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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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
1,501 Chris Kentis $72,129,401 2 $36,064,701
1,502 Tat-Chiu Lee (李达超) $71,896,273 1 $71,896,273
1,503 Shinji Ushiro $71,791,741 2 $35,895,871
1,504 Alfonso Arau $71,664,677 2 $35,832,339
1,505 Teng Huatao $71,563,672 2 $35,781,836
1,506 Frank Pierson $71,129,898 2 $35,564,949
1,507 Nicolai Fuglsig $71,118,378 1 $71,118,378
1,508 Matthew O'Callaghan $71,052,604 1 $71,052,604
1,509 Christopher Spencer $70,949,793 1 $70,949,793
1,510 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo $70,848,866 4 $17,712,217
1,511 Joel Edgerton $70,841,127 2 $35,420,564
1,512 Tom Brady $70,708,058 3 $23,569,353
1,513 Masato Harada $70,615,661 7 $10,087,952
1,514 Sean Baker $70,550,526 8 $8,818,816
1,515 Billy Ray $70,523,400 3 $23,507,800
1,516 Nikolay Lebedev $70,506,635 3 $23,502,212
1,517 Prachya Pinkaew $70,502,975 4 $17,625,744
1,518 Jonathan Li $70,251,804 2 $35,125,902
1,519 William Shatner $70,200,000 4 $17,550,000
1,520 Tony Goldwyn $70,194,135 5 $14,038,827
1,521 Danial Stamm $70,165,900 1 $70,165,900
1,522 John Flynn $70,051,274 6 $11,675,212
1,523 David Newman $70,027,933 1 $70,027,933
1,524 Keith Merryman $70,027,933 1 $70,027,933
1,525 Qi Zhang (张琦) $70,018,594 2 $35,009,297
1,526 Graeme Ferguson $70,000,000 1 $70,000,000
1,527 Andrew V. McLaglen $69,787,676 13 $5,368,283
1,528 Chen Li $69,709,252 2 $34,854,626
1,529 Asghar Farhadi $69,660,364 7 $9,951,481
1,530 Paul Brickman $69,591,795 2 $34,795,898
1,531 Sho Tsukikawa $69,494,474 7 $9,927,782
1,532 Philippe Lacheau $69,319,825 6 $11,553,304
1,533 Bruce Malmuth $69,297,032 3 $23,099,011
1,534 Don Taylor $68,947,800 4 $17,236,950
1,535 Blitz Bazawule $68,919,191 3 $22,973,064
1,536 Hany Abu-Assad $68,877,153 6 $11,479,526
1,537 Dave Filoni $68,695,443 1 $68,695,443
1,538 Jun Li $68,659,505 5 $13,731,901
1,539 Frank Perry $68,459,512 6 $11,409,919
1,540 Cen Junyi $68,419,297 1 $68,419,297
1,541 Hu Jia $68,419,297 1 $68,419,297
1,542 Seong-ho Jang $68,402,910 1 $68,402,910
1,543 Brothers Strause $68,264,973 1 $68,264,973
1,544 Dinesh D'Souza $68,245,767 6 $11,374,295
1,545 Douglas McGrath $68,231,762 4 $17,057,941
1,546 Zach Helm $68,191,643 1 $68,191,643
1,547 Chris Carter $68,170,792 1 $68,170,792
1,548 Gilles de Maistre $68,077,936 8 $8,509,742
1,549 Benny Boom $67,869,945 2 $33,934,973
1,550 Scott Frank $67,663,605 2 $33,831,803
1,551 Wenjun Yang $67,458,479 1 $67,458,479
1,552 Andrew Dominik $67,448,503 7 $9,635,500
1,553 Alex de la Iglesia $67,388,100 14 $4,813,436
1,554 Grant Heslov $67,348,218 1 $67,348,218
1,555 Hans Petter Moland $67,335,921 7 $9,619,417
1,556 Sang Geun Lee $67,043,823 1 $67,043,823
1,557 Jang Joon-hwan $66,910,217 3 $22,303,406
1,558 John McNaughton $66,878,565 5 $13,375,713
1,559 Richard Pearce $66,788,289 6 $11,131,382
1,560 Kwang-Hyun Park $66,755,496 2 $33,377,748
1,561 Han Lee (이한) $66,742,403 5 $13,348,481
1,562 Il-Hyeong Lee $66,336,016 1 $66,336,016
1,563 John Weiley $66,082,855 3 $22,027,618
1,564 Nadine Labaki $65,797,588 3 $21,932,529
1,565 Hiroaki Miyamoto $65,796,025 1 $65,796,025
1,566 Eric Bergeron $65,700,000 1 $65,700,000
1,567 Don Paul $65,700,000 1 $65,700,000
1,568 Bruce A. Evans $65,607,147 2 $32,803,574
1,569 Matthew Robbins $65,556,816 5 $13,111,363
1,570 Gary Nelson $65,535,600 3 $21,845,200
1,571 Gary McKendry $65,409,046 1 $65,409,046
1,572 Liz Friedlander $65,390,493 1 $65,390,493
1,573 Anurag Basu $65,344,229 7 $9,334,890
1,574 Yuzhong Zhang $65,330,000 2 $32,665,000
1,575 Ted Berman $65,187,923 2 $32,593,962
1,576 Harve Foster $65,000,000 1 $65,000,000
1,577 Chris Gorak $64,626,786 1 $64,626,786
1,578 Richard Franklin $64,516,233 5 $12,903,247
1,579 Levan Gabriadze $64,442,251 2 $32,221,126
1,580 Gregory Nava $64,265,588 6 $10,710,931
1,581 Prabhu Deva $64,189,576 6 $10,698,263
1,582 Gary Chapman $64,188,387 1 $64,188,387
1,583 John Irvin $64,110,994 11 $5,828,272
1,584 Taylor Sheridan $64,092,179 3 $21,364,060
1,585 Juan Jesús García Galocha $64,041,620 2 $32,020,810
1,586 Peter Pau $64,036,296 1 $64,036,296
1,587 Edward Norton $63,914,140 2 $31,957,070
1,588 Shigeharu Takahashi $63,838,006 2 $31,919,003
1,589 Longman Leung $63,664,452 2 $31,832,226
1,590 Troy Miller $63,631,732 5 $12,726,346
1,591 Doug McHenry $63,621,307 3 $21,207,102
1,592 Charles Crichton $63,525,186 3 $21,175,062
1,593 Dan Gilroy $63,301,430 4 $15,825,358
1,594 Preston A. Whitmore II $63,080,720 6 $10,513,453
1,595 Han Sanping $62,995,096 1 $62,995,096
1,596 Yoon-dong Oh $62,973,861 12 $5,247,822
1,597 Francis Glebas $62,870,546 1 $62,870,546
1,598 Yu Li $62,850,000 4 $15,712,500
1,599 Salim Akil $62,818,924 2 $31,409,462
1,600 Yulai Lu $62,810,000 1 $62,810,000

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.