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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Julian Schnabel | $45,521,643 | 6 | $7,586,941 |
| 1,902 | Richard Friedenberg | $45,411,063 | 2 | $22,705,532 |
| 1,903 | Zach Cregger | $45,352,337 | 3 | $15,117,446 |
| 1,904 | Wei Gu Chang | $45,331,734 | 1 | $45,331,734 |
| 1,905 | John Hoffman | $45,312,217 | 1 | $45,312,217 |
| 1,906 | Nanette Burstein | $45,303,799 | 3 | $15,101,266 |
| 1,907 | Ariel Vromen | $45,300,944 | 7 | $6,471,563 |
| 1,908 | Chul-soo Jang | $45,286,922 | 2 | $22,643,461 |
| 1,909 | Mike Bigelow | $45,273,464 | 1 | $45,273,464 |
| 1,910 | Ang Xu | $45,195,641 | 2 | $22,597,821 |
| 1,911 | Lars Klevberg | $45,136,096 | 3 | $15,045,365 |
| 1,912 | Ronald F. Maxwell | $45,058,246 | 2 | $22,529,123 |
| 1,913 | Wei Shujun | $45,029,234 | 4 | $11,257,309 |
| 1,914 | Riccardo Milani | $45,017,440 | 10 | $4,501,744 |
| 1,915 | Matthieu Delaporte | $44,987,512 | 4 | $11,246,878 |
| 1,916 | Ken Shapiro | $44,921,312 | 2 | $22,460,656 |
| 1,917 | Mary Haverstick | $44,793,168 | 1 | $44,793,168 |
| 1,918 | Richard Thorpe | $44,701,984 | 12 | $3,725,165 |
| 1,919 | Mark Tonderai | $44,604,086 | 2 | $22,302,043 |
| 1,920 | Bruce McCulloch | $44,602,513 | 2 | $22,301,257 |
| 1,921 | Zhuqing Ji (季竹青) | $44,570,000 | 1 | $44,570,000 |
| 1,922 | Hugh Welchman | $44,564,925 | 2 | $22,282,463 |
| 1,923 | Eric Valette | $44,513,466 | 1 | $44,513,466 |
| 1,924 | Matthew Warchus | $44,488,855 | 3 | $14,829,618 |
| 1,925 | Aanand Rai | $44,453,059 | 5 | $8,890,612 |
| 1,926 | Chuck Sheetz | $44,451,470 | 1 | $44,451,470 |
| 1,927 | Desmond Davis | $44,400,000 | 3 | $14,800,000 |
| 1,928 | Beyoncé Knowles | $44,372,181 | 1 | $44,372,181 |
| 1,929 | Teddy Chan | $44,324,894 | 2 | $22,162,447 |
| 1,930 | Alan Shapiro | $44,202,709 | 2 | $22,101,355 |
| 1,931 | Sven Unterwaldt Jr | $44,200,064 | 7 | $6,314,295 |
| 1,932 | Igor Voloshin | $44,150,421 | 6 | $7,358,404 |
| 1,933 | Todd Graff | $44,125,743 | 2 | $22,062,872 |
| 1,934 | Dorota Kobiela | $44,074,957 | 2 | $22,037,479 |
| 1,935 | Daniel Stamm | $44,061,297 | 2 | $22,030,649 |
| 1,936 | Tommy O'Haver | $44,060,577 | 4 | $11,015,144 |
| 1,937 | Dax Shepard | $44,017,107 | 3 | $14,672,369 |
| 1,938 | Kent Alterman | $43,980,363 | 1 | $43,980,363 |
| 1,939 | Jamie Uys | $43,923,227 | 3 | $14,641,076 |
| 1,940 | Art Stevens | $43,899,231 | 1 | $43,899,231 |
| 1,941 | Stephen Merchant | $43,860,635 | 2 | $21,930,318 |
| 1,942 | Akira Nagai | $43,780,309 | 4 | $10,945,077 |
| 1,943 | Woo-suk Kang | $43,747,663 | 4 | $10,936,916 |
| 1,944 | Joel Hopkins | $43,601,970 | 3 | $14,533,990 |
| 1,945 | Arne Glimcher | $43,551,829 | 2 | $21,775,915 |
| 1,946 | Ari Sandel | $43,528,634 | 2 | $21,764,317 |
| 1,947 | George Gallo | $43,420,706 | 10 | $4,342,071 |
| 1,948 | Koan Hui | $43,415,987 | 1 | $43,415,987 |
| 1,949 | Vernie Yeung | $43,415,987 | 1 | $43,415,987 |
| 1,950 | Mike Tiddes | $43,319,936 | 3 | $14,439,979 |
| 1,951 | Rick Famuyliwa | $43,250,471 | 2 | $21,625,236 |
| 1,952 | Joel Silberg | $43,213,466 | 3 | $14,404,489 |
| 1,953 | Travis Cluff | $43,107,227 | 3 | $14,369,076 |
| 1,954 | Chris Lofing | $43,107,227 | 3 | $14,369,076 |
| 1,955 | Gan Bi | $43,104,559 | 3 | $14,368,186 |
| 1,956 | Nanni Moretti | $43,018,223 | 8 | $5,377,278 |
| 1,957 | Bernard Rose | $42,963,959 | 10 | $4,296,396 |
| 1,958 | Yôji Yamada | $42,919,345 | 8 | $5,364,918 |
| 1,959 | Castille Landon | $42,823,644 | 6 | $7,137,274 |
| 1,960 | Lee Hae-yeong | $42,814,695 | 3 | $14,271,565 |
| 1,961 | James Gartner | $42,799,060 | 1 | $42,799,060 |
| 1,962 | Charles Guard | $42,779,231 | 2 | $21,389,616 |
| 1,963 | Thomas Guard | $42,779,231 | 2 | $21,389,616 |
| 1,964 | Isabel Coixet | $42,763,173 | 13 | $3,289,475 |
| 1,965 | Saket Chaudhary | $42,732,776 | 3 | $14,244,259 |
| 1,966 | Alan Rudolph | $42,685,236 | 14 | $3,048,945 |
| 1,967 | Lisa Cholodenko | $42,672,184 | 3 | $14,224,061 |
| 1,968 | Brian Kirk | $42,657,631 | 3 | $14,219,210 |
| 1,969 | Daniel Monzon | $42,600,256 | 4 | $10,650,064 |
| 1,970 | Brad Parker | $42,566,433 | 2 | $21,283,217 |
| 1,971 | Oleg Stepchenko | $42,557,124 | 2 | $21,278,562 |
| 1,972 | Chris Nahon | $42,530,536 | 3 | $14,176,845 |
| 1,973 | Barry W. Blaustein | $42,504,358 | 3 | $14,168,119 |
| 1,974 | Snow Zou | $42,467,539 | 2 | $21,233,770 |
| 1,975 | James Clavell | $42,432,803 | 2 | $21,216,402 |
| 1,976 | Paco Plaza | $42,428,888 | 7 | $6,061,270 |
| 1,977 | He Jiong | $42,386,771 | 1 | $42,386,771 |
| 1,978 | Sajid Khan | $42,337,440 | 2 | $21,168,720 |
| 1,979 | Jason Zada | $42,309,230 | 2 | $21,154,615 |
| 1,980 | Sarah Gavron | $42,272,983 | 3 | $14,090,994 |
| 1,981 | Philippe Le Guay | $42,259,257 | 5 | $8,451,851 |
| 1,982 | Elaine Bogan | $42,235,744 | 1 | $42,235,744 |
| 1,983 | Richard Kelly | $42,231,521 | 3 | $14,077,174 |
| 1,984 | Nattawut Poonpiriya | $42,197,645 | 3 | $14,065,882 |
| 1,985 | Justin Dec | $42,176,201 | 1 | $42,176,201 |
| 1,986 | Arbaaz Khan | $42,165,098 | 1 | $42,165,098 |
| 1,987 | Shree Narayan Singh | $42,093,945 | 2 | $21,046,973 |
| 1,988 | Giles New | $42,047,346 | 1 | $42,047,346 |
| 1,989 | Percy Adlon | $42,001,910 | 2 | $21,000,955 |
| 1,990 | Luis Carlos Hueck | $41,955,727 | 2 | $20,977,864 |
| 1,991 | Phil Traill | $41,906,876 | 3 | $13,968,959 |
| 1,992 | Kenji Kodama | $41,821,364 | 6 | $6,970,227 |
| 1,993 | Anthony Pun | $41,785,385 | 2 | $20,892,693 |
| 1,994 | Robert Ben Garant | $41,785,006 | 3 | $13,928,335 |
| 1,995 | Richard Glatzer | $41,769,504 | 2 | $20,884,752 |
| 1,996 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $41,754,733 | 1 | $41,754,733 |
| 1,997 | Ken Hughes | $41,745,303 | 2 | $20,872,652 |
| 1,998 | Val Guest | $41,744,796 | 7 | $5,963,542 |
| 1,999 | Robert Parrish | $41,744,718 | 4 | $10,436,180 |
| 2,000 | Joe McGrath | $41,744,718 | 1 | $41,744,718 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.