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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)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
1,801 Ti West $50,453,004 11 $4,586,637
1,802 Elizabeth Allen $50,448,574 3 $16,816,191
1,803 Terry Jones $50,421,190 7 $7,203,027
1,804 Ayuko Tsukahara $50,405,030 5 $10,081,006
1,805 Anthony Hemingway $50,365,498 1 $50,365,498
1,806 Jacques Perrin $50,188,638 2 $25,094,319
1,807 Jacques Cluzaud $50,188,638 2 $25,094,319
1,808 Stuart Gordon $50,132,999 10 $5,013,300
1,809 Diane English $50,103,808 1 $50,103,808
1,810 Fred Cavaye $50,093,120 7 $7,156,160
1,811 Anthony Bell $50,006,787 4 $12,501,697
1,812 Frank Capra $50,001,095 12 $4,166,758
1,813 Hur Jin-ho $49,774,019 3 $16,591,340
1,814 Kerry Conran $49,730,854 1 $49,730,854
1,815 Nicolas Pesce $49,700,387 4 $12,425,097
1,816 Asger Leth $49,621,440 1 $49,621,440
1,817 Olatunde Osunsanmi $49,514,554 3 $16,504,851
1,818 Billy Crystal $49,456,132 3 $16,485,377
1,819 Adam Green $49,380,527 6 $8,230,088
1,820 A.R. Murugadoss $49,329,415 9 $5,481,046
1,821 Chaoxian Lin (林超贤) $49,286,339 1 $49,286,339
1,822 Guang Fu Yang $49,272,573 3 $16,424,191
1,823 Sriram Raghavan $49,259,090 3 $16,419,697
1,824 Roxann Dawson $49,231,674 1 $49,231,674
1,825 Tina Gordon $49,207,917 2 $24,603,959
1,826 John R. Lee $49,196,532 1 $49,196,532
1,827 Spenser Cohen $49,104,745 1 $49,104,745
1,828 Anna Halberg $49,104,745 1 $49,104,745
1,829 Keith Scholey $49,069,683 8 $6,133,710
1,830 Alek Keshishian $49,056,189 3 $16,352,063
1,831 Zhou Tuo Ru $49,002,398 1 $49,002,398
1,832 Albert Pyun $48,993,772 10 $4,899,377
1,833 Walt Dohrn $48,866,407 2 $24,433,204
1,834 Kat Coiro $48,805,898 5 $9,761,180
1,835 Jim Field Smith $48,785,683 2 $24,392,842
1,836 Paola Cortellesi $48,775,608 1 $48,775,608
1,837 John Lounsbery $48,775,599 1 $48,775,599
1,838 Shane Acker $48,717,414 2 $24,358,707
1,839 Sarik Andreasyan $48,550,421 16 $3,034,401
1,840 Tim McCanlies $48,524,709 4 $12,131,177
1,841 Diederik Van Rooijen $48,510,449 2 $24,255,225
1,842 William Eubank $48,437,864 5 $9,687,573
1,843 Justin Zackham $48,425,971 1 $48,425,971
1,844 Melina Matsoukas $48,266,163 1 $48,266,163
1,845 Dan Bradley $48,164,150 1 $48,164,150
1,846 Liu Jiang $48,153,767 2 $24,076,884
1,847 Zoë Kravitz $48,093,906 1 $48,093,906
1,848 Leo Zhang $48,021,928 2 $24,010,964
1,849 Stephen Surjik $47,965,000 1 $47,965,000
1,850 Will Becher $47,862,290 1 $47,862,290
1,851 Jason Winer $47,810,537 2 $23,905,269
1,852 John Sullivan $47,794,443 2 $23,897,222
1,853 Michael Anderson $47,738,482 5 $9,547,696
1,854 Jerome Robbins $47,596,274 1 $47,596,274
1,855 Morgan Neville $47,509,171 11 $4,319,016
1,856 Sajid Nadiadwala $47,493,530 1 $47,493,530
1,857 Hendel Butoy $47,431,461 1 $47,431,461
1,858 Abhinav Singh Kashyap $47,405,933 2 $23,702,967
1,859 Cheng He $47,404,207 4 $11,851,052
1,860 George Armitage $47,350,934 4 $11,837,734
1,861 David Lickley $47,347,645 2 $23,673,823
1,862 John Fortenberry $47,272,717 3 $15,757,572
1,863 Fuyuan Liu $47,269,723 3 $15,756,574
1,864 Joe Charbanic $47,267,829 1 $47,267,829
1,865 Rodo Sayagues $47,201,347 1 $47,201,347
1,866 Mutou MTJJ $47,151,157 1 $47,151,157
1,867 Caroline Link $47,149,383 3 $15,716,461
1,868 John Lafia $47,141,208 2 $23,570,604
1,869 Terry George $47,071,868 3 $15,690,623
1,870 Shusuke Kaneko $47,000,000 2 $23,500,000
1,871 Ding Leang $46,998,773 1 $46,998,773
1,872 Dennis Iliadis $46,980,724 2 $23,490,362
1,873 Alessandro Siani $46,892,678 6 $7,815,446
1,874 Lucia Aniello $46,844,357 1 $46,844,357
1,875 John Sayles $46,767,188 16 $2,922,949
1,876 Katsuhide Motoki $46,581,772 5 $9,316,354
1,877 Will Merrick $46,537,213 1 $46,537,213
1,878 Nick Johnson $46,537,213 1 $46,537,213
1,879 Giuseppe Tornatore $46,444,166 7 $6,634,881
1,880 Remo D'Souza $46,429,937 5 $9,285,987
1,881 Xu Hongyu $46,389,109 1 $46,389,109
1,882 Ethan Maniquis $46,370,970 1 $46,370,970
1,883 Asif Kapadia $46,357,802 9 $5,150,867
1,884 Joseph Kahn $46,290,278 4 $11,572,570
1,885 Aleksey Sidorov $46,266,605 2 $23,133,303
1,886 Chin Kar Lok $46,165,078 1 $46,165,078
1,887 Eichiro Hasumi $46,117,323 5 $9,223,465
1,888 Uli Edel $46,036,636 5 $9,207,327
1,889 Daniel Barnz $46,029,132 3 $15,343,044
1,890 Susan Seidelman $45,910,893 6 $7,651,816
1,891 David Dhawan $45,788,131 5 $9,157,626
1,892 Jung Huh $45,724,301 2 $22,862,151
1,893 Michael Wadleigh $45,699,266 2 $22,849,633
1,894 Xie Dongshen $45,698,504 1 $45,698,504
1,895 Ilya Kulikov $45,614,296 4 $11,403,574
1,896 Ruben Ostlund $45,591,256 5 $9,118,251
1,897 John Derek $45,590,000 3 $15,196,667
1,898 He Nian $45,533,735 2 $22,766,868
1,899 Gary Hardwick $45,531,785 2 $22,765,893
1,900 Takumi Doyama $45,525,160 1 $45,525,160

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.