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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,501 | Midhun Manuel Thomas | $4,386,666 | 3 | $1,462,222 |
| 4,502 | Stan Winston | $4,385,516 | 2 | $2,192,758 |
| 4,503 | Joo-ho Kim | $4,381,421 | 1 | $4,381,421 |
| 4,504 | Mickkel Braenne Sandemose | $4,377,166 | 3 | $1,459,055 |
| 4,505 | Xi Chen (陈曦) | $4,374,630 | 4 | $1,093,658 |
| 4,506 | Maya Forbes | $4,374,474 | 3 | $1,458,158 |
| 4,507 | Glen Keane | $4,371,122 | 2 | $2,185,561 |
| 4,508 | Matt Dean Russell | $4,367,448 | 1 | $4,367,448 |
| 4,509 | Rolf de Heer | $4,362,205 | 7 | $623,172 |
| 4,510 | Kim Seung-woo | $4,362,187 | 1 | $4,362,187 |
| 4,511 | Juan Vera | $4,358,127 | 1 | $4,358,127 |
| 4,512 | Harry Beaumont | $4,358,000 | 5 | $871,600 |
| 4,513 | Oi-wah Lam | $4,350,000 | 1 | $4,350,000 |
| 4,514 | Lee Grant | $4,348,025 | 1 | $4,348,025 |
| 4,515 | Michael Chiang | $4,343,617 | 1 | $4,343,617 |
| 4,516 | Anne Giafferi | $4,342,790 | 2 | $2,171,395 |
| 4,517 | Lu Jun | $4,340,000 | 1 | $4,340,000 |
| 4,518 | Tatsuya Ishihara | $4,332,904 | 5 | $866,581 |
| 4,519 | Eun-ji Cho | $4,331,855 | 1 | $4,331,855 |
| 4,520 | Michele Placido | $4,327,281 | 3 | $1,442,427 |
| 4,521 | Tae-Yoon Kim | $4,326,736 | 1 | $4,326,736 |
| 4,522 | Mari Okada | $4,324,668 | 2 | $2,162,334 |
| 4,523 | Karen J. Lloyd | $4,315,495 | 2 | $2,157,748 |
| 4,524 | Andrey Bogatyrev | $4,315,018 | 6 | $719,170 |
| 4,525 | Giuseppe Bonito | $4,314,170 | 2 | $2,157,085 |
| 4,526 | Michael Tuchner | $4,304,286 | 3 | $1,434,762 |
| 4,527 | Haishu Li | $4,303,111 | 1 | $4,303,111 |
| 4,528 | John Dulgan | $4,302,629 | 1 | $4,302,629 |
| 4,529 | Alexandre Rockwell | $4,302,471 | 5 | $860,494 |
| 4,530 | Gene Nelson | $4,300,000 | 2 | $2,150,000 |
| 4,531 | Christopher Doll | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,532 | Sermiyan Midyat | $4,299,189 | 2 | $2,149,595 |
| 4,533 | Rodman Flender | $4,292,112 | 3 | $1,430,704 |
| 4,534 | Jo Kyu-Jang | $4,289,474 | 1 | $4,289,474 |
| 4,535 | Agnès Varda | $4,279,916 | 12 | $356,660 |
| 4,536 | Venky Atluri | $4,273,676 | 4 | $1,068,419 |
| 4,537 | Vladimir Nikolaev | $4,272,982 | 2 | $2,136,491 |
| 4,538 | Robert Taylor | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,539 | Jalil Lespert | $4,266,719 | 4 | $1,066,680 |
| 4,540 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,264,924 | 2 | $2,132,462 |
| 4,541 | Claude Miller | $4,261,768 | 2 | $2,130,884 |
| 4,542 | Damon Gameau | $4,260,020 | 3 | $1,420,007 |
| 4,543 | Shinji Hamasaki | $4,258,270 | 1 | $4,258,270 |
| 4,544 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $4,256,445 | 3 | $1,418,815 |
| 4,545 | Matthias Temmermans | $4,251,647 | 5 | $850,329 |
| 4,546 | Torsten Künstler | $4,251,298 | 2 | $2,125,649 |
| 4,547 | Vic Sarin | $4,248,732 | 4 | $1,062,183 |
| 4,548 | Jeremy Saulnier | $4,244,505 | 4 | $1,061,126 |
| 4,549 | Lukasz Palkowski | $4,241,533 | 1 | $4,241,533 |
| 4,550 | Philip Saville | $4,234,355 | 1 | $4,234,355 |
| 4,551 | Chris Nash | $4,234,135 | 2 | $2,117,068 |
| 4,552 | Lucas Belvaux | $4,229,643 | 4 | $1,057,411 |
| 4,553 | Jeff Stilson | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 4,554 | Lea Schmidbauer | $4,217,300 | 1 | $4,217,300 |
| 4,555 | Marc Turtletaub | $4,215,450 | 2 | $2,107,725 |
| 4,556 | Javier Colinas | $4,215,024 | 5 | $843,005 |
| 4,557 | Jerome Commandeur | $4,212,880 | 2 | $2,106,440 |
| 4,558 | Héctor Cabello Reyes | $4,211,730 | 2 | $2,105,865 |
| 4,559 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 4,560 | Doga Can Anafarta | $4,210,149 | 8 | $526,269 |
| 4,561 | Valeria Golino | $4,209,185 | 2 | $2,104,593 |
| 4,562 | Philippe Lioret | $4,200,722 | 5 | $840,144 |
| 4,563 | Eddie Huang | $4,191,023 | 1 | $4,191,023 |
| 4,564 | Rick de Oliveira | $4,188,034 | 1 | $4,188,034 |
| 4,565 | Sung-il Cheon | $4,185,530 | 1 | $4,185,530 |
| 4,566 | Gregg Godfrey | $4,182,062 | 1 | $4,182,062 |
| 4,567 | Jeremy Rawle | $4,182,062 | 1 | $4,182,062 |
| 4,568 | Anton Bogdanov | $4,170,825 | 4 | $1,042,706 |
| 4,569 | Francis Annan | $4,168,774 | 1 | $4,168,774 |
| 4,570 | Chiamatemi Pif | $4,166,265 | 1 | $4,166,265 |
| 4,571 | Rama Burshtein | $4,161,034 | 2 | $2,080,517 |
| 4,572 | James Griffiths | $4,157,105 | 1 | $4,157,105 |
| 4,573 | Pedro C. Alonso | $4,156,030 | 1 | $4,156,030 |
| 4,574 | Luis Estrada | $4,155,903 | 1 | $4,155,903 |
| 4,575 | Paco Caballero | $4,154,301 | 3 | $1,384,767 |
| 4,576 | Ryuta Tasaki | $4,153,985 | 2 | $2,076,993 |
| 4,577 | Charles Robert Carner | $4,151,836 | 2 | $2,075,918 |
| 4,578 | Jeremy Dyson | $4,151,828 | 1 | $4,151,828 |
| 4,579 | Andy Nyman | $4,151,828 | 1 | $4,151,828 |
| 4,580 | Vít Klusák | $4,149,393 | 5 | $829,879 |
| 4,581 | Michel Franco | $4,142,900 | 6 | $690,483 |
| 4,582 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 4,583 | Cui Siwei | $4,140,502 | 1 | $4,140,502 |
| 4,584 | Carles Torrens | $4,137,481 | 2 | $2,068,741 |
| 4,585 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 4,586 | Yusel Aksu | $4,134,490 | 1 | $4,134,490 |
| 4,587 | Mae Czarina Cruz | $4,134,148 | 4 | $1,033,537 |
| 4,588 | Angel Gracia | $4,133,692 | 2 | $2,066,846 |
| 4,589 | Xiang Yi (翌翔) | $4,129,080 | 1 | $4,129,080 |
| 4,590 | Ningyu Zhao (赵宁宇) | $4,129,080 | 2 | $2,064,540 |
| 4,591 | Maggie Carey | $4,128,828 | 1 | $4,128,828 |
| 4,592 | Chow Hin Yeung Roy | $4,127,470 | 3 | $1,375,823 |
| 4,593 | Kim Ji-young-V | $4,119,881 | 2 | $2,059,941 |
| 4,594 | Shirish Kunder | $4,116,517 | 1 | $4,116,517 |
| 4,595 | Teng Congcong | $4,111,753 | 1 | $4,111,753 |
| 4,596 | James Burrows | $4,109,724 | 1 | $4,109,724 |
| 4,597 | Kirill Serebrennikov | $4,104,691 | 6 | $684,115 |
| 4,598 | Tony Mitchell | $4,103,401 | 2 | $2,051,701 |
| 4,599 | Craig Roberts | $4,103,230 | 4 | $1,025,808 |
| 4,600 | Jonathan Betuel | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.