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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,401 | Wen Zhang | $27,990,609 | 2 | $13,995,305 |
| 2,402 | Gene Quintano | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 2,403 | Carlos Therón | $27,953,266 | 5 | $5,590,653 |
| 2,404 | Tomohisa Taguchi | $27,941,869 | 4 | $6,985,467 |
| 2,405 | Liu Xunzimo | $27,917,233 | 1 | $27,917,233 |
| 2,406 | Tôya Satô | $27,910,292 | 2 | $13,955,146 |
| 2,407 | Jack Ng | $27,874,822 | 1 | $27,874,822 |
| 2,408 | Sarah Polley | $27,870,399 | 4 | $6,967,600 |
| 2,409 | Sergio Castellitto | $27,847,472 | 5 | $5,569,494 |
| 2,410 | Nick Moore | $27,834,650 | 4 | $6,958,663 |
| 2,411 | Kirill Kuzin | $27,754,492 | 4 | $6,938,623 |
| 2,412 | Keith Melton | $27,751,781 | 1 | $27,751,781 |
| 2,413 | Meiert Avis | $27,735,792 | 1 | $27,735,792 |
| 2,414 | Do-young Kim | $27,728,277 | 1 | $27,728,277 |
| 2,415 | Amma Asante | $27,707,425 | 4 | $6,926,856 |
| 2,416 | David Clark | $27,702,046 | 2 | $13,851,023 |
| 2,417 | Anthony Waller | $27,696,373 | 3 | $9,232,124 |
| 2,418 | Steve Kloves | $27,610,295 | 2 | $13,805,148 |
| 2,419 | Roberto Santucci | $27,553,730 | 6 | $4,592,288 |
| 2,420 | Robert Shaye | $27,519,694 | 2 | $13,759,847 |
| 2,421 | Julian Jarrold | $27,511,109 | 5 | $5,502,222 |
| 2,422 | Tingting Yao | $27,490,000 | 2 | $13,745,000 |
| 2,423 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $27,484,464 | 1 | $27,484,464 |
| 2,424 | Don Scardino | $27,392,609 | 3 | $9,130,870 |
| 2,425 | Lionel Steketee | $27,384,020 | 3 | $9,128,007 |
| 2,426 | Jody Hill | $27,383,184 | 4 | $6,845,796 |
| 2,427 | Autumn de Wilde | $27,365,788 | 2 | $13,682,894 |
| 2,428 | Gilbert Cates | $27,339,821 | 3 | $9,113,274 |
| 2,429 | Chuck Konzelman | $27,228,840 | 2 | $13,614,420 |
| 2,430 | Cary Solomon | $27,228,840 | 2 | $13,614,420 |
| 2,431 | Sergei Bodrov | $27,226,472 | 2 | $13,613,236 |
| 2,432 | Sylvain Chomet | $27,216,879 | 5 | $5,443,376 |
| 2,433 | John Roberts | $27,210,722 | 3 | $9,070,241 |
| 2,434 | Gonzolo Lopez-Gallego | $27,186,988 | 2 | $13,593,494 |
| 2,435 | Vincent Paronnaud | $27,165,317 | 5 | $5,433,063 |
| 2,436 | Gary Wang | $27,158,021 | 3 | $9,052,674 |
| 2,437 | Bruce Hunt | $27,147,991 | 1 | $27,147,991 |
| 2,438 | Ron Maxwell | $27,095,676 | 3 | $9,031,892 |
| 2,439 | Al Giddings | $27,089,842 | 1 | $27,089,842 |
| 2,440 | Tinu Suresh Desai | $27,074,671 | 2 | $13,537,336 |
| 2,441 | Che-Kirk Wong | $27,073,371 | 1 | $27,073,371 |
| 2,442 | Lesli Linka Glatter | $27,067,247 | 1 | $27,067,247 |
| 2,443 | Susanne Bier | $27,051,071 | 7 | $3,864,439 |
| 2,444 | Michael Miller | $27,041,518 | 2 | $13,520,759 |
| 2,445 | Hitoshi Ohne | $27,022,313 | 4 | $6,755,578 |
| 2,446 | Milan Luthria | $27,015,236 | 6 | $4,502,539 |
| 2,447 | Michael Bully Herbig | $26,975,510 | 4 | $6,743,878 |
| 2,448 | Mike Mills | $26,967,566 | 3 | $8,989,189 |
| 2,449 | Rick Friedberg | $26,936,265 | 1 | $26,936,265 |
| 2,450 | Paul Hunter | $26,922,492 | 1 | $26,922,492 |
| 2,451 | Steven Lisberger | $26,919,100 | 2 | $13,459,550 |
| 2,452 | Raj Kumar Gupta | $26,909,894 | 5 | $5,381,979 |
| 2,453 | Richard Shepard | $26,887,848 | 5 | $5,377,570 |
| 2,454 | Dave Meyers | $26,882,554 | 3 | $8,960,851 |
| 2,455 | Andy Lau | $26,822,441 | 1 | $26,822,441 |
| 2,456 | Michael Davis | $26,796,824 | 1 | $26,796,824 |
| 2,457 | Zhou Sun | $26,774,338 | 4 | $6,693,585 |
| 2,458 | Luv Ranjan | $26,725,471 | 4 | $6,681,368 |
| 2,459 | Shin'ichirô Ueda | $26,720,722 | 3 | $8,906,907 |
| 2,460 | Fraser Clarke Heston | $26,695,272 | 2 | $13,347,636 |
| 2,461 | Tae Jin Ahn (안태진) | $26,668,156 | 1 | $26,668,156 |
| 2,462 | Howard Franklin | $26,623,974 | 3 | $8,874,658 |
| 2,463 | Vasiliy Rovenskiy | $26,611,938 | 10 | $2,661,194 |
| 2,464 | Zhao Fei | $26,575,879 | 2 | $13,287,940 |
| 2,465 | Raja Menon | $26,543,290 | 3 | $8,847,763 |
| 2,466 | Kan Eguchi | $26,510,458 | 3 | $8,836,819 |
| 2,467 | Ka-Wai Kam | $26,481,528 | 3 | $8,827,176 |
| 2,468 | Juan Diego Solanas | $26,432,470 | 2 | $13,216,235 |
| 2,469 | Paul Bogart | $26,404,847 | 5 | $5,280,969 |
| 2,470 | Fernando León de Aranoa | $26,330,252 | 5 | $5,266,050 |
| 2,471 | Leon Ichaso | $26,282,243 | 4 | $6,570,561 |
| 2,472 | Shimako Sato | $26,232,619 | 2 | $13,116,310 |
| 2,473 | Eva Jin | $26,212,188 | 2 | $13,106,094 |
| 2,474 | Yvan Attal | $26,176,197 | 7 | $3,739,457 |
| 2,475 | Catherine Owens | $26,170,402 | 1 | $26,170,402 |
| 2,476 | Afonso Poyart | $26,161,035 | 3 | $8,720,345 |
| 2,477 | Koichiro Miki | $26,117,176 | 7 | $3,731,025 |
| 2,478 | Nils Gaup | $26,109,846 | 4 | $6,527,462 |
| 2,479 | Andrew Sipes | $26,097,497 | 1 | $26,097,497 |
| 2,480 | David Robert Mitchell | $26,081,483 | 5 | $5,216,297 |
| 2,481 | Egor Baranov | $26,027,536 | 7 | $3,718,219 |
| 2,482 | René Cardona, Jr. | $25,998,102 | 2 | $12,999,051 |
| 2,483 | Jon Long | $25,956,582 | 1 | $25,956,582 |
| 2,484 | Reema Kagti | $25,952,698 | 3 | $8,650,899 |
| 2,485 | Dominic Cooke | $25,949,118 | 4 | $6,487,280 |
| 2,486 | Melville Shavelson | $25,912,624 | 4 | $6,478,156 |
| 2,487 | Zheng Laizhi | $25,910,816 | 5 | $5,182,163 |
| 2,488 | Harald Reinl | $25,900,000 | 3 | $8,633,333 |
| 2,489 | Neeraj Pandey | $25,875,263 | 4 | $6,468,816 |
| 2,490 | Scott Mann | $25,872,292 | 4 | $6,468,073 |
| 2,491 | David Douglas | $25,870,240 | 3 | $8,623,413 |
| 2,492 | Litao Qiu (邱礼涛) | $25,865,104 | 2 | $12,932,552 |
| 2,493 | Chris Appelhans | $25,860,000 | 2 | $12,930,000 |
| 2,494 | Sacha Gervasi | $25,828,712 | 5 | $5,165,742 |
| 2,495 | Glenn Jordan | $25,782,304 | 4 | $6,445,576 |
| 2,496 | Matthias Schweighofer | $25,753,763 | 4 | $6,438,441 |
| 2,497 | Tim Fywell | $25,732,334 | 2 | $12,866,167 |
| 2,498 | Christopher Jenkins | $25,725,460 | 2 | $12,862,730 |
| 2,499 | Ry Russo-Young | $25,723,293 | 4 | $6,430,823 |
| 2,500 | Larry Sher | $25,701,244 | 1 | $25,701,244 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.