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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Henry Selick | $296,088,104 | 5 | $59,217,621 |
| 602 | Marcus Nispel | $295,306,342 | 6 | $49,217,724 |
| 603 | Hoyt H. Yeatman | $292,817,841 | 1 | $292,817,841 |
| 604 | Luke Greenfield | $292,647,348 | 5 | $58,529,470 |
| 605 | David Twohy | $292,595,387 | 8 | $36,574,423 |
| 606 | Josh Trank | $292,290,601 | 3 | $97,430,200 |
| 607 | Cheang Pou-Soi | $291,628,574 | 3 | $97,209,525 |
| 608 | Carl Reiner | $291,264,710 | 11 | $26,478,610 |
| 609 | Aaron Seltzer | $291,264,066 | 8 | $36,408,008 |
| 610 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 611 | David Lean | $288,928,010 | 11 | $26,266,183 |
| 612 | Jesse Dylan | $288,196,929 | 3 | $96,065,643 |
| 613 | Benny Chan | $286,824,964 | 6 | $47,804,161 |
| 614 | James B. Rogers | $286,500,000 | 1 | $286,500,000 |
| 615 | Richard Benjamin | $286,390,191 | 12 | $23,865,849 |
| 616 | Theodore Melfi | $284,314,922 | 4 | $71,078,731 |
| 617 | Terence Young | $284,075,671 | 8 | $35,509,459 |
| 618 | Alejandro Monteverde | $283,663,212 | 3 | $94,554,404 |
| 619 | Soi Cheang | $282,929,944 | 5 | $56,585,989 |
| 620 | Chris Noonan | $281,991,257 | 2 | $140,995,629 |
| 621 | Rajkumar Hirani | $281,910,789 | 5 | $56,382,158 |
| 622 | Takehiko Inoue | $281,723,086 | 1 | $281,723,086 |
| 623 | Martin McDonagh | $281,065,906 | 4 | $70,266,477 |
| 624 | John R. Leonetti | $280,339,254 | 4 | $70,084,814 |
| 625 | Peter Cattaneo | $279,413,417 | 5 | $55,882,683 |
| 626 | Richard LaGravenese | $278,005,964 | 8 | $34,750,746 |
| 627 | Sofia Coppola | $278,005,668 | 8 | $34,750,709 |
| 628 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $277,508,408 | 6 | $46,251,401 |
| 629 | Sam Weisman | $277,277,494 | 5 | $55,455,499 |
| 630 | Nia DaCosta | $277,264,885 | 5 | $55,452,977 |
| 631 | Scott Hicks | $277,242,969 | 9 | $30,804,774 |
| 632 | Yuen Woo Ping | $276,653,124 | 6 | $46,108,854 |
| 633 | Leigh Whannell | $276,441,681 | 5 | $55,288,336 |
| 634 | James McTeigue | $276,214,518 | 5 | $55,242,904 |
| 635 | Roar Uthaug | $276,125,838 | 5 | $55,225,168 |
| 636 | Kobun Shizuno | $275,824,547 | 10 | $27,582,455 |
| 637 | Kim Hanmin | $275,146,780 | 4 | $68,786,695 |
| 638 | John Guillermin | $274,963,147 | 10 | $27,496,315 |
| 639 | Mo Dai | $274,509,272 | 2 | $137,254,636 |
| 640 | Michael B. Jordan | $274,448,615 | 2 | $137,224,308 |
| 641 | Cody Cameron | $274,392,649 | 1 | $274,392,649 |
| 642 | Kris Pearn | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 643 | Charles Martin Smith | $273,064,005 | 8 | $34,133,001 |
| 644 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $272,302,767 | 4 | $68,075,692 |
| 645 | Kevin Smith | $269,475,439 | 19 | $14,182,918 |
| 646 | Peter Howitt | $268,349,740 | 5 | $53,669,948 |
| 647 | Boaz Yakin | $268,277,374 | 10 | $26,827,737 |
| 648 | James Algar | $268,000,000 | 2 | $134,000,000 |
| 649 | William Brent Bell | $267,819,976 | 8 | $33,477,497 |
| 650 | Sang Yong Lee (이상용) | $267,509,819 | 3 | $89,169,940 |
| 651 | Oliver Parker | $267,398,373 | 10 | $26,739,837 |
| 652 | Felix Chong | $266,115,842 | 2 | $133,057,921 |
| 653 | Michael Sarnoski | $265,584,799 | 3 | $88,528,266 |
| 654 | Simon Kinberg | $265,259,693 | 2 | $132,629,847 |
| 655 | Mel Smith | $263,583,620 | 5 | $52,716,724 |
| 656 | Trish Sie | $263,540,796 | 5 | $52,708,159 |
| 657 | Sam Wrench | $263,530,254 | 6 | $43,921,709 |
| 658 | Steve Barron | $261,771,020 | 7 | $37,395,860 |
| 659 | Roberto Benigni | $261,637,240 | 4 | $65,409,310 |
| 660 | Jay Russell | $260,944,537 | 6 | $43,490,756 |
| 661 | Howard Zieff | $257,338,596 | 7 | $36,762,657 |
| 662 | Jing Zou | $257,201,572 | 1 | $257,201,572 |
| 663 | Junwei Xie (谢君伟) | $257,201,572 | 1 | $257,201,572 |
| 664 | Jeannot Szwarc | $256,649,551 | 7 | $36,664,222 |
| 665 | John Huston | $256,313,996 | 21 | $12,205,428 |
| 666 | Camille Delamarre | $256,050,676 | 4 | $64,012,669 |
| 667 | Peter Chan | $255,973,794 | 4 | $63,993,449 |
| 668 | Joe Pytka | $255,151,472 | 2 | $127,575,736 |
| 669 | Justin Kurzel | $255,014,447 | 7 | $36,430,635 |
| 670 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $253,137,347 | 9 | $28,126,372 |
| 671 | Hideaki Anno | $252,511,803 | 7 | $36,073,115 |
| 672 | Lee Daniels | $251,880,742 | 6 | $41,980,124 |
| 673 | Pierre Perifel | $250,901,649 | 2 | $125,450,825 |
| 674 | Aaron Blaise | $250,397,798 | 1 | $250,397,798 |
| 675 | Robert Walker | $250,397,798 | 1 | $250,397,798 |
| 676 | Iain Softley | $250,283,592 | 9 | $27,809,288 |
| 677 | Stefen Fangmeier | $249,488,115 | 1 | $249,488,115 |
| 678 | Eduardo Sanchez | $248,743,453 | 7 | $35,534,779 |
| 679 | Bora Dagtekin | $248,387,347 | 4 | $62,096,837 |
| 680 | Daniel Myrick | $248,302,552 | 4 | $62,075,638 |
| 681 | Anthony Leondis | $247,578,188 | 2 | $123,789,094 |
| 682 | Stuart Baird | $247,225,621 | 3 | $82,408,540 |
| 683 | Li Wei | $245,851,162 | 5 | $49,170,232 |
| 684 | Ron Underwood | $245,697,279 | 7 | $35,099,611 |
| 685 | Robert Benton | $245,098,156 | 9 | $27,233,128 |
| 686 | Ben Falcone | $245,089,802 | 5 | $49,017,960 |
| 687 | Dexter Fletcher | $244,917,692 | 5 | $48,983,538 |
| 688 | James Gray | $243,953,095 | 9 | $27,105,899 |
| 689 | Teng Cheng | $243,887,233 | 1 | $243,887,233 |
| 690 | Ronny Yu | $243,555,145 | 6 | $40,592,524 |
| 691 | Sheng Ding | $243,226,928 | 8 | $30,403,366 |
| 692 | Ric Roman Waugh | $242,958,480 | 10 | $24,295,848 |
| 693 | Yongchang Lin | $242,657,336 | 3 | $80,885,779 |
| 694 | Fawn Veerasunthorn | $240,438,115 | 1 | $240,438,115 |
| 695 | Cornell John | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 696 | David Cronenberg | $239,461,292 | 21 | $11,402,919 |
| 697 | Kieth Merrill | $239,000,000 | 2 | $119,500,000 |
| 698 | JiangJiang Liu | $238,913,515 | 2 | $119,456,758 |
| 699 | Tom Vaughan | $238,350,483 | 5 | $47,670,097 |
| 700 | Frank Miller | $238,184,948 | 3 | $79,394,983 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.