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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,701 | Mark Palansky | $21,445,378 | 3 | $7,148,459 |
| 2,702 | Rick Famuyiwa | $21,410,546 | 2 | $10,705,273 |
| 2,703 | Federico Fellini | $21,405,503 | 20 | $1,070,275 |
| 2,704 | Yûichirô Hayashi | $21,401,841 | 1 | $21,401,841 |
| 2,705 | Robert Resnikoff | $21,365,321 | 1 | $21,365,321 |
| 2,706 | Matt Ross | $21,359,103 | 3 | $7,119,701 |
| 2,707 | Christopher Zalla | $21,346,014 | 2 | $10,673,007 |
| 2,708 | Ritesh Batra | $21,345,529 | 4 | $5,336,382 |
| 2,709 | Louis Malle | $21,313,582 | 12 | $1,776,132 |
| 2,710 | Franck Magnier | $21,294,536 | 2 | $10,647,268 |
| 2,711 | Dani de la Orden | $21,281,192 | 10 | $2,128,119 |
| 2,712 | Ji-Young Chung | $21,244,286 | 2 | $10,622,143 |
| 2,713 | Caner Alper | $21,204,126 | 2 | $10,602,063 |
| 2,714 | Barnet Kellman | $21,202,099 | 1 | $21,202,099 |
| 2,715 | Joel Smallbone | $21,173,975 | 1 | $21,173,975 |
| 2,716 | Chris Robinson | $21,170,563 | 3 | $7,056,854 |
| 2,717 | Mehmet Binay | $21,168,216 | 1 | $21,168,216 |
| 2,718 | Thomas K. Avildsen | $21,134,374 | 1 | $21,134,374 |
| 2,719 | Anthony Maras | $21,132,855 | 3 | $7,044,285 |
| 2,720 | Floyd Mutrux | $21,125,169 | 4 | $5,281,292 |
| 2,721 | Bill Kroyer | $21,111,825 | 1 | $21,111,825 |
| 2,722 | Yoona Eom | $21,099,312 | 1 | $21,099,312 |
| 2,723 | Lawrence Bassoff | $21,058,033 | 1 | $21,058,033 |
| 2,724 | Hyo-jin Kang | $20,995,698 | 2 | $10,497,849 |
| 2,725 | Cris D'Amato | $20,978,901 | 8 | $2,622,363 |
| 2,726 | Yulin Liu | $20,956,697 | 5 | $4,191,339 |
| 2,727 | Harald Siepermann | $20,930,000 | 1 | $20,930,000 |
| 2,728 | Joe Chappelle | $20,914,733 | 3 | $6,971,578 |
| 2,729 | Lee Seok-Geun | $20,901,029 | 1 | $20,901,029 |
| 2,730 | Anthony Silverston | $20,898,221 | 1 | $20,898,221 |
| 2,731 | Paul Flaherty | $20,897,132 | 3 | $6,965,711 |
| 2,732 | Tom George | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 2,733 | Lu Ke | $20,844,884 | 2 | $10,422,442 |
| 2,734 | Zhangke Jia | $20,835,747 | 7 | $2,976,535 |
| 2,735 | Fausto Brizzi | $20,829,060 | 9 | $2,314,340 |
| 2,736 | Deyin Zhao (赵德胤) | $20,811,078 | 1 | $20,811,078 |
| 2,737 | Vic Armstrong | $20,769,209 | 2 | $10,384,605 |
| 2,738 | Christine Jeffs | $20,754,427 | 4 | $5,188,607 |
| 2,739 | Director X | $20,739,323 | 3 | $6,913,108 |
| 2,740 | Louis-Julien Petit | $20,732,676 | 3 | $6,910,892 |
| 2,741 | Jeff Schaffer | $20,718,223 | 2 | $10,359,112 |
| 2,742 | Lisa Azuelos | $20,717,168 | 5 | $4,143,434 |
| 2,743 | Elliot Silverstein | $20,666,667 | 3 | $6,888,889 |
| 2,744 | Istvan Szabo | $20,661,656 | 7 | $2,951,665 |
| 2,745 | Yuusuke Hirota | $20,643,297 | 1 | $20,643,297 |
| 2,746 | Charles Haid | $20,623,071 | 3 | $6,874,357 |
| 2,747 | Elmo Nuganen | $20,615,138 | 1 | $20,615,138 |
| 2,748 | Li Chen | $20,580,000 | 2 | $10,290,000 |
| 2,749 | Tae Gon Kim | $20,556,805 | 3 | $6,852,268 |
| 2,750 | James Komack | $20,518,000 | 1 | $20,518,000 |
| 2,751 | Aaron Paul | $20,494,316 | 3 | $6,831,439 |
| 2,752 | Bud Townsend | $20,418,789 | 1 | $20,418,789 |
| 2,753 | Jung Bum-Shik | $20,394,906 | 1 | $20,394,906 |
| 2,754 | Soo-Kyung Kwon | $20,392,339 | 1 | $20,392,339 |
| 2,755 | Jamie Blanks | $20,384,136 | 3 | $6,794,712 |
| 2,756 | Changwei Gu | $20,332,491 | 1 | $20,332,491 |
| 2,757 | Danila Kozlovsky | $20,330,979 | 2 | $10,165,490 |
| 2,758 | Blair Simmons | $20,290,215 | 3 | $6,763,405 |
| 2,759 | Michael Karbeinikoff | $20,246,790 | 1 | $20,246,790 |
| 2,760 | Trivikram Srinivas | $20,239,068 | 7 | $2,891,295 |
| 2,761 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $20,238,236 | 2 | $10,119,118 |
| 2,762 | Katt Shea Ruben | $20,214,597 | 4 | $5,053,649 |
| 2,763 | Vilgot Sjöman | $20,200,000 | 1 | $20,200,000 |
| 2,764 | John Farrow | $20,200,000 | 9 | $2,244,444 |
| 2,765 | Sanjay Gupta | $20,175,154 | 4 | $5,043,789 |
| 2,766 | Joan Micklin Silver | $20,151,089 | 6 | $3,358,515 |
| 2,767 | Mika Ninagawa | $20,125,208 | 2 | $10,062,604 |
| 2,768 | Felix Umarov | $20,088,295 | 1 | $20,088,295 |
| 2,769 | John Erman | $20,062,347 | 2 | $10,031,174 |
| 2,770 | Robert Klane | $20,042,023 | 2 | $10,021,012 |
| 2,771 | John Berry | $20,000,000 | 2 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,772 | Isao Takahata | $19,991,266 | 7 | $2,855,895 |
| 2,773 | Mikkel Norgaard | $19,944,461 | 4 | $4,986,115 |
| 2,774 | Julia Rezende | $19,930,115 | 5 | $3,986,023 |
| 2,775 | Brett Morgen | $19,928,990 | 4 | $4,982,248 |
| 2,776 | DJ Pooh | $19,918,431 | 2 | $9,959,216 |
| 2,777 | Tim Dünschede | $19,900,000 | 2 | $9,950,000 |
| 2,778 | Ali Askari | $19,869,429 | 1 | $19,869,429 |
| 2,779 | Shipei Wen | $19,862,823 | 2 | $9,931,412 |
| 2,780 | Jack Bender | $19,850,380 | 1 | $19,850,380 |
| 2,781 | Roschdy Zem | $19,828,415 | 4 | $4,957,104 |
| 2,782 | Jason Bateman | $19,808,412 | 4 | $4,952,103 |
| 2,783 | Sunao Katabuchi | $19,794,935 | 1 | $19,794,935 |
| 2,784 | Mauricio Eca | $19,775,492 | 5 | $3,955,098 |
| 2,785 | Richard Rush | $19,750,470 | 1 | $19,750,470 |
| 2,786 | Roger Young | $19,742,403 | 5 | $3,948,481 |
| 2,787 | Steve Carver | $19,729,309 | 2 | $9,864,655 |
| 2,788 | Paris Barclay | $19,674,813 | 3 | $6,558,271 |
| 2,789 | Andrew Strimaitis | $19,668,014 | 1 | $19,668,014 |
| 2,790 | Daniel Calparsoro | $19,667,230 | 8 | $2,458,404 |
| 2,791 | Michael R. Roskam | $19,656,119 | 4 | $4,914,030 |
| 2,792 | Shunsuke Ishikawa | $19,651,837 | 1 | $19,651,837 |
| 2,793 | Feng Gao (高峰) | $19,632,167 | 10 | $1,963,217 |
| 2,794 | Marcus Dunstan | $19,606,371 | 4 | $4,901,593 |
| 2,795 | Gerald Potterton | $19,571,091 | 1 | $19,571,091 |
| 2,796 | Rowan Joffe | $19,563,579 | 1 | $19,563,579 |
| 2,797 | Joseph Barbera | $19,543,985 | 2 | $9,771,993 |
| 2,798 | William Hanna | $19,543,985 | 2 | $9,771,993 |
| 2,799 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $19,539,862 | 5 | $3,907,972 |
| 2,800 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,522,110 | 3 | $6,507,370 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.