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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | Michael Haneke | $116,967,613 | 8 | $14,620,952 |
| 1,102 | Olivier Dahan | $116,511,306 | 3 | $38,837,102 |
| 1,103 | Jianyu Gan (甘剑宇) | $116,392,432 | 1 | $116,392,432 |
| 1,104 | Byeong-Hun Lee | $116,127,561 | 1 | $116,127,561 |
| 1,105 | Scott Beck | $116,127,443 | 4 | $29,031,861 |
| 1,106 | Bryan Woods | $116,127,443 | 4 | $29,031,861 |
| 1,107 | Jim Sharman | $115,619,948 | 2 | $57,809,974 |
| 1,108 | Daniel Alfredson | $115,468,300 | 7 | $16,495,471 |
| 1,109 | Mike Leigh | $115,452,231 | 14 | $8,246,588 |
| 1,110 | Park Chan-wook | $115,357,880 | 10 | $11,535,788 |
| 1,111 | Robert Aldrich | $115,335,330 | 15 | $7,689,022 |
| 1,112 | Dylan Brown | $115,103,325 | 1 | $115,103,325 |
| 1,113 | Alejandro Agresti | $114,875,369 | 4 | $28,718,842 |
| 1,114 | Kirk DeMicco | $114,603,736 | 3 | $38,201,245 |
| 1,115 | Seok-hoon Lee | $114,590,392 | 2 | $57,295,196 |
| 1,116 | Kimberly Peirce | $114,379,555 | 4 | $28,594,889 |
| 1,117 | Michael Philippou | $114,310,666 | 3 | $38,103,555 |
| 1,118 | Danny Philippou | $114,310,666 | 3 | $38,103,555 |
| 1,119 | J. Blakeson | $114,095,640 | 4 | $28,523,910 |
| 1,120 | Buck Henry | $113,998,912 | 2 | $56,999,456 |
| 1,121 | Mike Figgis | $113,846,548 | 14 | $8,131,896 |
| 1,122 | Michael Pressman | $113,658,710 | 7 | $16,236,959 |
| 1,123 | Luo Luo | $113,139,766 | 4 | $28,284,942 |
| 1,124 | Olivia Wilde | $112,557,544 | 3 | $37,519,181 |
| 1,125 | Thomas Carter | $112,436,505 | 4 | $28,109,126 |
| 1,126 | Julius Avery | $112,347,659 | 4 | $28,086,915 |
| 1,127 | Anton Corbijn | $112,276,317 | 7 | $16,039,474 |
| 1,128 | Bernardo Bertolucci | $112,246,946 | 10 | $11,224,695 |
| 1,129 | Anthony Stacchi | $111,898,741 | 2 | $55,949,371 |
| 1,130 | Graham Annable | $111,898,741 | 1 | $111,898,741 |
| 1,131 | Kevin Kolsch | $111,871,070 | 4 | $27,967,768 |
| 1,132 | Dennis Widmyer | $111,819,678 | 3 | $37,273,226 |
| 1,133 | James Bridges | $111,663,383 | 5 | $22,332,677 |
| 1,134 | Mark Pellington | $111,639,871 | 10 | $11,163,987 |
| 1,135 | Michael Cimino | $111,433,512 | 8 | $13,929,189 |
| 1,136 | Dennie Gordon | $111,331,053 | 4 | $27,832,763 |
| 1,137 | Christopher Cain | $111,001,633 | 8 | $13,875,204 |
| 1,138 | Katsuya Shigehara | $110,733,926 | 1 | $110,733,926 |
| 1,139 | Lone Scherfig | $110,165,826 | 7 | $15,737,975 |
| 1,140 | Robin Budd | $109,862,682 | 1 | $109,862,682 |
| 1,141 | Donovan Cook | $109,862,682 | 1 | $109,862,682 |
| 1,142 | Cory Edwards | $109,843,390 | 1 | $109,843,390 |
| 1,143 | Mark Mylod | $109,791,985 | 2 | $54,895,993 |
| 1,144 | John Hillcoat | $109,544,211 | 4 | $27,386,053 |
| 1,145 | Susumu Mitsunaka | $109,202,116 | 2 | $54,601,058 |
| 1,146 | Andrew Douglas | $109,175,673 | 2 | $54,587,837 |
| 1,147 | Oxide Pang Chun | $109,120,819 | 7 | $15,588,688 |
| 1,148 | Alister Grierson | $109,065,040 | 3 | $36,355,013 |
| 1,149 | Jorge Blanco | $108,996,113 | 1 | $108,996,113 |
| 1,150 | Sergey Bodrov | $108,874,967 | 1 | $108,874,967 |
| 1,151 | Joon-ik Lee | $108,869,130 | 4 | $27,217,283 |
| 1,152 | Christophe Barratier | $108,788,950 | 8 | $13,598,619 |
| 1,153 | Yûichirô Hirakawa | $108,787,823 | 6 | $18,131,304 |
| 1,154 | Vincent Kesteloot | $108,711,827 | 3 | $36,237,276 |
| 1,155 | Alan Metter | $108,525,676 | 5 | $21,705,135 |
| 1,156 | Justin Chadwick | $108,516,103 | 4 | $27,129,026 |
| 1,157 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $108,495,412 | 3 | $36,165,137 |
| 1,158 | Christophe Gans | $108,333,003 | 4 | $27,083,251 |
| 1,159 | Dan Trachtenberg | $108,286,422 | 4 | $27,071,606 |
| 1,160 | Wim Wenders | $107,857,590 | 25 | $4,314,304 |
| 1,161 | Paul Schrader | $107,777,831 | 22 | $4,898,992 |
| 1,162 | Rina Wu (乌日娜) | $107,677,081 | 2 | $53,838,541 |
| 1,163 | Kang Je-Kyu | $107,537,881 | 5 | $21,507,576 |
| 1,164 | Danny Pang | $107,480,445 | 11 | $9,770,950 |
| 1,165 | Carroll Ballard | $107,457,298 | 4 | $26,864,325 |
| 1,166 | Lina Yang (杨荔钠) | $107,311,384 | 2 | $53,655,692 |
| 1,167 | Sam Peckinpah | $106,892,933 | 13 | $8,222,533 |
| 1,168 | Jang Hun | $106,673,173 | 2 | $53,336,587 |
| 1,169 | Lorna Cook | $106,515,310 | 1 | $106,515,310 |
| 1,170 | Susanna White | $106,445,340 | 4 | $26,611,335 |
| 1,171 | Stuart Rosenberg | $106,254,906 | 6 | $17,709,151 |
| 1,172 | Don Siegel | $106,210,471 | 16 | $6,638,154 |
| 1,173 | Charles Stone III | $106,106,451 | 7 | $15,158,064 |
| 1,174 | Jeong-beom Lee | $105,811,732 | 4 | $26,452,933 |
| 1,175 | Jean-Francois Richet | $105,799,245 | 8 | $13,224,906 |
| 1,176 | Paul Michael Glaser | $105,782,594 | 5 | $21,156,519 |
| 1,177 | Patrice Leconte | $105,729,745 | 9 | $11,747,749 |
| 1,178 | Konstantin Feoktistov | $105,570,805 | 12 | $8,797,567 |
| 1,179 | Wai Ka-Fai | $105,516,025 | 2 | $52,758,013 |
| 1,180 | Kevin Donovan | $105,511,158 | 2 | $52,755,579 |
| 1,181 | John Ford | $105,435,082 | 27 | $3,905,003 |
| 1,182 | Bruce Hendricks | $105,338,105 | 3 | $35,112,702 |
| 1,183 | Kim Ji-hoon | $105,319,580 | 4 | $26,329,895 |
| 1,184 | Samantha Jayne | $104,581,770 | 1 | $104,581,770 |
| 1,185 | Arturo Perez | $104,581,770 | 1 | $104,581,770 |
| 1,186 | David E. Talbert | $104,189,940 | 5 | $20,837,988 |
| 1,187 | Joshua Logan | $104,099,280 | 5 | $20,819,856 |
| 1,188 | Haiqiang Ning | $103,767,032 | 6 | $17,294,505 |
| 1,189 | Trey Parker | $103,613,701 | 6 | $17,268,950 |
| 1,190 | John Carney | $103,482,511 | 6 | $17,247,085 |
| 1,191 | Ben Younger | $103,472,110 | 4 | $25,868,028 |
| 1,192 | Richard Lester | $103,399,750 | 8 | $12,924,969 |
| 1,193 | Jonathan Entwistle | $103,347,391 | 2 | $51,673,696 |
| 1,194 | Stiles White | $103,300,632 | 1 | $103,300,632 |
| 1,195 | Franklin J. Schaffner | $103,298,410 | 8 | $12,912,301 |
| 1,196 | Paul Demeyer | $103,284,813 | 1 | $103,284,813 |
| 1,197 | Stig Bergqvist | $103,284,813 | 1 | $103,284,813 |
| 1,198 | Edward Berger | $103,146,029 | 6 | $17,191,005 |
| 1,199 | Amar Kaushik | $103,139,559 | 4 | $25,784,890 |
| 1,200 | Wally Pfister | $103,039,258 | 1 | $103,039,258 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.