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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Mark Levin | $102,326,652 | 2 | $51,163,326 |
| 1,202 | Brad Anderson | $102,229,470 | 15 | $6,815,298 |
| 1,203 | Enrique Gato | $102,168,765 | 3 | $34,056,255 |
| 1,204 | William Dear | $101,875,253 | 6 | $16,979,209 |
| 1,205 | Drew Goddard | $101,862,076 | 2 | $50,931,038 |
| 1,206 | Jennifer Flackett | $101,857,425 | 1 | $101,857,425 |
| 1,207 | Mark Burton | $101,850,986 | 1 | $101,850,986 |
| 1,208 | Richard Starzak | $101,850,986 | 1 | $101,850,986 |
| 1,209 | King Vidor | $101,825,579 | 12 | $8,485,465 |
| 1,210 | Wai Man Yip | $101,381,397 | 5 | $20,276,279 |
| 1,211 | Mervyn LeRoy | $100,970,505 | 13 | $7,766,962 |
| 1,212 | Yuen Fai Ng | $100,730,000 | 1 | $100,730,000 |
| 1,213 | George Seaton | $100,489,150 | 6 | $16,748,192 |
| 1,214 | Eugenio Derbez | $100,486,616 | 1 | $100,486,616 |
| 1,215 | SJ Clarkson | $100,467,785 | 2 | $50,233,893 |
| 1,216 | Gil Junger | $100,227,324 | 7 | $14,318,189 |
| 1,217 | Takashi Miike | $100,139,940 | 27 | $3,708,887 |
| 1,218 | Takahisa Zeze | $100,086,770 | 10 | $10,008,677 |
| 1,219 | Zhao Wei | $100,030,000 | 1 | $100,030,000 |
| 1,220 | Henry Hathaway | $99,993,233 | 14 | $7,142,374 |
| 1,221 | Pat O’Connor | $99,771,746 | 7 | $14,253,107 |
| 1,222 | J.C. Chandor | $99,701,191 | 6 | $16,616,865 |
| 1,223 | Chang-min Choo | $99,562,764 | 3 | $33,187,588 |
| 1,224 | Steven E. de Souza | $99,423,000 | 1 | $99,423,000 |
| 1,225 | Park Hoon-jung | $99,366,989 | 9 | $11,040,777 |
| 1,226 | Roland Joffe | $99,250,644 | 13 | $7,634,665 |
| 1,227 | Steve Williams | $99,010,667 | 1 | $99,010,667 |
| 1,228 | Jerry Paris | $98,916,205 | 2 | $49,458,103 |
| 1,229 | Callie Khouri | $98,870,825 | 3 | $32,956,942 |
| 1,230 | Takashi Shimizu | $98,768,496 | 10 | $9,876,850 |
| 1,231 | Madeline Sharafian | $98,705,914 | 2 | $49,352,957 |
| 1,232 | Adrian Molina | $98,705,914 | 1 | $98,705,914 |
| 1,233 | David Kellogg | $98,419,385 | 2 | $49,209,693 |
| 1,234 | Kenji Nagasaki | $98,381,259 | 3 | $32,793,753 |
| 1,235 | Kevin Tancharoen | $97,690,017 | 2 | $48,845,009 |
| 1,236 | Jorge R. Gutierrez | $97,651,543 | 1 | $97,651,543 |
| 1,237 | Seong Su Kim (김성수) | $97,612,764 | 3 | $32,537,588 |
| 1,238 | Chen Xiaoming | $97,581,881 | 2 | $48,790,941 |
| 1,239 | Craig Brewer | $97,532,770 | 7 | $13,933,253 |
| 1,240 | Michael Curtiz | $97,524,619 | 30 | $3,250,821 |
| 1,241 | Harold Cronk | $97,522,921 | 7 | $13,931,846 |
| 1,242 | Pan Zhang (章攀) | $97,421,680 | 1 | $97,421,680 |
| 1,243 | Chris Addison | $97,389,568 | 2 | $48,694,784 |
| 1,244 | Ma Yuke | $97,299,869 | 2 | $48,649,935 |
| 1,245 | Tetsuro Kodama | $97,242,192 | 1 | $97,242,192 |
| 1,246 | Mark Rydell | $97,071,698 | 7 | $13,867,385 |
| 1,247 | Hal Ashby | $96,884,804 | 10 | $9,688,480 |
| 1,248 | Stuart Hazeldine | $96,860,808 | 2 | $48,430,404 |
| 1,249 | Will Finn | $96,590,394 | 2 | $48,295,197 |
| 1,250 | Andrei Konchalovsky | $96,479,187 | 5 | $19,295,837 |
| 1,251 | Eric Warin | $96,472,235 | 2 | $48,236,118 |
| 1,252 | Eric Summer | $96,451,584 | 2 | $48,225,792 |
| 1,253 | Ryuichi Hiroki | $96,363,629 | 10 | $9,636,363 |
| 1,254 | Gregory Plotkin | $96,254,257 | 2 | $48,127,129 |
| 1,255 | Jun Falkenstein | $96,213,813 | 3 | $32,071,271 |
| 1,256 | Tom Hanks | $96,006,551 | 2 | $48,003,276 |
| 1,257 | Eddie Murphy | $95,857,262 | 1 | $95,857,262 |
| 1,258 | Fred Zinnemann | $95,828,122 | 11 | $8,711,647 |
| 1,259 | Eric Bress | $95,763,816 | 2 | $47,881,908 |
| 1,260 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $95,745,713 | 1 | $95,745,713 |
| 1,261 | J. Mackye Gruber | $95,638,592 | 1 | $95,638,592 |
| 1,262 | Lars Von Trier | $95,454,463 | 15 | $6,363,631 |
| 1,263 | Alan Mak | $95,387,320 | 6 | $15,897,887 |
| 1,264 | Deon Taylor | $94,863,516 | 11 | $8,623,956 |
| 1,265 | Stanley Donen | $94,739,076 | 15 | $6,315,938 |
| 1,266 | Bin Huang | $94,708,479 | 3 | $31,569,493 |
| 1,267 | Kay Cannon | $94,523,781 | 4 | $23,630,945 |
| 1,268 | Adrian Grunberg | $94,243,747 | 3 | $31,414,582 |
| 1,269 | Nicholas Hytner | $94,147,771 | 8 | $11,768,471 |
| 1,270 | Bob Fosse | $93,706,386 | 5 | $18,741,277 |
| 1,271 | Mike Binder | $93,561,782 | 8 | $11,695,223 |
| 1,272 | Brian Henson | $93,558,353 | 3 | $31,186,118 |
| 1,273 | Jeff Nichols | $93,403,506 | 6 | $15,567,251 |
| 1,274 | Matteo Garrone | $93,285,501 | 6 | $15,547,584 |
| 1,275 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $93,161,160 | 3 | $31,053,720 |
| 1,276 | Kim Byung-seo | $93,057,241 | 2 | $46,528,621 |
| 1,277 | Hiroaki Matsuyama | $92,990,750 | 3 | $30,996,917 |
| 1,278 | John Herzfeld | $92,899,812 | 5 | $18,579,962 |
| 1,279 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $92,847,668 | 6 | $15,474,611 |
| 1,280 | Geoffrey Sax | $92,800,907 | 2 | $46,400,454 |
| 1,281 | Bob Swaim | $92,725,143 | 2 | $46,362,572 |
| 1,282 | Jonathan Kaplan | $92,628,057 | 6 | $15,438,010 |
| 1,283 | Damien Leone | $92,366,133 | 5 | $18,473,227 |
| 1,284 | Terry Zwigoff | $92,266,436 | 4 | $23,066,609 |
| 1,285 | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | $92,202,493 | 12 | $7,683,541 |
| 1,286 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $92,141,886 | 1 | $92,141,886 |
| 1,287 | Ringo Lam | $92,127,970 | 6 | $15,354,662 |
| 1,288 | John Wells | $92,075,070 | 3 | $30,691,690 |
| 1,289 | Richard Brooks | $92,031,709 | 14 | $6,573,694 |
| 1,290 | Michael Schultz | $91,768,681 | 10 | $9,176,868 |
| 1,291 | Sean Cunningham | $91,750,222 | 4 | $22,937,556 |
| 1,292 | Joan Chen | $91,724,202 | 3 | $30,574,734 |
| 1,293 | Morgan Spurlock | $91,610,024 | 8 | $11,451,253 |
| 1,294 | Jingfu Huang (黄精甫) | $91,608,950 | 1 | $91,608,950 |
| 1,295 | Abby Kohn | $91,444,095 | 2 | $45,722,048 |
| 1,296 | Marc Silverstein | $91,444,095 | 2 | $45,722,048 |
| 1,297 | Jim Jarmusch | $91,420,072 | 15 | $6,094,671 |
| 1,298 | Rob Greenberg | $91,244,913 | 1 | $91,244,913 |
| 1,299 | Dennis Hopper | $91,147,788 | 6 | $15,191,298 |
| 1,300 | Akiva Schaffer | $91,038,729 | 5 | $18,207,746 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.