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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,301-3,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,301 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 3,302 | Andrea Di Stefano | $11,485,653 | 3 | $3,828,551 |
| 3,303 | Maria Sadowska | $11,477,274 | 3 | $3,825,758 |
| 3,304 | Kevin Sorbo | $11,459,259 | 3 | $3,819,753 |
| 3,305 | Yuriy Bykov | $11,455,354 | 4 | $2,863,839 |
| 3,306 | Nikolay Khomeriki | $11,454,608 | 3 | $3,818,203 |
| 3,307 | Volker Schlondorff | $11,437,251 | 9 | $1,270,806 |
| 3,308 | Antonio Negret | $11,433,264 | 4 | $2,858,316 |
| 3,309 | Chengfeng Zheng | $11,420,942 | 7 | $1,631,563 |
| 3,310 | Francesco Amato | $11,410,177 | 3 | $3,803,392 |
| 3,311 | Erik Van Looy | $11,404,317 | 2 | $5,702,159 |
| 3,312 | Jack Hill | $11,399,850 | 7 | $1,628,550 |
| 3,313 | Francis Veber | $11,387,631 | 5 | $2,277,526 |
| 3,314 | David Michod | $11,386,872 | 5 | $2,277,374 |
| 3,315 | Alper Çağlar | $11,378,898 | 1 | $11,378,898 |
| 3,316 | Lisa Gottlieb | $11,377,655 | 1 | $11,377,655 |
| 3,317 | Kwon Lee | $11,366,235 | 1 | $11,366,235 |
| 3,318 | Frédéric Quiring | $11,354,984 | 5 | $2,270,997 |
| 3,319 | Maren Ade | $11,347,380 | 2 | $5,673,690 |
| 3,320 | Damiano Damiani | $11,328,000 | 2 | $5,664,000 |
| 3,321 | Andrea Arnold | $11,327,627 | 5 | $2,265,525 |
| 3,322 | Kunal Kohli | $11,324,286 | 2 | $5,662,143 |
| 3,323 | Salvador Calvo | $11,320,838 | 3 | $3,773,613 |
| 3,324 | Edward James Olmos | $11,318,282 | 5 | $2,263,656 |
| 3,325 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,326 | Tim Dünschede | $11,300,000 | 2 | $5,650,000 |
| 3,327 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | $11,294,693 | 5 | $2,258,939 |
| 3,328 | Hugh Johnson | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,329 | Moon Hyun-sung | $11,245,924 | 1 | $11,245,924 |
| 3,330 | Rich Correll | $11,239,441 | 3 | $3,746,480 |
| 3,331 | José Dutillieu | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 3,332 | Raul Martinez | $11,232,642 | 4 | $2,808,161 |
| 3,333 | Martijn Smits | $11,230,874 | 7 | $1,604,411 |
| 3,334 | Paul Andrew Williams | $11,228,421 | 3 | $3,742,807 |
| 3,335 | Eric Barbier | $11,209,797 | 4 | $2,802,449 |
| 3,336 | Cesc Gay | $11,207,234 | 4 | $2,801,809 |
| 3,337 | Osamu Kaneda | $11,181,412 | 3 | $3,727,137 |
| 3,338 | Andrew Marton | $11,172,000 | 1 | $11,172,000 |
| 3,339 | Billy Chung | $11,170,000 | 1 | $11,170,000 |
| 3,340 | Li Kai | $11,169,179 | 3 | $3,723,060 |
| 3,341 | Josh Schwartz | $11,166,615 | 1 | $11,166,615 |
| 3,342 | Peter Greenaway | $11,157,862 | 9 | $1,239,762 |
| 3,343 | Lorraine Levy | $11,149,946 | 2 | $5,574,973 |
| 3,344 | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | $11,139,886 | 3 | $3,713,295 |
| 3,345 | Maciej Kawulski | $11,133,657 | 3 | $3,711,219 |
| 3,346 | Marvin J. Chomsky | $11,131,530 | 2 | $5,565,765 |
| 3,347 | Floyd Mutrux | $11,125,169 | 3 | $3,708,390 |
| 3,348 | Rudolf Havlik | $11,114,761 | 8 | $1,389,345 |
| 3,349 | Fei Yu | $11,111,971 | 4 | $2,777,993 |
| 3,350 | Jose Zelada | $11,096,896 | 1 | $11,096,896 |
| 3,351 | Marco Polo Constandse | $11,045,709 | 2 | $5,522,855 |
| 3,352 | Guy Nattiv | $11,041,437 | 4 | $2,760,359 |
| 3,353 | Troy Duffy | $11,041,194 | 3 | $3,680,398 |
| 3,354 | Kunal Deshmukh | $11,003,231 | 2 | $5,501,616 |
| 3,355 | D.W. Griffith | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 3,356 | Bryan Gordon | $10,986,645 | 1 | $10,986,645 |
| 3,357 | Varante Soudjian | $10,970,833 | 4 | $2,742,708 |
| 3,358 | James C. Strouse | $10,946,413 | 4 | $2,736,603 |
| 3,359 | Ross Venokur | $10,936,968 | 3 | $3,645,656 |
| 3,360 | Matthew Dyas | $10,927,911 | 3 | $3,642,637 |
| 3,361 | Christian De Sica | $10,921,861 | 2 | $5,460,931 |
| 3,362 | Raja Menon | $10,912,395 | 3 | $3,637,465 |
| 3,363 | Chang You-jeong | $10,910,056 | 1 | $10,910,056 |
| 3,364 | Christopher Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,365 | Kang Hyung-Chul | $10,903,259 | 1 | $10,903,259 |
| 3,366 | Rowdy Herrington | $10,899,774 | 2 | $5,449,887 |
| 3,367 | Zackary Adler | $10,879,308 | 5 | $2,175,862 |
| 3,368 | Nunnally Johnson | $10,875,000 | 3 | $3,625,000 |
| 3,369 | Mert Baykal | $10,871,418 | 2 | $5,435,709 |
| 3,370 | Stefano Mordini | $10,862,305 | 5 | $2,172,461 |
| 3,371 | Yu Shengjun | $10,849,131 | 1 | $10,849,131 |
| 3,372 | Mark Piznarski | $10,845,127 | 2 | $5,422,564 |
| 3,373 | Aaron Schneider | $10,828,305 | 3 | $3,609,435 |
| 3,374 | Chris Herd | $10,820,598 | 1 | $10,820,598 |
| 3,375 | Dongbiao Cao | $10,820,000 | 1 | $10,820,000 |
| 3,376 | Daniel Attias | $10,803,211 | 1 | $10,803,211 |
| 3,377 | Josh Margolin | $10,798,387 | 1 | $10,798,387 |
| 3,378 | Jason Kim | $10,776,117 | 2 | $5,388,059 |
| 3,379 | Patrick Stettner | $10,770,993 | 1 | $10,770,993 |
| 3,380 | Joe Nessbaum | $10,763,183 | 1 | $10,763,183 |
| 3,381 | Tatsuya Oishi | $10,754,792 | 4 | $2,688,698 |
| 3,382 | Pablo Berger | $10,753,672 | 3 | $3,584,557 |
| 3,383 | Frederic Tellier | $10,734,976 | 4 | $2,683,744 |
| 3,384 | Ronald F. Maxwell | $10,731,997 | 1 | $10,731,997 |
| 3,385 | Nan Zhou | $10,728,943 | 1 | $10,728,943 |
| 3,386 | Karen Oganesyan | $10,727,269 | 9 | $1,191,919 |
| 3,387 | Noh Dong-seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 3,388 | Mic Rodgers | $10,717,421 | 1 | $10,717,421 |
| 3,389 | Claire Denis | $10,714,695 | 8 | $1,339,337 |
| 3,390 | Peter Sellers | $10,697,276 | 2 | $5,348,638 |
| 3,391 | Tatsushi Ohmori | $10,695,747 | 2 | $5,347,874 |
| 3,392 | John H Lee | $10,680,149 | 3 | $3,560,050 |
| 3,393 | Inna Evlannikova | $10,673,707 | 3 | $3,557,902 |
| 3,394 | Rand Ravich | $10,672,566 | 1 | $10,672,566 |
| 3,395 | Todd Lincoln | $10,637,281 | 1 | $10,637,281 |
| 3,396 | Walter Murch | $10,618,813 | 1 | $10,618,813 |
| 3,397 | Nils Tavernier | $10,587,432 | 3 | $3,529,144 |
| 3,398 | Michael Patrick Jann | $10,571,408 | 2 | $5,285,704 |
| 3,399 | Damon Santostefano | $10,570,375 | 3 | $3,523,458 |
| 3,400 | Gary Sherman | $10,522,678 | 2 | $5,261,339 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.