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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Joey Zou | $6,497,818 | 3 | $2,165,939 |
| 4,002 | Timothy Björklund | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 4,003 | Abbas Kiarostami | $6,491,106 | 9 | $721,234 |
| 4,004 | Pierre Salvadori | $6,490,090 | 3 | $2,163,363 |
| 4,005 | Takeshi Nozue | $6,479,980 | 1 | $6,479,980 |
| 4,006 | Rajesh Mapuskar | $6,477,036 | 1 | $6,477,036 |
| 4,007 | Bishal Dutta | $6,468,779 | 2 | $3,234,390 |
| 4,008 | Michael Carney | $6,468,664 | 1 | $6,468,664 |
| 4,009 | Atsuko Ishizuka | $6,458,951 | 2 | $3,229,476 |
| 4,010 | Ali Biligin | $6,457,519 | 1 | $6,457,519 |
| 4,011 | Kim Druzhinin | $6,457,240 | 1 | $6,457,240 |
| 4,012 | Andrey Shalopa | $6,457,240 | 1 | $6,457,240 |
| 4,013 | Arthur Rankin Jr. | $6,455,330 | 5 | $1,291,066 |
| 4,014 | Jules Bass | $6,455,330 | 6 | $1,075,888 |
| 4,015 | Brandon Cronenberg | $6,449,554 | 3 | $2,149,851 |
| 4,016 | Alejandro Chomski | $6,443,240 | 4 | $1,610,810 |
| 4,017 | Yoshishige Miyake | $6,439,564 | 2 | $3,219,782 |
| 4,018 | Lorena Muñoz | $6,433,276 | 2 | $3,216,638 |
| 4,019 | Gupse Özay | $6,429,949 | 1 | $6,429,949 |
| 4,020 | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | $6,427,415 | 7 | $918,202 |
| 4,021 | Deniz Gamze Erguven | $6,427,083 | 2 | $3,213,542 |
| 4,022 | Keming Hou | $6,422,970 | 3 | $2,140,990 |
| 4,023 | Chang Xiaoyang | $6,422,958 | 2 | $3,211,479 |
| 4,024 | Bruno Dumont | $6,421,824 | 10 | $642,182 |
| 4,025 | J.F. Lawton | $6,420,615 | 1 | $6,420,615 |
| 4,026 | Morgan Matthews | $6,411,453 | 3 | $2,137,151 |
| 4,027 | Allan Burns | $6,408,791 | 1 | $6,408,791 |
| 4,028 | Stephen Brize | $6,404,379 | 1 | $6,404,379 |
| 4,029 | Robert Z. Leonard | $6,400,000 | 8 | $800,000 |
| 4,030 | Eiji Uchida | $6,397,065 | 5 | $1,279,413 |
| 4,031 | Jiri Strach | $6,387,619 | 1 | $6,387,619 |
| 4,032 | Nicolas Pariser | $6,387,195 | 3 | $2,129,065 |
| 4,033 | Bartosz Prokopowicz | $6,384,591 | 2 | $3,192,296 |
| 4,034 | Marcelo Antunez | $6,382,550 | 2 | $3,191,275 |
| 4,035 | Farhad Safinia | $6,353,847 | 1 | $6,353,847 |
| 4,036 | Kevin Peeples | $6,352,000 | 2 | $3,176,000 |
| 4,037 | Oleg Uzhinov | $6,347,035 | 1 | $6,347,035 |
| 4,038 | Chang Youjeong | $6,345,504 | 1 | $6,345,504 |
| 4,039 | Kevin Connor | $6,342,668 | 10 | $634,267 |
| 4,040 | William Richert | $6,341,645 | 2 | $3,170,823 |
| 4,041 | Weiran Li (李蔚然) | $6,328,217 | 1 | $6,328,217 |
| 4,042 | Walter Bernstein | $6,321,392 | 1 | $6,321,392 |
| 4,043 | Eric Carrière | $6,307,835 | 2 | $3,153,918 |
| 4,044 | Norberto López Amado | $6,304,028 | 2 | $3,152,014 |
| 4,045 | Stephen Carpenter | $6,303,049 | 2 | $3,151,525 |
| 4,046 | Alexis Michalik | $6,298,346 | 2 | $3,149,173 |
| 4,047 | Christian Volckman | $6,298,086 | 2 | $3,149,043 |
| 4,048 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $6,297,069 | 4 | $1,574,267 |
| 4,049 | Huang Lei | $6,291,992 | 2 | $3,145,996 |
| 4,050 | Casey La Scala | $6,289,232 | 2 | $3,144,616 |
| 4,051 | John Wax | $6,288,085 | 2 | $3,144,043 |
| 4,052 | Jean-Pascal Zadi | $6,288,085 | 1 | $6,288,085 |
| 4,053 | Ram Gopal Varma | $6,272,873 | 8 | $784,109 |
| 4,054 | Marc Abraham | $6,272,074 | 2 | $3,136,037 |
| 4,055 | Shangming Cai (蔡尚铭) | $6,268,540 | 2 | $3,134,270 |
| 4,056 | Glendyn Ivin | $6,262,056 | 2 | $3,131,028 |
| 4,057 | Colm Bairéad | $6,261,595 | 1 | $6,261,595 |
| 4,058 | Hettie Macdonald | $6,246,971 | 1 | $6,246,971 |
| 4,059 | Agnès Jaoui | $6,240,467 | 2 | $3,120,234 |
| 4,060 | Zhijiang Liu | $6,240,000 | 1 | $6,240,000 |
| 4,061 | Craig Macneill | $6,229,712 | 4 | $1,557,428 |
| 4,062 | Antonia Bird | $6,228,251 | 2 | $3,114,126 |
| 4,063 | Jacky Gan | $6,225,444 | 1 | $6,225,444 |
| 4,064 | Anne de Clercq | $6,216,366 | 3 | $2,072,122 |
| 4,065 | Hermine Huntgeburth | $6,214,682 | 1 | $6,214,682 |
| 4,066 | Jeymes Samuel | $6,213,285 | 2 | $3,106,643 |
| 4,067 | Igor Voloshin | $6,212,061 | 4 | $1,553,015 |
| 4,068 | Abhishek Chaubey | $6,208,146 | 5 | $1,241,629 |
| 4,069 | Rhys Frake-Waterfield | $6,176,871 | 3 | $2,058,957 |
| 4,070 | Deb Hagan | $6,176,114 | 1 | $6,176,114 |
| 4,071 | Rajshree Ojha | $6,165,645 | 1 | $6,165,645 |
| 4,072 | Nick Ormedrod | $6,165,119 | 1 | $6,165,119 |
| 4,073 | Declan Donnellan | $6,165,119 | 1 | $6,165,119 |
| 4,074 | Jay Levey | $6,157,157 | 2 | $3,078,579 |
| 4,075 | Jung-ho Lee | $6,148,888 | 1 | $6,148,888 |
| 4,076 | Jonathan Wacks | $6,142,119 | 2 | $3,071,060 |
| 4,077 | Andrew Onwubolu | $6,140,993 | 2 | $3,070,497 |
| 4,078 | Bartlomiej Ignaciuk | $6,134,744 | 1 | $6,134,744 |
| 4,079 | Roy Andersson | $6,131,171 | 2 | $3,065,586 |
| 4,080 | Fisher Stevens | $6,121,622 | 4 | $1,530,406 |
| 4,081 | William Monahan | $6,120,407 | 2 | $3,060,204 |
| 4,082 | Juana Macias | $6,109,530 | 4 | $1,527,383 |
| 4,083 | Oren Moverman | $6,089,140 | 4 | $1,522,285 |
| 4,084 | Alex Mizgiryov | $6,088,454 | 1 | $6,088,454 |
| 4,085 | John Nicolella | $6,086,891 | 1 | $6,086,891 |
| 4,086 | Diane Paulus | $6,085,409 | 1 | $6,085,409 |
| 4,087 | Sigeaki Kubo | $6,081,142 | 1 | $6,081,142 |
| 4,088 | Fredi M. Murer | $6,079,556 | 1 | $6,079,556 |
| 4,089 | Peter Hunt | $6,075,793 | 2 | $3,037,897 |
| 4,090 | Michel Ocelot | $6,073,552 | 4 | $1,518,388 |
| 4,091 | Vincent Zhou | $6,071,862 | 2 | $3,035,931 |
| 4,092 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | $6,057,221 | 10 | $605,722 |
| 4,093 | Anthony Pun | $6,050,077 | 1 | $6,050,077 |
| 4,094 | Blair Treu | $6,049,171 | 1 | $6,049,171 |
| 4,095 | Robert Radler | $6,044,652 | 2 | $3,022,326 |
| 4,096 | Benjamin Mousquet | $6,034,002 | 1 | $6,034,002 |
| 4,097 | Mudassar Aziz | $6,024,728 | 4 | $1,506,182 |
| 4,098 | David G. Evans | $6,020,368 | 2 | $3,010,184 |
| 4,099 | Kari Ketonen | $6,014,598 | 2 | $3,007,299 |
| 4,100 | Rob Epstein | $6,014,155 | 5 | $1,202,831 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.