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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,301-3,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,301 | Scott McGehee | $11,561,052 | 4 | $2,890,263 |
| 3,302 | Colin Davies | $11,559,250 | 1 | $11,559,250 |
| 3,303 | Elaine Despins | $11,559,250 | 1 | $11,559,250 |
| 3,304 | Anil Sharma | $11,555,489 | 5 | $2,311,098 |
| 3,305 | Chia-Liang Liu | $11,546,543 | 2 | $5,773,272 |
| 3,306 | Martin Horský | $11,546,268 | 2 | $5,773,134 |
| 3,307 | Ali Atay | $11,539,822 | 4 | $2,884,956 |
| 3,308 | Yahoo Serious | $11,536,599 | 2 | $5,768,300 |
| 3,309 | Vivek Sharma | $11,532,795 | 1 | $11,532,795 |
| 3,310 | Robert Butler | $11,532,774 | 3 | $3,844,258 |
| 3,311 | Tetsuya Nakashima | $11,528,139 | 3 | $3,842,713 |
| 3,312 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 3,313 | Andrea Di Stefano | $11,485,653 | 3 | $3,828,551 |
| 3,314 | Maria Sadowska | $11,477,274 | 3 | $3,825,758 |
| 3,315 | Kevin Sorbo | $11,459,259 | 3 | $3,819,753 |
| 3,316 | Yuriy Bykov | $11,455,354 | 4 | $2,863,839 |
| 3,317 | Nikolay Khomeriki | $11,454,608 | 3 | $3,818,203 |
| 3,318 | Volker Schlondorff | $11,437,251 | 9 | $1,270,806 |
| 3,319 | Antonio Negret | $11,433,264 | 4 | $2,858,316 |
| 3,320 | Chengfeng Zheng | $11,420,942 | 7 | $1,631,563 |
| 3,321 | Francesco Amato | $11,410,177 | 3 | $3,803,392 |
| 3,322 | Erik Van Looy | $11,404,317 | 2 | $5,702,159 |
| 3,323 | Jack Hill | $11,399,850 | 7 | $1,628,550 |
| 3,324 | Francis Veber | $11,387,631 | 5 | $2,277,526 |
| 3,325 | David Michod | $11,386,872 | 5 | $2,277,374 |
| 3,326 | Alper Çağlar | $11,378,898 | 1 | $11,378,898 |
| 3,327 | Lisa Gottlieb | $11,377,655 | 1 | $11,377,655 |
| 3,328 | Kwon Lee | $11,366,235 | 1 | $11,366,235 |
| 3,329 | Frédéric Quiring | $11,354,984 | 5 | $2,270,997 |
| 3,330 | Maren Ade | $11,347,380 | 2 | $5,673,690 |
| 3,331 | Damiano Damiani | $11,328,000 | 2 | $5,664,000 |
| 3,332 | Andrea Arnold | $11,327,627 | 5 | $2,265,525 |
| 3,333 | Kunal Kohli | $11,324,427 | 2 | $5,662,214 |
| 3,334 | Salvador Calvo | $11,320,838 | 3 | $3,773,613 |
| 3,335 | Edward James Olmos | $11,318,282 | 5 | $2,263,656 |
| 3,336 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,337 | Tim Dünschede | $11,300,000 | 2 | $5,650,000 |
| 3,338 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | $11,294,693 | 5 | $2,258,939 |
| 3,339 | Hugh Johnson | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,340 | Moon Hyun-sung | $11,245,924 | 1 | $11,245,924 |
| 3,341 | Rich Correll | $11,239,441 | 3 | $3,746,480 |
| 3,342 | José Dutillieu | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 3,343 | Raul Martinez | $11,232,642 | 4 | $2,808,161 |
| 3,344 | Martijn Smits | $11,230,874 | 7 | $1,604,411 |
| 3,345 | Paul Andrew Williams | $11,228,421 | 3 | $3,742,807 |
| 3,346 | Eric Barbier | $11,209,797 | 4 | $2,802,449 |
| 3,347 | Cesc Gay | $11,207,234 | 4 | $2,801,809 |
| 3,348 | Osamu Kaneda | $11,181,412 | 3 | $3,727,137 |
| 3,349 | Andrew Marton | $11,172,000 | 1 | $11,172,000 |
| 3,350 | Billy Chung | $11,170,000 | 1 | $11,170,000 |
| 3,351 | Li Kai | $11,169,179 | 3 | $3,723,060 |
| 3,352 | Josh Schwartz | $11,166,615 | 1 | $11,166,615 |
| 3,353 | Peter Greenaway | $11,157,862 | 9 | $1,239,762 |
| 3,354 | Justin Martin | $11,155,370 | 1 | $11,155,370 |
| 3,355 | Lorraine Levy | $11,149,946 | 2 | $5,574,973 |
| 3,356 | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | $11,139,886 | 3 | $3,713,295 |
| 3,357 | Rudolf Havlik | $11,139,214 | 9 | $1,237,690 |
| 3,358 | Maciej Kawulski | $11,133,657 | 3 | $3,711,219 |
| 3,359 | Marvin J. Chomsky | $11,131,530 | 2 | $5,565,765 |
| 3,360 | Floyd Mutrux | $11,125,169 | 3 | $3,708,390 |
| 3,361 | Fei Yu | $11,111,971 | 4 | $2,777,993 |
| 3,362 | Jose Zelada | $11,096,896 | 1 | $11,096,896 |
| 3,363 | Guy Nattiv | $11,059,387 | 4 | $2,764,847 |
| 3,364 | Marco Polo Constandse | $11,045,709 | 2 | $5,522,855 |
| 3,365 | Troy Duffy | $11,041,194 | 3 | $3,680,398 |
| 3,366 | Kunal Deshmukh | $11,003,231 | 2 | $5,501,616 |
| 3,367 | D.W. Griffith | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 3,368 | Bryan Gordon | $10,986,645 | 1 | $10,986,645 |
| 3,369 | Varante Soudjian | $10,970,833 | 4 | $2,742,708 |
| 3,370 | James C. Strouse | $10,941,413 | 4 | $2,735,353 |
| 3,371 | Ross Venokur | $10,936,968 | 3 | $3,645,656 |
| 3,372 | Matthew Dyas | $10,927,911 | 3 | $3,642,637 |
| 3,373 | Christian De Sica | $10,921,861 | 2 | $5,460,931 |
| 3,374 | Raja Menon | $10,912,395 | 3 | $3,637,465 |
| 3,375 | Chang You-jeong | $10,910,056 | 1 | $10,910,056 |
| 3,376 | Christopher Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,377 | Kang Hyung-Chul | $10,903,259 | 1 | $10,903,259 |
| 3,378 | Rowdy Herrington | $10,899,774 | 2 | $5,449,887 |
| 3,379 | Zackary Adler | $10,879,308 | 5 | $2,175,862 |
| 3,380 | Nunnally Johnson | $10,875,000 | 3 | $3,625,000 |
| 3,381 | Mert Baykal | $10,871,418 | 2 | $5,435,709 |
| 3,382 | Pablo Berger | $10,865,022 | 3 | $3,621,674 |
| 3,383 | Stefano Mordini | $10,862,305 | 5 | $2,172,461 |
| 3,384 | Yu Shengjun | $10,849,131 | 1 | $10,849,131 |
| 3,385 | Mark Piznarski | $10,845,127 | 2 | $5,422,564 |
| 3,386 | Aaron Schneider | $10,828,305 | 3 | $3,609,435 |
| 3,387 | Chris Herd | $10,820,598 | 1 | $10,820,598 |
| 3,388 | Josh Margolin | $10,820,166 | 1 | $10,820,166 |
| 3,389 | Dongbiao Cao | $10,820,000 | 1 | $10,820,000 |
| 3,390 | Daniel Attias | $10,803,211 | 1 | $10,803,211 |
| 3,391 | Jason Kim | $10,776,117 | 2 | $5,388,059 |
| 3,392 | Patrick Stettner | $10,770,993 | 1 | $10,770,993 |
| 3,393 | Joe Nessbaum | $10,763,183 | 1 | $10,763,183 |
| 3,394 | Tatsuya Oishi | $10,755,698 | 4 | $2,688,925 |
| 3,395 | Frederic Tellier | $10,734,976 | 4 | $2,683,744 |
| 3,396 | Nan Zhou | $10,728,943 | 1 | $10,728,943 |
| 3,397 | Karen Oganesyan | $10,727,269 | 9 | $1,191,919 |
| 3,398 | Noh Dong-seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 3,399 | Mic Rodgers | $10,717,421 | 1 | $10,717,421 |
| 3,400 | Claire Denis | $10,714,695 | 8 | $1,339,337 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.