Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Directors
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Directors - Top International Directors - Top Worldwide Art Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Editors - Top Worldwide Associate Producers - Top Worldwide Casting Directors - Top Worldwide Cinematographers - Top Worldwide Co-Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Co-Producers - Top Worldwide Composers - Top Worldwide Costume Designers - Top Worldwide Costume Supervisors - Top Worldwide Dialogue Editors - Top Worldwide Editors - Top Worldwide Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Line Producers - Top Worldwide Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Worldwide Music Editors - Top Worldwide Music Supervisors - Top Worldwide Producers - Top Worldwide Production Designers - Top Worldwide Re-recording Mixers - Top Worldwide Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Second Unit Directors - Top Worldwide Set Decorators - Top Worldwide Set Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Effects Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Mixers - Top Worldwide Story Creators - Top Worldwide Stunt Coordinators - Top Worldwide Supervising Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Unit Production Managers - Top Worldwide Visual Effects Supervisors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,701 | Richard Talmadge | $18,820,000 | 1 | $18,820,000 |
| 2,702 | Denis Chernov | $18,818,630 | 6 | $3,136,438 |
| 2,703 | Richard Compton | $18,800,000 | 1 | $18,800,000 |
| 2,704 | Weidong Yuan | $18,764,048 | 1 | $18,764,048 |
| 2,705 | Jack Sholder | $18,763,397 | 3 | $6,254,466 |
| 2,706 | Kwang-Hyun Park | $18,755,496 | 1 | $18,755,496 |
| 2,707 | Sung-soo Kim | $18,736,628 | 1 | $18,736,628 |
| 2,708 | Shûkô Murase | $18,736,052 | 2 | $9,368,026 |
| 2,709 | Demian Lichtenstein | $18,708,848 | 1 | $18,708,848 |
| 2,710 | Kim Suk-Yoon | $18,708,399 | 1 | $18,708,399 |
| 2,711 | Heitor Dhalia | $18,692,443 | 2 | $9,346,222 |
| 2,712 | Rob McKittrick | $18,673,274 | 1 | $18,673,274 |
| 2,713 | Mary Agnes Donoghue | $18,660,527 | 2 | $9,330,264 |
| 2,714 | Lang Elliott | $18,647,032 | 2 | $9,323,516 |
| 2,715 | Lee Jang-Hoon | $18,634,127 | 1 | $18,634,127 |
| 2,716 | Edward Berger | $18,618,319 | 5 | $3,723,664 |
| 2,717 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $18,594,123 | 4 | $4,648,531 |
| 2,718 | Sophia Takal | $18,542,227 | 4 | $4,635,557 |
| 2,719 | Alankrita Shrivastava | $18,520,527 | 2 | $9,260,264 |
| 2,720 | Hy Averback | $18,519,133 | 3 | $6,173,044 |
| 2,721 | Ilya Uchitel | $18,518,042 | 3 | $6,172,681 |
| 2,722 | Byun Sung-Hyun | $18,503,522 | 2 | $9,251,761 |
| 2,723 | Xiao Yang | $18,485,628 | 1 | $18,485,628 |
| 2,724 | Alain Chabat | $18,481,089 | 2 | $9,240,545 |
| 2,725 | Derek Drymon | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 2,726 | Jennifer Kluska | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 2,727 | Tim Pope | $18,478,228 | 2 | $9,239,114 |
| 2,728 | Jongpil Lee | $18,421,721 | 1 | $18,421,721 |
| 2,729 | Sherry Hormann | $18,416,070 | 2 | $9,208,035 |
| 2,730 | Longman Leung | $18,415,299 | 1 | $18,415,299 |
| 2,731 | John Pogue | $18,413,804 | 5 | $3,682,761 |
| 2,732 | James Goldstone | $18,408,323 | 3 | $6,136,108 |
| 2,733 | David Alaux | $18,405,848 | 2 | $9,202,924 |
| 2,734 | Remo D'Souza | $18,376,824 | 5 | $3,675,365 |
| 2,735 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | $18,374,778 | 9 | $2,041,642 |
| 2,736 | Franc Roddam | $18,364,176 | 4 | $4,591,044 |
| 2,737 | Yukun Xin | $18,351,825 | 3 | $6,117,275 |
| 2,738 | Boots Riley | $18,285,560 | 1 | $18,285,560 |
| 2,739 | Bedran Guzel | $18,277,301 | 7 | $2,611,043 |
| 2,740 | Celine Sciamma | $18,270,074 | 4 | $4,567,519 |
| 2,741 | Heywood Gould | $18,248,623 | 2 | $9,124,312 |
| 2,742 | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | $18,224,899 | 2 | $9,112,450 |
| 2,743 | Fred Savage | $18,209,872 | 1 | $18,209,872 |
| 2,744 | Miguel Sapochnik | $18,195,238 | 2 | $9,097,619 |
| 2,745 | Tetsu Maeda | $18,176,838 | 5 | $3,635,368 |
| 2,746 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 6 | $3,029,321 |
| 2,747 | Jorma Taccone | $18,167,015 | 2 | $9,083,508 |
| 2,748 | Jin-ho Heo | $18,108,354 | 4 | $4,527,089 |
| 2,749 | Karan Malhotra | $18,106,296 | 2 | $9,053,148 |
| 2,750 | Geoff Burrowes | $18,096,355 | 2 | $9,048,178 |
| 2,751 | Alessandro Genovesi | $18,093,407 | 7 | $2,584,772 |
| 2,752 | Bob Hathcock | $18,075,331 | 2 | $9,037,666 |
| 2,753 | Dae-joong Nam | $18,074,438 | 2 | $9,037,219 |
| 2,754 | Marek Kanievska | $18,055,323 | 2 | $9,027,662 |
| 2,755 | Richard Pryor | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
| 2,756 | Gabriele Salvatores | $18,033,672 | 8 | $2,254,209 |
| 2,757 | Karoline Herfurth | $18,013,251 | 5 | $3,602,650 |
| 2,758 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2,759 | Arne Mattsson | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2,760 | Sönke Wortmann | $17,978,763 | 6 | $2,996,461 |
| 2,761 | Cedric Klapisch | $17,966,285 | 7 | $2,566,612 |
| 2,762 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | $17,935,589 | 3 | $5,978,530 |
| 2,763 | Timo Vuorensolam | $17,933,103 | 5 | $3,586,621 |
| 2,764 | Zara Hayes | $17,901,314 | 1 | $17,901,314 |
| 2,765 | Li Qingfang | $17,880,000 | 1 | $17,880,000 |
| 2,766 | Alexander Charlot | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 2,767 | Julia von Heinz | $17,843,513 | 3 | $5,947,838 |
| 2,768 | Rob Hardy | $17,821,945 | 4 | $4,455,486 |
| 2,769 | Allan Arkush | $17,798,302 | 4 | $4,449,576 |
| 2,770 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
| 2,771 | Jingwu Ning | $17,769,278 | 4 | $4,442,320 |
| 2,772 | Xixi Gao | $17,759,871 | 2 | $8,879,936 |
| 2,773 | Holly Goldberg Sloan | $17,736,619 | 1 | $17,736,619 |
| 2,774 | Xiaogang Gu | $17,732,929 | 2 | $8,866,465 |
| 2,775 | Wing-cheong Law | $17,732,735 | 4 | $4,433,184 |
| 2,776 | Daniel Calparsoro | $17,711,780 | 7 | $2,530,254 |
| 2,777 | Alex Wong | $17,697,587 | 1 | $17,697,587 |
| 2,778 | Laura Terruso | $17,657,217 | 3 | $5,885,739 |
| 2,779 | Jung-Hoon Kim | $17,624,124 | 1 | $17,624,124 |
| 2,780 | Ram Madvani | $17,538,874 | 2 | $8,769,437 |
| 2,781 | Bud Smith | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 2,782 | Hakan Algul | $17,498,178 | 5 | $3,499,636 |
| 2,783 | Abhishek Kapoor | $17,487,378 | 4 | $4,371,845 |
| 2,784 | Wei-hao Cheng | $17,465,560 | 3 | $5,821,853 |
| 2,785 | Ozan Aciktan | $17,414,934 | 4 | $4,353,734 |
| 2,786 | Alan Mak | $17,404,331 | 4 | $4,351,083 |
| 2,787 | Maria Ripoll | $17,393,094 | 8 | $2,174,137 |
| 2,788 | Cheryl Dunye | $17,364,947 | 2 | $8,682,474 |
| 2,789 | Neri Parenti | $17,358,010 | 6 | $2,893,002 |
| 2,790 | Cheech Marin | $17,355,263 | 1 | $17,355,263 |
| 2,791 | Michael O. Sajbel | $17,353,402 | 5 | $3,470,680 |
| 2,792 | Lance Rivera | $17,352,893 | 2 | $8,676,447 |
| 2,793 | Llichuan Yin (尹丽川) | $17,352,772 | 1 | $17,352,772 |
| 2,794 | Gary Goddard | $17,336,686 | 1 | $17,336,686 |
| 2,795 | Yang Lei | $17,283,136 | 1 | $17,283,136 |
| 2,796 | Rob Sitch | $17,267,552 | 3 | $5,755,851 |
| 2,797 | Melvin Frank | $17,267,413 | 6 | $2,877,902 |
| 2,798 | Dan Fogelman | $17,232,299 | 2 | $8,616,150 |
| 2,799 | John D. Hancock | $17,230,331 | 4 | $4,307,583 |
| 2,800 | Stephen Elliott | $17,227,542 | 2 | $8,613,771 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.