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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,601 | Elliot Silverstein | $20,666,667 | 3 | $6,888,889 |
| 2,602 | Istvan Szabo | $20,661,656 | 7 | $2,951,665 |
| 2,603 | Yuusuke Hirota | $20,643,297 | 1 | $20,643,297 |
| 2,604 | Charles Haid | $20,623,071 | 3 | $6,874,357 |
| 2,605 | Elmo Nuganen | $20,615,138 | 1 | $20,615,138 |
| 2,606 | Li Chen | $20,580,000 | 2 | $10,290,000 |
| 2,607 | Tae Gon Kim | $20,556,805 | 3 | $6,852,268 |
| 2,608 | James Komack | $20,518,000 | 1 | $20,518,000 |
| 2,609 | Aaron Paul | $20,494,316 | 3 | $6,831,439 |
| 2,610 | Changwei Gu | $20,480,705 | 1 | $20,480,705 |
| 2,611 | Bud Townsend | $20,418,789 | 1 | $20,418,789 |
| 2,612 | Soo-Kyung Kwon | $20,392,339 | 1 | $20,392,339 |
| 2,613 | Jamie Blanks | $20,384,136 | 2 | $10,192,068 |
| 2,614 | Jung Bum-Shik | $20,345,580 | 1 | $20,345,580 |
| 2,615 | Danila Kozlovsky | $20,330,979 | 2 | $10,165,490 |
| 2,616 | Blair Simmons | $20,290,215 | 3 | $6,763,405 |
| 2,617 | Michael Karbeinikoff | $20,246,790 | 1 | $20,246,790 |
| 2,618 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $20,238,236 | 2 | $10,119,118 |
| 2,619 | Katt Shea Ruben | $20,214,597 | 4 | $5,053,649 |
| 2,620 | Trivikram Srinivas | $20,211,557 | 6 | $3,368,593 |
| 2,621 | John Farrow | $20,200,000 | 7 | $2,885,714 |
| 2,622 | Vilgot Sjöman | $20,200,000 | 1 | $20,200,000 |
| 2,623 | Sanjay Gupta | $20,175,154 | 4 | $5,043,789 |
| 2,624 | Mika Ninagawa | $20,125,208 | 2 | $10,062,604 |
| 2,625 | John Erman | $20,062,347 | 2 | $10,031,174 |
| 2,626 | John Berry | $20,000,000 | 2 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,627 | Isao Takahata | $19,987,393 | 7 | $2,855,342 |
| 2,628 | Mikkel Norgaard | $19,944,461 | 4 | $4,986,115 |
| 2,629 | Javier Ruiz Caldera | $19,934,835 | 6 | $3,322,473 |
| 2,630 | Julia Rezende | $19,930,115 | 5 | $3,986,023 |
| 2,631 | Brett Morgen | $19,928,990 | 4 | $4,982,248 |
| 2,632 | DJ Pooh | $19,918,431 | 2 | $9,959,216 |
| 2,633 | Bart Freundlich | $19,899,832 | 4 | $4,974,958 |
| 2,634 | Darina Shmidt | $19,879,056 | 4 | $4,969,764 |
| 2,635 | Shipei Wen | $19,862,823 | 2 | $9,931,412 |
| 2,636 | Jack Bender | $19,850,380 | 1 | $19,850,380 |
| 2,637 | Roschdy Zem | $19,828,415 | 4 | $4,957,104 |
| 2,638 | Jason Bateman | $19,808,412 | 4 | $4,952,103 |
| 2,639 | Sunao Katabuchi | $19,794,935 | 1 | $19,794,935 |
| 2,640 | Mauricio Eca | $19,775,492 | 5 | $3,955,098 |
| 2,641 | Richard Rush | $19,750,470 | 1 | $19,750,470 |
| 2,642 | Roger Young | $19,742,403 | 5 | $3,948,481 |
| 2,643 | Steve Carver | $19,729,309 | 2 | $9,864,655 |
| 2,644 | Paris Barclay | $19,674,813 | 3 | $6,558,271 |
| 2,645 | Andrew Strimaitis | $19,668,014 | 1 | $19,668,014 |
| 2,646 | Michael R. Roskam | $19,656,119 | 3 | $6,552,040 |
| 2,647 | Steven C. Miller | $19,648,314 | 12 | $1,637,360 |
| 2,648 | Feng Gao (高峰) | $19,631,615 | 9 | $2,181,291 |
| 2,649 | Marcus Dunstan | $19,606,371 | 4 | $4,901,593 |
| 2,650 | Gerald Potterton | $19,571,091 | 1 | $19,571,091 |
| 2,651 | Rowan Joffe | $19,563,579 | 1 | $19,563,579 |
| 2,652 | Fausto Brizzi | $19,553,928 | 8 | $2,444,241 |
| 2,653 | William Hanna | $19,543,985 | 2 | $9,771,993 |
| 2,654 | Joseph Barbera | $19,543,985 | 2 | $9,771,993 |
| 2,655 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $19,539,862 | 5 | $3,907,972 |
| 2,656 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,522,110 | 3 | $6,507,370 |
| 2,657 | Nick Gomez | $19,520,583 | 3 | $6,506,861 |
| 2,658 | Murat Şeker | $19,514,834 | 7 | $2,787,833 |
| 2,659 | Stanley Tucci | $19,505,782 | 5 | $3,901,156 |
| 2,660 | James D. Stern | $19,482,436 | 4 | $4,870,609 |
| 2,661 | Tom McLoughlin | $19,472,523 | 2 | $9,736,262 |
| 2,662 | Cho Kyu-Jang | $19,469,123 | 1 | $19,469,123 |
| 2,663 | David Bruckner | $19,442,201 | 7 | $2,777,457 |
| 2,664 | George Jackson | $19,438,638 | 1 | $19,438,638 |
| 2,665 | Maurice Joyce | $19,421,271 | 1 | $19,421,271 |
| 2,666 | Nicolas Lopez | $19,418,662 | 4 | $4,854,666 |
| 2,667 | Wang Wei | $19,399,047 | 4 | $4,849,762 |
| 2,668 | Dae-min Park | $19,310,886 | 3 | $6,436,962 |
| 2,669 | Won Shin-yun | $19,282,535 | 1 | $19,282,535 |
| 2,670 | Don Kempf | $19,276,267 | 1 | $19,276,267 |
| 2,671 | Zhangke Jia | $19,235,706 | 7 | $2,747,958 |
| 2,672 | Mort Nathan | $19,195,063 | 2 | $9,597,532 |
| 2,673 | Eric Meza | $19,194,572 | 1 | $19,194,572 |
| 2,674 | Charles Dance | $19,168,295 | 1 | $19,168,295 |
| 2,675 | Buzz Kulik | $19,165,263 | 6 | $3,194,211 |
| 2,676 | Michihito Fujii | $19,149,754 | 6 | $3,191,626 |
| 2,677 | Carlo Verdone | $19,123,888 | 3 | $6,374,629 |
| 2,678 | Chu Yen-Ping | $19,110,296 | 1 | $19,110,296 |
| 2,679 | Kexin Liu | $19,110,288 | 4 | $4,777,572 |
| 2,680 | Sven Unterwaldt Jr | $19,073,036 | 6 | $3,178,839 |
| 2,681 | David Nutter | $19,014,238 | 1 | $19,014,238 |
| 2,682 | Robert Longo | $19,006,201 | 1 | $19,006,201 |
| 2,683 | Chen Hongyi | $19,005,956 | 1 | $19,005,956 |
| 2,684 | Gao Qunshu | $19,002,290 | 3 | $6,334,097 |
| 2,685 | Richard Quine | $19,000,126 | 5 | $3,800,025 |
| 2,686 | Ladj Ly | $18,985,716 | 2 | $9,492,858 |
| 2,687 | Michael Goldenberg | $18,972,237 | 1 | $18,972,237 |
| 2,688 | Doug Atchison | $18,959,424 | 1 | $18,959,424 |
| 2,689 | Oleg Pogodin | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 2,690 | Bjorne Runge | $18,918,425 | 4 | $4,729,606 |
| 2,691 | Shimako Sato | $18,913,492 | 2 | $9,456,746 |
| 2,692 | Michael Polish | $18,909,295 | 13 | $1,454,561 |
| 2,693 | Joaquin Mazon | $18,901,949 | 5 | $3,780,390 |
| 2,694 | Drew Barrymore | $18,889,972 | 1 | $18,889,972 |
| 2,695 | Carl Schultz | $18,875,011 | 2 | $9,437,506 |
| 2,696 | David Steinberg | $18,838,000 | 2 | $9,419,000 |
| 2,697 | Gregory Dark | $18,828,036 | 1 | $18,828,036 |
| 2,698 | Richard Talmadge | $18,820,000 | 1 | $18,820,000 |
| 2,699 | Denis Chernov | $18,818,630 | 6 | $3,136,438 |
| 2,700 | Richard Compton | $18,800,000 | 1 | $18,800,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.