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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,201-5,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,201 | Thomas Lennon | $3,516,102 | 3 | $1,172,034 |
| 5,202 | Richard T. Heffron | $3,515,578 | 5 | $703,116 |
| 5,203 | Derin Seale | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,204 | Max Porter | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,205 | Florian Babikian | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,206 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | $3,511,122 | 3 | $1,170,374 |
| 5,207 | Gabriel Grapperon | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,208 | Chris Overton | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,209 | Ru Kuwahata | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,210 | Vincent Bayoux | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,211 | Lucas Navarro | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,212 | Victor Caire | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,213 | Kevin Wilson Jr | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,214 | Dave Mullins | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,215 | Frank Stiefel | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,216 | Laura Checkoway | $3,511,122 | 2 | $1,755,561 |
| 5,217 | Theophile Dufresne | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 5,218 | Shelly Chopra Dhar | $3,510,432 | 1 | $3,510,432 |
| 5,219 | Frances O’Connor | $3,510,244 | 1 | $3,510,244 |
| 5,220 | Mike Marvin | $3,500,898 | 2 | $1,750,449 |
| 5,221 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | $3,500,492 | 2 | $1,750,246 |
| 5,222 | Yoshitaka Mori | $3,495,997 | 1 | $3,495,997 |
| 5,223 | Burak Aksuk | $3,490,241 | 1 | $3,490,241 |
| 5,224 | Christopher Ashley | $3,487,000 | 4 | $871,750 |
| 5,225 | Paula Ortiz | $3,485,821 | 4 | $871,455 |
| 5,226 | Rob Thomas | $3,485,383 | 1 | $3,485,383 |
| 5,227 | Matthias Hoene | $3,484,452 | 4 | $871,113 |
| 5,228 | André Ducharme | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 5,229 | Guy A. Lepage | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 5,230 | Sylvain Roy | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 5,231 | Rodrigo Perez-Castro | $3,478,094 | 2 | $1,739,047 |
| 5,232 | Juho Kuosmanen | $3,474,782 | 3 | $1,158,261 |
| 5,233 | Wayne Roberts | $3,469,955 | 3 | $1,156,652 |
| 5,234 | Adam Resnick | $3,469,493 | 1 | $3,469,493 |
| 5,235 | Sagar Ballary | $3,465,362 | 2 | $1,732,681 |
| 5,236 | Jeffrey Hornaday | $3,463,620 | 3 | $1,154,540 |
| 5,237 | Pankaj Batra | $3,463,603 | 10 | $346,360 |
| 5,238 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,463,582 | 1 | $3,463,582 |
| 5,239 | Denis Dercourt | $3,461,222 | 2 | $1,730,611 |
| 5,240 | Tony Leung Ka Fai | $3,458,555 | 1 | $3,458,555 |
| 5,241 | Zal Batmanglij | $3,457,404 | 2 | $1,728,702 |
| 5,242 | Anna Muylaert | $3,455,027 | 4 | $863,757 |
| 5,243 | Arnaud Viard | $3,454,876 | 2 | $1,727,438 |
| 5,244 | Jeethu Joseph | $3,454,830 | 9 | $383,870 |
| 5,245 | Sophon Sakdaphisit | $3,452,172 | 3 | $1,150,724 |
| 5,246 | Javier Calvo | $3,451,311 | 3 | $1,150,437 |
| 5,247 | Javier Ambrossi | $3,451,311 | 3 | $1,150,437 |
| 5,248 | Gela Babluani | $3,450,875 | 2 | $1,725,438 |
| 5,249 | Ryosuke Kanesaki | $3,450,057 | 1 | $3,450,057 |
| 5,250 | Edward Buzzell | $3,450,000 | 2 | $1,725,000 |
| 5,251 | Anwar Safa | $3,445,606 | 2 | $1,722,803 |
| 5,252 | David Nixon | $3,445,573 | 2 | $1,722,787 |
| 5,253 | Takayuki Hamana | $3,444,996 | 3 | $1,148,332 |
| 5,254 | Taavi Vartia | $3,444,404 | 3 | $1,148,135 |
| 5,255 | Pen Densham | $3,443,047 | 1 | $3,443,047 |
| 5,256 | Simerjit Singh | $3,438,861 | 10 | $343,886 |
| 5,257 | Dean Murphy | $3,436,425 | 3 | $1,145,475 |
| 5,258 | Tommy Wiseau | $3,436,231 | 2 | $1,718,116 |
| 5,259 | Kestutis Gudavicius | $3,435,320 | 3 | $1,145,107 |
| 5,260 | Carlos Ávila | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 5,261 | Sang-soo Hong | $3,433,586 | 20 | $171,679 |
| 5,262 | Victor Garcia | $3,432,537 | 4 | $858,134 |
| 5,263 | Tom Fernandez | $3,431,073 | 1 | $3,431,073 |
| 5,264 | Patrick Creadon | $3,427,168 | 5 | $685,434 |
| 5,265 | Alma Har'el | $3,425,030 | 4 | $856,258 |
| 5,266 | Giuseppe Capotondi | $3,418,127 | 2 | $1,709,064 |
| 5,267 | Jan Egleson | $3,417,056 | 1 | $3,417,056 |
| 5,268 | Isabell Suba | $3,415,880 | 1 | $3,415,880 |
| 5,269 | Lake Bell | $3,415,819 | 3 | $1,138,606 |
| 5,270 | Yoseop Lee | $3,411,717 | 1 | $3,411,717 |
| 5,271 | Kan Ishibashi | $3,409,317 | 1 | $3,409,317 |
| 5,272 | Meg Ryan | $3,401,997 | 2 | $1,700,999 |
| 5,273 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 4 | $850,000 |
| 5,274 | Emmanuel Finkiel | $3,396,089 | 2 | $1,698,045 |
| 5,275 | Marius Vaysberg | $3,391,639 | 2 | $1,695,820 |
| 5,276 | Michael Dweck | $3,391,225 | 3 | $1,130,408 |
| 5,277 | Youssef Delara | $3,380,861 | 4 | $845,215 |
| 5,278 | Harry Macqueen | $3,380,398 | 1 | $3,380,398 |
| 5,279 | Gergory Kershaw | $3,379,278 | 2 | $1,689,639 |
| 5,280 | Alexander Dydyna | $3,378,311 | 1 | $3,378,311 |
| 5,281 | Vivian Qu | $3,375,245 | 1 | $3,375,245 |
| 5,282 | Geraldine Nakache | $3,374,169 | 1 | $3,374,169 |
| 5,283 | Kenneth Kainz | $3,364,513 | 1 | $3,364,513 |
| 5,284 | Andac Haznedaroglu | $3,364,227 | 4 | $841,057 |
| 5,285 | Zhang Chong | $3,361,205 | 3 | $1,120,402 |
| 5,286 | Steven Hahn | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 5,287 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 5,288 | Rachel Ward | $3,355,117 | 2 | $1,677,559 |
| 5,289 | Gregg Araki | $3,354,318 | 7 | $479,188 |
| 5,290 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 5,291 | Tona Errando | $3,347,219 | 1 | $3,347,219 |
| 5,292 | Joachim Lafosse | $3,346,911 | 6 | $557,819 |
| 5,293 | Jan Ole Gerster | $3,344,841 | 3 | $1,114,947 |
| 5,294 | Tanguy de Kermel | $3,341,130 | 1 | $3,341,130 |
| 5,295 | Dongcheol Kim | $3,336,385 | 1 | $3,336,385 |
| 5,296 | John Putch | $3,336,053 | 7 | $476,579 |
| 5,297 | S. Shankar | $3,332,087 | 3 | $1,110,696 |
| 5,298 | Bruno Nuytten | $3,331,297 | 1 | $3,331,297 |
| 5,299 | RaMell Ross | $3,327,238 | 2 | $1,663,619 |
| 5,300 | Kenji Shibayama | $3,320,638 | 1 | $3,320,638 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.