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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,801 | Llichuan Yin (尹丽川) | $17,118,174 | 1 | $17,118,174 |
| 2,802 | Brian Klugman | $17,100,221 | 2 | $8,550,111 |
| 2,803 | Gillies MacKinnon | $17,083,038 | 7 | $2,440,434 |
| 2,804 | Roger Corman | $17,075,631 | 15 | $1,138,375 |
| 2,805 | Danyang Wang | $17,060,000 | 1 | $17,060,000 |
| 2,806 | Valentino Picone | $17,028,644 | 1 | $17,028,644 |
| 2,807 | Benson Lee | $17,020,688 | 4 | $4,255,172 |
| 2,808 | Hiroyuki Yamashita | $17,014,551 | 1 | $17,014,551 |
| 2,809 | E. Elias Merhige | $17,002,617 | 2 | $8,501,309 |
| 2,810 | Colin Brady | $17,000,437 | 1 | $17,000,437 |
| 2,811 | Christopher Reeve | $17,000,437 | 2 | $8,500,219 |
| 2,812 | John Cardos | $17,000,000 | 2 | $8,500,000 |
| 2,813 | Peter Hastings | $16,988,996 | 2 | $8,494,498 |
| 2,814 | Yuelun Wang | $16,960,000 | 1 | $16,960,000 |
| 2,815 | Teng Huatao | $16,923,672 | 1 | $16,923,672 |
| 2,816 | Keith Thomas | $16,898,903 | 2 | $8,449,452 |
| 2,817 | Francine McDougall | $16,880,799 | 1 | $16,880,799 |
| 2,818 | Li Yang | $16,870,715 | 3 | $5,623,572 |
| 2,819 | Vladimir Kott | $16,832,797 | 9 | $1,870,311 |
| 2,820 | Won-Sub Choi | $16,821,116 | 3 | $5,607,039 |
| 2,821 | Brian Koppelman | $16,780,248 | 2 | $8,390,124 |
| 2,822 | Michael Cristofer | $16,766,618 | 3 | $5,588,873 |
| 2,823 | Mark Christpher | $16,757,163 | 1 | $16,757,163 |
| 2,824 | Tommy Lee Wallace | $16,750,289 | 5 | $3,350,058 |
| 2,825 | Peng Xia (夏鹏) | $16,697,343 | 1 | $16,697,343 |
| 2,826 | Massimo Venier | $16,680,371 | 3 | $5,560,124 |
| 2,827 | Tim Blake Nelson | $16,672,293 | 5 | $3,334,459 |
| 2,828 | James Glickenhaus | $16,647,588 | 3 | $5,549,196 |
| 2,829 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | $16,628,751 | 1 | $16,628,751 |
| 2,830 | Paul Abascal | $16,612,072 | 1 | $16,612,072 |
| 2,831 | Laura Lau | $16,610,760 | 1 | $16,610,760 |
| 2,832 | Madhur Bhandarkar | $16,606,196 | 2 | $8,303,098 |
| 2,833 | Harry Winer | $16,604,726 | 2 | $8,302,363 |
| 2,834 | Stan Lathan | $16,595,791 | 4 | $4,148,948 |
| 2,835 | Lamont Johnson | $16,593,944 | 4 | $4,148,486 |
| 2,836 | Pascal Vuong | $16,586,615 | 2 | $8,293,308 |
| 2,837 | Kuo Liu | $16,558,135 | 1 | $16,558,135 |
| 2,838 | Oh-Kwang Kwon | $16,556,995 | 2 | $8,278,498 |
| 2,839 | Duncan Tucker | $16,553,163 | 1 | $16,553,163 |
| 2,840 | Onur Bilgetay | $16,538,539 | 5 | $3,307,708 |
| 2,841 | Ronan Chapalain | $16,515,203 | 1 | $16,515,203 |
| 2,842 | Cao Feng | $16,514,632 | 2 | $8,257,316 |
| 2,843 | Gu Changwei | $16,514,588 | 2 | $8,257,294 |
| 2,844 | Deepa Mehta | $16,488,892 | 8 | $2,061,112 |
| 2,845 | Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | $16,485,016 | 3 | $5,495,005 |
| 2,846 | Stephen Susco | $16,434,588 | 1 | $16,434,588 |
| 2,847 | Anthony Hickox | $16,428,216 | 5 | $3,285,643 |
| 2,848 | James Lapine | $16,425,760 | 5 | $3,285,152 |
| 2,849 | Craig McCracken | $16,425,701 | 2 | $8,212,851 |
| 2,850 | Christian Marquand | $16,408,286 | 1 | $16,408,286 |
| 2,851 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | $16,402,295 | 4 | $4,100,574 |
| 2,852 | Richard Lang | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
| 2,853 | Alongsun | $16,380,000 | 1 | $16,380,000 |
| 2,854 | Bethany Ashton Wolf | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 2,855 | Lee Sternthal | $16,369,708 | 1 | $16,369,708 |
| 2,856 | John Harrison | $16,324,573 | 1 | $16,324,573 |
| 2,857 | Phil Karlson | $16,318,124 | 7 | $2,331,161 |
| 2,858 | Dong Yachun | $16,310,000 | 1 | $16,310,000 |
| 2,859 | Lino Disalvo | $16,288,031 | 1 | $16,288,031 |
| 2,860 | Isamu Imakake | $16,287,188 | 3 | $5,429,063 |
| 2,861 | Yilmaz Erdogan | $16,244,880 | 4 | $4,061,220 |
| 2,862 | Eric Bross | $16,222,303 | 4 | $4,055,576 |
| 2,863 | Denise Di Novi | $16,221,211 | 1 | $16,221,211 |
| 2,864 | Zizhao Wang (王子昭) | $16,201,808 | 1 | $16,201,808 |
| 2,865 | Busby Berkeley | $16,200,000 | 7 | $2,314,286 |
| 2,866 | Tomm Moore | $16,195,847 | 3 | $5,398,616 |
| 2,867 | Abhishek Varman | $16,170,605 | 2 | $8,085,303 |
| 2,868 | Giovanni Veronesi | $16,168,025 | 6 | $2,694,671 |
| 2,869 | Art Linson | $16,159,377 | 2 | $8,079,689 |
| 2,870 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | $16,148,906 | 2 | $8,074,453 |
| 2,871 | Luke Cresswell | $16,145,276 | 3 | $5,381,759 |
| 2,872 | Steve McNicholas | $16,145,276 | 3 | $5,381,759 |
| 2,873 | Tamara Jenkins | $16,144,796 | 3 | $5,381,599 |
| 2,874 | Casey Pinkston | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,875 | Luke Dick | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,876 | Thomas J. Wright | $16,093,651 | 1 | $16,093,651 |
| 2,877 | Gregory Widen | $16,091,660 | 1 | $16,091,660 |
| 2,878 | Steve Gomer | $16,075,094 | 2 | $8,037,547 |
| 2,879 | Maria Schrader | $16,060,613 | 4 | $4,015,153 |
| 2,880 | Sam Wanamaker | $16,000,000 | 2 | $8,000,000 |
| 2,881 | Daniel Mann | $16,000,000 | 5 | $3,200,000 |
| 2,882 | Tom Gries | $16,000,000 | 5 | $3,200,000 |
| 2,883 | Lee Khan | $15,993,710 | 1 | $15,993,710 |
| 2,884 | Zhao Hantang | $15,988,889 | 1 | $15,988,889 |
| 2,885 | Carl Gottlieb | $15,965,000 | 1 | $15,965,000 |
| 2,886 | Britt Allcroft | $15,911,332 | 1 | $15,911,332 |
| 2,887 | William A. Wellman | $15,900,000 | 11 | $1,445,455 |
| 2,888 | Wolfgang Groos | $15,890,704 | 7 | $2,270,101 |
| 2,889 | Park Hee-Kon | $15,856,608 | 1 | $15,856,608 |
| 2,890 | Domee Shi | $15,802,235 | 2 | $7,901,118 |
| 2,891 | John Maybury | $15,796,001 | 2 | $7,898,001 |
| 2,892 | Andrea Berloff | $15,779,261 | 1 | $15,779,261 |
| 2,893 | Chizuru Miyawaki | $15,775,367 | 1 | $15,775,367 |
| 2,894 | Jack Fisk | $15,743,287 | 2 | $7,871,644 |
| 2,895 | Shigeaki Kubo | $15,741,508 | 3 | $5,247,169 |
| 2,896 | Robert Kurtzman | $15,719,109 | 1 | $15,719,109 |
| 2,897 | Junsoo Park | $15,700,000 | 1 | $15,700,000 |
| 2,898 | Leonardo Pieraccioni | $15,682,172 | 4 | $3,920,543 |
| 2,899 | Trent Cooper | $15,680,099 | 2 | $7,840,050 |
| 2,900 | Daniel Auteuil | $15,677,194 | 5 | $3,135,439 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.