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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,101-3,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,101 | Margarethe Von Trotta | $13,371,582 | 6 | $2,228,597 |
| 3,102 | Tim Wardle | $13,367,948 | 1 | $13,367,948 |
| 3,103 | Ye Lou | $13,365,309 | 5 | $2,673,062 |
| 3,104 | Li Shaohong | $13,355,086 | 2 | $6,677,543 |
| 3,105 | Masanori Hata | $13,349,107 | 1 | $13,349,107 |
| 3,106 | Kon Ichikawa | $13,349,107 | 4 | $3,337,277 |
| 3,107 | Emma Seligman | $13,322,753 | 2 | $6,661,377 |
| 3,108 | Drew Pearce | $13,316,627 | 1 | $13,316,627 |
| 3,109 | Mel Damski | $13,300,393 | 10 | $1,330,039 |
| 3,110 | Jason Bloom | $13,294,762 | 2 | $6,647,381 |
| 3,111 | Gauri Shinde | $13,263,054 | 2 | $6,631,527 |
| 3,112 | Hu Yang | $13,221,255 | 3 | $4,407,085 |
| 3,113 | Doug Aarniokoski | $13,205,460 | 4 | $3,301,365 |
| 3,114 | Pil Kam sung | $13,188,333 | 1 | $13,188,333 |
| 3,115 | Jeffery Scott Lando | $13,159,201 | 2 | $6,579,601 |
| 3,116 | Alexandre Castagnetti | $13,145,736 | 4 | $3,286,434 |
| 3,117 | Kordian Piwowarski | $13,133,367 | 1 | $13,133,367 |
| 3,118 | Jean-Claude Lord | $13,121,713 | 3 | $4,373,904 |
| 3,119 | Jim Kouf | $13,116,922 | 2 | $6,558,461 |
| 3,120 | Sergey Mokritsky | $13,114,945 | 3 | $4,371,648 |
| 3,121 | John Hough | $13,110,874 | 4 | $3,277,719 |
| 3,122 | Hing Fan Wong | $13,102,133 | 2 | $6,551,067 |
| 3,123 | Ron Maxwell | $13,095,676 | 2 | $6,547,838 |
| 3,124 | Viktor Shamirov | $13,083,774 | 3 | $4,361,258 |
| 3,125 | Lajos Koltai | $13,076,825 | 2 | $6,538,413 |
| 3,126 | Lucien Jean-Baptiste | $13,075,771 | 3 | $4,358,590 |
| 3,127 | Toru Murakawa | $13,074,758 | 1 | $13,074,758 |
| 3,128 | Cagan Irmak | $13,070,411 | 6 | $2,178,402 |
| 3,129 | Svyatoslav Podgayevskiy | $13,067,141 | 5 | $2,613,428 |
| 3,130 | Lu Jinming | $13,061,075 | 2 | $6,530,538 |
| 3,131 | Tsutomu Mizushima | $13,059,901 | 6 | $2,176,650 |
| 3,132 | François Desagnat | $13,017,756 | 3 | $4,339,252 |
| 3,133 | Joel Oliansky | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 3,134 | Chayanop Boonprakob | $12,964,399 | 2 | $6,482,200 |
| 3,135 | Burt Kennedy | $12,950,596 | 4 | $3,237,649 |
| 3,136 | Jong-ho Huh | $12,926,371 | 2 | $6,463,186 |
| 3,137 | Mike Schaerer | $12,923,668 | 1 | $12,923,668 |
| 3,138 | Malik Bendjelloul | $12,902,501 | 1 | $12,902,501 |
| 3,139 | Lance Hool | $12,896,229 | 4 | $3,224,057 |
| 3,140 | Scott Christian Sava | $12,877,422 | 1 | $12,877,422 |
| 3,141 | Tony Bancroft | $12,877,422 | 2 | $6,438,711 |
| 3,142 | Marcel Langereger | $12,850,033 | 1 | $12,850,033 |
| 3,143 | Hiroyuki Imaishi | $12,845,911 | 2 | $6,422,956 |
| 3,144 | Gaspar Noe | $12,841,811 | 8 | $1,605,226 |
| 3,145 | Jerry Zaks | $12,803,305 | 1 | $12,803,305 |
| 3,146 | Konstantin Biryukov | $12,799,769 | 1 | $12,799,769 |
| 3,147 | Jeffrey Blitz | $12,790,500 | 3 | $4,263,500 |
| 3,148 | Lijin Chen (陈力进) | $12,776,822 | 1 | $12,776,822 |
| 3,149 | Junming Huang (黄俊铭) | $12,776,822 | 1 | $12,776,822 |
| 3,150 | Li Xiao Feng | $12,770,000 | 1 | $12,770,000 |
| 3,151 | Robert Harling | $12,767,815 | 1 | $12,767,815 |
| 3,152 | Yukihiro Miyamoto | $12,762,048 | 2 | $6,381,024 |
| 3,153 | Robert Klane | $12,741,891 | 1 | $12,741,891 |
| 3,154 | Fan Lixin | $12,708,946 | 3 | $4,236,315 |
| 3,155 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | $12,678,701 | 4 | $3,169,675 |
| 3,156 | Rob Marcarelli | $12,678,312 | 1 | $12,678,312 |
| 3,157 | Bryan Barber | $12,669,914 | 2 | $6,334,957 |
| 3,158 | Darrell Roodt | $12,669,576 | 6 | $2,111,596 |
| 3,159 | Massimiliano Bruno | $12,669,534 | 5 | $2,533,907 |
| 3,160 | Ute von Munchow-Pohl | $12,659,011 | 4 | $3,164,753 |
| 3,161 | Yûichi Satô | $12,658,917 | 3 | $4,219,639 |
| 3,162 | Linda Mendoza | $12,657,377 | 4 | $3,164,344 |
| 3,163 | Missy Tadjedin | $12,646,519 | 1 | $12,646,519 |
| 3,164 | Abel Lanzac | $12,639,190 | 1 | $12,639,190 |
| 3,165 | Jacob Chase | $12,624,174 | 1 | $12,624,174 |
| 3,166 | Lee David Zlotoff | $12,592,203 | 1 | $12,592,203 |
| 3,167 | Richard Claus | $12,581,218 | 2 | $6,290,609 |
| 3,168 | Robert Young | $12,571,101 | 4 | $3,142,775 |
| 3,169 | Marta Ferencova | $12,557,703 | 7 | $1,793,958 |
| 3,170 | Theodore Witcher | $12,554,569 | 1 | $12,554,569 |
| 3,171 | Zalman King | $12,547,397 | 4 | $3,136,849 |
| 3,172 | Eric Tosti | $12,542,563 | 2 | $6,271,282 |
| 3,173 | Mazakazu Hishida | $12,542,404 | 7 | $1,791,772 |
| 3,174 | Stuart Connelly | $12,525,348 | 1 | $12,525,348 |
| 3,175 | Daniel Taplitz | $12,512,317 | 1 | $12,512,317 |
| 3,176 | Karen Arthur | $12,500,000 | 2 | $6,250,000 |
| 3,177 | Akshay Roy | $12,498,298 | 1 | $12,498,298 |
| 3,178 | Jung-bae Park | $12,490,420 | 1 | $12,490,420 |
| 3,179 | Seonghan Kim | $12,480,153 | 1 | $12,480,153 |
| 3,180 | Byung-woo Kim | $12,478,635 | 1 | $12,478,635 |
| 3,181 | Miranda July | $12,469,809 | 3 | $4,156,603 |
| 3,182 | Kyohei Yamaguchi | $12,465,928 | 2 | $6,232,964 |
| 3,183 | Jerry Rees | $12,454,768 | 2 | $6,227,384 |
| 3,184 | Lynne Southerland | $12,451,311 | 1 | $12,451,311 |
| 3,185 | Oliver Hermanus | $12,447,741 | 2 | $6,223,871 |
| 3,186 | Florian Westermann | $12,445,497 | 1 | $12,445,497 |
| 3,187 | Chris Foggin | $12,421,179 | 3 | $4,140,393 |
| 3,188 | David Levien | $12,419,700 | 1 | $12,419,700 |
| 3,189 | Chao Wang | $12,416,747 | 3 | $4,138,916 |
| 3,190 | Dmitriy Suvorov | $12,415,891 | 7 | $1,773,699 |
| 3,191 | Fabián Bielinsky | $12,412,889 | 1 | $12,412,889 |
| 3,192 | Pieter van Rijn | $12,380,319 | 4 | $3,095,080 |
| 3,193 | Gregor Jordan | $12,338,878 | 4 | $3,084,720 |
| 3,194 | John Cameron Mitchell | $12,319,768 | 4 | $3,079,942 |
| 3,195 | Karen Zaharov | $12,313,037 | 3 | $4,104,346 |
| 3,196 | David Stoten | $12,292,140 | 4 | $3,073,035 |
| 3,197 | Andy Cadiff | $12,291,975 | 2 | $6,145,988 |
| 3,198 | Zhangjun Wang | $12,280,000 | 2 | $6,140,000 |
| 3,199 | Albert Pyun | $12,279,747 | 9 | $1,364,416 |
| 3,200 | Jon Karthaaus | $12,278,271 | 3 | $4,092,757 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.