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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,701 | Valerie Lemercier | $8,103,397 | 2 | $4,051,699 |
| 3,702 | Edoardo Leo | $8,099,832 | 6 | $1,349,972 |
| 3,703 | Ahmet Katıksız | $8,063,733 | 2 | $4,031,867 |
| 3,704 | Tran Anh Hung | $8,059,424 | 2 | $4,029,712 |
| 3,705 | Daniela Goggi | $8,058,593 | 2 | $4,029,297 |
| 3,706 | Fumihiko Sori | $8,053,641 | 2 | $4,026,821 |
| 3,707 | Pupi Avati | $8,044,313 | 6 | $1,340,719 |
| 3,708 | Esmé Lammers | $8,040,606 | 1 | $8,040,606 |
| 3,709 | Chris Eyre | $8,036,476 | 4 | $2,009,119 |
| 3,710 | Roel Reine | $8,034,455 | 15 | $535,630 |
| 3,711 | Étienne Chatiliez | $8,033,866 | 2 | $4,016,933 |
| 3,712 | Franck Khalfoun | $8,030,995 | 6 | $1,338,499 |
| 3,713 | Pasha Patriki | $8,023,159 | 1 | $8,023,159 |
| 3,714 | Dani Levy | $8,005,512 | 2 | $4,002,756 |
| 3,715 | Roman Karimov | $8,001,278 | 5 | $1,600,256 |
| 3,716 | Jacques Tourneur | $8,000,258 | 8 | $1,000,032 |
| 3,717 | Norman Z. McLeod | $8,000,208 | 8 | $1,000,026 |
| 3,718 | Stuart Millar | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,719 | Ralph Levy | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,720 | Stuart Paton | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,721 | Aleksandr Domogarov | $7,992,275 | 3 | $2,664,092 |
| 3,722 | Patrick Imbert | $7,972,921 | 2 | $3,986,461 |
| 3,723 | Hitoshi Matsumoto | $7,970,921 | 2 | $3,985,461 |
| 3,724 | Tom DeSimone | $7,964,557 | 3 | $2,654,852 |
| 3,725 | Philip Yung | $7,963,867 | 2 | $3,981,934 |
| 3,726 | Donato Carrisi | $7,942,183 | 3 | $2,647,394 |
| 3,727 | Rensil D'silva | $7,938,155 | 2 | $3,969,078 |
| 3,728 | Zhang Zhiyi | $7,924,118 | 1 | $7,924,118 |
| 3,729 | Guillaume Ivernel | $7,924,118 | 1 | $7,924,118 |
| 3,730 | Shinobu Yaguchi | $7,910,542 | 2 | $3,955,271 |
| 3,731 | Yin Li | $7,900,000 | 1 | $7,900,000 |
| 3,732 | Xu Haofeng | $7,900,000 | 1 | $7,900,000 |
| 3,733 | Kyu-dong Min | $7,899,033 | 2 | $3,949,517 |
| 3,734 | Satoshi Morota | $7,897,263 | 1 | $7,897,263 |
| 3,735 | Jin Soon Lim | $7,892,361 | 2 | $3,946,181 |
| 3,736 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | $7,887,943 | 10 | $788,794 |
| 3,737 | Scott Wiper | $7,887,105 | 3 | $2,629,035 |
| 3,738 | Xavier Gens | $7,886,563 | 7 | $1,126,652 |
| 3,739 | Jeff Zimbalist | $7,885,283 | 6 | $1,314,214 |
| 3,740 | Jeff Blyth | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 3,741 | Rebecca Miller | $7,875,853 | 3 | $2,625,284 |
| 3,742 | Pan Anzi | $7,871,627 | 1 | $7,871,627 |
| 3,743 | Michael Zimbalist | $7,869,939 | 4 | $1,967,485 |
| 3,744 | Pieter Jan Brugge | $7,863,875 | 1 | $7,863,875 |
| 3,745 | Saiji Yakumo | $7,858,150 | 2 | $3,929,075 |
| 3,746 | Ethan Wiley | $7,854,176 | 3 | $2,618,059 |
| 3,747 | Seong hun Kim | $7,844,292 | 2 | $3,922,146 |
| 3,748 | Lucio Messercola | $7,832,264 | 5 | $1,566,453 |
| 3,749 | Lauren Lazin | $7,830,850 | 2 | $3,915,425 |
| 3,750 | Charles Ferguson | $7,828,490 | 3 | $2,609,497 |
| 3,751 | Marc Munden | $7,821,502 | 3 | $2,607,167 |
| 3,752 | Christian Vincent | $7,820,203 | 2 | $3,910,102 |
| 3,753 | Allan Dwan | $7,803,339 | 5 | $1,560,668 |
| 3,754 | Alexandre Boury | $7,802,639 | 2 | $3,901,320 |
| 3,755 | Courtney Hunt | $7,802,621 | 2 | $3,901,311 |
| 3,756 | Sergei Ursuliak | $7,800,584 | 1 | $7,800,584 |
| 3,757 | Jean-Claude Tramont | $7,800,000 | 1 | $7,800,000 |
| 3,758 | Vasiko Bedoshvili | $7,798,854 | 2 | $3,899,427 |
| 3,759 | Leo Lee | $7,784,033 | 2 | $3,892,017 |
| 3,760 | Albert Pintó | $7,782,161 | 2 | $3,891,081 |
| 3,761 | Mia Hansen-Love | $7,778,798 | 6 | $1,296,466 |
| 3,762 | Michael Noer | $7,776,220 | 2 | $3,888,110 |
| 3,763 | Claudio Fah | $7,771,869 | 6 | $1,295,312 |
| 3,764 | Adam Anders | $7,768,171 | 1 | $7,768,171 |
| 3,765 | Bart Layton | $7,768,126 | 2 | $3,884,063 |
| 3,766 | Erwin van den Eshof | $7,766,929 | 7 | $1,109,561 |
| 3,767 | Carlos Bolado | $7,763,108 | 2 | $3,881,554 |
| 3,768 | Pim van Hoeve | $7,761,862 | 6 | $1,293,644 |
| 3,769 | Oleg Kuzovkov | $7,759,243 | 4 | $1,939,811 |
| 3,770 | Sanjay Gadhvi | $7,744,485 | 2 | $3,872,243 |
| 3,771 | Zheng Chang | $7,736,408 | 1 | $7,736,408 |
| 3,772 | Chang-joo Kim | $7,735,834 | 1 | $7,735,834 |
| 3,773 | Robin Campillo | $7,719,856 | 3 | $2,573,285 |
| 3,774 | Kevin Hart | $7,712,436 | 1 | $7,712,436 |
| 3,775 | Huang Jianming | $7,712,414 | 2 | $3,856,207 |
| 3,776 | Samuel Bodin | $7,711,647 | 1 | $7,711,647 |
| 3,777 | Ilya Aksenov | $7,708,826 | 1 | $7,708,826 |
| 3,778 | Leos Carax | $7,708,358 | 5 | $1,541,672 |
| 3,779 | Jeff Wilson | $7,699,452 | 4 | $1,924,863 |
| 3,780 | Yu Zhao | $7,690,000 | 1 | $7,690,000 |
| 3,781 | Bill Forsyth | $7,686,186 | 3 | $2,562,062 |
| 3,782 | Siddharth S. Malhotra | $7,678,147 | 1 | $7,678,147 |
| 3,783 | Denis Delic | $7,672,577 | 2 | $3,836,289 |
| 3,784 | Sun Hao | $7,666,828 | 2 | $3,833,414 |
| 3,785 | Jeff Celentano | $7,665,865 | 3 | $2,555,288 |
| 3,786 | Yoon-Sung Kang | $7,652,406 | 2 | $3,826,203 |
| 3,787 | Sally George | $7,649,255 | 1 | $7,649,255 |
| 3,788 | Stephen Walker | $7,649,255 | 1 | $7,649,255 |
| 3,789 | Martin Kopp | $7,647,850 | 4 | $1,911,963 |
| 3,790 | Thomas Michael Donnelly | $7,634,909 | 1 | $7,634,909 |
| 3,791 | Quentin Dupieux | $7,625,770 | 12 | $635,481 |
| 3,792 | Xu Zhanxiong | $7,621,338 | 1 | $7,621,338 |
| 3,793 | Steve Boyum | $7,608,676 | 3 | $2,536,225 |
| 3,794 | Chen Chen (陈晨) | $7,598,009 | 1 | $7,598,009 |
| 3,795 | Kelly Reichardt | $7,590,767 | 8 | $948,846 |
| 3,796 | Chris Dowling | $7,590,472 | 3 | $2,530,157 |
| 3,797 | Marek Benes | $7,584,331 | 6 | $1,264,055 |
| 3,798 | Alexander Nezolbin | $7,579,923 | 1 | $7,579,923 |
| 3,799 | Arnaud Desplechin | $7,575,478 | 6 | $1,262,580 |
| 3,800 | James Melkonian | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.