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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 James Duffy $31,164,747 1 $31,164,747
2,307 Jonathan Van Tulleken $31,164,747 2 $15,582,374
2,308 Will Graham $31,164,747 2 $15,582,374
2,309 Patrik Forsberg $31,164,747 1 $31,164,747
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 Christian Carion $30,242,398 5 $6,048,480
2,337 Jim Sonzero $30,241,435 1 $30,241,435
2,338 Cedric Jimenez $30,184,428 6 $5,030,738
2,339 Trey Edward Shults $30,132,429 4 $7,533,107
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.