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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 |
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1,801 | Matthew Warchus | $42,860,319 | 2 | $21,430,160 |
1,802 | Lee Hae-yeong | $42,814,695 | 3 | $14,271,565 |
1,803 | Saket Chaudhary | $42,732,776 | 3 | $14,244,259 |
1,804 | Isabel Coixet | $42,723,599 | 12 | $3,560,300 |
1,805 | Alan Rudolph | $42,685,236 | 14 | $3,048,945 |
1,806 | Brian Kirk | $42,657,631 | 2 | $21,328,816 |
1,807 | Brad Parker | $42,566,433 | 2 | $21,283,217 |
1,808 | Oleg Stepchenko | $42,557,124 | 2 | $21,278,562 |
1,809 | Chris Nahon | $42,530,536 | 3 | $14,176,845 |
1,810 | Barry W. Blaustein | $42,504,358 | 3 | $14,168,119 |
1,811 | Snow Zou | $42,467,539 | 2 | $21,233,770 |
1,812 | James Clavell | $42,432,803 | 2 | $21,216,402 |
1,813 | Paco Plaza | $42,426,535 | 6 | $7,071,089 |
1,814 | Ariel Vromen | $42,394,871 | 7 | $6,056,410 |
1,815 | He Jiong | $42,386,771 | 1 | $42,386,771 |
1,816 | Jason Zada | $42,309,230 | 2 | $21,154,615 |
1,817 | Sarah Gavron | $42,272,983 | 3 | $14,090,994 |
1,818 | Philippe Le Guay | $42,259,257 | 5 | $8,451,851 |
1,819 | Joe Alves | $42,245,180 | 1 | $42,245,180 |
1,820 | Elaine Bogan | $42,235,744 | 1 | $42,235,744 |
1,821 | Richard Kelly | $42,231,521 | 3 | $14,077,174 |
1,822 | Nattawut Poonpiriya | $42,197,645 | 3 | $14,065,882 |
1,823 | Justin Dec | $42,176,201 | 1 | $42,176,201 |
1,824 | Arbaaz Khan | $42,165,098 | 1 | $42,165,098 |
1,825 | Giles New | $42,047,346 | 1 | $42,047,346 |
1,826 | Percy Adlon | $42,001,910 | 2 | $21,000,955 |
1,827 | Luis Carlos Hueck | $41,955,727 | 2 | $20,977,864 |
1,828 | Paolo Genovese | $41,916,604 | 5 | $8,383,321 |
1,829 | Phil Traill | $41,906,876 | 3 | $13,968,959 |
1,830 | Travis Cluff | $41,799,291 | 3 | $13,933,097 |
1,831 | Chris Lofing | $41,799,291 | 3 | $13,933,097 |
1,832 | Robert Ben Garant | $41,785,006 | 3 | $13,928,335 |
1,833 | Richard Glatzer | $41,769,504 | 2 | $20,884,752 |
1,834 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $41,754,733 | 1 | $41,754,733 |
1,835 | Ken Hughes | $41,745,163 | 2 | $20,872,582 |
1,836 | Joe McGrath | $41,744,718 | 1 | $41,744,718 |
1,837 | Robert Parrish | $41,744,718 | 4 | $10,436,180 |
1,838 | Val Guest | $41,744,718 | 5 | $8,348,944 |
1,839 | Robert Mulligan | $41,636,560 | 6 | $6,939,427 |
1,840 | Michel Debats | $41,622,861 | 2 | $20,811,431 |
1,841 | Jim Sharman | $41,530,110 | 2 | $20,765,055 |
1,842 | Dallas Jenkins | $41,509,581 | 8 | $5,188,698 |
1,843 | Eric Till | $41,410,575 | 2 | $20,705,288 |
1,844 | Uwe Boll | $41,394,510 | 14 | $2,956,751 |
1,845 | Richard Thorpe | $41,367,304 | 11 | $3,760,664 |
1,846 | Peter Markle | $41,313,762 | 5 | $8,262,752 |
1,847 | Robert Clouse | $41,308,462 | 8 | $5,163,558 |
1,848 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $41,268,579 | 1 | $41,268,579 |
1,849 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $41,209,025 | 1 | $41,209,025 |
1,850 | David Gelb | $41,149,345 | 5 | $8,229,869 |
1,851 | Mohit Suri | $41,132,301 | 8 | $5,141,538 |
1,852 | Lu Le | $41,046,927 | 1 | $41,046,927 |
1,853 | Jorge Pareja | $41,039,145 | 1 | $41,039,145 |
1,854 | Lenny Abrahamson | $40,926,067 | 3 | $13,642,022 |
1,855 | John Patrick Shanley | $40,868,076 | 2 | $20,434,038 |
1,856 | Matt Williams | $40,862,054 | 1 | $40,862,054 |
1,857 | Lisa Cholodenko | $40,836,619 | 2 | $20,418,310 |
1,858 | Can Ulkay | $40,816,180 | 4 | $10,204,045 |
1,859 | Maneesh Sharma | $40,760,915 | 4 | $10,190,229 |
1,860 | Brian G. Hutton | $40,716,895 | 3 | $13,572,298 |
1,861 | Philip G. Atwell | $40,686,409 | 1 | $40,686,409 |
1,862 | Haipeng Sun | $40,661,541 | 2 | $20,330,771 |
1,863 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $40,594,195 | 2 | $20,297,098 |
1,864 | Baran bo Odar | $40,591,943 | 3 | $13,530,648 |
1,865 | Ricky Gervais | $40,583,708 | 4 | $10,145,927 |
1,866 | Paola Cortellesi | $40,559,892 | 1 | $40,559,892 |
1,867 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $40,532,212 | 3 | $13,510,737 |
1,868 | Yong-ho Son | $40,524,574 | 2 | $20,262,287 |
1,869 | Greg Gillespie | $40,520,649 | 1 | $40,520,649 |
1,870 | An Zhanjun | $40,518,450 | 2 | $20,259,225 |
1,871 | Kevin Hooks | $40,432,823 | 4 | $10,108,206 |
1,872 | Kimble Rendall | $40,424,224 | 2 | $20,212,112 |
1,873 | Castille Landon | $40,420,006 | 6 | $6,736,668 |
1,874 | Douglas Mackinnon | $40,412,157 | 3 | $13,470,719 |
1,875 | Dax Shepard | $40,407,247 | 3 | $13,469,082 |
1,876 | Kyle Marvin | $40,384,027 | 1 | $40,384,027 |
1,877 | Hak-soon Kim | $40,380,376 | 1 | $40,380,376 |
1,878 | Perry Andelin Blake | $40,363,530 | 1 | $40,363,530 |
1,879 | Aaron Norris | $40,330,481 | 6 | $6,721,747 |
1,880 | Masakazu Hashimoto | $40,316,759 | 4 | $10,079,190 |
1,881 | Richie Keen | $40,286,416 | 3 | $13,428,805 |
1,882 | Paolo Virzi | $40,281,888 | 7 | $5,754,555 |
1,883 | Peter MacDonald | $40,190,000 | 1 | $40,190,000 |
1,884 | John Gray | $40,166,306 | 3 | $13,388,769 |
1,885 | Chris Bailey | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
1,886 | Mark Koetsier | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
1,887 | John Michael McDonagh | $40,163,943 | 4 | $10,040,986 |
1,888 | Marco Schnabel | $40,159,017 | 1 | $40,159,017 |
1,889 | Detlev Buck | $40,110,533 | 8 | $5,013,817 |
1,890 | Kim Hak-Soon | $40,094,346 | 1 | $40,094,346 |
1,891 | Emerald Fennell | $39,880,165 | 2 | $19,940,083 |
1,892 | Mark Cowen | $39,846,896 | 1 | $39,846,896 |
1,893 | Gil Junger | $39,813,148 | 6 | $6,635,525 |
1,894 | Jerry Jameson | $39,791,973 | 7 | $5,684,568 |
1,895 | Karyn Kusama | $39,743,335 | 5 | $7,948,667 |
1,896 | Martin Bourboulon | $39,733,585 | 5 | $7,946,717 |
1,897 | Henry Koster | $39,710,931 | 6 | $6,618,489 |
1,898 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $39,708,165 | 3 | $13,236,055 |
1,899 | J.C. Chandor | $39,689,763 | 6 | $6,614,961 |
1,900 | Deborah Kaplan | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.