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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | Kelong Li | $37,641,855 | 6 | $6,273,643 |
| 2,002 | Leo McCarey | $37,605,246 | 7 | $5,372,178 |
| 2,003 | Alan Myerson | $37,576,774 | 2 | $18,788,387 |
| 2,004 | Salvatore Ficarra | $37,557,767 | 3 | $12,519,256 |
| 2,005 | Kôjirô Hashimoto | $37,538,344 | 3 | $12,512,781 |
| 2,006 | Martin Weisz | $37,466,538 | 2 | $18,733,269 |
| 2,007 | Farhan Akhtar | $37,345,849 | 4 | $9,336,462 |
| 2,008 | Derrick Borte | $37,340,228 | 4 | $9,335,057 |
| 2,009 | David S.F. Wilson | $37,163,054 | 1 | $37,163,054 |
| 2,010 | Pang Ho-cheung | $37,152,743 | 4 | $9,288,186 |
| 2,011 | Daniel St. Pierre | $37,108,370 | 2 | $18,554,185 |
| 2,012 | John Wayne | $37,107,027 | 3 | $12,369,009 |
| 2,013 | Fung Chih-chiang | $37,092,694 | 2 | $18,546,347 |
| 2,014 | Imtiaz Ali | $37,083,774 | 6 | $6,180,629 |
| 2,015 | Youyin Wu | $37,018,276 | 1 | $37,018,276 |
| 2,016 | Gary Sinyor | $36,983,266 | 3 | $12,327,755 |
| 2,017 | Ariel Winograd | $36,972,758 | 8 | $4,621,595 |
| 2,018 | Gilles Lellouche | $36,928,421 | 3 | $12,309,474 |
| 2,019 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | $36,919,653 | 2 | $18,459,827 |
| 2,020 | Nicholas Jarecki | $36,913,218 | 2 | $18,456,609 |
| 2,021 | Kurt Wimmer | $36,848,908 | 3 | $12,282,969 |
| 2,022 | Ellory Elkayem | $36,722,311 | 3 | $12,240,770 |
| 2,023 | Brandon Camp | $36,718,347 | 3 | $12,239,449 |
| 2,024 | Zhi Li | $36,670,000 | 2 | $18,335,000 |
| 2,025 | Dito Montiel | $36,642,178 | 9 | $4,071,353 |
| 2,026 | Kay Pollack | $36,571,042 | 2 | $18,285,521 |
| 2,027 | Won-Chan Hong | $36,521,377 | 2 | $18,260,689 |
| 2,028 | Stephen Kessler | $36,509,156 | 2 | $18,254,578 |
| 2,029 | Ueli Steiger | $36,489,888 | 1 | $36,489,888 |
| 2,030 | Clive Barker | $36,429,925 | 3 | $12,143,308 |
| 2,031 | Patrick Read Johnson | $36,414,766 | 5 | $7,282,953 |
| 2,032 | Gene Kelly | $36,108,213 | 2 | $18,054,107 |
| 2,033 | Jeff Pollack | $36,093,386 | 2 | $18,046,693 |
| 2,034 | Josh Greenbaum | $36,030,254 | 5 | $7,206,051 |
| 2,035 | Nat Faxon | $36,013,193 | 3 | $12,004,398 |
| 2,036 | Jim Rash | $36,013,193 | 3 | $12,004,398 |
| 2,037 | Choi Kook-Hee | $36,010,953 | 2 | $18,005,477 |
| 2,038 | Don Chaffey | $36,000,000 | 3 | $12,000,000 |
| 2,039 | Kentarô Ôtani | $36,000,000 | 1 | $36,000,000 |
| 2,040 | Ben Younger | $35,944,957 | 2 | $17,972,479 |
| 2,041 | Tetsuo Yajima | $35,927,170 | 2 | $17,963,585 |
| 2,042 | Ryo Tanaka | $35,762,324 | 2 | $17,881,162 |
| 2,043 | Liesl Tommy | $35,752,851 | 1 | $35,752,851 |
| 2,044 | Luis Prieto | $35,721,975 | 4 | $8,930,494 |
| 2,045 | Susumu Mitsunaka | $35,607,356 | 2 | $17,803,678 |
| 2,046 | Willard Huyck | $35,561,076 | 3 | $11,853,692 |
| 2,047 | Nicole Holofcener | $35,550,663 | 4 | $8,887,666 |
| 2,048 | Zhuo Chen (陈卓) | $35,523,265 | 3 | $11,841,088 |
| 2,049 | Laurent Cantet | $35,417,660 | 5 | $7,083,532 |
| 2,050 | Bill Paxton | $35,415,546 | 2 | $17,707,773 |
| 2,051 | Ashutosh Gowariker | $35,408,053 | 4 | $8,852,013 |
| 2,052 | Jesse Peretz | $35,367,029 | 3 | $11,789,010 |
| 2,053 | Jie Han | $35,327,718 | 1 | $35,327,718 |
| 2,054 | Ahn Sang-hoon | $35,203,902 | 3 | $11,734,634 |
| 2,055 | Holger Tappe | $35,187,080 | 3 | $11,729,027 |
| 2,056 | Des McAnuff | $35,129,610 | 4 | $8,782,403 |
| 2,057 | Henry King | $35,084,934 | 7 | $5,012,133 |
| 2,058 | Armando Iannucci | $35,062,218 | 2 | $17,531,109 |
| 2,059 | Xu Jizhou | $35,045,171 | 1 | $35,045,171 |
| 2,060 | Joe Layton | $34,970,309 | 1 | $34,970,309 |
| 2,061 | Wei Xu (徐伟) | $34,960,927 | 4 | $8,740,232 |
| 2,062 | Haolin Song | $34,939,739 | 3 | $11,646,580 |
| 2,063 | Shree Narayan Singh | $34,871,893 | 2 | $17,435,947 |
| 2,064 | Mike Hodges | $34,797,126 | 7 | $4,971,018 |
| 2,065 | Joe Cornish | $34,756,166 | 3 | $11,585,389 |
| 2,066 | Giddens Ko | $34,660,432 | 4 | $8,665,108 |
| 2,067 | Atom Egoyan | $34,630,171 | 13 | $2,663,859 |
| 2,068 | Bruce Hendricks | $34,626,006 | 2 | $17,313,003 |
| 2,069 | Shin-Yeon Won | $34,518,596 | 1 | $34,518,596 |
| 2,070 | Arthur Benzaquen | $34,510,866 | 1 | $34,510,866 |
| 2,071 | Elia Kazan | $34,468,248 | 13 | $2,651,404 |
| 2,072 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $34,452,023 | 3 | $11,484,008 |
| 2,073 | Norihiro Koizumi | $34,440,523 | 3 | $11,480,174 |
| 2,074 | Peng Sanyuan | $34,432,439 | 1 | $34,432,439 |
| 2,075 | Dev Patel | $34,411,096 | 1 | $34,411,096 |
| 2,076 | Yoshihiro Osugi | $34,395,038 | 1 | $34,395,038 |
| 2,077 | Chi-Leung Law | $34,382,995 | 4 | $8,595,749 |
| 2,078 | Bud Yorkin | $34,362,438 | 5 | $6,872,488 |
| 2,079 | James Signorelli | $34,309,766 | 2 | $17,154,883 |
| 2,080 | Michael Lockshin | $34,213,937 | 3 | $11,404,646 |
| 2,081 | Takahiko Kyogoku | $34,193,048 | 2 | $17,096,524 |
| 2,082 | Pat Boonnitipat | $34,149,502 | 1 | $34,149,502 |
| 2,083 | Jin Mo-young | $34,100,278 | 1 | $34,100,278 |
| 2,084 | Loren Bouchard | $34,074,480 | 1 | $34,074,480 |
| 2,085 | Bille August | $34,002,907 | 15 | $2,266,860 |
| 2,086 | Brian Pimental | $34,000,000 | 1 | $34,000,000 |
| 2,087 | Ahmed Khan | $33,999,739 | 4 | $8,499,935 |
| 2,088 | Tarek Boudali | $33,989,446 | 3 | $11,329,815 |
| 2,089 | George Butler | $33,982,857 | 5 | $6,796,571 |
| 2,090 | James Mather | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 2,091 | Stephen St. Leger | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 2,092 | Craig R. Baxley | $33,933,593 | 3 | $11,311,198 |
| 2,093 | Gosho Aoyama | $33,852,685 | 1 | $33,852,685 |
| 2,094 | Fatih Akin | $33,810,799 | 8 | $4,226,350 |
| 2,095 | Xiaolie Wang (王小列) | $33,786,675 | 1 | $33,786,675 |
| 2,096 | Mick Garris | $33,735,705 | 6 | $5,622,618 |
| 2,097 | Guohui Chen (陈国辉) | $33,712,454 | 2 | $16,856,227 |
| 2,098 | Annabel Jankel | $33,702,555 | 3 | $11,234,185 |
| 2,099 | Jessica M. Thompson | $33,689,288 | 2 | $16,844,644 |
| 2,100 | Marius Balchunas | $33,680,418 | 7 | $4,811,488 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.