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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 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.