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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,901 | Hideaki Takizawa | $15,179,804 | 1 | $15,179,804 |
| 2,902 | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | $15,177,397 | 3 | $5,059,132 |
| 2,903 | Eran Kolirin | $15,174,447 | 3 | $5,058,149 |
| 2,904 | Jeremy Zag | $15,170,877 | 2 | $7,585,439 |
| 2,905 | Ken Wiederhorn | $15,163,620 | 4 | $3,790,905 |
| 2,906 | Daniel Auteuil | $15,135,344 | 5 | $3,027,069 |
| 2,907 | Vincent Kok | $15,101,570 | 5 | $3,020,314 |
| 2,908 | Betsy West | $15,074,665 | 4 | $3,768,666 |
| 2,909 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $15,073,942 | 2 | $7,536,971 |
| 2,910 | Dominique Farrugia | $15,073,567 | 2 | $7,536,784 |
| 2,911 | Tibor Takacs | $15,046,447 | 10 | $1,504,645 |
| 2,912 | Ramon Mendendez | $15,039,744 | 2 | $7,519,872 |
| 2,913 | Francois Girard | $15,036,684 | 5 | $3,007,337 |
| 2,914 | Gregory Levasseur | $15,031,294 | 1 | $15,031,294 |
| 2,915 | Robert J. Rosenthal | $15,026,217 | 1 | $15,026,217 |
| 2,916 | Shin Yamaguchi | $15,012,353 | 1 | $15,012,353 |
| 2,917 | Anthony Asquith | $15,005,300 | 3 | $5,001,767 |
| 2,918 | Rohan Sippy | $15,001,417 | 2 | $7,500,709 |
| 2,919 | Jalmari Helander | $15,001,330 | 3 | $5,000,443 |
| 2,920 | Otto Preminger | $14,991,268 | 10 | $1,499,127 |
| 2,921 | Halina Reijn | $14,976,652 | 3 | $4,992,217 |
| 2,922 | Mark Duplass | $14,976,277 | 5 | $2,995,255 |
| 2,923 | Jay Duplass | $14,976,277 | 4 | $3,744,069 |
| 2,924 | Leslye Headland | $14,951,022 | 3 | $4,983,674 |
| 2,925 | W.D. Richter | $14,941,499 | 2 | $7,470,750 |
| 2,926 | Wei Liu | $14,932,035 | 2 | $7,466,018 |
| 2,927 | Jessy Terrero | $14,921,106 | 2 | $7,460,553 |
| 2,928 | Sze Pak-Lam | $14,917,516 | 1 | $14,917,516 |
| 2,929 | Kwan Lai Siu | $14,917,516 | 1 | $14,917,516 |
| 2,930 | Tai Lau Wing | $14,917,516 | 1 | $14,917,516 |
| 2,931 | Lu Zhengyu | $14,897,163 | 1 | $14,897,163 |
| 2,932 | Luc Dardenne | $14,889,298 | 6 | $2,481,550 |
| 2,933 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $14,889,298 | 6 | $2,481,550 |
| 2,934 | James Kent | $14,889,084 | 2 | $7,444,542 |
| 2,935 | Ralph Fiennes | $14,887,726 | 4 | $3,721,932 |
| 2,936 | Beto Gomez | $14,875,491 | 5 | $2,975,098 |
| 2,937 | Ozer Feyzioglu | $14,856,541 | 2 | $7,428,271 |
| 2,938 | Wallace Wolodarsky | $14,848,533 | 3 | $4,949,511 |
| 2,939 | Piers Haggard | $14,815,234 | 2 | $7,407,617 |
| 2,940 | James Dearden | $14,806,560 | 2 | $7,403,280 |
| 2,941 | Gong Feng | $14,798,770 | 1 | $14,798,770 |
| 2,942 | Brendan Malloy | $14,797,997 | 2 | $7,398,999 |
| 2,943 | Emmett Malloy | $14,797,997 | 3 | $4,932,666 |
| 2,944 | Mohamed Hamidi | $14,793,003 | 5 | $2,958,601 |
| 2,945 | Isao Yukisada | $14,790,802 | 5 | $2,958,160 |
| 2,946 | Isshin Inudô | $14,782,761 | 5 | $2,956,552 |
| 2,947 | Liam Lynch | $14,758,819 | 2 | $7,379,410 |
| 2,948 | Cristian Mungiu | $14,753,809 | 4 | $3,688,452 |
| 2,949 | Andre Techine | $14,739,463 | 14 | $1,052,819 |
| 2,950 | Raj Mehta | $14,738,309 | 3 | $4,912,770 |
| 2,951 | Jianbin Chen | $14,736,732 | 2 | $7,368,366 |
| 2,952 | Takumi Doyama | $14,727,544 | 1 | $14,727,544 |
| 2,953 | Michael Anderson | $14,717,854 | 1 | $14,717,854 |
| 2,954 | Jean-Christophe Lie | $14,709,816 | 1 | $14,709,816 |
| 2,955 | Matthew Akers | $14,663,001 | 1 | $14,663,001 |
| 2,956 | Prince | $14,654,107 | 3 | $4,884,702 |
| 2,957 | Jong-pil Lee | $14,647,829 | 3 | $4,882,610 |
| 2,958 | Jong-Yeol Baek | $14,625,759 | 3 | $4,875,253 |
| 2,959 | Eloïse Lang | $14,624,635 | 2 | $7,312,318 |
| 2,960 | George Sluizer | $14,623,518 | 3 | $4,874,506 |
| 2,961 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $14,617,226 | 6 | $2,436,204 |
| 2,962 | Julio Soto Gurpide | $14,588,535 | 3 | $4,862,845 |
| 2,963 | Douglas Day Stewart | $14,577,713 | 2 | $7,288,857 |
| 2,964 | Olivier Assayas | $14,572,244 | 12 | $1,214,354 |
| 2,965 | Gastón Duprat | $14,565,994 | 3 | $4,855,331 |
| 2,966 | Wolfgang Lauenstein | $14,561,025 | 2 | $7,280,513 |
| 2,967 | Christoph Lauenstein | $14,561,025 | 2 | $7,280,513 |
| 2,968 | Setsuro Wakamatsu | $14,559,135 | 2 | $7,279,568 |
| 2,969 | Banjong Pisanthanakun | $14,557,368 | 3 | $4,852,456 |
| 2,970 | Guy Ferland | $14,554,299 | 2 | $7,277,150 |
| 2,971 | Matt Brown | $14,544,927 | 2 | $7,272,464 |
| 2,972 | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | $14,543,275 | 1 | $14,543,275 |
| 2,973 | Alexandre Heboyan | $14,534,046 | 1 | $14,534,046 |
| 2,974 | Benoit Philippon | $14,534,046 | 2 | $7,267,023 |
| 2,975 | Caroline Thompson | $14,495,934 | 2 | $7,247,967 |
| 2,976 | Anthony Perkins | $14,481,606 | 1 | $14,481,606 |
| 2,977 | Aanand Rai | $14,474,271 | 5 | $2,894,854 |
| 2,978 | Fred Dekker | $14,466,200 | 2 | $7,233,100 |
| 2,979 | Oxide Pang | $14,455,808 | 3 | $4,818,603 |
| 2,980 | Gyu-tae Park | $14,453,138 | 1 | $14,453,138 |
| 2,981 | Juan Pablo Buscarini | $14,414,391 | 5 | $2,882,878 |
| 2,982 | Elaine May | $14,375,181 | 2 | $7,187,591 |
| 2,983 | Peter Glenville | $14,364,370 | 3 | $4,788,123 |
| 2,984 | Raoul Peck | $14,361,147 | 4 | $3,590,287 |
| 2,985 | Jennifer Westfeldt | $14,357,752 | 1 | $14,357,752 |
| 2,986 | Bo Burnham | $14,348,020 | 3 | $4,782,673 |
| 2,987 | Todd Solondz | $14,346,301 | 8 | $1,793,288 |
| 2,988 | Im Sang-soo | $14,345,219 | 4 | $3,586,305 |
| 2,989 | Koji Shintoku | $14,303,699 | 3 | $4,767,900 |
| 2,990 | Tom Green | $14,301,755 | 3 | $4,767,252 |
| 2,991 | Stuart Heisler | $14,300,000 | 4 | $3,575,000 |
| 2,992 | Ate de Jong | $14,298,777 | 4 | $3,574,694 |
| 2,993 | Patricia Birch | $14,297,083 | 1 | $14,297,083 |
| 2,994 | Wych Kaosayananda | $14,294,842 | 5 | $2,858,968 |
| 2,995 | Sally Potter | $14,293,366 | 6 | $2,382,228 |
| 2,996 | Seong Sik Kim (김성식) | $14,280,419 | 2 | $7,140,210 |
| 2,997 | Fran Rubel Kuzui | $14,269,504 | 2 | $7,134,752 |
| 2,998 | Dan O’Bannon | $14,238,828 | 2 | $7,119,414 |
| 2,999 | Ali Zafar | $14,233,249 | 1 | $14,233,249 |
| 3,000 | Fred Walton | $14,209,815 | 3 | $4,736,605 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.