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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,601 | Benny Safdie | $54,246,784 | 5 | $10,849,357 |
| 1,602 | Oriol Paulo | $54,234,952 | 3 | $18,078,317 |
| 1,603 | Yunfei Wang | $54,215,457 | 8 | $6,776,932 |
| 1,604 | Luis Valdez | $54,215,416 | 1 | $54,215,416 |
| 1,605 | Brent McCorkle | $54,163,099 | 2 | $27,081,550 |
| 1,606 | Corey Yuen | $54,141,522 | 6 | $9,023,587 |
| 1,607 | Ciaran Foy | $54,117,602 | 3 | $18,039,201 |
| 1,608 | Yang Xiao | $54,057,576 | 2 | $27,028,788 |
| 1,609 | Rod Blackhurst | $54,053,062 | 5 | $10,810,612 |
| 1,610 | Bryce McGuire | $54,052,664 | 2 | $27,026,332 |
| 1,611 | Michael Dowse | $54,043,796 | 7 | $7,720,542 |
| 1,612 | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | $54,008,598 | 3 | $18,002,866 |
| 1,613 | Christopher Guest | $53,966,014 | 7 | $7,709,431 |
| 1,614 | Neal Israel | $53,952,082 | 4 | $13,488,021 |
| 1,615 | Rowdy Harrington | $53,848,651 | 3 | $17,949,550 |
| 1,616 | Peter Landesman | $53,786,409 | 4 | $13,446,602 |
| 1,617 | Simon Verhoeven | $53,643,323 | 4 | $13,410,831 |
| 1,618 | Daniel Stern | $53,579,269 | 2 | $26,789,635 |
| 1,619 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $53,418,129 | 1 | $53,418,129 |
| 1,620 | Aaron Sorkin | $53,412,897 | 3 | $17,804,299 |
| 1,621 | Juan Jesús García Galocha | $53,331,786 | 1 | $53,331,786 |
| 1,622 | Richard Tuggle | $53,199,316 | 2 | $26,599,658 |
| 1,623 | Christian E. Christiansen | $53,193,011 | 3 | $17,731,004 |
| 1,624 | César Rodrigues | $53,102,744 | 5 | $10,620,549 |
| 1,625 | Jon Gunn | $53,021,072 | 5 | $10,604,214 |
| 1,626 | Robert Mandel | $52,993,949 | 4 | $13,248,487 |
| 1,627 | Christian Alvart | $52,966,782 | 8 | $6,620,848 |
| 1,628 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | $52,843,246 | 4 | $13,210,812 |
| 1,629 | Edward Dmytryk | $52,829,547 | 5 | $10,565,909 |
| 1,630 | Shen Zhou | $52,814,570 | 2 | $26,407,285 |
| 1,631 | Lu Liu | $52,814,570 | 2 | $26,407,285 |
| 1,632 | Mingze Xia (夏铭泽) | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,633 | Kai Yan | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,634 | Stephan Elliott | $52,453,655 | 5 | $10,490,731 |
| 1,635 | Lee Seokhoon | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 1,636 | Anubhav Sinha | $52,428,735 | 8 | $6,553,592 |
| 1,637 | Hayato Kawai | $52,373,217 | 7 | $7,481,888 |
| 1,638 | Billy Bob Thornton | $52,310,103 | 4 | $13,077,526 |
| 1,639 | Mark Romanek | $52,223,306 | 1 | $52,223,306 |
| 1,640 | Checco Zalone | $52,186,424 | 1 | $52,186,424 |
| 1,641 | Tony Richardson | $52,151,343 | 7 | $7,450,192 |
| 1,642 | Sam Firstenberg | $52,115,063 | 6 | $8,685,844 |
| 1,643 | Toby Genkel | $52,094,710 | 5 | $10,418,942 |
| 1,644 | Kivanc Baruonu | $52,052,509 | 7 | $7,436,073 |
| 1,645 | Rupert Goold | $52,011,469 | 3 | $17,337,156 |
| 1,646 | Hongguang Lin | $51,955,230 | 1 | $51,955,230 |
| 1,647 | Josie Rourke | $51,782,826 | 3 | $17,260,942 |
| 1,648 | Nikhil Advani | $51,732,827 | 6 | $8,622,138 |
| 1,649 | Peter Rida Michail | $51,620,593 | 2 | $25,810,297 |
| 1,650 | Na Hong-jin | $51,521,990 | 2 | $25,760,995 |
| 1,651 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $51,417,512 | 5 | $10,283,502 |
| 1,652 | Louis Clichy | $51,379,470 | 1 | $51,379,470 |
| 1,653 | Xavier Beauvois | $51,357,381 | 5 | $10,271,476 |
| 1,654 | Jim McBride | $51,286,859 | 3 | $17,095,620 |
| 1,655 | Rusty Cundieff | $51,250,417 | 8 | $6,406,302 |
| 1,656 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov | $51,166,205 | 3 | $17,055,402 |
| 1,657 | Siddique | $51,163,629 | 4 | $12,790,907 |
| 1,658 | Derek Yee | $51,127,522 | 3 | $17,042,507 |
| 1,659 | Enrico Casarosa | $51,112,314 | 1 | $51,112,314 |
| 1,660 | Mark Williams | $51,062,519 | 3 | $17,020,840 |
| 1,661 | Ui-seok Jo | $51,007,693 | 1 | $51,007,693 |
| 1,662 | Selcuk Aydemir | $50,985,537 | 8 | $6,373,192 |
| 1,663 | Arkasha Stevenson | $50,760,266 | 1 | $50,760,266 |
| 1,664 | Albert Dupontel | $50,745,853 | 4 | $12,686,463 |
| 1,665 | Sean Phillips | $50,728,163 | 1 | $50,728,163 |
| 1,666 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,590,362 | 1 | $50,590,362 |
| 1,667 | Doug Ellin | $50,539,043 | 2 | $25,269,522 |
| 1,668 | Norman Tokar | $50,523,992 | 3 | $16,841,331 |
| 1,669 | Tom Bezucha | $50,459,776 | 2 | $25,229,888 |
| 1,670 | Elizabeth Allen | $50,448,574 | 3 | $16,816,191 |
| 1,671 | Terry Jones | $50,421,246 | 7 | $7,203,035 |
| 1,672 | Anthony Hemingway | $50,365,498 | 1 | $50,365,498 |
| 1,673 | Andrew Hyatt | $50,192,686 | 5 | $10,038,537 |
| 1,674 | Jacques Perrin | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 1,675 | Jacques Cluzaud | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 1,676 | Stuart Gordon | $50,132,855 | 10 | $5,013,286 |
| 1,677 | Diane English | $50,103,808 | 1 | $50,103,808 |
| 1,678 | Fred Cavaye | $50,093,120 | 7 | $7,156,160 |
| 1,679 | Matthew Robbins | $50,056,816 | 4 | $12,514,204 |
| 1,680 | Sean Durkin | $50,014,157 | 3 | $16,671,386 |
| 1,681 | Anthony Bell | $50,006,787 | 4 | $12,501,697 |
| 1,682 | Frank Capra | $50,001,095 | 12 | $4,166,758 |
| 1,683 | Hur Jin-ho | $49,774,019 | 3 | $16,591,340 |
| 1,684 | Kerry Conran | $49,730,854 | 1 | $49,730,854 |
| 1,685 | Nicolas Pesce | $49,700,387 | 4 | $12,425,097 |
| 1,686 | Asger Leth | $49,621,440 | 1 | $49,621,440 |
| 1,687 | George Scribner | $49,576,671 | 1 | $49,576,671 |
| 1,688 | Cheng He | $49,575,838 | 4 | $12,393,960 |
| 1,689 | Olatunde Osunsanmi | $49,514,554 | 2 | $24,757,277 |
| 1,690 | Billy Crystal | $49,456,132 | 3 | $16,485,377 |
| 1,691 | Anand Tucker | $49,403,820 | 5 | $9,880,764 |
| 1,692 | Guang Fu Yang | $49,272,573 | 3 | $16,424,191 |
| 1,693 | Sriram Raghavan | $49,259,090 | 3 | $16,419,697 |
| 1,694 | Roxann Dawson | $49,231,674 | 1 | $49,231,674 |
| 1,695 | Tina Gordon | $49,207,917 | 2 | $24,603,959 |
| 1,696 | John R. Lee | $49,196,532 | 1 | $49,196,532 |
| 1,697 | Alek Keshishian | $49,056,189 | 3 | $16,352,063 |
| 1,698 | Zhou Tuo Ru | $49,002,398 | 1 | $49,002,398 |
| 1,699 | Walt Dohrn | $48,866,407 | 1 | $48,866,407 |
| 1,700 | Kat Coiro | $48,805,898 | 4 | $12,201,475 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.