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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Bruno Podalydes | $7,180,900 | 5 | $1,436,180 |
| 3,902 | Philip Haas | $7,179,820 | 3 | $2,393,273 |
| 3,903 | Christophe Duthuron | $7,179,544 | 3 | $2,393,181 |
| 3,904 | Gilles Legrand | $7,178,157 | 2 | $3,589,079 |
| 3,905 | Helen Hunt | $7,162,920 | 2 | $3,581,460 |
| 3,906 | Martijn Koevoets | $7,162,712 | 4 | $1,790,678 |
| 3,907 | Takayuki Shibasaki | $7,151,842 | 4 | $1,787,961 |
| 3,908 | Meng Tian | $7,150,000 | 1 | $7,150,000 |
| 3,909 | Alex Orrelle | $7,147,008 | 1 | $7,147,008 |
| 3,910 | Banksy | $7,132,689 | 1 | $7,132,689 |
| 3,911 | Lee Kwong-yiu | $7,129,755 | 1 | $7,129,755 |
| 3,912 | Jean-François Tosti | $7,128,238 | 1 | $7,128,238 |
| 3,913 | Will Wernick | $7,127,219 | 4 | $1,781,805 |
| 3,914 | Silvio Soldini | $7,125,577 | 5 | $1,425,115 |
| 3,915 | Barbara Bredero | $7,123,057 | 3 | $2,374,352 |
| 3,916 | Jonathan Jakubowicz | $7,121,951 | 3 | $2,373,984 |
| 3,917 | Mark Griffiths | $7,121,000 | 4 | $1,780,250 |
| 3,918 | Ciro Guerra | $7,116,674 | 3 | $2,372,225 |
| 3,919 | Dean Fleischer-Camp | $7,111,769 | 2 | $3,555,885 |
| 3,920 | Max Giwa | $7,100,124 | 3 | $2,366,708 |
| 3,921 | Carlo Vanzina | $7,096,865 | 6 | $1,182,811 |
| 3,922 | Sunu Gonera | $7,094,650 | 1 | $7,094,650 |
| 3,923 | Kees van Nieuwkerk | $7,079,227 | 2 | $3,539,614 |
| 3,924 | Yasuo Furuhata | $7,074,577 | 2 | $3,537,289 |
| 3,925 | Liu Hai | $7,057,251 | 2 | $3,528,626 |
| 3,926 | Shaka King | $7,053,949 | 2 | $3,526,975 |
| 3,927 | Kheiron | $7,049,929 | 2 | $3,524,965 |
| 3,928 | Paul Nicholas | $7,047,572 | 2 | $3,523,786 |
| 3,929 | In Ho Hwang (황인호) | $7,037,457 | 1 | $7,037,457 |
| 3,930 | Joe Ma | $7,037,440 | 2 | $3,518,720 |
| 3,931 | Rick Moranis | $7,035,618 | 1 | $7,035,618 |
| 3,932 | Bob Giraldi | $7,019,441 | 2 | $3,509,721 |
| 3,933 | Gerard Bush | $7,013,949 | 2 | $3,506,975 |
| 3,934 | Christopher Renz | $7,013,949 | 2 | $3,506,975 |
| 3,935 | Lilly Wachowski | $7,011,317 | 1 | $7,011,317 |
| 3,936 | Tab Murphy | $7,008,542 | 1 | $7,008,542 |
| 3,937 | Tiina Lymi | $7,004,198 | 1 | $7,004,198 |
| 3,938 | Joram Lürsen | $7,001,740 | 4 | $1,750,435 |
| 3,939 | Amos Poe | $7,000,000 | 4 | $1,750,000 |
| 3,940 | Koichi Sakamoto | $6,993,879 | 5 | $1,398,776 |
| 3,941 | Claude Nuridsany | $6,990,255 | 2 | $3,495,128 |
| 3,942 | Scott Alexander | $6,982,680 | 2 | $3,491,340 |
| 3,943 | Larry Karaszewski | $6,982,680 | 1 | $6,982,680 |
| 3,944 | Masato Hijikata | $6,978,689 | 1 | $6,978,689 |
| 3,945 | Marie Perennou | $6,973,842 | 1 | $6,973,842 |
| 3,946 | Ayumu Watanabe | $6,967,083 | 2 | $3,483,542 |
| 3,947 | Zelda Barron | $6,957,975 | 1 | $6,957,975 |
| 3,948 | Tomasz Baginski | $6,951,086 | 1 | $6,951,086 |
| 3,949 | Michelle Manning | $6,947,000 | 1 | $6,947,000 |
| 3,950 | Kai Ma (马凯) | $6,940,000 | 1 | $6,940,000 |
| 3,951 | Emmanuel Mouret | $6,928,239 | 7 | $989,748 |
| 3,952 | Nick Murphy | $6,924,321 | 2 | $3,462,161 |
| 3,953 | Jeanne Herry | $6,917,400 | 3 | $2,305,800 |
| 3,954 | Julien Fournet | $6,902,526 | 2 | $3,451,263 |
| 3,955 | Bo Kang (康博) | $6,884,505 | 1 | $6,884,505 |
| 3,956 | Glen Morgan | $6,882,696 | 1 | $6,882,696 |
| 3,957 | Andy Cheng | $6,881,021 | 2 | $3,440,511 |
| 3,958 | A.R. Murugadoss | $6,878,028 | 6 | $1,146,338 |
| 3,959 | Gilles Bourdos | $6,873,392 | 2 | $3,436,696 |
| 3,960 | Shankar Sachdev | $6,871,135 | 1 | $6,871,135 |
| 3,961 | Hiroyuki Yano | $6,867,958 | 2 | $3,433,979 |
| 3,962 | Abderrahmane Sissako | $6,858,509 | 2 | $3,429,255 |
| 3,963 | Peter Hall | $6,854,148 | 4 | $1,713,537 |
| 3,964 | Richard Ayoade | $6,848,118 | 2 | $3,424,059 |
| 3,965 | James Vanderbilt | $6,842,580 | 2 | $3,421,290 |
| 3,966 | Tugçe Soysop | $6,836,281 | 4 | $1,709,070 |
| 3,967 | Frank Zuniga | $6,831,033 | 2 | $3,415,517 |
| 3,968 | Drake Doremus | $6,822,044 | 7 | $974,578 |
| 3,969 | Dick Maas | $6,820,238 | 3 | $2,273,413 |
| 3,970 | Dominik Moll | $6,806,360 | 5 | $1,361,272 |
| 3,971 | Hannes Holm | $6,804,746 | 3 | $2,268,249 |
| 3,972 | Janice Karman | $6,804,312 | 1 | $6,804,312 |
| 3,973 | Rezo Gigineishvili | $6,800,785 | 4 | $1,700,196 |
| 3,974 | Jason Chadwick | $6,792,768 | 1 | $6,792,768 |
| 3,975 | Subhash Ghai | $6,789,166 | 2 | $3,394,583 |
| 3,976 | Yuan Fan | $6,785,759 | 2 | $3,392,880 |
| 3,977 | Wonsuk Lee | $6,780,546 | 2 | $3,390,273 |
| 3,978 | Peng Jun | $6,780,000 | 1 | $6,780,000 |
| 3,979 | Gabe Ibanez | $6,775,458 | 1 | $6,775,458 |
| 3,980 | K.S. Ravikumar | $6,771,093 | 2 | $3,385,547 |
| 3,981 | Gook jin Ahn (안국진) | $6,764,472 | 1 | $6,764,472 |
| 3,982 | Darin Scott | $6,762,661 | 7 | $966,094 |
| 3,983 | Sang-hyun Park III | $6,758,065 | 1 | $6,758,065 |
| 3,984 | J.S. Cardone | $6,755,271 | 2 | $3,377,636 |
| 3,985 | Mao Dai | $6,750,000 | 1 | $6,750,000 |
| 3,986 | Charles Binamé | $6,749,187 | 2 | $3,374,594 |
| 3,987 | Stéphan Archinard | $6,741,069 | 2 | $3,370,535 |
| 3,988 | Sebastian Schipper | $6,722,142 | 2 | $3,361,071 |
| 3,989 | Richard Stanley | $6,717,218 | 2 | $3,358,609 |
| 3,990 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $6,712,903 | 1 | $6,712,903 |
| 3,991 | Paul Provenza | $6,702,604 | 1 | $6,702,604 |
| 3,992 | Penn Jillette | $6,702,604 | 1 | $6,702,604 |
| 3,993 | Ha Jung-woo | $6,702,181 | 1 | $6,702,181 |
| 3,994 | Diego Kaplan | $6,699,289 | 2 | $3,349,645 |
| 3,995 | Laure de Clermont | $6,699,047 | 2 | $3,349,524 |
| 3,996 | Mike Birbiglia | $6,684,049 | 3 | $2,228,016 |
| 3,997 | Rasmus A. Sivertsen | $6,666,995 | 8 | $833,374 |
| 3,998 | Lynn Shelton | $6,649,467 | 7 | $949,924 |
| 3,999 | Jae-Keun Yoon | $6,648,164 | 1 | $6,648,164 |
| 4,000 | Justin Martin | $6,646,622 | 1 | $6,646,622 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.