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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | Tom Bezucha | $50,459,776 | 2 | $25,229,888 |
| 1,802 | Ti West | $50,453,004 | 11 | $4,586,637 |
| 1,803 | Elizabeth Allen | $50,448,574 | 3 | $16,816,191 |
| 1,804 | Terry Jones | $50,421,190 | 7 | $7,203,027 |
| 1,805 | Ayuko Tsukahara | $50,405,030 | 5 | $10,081,006 |
| 1,806 | Anthony Hemingway | $50,365,498 | 1 | $50,365,498 |
| 1,807 | Jacques Cluzaud | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 1,808 | Jacques Perrin | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 1,809 | Stuart Gordon | $50,132,999 | 10 | $5,013,300 |
| 1,810 | Diane English | $50,103,808 | 1 | $50,103,808 |
| 1,811 | Fred Cavaye | $50,093,120 | 7 | $7,156,160 |
| 1,812 | Anthony Bell | $50,006,787 | 4 | $12,501,697 |
| 1,813 | Frank Capra | $50,001,095 | 12 | $4,166,758 |
| 1,814 | Hur Jin-ho | $49,774,019 | 3 | $16,591,340 |
| 1,815 | Kerry Conran | $49,730,854 | 1 | $49,730,854 |
| 1,816 | Nicolas Pesce | $49,700,387 | 4 | $12,425,097 |
| 1,817 | Asger Leth | $49,621,440 | 1 | $49,621,440 |
| 1,818 | Olatunde Osunsanmi | $49,514,554 | 3 | $16,504,851 |
| 1,819 | Billy Crystal | $49,456,132 | 3 | $16,485,377 |
| 1,820 | Adam Green | $49,380,527 | 6 | $8,230,088 |
| 1,821 | A.R. Murugadoss | $49,329,415 | 9 | $5,481,046 |
| 1,822 | Chaoxian Lin (林超贤) | $49,286,339 | 1 | $49,286,339 |
| 1,823 | Guang Fu Yang | $49,272,573 | 3 | $16,424,191 |
| 1,824 | Sriram Raghavan | $49,259,090 | 3 | $16,419,697 |
| 1,825 | Roxann Dawson | $49,231,674 | 1 | $49,231,674 |
| 1,826 | Tina Gordon | $49,207,917 | 2 | $24,603,959 |
| 1,827 | John R. Lee | $49,196,532 | 1 | $49,196,532 |
| 1,828 | Spenser Cohen | $49,104,745 | 1 | $49,104,745 |
| 1,829 | Anna Halberg | $49,104,745 | 1 | $49,104,745 |
| 1,830 | Keith Scholey | $49,069,683 | 8 | $6,133,710 |
| 1,831 | Alek Keshishian | $49,056,189 | 3 | $16,352,063 |
| 1,832 | Zhou Tuo Ru | $49,002,398 | 1 | $49,002,398 |
| 1,833 | Albert Pyun | $48,993,772 | 10 | $4,899,377 |
| 1,834 | Walt Dohrn | $48,866,407 | 2 | $24,433,204 |
| 1,835 | Kat Coiro | $48,805,898 | 5 | $9,761,180 |
| 1,836 | Jim Field Smith | $48,785,683 | 2 | $24,392,842 |
| 1,837 | Paola Cortellesi | $48,775,608 | 1 | $48,775,608 |
| 1,838 | John Lounsbery | $48,775,599 | 1 | $48,775,599 |
| 1,839 | Shane Acker | $48,717,414 | 2 | $24,358,707 |
| 1,840 | Sarik Andreasyan | $48,550,421 | 16 | $3,034,401 |
| 1,841 | Tim McCanlies | $48,524,709 | 4 | $12,131,177 |
| 1,842 | Diederik Van Rooijen | $48,510,449 | 2 | $24,255,225 |
| 1,843 | William Eubank | $48,437,864 | 5 | $9,687,573 |
| 1,844 | Justin Zackham | $48,425,971 | 1 | $48,425,971 |
| 1,845 | Melina Matsoukas | $48,266,163 | 1 | $48,266,163 |
| 1,846 | Dan Bradley | $48,164,150 | 1 | $48,164,150 |
| 1,847 | Liu Jiang | $48,153,767 | 2 | $24,076,884 |
| 1,848 | Zoë Kravitz | $48,093,906 | 1 | $48,093,906 |
| 1,849 | Leo Zhang | $48,021,928 | 2 | $24,010,964 |
| 1,850 | Stephen Surjik | $47,965,000 | 1 | $47,965,000 |
| 1,851 | Will Becher | $47,862,290 | 1 | $47,862,290 |
| 1,852 | Jason Winer | $47,810,537 | 2 | $23,905,269 |
| 1,853 | John Sullivan | $47,794,443 | 2 | $23,897,222 |
| 1,854 | Michael Anderson | $47,738,482 | 5 | $9,547,696 |
| 1,855 | Jerome Robbins | $47,596,274 | 1 | $47,596,274 |
| 1,856 | Morgan Neville | $47,509,171 | 11 | $4,319,016 |
| 1,857 | Sajid Nadiadwala | $47,493,530 | 1 | $47,493,530 |
| 1,858 | Hendel Butoy | $47,431,461 | 1 | $47,431,461 |
| 1,859 | Abhinav Singh Kashyap | $47,405,933 | 2 | $23,702,967 |
| 1,860 | George Armitage | $47,350,934 | 4 | $11,837,734 |
| 1,861 | David Lickley | $47,347,645 | 2 | $23,673,823 |
| 1,862 | John Fortenberry | $47,272,717 | 3 | $15,757,572 |
| 1,863 | Fuyuan Liu | $47,269,723 | 3 | $15,756,574 |
| 1,864 | Joe Charbanic | $47,267,829 | 1 | $47,267,829 |
| 1,865 | Rodo Sayagues | $47,201,347 | 1 | $47,201,347 |
| 1,866 | Mutou MTJJ | $47,151,157 | 1 | $47,151,157 |
| 1,867 | Caroline Link | $47,149,383 | 3 | $15,716,461 |
| 1,868 | John Lafia | $47,141,208 | 2 | $23,570,604 |
| 1,869 | Terry George | $47,071,868 | 3 | $15,690,623 |
| 1,870 | Shusuke Kaneko | $47,000,000 | 2 | $23,500,000 |
| 1,871 | Ding Leang | $46,998,773 | 1 | $46,998,773 |
| 1,872 | Dennis Iliadis | $46,980,724 | 2 | $23,490,362 |
| 1,873 | Alessandro Siani | $46,892,678 | 6 | $7,815,446 |
| 1,874 | Lucia Aniello | $46,844,357 | 1 | $46,844,357 |
| 1,875 | John Sayles | $46,767,188 | 16 | $2,922,949 |
| 1,876 | Katsuhide Motoki | $46,581,772 | 5 | $9,316,354 |
| 1,877 | Nick Johnson | $46,537,213 | 1 | $46,537,213 |
| 1,878 | Will Merrick | $46,537,213 | 1 | $46,537,213 |
| 1,879 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $46,444,166 | 7 | $6,634,881 |
| 1,880 | Remo D'Souza | $46,429,937 | 5 | $9,285,987 |
| 1,881 | Xu Hongyu | $46,389,109 | 1 | $46,389,109 |
| 1,882 | Ethan Maniquis | $46,370,970 | 1 | $46,370,970 |
| 1,883 | Asif Kapadia | $46,357,802 | 9 | $5,150,867 |
| 1,884 | Joseph Kahn | $46,290,278 | 4 | $11,572,570 |
| 1,885 | Aleksey Sidorov | $46,266,605 | 2 | $23,133,303 |
| 1,886 | Chin Kar Lok | $46,165,078 | 1 | $46,165,078 |
| 1,887 | Eichiro Hasumi | $46,117,323 | 5 | $9,223,465 |
| 1,888 | Uli Edel | $46,036,636 | 5 | $9,207,327 |
| 1,889 | Daniel Barnz | $46,029,132 | 3 | $15,343,044 |
| 1,890 | Susan Seidelman | $45,910,893 | 6 | $7,651,816 |
| 1,891 | David Dhawan | $45,788,131 | 5 | $9,157,626 |
| 1,892 | Jung Huh | $45,724,301 | 2 | $22,862,151 |
| 1,893 | Michael Wadleigh | $45,699,266 | 2 | $22,849,633 |
| 1,894 | Xie Dongshen | $45,698,504 | 1 | $45,698,504 |
| 1,895 | Ilya Kulikov | $45,614,296 | 4 | $11,403,574 |
| 1,896 | Ruben Ostlund | $45,591,256 | 5 | $9,118,251 |
| 1,897 | John Derek | $45,590,000 | 3 | $15,196,667 |
| 1,898 | He Nian | $45,533,735 | 2 | $22,766,868 |
| 1,899 | Gary Hardwick | $45,531,785 | 2 | $22,765,893 |
| 1,900 | Takumi Doyama | $45,525,160 | 1 | $45,525,160 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.