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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,201 | David Seltzer | $29,232,000 | 2 | $14,616,000 |
| 2,202 | Nelson McCormick | $29,227,561 | 2 | $14,613,781 |
| 2,203 | Philippe Falardeau | $29,209,484 | 5 | $5,841,897 |
| 2,204 | Johan Nijenhuis | $29,182,651 | 11 | $2,652,968 |
| 2,205 | Emile Gaudreault | $29,137,423 | 6 | $4,856,237 |
| 2,206 | Eric Karson | $29,120,810 | 5 | $5,824,162 |
| 2,207 | Bharat Nalluri | $29,060,367 | 5 | $5,812,073 |
| 2,208 | Dong-Hyuk Hwang | $29,056,658 | 3 | $9,685,553 |
| 2,209 | Ed Decter | $28,972,187 | 1 | $28,972,187 |
| 2,210 | Phillip Borsos | $28,959,748 | 4 | $7,239,937 |
| 2,211 | Zhuo Chen (陈卓) | $28,943,495 | 3 | $9,647,832 |
| 2,212 | Irie Yu | $28,933,823 | 3 | $9,644,608 |
| 2,213 | Marc Rothemund | $28,903,662 | 5 | $5,780,732 |
| 2,214 | Hatsuki Tsuji | $28,715,003 | 1 | $28,715,003 |
| 2,215 | Steven Knight | $28,690,667 | 3 | $9,563,556 |
| 2,216 | Lewis John Carlino | $28,667,789 | 3 | $9,555,930 |
| 2,217 | Rob Schmidt | $28,649,556 | 1 | $28,649,556 |
| 2,218 | Mark DiSalle | $28,595,042 | 2 | $14,297,521 |
| 2,219 | Haolin Song | $28,537,037 | 2 | $14,268,519 |
| 2,220 | Damian Szifron | $28,534,128 | 2 | $14,267,064 |
| 2,221 | Brian Gilbert | $28,453,173 | 2 | $14,226,587 |
| 2,222 | Ken Finkleman | $28,403,301 | 2 | $14,201,651 |
| 2,223 | Homi Adajania | $28,400,084 | 4 | $7,100,021 |
| 2,224 | Ti West | $28,395,843 | 10 | $2,839,584 |
| 2,225 | Nicholas McCarthy | $28,300,507 | 5 | $5,660,101 |
| 2,226 | Edward Burns | $28,280,480 | 11 | $2,570,953 |
| 2,227 | Won-Tae Lee | $28,251,283 | 2 | $14,125,642 |
| 2,228 | Jo Beom-gu | $28,211,214 | 1 | $28,211,214 |
| 2,229 | Jean Duval | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 2,230 | Frank Passingham | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 2,231 | Dave Borthwick | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 2,232 | Wen Zhang | $27,990,609 | 2 | $13,995,305 |
| 2,233 | Norman Taurog | $27,990,453 | 16 | $1,749,403 |
| 2,234 | Gene Quintano | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 2,235 | Carlos Therón | $27,953,266 | 4 | $6,988,317 |
| 2,236 | Tôya Satô | $27,910,292 | 2 | $13,955,146 |
| 2,237 | Jack Ng | $27,874,822 | 1 | $27,874,822 |
| 2,238 | Sarah Polley | $27,870,399 | 4 | $6,967,600 |
| 2,239 | Robert Townsend | $27,868,133 | 8 | $3,483,517 |
| 2,240 | Prabhu Deva | $27,866,931 | 3 | $9,288,977 |
| 2,241 | Sergio Castellitto | $27,847,472 | 5 | $5,569,494 |
| 2,242 | James L. Conway | $27,800,000 | 3 | $9,266,667 |
| 2,243 | Nick Moore | $27,754,906 | 3 | $9,251,635 |
| 2,244 | Kirill Kuzin | $27,754,492 | 3 | $9,251,497 |
| 2,245 | Keith Melton | $27,751,781 | 1 | $27,751,781 |
| 2,246 | Meiert Avis | $27,735,792 | 1 | $27,735,792 |
| 2,247 | Do-young Kim | $27,728,277 | 1 | $27,728,277 |
| 2,248 | Hiroshi Nishitani | $27,727,642 | 2 | $13,863,821 |
| 2,249 | David Clark | $27,714,485 | 2 | $13,857,243 |
| 2,250 | Amma Asante | $27,707,425 | 4 | $6,926,856 |
| 2,251 | Steve Kloves | $27,610,295 | 2 | $13,805,148 |
| 2,252 | Roberto Santucci | $27,553,730 | 6 | $4,592,288 |
| 2,253 | Robert Shaye | $27,519,694 | 2 | $13,759,847 |
| 2,254 | Tingting Yao | $27,490,000 | 2 | $13,745,000 |
| 2,255 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $27,484,464 | 1 | $27,484,464 |
| 2,256 | Daniel Monzon | $27,400,256 | 3 | $9,133,419 |
| 2,257 | Don Scardino | $27,392,609 | 3 | $9,130,870 |
| 2,258 | Lionel Steketee | $27,384,020 | 3 | $9,128,007 |
| 2,259 | Jody Hill | $27,383,184 | 3 | $9,127,728 |
| 2,260 | Autumn de Wilde | $27,365,788 | 2 | $13,682,894 |
| 2,261 | Julian Jarrold | $27,362,283 | 4 | $6,840,571 |
| 2,262 | Gilbert Cates | $27,339,821 | 3 | $9,113,274 |
| 2,263 | Celine Song | $27,311,264 | 1 | $27,311,264 |
| 2,264 | Sylvain Chomet | $27,308,342 | 6 | $4,551,390 |
| 2,265 | Cary Solomon | $27,228,840 | 2 | $13,614,420 |
| 2,266 | Chuck Konzelman | $27,228,840 | 2 | $13,614,420 |
| 2,267 | John Roberts | $27,210,722 | 3 | $9,070,241 |
| 2,268 | Prakash Jha | $27,200,937 | 5 | $5,440,187 |
| 2,269 | Gonzolo Lopez-Gallego | $27,186,988 | 2 | $13,593,494 |
| 2,270 | Gary Wang | $27,158,021 | 3 | $9,052,674 |
| 2,271 | Bruce Hunt | $27,147,991 | 1 | $27,147,991 |
| 2,272 | Sergei Bodrov | $27,147,349 | 1 | $27,147,349 |
| 2,273 | David Dhawan | $27,093,318 | 3 | $9,031,106 |
| 2,274 | Al Giddings | $27,089,842 | 1 | $27,089,842 |
| 2,275 | Che-Kirk Wong | $27,073,371 | 1 | $27,073,371 |
| 2,276 | Lesli Linka Glatter | $27,067,247 | 1 | $27,067,247 |
| 2,277 | Susanne Bier | $27,051,071 | 7 | $3,864,439 |
| 2,278 | Michael Miller | $27,041,518 | 2 | $13,520,759 |
| 2,279 | Robert Aldrich | $27,026,952 | 12 | $2,252,246 |
| 2,280 | Hitoshi Ohne | $27,022,313 | 4 | $6,755,578 |
| 2,281 | Milan Luthria | $27,015,236 | 6 | $4,502,539 |
| 2,282 | Michael Bully Herbig | $26,975,510 | 4 | $6,743,878 |
| 2,283 | Mike Mills | $26,967,566 | 3 | $8,989,189 |
| 2,284 | Rick Friedberg | $26,936,265 | 1 | $26,936,265 |
| 2,285 | Paul Hunter | $26,922,492 | 1 | $26,922,492 |
| 2,286 | Steven Lisberger | $26,919,100 | 2 | $13,459,550 |
| 2,287 | Richard Shepard | $26,887,848 | 4 | $6,721,962 |
| 2,288 | Dave Meyers | $26,882,554 | 3 | $8,960,851 |
| 2,289 | Vincent Paronnaud | $26,830,476 | 4 | $6,707,619 |
| 2,290 | Andy Lau | $26,822,441 | 1 | $26,822,441 |
| 2,291 | Michael Davis | $26,796,824 | 1 | $26,796,824 |
| 2,292 | Zhou Sun | $26,774,338 | 4 | $6,693,585 |
| 2,293 | Shin'ichirô Ueda | $26,726,715 | 3 | $8,908,905 |
| 2,294 | Luv Ranjan | $26,725,471 | 4 | $6,681,368 |
| 2,295 | Fraser Clarke Heston | $26,695,272 | 2 | $13,347,636 |
| 2,296 | Tae Jin Ahn (안태진) | $26,668,156 | 1 | $26,668,156 |
| 2,297 | Shashank Khaitan | $26,642,189 | 3 | $8,880,730 |
| 2,298 | Howard Franklin | $26,623,974 | 3 | $8,874,658 |
| 2,299 | Anthony Waller | $26,570,463 | 1 | $26,570,463 |
| 2,300 | Kan Eguchi | $26,510,458 | 3 | $8,836,819 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.