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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.