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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | Mary Lambert | $80,479,801 | 6 | $13,413,300 |
| 1,402 | Wolfgang Becker | $80,355,402 | 2 | $40,177,701 |
| 1,403 | George C. Wolfe | $80,272,400 | 5 | $16,054,480 |
| 1,404 | Jeremy Garelick | $80,171,596 | 5 | $16,034,319 |
| 1,405 | Hyung-rae Shim | $80,079,608 | 3 | $26,693,203 |
| 1,406 | Richard Eyre | $80,011,138 | 9 | $8,890,126 |
| 1,407 | James Frawley | $79,990,306 | 4 | $19,997,577 |
| 1,408 | Costa-Gavras | $79,707,662 | 12 | $6,642,305 |
| 1,409 | Ken Annakin | $79,496,662 | 3 | $26,498,887 |
| 1,410 | Susanna Fogel | $79,416,834 | 4 | $19,854,209 |
| 1,411 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $79,414,527 | 6 | $13,235,755 |
| 1,412 | Anton Megerdichev | $79,390,285 | 4 | $19,847,571 |
| 1,413 | Florent-Emilio Siri | $79,363,433 | 3 | $26,454,478 |
| 1,414 | Wataru Takahashi | $79,269,719 | 4 | $19,817,430 |
| 1,415 | Fred Wolf | $79,256,010 | 6 | $13,209,335 |
| 1,416 | Shankar Sachdev | $79,084,747 | 1 | $79,084,747 |
| 1,417 | Joe Camp | $79,063,152 | 5 | $15,812,630 |
| 1,418 | Thomas Vinterberg | $78,974,300 | 8 | $9,871,788 |
| 1,419 | Gail Mancuso | $78,867,205 | 1 | $78,867,205 |
| 1,420 | Ken Scott | $78,793,976 | 6 | $13,132,329 |
| 1,421 | Masaki Nishiura | $78,778,560 | 1 | $78,778,560 |
| 1,422 | Peter Cornwell | $78,758,522 | 2 | $39,379,261 |
| 1,423 | Tony Bill | $78,743,301 | 7 | $11,249,043 |
| 1,424 | Halina Reijn | $78,722,221 | 3 | $26,240,740 |
| 1,425 | Coralie Fargeat | $78,678,923 | 3 | $26,226,308 |
| 1,426 | Stewart Raffill | $78,630,310 | 9 | $8,736,701 |
| 1,427 | Larry Peerce | $78,516,151 | 7 | $11,216,593 |
| 1,428 | Rick Rosenthal | $78,491,553 | 8 | $9,811,444 |
| 1,429 | Howard Hawks | $78,487,607 | 21 | $3,737,505 |
| 1,430 | Michael J. Bassett | $78,448,056 | 6 | $13,074,676 |
| 1,431 | Yongchang Li | $78,392,065 | 2 | $39,196,033 |
| 1,432 | William Malone | $78,379,831 | 2 | $39,189,916 |
| 1,433 | Robert Townsend | $78,372,788 | 9 | $8,708,088 |
| 1,434 | Mark Rosman | $78,297,117 | 5 | $15,659,423 |
| 1,435 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $78,290,348 | 8 | $9,786,294 |
| 1,436 | Reginald Hudlin | $78,220,349 | 12 | $6,518,362 |
| 1,437 | Gary David Goldberg | $78,143,328 | 2 | $39,071,664 |
| 1,438 | Reinhard Klooss | $77,812,608 | 4 | $19,453,152 |
| 1,439 | Sanaa Hamri | $77,621,465 | 4 | $19,405,366 |
| 1,440 | John Dahl | $77,604,177 | 8 | $9,700,522 |
| 1,441 | Mark L. Lester | $77,577,517 | 10 | $7,757,752 |
| 1,442 | Juan Jose Campanella | $77,546,087 | 3 | $25,848,696 |
| 1,443 | Joseph Zito | $77,522,384 | 4 | $19,380,596 |
| 1,444 | Chris Rock | $77,490,917 | 3 | $25,830,306 |
| 1,445 | Pablo Larrain | $77,458,630 | 11 | $7,041,694 |
| 1,446 | Jaume Balaguero | $77,431,229 | 7 | $11,061,604 |
| 1,447 | Everado Gout | $77,422,405 | 2 | $38,711,203 |
| 1,448 | Jeff Tomsic | $77,024,944 | 9 | $8,558,327 |
| 1,449 | Farah Khan | $76,952,922 | 2 | $38,476,461 |
| 1,450 | Takahiro Miki | $76,935,090 | 13 | $5,918,084 |
| 1,451 | John R. Cherry, III | $76,741,060 | 3 | $25,580,353 |
| 1,452 | John Sanford | $76,482,461 | 1 | $76,482,461 |
| 1,453 | Tian Yu-sheng | $76,481,594 | 3 | $25,493,865 |
| 1,454 | Nuel C. Naval | $76,283,565 | 5 | $15,256,713 |
| 1,455 | Ken Loach | $76,237,349 | 18 | $4,235,408 |
| 1,456 | Brian Percival | $76,086,711 | 2 | $38,043,356 |
| 1,457 | Courtney Solomon | $76,029,231 | 3 | $25,343,077 |
| 1,458 | Michael Showalter | $75,934,914 | 9 | $8,437,213 |
| 1,459 | Mario Van Peebles | $75,908,230 | 12 | $6,325,686 |
| 1,460 | Jake Szymanski | $75,898,100 | 2 | $37,949,050 |
| 1,461 | Nacho G. Velilla | $75,565,286 | 6 | $12,594,214 |
| 1,462 | Sha Mo | $75,558,379 | 2 | $37,779,190 |
| 1,463 | Alan Poul | $75,281,179 | 1 | $75,281,179 |
| 1,464 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | $75,226,301 | 6 | $12,537,717 |
| 1,465 | Beier Bao (包贝尔) | $75,146,261 | 4 | $18,786,565 |
| 1,466 | Robert Lorenz | $75,037,805 | 3 | $25,012,602 |
| 1,467 | Michael Cuesta | $74,974,670 | 3 | $24,991,557 |
| 1,468 | Joseph Sargent | $74,872,218 | 7 | $10,696,031 |
| 1,469 | Ilya Naishuller | $74,699,904 | 3 | $24,899,968 |
| 1,470 | Anne Fontaine | $74,595,370 | 12 | $6,216,281 |
| 1,471 | Robert Harmon | $74,561,875 | 13 | $5,735,529 |
| 1,472 | Bob Spiers | $74,344,420 | 2 | $37,172,210 |
| 1,473 | Gene Wilder | $74,341,544 | 5 | $14,868,309 |
| 1,474 | George Scribner | $74,151,346 | 1 | $74,151,346 |
| 1,475 | Albert Magnoli | $74,109,753 | 2 | $37,054,877 |
| 1,476 | Steve Shill | $73,964,713 | 1 | $73,964,713 |
| 1,477 | Bryan Spicer | $73,874,414 | 3 | $24,624,805 |
| 1,478 | Kevin Bray | $73,729,528 | 2 | $36,864,764 |
| 1,479 | Yao Yoyo | $73,724,082 | 1 | $73,724,082 |
| 1,480 | Steven Zaillian | $73,497,832 | 3 | $24,499,277 |
| 1,481 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $73,463,862 | 7 | $10,494,837 |
| 1,482 | Allen Coulter | $73,332,371 | 2 | $36,666,186 |
| 1,483 | George Stevens | $73,190,659 | 11 | $6,653,696 |
| 1,484 | Mark Herman | $73,135,450 | 5 | $14,627,090 |
| 1,485 | Patryk Vega | $73,125,179 | 14 | $5,223,227 |
| 1,486 | Frant Fwo | $73,050,000 | 1 | $73,050,000 |
| 1,487 | Craig Mazin | $73,039,298 | 2 | $36,519,649 |
| 1,488 | Alexandre Astier | $73,008,590 | 3 | $24,336,197 |
| 1,489 | Yasuharu Ishii | $73,000,000 | 1 | $73,000,000 |
| 1,490 | Jeremy Degruson | $72,997,543 | 2 | $36,498,772 |
| 1,491 | Mike Tollin | $72,987,519 | 2 | $36,493,760 |
| 1,492 | Ken Marino | $72,847,059 | 2 | $36,423,530 |
| 1,493 | Lee Toland Krieger | $72,772,225 | 2 | $36,386,113 |
| 1,494 | Gao Ke | $72,760,000 | 1 | $72,760,000 |
| 1,495 | Takeshi Kitano | $72,511,902 | 13 | $5,577,839 |
| 1,496 | Tie Wei | $72,506,344 | 1 | $72,506,344 |
| 1,497 | David Mamet | $72,446,093 | 12 | $6,037,174 |
| 1,498 | Chris Kentis | $72,129,401 | 2 | $36,064,701 |
| 1,499 | Tat-Chiu Lee (李达超) | $71,896,273 | 1 | $71,896,273 |
| 1,500 | Shinji Ushiro | $71,791,741 | 2 | $35,895,871 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.