $4,870,609 |
| 2,650 | Cho Kyu-Jang | $19,469,123 | 1 | $19,469,123 |
| 2,651 | David Bruckner | $19,442,201 | 7 | $2,777,457 |
| 2,652 | George Jackson | $19,438,638 | 1 | $19,438,638 |
| 2,653 | Maurice Joyce | $19,421,271 | 1 | $19,421,271 |
| 2,654 | Nicolas Lopez | $19,418,662 | 4 | $4,854,666 |
| 2,655 | Wang Wei | $19,399,047 | 4 | $4,849,762 |
| 2,656 | Dae-min Park | $19,310,886 | 3 | $6,436,962 |
| 2,657 | Won Shin-yun | $19,282,535 | 1 | $19,282,535 |
| 2,658 | Don Kempf | $19,276,267 | 1 | $19,276,267 |
| 2,659 | Zhangke Jia | $19,214,906 | 7 | $2,744,987 |
| 2,660 | Mort Nathan | $19,195,063 | 2 | $9,597,532 |
| 2,661 | Eric Meza | $19,194,572 | 1 | $19,194,572 |
| 2,662 | Charles Dance | $19,168,295 | 1 | $19,168,295 |
| 2,663 | Buzz Kulik | $19,165,263 | 6 | $3,194,211 |
| 2,664 | Michihito Fujii | $19,149,754 | 6 | $3,191,626 |
| 2,665 | Carlo Verdone | $19,123,888 | 3 | $6,374,629 |
| 2,666 | Chu Yen-Ping | $19,110,296 | 1 | $19,110,296 |
| 2,667 | Sven Unterwaldt Jr | $19,073,036 | 6 | $3,178,839 |
| 2,668 | David Nutter | $19,014,238 | 1 | $19,014,238 |
| 2,669 | Robert Longo | $19,006,201 | 1 | $19,006,201 |
| 2,670 | Chen Hongyi | $19,005,956 | 1 | $19,005,956 |
| 2,671 | Gao Qunshu | $19,002,290 | 3 | $6,334,097 |
| 2,672 | Richard Quine | $19,000,126 | 5 | $3,800,025 |
| 2,673 | Ladj Ly | $18,985,716 | 2 | $9,492,858 |
| 2,674 | Michael Goldenberg | $18,972,237 | 1 | $18,972,237 |
| 2,675 | Doug Atchison | $18,959,424 | 1 | $18,959,424 |
| 2,676 | Oleg Pogodin | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 2,677 | Bjorne Runge | $18,918,425 | 4 | $4,729,606 |
| 2,678 | Shimako Sato | $18,913,492 | 2 | $9,456,746 |
| 2,679 | Michael Polish | $18,909,295 | 13 | $1,454,561 |
| 2,680 | Joaquin Mazon | $18,901,949 | 5 | $3,780,390 |
| 2,681 | Drew Barrymore | $18,889,972 | 1 | $18,889,972 |
| 2,682 | Carl Schultz | $18,875,011 | 2 | $9,437,506 |
| 2,683 | David Steinberg | $18,838,000 | 2 | $9,419,000 |
| 2,684 | Gregory Dark | $18,828,036 | 1 | $18,828,036 |
| 2,685 | Richard Talmadge | $18,820,000 | 1 | $18,820,000 |
| 2,686 | Denis Chernov | $18,818,630 | 6 | $3,136,438 |
| 2,687 | Richard Compton | $18,800,000 | 1 | $18,800,000 |
| 2,688 | Weidong Yuan | $18,764,048 | 1 | $18,764,048 |
| 2,689 | Jack Sholder | $18,763,397 | 3 | $6,254,466 |
| 2,690 | Kwang-Hyun Park | $18,755,496 | 1 | $18,755,496 |
| 2,691 | Sung-soo Kim | $18,736,628 | 1 | $18,736,628 |
| 2,692 | Shûkô Murase | $18,736,052 | 2 | $9,368,026 |
| 2,693 | Demian Lichtenstein | $18,708,848 | 1 | $18,708,848 |
| 2,694 | Kim Suk-Yoon | $18,708,399 | 1 | $18,708,399 |
| 2,695 | Heitor Dhalia | $18,692,443 | 2 | $9,346,222 |
| 2,696 | Rob McKittrick | $18,673,274 | 1 | $18,673,274 |
| 2,697 | Mary Agnes Donoghue | $18,660,527 | 2 | $9,330,264 |
| 2,698 | Lang Elliott | $18,647,032 | 2 | $9,323,516 |
| 2,699 | Lee Jang-Hoon | $18,634,127 | 1 | $18,634,127 |
| 2,700 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $18,594,123 | 4 | $4,648,531 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.