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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,701 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,749,412 | 3 | $18,249,804 |
| 1,702 | Cheng Fenfen | $54,663,066 | 1 | $54,663,066 |
| 1,703 | Peter Medak | $54,649,658 | 7 | $7,807,094 |
| 1,704 | Doug Ellin | $54,627,854 | 3 | $18,209,285 |
| 1,705 | Luis Valdez | $54,595,718 | 2 | $27,297,859 |
| 1,706 | Saul Dibb | $54,395,980 | 4 | $13,598,995 |
| 1,707 | Sam Miller | $54,323,210 | 1 | $54,323,210 |
| 1,708 | Gillian Armstrong | $54,289,085 | 5 | $10,857,817 |
| 1,709 | Jeffrey W. Byrd | $54,262,679 | 3 | $18,087,560 |
| 1,710 | Chen-Hao Yin | $54,253,498 | 1 | $54,253,498 |
| 1,711 | Jae-hyun Jang | $54,251,912 | 2 | $27,125,956 |
| 1,712 | Josh Safdie | $54,245,099 | 6 | $9,040,850 |
| 1,713 | Benny Safdie | $54,245,099 | 5 | $10,849,020 |
| 1,714 | Oriol Paulo | $54,234,952 | 3 | $18,078,317 |
| 1,715 | Yunfei Wang | $54,215,457 | 9 | $6,023,940 |
| 1,716 | Brent McCorkle | $54,162,114 | 3 | $18,054,038 |
| 1,717 | Nikhil Advani | $54,153,633 | 7 | $7,736,233 |
| 1,718 | Corey Yuen | $54,141,522 | 7 | $7,734,503 |
| 1,719 | Neri Parenti | $54,131,544 | 7 | $7,733,078 |
| 1,720 | Ciaran Foy | $54,117,602 | 3 | $18,039,201 |
| 1,721 | Yang Xiao | $54,057,576 | 2 | $27,028,788 |
| 1,722 | Alan Yuen | $54,053,238 | 2 | $27,026,619 |
| 1,723 | Michael Dowse | $54,043,796 | 8 | $6,755,475 |
| 1,724 | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | $54,008,598 | 3 | $18,002,866 |
| 1,725 | Arkasha Stevenson | $53,992,802 | 1 | $53,992,802 |
| 1,726 | Christopher Guest | $53,966,014 | 7 | $7,709,431 |
| 1,727 | Neal Israel | $53,952,082 | 5 | $10,790,416 |
| 1,728 | Jianxi Chen (陈健喜) | $53,886,467 | 1 | $53,886,467 |
| 1,729 | Jiakai Li (李佳锴) | $53,886,467 | 1 | $53,886,467 |
| 1,730 | Rowdy Harrington | $53,848,651 | 3 | $17,949,550 |
| 1,731 | Peter Landesman | $53,786,409 | 4 | $13,446,602 |
| 1,732 | Daniel Stern | $53,579,269 | 2 | $26,789,635 |
| 1,733 | Aaron Sorkin | $53,412,897 | 3 | $17,804,299 |
| 1,734 | Sean Durkin | $53,341,848 | 4 | $13,335,462 |
| 1,735 | Timothy Kendall | $53,246,837 | 1 | $53,246,837 |
| 1,736 | Richard Tuggle | $53,199,316 | 2 | $26,599,658 |
| 1,737 | Christian E. Christiansen | $53,193,011 | 3 | $17,731,004 |
| 1,738 | César Rodrigues | $53,102,744 | 5 | $10,620,549 |
| 1,739 | Michael Herbig | $53,049,987 | 3 | $17,683,329 |
| 1,740 | Robert Mandel | $52,993,949 | 4 | $13,248,487 |
| 1,741 | Christian Alvart | $52,966,782 | 8 | $6,620,848 |
| 1,742 | Sujeeth | $52,884,711 | 2 | $26,442,356 |
| 1,743 | Shinnosuke Yakuwa | $52,883,657 | 3 | $17,627,886 |
| 1,744 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | $52,843,246 | 4 | $13,210,812 |
| 1,745 | Edward Dmytryk | $52,829,547 | 6 | $8,804,925 |
| 1,746 | Lu Liu | $52,814,570 | 2 | $26,407,285 |
| 1,747 | Shen Zhou | $52,814,570 | 2 | $26,407,285 |
| 1,748 | Anand Tucker | $52,749,729 | 5 | $10,549,946 |
| 1,749 | Mingze Xia (夏铭泽) | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,750 | Kai Yan | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,751 | Stephan Elliott | $52,454,079 | 5 | $10,490,816 |
| 1,752 | Lee Seokhoon | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 1,753 | Anubhav Sinha | $52,428,735 | 8 | $6,553,592 |
| 1,754 | Hayato Kawai | $52,377,961 | 7 | $7,482,566 |
| 1,755 | Billy Bob Thornton | $52,310,103 | 4 | $13,077,526 |
| 1,756 | Seungwan Ryu | $52,265,959 | 2 | $26,132,980 |
| 1,757 | Mark Romanek | $52,223,306 | 1 | $52,223,306 |
| 1,758 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $52,188,116 | 6 | $8,698,019 |
| 1,759 | Checco Zalone | $52,186,424 | 1 | $52,186,424 |
| 1,760 | Tony Richardson | $52,151,343 | 7 | $7,450,192 |
| 1,761 | Sam Firstenberg | $52,115,063 | 6 | $8,685,844 |
| 1,762 | Kang Yun-sung | $52,097,753 | 1 | $52,097,753 |
| 1,763 | Kivanc Baruonu | $52,052,509 | 7 | $7,436,073 |
| 1,764 | Rupert Goold | $52,011,469 | 3 | $17,337,156 |
| 1,765 | Desheng Wei (魏德聖) | $51,972,528 | 1 | $51,972,528 |
| 1,766 | Han-Gyul Kim | $51,934,339 | 2 | $25,967,170 |
| 1,767 | Gao Qunshu | $51,890,238 | 4 | $12,972,560 |
| 1,768 | Brady Corbet | $51,848,812 | 3 | $17,282,937 |
| 1,769 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $51,833,681 | 3 | $17,277,894 |
| 1,770 | Karan Malhotra | $51,830,829 | 3 | $17,276,943 |
| 1,771 | Josie Rourke | $51,782,826 | 3 | $17,260,942 |
| 1,772 | Michael Gottlieb | $51,765,279 | 2 | $25,882,640 |
| 1,773 | Peter Rida Michail | $51,620,593 | 2 | $25,810,297 |
| 1,774 | Na Hong-jin | $51,521,990 | 3 | $17,173,997 |
| 1,775 | Louis Clichy | $51,379,470 | 1 | $51,379,470 |
| 1,776 | Xavier Beauvois | $51,357,381 | 5 | $10,271,476 |
| 1,777 | Lawrence Lamont | $51,347,454 | 2 | $25,673,727 |
| 1,778 | Jim McBride | $51,286,859 | 3 | $17,095,620 |
| 1,779 | Rusty Cundieff | $51,250,417 | 8 | $6,406,302 |
| 1,780 | Selcuk Aydemir | $51,186,207 | 10 | $5,118,621 |
| 1,781 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov | $51,166,205 | 3 | $17,055,402 |
| 1,782 | Siddique | $51,163,629 | 4 | $12,790,907 |
| 1,783 | Haipeng Sun | $51,161,009 | 3 | $17,053,670 |
| 1,784 | Derek Yee | $51,127,522 | 3 | $17,042,507 |
| 1,785 | Enrico Casarosa | $51,111,836 | 2 | $25,555,918 |
| 1,786 | Mark Williams | $51,062,519 | 3 | $17,020,840 |
| 1,787 | Ui-seok Jo | $51,007,693 | 1 | $51,007,693 |
| 1,788 | Ayan Mukerji | $50,827,466 | 2 | $25,413,733 |
| 1,789 | Albert Dupontel | $50,805,212 | 4 | $12,701,303 |
| 1,790 | Sean Phillips | $50,728,163 | 1 | $50,728,163 |
| 1,791 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,628,048 | 1 | $50,628,048 |
| 1,792 | Andrew Hyatt | $50,587,688 | 5 | $10,117,538 |
| 1,793 | Aleksandr Voytinskiy | $50,559,426 | 6 | $8,426,571 |
| 1,794 | Norman Tokar | $50,523,992 | 3 | $16,841,331 |
| 1,795 | Jason Kim | $50,513,519 | 3 | $16,837,840 |
| 1,796 | Tom Bezucha | $50,459,776 | 2 | $25,229,888 |
| 1,797 | Ti West | $50,453,004 | 11 | $4,586,637 |
| 1,798 | Elizabeth Allen | $50,448,574 | 3 | $16,816,191 |
| 1,799 | Terry Jones | $50,421,190 | 7 | $7,203,027 |
| 1,800 | Ayuko Tsukahara | $50,405,030 | 5 | $10,081,006 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.