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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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
2,001 Eric Till $41,410,575 2 $20,705,288
2,002 Uwe Boll $41,394,510 15 $2,759,634
2,003 Peter Markle $41,313,762 5 $8,262,752
2,004 Robert Clouse $41,308,546 8 $5,163,568
2,005 Joseph Gordon-Levitt $41,268,579 1 $41,268,579
2,006 Oleg Trofim $41,239,621 3 $13,746,540
2,007 Yang Song (宋阳) $41,209,025 1 $41,209,025
2,008 Richie Keen $41,187,017 3 $13,729,006
2,009 David Gelb $41,149,345 5 $8,229,869
2,010 Mohit Suri $41,132,301 9 $4,570,256
2,011 Hitoshi Ône $41,108,385 1 $41,108,385
2,012 Lu Le $41,046,927 1 $41,046,927
2,013 Lenny Abrahamson $40,926,067 4 $10,231,517
2,014 John Patrick Shanley $40,868,076 2 $20,434,038
2,015 Matt Williams $40,862,054 1 $40,862,054
2,016 Can Ulkay $40,816,180 4 $10,204,045
2,017 Martin Bourboulon $40,766,160 6 $6,794,360
2,018 Maneesh Sharma $40,760,941 5 $8,152,188
2,019 Brian G. Hutton $40,716,895 3 $13,572,298
2,020 Philip G. Atwell $40,686,409 1 $40,686,409
2,021 Kelly Fremon Craig $40,677,827 2 $20,338,914
2,022 Ariel Winograd $40,653,740 8 $5,081,718
2,023 Baran bo Odar $40,591,943 3 $13,530,648
2,024 Ricky Gervais $40,583,708 4 $10,145,927
2,025 R. Balki $40,574,403 6 $6,762,401
2,026 Shinobu Sasaki $40,550,592 1 $40,550,592
2,027 Yong-ho Son $40,524,574 2 $20,262,287
2,028 Greg Gillespie $40,520,649 1 $40,520,649
2,029 An Zhanjun $40,518,450 2 $20,259,225
2,030 Paweł Pawlikowski $40,511,072 3 $13,503,691
2,031 Kimble Rendall $40,424,224 2 $20,212,112
2,032 Douglas Mackinnon $40,412,157 3 $13,470,719
2,033 Kyle Marvin $40,384,027 1 $40,384,027
2,034 Paolo Virzi $40,375,945 8 $5,046,993
2,035 Perry Andelin Blake $40,363,530 1 $40,363,530
2,036 Aaron Norris $40,330,481 6 $6,721,747
2,037 Masakazu Hashimoto $40,316,759 5 $8,063,352
2,038 Shunji Iwai $40,307,776 12 $3,358,981
2,039 Peter MacDonald $40,190,000 1 $40,190,000
2,040 John Gray $40,166,306 4 $10,041,577
2,041 Chris Bailey $40,166,138 1 $40,166,138
2,042 Mark Koetsier $40,166,138 1 $40,166,138
2,043 John Michael McDonagh $40,163,943 4 $10,040,986
2,044 Marco Schnabel $40,159,017 1 $40,159,017
2,045 Detlev Buck $40,110,533 8 $5,013,817
2,046 Gordon Chan $40,059,243 7 $5,722,749
2,047 Ismail Fidan $39,981,415 5 $7,996,283
2,048 Kexin Chen (陈可辛) $39,924,151 1 $39,924,151
2,049 Weiming Huang $39,909,703 5 $7,981,941
2,050 Emerald Fennell $39,880,165 3 $13,293,388
2,051 Mark Cowen $39,846,896 1 $39,846,896
2,052 Jerry Jameson $39,791,973 7 $5,684,568
2,053 Karyn Kusama $39,743,335 5 $7,948,667
2,054 Rodrigo Cortes $39,729,730 5 $7,945,946
2,055 Michael Anderson $39,717,930 2 $19,858,965
2,056 Henry Koster $39,710,931 6 $6,618,489
2,057 Deborah Kaplan $39,666,219 2 $19,833,110
2,058 Harry Elfont $39,666,219 2 $19,833,110
2,059 Debbie Isitt $39,606,847 6 $6,601,141
2,060 Jae-gyoo Lee $39,504,707 1 $39,504,707
2,061 John Gatins $39,498,360 1 $39,498,360
2,062 Katsuo Fukuzawa $39,459,456 2 $19,729,728
2,063 Byeong-Heon Lee $39,386,742 3 $13,128,914
2,064 Werner Herzog $39,384,218 31 $1,270,459
2,065 Seiji Izumi $39,314,819 1 $39,314,819
2,066 Stephen Low $39,266,323 5 $7,853,265
2,067 Umesh Shukla $39,237,700 5 $7,847,540
2,068 Bart Freundlich $39,180,749 6 $6,530,125
2,069 Rachel Talalay $39,159,864 4 $9,789,966
2,070 Troy Nixey $39,126,427 1 $39,126,427
2,071 Mary Harron $39,090,756 7 $5,584,394
2,072 Ilya Uchitel $39,005,468 4 $9,751,367
2,073 Todd Holland $38,948,312 5 $7,789,662
2,074 Hallie Meyers-Shyer $38,896,646 3 $12,965,549
2,075 Maiwenn $38,893,474 4 $9,723,369
2,076 Nia Vardalos $38,861,673 1 $38,861,673
2,077 Mike Nawrocki $38,857,223 2 $19,428,612
2,078 Masahiro Hosoda $38,848,780 1 $38,848,780
2,079 David Swift $38,723,111 4 $9,680,778
2,080 Andrew Haigh $38,720,845 5 $7,744,169
2,081 Zoya Akhtar $38,692,791 5 $7,738,558
2,082 Pascal Chaumeil $38,658,311 3 $12,886,104
2,083 Woody Hui $38,611,941 1 $38,611,941
2,084 Steven Seagal $38,590,458 1 $38,590,458
2,085 Dito Montiel $38,566,694 9 $4,285,188
2,086 Peter Sollett $38,518,823 4 $9,629,706
2,087 Ed Harris $38,468,744 2 $19,234,372
2,088 Mandie Fletcher $38,454,993 2 $19,227,497
2,089 Whit Stillman $38,445,193 5 $7,689,039
2,090 Greg Coolidge $38,364,855 2 $19,182,428
2,091 Jong-bin Yun $38,312,818 2 $19,156,409
2,092 Morton DaCosta $38,253,846 2 $19,126,923
2,093 Jing Cai (蔡婧) $38,242,892 1 $38,242,892
2,094 Jon S. Baird $38,176,938 6 $6,362,823
2,095 David Mackenzie $38,093,371 8 $4,761,671
2,096 Bob Dolman $38,067,218 1 $38,067,218
2,097 Charles Jarrott $38,014,093 6 $6,335,682
2,098 Orkenbek Baysenbay $38,000,000 1 $38,000,000
2,099 Herb Freed $37,994,000 3 $12,664,667
2,100 Florian Zeller $37,980,925 2 $18,990,463

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.