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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,901 | Paul Lynch | $17,791,763 | 2 | $8,895,882 |
| 2,902 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
| 2,903 | Jingwu Ning | $17,769,278 | 4 | $4,442,320 |
| 2,904 | Denise Di Novi | $17,768,012 | 1 | $17,768,012 |
| 2,905 | Xixi Gao | $17,759,871 | 2 | $8,879,936 |
| 2,906 | Holly Goldberg Sloan | $17,736,619 | 1 | $17,736,619 |
| 2,907 | Xiaogang Gu | $17,732,929 | 2 | $8,866,465 |
| 2,908 | Wing-cheong Law | $17,732,735 | 4 | $4,433,184 |
| 2,909 | Alex Wong | $17,697,587 | 1 | $17,697,587 |
| 2,910 | Jonathan Eusebio | $17,669,526 | 1 | $17,669,526 |
| 2,911 | Laura Terruso | $17,657,217 | 3 | $5,885,739 |
| 2,912 | Jung-Hoon Kim | $17,624,124 | 1 | $17,624,124 |
| 2,913 | Gus Trikonis | $17,569,000 | 1 | $17,569,000 |
| 2,914 | Abhishek Kapoor | $17,560,785 | 5 | $3,512,157 |
| 2,915 | Maria Ripoll | $17,547,088 | 9 | $1,949,676 |
| 2,916 | Ram Madvani | $17,538,874 | 2 | $8,769,437 |
| 2,917 | Keishi Otomo | $17,527,675 | 3 | $5,842,558 |
| 2,918 | Bud Smith | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 2,919 | Wei-hao Cheng | $17,465,560 | 3 | $5,821,853 |
| 2,920 | Ozan Aciktan | $17,414,934 | 4 | $4,353,734 |
| 2,921 | Cheryl Dunye | $17,364,947 | 2 | $8,682,474 |
| 2,922 | Cheech Marin | $17,355,263 | 1 | $17,355,263 |
| 2,923 | Michael O. Sajbel | $17,353,402 | 5 | $3,470,680 |
| 2,924 | Lance Rivera | $17,352,893 | 2 | $8,676,447 |
| 2,925 | Gary Goddard | $17,336,686 | 1 | $17,336,686 |
| 2,926 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $17,328,326 | 7 | $2,475,475 |
| 2,927 | Yang Lei | $17,283,136 | 1 | $17,283,136 |
| 2,928 | Rob Sitch | $17,267,552 | 3 | $5,755,851 |
| 2,929 | Melvin Frank | $17,267,413 | 6 | $2,877,902 |
| 2,930 | Dan Fogelman | $17,232,299 | 2 | $8,616,150 |
| 2,931 | John D. Hancock | $17,230,331 | 4 | $4,307,583 |
| 2,932 | Stephen Elliott | $17,227,542 | 2 | $8,613,771 |
| 2,933 | Michael Chapman | $17,200,000 | 2 | $8,600,000 |
| 2,934 | Nate Parker | $17,173,343 | 3 | $5,724,448 |
| 2,935 | Wladyslaw Pasikowski | $17,154,827 | 4 | $4,288,707 |
| 2,936 | Ruijun Li | $17,134,158 | 2 | $8,567,079 |
| 2,937 | Brian Klugman | $17,100,221 | 2 | $8,550,111 |
| 2,938 | Gillies MacKinnon | $17,090,890 | 7 | $2,441,556 |
| 2,939 | Roger Corman | $17,075,631 | 15 | $1,138,375 |
| 2,940 | Vladimir Kott | $17,066,941 | 10 | $1,706,694 |
| 2,941 | Danyang Wang | $17,060,000 | 1 | $17,060,000 |
| 2,942 | Valentino Picone | $17,028,644 | 1 | $17,028,644 |
| 2,943 | Benson Lee | $17,020,688 | 4 | $4,255,172 |
| 2,944 | Hiroyuki Yamashita | $17,014,551 | 1 | $17,014,551 |
| 2,945 | E. Elias Merhige | $17,002,617 | 2 | $8,501,309 |
| 2,946 | Colin Brady | $17,000,437 | 1 | $17,000,437 |
| 2,947 | Christopher Reeve | $17,000,437 | 2 | $8,500,219 |
| 2,948 | John Cardos | $17,000,000 | 2 | $8,500,000 |
| 2,949 | Yuelun Wang | $16,960,000 | 1 | $16,960,000 |
| 2,950 | Michael Cristofer | $16,922,442 | 3 | $5,640,814 |
| 2,951 | Keith Thomas | $16,898,903 | 2 | $8,449,452 |
| 2,952 | Florian Schulz | $16,894,562 | 1 | $16,894,562 |
| 2,953 | Myles Connolly | $16,894,562 | 1 | $16,894,562 |
| 2,954 | Eleanor Coppola | $16,882,127 | 3 | $5,627,376 |
| 2,955 | Francine McDougall | $16,880,799 | 1 | $16,880,799 |
| 2,956 | Darrell Roodt | $16,880,100 | 8 | $2,110,013 |
| 2,957 | Askar Uzabayev | $16,873,201 | 2 | $8,436,601 |
| 2,958 | Brian Koppelman | $16,780,248 | 2 | $8,390,124 |
| 2,959 | Colin Cairnes | $16,771,921 | 2 | $8,385,961 |
| 2,960 | Cameron Cairnes | $16,771,921 | 2 | $8,385,961 |
| 2,961 | Mark Christpher | $16,757,163 | 1 | $16,757,163 |
| 2,962 | Tommy Lee Wallace | $16,750,289 | 5 | $3,350,058 |
| 2,963 | Madhur Bhandarkar | $16,745,966 | 3 | $5,581,989 |
| 2,964 | Peng Xia (夏鹏) | $16,697,343 | 1 | $16,697,343 |
| 2,965 | Li Yang | $16,694,866 | 4 | $4,173,717 |
| 2,966 | Massimo Venier | $16,680,371 | 3 | $5,560,124 |
| 2,967 | Tim Blake Nelson | $16,672,293 | 6 | $2,778,716 |
| 2,968 | James Glickenhaus | $16,647,588 | 3 | $5,549,196 |
| 2,969 | Marianne Elliott | $16,635,254 | 1 | $16,635,254 |
| 2,970 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | $16,628,751 | 1 | $16,628,751 |
| 2,971 | Paul Abascal | $16,612,072 | 1 | $16,612,072 |
| 2,972 | Laura Lau | $16,610,760 | 1 | $16,610,760 |
| 2,973 | Harry Winer | $16,604,726 | 2 | $8,302,363 |
| 2,974 | Stan Lathan | $16,595,791 | 4 | $4,148,948 |
| 2,975 | Lamont Johnson | $16,593,944 | 4 | $4,148,486 |
| 2,976 | Pascal Vuong | $16,586,615 | 2 | $8,293,308 |
| 2,977 | Cao Feng | $16,563,214 | 2 | $8,281,607 |
| 2,978 | Kuo Liu | $16,558,135 | 1 | $16,558,135 |
| 2,979 | Oh-Kwang Kwon | $16,556,995 | 2 | $8,278,498 |
| 2,980 | Duncan Tucker | $16,553,163 | 1 | $16,553,163 |
| 2,981 | Onur Bilgetay | $16,538,539 | 5 | $3,307,708 |
| 2,982 | Ronan Chapalain | $16,515,203 | 1 | $16,515,203 |
| 2,983 | Gu Changwei | $16,514,588 | 2 | $8,257,294 |
| 2,984 | Rajkumar Santoshi | $16,502,529 | 4 | $4,125,632 |
| 2,985 | Deepa Mehta | $16,488,892 | 8 | $2,061,112 |
| 2,986 | Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | $16,485,016 | 3 | $5,495,005 |
| 2,987 | Stephen Susco | $16,434,588 | 1 | $16,434,588 |
| 2,988 | Anthony Hickox | $16,428,216 | 5 | $3,285,643 |
| 2,989 | James Lapine | $16,425,760 | 5 | $3,285,152 |
| 2,990 | Craig McCracken | $16,425,701 | 2 | $8,212,851 |
| 2,991 | Christian Marquand | $16,408,286 | 1 | $16,408,286 |
| 2,992 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | $16,402,295 | 4 | $4,100,574 |
| 2,993 | Lisa Joy | $16,400,193 | 1 | $16,400,193 |
| 2,994 | Richard Lang | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
| 2,995 | Alongsun | $16,380,000 | 1 | $16,380,000 |
| 2,996 | Bethany Ashton Wolf | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 2,997 | Lee Sternthal | $16,369,708 | 1 | $16,369,708 |
| 2,998 | John Harrison | $16,324,573 | 1 | $16,324,573 |
| 2,999 | Phil Karlson | $16,318,124 | 8 | $2,039,766 |
| 3,000 | Dong Yachun | $16,310,000 | 1 | $16,310,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.