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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 Zach Cregger $45,352,337 3 $15,117,446
1,902 Wei Gu Chang $45,331,734 1 $45,331,734
1,903 John Hoffman $45,312,217 1 $45,312,217
1,904 Nanette Burstein $45,303,799 3 $15,101,266
1,905 Ariel Vromen $45,300,944 7 $6,471,563
1,906 Chul-soo Jang $45,286,922 2 $22,643,461
1,907 Mike Bigelow $45,273,464 1 $45,273,464
1,908 Ang Xu $45,195,641 2 $22,597,821
1,909 Lars Klevberg $45,136,096 3 $15,045,365
1,910 Ronald F. Maxwell $45,058,246 2 $22,529,123
1,911 Wei Shujun $45,029,234 4 $11,257,309
1,912 Riccardo Milani $45,017,440 10 $4,501,744
1,913 Matthieu Delaporte $44,987,512 4 $11,246,878
1,914 Ken Shapiro $44,921,312 2 $22,460,656
1,915 Mary Haverstick $44,793,168 1 $44,793,168
1,916 Richard Thorpe $44,701,984 12 $3,725,165
1,917 Mark Tonderai $44,604,086 2 $22,302,043
1,918 Bruce McCulloch $44,602,513 2 $22,301,257
1,919 Zhuqing Ji (季竹青) $44,570,000 1 $44,570,000
1,920 Hugh Welchman $44,564,925 2 $22,282,463
1,921 Eric Valette $44,513,466 1 $44,513,466
1,922 Matthew Warchus $44,488,855 3 $14,829,618
1,923 Aanand Rai $44,453,059 5 $8,890,612
1,924 Chuck Sheetz $44,451,470 1 $44,451,470
1,925 Desmond Davis $44,400,000 3 $14,800,000
1,926 Beyoncé Knowles $44,372,181 1 $44,372,181
1,927 Teddy Chan $44,324,894 2 $22,162,447
1,928 Alan Shapiro $44,202,709 2 $22,101,355
1,929 Sven Unterwaldt Jr $44,200,064 7 $6,314,295
1,930 Igor Voloshin $44,150,421 6 $7,358,404
1,931 Todd Graff $44,125,743 2 $22,062,872
1,932 Dorota Kobiela $44,074,957 2 $22,037,479
1,933 Daniel Stamm $44,061,297 2 $22,030,649
1,934 Tommy O'Haver $44,060,577 4 $11,015,144
1,935 Dax Shepard $44,017,107 3 $14,672,369
1,936 Kent Alterman $43,980,363 1 $43,980,363
1,937 Jamie Uys $43,923,227 3 $14,641,076
1,938 Art Stevens $43,899,231 1 $43,899,231
1,939 Stephen Merchant $43,860,635 2 $21,930,318
1,940 Akira Nagai $43,780,309 4 $10,945,077
1,941 Woo-suk Kang $43,747,663 4 $10,936,916
1,942 Joel Hopkins $43,601,970 3 $14,533,990
1,943 Arne Glimcher $43,551,829 2 $21,775,915
1,944 Ari Sandel $43,528,634 2 $21,764,317
1,945 George Gallo $43,420,706 10 $4,342,071
1,946 Koan Hui $43,415,987 1 $43,415,987
1,947 Vernie Yeung $43,415,987 1 $43,415,987
1,948 Mike Tiddes $43,319,936 3 $14,439,979
1,949 Rick Famuyliwa $43,250,471 2 $21,625,236
1,950 Joel Silberg $43,213,466 3 $14,404,489
1,951 Travis Cluff $43,107,227 3 $14,369,076
1,952 Chris Lofing $43,107,227 3 $14,369,076
1,953 Gan Bi $43,104,559 3 $14,368,186
1,954 Nanni Moretti $43,018,223 8 $5,377,278
1,955 Bernard Rose $42,963,959 10 $4,296,396
1,956 Yôji Yamada $42,919,345 8 $5,364,918
1,957 Castille Landon $42,823,644 6 $7,137,274
1,958 Lee Hae-yeong $42,814,695 3 $14,271,565
1,959 James Gartner $42,799,060 1 $42,799,060
1,960 Thomas Guard $42,779,231 2 $21,389,616
1,961 Charles Guard $42,779,231 2 $21,389,616
1,962 Isabel Coixet $42,763,173 13 $3,289,475
1,963 Saket Chaudhary $42,732,776 3 $14,244,259
1,964 Alan Rudolph $42,685,236 14 $3,048,945
1,965 Lisa Cholodenko $42,672,184 3 $14,224,061
1,966 Brian Kirk $42,657,631 3 $14,219,210
1,967 Daniel Monzon $42,600,256 4 $10,650,064
1,968 Brad Parker $42,566,433 2 $21,283,217
1,969 Oleg Stepchenko $42,557,124 2 $21,278,562
1,970 Chris Nahon $42,530,536 3 $14,176,845
1,971 Barry W. Blaustein $42,504,358 3 $14,168,119
1,972 Snow Zou $42,467,539 2 $21,233,770
1,973 James Clavell $42,432,803 2 $21,216,402
1,974 Paco Plaza $42,428,888 7 $6,061,270
1,975 He Jiong $42,386,771 1 $42,386,771
1,976 Sajid Khan $42,337,440 2 $21,168,720
1,977 Jason Zada $42,309,230 2 $21,154,615
1,978 Sarah Gavron $42,272,983 3 $14,090,994
1,979 Philippe Le Guay $42,259,257 5 $8,451,851
1,980 Elaine Bogan $42,235,744 1 $42,235,744
1,981 Richard Kelly $42,231,521 3 $14,077,174
1,982 Nattawut Poonpiriya $42,197,645 3 $14,065,882
1,983 Justin Dec $42,176,201 1 $42,176,201
1,984 Arbaaz Khan $42,165,098 1 $42,165,098
1,985 Shree Narayan Singh $42,093,945 2 $21,046,973
1,986 Giles New $42,047,346 1 $42,047,346
1,987 Percy Adlon $42,001,910 2 $21,000,955
1,988 Luis Carlos Hueck $41,955,727 2 $20,977,864
1,989 Phil Traill $41,906,876 3 $13,968,959
1,990 Kenji Kodama $41,821,364 6 $6,970,227
1,991 Anthony Pun $41,785,385 2 $20,892,693
1,992 Robert Ben Garant $41,785,006 3 $13,928,335
1,993 Richard Glatzer $41,769,504 2 $20,884,752
1,994 Kim Kwang-Sik $41,754,733 1 $41,754,733
1,995 Ken Hughes $41,745,303 2 $20,872,652
1,996 Val Guest $41,744,718 5 $8,348,944
1,997 Joe McGrath $41,744,718 1 $41,744,718
1,998 Robert Parrish $41,744,718 4 $10,436,180
1,999 Robert Mulligan $41,636,560 7 $5,948,080
2,000 Michel Debats $41,622,861 2 $20,811,431

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.