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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Lino Disalvo | $16,288,031 | 1 | $16,288,031 |
| 3,002 | Jong-Suk Lee | $16,279,747 | 2 | $8,139,874 |
| 3,003 | Yilmaz Erdogan | $16,244,880 | 4 | $4,061,220 |
| 3,004 | Andrew DeYoung | $16,228,274 | 1 | $16,228,274 |
| 3,005 | Eric Bross | $16,222,303 | 4 | $4,055,576 |
| 3,006 | Zizhao Wang (王子昭) | $16,201,808 | 1 | $16,201,808 |
| 3,007 | Busby Berkeley | $16,200,000 | 7 | $2,314,286 |
| 3,008 | Tomm Moore | $16,195,847 | 3 | $5,398,616 |
| 3,009 | Mehdi Idir | $16,190,272 | 2 | $8,095,136 |
| 3,010 | Abhishek Varman | $16,170,605 | 2 | $8,085,303 |
| 3,011 | Giovanni Veronesi | $16,168,025 | 6 | $2,694,671 |
| 3,012 | John Maybury | $16,160,632 | 2 | $8,080,316 |
| 3,013 | Art Linson | $16,159,377 | 2 | $8,079,689 |
| 3,014 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | $16,148,906 | 2 | $8,074,453 |
| 3,015 | Joon-Soo Park | $16,145,694 | 1 | $16,145,694 |
| 3,016 | Steve McNicholas | $16,145,276 | 3 | $5,381,759 |
| 3,017 | Luke Cresswell | $16,145,276 | 3 | $5,381,759 |
| 3,018 | Tamara Jenkins | $16,144,796 | 3 | $5,381,599 |
| 3,019 | Luke Dick | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 3,020 | Casey Pinkston | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 3,021 | Thomas J. Wright | $16,093,651 | 1 | $16,093,651 |
| 3,022 | Gregory Widen | $16,091,660 | 1 | $16,091,660 |
| 3,023 | Maria Schrader | $16,060,613 | 4 | $4,015,153 |
| 3,024 | Tom Gries | $16,000,000 | 5 | $3,200,000 |
| 3,025 | Steven Hilliard Stern | $16,000,000 | 6 | $2,666,667 |
| 3,026 | Sam Wanamaker | $16,000,000 | 2 | $8,000,000 |
| 3,027 | Daniel Mann | $16,000,000 | 5 | $3,200,000 |
| 3,028 | Lee Khan | $15,993,710 | 1 | $15,993,710 |
| 3,029 | Zhao Hantang | $15,988,889 | 1 | $15,988,889 |
| 3,030 | Andrea Berloff | $15,980,032 | 1 | $15,980,032 |
| 3,031 | Carl Gottlieb | $15,965,000 | 1 | $15,965,000 |
| 3,032 | Alex Scharfman | $15,964,463 | 1 | $15,964,463 |
| 3,033 | Viktor Lakisov | $15,963,676 | 3 | $5,321,225 |
| 3,034 | Adam Marcus | $15,935,068 | 1 | $15,935,068 |
| 3,035 | Britt Allcroft | $15,911,332 | 1 | $15,911,332 |
| 3,036 | William A. Wellman | $15,900,000 | 13 | $1,223,077 |
| 3,037 | Wolfgang Groos | $15,890,704 | 7 | $2,270,101 |
| 3,038 | Park Hee-Kon | $15,856,608 | 1 | $15,856,608 |
| 3,039 | Scott McGehee | $15,826,789 | 4 | $3,956,697 |
| 3,040 | David Siegel | $15,826,789 | 4 | $3,956,697 |
| 3,041 | Armen Ananikyan | $15,812,077 | 5 | $3,162,415 |
| 3,042 | Daniel Auteuil | $15,778,617 | 5 | $3,155,723 |
| 3,043 | Chizuru Miyawaki | $15,775,367 | 1 | $15,775,367 |
| 3,044 | Jack Fisk | $15,743,287 | 2 | $7,871,644 |
| 3,045 | Matt Brown | $15,742,521 | 2 | $7,871,261 |
| 3,046 | Robert Kurtzman | $15,719,109 | 2 | $7,859,555 |
| 3,047 | Leonardo Pieraccioni | $15,682,172 | 4 | $3,920,543 |
| 3,048 | Trent Cooper | $15,680,099 | 2 | $7,840,050 |
| 3,049 | Tanya Wexler | $15,646,478 | 4 | $3,911,620 |
| 3,050 | Victor Nunez | $15,632,961 | 2 | $7,816,481 |
| 3,051 | Nicolas Roeg | $15,623,027 | 7 | $2,231,861 |
| 3,052 | Christian Petzold | $15,580,119 | 5 | $3,116,024 |
| 3,053 | Kevin Johnson | $15,568,692 | 1 | $15,568,692 |
| 3,054 | Newt Arnold | $15,557,818 | 2 | $7,778,909 |
| 3,055 | Gustavo Loza | $15,555,596 | 2 | $7,777,798 |
| 3,056 | Michael Rymer | $15,553,929 | 2 | $7,776,965 |
| 3,057 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $15,537,504 | 5 | $3,107,501 |
| 3,058 | Edouard Bergeon | $15,534,286 | 2 | $7,767,143 |
| 3,059 | Koji Shiraishi | $15,531,684 | 7 | $2,218,812 |
| 3,060 | Terence Davies | $15,524,786 | 7 | $2,217,827 |
| 3,061 | Adele Lim | $15,518,636 | 1 | $15,518,636 |
| 3,062 | Yan Zhang (张岩) | $15,514,235 | 1 | $15,514,235 |
| 3,063 | Justin Martin | $15,513,413 | 1 | $15,513,413 |
| 3,064 | Campbell Scott | $15,505,377 | 3 | $5,168,459 |
| 3,065 | James Orr | $15,457,819 | 2 | $7,728,910 |
| 3,066 | Jin-pyo Park | $15,443,792 | 3 | $5,147,931 |
| 3,067 | Allan Moyle | $15,437,059 | 4 | $3,859,265 |
| 3,068 | Susannah Grant | $15,432,542 | 2 | $7,716,271 |
| 3,069 | Scott Silver | $15,415,361 | 1 | $15,415,361 |
| 3,070 | Hisashi Kimura | $15,400,756 | 4 | $3,850,189 |
| 3,071 | Llichuan Yin (尹丽川) | $15,386,049 | 1 | $15,386,049 |
| 3,072 | Yu Shen | $15,384,408 | 2 | $7,692,204 |
| 3,073 | Morgan Bertacca | $15,377,544 | 1 | $15,377,544 |
| 3,074 | Sunny Chan | $15,363,527 | 2 | $7,681,764 |
| 3,075 | Julie Cohen | $15,351,560 | 5 | $3,070,312 |
| 3,076 | Jafar Panahi | $15,343,577 | 9 | $1,704,842 |
| 3,077 | Michael Katleman | $15,337,855 | 1 | $15,337,855 |
| 3,078 | Mickey Liddell | $15,318,257 | 1 | $15,318,257 |
| 3,079 | Alex Zamm | $15,316,635 | 6 | $2,552,773 |
| 3,080 | Woon-hak Baek | $15,315,552 | 1 | $15,315,552 |
| 3,081 | Florian Westermann | $15,309,142 | 1 | $15,309,142 |
| 3,082 | Neal Brennan | $15,297,318 | 2 | $7,648,659 |
| 3,083 | Pedro Pablo Ibarra | $15,287,207 | 2 | $7,643,604 |
| 3,084 | Bill Murray | $15,260,154 | 1 | $15,260,154 |
| 3,085 | Bill Pohlad | $15,253,072 | 3 | $5,084,357 |
| 3,086 | Manny Coto | $15,220,530 | 2 | $7,610,265 |
| 3,087 | Israel Horovitz | $15,220,308 | 1 | $15,220,308 |
| 3,088 | Seong yoon Oh | $15,208,834 | 4 | $3,802,209 |
| 3,089 | Vladen Barbe | $15,193,977 | 1 | $15,193,977 |
| 3,090 | Hideaki Takizawa | $15,179,804 | 1 | $15,179,804 |
| 3,091 | Jouji Furuta | $15,177,863 | 2 | $7,588,932 |
| 3,092 | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | $15,177,397 | 3 | $5,059,132 |
| 3,093 | Luc Dardenne | $15,177,200 | 8 | $1,897,150 |
| 3,094 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $15,177,200 | 8 | $1,897,150 |
| 3,095 | Eran Kolirin | $15,174,447 | 3 | $5,058,149 |
| 3,096 | Jeremy Zag | $15,173,192 | 2 | $7,586,596 |
| 3,097 | Ken Wiederhorn | $15,163,620 | 4 | $3,790,905 |
| 3,098 | Richard Claus | $15,128,949 | 2 | $7,564,475 |
| 3,099 | Vincent Kok | $15,101,570 | 5 | $3,020,314 |
| 3,100 | Betsy West | $15,074,665 | 4 | $3,768,666 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.