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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | George Sluizer | $14,641,972 | 3 | $4,880,657 |
| 3,002 | Jong-Yeol Baek | $14,625,759 | 3 | $4,875,253 |
| 3,003 | Eloïse Lang | $14,624,635 | 2 | $7,312,318 |
| 3,004 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $14,617,226 | 6 | $2,436,204 |
| 3,005 | Julio Soto Gurpide | $14,588,504 | 3 | $4,862,835 |
| 3,006 | Douglas Day Stewart | $14,577,713 | 2 | $7,288,857 |
| 3,007 | Olivier Assayas | $14,572,244 | 12 | $1,214,354 |
| 3,008 | Gastón Duprat | $14,565,994 | 3 | $4,855,331 |
| 3,009 | Christoph Lauenstein | $14,561,025 | 2 | $7,280,513 |
| 3,010 | Wolfgang Lauenstein | $14,561,025 | 2 | $7,280,513 |
| 3,011 | Setsuro Wakamatsu | $14,559,135 | 2 | $7,279,568 |
| 3,012 | Banjong Pisanthanakun | $14,557,368 | 4 | $3,639,342 |
| 3,013 | Guy Ferland | $14,554,299 | 2 | $7,277,150 |
| 3,014 | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | $14,543,275 | 1 | $14,543,275 |
| 3,015 | Benoit Philippon | $14,534,046 | 2 | $7,267,023 |
| 3,016 | Alexandre Heboyan | $14,534,046 | 1 | $14,534,046 |
| 3,017 | Caroline Thompson | $14,495,934 | 2 | $7,247,967 |
| 3,018 | Anthony Perkins | $14,481,606 | 1 | $14,481,606 |
| 3,019 | Aanand Rai | $14,474,271 | 5 | $2,894,854 |
| 3,020 | Fred Dekker | $14,466,200 | 2 | $7,233,100 |
| 3,021 | Wenchao He (何文超) | $14,458,504 | 1 | $14,458,504 |
| 3,022 | Gyu-tae Park | $14,453,138 | 1 | $14,453,138 |
| 3,023 | Askar Uzabayev | $14,419,875 | 2 | $7,209,938 |
| 3,024 | Juan Pablo Buscarini | $14,414,391 | 5 | $2,882,878 |
| 3,025 | Fei Long (龙飞) | $14,411,877 | 2 | $7,205,939 |
| 3,026 | Elaine May | $14,375,181 | 2 | $7,187,591 |
| 3,027 | Peter Glenville | $14,364,370 | 3 | $4,788,123 |
| 3,028 | Jennifer Westfeldt | $14,357,752 | 2 | $7,178,876 |
| 3,029 | Bo Burnham | $14,348,020 | 3 | $4,782,673 |
| 3,030 | Todd Solondz | $14,346,301 | 8 | $1,793,288 |
| 3,031 | Im Sang-soo | $14,345,219 | 4 | $3,586,305 |
| 3,032 | Koji Shintoku | $14,303,699 | 3 | $4,767,900 |
| 3,033 | Tom Green | $14,301,755 | 3 | $4,767,252 |
| 3,034 | Stuart Heisler | $14,300,000 | 4 | $3,575,000 |
| 3,035 | Ate de Jong | $14,298,777 | 4 | $3,574,694 |
| 3,036 | Patricia Birch | $14,297,083 | 1 | $14,297,083 |
| 3,037 | Wych Kaosayananda | $14,294,842 | 5 | $2,858,968 |
| 3,038 | Sally Potter | $14,293,366 | 6 | $2,382,228 |
| 3,039 | Seong Sik Kim (김성식) | $14,280,419 | 2 | $7,140,210 |
| 3,040 | Fran Rubel Kuzui | $14,269,504 | 2 | $7,134,752 |
| 3,041 | Dan O’Bannon | $14,238,828 | 2 | $7,119,414 |
| 3,042 | Ali Zafar | $14,233,249 | 1 | $14,233,249 |
| 3,043 | Fred Walton | $14,209,815 | 3 | $4,736,605 |
| 3,044 | Raoul Peck | $14,195,984 | 5 | $2,839,197 |
| 3,045 | Mehdi Idir | $14,178,920 | 2 | $7,089,460 |
| 3,046 | Grand Corps Malade | $14,178,920 | 1 | $14,178,920 |
| 3,047 | Jonathan Kasdan | $14,163,238 | 2 | $7,081,619 |
| 3,048 | Arnaud Bouron | $14,163,162 | 1 | $14,163,162 |
| 3,049 | Antoon Krings | $14,163,162 | 1 | $14,163,162 |
| 3,050 | Meng A (阿猛) | $14,162,404 | 1 | $14,162,404 |
| 3,051 | Gary Weis | $14,155,617 | 1 | $14,155,617 |
| 3,052 | John Cherry | $14,143,280 | 1 | $14,143,280 |
| 3,053 | Yang Jin | $14,140,868 | 2 | $7,070,434 |
| 3,054 | Vikas Bahl | $14,125,545 | 7 | $2,017,935 |
| 3,055 | Marco Bellocchio | $14,086,767 | 8 | $1,760,846 |
| 3,056 | Charles Sturridge | $14,059,077 | 1 | $14,059,077 |
| 3,057 | Noel Black | $14,049,706 | 3 | $4,683,235 |
| 3,058 | Brett Haley | $14,046,644 | 6 | $2,341,107 |
| 3,059 | Marshall Brickman | $14,043,618 | 2 | $7,021,809 |
| 3,060 | Yasuo Tsuruhashi | $14,028,357 | 2 | $7,014,179 |
| 3,061 | Lionel Smith Martin | $14,010,363 | 1 | $14,010,363 |
| 3,062 | Douglas Sirk | $14,001,150 | 13 | $1,077,012 |
| 3,063 | Michael Gornick | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 3,064 | Jeffrey Bloom | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 3,065 | Shu Huan | $13,994,187 | 1 | $13,994,187 |
| 3,066 | Dan Shao | $13,994,187 | 1 | $13,994,187 |
| 3,067 | Martin Provost | $13,960,568 | 4 | $3,490,142 |
| 3,068 | Jie Liu | $13,935,305 | 3 | $4,645,102 |
| 3,069 | Tomoyuki Takimoto | $13,912,906 | 2 | $6,956,453 |
| 3,070 | Regis Roinsard | $13,895,789 | 3 | $4,631,930 |
| 3,071 | Mani Ratnam | $13,864,260 | 6 | $2,310,710 |
| 3,072 | Ben Lewin | $13,851,847 | 7 | $1,978,835 |
| 3,073 | Trevor Nunn | $13,838,206 | 4 | $3,459,552 |
| 3,074 | Boaz Davidson | $13,829,781 | 2 | $6,914,891 |
| 3,075 | John Mackenzie | $13,819,525 | 3 | $4,606,508 |
| 3,076 | Harry Hook | $13,812,230 | 1 | $13,812,230 |
| 3,077 | Ricardo de Montreuil | $13,810,449 | 2 | $6,905,225 |
| 3,078 | John M. Stahl | $13,800,619 | 1 | $13,800,619 |
| 3,079 | Santiago Limón | $13,780,889 | 4 | $3,445,222 |
| 3,080 | Craig Zobel | $13,780,658 | 3 | $4,593,553 |
| 3,081 | Sang-Hyo Yook | $13,777,776 | 3 | $4,592,592 |
| 3,082 | Sophie Hyde | $13,776,704 | 4 | $3,444,176 |
| 3,083 | Jesse Vaughan | $13,771,817 | 1 | $13,771,817 |
| 3,084 | Andy Morahan | $13,738,574 | 1 | $13,738,574 |
| 3,085 | Xavier Giannoli | $13,723,092 | 3 | $4,574,364 |
| 3,086 | Michel Leclerc | $13,718,666 | 4 | $3,429,667 |
| 3,087 | Joann Sfar | $13,711,694 | 4 | $3,427,924 |
| 3,088 | Kankurô Kudô | $13,699,654 | 1 | $13,699,654 |
| 3,089 | Audrey Dana | $13,690,904 | 3 | $4,563,635 |
| 3,090 | Werner Boote | $13,689,039 | 2 | $6,844,520 |
| 3,091 | Tuck Tucker | $13,684,949 | 1 | $13,684,949 |
| 3,092 | Adam Rifkin | $13,676,212 | 7 | $1,953,745 |
| 3,093 | Zhong Yu | $13,659,515 | 3 | $4,553,172 |
| 3,094 | Tatsuyuki Nagai | $13,640,711 | 3 | $4,546,904 |
| 3,095 | Piet Kroon | $13,596,911 | 1 | $13,596,911 |
| 3,096 | Tom Sito | $13,596,911 | 1 | $13,596,911 |
| 3,097 | Justin Folk | $13,589,981 | 2 | $6,794,991 |
| 3,098 | Jonathan Darby | $13,587,246 | 1 | $13,587,246 |
| 3,099 | Sang-il Lee | $13,584,919 | 2 | $6,792,460 |
| 3,100 | Steve James | $13,577,227 | 7 | $1,939,604 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.