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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | Alfonso Arau | $71,664,677 | 2 | $35,832,339 |
| 1,402 | Nicolai Fuglsig | $71,118,378 | 1 | $71,118,378 |
| 1,403 | Matthew O'Callaghan | $71,052,604 | 1 | $71,052,604 |
| 1,404 | Christopher Spencer | $70,949,793 | 1 | $70,949,793 |
| 1,405 | Kim Ji-hoon | $70,907,677 | 3 | $23,635,892 |
| 1,406 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | $70,848,866 | 4 | $17,712,217 |
| 1,407 | Joel Edgerton | $70,841,127 | 2 | $35,420,564 |
| 1,408 | Tom Brady | $70,708,058 | 3 | $23,569,353 |
| 1,409 | Daniel Petrie | $70,703,881 | 7 | $10,100,554 |
| 1,410 | Masato Harada | $70,615,661 | 7 | $10,087,952 |
| 1,411 | Billy Ray | $70,523,400 | 3 | $23,507,800 |
| 1,412 | Prachya Pinkaew | $70,502,975 | 4 | $17,625,744 |
| 1,413 | Tat-Chiu Lee (李达超) | $70,459,613 | 1 | $70,459,613 |
| 1,414 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | $70,299,332 | 4 | $17,574,833 |
| 1,415 | Jonathan Li | $70,251,804 | 2 | $35,125,902 |
| 1,416 | William Shatner | $70,200,000 | 4 | $17,550,000 |
| 1,417 | Jean-Marie Poire | $70,171,878 | 2 | $35,085,939 |
| 1,418 | Danial Stamm | $70,165,900 | 1 | $70,165,900 |
| 1,419 | Zhang Jiajia | $70,065,568 | 2 | $35,032,784 |
| 1,420 | John Flynn | $70,051,274 | 6 | $11,675,212 |
| 1,421 | Keith Merryman | $70,027,933 | 1 | $70,027,933 |
| 1,422 | David Newman | $70,027,933 | 1 | $70,027,933 |
| 1,423 | Graeme Ferguson | $70,000,000 | 1 | $70,000,000 |
| 1,424 | Tony Goldwyn | $69,954,357 | 5 | $13,990,871 |
| 1,425 | Andrew V. McLaglen | $69,787,676 | 13 | $5,368,283 |
| 1,426 | Chen Li | $69,709,252 | 2 | $34,854,626 |
| 1,427 | Asghar Farhadi | $69,660,364 | 7 | $9,951,481 |
| 1,428 | Paul Brickman | $69,591,795 | 2 | $34,795,898 |
| 1,429 | Philippe Lacheau | $69,319,825 | 5 | $13,863,965 |
| 1,430 | Don Taylor | $68,947,800 | 4 | $17,236,950 |
| 1,431 | Hany Abu-Assad | $68,877,153 | 6 | $11,479,526 |
| 1,432 | Dave Filoni | $68,695,443 | 1 | $68,695,443 |
| 1,433 | Jun Li | $68,607,648 | 4 | $17,151,912 |
| 1,434 | Frank Perry | $68,459,512 | 6 | $11,409,919 |
| 1,435 | Hu Jia | $68,419,297 | 1 | $68,419,297 |
| 1,436 | Cen Junyi | $68,419,297 | 1 | $68,419,297 |
| 1,437 | Brothers Strause | $68,264,973 | 1 | $68,264,973 |
| 1,438 | Dinesh D'Souza | $68,245,767 | 6 | $11,374,295 |
| 1,439 | Douglas McGrath | $68,231,762 | 4 | $17,057,941 |
| 1,440 | Zach Helm | $68,191,643 | 1 | $68,191,643 |
| 1,441 | Chris Carter | $68,170,792 | 1 | $68,170,792 |
| 1,442 | Benny Boom | $67,869,945 | 2 | $33,934,973 |
| 1,443 | Scott Frank | $67,663,605 | 2 | $33,831,803 |
| 1,444 | Blitz Bazawule | $67,509,383 | 3 | $22,503,128 |
| 1,445 | Wenjun Yang | $67,458,479 | 1 | $67,458,479 |
| 1,446 | Andrew Dominik | $67,448,503 | 6 | $11,241,417 |
| 1,447 | Alex de la Iglesia | $67,388,100 | 14 | $4,813,436 |
| 1,448 | Grant Heslov | $67,348,218 | 1 | $67,348,218 |
| 1,449 | Sang Geun Lee | $67,043,823 | 1 | $67,043,823 |
| 1,450 | Jang Joon-hwan | $66,910,217 | 3 | $22,303,406 |
| 1,451 | John McNaughton | $66,878,565 | 5 | $13,375,713 |
| 1,452 | Richard Pearce | $66,788,289 | 6 | $11,131,382 |
| 1,453 | Han Lee (이한) | $66,742,403 | 5 | $13,348,481 |
| 1,454 | Qi Zhang (张琦) | $66,539,212 | 2 | $33,269,606 |
| 1,455 | Larry Peerce | $66,516,151 | 6 | $11,086,025 |
| 1,456 | Il-Hyeong Lee | $66,336,016 | 1 | $66,336,016 |
| 1,457 | John Weiley | $66,082,855 | 3 | $22,027,618 |
| 1,458 | Nadine Labaki | $65,797,588 | 3 | $21,932,529 |
| 1,459 | Hiroaki Miyamoto | $65,796,025 | 1 | $65,796,025 |
| 1,460 | Eric Bergeron | $65,700,000 | 1 | $65,700,000 |
| 1,461 | Don Paul | $65,700,000 | 1 | $65,700,000 |
| 1,462 | Bruce A. Evans | $65,607,147 | 2 | $32,803,574 |
| 1,463 | Pablo Larrain | $65,497,231 | 11 | $5,954,294 |
| 1,464 | Gary McKendry | $65,409,046 | 1 | $65,409,046 |
| 1,465 | Liz Friedlander | $65,390,493 | 1 | $65,390,493 |
| 1,466 | Yuzhong Zhang | $65,330,000 | 2 | $32,665,000 |
| 1,467 | Anurag Basu | $65,223,416 | 6 | $10,870,569 |
| 1,468 | Ted Berman | $65,187,923 | 2 | $32,593,962 |
| 1,469 | Jeong-beom Lee | $65,161,160 | 3 | $21,720,387 |
| 1,470 | Koki Mitani | $65,158,826 | 3 | $21,719,609 |
| 1,471 | Harve Foster | $65,000,000 | 1 | $65,000,000 |
| 1,472 | Chris Gorak | $64,626,786 | 1 | $64,626,786 |
| 1,473 | Richard Franklin | $64,516,233 | 5 | $12,903,247 |
| 1,474 | Levan Gabriadze | $64,442,251 | 2 | $32,221,126 |
| 1,475 | Gary Chapman | $64,188,387 | 1 | $64,188,387 |
| 1,476 | Gregory Nava | $64,179,626 | 6 | $10,696,604 |
| 1,477 | John Irvin | $64,110,994 | 10 | $6,411,099 |
| 1,478 | Peter Pau | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 1,479 | Shigeharu Takahashi | $63,838,006 | 2 | $31,919,003 |
| 1,480 | Edward Norton | $63,813,680 | 2 | $31,906,840 |
| 1,481 | Troy Miller | $63,631,732 | 3 | $21,210,577 |
| 1,482 | Doug McHenry | $63,621,307 | 3 | $21,207,102 |
| 1,483 | Charles Crichton | $63,525,186 | 3 | $21,175,062 |
| 1,484 | Dan Gilroy | $63,301,430 | 4 | $15,825,358 |
| 1,485 | Frank Pierson | $63,129,898 | 1 | $63,129,898 |
| 1,486 | Hans Petter Moland | $63,122,901 | 7 | $9,017,557 |
| 1,487 | Preston A. Whitmore II | $63,080,720 | 6 | $10,513,453 |
| 1,488 | Francis Glebas | $62,870,546 | 1 | $62,870,546 |
| 1,489 | Yu Li | $62,850,000 | 3 | $20,950,000 |
| 1,490 | Salim Akil | $62,818,924 | 2 | $31,409,462 |
| 1,491 | Yulai Lu | $62,810,000 | 1 | $62,810,000 |
| 1,492 | Tien Jen Huang | $62,785,575 | 1 | $62,785,575 |
| 1,493 | Stuart Gillard | $62,777,798 | 5 | $12,555,560 |
| 1,494 | Timothy Reckart | $62,606,549 | 2 | $31,303,275 |
| 1,495 | Taylor Sheridan | $62,586,610 | 3 | $20,862,203 |
| 1,496 | Iain Morris | $62,523,842 | 4 | $15,630,961 |
| 1,497 | Jae-rim Han | $62,490,342 | 1 | $62,490,342 |
| 1,498 | Javier Fesser | $62,487,539 | 4 | $15,621,885 |
| 1,499 | Christopher Koch | $62,452,927 | 1 | $62,452,927 |
| 1,500 | Joel Gallen | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.