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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)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
401 Walter Hill $487,501,996 23 $21,195,739
402 George Cukor $486,639,515 17 $28,625,854
403 John Moore $486,607,662 6 $81,101,277
404 Tate Taylor $485,803,895 8 $60,725,487
405 Dominic Sena $485,499,998 5 $97,100,000
406 Elizabeth Banks $481,581,564 7 $68,797,366
407 Sharon Maguire $479,893,436 3 $159,964,479
408 Gus Van Sant $479,881,722 18 $26,660,096
409 Dany Boon $479,564,433 6 $79,927,406
410 Jon Amiel $474,809,599 9 $52,756,622
411 Greg MacGillivray $474,712,193 12 $39,559,349
412 Eli Roth $474,663,196 12 $39,555,266
413 Kelly Marcel $474,492,936 2 $237,246,468
414 Mark Steven Johnson $474,487,895 10 $47,448,790
415 Jake Schreier $472,395,292 4 $118,098,823
416 Nick Park $471,888,526 9 $52,432,058
417 Penny Marshall $471,716,719 8 $58,964,590
418 Neil Jordan $470,953,127 20 $23,547,656
419 Daniel Lee $467,049,547 7 $66,721,364
420 Brian Robbins $464,734,306 10 $46,473,431
421 Joe Dante $464,143,326 17 $27,302,549
422 Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) $464,074,091 5 $92,814,818
423 Joseph Ruben $463,461,326 10 $46,346,133
424 Greg Tiernan $461,338,145 5 $92,267,629
425 Patrick Hughes $461,078,413 5 $92,215,683
426 Robert Redford $460,681,656 9 $51,186,851
427 Chiyu Zhang $460,303,199 1 $460,303,199
428 Ben Stassen $459,987,823 14 $32,856,273
429 Terry Gilliam $459,711,283 13 $35,362,406
430 Tian Yusheng $458,081,998 3 $152,693,999
431 Edgar Wright $457,896,596 9 $50,877,400
432 Gil Kenan $457,149,823 5 $91,429,965
433 Xiang Liu $456,027,455 2 $228,013,728
434 David Hand $455,171,725 4 $113,792,931
435 Xiaozhi Rao (饶晓志) $455,013,002 5 $91,002,600
436 Les Mayfield $454,924,803 9 $50,547,200
437 Tony Gilroy $454,423,137 3 $151,474,379
438 Peter Chelsom $453,530,901 13 $34,886,992
439 David R. Ellis $452,842,101 6 $75,473,684
440 Dean Parisot $451,819,609 5 $90,363,922
441 Olivier Megaton $450,102,666 4 $112,525,667
442 Michael Dougherty $449,116,440 3 $149,705,480
443 Michael Gracey $448,930,910 3 $149,643,637
444 Chirs Buck $448,191,819 1 $448,191,819
445 Eric Brevig $447,955,627 2 $223,977,814
446 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin $445,966,854 10 $44,596,685
447 Tyler Gillett $445,966,854 10 $44,596,685
448 Rui Cui (崔睿) $445,507,455 1 $445,507,455
449 Chloé Zhao $444,813,627 5 $88,962,725
450 George Roy Hill $442,398,273 12 $36,866,523
451 Justin Baldoni $442,276,566 3 $147,425,522
452 Henry Joost $439,792,275 7 $62,827,468
453 Ariel Schulman $439,792,275 7 $62,827,468
454 George Clooney $438,506,815 9 $48,722,979
455 Roman Polanski $437,641,627 21 $20,840,077
456 Bradley Cooper $436,912,653 3 $145,637,551
457 Stephen Hopkins $436,549,629 11 $39,686,330
458 Blake Edwards $436,126,124 27 $16,152,819
459 Arthur Hiller $432,875,303 19 $22,782,911
460 Victor Fleming $431,762,744 5 $86,352,549
461 John Francis Daley $430,418,201 4 $107,604,550
462 Jonathan Goldstein $430,418,201 4 $107,604,550
463 Craig Gillespie $430,347,419 9 $47,816,380
464 Joel Zwick $428,453,590 4 $107,113,398
465 Jean-Pierre Jeunet $427,062,453 8 $53,382,807
466 Marc Lawrence $426,607,649 5 $85,321,530
467 Pedro Almodovar $424,918,988 27 $15,737,740
468 George P. Cosmatos $424,545,859 8 $53,068,232
469 Alex Kurtzman $422,571,377 2 $211,285,689
470 Jimmy Hayward $420,887,654 3 $140,295,885
471 Hamilton Luske $418,641,254 7 $59,805,893
472 Josh Gordon $417,742,955 6 $69,623,826
473 Will Speck $417,742,955 6 $69,623,826
474 Julius Onah $416,039,367 5 $83,207,873
475 Wang Baoqiang $414,484,500 2 $207,242,250
476 Frank Darabont $413,982,053 5 $82,796,411
477 Brian Helgeland $413,559,599 6 $68,926,600
478 David Soren $413,319,527 3 $137,773,176
479 Lawrence Guterman $413,076,285 3 $137,692,095
480 Steve Oedekerk $412,611,461 4 $103,152,865
481 Ben Wheatley $412,470,038 12 $34,372,503
482 Stanley Tong $409,280,734 9 $45,475,637
483 Sam Wood $408,343,892 6 $68,057,315
484 Lawrence Kasdan $406,559,952 11 $36,959,996
485 Mikael Hafstrom $406,053,205 9 $45,117,023
486 Bruce Beresford $405,539,259 30 $13,517,975
487 Michael Lembeck $404,918,010 10 $40,491,801
488 Thor Freudenthal $403,355,217 4 $100,838,804
489 Stanley Kubrick $402,750,678 14 $28,767,906
490 Mike Thurmeier $402,156,682 1 $402,156,682
491 Ken Kwapis $401,624,979 10 $40,162,498
492 Leonard Nimoy $401,387,573 6 $66,897,929
493 Bibo Bergeron $398,741,342 2 $199,370,671
494 Simon Wells $397,949,526 7 $56,849,932
495 Mike Gabriel $394,531,461 2 $197,265,731
496 Mel Brooks $393,561,679 10 $39,356,168
497 Yongchang Lin $391,959,692 5 $78,391,938
498 Lee Isaac Chung $387,736,924 5 $77,547,385
499 Cate Shortland $384,474,052 4 $96,118,513
500 Stephen Daldry $384,087,610 8 $48,010,951

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.