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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.
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| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | Terry Jones | $50,421,190 | 7 | $7,203,027 |
| 1,802 | Ayuko Tsukahara | $50,405,030 | 5 | $10,081,006 |
| 1,803 | Anthony Hemingway | $50,365,498 | 1 | $50,365,498 |
| 1,804 | Jacques Perrin | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 1,805 | Jacques Cluzaud | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 1,806 | Stuart Gordon | $50,132,999 | 10 | $5,013,300 |
| 1,807 | Diane English | $50,103,808 | 1 | $50,103,808 |
| 1,808 | Fred Cavaye | $50,093,120 | 7 | $7,156,160 |
| 1,809 | Anthony Bell | $50,006,787 | 4 | $12,501,697 |
| 1,810 | Frank Capra | $50,001,095 | 12 | $4,166,758 |
| 1,811 | Hur Jin-ho | $49,774,019 | 3 | $16,591,340 |
| 1,812 | Kerry Conran | $49,730,854 | 1 | $49,730,854 |
| 1,813 | Nicolas Pesce | $49,700,387 | 4 | $12,425,097 |
| 1,814 | Asger Leth | $49,621,440 | 1 | $49,621,440 |
| 1,815 | Olatunde Osunsanmi | $49,514,554 | 3 | $16,504,851 |
| 1,816 | Billy Crystal | $49,456,132 | 3 | $16,485,377 |
| 1,817 | Adam Green | $49,380,527 | 6 | $8,230,088 |
| 1,818 | A.R. Murugadoss | $49,329,415 | 9 | $5,481,046 |
| 1,819 | Chaoxian Lin (林超贤) | $49,286,339 | 1 | $49,286,339 |
| 1,820 | Guang Fu Yang | $49,272,573 | 3 | $16,424,191 |
| 1,821 | Sriram Raghavan | $49,259,090 | 3 | $16,419,697 |
| 1,822 | Roxann Dawson | $49,231,674 | 1 | $49,231,674 |
| 1,823 | Tina Gordon | $49,207,917 | 2 | $24,603,959 |
| 1,824 | John R. Lee | $49,196,532 | 1 | $49,196,532 |
| 1,825 | Spenser Cohen | $49,104,745 | 1 | $49,104,745 |
| 1,826 | Anna Halberg | $49,104,745 | 1 | $49,104,745 |
| 1,827 | Keith Scholey | $49,056,724 | 8 | $6,132,091 |
| 1,828 | Alek Keshishian | $49,056,189 | 3 | $16,352,063 |
| 1,829 | Zhou Tuo Ru | $49,002,398 | 1 | $49,002,398 |
| 1,830 | Albert Pyun | $48,993,772 | 10 | $4,899,377 |
| 1,831 | Walt Dohrn | $48,866,407 | 2 | $24,433,204 |
| 1,832 | Kat Coiro | $48,805,898 | 5 | $9,761,180 |
| 1,833 | Jim Field Smith | $48,785,683 | 2 | $24,392,842 |
| 1,834 | Paola Cortellesi | $48,775,608 | 1 | $48,775,608 |
| 1,835 | John Lounsbery | $48,775,599 | 1 | $48,775,599 |
| 1,836 | Shane Acker | $48,717,414 | 2 | $24,358,707 |
| 1,837 | Sarik Andreasyan | $48,550,421 | 16 | $3,034,401 |
| 1,838 | Tim McCanlies | $48,524,709 | 4 | $12,131,177 |
| 1,839 | Diederik Van Rooijen | $48,510,449 | 2 | $24,255,225 |
| 1,840 | William Eubank | $48,437,864 | 5 | $9,687,573 |
| 1,841 | Justin Zackham | $48,425,971 | 1 | $48,425,971 |
| 1,842 | Melina Matsoukas | $48,266,163 | 1 | $48,266,163 |
| 1,843 | Dan Bradley | $48,164,150 | 1 | $48,164,150 |
| 1,844 | Liu Jiang | $48,153,767 | 2 | $24,076,884 |
| 1,845 | Zoë Kravitz | $48,093,906 | 1 | $48,093,906 |
| 1,846 | Leo Zhang | $48,021,928 | 2 | $24,010,964 |
| 1,847 | Stephen Surjik | $47,965,000 | 1 | $47,965,000 |
| 1,848 | Will Becher | $47,862,290 | 1 | $47,862,290 |
| 1,849 | Jason Winer | $47,810,537 | 2 | $23,905,269 |
| 1,850 | John Sullivan | $47,794,443 | 2 | $23,897,222 |
| 1,851 | Michael Anderson | $47,738,482 | 5 | $9,547,696 |
| 1,852 | Jerome Robbins | $47,596,274 | 1 | $47,596,274 |
| 1,853 | Morgan Neville | $47,508,990 | 11 | $4,318,999 |
| 1,854 | Sajid Nadiadwala | $47,493,530 | 1 | $47,493,530 |
| 1,855 | Hendel Butoy | $47,431,461 | 1 | $47,431,461 |
| 1,856 | Abhinav Singh Kashyap | $47,405,933 | 2 | $23,702,967 |
| 1,857 | Cheng He | $47,404,207 | 4 | $11,851,052 |
| 1,858 | George Armitage | $47,350,934 | 4 | $11,837,734 |
| 1,859 | David Lickley | $47,347,645 | 2 | $23,673,823 |
| 1,860 | John Fortenberry | $47,272,717 | 3 | $15,757,572 |
| 1,861 | Fuyuan Liu | $47,269,723 | 3 | $15,756,574 |
| 1,862 | Joe Charbanic | $47,267,829 | 1 | $47,267,829 |
| 1,863 | Rodo Sayagues | $47,201,347 | 1 | $47,201,347 |
| 1,864 | Mutou MTJJ | $47,151,157 | 1 | $47,151,157 |
| 1,865 | Caroline Link | $47,149,383 | 3 | $15,716,461 |
| 1,866 | John Lafia | $47,141,208 | 2 | $23,570,604 |
| 1,867 | Terry George | $47,071,868 | 3 | $15,690,623 |
| 1,868 | Shusuke Kaneko | $47,000,000 | 2 | $23,500,000 |
| 1,869 | Ding Leang | $46,998,773 | 1 | $46,998,773 |
| 1,870 | Dennis Iliadis | $46,980,724 | 2 | $23,490,362 |
| 1,871 | Alessandro Siani | $46,892,678 | 6 | $7,815,446 |
| 1,872 | Lucia Aniello | $46,844,357 | 1 | $46,844,357 |
| 1,873 | John Sayles | $46,767,188 | 16 | $2,922,949 |
| 1,874 | Katsuhide Motoki | $46,581,772 | 5 | $9,316,354 |
| 1,875 | Will Merrick | $46,537,213 | 1 | $46,537,213 |
| 1,876 | Nick Johnson | $46,537,213 | 1 | $46,537,213 |
| 1,877 | Remo D'Souza | $46,429,937 | 5 | $9,285,987 |
| 1,878 | Xu Hongyu | $46,389,109 | 1 | $46,389,109 |
| 1,879 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $46,375,223 | 7 | $6,625,032 |
| 1,880 | Ethan Maniquis | $46,370,970 | 1 | $46,370,970 |
| 1,881 | Asif Kapadia | $46,357,802 | 9 | $5,150,867 |
| 1,882 | Joseph Kahn | $46,290,278 | 4 | $11,572,570 |
| 1,883 | Aleksey Sidorov | $46,266,605 | 2 | $23,133,303 |
| 1,884 | Chin Kar Lok | $46,165,078 | 1 | $46,165,078 |
| 1,885 | Eichiro Hasumi | $46,117,323 | 5 | $9,223,465 |
| 1,886 | Uli Edel | $46,036,636 | 5 | $9,207,327 |
| 1,887 | Daniel Barnz | $46,029,132 | 3 | $15,343,044 |
| 1,888 | Susan Seidelman | $45,910,893 | 6 | $7,651,816 |
| 1,889 | David Dhawan | $45,788,131 | 5 | $9,157,626 |
| 1,890 | Jung Huh | $45,724,301 | 2 | $22,862,151 |
| 1,891 | Michael Wadleigh | $45,699,266 | 2 | $22,849,633 |
| 1,892 | Xie Dongshen | $45,698,504 | 1 | $45,698,504 |
| 1,893 | Ilya Kulikov | $45,614,296 | 4 | $11,403,574 |
| 1,894 | Ruben Ostlund | $45,591,256 | 5 | $9,118,251 |
| 1,895 | John Derek | $45,590,000 | 3 | $15,196,667 |
| 1,896 | He Nian | $45,533,735 | 2 | $22,766,868 |
| 1,897 | Gary Hardwick | $45,531,785 | 2 | $22,765,893 |
| 1,898 | Takumi Doyama | $45,525,160 | 1 | $45,525,160 |
| 1,899 | Julian Schnabel | $45,521,643 | 6 | $7,586,941 |
| 1,900 | Richard Friedenberg | $45,411,063 | 2 | $22,705,532 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.