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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)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
2,101 Florian Zeller $37,980,925 2 $18,990,463
2,102 Kelong Li $37,969,932 7 $5,424,276
2,103 Alain Gsponer $37,950,786 5 $7,590,157
2,104 Jerry Schatzberg $37,934,354 5 $7,586,871
2,105 Paul Bolger $37,923,818 1 $37,923,818
2,106 Yvette Kaplan $37,923,818 1 $37,923,818
2,107 Russell Crowe $37,920,754 2 $18,960,377
2,108 Dapeng Zhang $37,903,035 3 $12,634,345
2,109 Vincenzo Natali $37,726,330 6 $6,287,722
2,110 Ed Herzog $37,644,339 7 $5,377,763
2,111 Ashutosh Gowariker $37,640,553 5 $7,528,111
2,112 Leo McCarey $37,605,246 7 $5,372,178
2,113 Alan Myerson $37,576,774 2 $18,788,387
2,114 Salvatore Ficarra $37,557,767 3 $12,519,256
2,115 Kôjirô Hashimoto $37,538,344 3 $12,512,781
2,116 Martin Weisz $37,466,538 2 $18,733,269
2,117 Farhan Akhtar $37,345,849 4 $9,336,462
2,118 Derrick Borte $37,340,228 5 $7,468,046
2,119 Gilles Lellouche $37,279,675 3 $12,426,558
2,120 Alexandre de La Patellière $37,267,840 2 $18,633,920
2,121 Ulu Grosbard $37,172,788 6 $6,195,465
2,122 David S.F. Wilson $37,163,054 1 $37,163,054
2,123 Thomas Gilou $37,160,289 2 $18,580,145
2,124 Pang Ho-cheung $37,152,743 4 $9,288,186
2,125 Daniel St. Pierre $37,108,370 2 $18,554,185
2,126 John Wayne $37,107,027 3 $12,369,009
2,127 Fung Chih-chiang $37,092,694 2 $18,546,347
2,128 Imtiaz Ali $37,083,774 6 $6,180,629
2,129 Youyin Wu $37,064,009 2 $18,532,005
2,130 Gary Sinyor $36,983,266 3 $12,327,755
2,131 Jeffrey Nachmanoff $36,919,653 2 $18,459,827
2,132 Nicholas Jarecki $36,913,218 2 $18,456,609
2,133 Kurt Wimmer $36,848,908 3 $12,282,969
2,134 Damian Harris $36,787,448 4 $9,196,862
2,135 Ellory Elkayem $36,722,311 3 $12,240,770
2,136 Brandon Camp $36,718,347 3 $12,239,449
2,137 Drew Hancock $36,709,101 1 $36,709,101
2,138 Zhi Li $36,670,000 2 $18,335,000
2,139 Kay Pollack $36,571,042 2 $18,285,521
2,140 David Yarovesky $36,547,039 3 $12,182,346
2,141 Won-Chan Hong $36,521,377 2 $18,260,689
2,142 Stephen Kessler $36,509,156 2 $18,254,578
2,143 Ueli Steiger $36,489,888 1 $36,489,888
2,144 Clive Barker $36,429,925 3 $12,143,308
2,145 Patrick Read Johnson $36,414,766 5 $7,282,953
2,146 Charles Walters $36,170,559 9 $4,018,951
2,147 Gene Kelly $36,108,213 2 $18,054,107
2,148 Jeff Pollack $36,093,386 2 $18,046,693
2,149 Josh Greenbaum $36,030,254 7 $5,147,179
2,150 Jim Rash $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
2,151 Nat Faxon $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
2,152 Choi Kook-Hee $36,010,953 2 $18,005,477
2,153 Kentarô Ôtani $36,000,000 1 $36,000,000
2,154 Don Chaffey $36,000,000 3 $12,000,000
2,155 Naoko Yamada $35,973,099 4 $8,993,275
2,156 Tetsuo Yajima $35,927,170 2 $17,963,585
2,157 Ryo Tanaka $35,762,324 5 $7,152,465
2,158 Liesl Tommy $35,752,851 1 $35,752,851
2,159 Luis Prieto $35,721,975 4 $8,930,494
2,160 Willard Huyck $35,561,076 3 $11,853,692
2,161 Nicole Holofcener $35,550,663 4 $8,887,666
2,162 Zhuo Chen (陈卓) $35,523,265 3 $11,841,088
2,163 Mitsuo Fukuda $35,418,211 1 $35,418,211
2,164 Laurent Cantet $35,417,660 5 $7,083,532
2,165 Bill Paxton $35,415,546 2 $17,707,773
2,166 Jesse Peretz $35,367,029 3 $11,789,010
2,167 Jie Han $35,327,718 1 $35,327,718
2,168 Dev Patel $35,271,631 2 $17,635,816
2,169 Ahn Sang-hoon $35,203,902 3 $11,734,634
2,170 Faruk Aksoy $35,172,116 4 $8,793,029
2,171 Des McAnuff $35,129,610 4 $8,782,403
2,172 Shigeaki Kubo $35,129,395 3 $11,709,798
2,173 Henry King $35,084,934 7 $5,012,133
2,174 Armando Iannucci $35,062,218 2 $17,531,109
2,175 Xu Jizhou $35,045,171 1 $35,045,171
2,176 Joe Layton $34,970,309 1 $34,970,309
2,177 Wei Xu (徐伟) $34,960,927 4 $8,740,232
2,178 Haolin Song $34,939,739 3 $11,646,580
2,179 Martin Lawrence $34,873,513 1 $34,873,513
2,180 Mike Hodges $34,797,126 7 $4,971,018
2,181 Atom Egoyan $34,782,353 13 $2,675,566
2,182 Joe Cornish $34,756,166 3 $11,585,389
2,183 Giddens Ko $34,637,134 4 $8,659,284
2,184 Bruce Robinson $34,631,270 4 $8,657,818
2,185 Shin-Yeon Won $34,518,596 1 $34,518,596
2,186 Michael Lockshin $34,516,377 3 $11,505,459
2,187 Arthur Benzaquen $34,510,866 1 $34,510,866
2,188 Elia Kazan $34,468,396 15 $2,297,893
2,189 Wayne Thornley $34,454,336 1 $34,454,336
2,190 Gilles Paquet-Brenner $34,452,023 3 $11,484,008
2,191 Norihiro Koizumi $34,440,523 5 $6,888,105
2,192 Peng Sanyuan $34,432,439 1 $34,432,439
2,193 Yoshihiro Osugi $34,395,038 1 $34,395,038
2,194 Chi-Leung Law $34,382,995 4 $8,595,749
2,195 Bud Yorkin $34,362,438 5 $6,872,488
2,196 James Signorelli $34,309,766 2 $17,154,883
2,197 Andrew Jay Cohen $34,284,504 1 $34,284,504
2,198 Richard Pryor $34,190,926 2 $17,095,463
2,199 Jin Mo-young $34,100,278 1 $34,100,278
2,200 Robert Connolly $34,091,425 6 $5,681,904

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.