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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 | James D. Stern | $19,482,436 | 4 | $4,870,609 |
| 2,802 | Cho Kyu-Jang | $19,469,123 | 1 | $19,469,123 |
| 2,803 | David Bruckner | $19,442,201 | 7 | $2,777,457 |
| 2,804 | Chris Walas | $19,441,528 | 1 | $19,441,528 |
| 2,805 | George Jackson | $19,438,638 | 1 | $19,438,638 |
| 2,806 | Maurice Joyce | $19,421,271 | 1 | $19,421,271 |
| 2,807 | Nicolas Lopez | $19,418,662 | 4 | $4,854,666 |
| 2,808 | Wang Wei | $19,399,047 | 4 | $4,849,762 |
| 2,809 | Dae-min Park | $19,310,886 | 3 | $6,436,962 |
| 2,810 | Won Shin-yun | $19,282,535 | 1 | $19,282,535 |
| 2,811 | Don Kempf | $19,276,267 | 1 | $19,276,267 |
| 2,812 | Mort Nathan | $19,195,063 | 2 | $9,597,532 |
| 2,813 | Eric Meza | $19,194,572 | 1 | $19,194,572 |
| 2,814 | Charles Dance | $19,168,295 | 1 | $19,168,295 |
| 2,815 | Buzz Kulik | $19,165,263 | 6 | $3,194,211 |
| 2,816 | Michihito Fujii | $19,149,754 | 6 | $3,191,626 |
| 2,817 | Carlo Verdone | $19,123,888 | 3 | $6,374,629 |
| 2,818 | Chu Yen-Ping | $19,110,296 | 1 | $19,110,296 |
| 2,819 | David Nutter | $19,014,238 | 1 | $19,014,238 |
| 2,820 | Robert Longo | $19,006,201 | 1 | $19,006,201 |
| 2,821 | Chen Hongyi | $19,005,956 | 1 | $19,005,956 |
| 2,822 | Richard Quine | $19,000,126 | 5 | $3,800,025 |
| 2,823 | Alfred E. Green | $19,000,000 | 5 | $3,800,000 |
| 2,824 | Ladj Ly | $18,990,415 | 2 | $9,495,208 |
| 2,825 | Michael Goldenberg | $18,972,237 | 1 | $18,972,237 |
| 2,826 | Michael Polish | $18,969,302 | 13 | $1,459,177 |
| 2,827 | Doug Atchison | $18,959,424 | 1 | $18,959,424 |
| 2,828 | Oleg Pogodin | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 2,829 | Bjorne Runge | $18,918,425 | 4 | $4,729,606 |
| 2,830 | Kexin Liu | $18,899,772 | 4 | $4,724,943 |
| 2,831 | Drew Barrymore | $18,889,972 | 1 | $18,889,972 |
| 2,832 | Carl Schultz | $18,875,011 | 2 | $9,437,506 |
| 2,833 | Denis Chernov | $18,858,224 | 6 | $3,143,037 |
| 2,834 | David Steinberg | $18,838,000 | 2 | $9,419,000 |
| 2,835 | Gregory Dark | $18,828,036 | 1 | $18,828,036 |
| 2,836 | Richard Talmadge | $18,820,000 | 1 | $18,820,000 |
| 2,837 | Richard Compton | $18,800,000 | 1 | $18,800,000 |
| 2,838 | Weidong Yuan | $18,764,048 | 1 | $18,764,048 |
| 2,839 | Jack Sholder | $18,763,397 | 3 | $6,254,466 |
| 2,840 | Sung-soo Kim | $18,736,628 | 1 | $18,736,628 |
| 2,841 | Shûkô Murase | $18,736,052 | 2 | $9,368,026 |
| 2,842 | Karen Zaharov | $18,712,052 | 4 | $4,678,013 |
| 2,843 | Demian Lichtenstein | $18,708,848 | 1 | $18,708,848 |
| 2,844 | Kim Suk-Yoon | $18,708,399 | 1 | $18,708,399 |
| 2,845 | Heitor Dhalia | $18,692,443 | 2 | $9,346,222 |
| 2,846 | Rob McKittrick | $18,673,274 | 1 | $18,673,274 |
| 2,847 | Mary Agnes Donoghue | $18,660,527 | 2 | $9,330,264 |
| 2,848 | David Alaux | $18,652,567 | 2 | $9,326,284 |
| 2,849 | Lang Elliott | $18,647,032 | 2 | $9,323,516 |
| 2,850 | Lee Jang-Hoon | $18,634,127 | 1 | $18,634,127 |
| 2,851 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $18,594,123 | 5 | $3,718,825 |
| 2,852 | Sophia Takal | $18,542,227 | 4 | $4,635,557 |
| 2,853 | Alankrita Shrivastava | $18,520,527 | 2 | $9,260,264 |
| 2,854 | Hy Averback | $18,519,133 | 3 | $6,173,044 |
| 2,855 | Byun Sung-Hyun | $18,503,522 | 2 | $9,251,761 |
| 2,856 | Junsoo Park | $18,500,823 | 1 | $18,500,823 |
| 2,857 | Xiao Yang | $18,485,628 | 1 | $18,485,628 |
| 2,858 | Derek Drymon | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 2,859 | Jennifer Kluska | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 2,860 | Tim Pope | $18,478,228 | 2 | $9,239,114 |
| 2,861 | Jin-ho Heo | $18,451,362 | 4 | $4,612,841 |
| 2,862 | Jongpil Lee | $18,421,721 | 1 | $18,421,721 |
| 2,863 | Sherry Hormann | $18,416,070 | 2 | $9,208,035 |
| 2,864 | John Pogue | $18,413,804 | 5 | $3,682,761 |
| 2,865 | James Goldstone | $18,408,323 | 3 | $6,136,108 |
| 2,866 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | $18,379,032 | 9 | $2,042,115 |
| 2,867 | Hakan Algul | $18,364,482 | 6 | $3,060,747 |
| 2,868 | Franc Roddam | $18,364,215 | 4 | $4,591,054 |
| 2,869 | Yukun Xin | $18,351,825 | 3 | $6,117,275 |
| 2,870 | Boots Riley | $18,285,560 | 1 | $18,285,560 |
| 2,871 | Heywood Gould | $18,248,623 | 2 | $9,124,312 |
| 2,872 | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | $18,224,899 | 2 | $9,112,450 |
| 2,873 | Fred Savage | $18,209,872 | 1 | $18,209,872 |
| 2,874 | Miguel Sapochnik | $18,195,238 | 2 | $9,097,619 |
| 2,875 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 6 | $3,029,321 |
| 2,876 | Jorma Taccone | $18,167,015 | 3 | $6,055,672 |
| 2,877 | Celine Sciamma | $18,110,343 | 4 | $4,527,586 |
| 2,878 | Geoff Burrowes | $18,096,355 | 2 | $9,048,178 |
| 2,879 | Bob Hathcock | $18,075,331 | 2 | $9,037,666 |
| 2,880 | Dae-joong Nam | $18,074,438 | 2 | $9,037,219 |
| 2,881 | Marek Kanievska | $18,055,323 | 2 | $9,027,662 |
| 2,882 | Isamu Imakake | $18,018,652 | 4 | $4,504,663 |
| 2,883 | Karoline Herfurth | $18,013,251 | 5 | $3,602,650 |
| 2,884 | Arne Mattsson | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2,885 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2,886 | Jerry Lewis | $18,000,000 | 2 | $9,000,000 |
| 2,887 | Sönke Wortmann | $17,978,763 | 6 | $2,996,461 |
| 2,888 | Jim Isaac | $17,970,763 | 2 | $8,985,382 |
| 2,889 | Cedric Klapisch | $17,966,285 | 8 | $2,245,786 |
| 2,890 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | $17,935,589 | 3 | $5,978,530 |
| 2,891 | Timo Vuorensolam | $17,933,103 | 5 | $3,586,621 |
| 2,892 | Zara Hayes | $17,901,314 | 1 | $17,901,314 |
| 2,893 | Li Qingfang | $17,880,000 | 1 | $17,880,000 |
| 2,894 | Alexander Charlot | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 2,895 | Julia von Heinz | $17,839,461 | 3 | $5,946,487 |
| 2,896 | Gô Koga | $17,832,427 | 1 | $17,832,427 |
| 2,897 | Rob Hardy | $17,821,945 | 4 | $4,455,486 |
| 2,898 | Allan Arkush | $17,798,302 | 4 | $4,449,576 |
| 2,899 | Paul Lynch | $17,791,763 | 2 | $8,895,882 |
| 2,900 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.