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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,301 | Maksim Fadeev | $5,015,080 | 1 | $5,015,080 |
| 4,302 | Jean-Patrick Benes | $5,013,158 | 2 | $2,506,579 |
| 4,303 | Cedric Kahn | $5,011,750 | 7 | $715,964 |
| 4,304 | Itsuji Itao | $5,005,352 | 1 | $5,005,352 |
| 4,305 | Blair Hayes | $5,002,310 | 3 | $1,667,437 |
| 4,306 | Eugene Lourie | $5,000,000 | 3 | $1,666,667 |
| 4,307 | Yasuhiro Takemoto | $4,997,409 | 2 | $2,498,705 |
| 4,308 | Reem Kherici | $4,995,654 | 2 | $2,497,827 |
| 4,309 | Sergey Trofimov | $4,969,221 | 1 | $4,969,221 |
| 4,310 | Yu Dong | $4,964,366 | 1 | $4,964,366 |
| 4,311 | Martin Zandvliet | $4,962,092 | 6 | $827,015 |
| 4,312 | Lan Chengxu | $4,961,880 | 3 | $1,653,960 |
| 4,313 | Regina Welker | $4,957,098 | 1 | $4,957,098 |
| 4,314 | Mimi Maynard | $4,957,098 | 1 | $4,957,098 |
| 4,315 | Peter Kassovitz | $4,956,401 | 1 | $4,956,401 |
| 4,316 | Francis Lee | $4,955,528 | 2 | $2,477,764 |
| 4,317 | Viktor Lakisov | $4,946,941 | 3 | $1,648,980 |
| 4,318 | Paul Currie | $4,945,733 | 2 | $2,472,867 |
| 4,319 | Jonas Cuaron | $4,940,419 | 3 | $1,646,806 |
| 4,320 | Tengdong Li (李腾栋) | $4,933,020 | 2 | $2,466,510 |
| 4,321 | Norberto Barba | $4,932,915 | 1 | $4,932,915 |
| 4,322 | Vikram K Kumar | $4,922,900 | 4 | $1,230,725 |
| 4,323 | Safy Nebbou | $4,920,559 | 2 | $2,460,280 |
| 4,324 | Fen-Fen Cheng | $4,919,240 | 2 | $2,459,620 |
| 4,325 | Giulio Ricciarelli | $4,917,315 | 1 | $4,917,315 |
| 4,326 | Kim Jung-kwon | $4,913,889 | 1 | $4,913,889 |
| 4,327 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $4,913,136 | 3 | $1,637,712 |
| 4,328 | Ding Shi | $4,906,533 | 2 | $2,453,267 |
| 4,329 | Kevin Macdonald | $4,903,196 | 4 | $1,225,799 |
| 4,330 | Mariana Cengel-Solcanská | $4,901,668 | 4 | $1,225,417 |
| 4,331 | Kim Jong-Hyeon | $4,900,142 | 1 | $4,900,142 |
| 4,332 | John Rich | $4,900,000 | 2 | $2,450,000 |
| 4,333 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 4,334 | Alan Cumming | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 4,335 | Jakub Kroner | $4,897,447 | 2 | $2,448,724 |
| 4,336 | Rafael Montero | $4,892,727 | 3 | $1,630,909 |
| 4,337 | Bruce Macdonald | $4,892,438 | 2 | $2,446,219 |
| 4,338 | Kimio Yabuki | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 4,339 | Bernard Deyriès | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 4,340 | Andy Fehu | $4,888,424 | 2 | $2,444,212 |
| 4,341 | David Schmoeller | $4,888,270 | 3 | $1,629,423 |
| 4,342 | Hitesh Kewalya | $4,888,040 | 1 | $4,888,040 |
| 4,343 | Chris Chow | $4,878,197 | 1 | $4,878,197 |
| 4,344 | Aditya Dhar | $4,876,800 | 1 | $4,876,800 |
| 4,345 | Armand Mastroianni | $4,875,436 | 2 | $2,437,718 |
| 4,346 | Shin’ichiro Sawai | $4,874,498 | 1 | $4,874,498 |
| 4,347 | Ilker Ayrik | $4,872,639 | 2 | $2,436,320 |
| 4,348 | Vanessa Jopp | $4,869,079 | 2 | $2,434,540 |
| 4,349 | Yongbo Zhen | $4,860,000 | 1 | $4,860,000 |
| 4,350 | Charles Burnett | $4,859,094 | 6 | $809,849 |
| 4,351 | David LaChapelle | $4,857,731 | 1 | $4,857,731 |
| 4,352 | Appie Boudellah | $4,857,056 | 4 | $1,214,264 |
| 4,353 | Matteo Rovere | $4,850,228 | 2 | $2,425,114 |
| 4,354 | Samuel Tourneux | $4,845,076 | 1 | $4,845,076 |
| 4,355 | Mark Achbar | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 4,356 | Jennifer Abbott | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 4,357 | Mohamed Samy | $4,843,164 | 1 | $4,843,164 |
| 4,358 | Eytan Fox | $4,838,637 | 5 | $967,727 |
| 4,359 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,835,599 | 1 | $4,835,599 |
| 4,360 | Gracia Querejeta | $4,827,788 | 3 | $1,609,263 |
| 4,361 | Gerardo Olivares | $4,827,387 | 3 | $1,609,129 |
| 4,362 | Meg Leonard | $4,825,334 | 1 | $4,825,334 |
| 4,363 | Nick Moorcroft | $4,825,334 | 1 | $4,825,334 |
| 4,364 | Yana Gladkikh | $4,824,940 | 2 | $2,412,470 |
| 4,365 | Theresa von Eltz | $4,818,297 | 1 | $4,818,297 |
| 4,366 | Frederick Wiseman | $4,811,137 | 13 | $370,087 |
| 4,367 | Cristina Comencini | $4,810,015 | 5 | $962,003 |
| 4,368 | Colm McCarthy | $4,801,837 | 3 | $1,600,612 |
| 4,369 | Jiahuan Kong | $4,800,000 | 1 | $4,800,000 |
| 4,370 | Ceyda Torun | $4,797,784 | 1 | $4,797,784 |
| 4,371 | Leonel Vieira | $4,793,792 | 4 | $1,198,448 |
| 4,372 | Julie Manoukian | $4,788,820 | 1 | $4,788,820 |
| 4,373 | Kim Hagen Jensen | $4,786,165 | 1 | $4,786,165 |
| 4,374 | Michael Youn | $4,785,538 | 1 | $4,785,538 |
| 4,375 | Petr Jakl | $4,781,959 | 2 | $2,390,980 |
| 4,376 | Peter Bebjak | $4,781,580 | 5 | $956,316 |
| 4,377 | Xin Li | $4,778,869 | 1 | $4,778,869 |
| 4,378 | Masatoshi Yamaguchi | $4,773,629 | 1 | $4,773,629 |
| 4,379 | Árni Ásgeirsson | $4,772,928 | 2 | $2,386,464 |
| 4,380 | Umur Turagay | $4,764,317 | 2 | $2,382,159 |
| 4,381 | Mike White | $4,761,674 | 2 | $2,380,837 |
| 4,382 | Noémie Saglio | $4,756,488 | 4 | $1,189,122 |
| 4,383 | Paul Johansson | $4,752,353 | 1 | $4,752,353 |
| 4,384 | Anthony Mann | $4,750,000 | 12 | $395,833 |
| 4,385 | Sandor Jesse | $4,746,738 | 3 | $1,582,246 |
| 4,386 | Naomi Kawsase | $4,742,063 | 1 | $4,742,063 |
| 4,387 | Hakan Bol | $4,740,463 | 1 | $4,740,463 |
| 4,388 | Noel Clarke | $4,737,966 | 2 | $2,368,983 |
| 4,389 | Matt Osterman | $4,731,664 | 5 | $946,333 |
| 4,390 | Andrey Korenkov | $4,725,992 | 1 | $4,725,992 |
| 4,391 | Michel Boujenah | $4,719,236 | 2 | $2,359,618 |
| 4,392 | Lars Kraume | $4,711,474 | 6 | $785,246 |
| 4,393 | Shinpei Ezaki | $4,706,057 | 1 | $4,706,057 |
| 4,394 | Douglas Cheek | $4,700,000 | 1 | $4,700,000 |
| 4,395 | Kresten Vestbjerg Anderson | $4,696,717 | 1 | $4,696,717 |
| 4,396 | Julio Medem | $4,696,017 | 4 | $1,174,004 |
| 4,397 | Charles Lane | $4,693,236 | 1 | $4,693,236 |
| 4,398 | Will Canon | $4,687,831 | 2 | $2,343,916 |
| 4,399 | Nurullah Yenihan | $4,687,277 | 5 | $937,455 |
| 4,400 | Jean-Jacques Beineix | $4,686,660 | 2 | $2,343,330 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.