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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Chuan Lu | $148,947,843 | 4 | $37,236,961 |
| 902 | Lee Cronin | $148,892,240 | 2 | $74,446,120 |
| 903 | Karan Johar | $148,800,631 | 7 | $21,257,233 |
| 904 | Francois Ozon | $147,560,051 | 16 | $9,222,503 |
| 905 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | $147,087,299 | 5 | $29,417,460 |
| 906 | Laurent Tirard | $146,231,545 | 7 | $20,890,221 |
| 907 | Angela Robinson | $146,115,900 | 3 | $48,705,300 |
| 908 | Andrew Fleming | $145,930,506 | 9 | $16,214,501 |
| 909 | Liuxun Zimo | $145,775,168 | 1 | $145,775,168 |
| 910 | Robert Stevenson | $145,549,480 | 5 | $29,109,896 |
| 911 | James Marsh | $145,124,594 | 10 | $14,512,459 |
| 912 | Xie Dikui | $144,830,000 | 2 | $72,415,000 |
| 913 | Baoping Cao | $144,787,578 | 4 | $36,196,895 |
| 914 | Terence Young | $142,875,671 | 7 | $20,410,810 |
| 915 | Fernando Meirelles | $142,833,632 | 6 | $23,805,605 |
| 916 | Jack Lee Thompson | $142,267,418 | 14 | $10,161,958 |
| 917 | Stephen Hillenburg | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 918 | Neil Marshall | $141,593,726 | 9 | $15,732,636 |
| 919 | Danny Cannon | $141,098,785 | 2 | $70,549,393 |
| 920 | Igor Kovalyov | $140,894,685 | 1 | $140,894,685 |
| 921 | Martin Ritt | $140,619,472 | 12 | $11,718,289 |
| 922 | Jodie Foster | $140,575,153 | 4 | $35,143,788 |
| 923 | Steve Trenbirth | $139,924,202 | 1 | $139,924,202 |
| 924 | Gurinder Chadha | $139,798,379 | 9 | $15,533,153 |
| 925 | Tommy Chong | $139,663,872 | 6 | $23,277,312 |
| 926 | Seth Rogen | $138,881,749 | 2 | $69,440,875 |
| 927 | Evan Goldberg | $138,881,749 | 2 | $69,440,875 |
| 928 | Ari Aster | $138,877,866 | 3 | $46,292,622 |
| 929 | Peter Webber | $138,747,517 | 6 | $23,124,586 |
| 930 | Todd Michael Amateau | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 931 | Gabor Csupo | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 932 | Lok Man Leung | $137,878,915 | 2 | $68,939,458 |
| 933 | Martha Coolidge | $137,858,294 | 13 | $10,604,484 |
| 934 | James Watkins | $137,787,872 | 3 | $45,929,291 |
| 935 | Leste Chen | $137,499,618 | 4 | $34,374,905 |
| 936 | Alec Su | $137,173,153 | 2 | $68,586,577 |
| 937 | George Nolfi | $137,141,815 | 3 | $45,713,938 |
| 938 | Peter Hedges | $137,106,408 | 5 | $27,421,282 |
| 939 | Gerard McMurray | $137,054,597 | 2 | $68,527,299 |
| 940 | Steve Beck | $136,817,844 | 2 | $68,408,922 |
| 941 | Sidney Poitier | $136,784,703 | 5 | $27,356,941 |
| 942 | Ruoxin Yin | $136,775,504 | 2 | $68,387,752 |
| 943 | Mark Neveldine | $136,693,570 | 6 | $22,782,262 |
| 944 | Arun Kumar | $136,676,304 | 2 | $68,338,152 |
| 945 | Olivia Newman | $136,539,552 | 1 | $136,539,552 |
| 946 | Danny Leiner | $136,007,966 | 3 | $45,335,989 |
| 947 | Walter Salles | $136,006,502 | 8 | $17,000,813 |
| 948 | Luc Jacquet | $135,662,792 | 5 | $27,132,558 |
| 949 | Bill Holderman | $135,075,260 | 2 | $67,537,630 |
| 950 | John Milius | $134,846,657 | 7 | $19,263,808 |
| 951 | Advait Chandan | $134,266,251 | 2 | $67,133,126 |
| 952 | Bo Welch | $133,818,283 | 1 | $133,818,283 |
| 953 | Bob Rafelson | $133,732,502 | 8 | $16,716,563 |
| 954 | Nikolaj Arcel | $133,581,760 | 3 | $44,527,253 |
| 955 | Chris Butler | $133,512,898 | 2 | $66,756,449 |
| 956 | Peter Lepeniotis | $133,454,417 | 4 | $33,363,604 |
| 957 | Dan Mazer | $133,406,980 | 4 | $33,351,745 |
| 958 | Dan Scanlan | $133,357,601 | 1 | $133,357,601 |
| 959 | Nima Nourizadeh | $133,323,216 | 2 | $66,661,608 |
| 960 | Chang Yuan | $132,213,520 | 1 | $132,213,520 |
| 961 | Luan Zhang | $132,207,786 | 2 | $66,103,893 |
| 962 | Julie Anne Robinson | $132,056,648 | 2 | $66,028,324 |
| 963 | David S. Ward | $131,823,724 | 5 | $26,364,745 |
| 964 | Sang-ho Yeon | $131,744,138 | 4 | $32,936,035 |
| 965 | Larry Yang | $131,371,503 | 3 | $43,790,501 |
| 966 | Kasi Lemmons | $131,366,791 | 7 | $18,766,684 |
| 967 | Fedor Bondarchuk | $131,051,352 | 5 | $26,210,270 |
| 968 | Patricia Riggen | $129,913,081 | 4 | $32,478,270 |
| 969 | Seong-hoon Kim | $128,927,558 | 3 | $42,975,853 |
| 970 | Jack Smight | $128,922,763 | 9 | $14,324,751 |
| 971 | Colin Strause | $128,884,494 | 1 | $128,884,494 |
| 972 | Greg Strause | $128,884,494 | 1 | $128,884,494 |
| 973 | John Stockwell | $128,826,273 | 12 | $10,735,523 |
| 974 | Angel Manuel Soto | $128,777,017 | 3 | $42,925,672 |
| 975 | Steve Rash | $128,719,644 | 7 | $18,388,521 |
| 976 | Bille Woodruff | $128,679,405 | 6 | $21,446,568 |
| 977 | Robert Eggers | $128,114,648 | 4 | $32,028,662 |
| 978 | David Breashears | $128,053,530 | 2 | $64,026,765 |
| 979 | Stephen Judson | $127,990,128 | 1 | $127,990,128 |
| 980 | Jonathan Dayton | $127,863,236 | 3 | $42,621,079 |
| 981 | Valerie Faris | $127,863,236 | 3 | $42,621,079 |
| 982 | André Øvredal | $127,850,073 | 6 | $21,308,346 |
| 983 | Tianyu Zhao | $127,515,832 | 3 | $42,505,277 |
| 984 | Ronald Neame | $126,700,030 | 9 | $14,077,781 |
| 985 | Stanley Kramer | $126,700,000 | 9 | $14,077,778 |
| 986 | Zach Braff | $126,533,847 | 4 | $31,633,462 |
| 987 | Lewis Teague | $126,272,652 | 6 | $21,045,442 |
| 988 | Miao Yue | $125,671,540 | 6 | $20,945,257 |
| 989 | Hugh Hudson | $125,438,110 | 7 | $17,919,730 |
| 990 | Alexander Witt | $125,168,734 | 1 | $125,168,734 |
| 991 | Luis Mandoki | $124,678,301 | 7 | $17,811,186 |
| 992 | Tomas Alfredson | $124,596,462 | 3 | $41,532,154 |
| 993 | Denzel Washington | $124,594,445 | 4 | $31,148,611 |
| 994 | Guillaume Canet | $124,567,578 | 6 | $20,761,263 |
| 995 | Bill Duke | $124,284,878 | 8 | $15,535,610 |
| 996 | Neil Nightingale | $123,705,128 | 2 | $61,852,564 |
| 997 | Greg Jacobs | $123,580,421 | 2 | $61,790,211 |
| 998 | Barry Cook | $123,368,842 | 1 | $123,368,842 |
| 999 | David Lynch | $123,295,381 | 10 | $12,329,538 |
| 1,000 | Kazuaki Imai | $122,940,209 | 3 | $40,980,070 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.