Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Directors
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Directors - Top International Directors - Top Worldwide Art Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Editors - Top Worldwide Associate Producers - Top Worldwide Casting Directors - Top Worldwide Cinematographers - Top Worldwide Co-Producers - Top Worldwide Composers - Top Worldwide Costume Designers - Top Worldwide Costume Supervisors - Top Worldwide Dialogue Editors - Top Worldwide Editors - Top Worldwide Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Line Producers - Top Worldwide Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Worldwide Music Editors - Top Worldwide Music Supervisors - Top Worldwide Producers - Top Worldwide Production Designers - Top Worldwide Re-recording Mixers - Top Worldwide Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Second Unit Directors - Top Worldwide Set Decorators - Top Worldwide Set Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Effects Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Mixers - Top Worldwide Story Creators - Top Worldwide Stunt Coordinators - Top Worldwide Supervising Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Unit Production Managers - Top Worldwide Visual Effects Supervisors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,801 | Deepa Mehta | $16,488,892 | 8 | $2,061,112 |
| 2,802 | Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | $16,485,016 | 3 | $5,495,005 |
| 2,803 | Cao Feng | $16,470,062 | 2 | $8,235,031 |
| 2,804 | Stephen Susco | $16,434,588 | 1 | $16,434,588 |
| 2,805 | Anthony Hickox | $16,428,216 | 5 | $3,285,643 |
| 2,806 | James Lapine | $16,425,760 | 5 | $3,285,152 |
| 2,807 | Craig McCracken | $16,425,701 | 2 | $8,212,851 |
| 2,808 | Christian Marquand | $16,408,286 | 1 | $16,408,286 |
| 2,809 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | $16,402,295 | 4 | $4,100,574 |
| 2,810 | Richard Lang | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
| 2,811 | Alongsun | $16,380,000 | 1 | $16,380,000 |
| 2,812 | Bethany Ashton Wolf | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 2,813 | Lee Sternthal | $16,369,708 | 1 | $16,369,708 |
| 2,814 | John Harrison | $16,324,573 | 1 | $16,324,573 |
| 2,815 | Phil Karlson | $16,318,124 | 7 | $2,331,161 |
| 2,816 | Dong Yachun | $16,310,000 | 1 | $16,310,000 |
| 2,817 | Lino Disalvo | $16,288,031 | 1 | $16,288,031 |
| 2,818 | Isamu Imakake | $16,287,188 | 3 | $5,429,063 |
| 2,819 | Yilmaz Erdogan | $16,244,880 | 4 | $4,061,220 |
| 2,820 | Eric Bross | $16,222,303 | 4 | $4,055,576 |
| 2,821 | Denise Di Novi | $16,221,211 | 1 | $16,221,211 |
| 2,822 | Zizhao Wang (王子昭) | $16,201,808 | 1 | $16,201,808 |
| 2,823 | Busby Berkeley | $16,200,000 | 7 | $2,314,286 |
| 2,824 | Tomm Moore | $16,195,847 | 3 | $5,398,616 |
| 2,825 | Abhishek Varman | $16,170,605 | 2 | $8,085,303 |
| 2,826 | Art Linson | $16,159,377 | 2 | $8,079,689 |
| 2,827 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | $16,148,906 | 2 | $8,074,453 |
| 2,828 | Luke Cresswell | $16,145,276 | 3 | $5,381,759 |
| 2,829 | Steve McNicholas | $16,145,276 | 3 | $5,381,759 |
| 2,830 | Tamara Jenkins | $16,144,796 | 3 | $5,381,599 |
| 2,831 | Luke Dick | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,832 | Casey Pinkston | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,833 | Thomas J. Wright | $16,093,651 | 1 | $16,093,651 |
| 2,834 | Gregory Widen | $16,091,660 | 1 | $16,091,660 |
| 2,835 | Steve Gomer | $16,075,094 | 2 | $8,037,547 |
| 2,836 | Maria Schrader | $16,060,613 | 4 | $4,015,153 |
| 2,837 | Damien Leone | $16,043,226 | 4 | $4,010,807 |
| 2,838 | Giovanni Veronesi | $16,028,711 | 5 | $3,205,742 |
| 2,839 | Sam Wanamaker | $16,000,000 | 2 | $8,000,000 |
| 2,840 | Daniel Mann | $16,000,000 | 2 | $8,000,000 |
| 2,841 | Tom Gries | $16,000,000 | 5 | $3,200,000 |
| 2,842 | Lee Khan | $15,993,710 | 1 | $15,993,710 |
| 2,843 | Zhao Hantang | $15,988,889 | 1 | $15,988,889 |
| 2,844 | Carl Gottlieb | $15,965,000 | 1 | $15,965,000 |
| 2,845 | Britt Allcroft | $15,911,332 | 1 | $15,911,332 |
| 2,846 | William A. Wellman | $15,900,000 | 11 | $1,445,455 |
| 2,847 | Wolfgang Groos | $15,890,704 | 7 | $2,270,101 |
| 2,848 | Park Hee-Kon | $15,856,608 | 1 | $15,856,608 |
| 2,849 | Domee Shi | $15,802,235 | 2 | $7,901,118 |
| 2,850 | John Maybury | $15,796,001 | 2 | $7,898,001 |
| 2,851 | Andrea Berloff | $15,779,261 | 1 | $15,779,261 |
| 2,852 | Chizuru Miyawaki | $15,775,367 | 1 | $15,775,367 |
| 2,853 | Jack Fisk | $15,743,287 | 2 | $7,871,644 |
| 2,854 | Shigeaki Kubo | $15,741,508 | 3 | $5,247,169 |
| 2,855 | Robert Kurtzman | $15,719,109 | 1 | $15,719,109 |
| 2,856 | Leonardo Pieraccioni | $15,682,172 | 4 | $3,920,543 |
| 2,857 | Trent Cooper | $15,680,099 | 2 | $7,840,050 |
| 2,858 | Tanya Wexler | $15,646,478 | 4 | $3,911,620 |
| 2,859 | Victor Nunez | $15,632,961 | 2 | $7,816,481 |
| 2,860 | Nicolas Roeg | $15,622,940 | 7 | $2,231,849 |
| 2,861 | Vladimir Kott | $15,590,085 | 8 | $1,948,761 |
| 2,862 | Tae Gon Kim | $15,582,034 | 3 | $5,194,011 |
| 2,863 | Kevin Johnson | $15,568,692 | 1 | $15,568,692 |
| 2,864 | Christian Petzold | $15,566,494 | 5 | $3,113,299 |
| 2,865 | Newt Arnold | $15,557,818 | 2 | $7,778,909 |
| 2,866 | Eleanor Coppola | $15,555,781 | 3 | $5,185,260 |
| 2,867 | Gustavo Loza | $15,555,596 | 2 | $7,777,798 |
| 2,868 | Michael Rymer | $15,553,929 | 2 | $7,776,965 |
| 2,869 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $15,537,504 | 5 | $3,107,501 |
| 2,870 | Edouard Bergeon | $15,528,468 | 2 | $7,764,234 |
| 2,871 | Terence Davies | $15,524,786 | 7 | $2,217,827 |
| 2,872 | Adele Lim | $15,518,636 | 1 | $15,518,636 |
| 2,873 | Campbell Scott | $15,505,377 | 3 | $5,168,459 |
| 2,874 | Lee Isaac Chung | $15,474,659 | 4 | $3,868,665 |
| 2,875 | James Orr | $15,457,819 | 2 | $7,728,910 |
| 2,876 | Lisa Joy | $15,449,322 | 1 | $15,449,322 |
| 2,877 | Jin-pyo Park | $15,443,792 | 3 | $5,147,931 |
| 2,878 | Allan Moyle | $15,437,059 | 3 | $5,145,686 |
| 2,879 | Koji Shiraishi | $15,431,559 | 5 | $3,086,312 |
| 2,880 | Scott Silver | $15,415,361 | 1 | $15,415,361 |
| 2,881 | Hisashi Kimura | $15,400,756 | 4 | $3,850,189 |
| 2,882 | Yu Shen | $15,384,408 | 2 | $7,692,204 |
| 2,883 | Kexin Liu | $15,378,702 | 4 | $3,844,676 |
| 2,884 | Morgan Bertacca | $15,377,544 | 1 | $15,377,544 |
| 2,885 | Sunny Chan | $15,363,527 | 2 | $7,681,764 |
| 2,886 | Julie Cohen | $15,351,560 | 5 | $3,070,312 |
| 2,887 | Michael Katleman | $15,337,855 | 1 | $15,337,855 |
| 2,888 | Jafar Panahi | $15,333,398 | 8 | $1,916,675 |
| 2,889 | Mickey Liddell | $15,318,257 | 1 | $15,318,257 |
| 2,890 | Alex Zamm | $15,316,635 | 5 | $3,063,327 |
| 2,891 | Woon-hak Baek | $15,315,552 | 1 | $15,315,552 |
| 2,892 | Neal Brennan | $15,297,318 | 2 | $7,648,659 |
| 2,893 | Pedro Pablo Ibarra | $15,287,207 | 2 | $7,643,604 |
| 2,894 | Bill Murray | $15,260,154 | 1 | $15,260,154 |
| 2,895 | Bill Pohlad | $15,253,072 | 2 | $7,626,536 |
| 2,896 | Manny Coto | $15,220,530 | 2 | $7,610,265 |
| 2,897 | Israel Horovitz | $15,220,308 | 1 | $15,220,308 |
| 2,898 | Seong yoon Oh | $15,208,834 | 3 | $5,069,611 |
| 2,899 | Jong-Suk Lee | $15,206,778 | 1 | $15,206,778 |
| 2,900 | Buck Henry | $15,198,912 | 1 | $15,198,912 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.