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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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
1,401 Davis Guggenheim $80,659,520 7 $11,522,789
1,402 Mary Lambert $80,479,801 6 $13,413,300
1,403 Wolfgang Becker $80,355,402 2 $40,177,701
1,404 George C. Wolfe $80,272,400 5 $16,054,480
1,405 Jeremy Garelick $80,171,596 5 $16,034,319
1,406 Hyung-rae Shim $80,079,608 3 $26,693,203
1,407 Richard Eyre $80,011,138 9 $8,890,126
1,408 James Frawley $79,990,306 4 $19,997,577
1,409 Costa-Gavras $79,707,662 12 $6,642,305
1,410 Ken Annakin $79,496,662 3 $26,498,887
1,411 Susanna Fogel $79,416,834 4 $19,854,209
1,412 Joseph L. Mankiewicz $79,414,527 6 $13,235,755
1,413 Anton Megerdichev $79,390,285 4 $19,847,571
1,414 Florent-Emilio Siri $79,363,433 3 $26,454,478
1,415 Wataru Takahashi $79,269,719 4 $19,817,430
1,416 Fred Wolf $79,256,010 6 $13,209,335
1,417 Shankar Sachdev $79,084,747 1 $79,084,747
1,418 Joe Camp $79,063,152 5 $15,812,630
1,419 Thomas Vinterberg $78,974,300 8 $9,871,788
1,420 Gail Mancuso $78,867,205 1 $78,867,205
1,421 Ken Scott $78,793,976 6 $13,132,329
1,422 Masaki Nishiura $78,778,560 1 $78,778,560
1,423 Peter Cornwell $78,758,522 2 $39,379,261
1,424 Tony Bill $78,743,301 7 $11,249,043
1,425 Halina Reijn $78,722,221 3 $26,240,740
1,426 Coralie Fargeat $78,678,923 3 $26,226,308
1,427 Stewart Raffill $78,630,310 9 $8,736,701
1,428 Larry Peerce $78,516,151 7 $11,216,593
1,429 Rick Rosenthal $78,491,553 8 $9,811,444
1,430 Howard Hawks $78,487,607 21 $3,737,505
1,431 Michael J. Bassett $78,448,056 6 $13,074,676
1,432 Yongchang Li $78,392,065 2 $39,196,033
1,433 William Malone $78,379,831 2 $39,189,916
1,434 Robert Townsend $78,372,788 9 $8,708,088
1,435 Mark Rosman $78,297,117 5 $15,659,423
1,436 Aleksey Nuzhnyy $78,290,348 8 $9,786,294
1,437 Jeff Tomsic $78,230,625 9 $8,692,292
1,438 Reginald Hudlin $78,220,349 12 $6,518,362
1,439 Gary David Goldberg $78,143,328 2 $39,071,664
1,440 Reinhard Klooss $77,812,608 4 $19,453,152
1,441 Sanaa Hamri $77,621,465 4 $19,405,366
1,442 John Dahl $77,604,177 8 $9,700,522
1,443 Mark L. Lester $77,577,517 10 $7,757,752
1,444 Juan Jose Campanella $77,546,087 3 $25,848,696
1,445 Joseph Zito $77,522,384 4 $19,380,596
1,446 Chris Rock $77,490,917 3 $25,830,306
1,447 Pablo Larrain $77,458,630 11 $7,041,694
1,448 Jaume Balaguero $77,431,229 7 $11,061,604
1,449 Everado Gout $77,422,405 2 $38,711,203
1,450 Farah Khan $76,952,922 2 $38,476,461
1,451 Takahiro Miki $76,935,090 13 $5,918,084
1,452 John R. Cherry, III $76,741,060 3 $25,580,353
1,453 John Sanford $76,482,461 1 $76,482,461
1,454 Tian Yu-sheng $76,481,594 3 $25,493,865
1,455 Nuel C. Naval $76,283,565 5 $15,256,713
1,456 Ken Loach $76,237,349 18 $4,235,408
1,457 Brian Percival $76,086,711 2 $38,043,356
1,458 Courtney Solomon $76,029,231 3 $25,343,077
1,459 Michael Showalter $75,934,914 9 $8,437,213
1,460 Mario Van Peebles $75,908,230 12 $6,325,686
1,461 Jake Szymanski $75,898,100 2 $37,949,050
1,462 Rakesh Roshan $75,770,047 3 $25,256,682
1,463 Nacho G. Velilla $75,565,286 6 $12,594,214
1,464 Sha Mo $75,558,379 2 $37,779,190
1,465 Alan Poul $75,281,179 1 $75,281,179
1,466 Yoshihiro Nakamura $75,226,301 6 $12,537,717
1,467 Beier Bao (包贝尔) $75,146,261 4 $18,786,565
1,468 Robert Lorenz $75,037,805 3 $25,012,602
1,469 Michael Cuesta $74,974,670 3 $24,991,557
1,470 Joseph Sargent $74,872,218 7 $10,696,031
1,471 Ilya Naishuller $74,699,904 3 $24,899,968
1,472 Anne Fontaine $74,595,370 12 $6,216,281
1,473 Robert Harmon $74,561,875 13 $5,735,529
1,474 Bob Spiers $74,344,420 2 $37,172,210
1,475 Gene Wilder $74,341,544 5 $14,868,309
1,476 George Scribner $74,151,346 1 $74,151,346
1,477 Albert Magnoli $74,109,753 2 $37,054,877
1,478 Steve Shill $73,964,713 1 $73,964,713
1,479 Bryan Spicer $73,874,414 3 $24,624,805
1,480 Kevin Bray $73,729,528 2 $36,864,764
1,481 Yao Yoyo $73,724,082 1 $73,724,082
1,482 Steven Zaillian $73,497,832 3 $24,499,277
1,483 Ferzan Ozpetek $73,463,862 7 $10,494,837
1,484 Allen Coulter $73,332,371 2 $36,666,186
1,485 George Stevens $73,190,659 11 $6,653,696
1,486 Mark Herman $73,135,450 5 $14,627,090
1,487 Patryk Vega $73,125,179 14 $5,223,227
1,488 Frant Fwo $73,050,000 1 $73,050,000
1,489 Craig Mazin $73,039,298 2 $36,519,649
1,490 Alexandre Astier $73,008,590 3 $24,336,197
1,491 Yasuharu Ishii $73,000,000 1 $73,000,000
1,492 Jeremy Degruson $72,997,543 2 $36,498,772
1,493 Mike Tollin $72,987,519 2 $36,493,760
1,494 Ken Marino $72,847,059 2 $36,423,530
1,495 Lee Toland Krieger $72,772,225 2 $36,386,113
1,496 Gao Ke $72,760,000 1 $72,760,000
1,497 Takeshi Kitano $72,511,902 13 $5,577,839
1,498 Tie Wei $72,506,344 1 $72,506,344
1,499 David Mamet $72,446,093 12 $6,037,174
1,500 Chris Kentis $72,129,401 2 $36,064,701

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.