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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,301 | Christopher Erskin | $31,286,759 | 1 | $31,286,759 |
| 2,302 | Oz Scott | $31,261,000 | 2 | $15,630,500 |
| 2,303 | Stacy Title | $31,213,727 | 2 | $15,606,864 |
| 2,304 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | $31,191,613 | 5 | $6,238,323 |
| 2,305 | Yi'nan Diao | $31,167,845 | 2 | $15,583,923 |
| 2,306 | Will Graham | $31,164,747 | 2 | $15,582,374 |
| 2,307 | Patrik Forsberg | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 2,308 | James Duffy | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 2,309 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $31,164,747 | 2 | $15,582,374 |
| 2,310 | Jim Drake | $31,138,404 | 2 | $15,569,202 |
| 2,311 | Johan Nijenhuis | $31,092,736 | 13 | $2,391,749 |
| 2,312 | Phil Nibbelink | $31,055,430 | 3 | $10,351,810 |
| 2,313 | Denys Arcand | $31,046,957 | 5 | $6,209,391 |
| 2,314 | Anselm Chan | $31,013,860 | 2 | $15,506,930 |
| 2,315 | Derek Hui | $30,996,614 | 1 | $30,996,614 |
| 2,316 | Hong-seon Kim | $30,942,053 | 3 | $10,314,018 |
| 2,317 | Vadim Perelman | $30,871,873 | 6 | $5,145,312 |
| 2,318 | Takehiko Shinjo | $30,869,680 | 5 | $6,173,936 |
| 2,319 | John Bruno | $30,861,680 | 2 | $15,430,840 |
| 2,320 | John Waters | $30,819,106 | 10 | $3,081,911 |
| 2,321 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $30,792,024 | 1 | $30,792,024 |
| 2,322 | Barnaby Thompson | $30,771,908 | 4 | $7,692,977 |
| 2,323 | Jon Cassar | $30,768,449 | 2 | $15,384,225 |
| 2,324 | Nicolas Bedos | $30,636,530 | 4 | $7,659,133 |
| 2,325 | Tom Ropelewski | $30,610,303 | 2 | $15,305,152 |
| 2,326 | Gints Zilbalodis | $30,583,197 | 2 | $15,291,599 |
| 2,327 | Damien O'Donnell | $30,551,505 | 2 | $15,275,753 |
| 2,328 | Trevor Wall | $30,535,660 | 1 | $30,535,660 |
| 2,329 | Jerome Salle | $30,506,100 | 4 | $7,626,525 |
| 2,330 | Florian David Fitz | $30,479,367 | 3 | $10,159,789 |
| 2,331 | Siddharth Malhotra | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 2,332 | Jessica Bendinger | $30,399,714 | 1 | $30,399,714 |
| 2,333 | Shenyang Xiao | $30,355,804 | 1 | $30,355,804 |
| 2,334 | Mukuan Lai (来牧宽) | $30,350,000 | 2 | $15,175,000 |
| 2,335 | Yann Demange | $30,325,241 | 3 | $10,108,414 |
| 2,336 | Trey Edward Shults | $30,296,702 | 4 | $7,574,176 |
| 2,337 | Christian Carion | $30,242,398 | 5 | $6,048,480 |
| 2,338 | Jim Sonzero | $30,241,435 | 1 | $30,241,435 |
| 2,339 | Cedric Jimenez | $30,184,428 | 6 | $5,030,738 |
| 2,340 | Wojciech Smarzowski | $30,013,044 | 3 | $10,004,348 |
| 2,341 | Roger Christian | $30,011,256 | 3 | $10,003,752 |
| 2,342 | Mehmet Ada Öztekin | $29,980,097 | 5 | $5,996,019 |
| 2,343 | Chang | $29,957,334 | 3 | $9,985,778 |
| 2,344 | Jonas Elmer | $29,937,909 | 1 | $29,937,909 |
| 2,345 | Michael Dinner | $29,932,825 | 4 | $7,483,206 |
| 2,346 | Kevin Allen | $29,909,223 | 5 | $5,981,845 |
| 2,347 | Justine Triet | $29,835,339 | 3 | $9,945,113 |
| 2,348 | Mani Ratnam | $29,816,025 | 9 | $3,312,892 |
| 2,349 | Greg Beeman | $29,811,382 | 3 | $9,937,127 |
| 2,350 | Motonori Sakakibara | $29,753,435 | 1 | $29,753,435 |
| 2,351 | Jang Chang-won | $29,721,934 | 1 | $29,721,934 |
| 2,352 | Mike Slee | $29,706,508 | 4 | $7,426,627 |
| 2,353 | Farhad Samji | $29,693,495 | 6 | $4,948,916 |
| 2,354 | John Curran | $29,624,807 | 4 | $7,406,202 |
| 2,355 | Akiva Goldsman | $29,575,033 | 2 | $14,787,517 |
| 2,356 | Kwak Kyung-taek | $29,566,314 | 3 | $9,855,438 |
| 2,357 | Guo Degang | $29,546,964 | 2 | $14,773,482 |
| 2,358 | Vikram Bhatt | $29,527,492 | 7 | $4,218,213 |
| 2,359 | Eric Lavaine | $29,486,038 | 6 | $4,914,340 |
| 2,360 | Abbas Mustan | $29,479,927 | 2 | $14,739,964 |
| 2,361 | Yoichi Narita | $29,438,465 | 1 | $29,438,465 |
| 2,362 | Tae-Gyoon Kim | $29,433,930 | 2 | $14,716,965 |
| 2,363 | Álvaro Fernández Armero | $29,392,562 | 5 | $5,878,512 |
| 2,364 | Julie Delpy | $29,357,457 | 6 | $4,892,910 |
| 2,365 | John Turturro | $29,356,083 | 5 | $5,871,217 |
| 2,366 | Doze Niu | $29,338,638 | 1 | $29,338,638 |
| 2,367 | Yan Han (韩琰) | $29,327,146 | 1 | $29,327,146 |
| 2,368 | James Franco | $29,320,199 | 14 | $2,094,300 |
| 2,369 | Donovan Marsh | $29,312,121 | 4 | $7,328,030 |
| 2,370 | Jae-Gyu Lee | $29,306,967 | 1 | $29,306,967 |
| 2,371 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | $29,284,214 | 1 | $29,284,214 |
| 2,372 | Brian Tse | $29,257,113 | 4 | $7,314,278 |
| 2,373 | David Seltzer | $29,232,000 | 2 | $14,616,000 |
| 2,374 | Philippe Falardeau | $29,209,484 | 5 | $5,841,897 |
| 2,375 | Emile Gaudreault | $29,137,423 | 6 | $4,856,237 |
| 2,376 | Eric Karson | $29,120,810 | 5 | $5,824,162 |
| 2,377 | Bharat Nalluri | $29,060,367 | 7 | $4,151,481 |
| 2,378 | Dong-Hyuk Hwang | $29,056,658 | 3 | $9,685,553 |
| 2,379 | Ed Decter | $28,972,187 | 1 | $28,972,187 |
| 2,380 | Phillip Borsos | $28,959,748 | 4 | $7,239,937 |
| 2,381 | Irie Yu | $28,933,823 | 4 | $7,233,456 |
| 2,382 | Marc Rothemund | $28,903,662 | 6 | $4,817,277 |
| 2,383 | Steven Knight | $28,792,077 | 3 | $9,597,359 |
| 2,384 | Shashank Khaitan | $28,762,808 | 3 | $9,587,603 |
| 2,385 | Tony Cervone | $28,748,685 | 4 | $7,187,171 |
| 2,386 | Hatsuki Tsuji | $28,715,003 | 1 | $28,715,003 |
| 2,387 | Lewis John Carlino | $28,667,789 | 3 | $9,555,930 |
| 2,388 | Rob Schmidt | $28,649,556 | 1 | $28,649,556 |
| 2,389 | Mark DiSalle | $28,595,042 | 2 | $14,297,521 |
| 2,390 | Damian Szifron | $28,533,410 | 2 | $14,266,705 |
| 2,391 | Brian Gilbert | $28,453,173 | 2 | $14,226,587 |
| 2,392 | Ken Finkleman | $28,403,301 | 2 | $14,201,651 |
| 2,393 | Homi Adajania | $28,400,084 | 4 | $7,100,021 |
| 2,394 | Nicholas McCarthy | $28,300,507 | 5 | $5,660,101 |
| 2,395 | Edward Burns | $28,280,480 | 13 | $2,175,422 |
| 2,396 | Won-Tae Lee | $28,251,283 | 2 | $14,125,642 |
| 2,397 | Jo Beom-gu | $28,211,214 | 1 | $28,211,214 |
| 2,398 | Jean Duval | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 2,399 | Frank Passingham | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 2,400 | Dave Borthwick | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.