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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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
2,001 Tetsuo Yajima $35,927,170 2 $17,963,585
2,002 Ryo Tanaka $35,762,324 2 $17,881,162
2,003 Willard Huyck $35,561,076 2 $17,780,538
2,004 Nicole Holofcener $35,550,663 4 $8,887,666
2,005 Laurent Cantet $35,417,660 5 $7,083,532
2,006 Bill Paxton $35,415,546 2 $17,707,773
2,007 Ashutosh Gowariker $35,408,053 4 $8,852,013
2,008 Luis Prieto $35,371,013 4 $8,842,753
2,009 Jie Han $35,327,718 1 $35,327,718
2,010 Ahn Sang-hoon $35,203,902 3 $11,734,634
2,011 Holger Tappe $35,187,080 3 $11,729,027
2,012 Des McAnuff $35,129,610 4 $8,782,403
2,013 Henry King $35,084,934 7 $5,012,133
2,014 Armando Iannucci $35,062,218 2 $17,531,109
2,015 Xu Jizhou $35,045,171 1 $35,045,171
2,016 Shree Narayan Singh $34,871,893 2 $17,435,947
2,017 Mike Hodges $34,797,126 7 $4,971,018
2,018 Joe Cornish $34,756,166 3 $11,585,389
2,019 Giddens Ko $34,660,432 4 $8,665,108
2,020 Atom Egoyan $34,630,171 13 $2,663,859
2,021 Bruce Hendricks $34,626,006 2 $17,313,003
2,022 Oleg Trofim $34,618,375 3 $11,539,458
2,023 Wei Xu (徐伟) $34,558,615 4 $8,639,654
2,024 Shin-Yeon Won $34,518,596 1 $34,518,596
2,025 Arthur Benzaquen $34,510,866 1 $34,510,866
2,026 Elia Kazan $34,466,599 13 $2,651,277
2,027 Gilles Paquet-Brenner $34,452,023 3 $11,484,008
2,028 Norihiro Koizumi $34,440,523 3 $11,480,174
2,029 Peng Sanyuan $34,432,439 1 $34,432,439
2,030 Yoshihiro Osugi $34,395,038 1 $34,395,038
2,031 Chi-Leung Law $34,382,995 4 $8,595,749
2,032 Bud Yorkin $34,362,438 5 $6,872,488
2,033 Dev Patel $34,350,830 1 $34,350,830
2,034 James Signorelli $34,309,766 2 $17,154,883
2,035 Takahiko Kyogoku $34,232,419 2 $17,116,210
2,036 Michael Lockshin $34,161,384 3 $11,387,128
2,037 Jin Mo-young $34,100,278 1 $34,100,278
2,038 Loren Bouchard $34,074,480 1 $34,074,480
2,039 Brian Pimental $34,000,000 1 $34,000,000
2,040 Ahmed Khan $33,999,739 4 $8,499,935
2,041 George Butler $33,982,857 5 $6,796,571
2,042 Bille August $33,974,036 15 $2,264,936
2,043 Stephen St. Leger $33,943,049 1 $33,943,049
2,044 James Mather $33,943,049 1 $33,943,049
2,045 Craig R. Baxley $33,933,593 3 $11,311,198
2,046 Gosho Aoyama $33,852,685 1 $33,852,685
2,047 Tarek Boudali $33,825,242 3 $11,275,081
2,048 Fatih Akin $33,810,799 8 $4,226,350
2,049 Xiaolie Wang (王小列) $33,786,675 1 $33,786,675
2,050 Mick Garris $33,735,705 6 $5,622,618
2,051 Guohui Chen (陈国辉) $33,712,454 2 $16,856,227
2,052 Annabel Jankel $33,702,555 3 $11,234,185
2,053 Jessica M. Thompson $33,689,288 2 $16,844,644
2,054 Marius Balchunas $33,680,418 7 $4,811,488
2,055 Arlene Sanford $33,657,542 2 $16,828,771
2,056 David Schwimmer $33,632,276 2 $16,816,138
2,057 Sean McCormack $33,611,228 2 $16,805,614
2,058 Russell Crowe $33,575,364 2 $16,787,682
2,059 Matthjs Van Heijnngen $33,570,841 2 $16,785,421
2,060 Zhang Yang $33,566,001 6 $5,594,334
2,061 Robert Connolly $33,560,694 5 $6,712,139
2,062 Rocky Morton $33,551,385 2 $16,775,693
2,063 Marcus Raboy $33,535,904 4 $8,383,976
2,064 Clive Donner $33,482,035 5 $6,696,407
2,065 Antony Hoffman $33,463,969 1 $33,463,969
2,066 Kinka Usher $33,462,011 1 $33,462,011
2,067 Sara Sugarman $33,271,195 4 $8,317,799
2,068 Nicolas Benamou $33,249,769 3 $11,083,256
2,069 Guo Dalei $33,237,036 5 $6,647,407
2,070 Menahem Golan $33,202,975 5 $6,640,595
2,071 David Yarovesky $33,183,640 2 $16,591,820
2,072 Pablo Trapero $33,165,501 6 $5,527,584
2,073 Matthieu Delaporte $33,027,077 4 $8,256,769
2,074 Kai-Kwong Mak (麦启光) $32,972,054 1 $32,972,054
2,075 Joby Harold $32,968,648 1 $32,968,648
2,076 Susan Stroman $32,952,995 1 $32,952,995
2,077 James Hawes $32,900,018 2 $16,450,009
2,078 Liesl Tommy $32,878,589 1 $32,878,589
2,079 Bruce Robinson $32,826,224 3 $10,942,075
2,080 Franklin J. Schaffner $32,798,410 6 $5,466,402
2,081 Mikael Salomon $32,761,319 5 $6,552,264
2,082 Matthew Robinson $32,714,818 1 $32,714,818
2,083 Dan Cutforth $32,700,439 2 $16,350,220
2,084 Jane Lipsitz $32,700,439 2 $16,350,220
2,085 Lee Jung-jae $32,687,164 1 $32,687,164
2,086 Shakun Batra $32,673,927 2 $16,336,964
2,087 Indra Kumar $32,656,270 6 $5,442,712
2,088 Yong-seok Choi $32,600,000 1 $32,600,000
2,089 Woogie Kim $32,600,000 1 $32,600,000
2,090 Xavier Dolan $32,562,963 8 $4,070,370
2,091 Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste $32,547,544 4 $8,136,886
2,092 Will Koopman $32,498,950 5 $6,499,790
2,093 Chie Jen-Hao $32,449,600 1 $32,449,600
2,094 David M. Evans $32,447,340 4 $8,111,835
2,095 Naoko Yamada $32,422,763 3 $10,807,588
2,096 Mike Disa $32,392,166 6 $5,398,694
2,097 Robert Greenwald $32,273,154 7 $4,610,451
2,098 Damian Harris $32,262,005 3 $10,754,002
2,099 David Wang $32,227,828 1 $32,227,828
2,100 Damien Wayans $32,224,624 1 $32,224,624

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.