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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Paolo Costella | $7,792,325 | 5 | $1,558,465 |
| 4,002 | Leo Lee | $7,784,033 | 2 | $3,892,017 |
| 4,003 | Albert Pintó | $7,782,161 | 2 | $3,891,081 |
| 4,004 | Mia Hansen-Love | $7,778,798 | 6 | $1,296,466 |
| 4,005 | Claudio Fah | $7,771,869 | 6 | $1,295,312 |
| 4,006 | Anurag Singh | $7,771,412 | 5 | $1,554,282 |
| 4,007 | Bart Layton | $7,768,126 | 3 | $2,589,375 |
| 4,008 | Carlos Bolado | $7,763,108 | 2 | $3,881,554 |
| 4,009 | Pim van Hoeve | $7,761,862 | 6 | $1,293,644 |
| 4,010 | Oleg Kuzovkov | $7,759,243 | 4 | $1,939,811 |
| 4,011 | Sanjay Gadhvi | $7,744,485 | 2 | $3,872,243 |
| 4,012 | Quentin Dupieux | $7,737,394 | 13 | $595,184 |
| 4,013 | Zheng Chang | $7,736,408 | 1 | $7,736,408 |
| 4,014 | Chang-joo Kim | $7,735,834 | 1 | $7,735,834 |
| 4,015 | Leos Carax | $7,727,582 | 6 | $1,287,930 |
| 4,016 | Huang Jianming | $7,723,884 | 2 | $3,861,942 |
| 4,017 | Bill Forsyth | $7,723,276 | 3 | $2,574,425 |
| 4,018 | Robin Campillo | $7,716,198 | 4 | $1,929,050 |
| 4,019 | Kevin Hart | $7,712,436 | 1 | $7,712,436 |
| 4,020 | Samuel Bodin | $7,711,647 | 1 | $7,711,647 |
| 4,021 | Ilya Aksenov | $7,708,826 | 1 | $7,708,826 |
| 4,022 | Laxman Utekar | $7,703,913 | 3 | $2,567,971 |
| 4,023 | Jeff Wilson | $7,699,452 | 4 | $1,924,863 |
| 4,024 | Kazuo Sakai | $7,697,028 | 1 | $7,697,028 |
| 4,025 | Yu Zhao | $7,690,000 | 1 | $7,690,000 |
| 4,026 | Mamoru Oshii | $7,679,300 | 6 | $1,279,883 |
| 4,027 | Siddharth S. Malhotra | $7,678,147 | 1 | $7,678,147 |
| 4,028 | Denis Delic | $7,672,577 | 2 | $3,836,289 |
| 4,029 | Sun Hao | $7,666,828 | 2 | $3,833,414 |
| 4,030 | Jeff Celentano | $7,665,865 | 3 | $2,555,288 |
| 4,031 | Martijn Koevoets | $7,662,926 | 5 | $1,532,585 |
| 4,032 | Yoon-Sung Kang | $7,652,406 | 2 | $3,826,203 |
| 4,033 | Stephen Walker | $7,649,255 | 1 | $7,649,255 |
| 4,034 | Sally George | $7,649,255 | 1 | $7,649,255 |
| 4,035 | Kelly Reichardt | $7,648,580 | 9 | $849,842 |
| 4,036 | Thomas Michael Donnelly | $7,634,909 | 1 | $7,634,909 |
| 4,037 | Xu Zhanxiong | $7,621,338 | 1 | $7,621,338 |
| 4,038 | Steve Boyum | $7,608,676 | 3 | $2,536,225 |
| 4,039 | Robert Rossen | $7,600,738 | 3 | $2,533,579 |
| 4,040 | Chen Chen (陈晨) | $7,598,009 | 1 | $7,598,009 |
| 4,041 | Chris Dowling | $7,590,472 | 3 | $2,530,157 |
| 4,042 | Marek Benes | $7,584,331 | 6 | $1,264,055 |
| 4,043 | Alexander Nezolbin | $7,579,923 | 1 | $7,579,923 |
| 4,044 | Arnaud Desplechin | $7,575,478 | 7 | $1,082,211 |
| 4,045 | James Melkonian | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 4,046 | Jiří Vejdělek | $7,551,561 | 3 | $2,517,187 |
| 4,047 | Michael Mason | $7,546,115 | 1 | $7,546,115 |
| 4,048 | Tengdong Li (李腾栋) | $7,542,795 | 3 | $2,514,265 |
| 4,049 | Wei Ming | $7,530,000 | 1 | $7,530,000 |
| 4,050 | Alfredo De Villa | $7,519,490 | 2 | $3,759,745 |
| 4,051 | Sion Sono | $7,516,527 | 11 | $683,321 |
| 4,052 | Sydney Sibilia | $7,509,386 | 5 | $1,501,877 |
| 4,053 | Tristan Séguéla | $7,505,691 | 4 | $1,876,423 |
| 4,054 | Inés de León | $7,505,348 | 2 | $3,752,674 |
| 4,055 | Christophe Offenstein | $7,501,925 | 4 | $1,875,481 |
| 4,056 | Robert Scheerer | $7,500,000 | 2 | $3,750,000 |
| 4,057 | Walter Lang | $7,500,000 | 3 | $2,500,000 |
| 4,058 | Ferdinand Fairfax | $7,498,414 | 2 | $3,749,207 |
| 4,059 | Prithviraj Sukumaran | $7,495,311 | 2 | $3,747,656 |
| 4,060 | Tao Lian | $7,489,619 | 1 | $7,489,619 |
| 4,061 | Shaka King | $7,478,009 | 2 | $3,739,005 |
| 4,062 | Steven Kampmann | $7,473,364 | 2 | $3,736,682 |
| 4,063 | Aleksandr Amirov | $7,471,567 | 5 | $1,494,313 |
| 4,064 | G Ashok | $7,468,217 | 1 | $7,468,217 |
| 4,065 | Özcan Deniz | $7,467,545 | 3 | $2,489,182 |
| 4,066 | Will Porter | $7,467,504 | 1 | $7,467,504 |
| 4,067 | Luo Deng | $7,465,380 | 2 | $3,732,690 |
| 4,068 | Chris Sivertson | $7,465,244 | 8 | $933,156 |
| 4,069 | Xixi Cao (曹茜茜) | $7,460,000 | 1 | $7,460,000 |
| 4,070 | Luca Miniero | $7,456,015 | 5 | $1,491,203 |
| 4,071 | Arman Marutyan | $7,444,187 | 2 | $3,722,094 |
| 4,072 | Bruno Garotti | $7,436,918 | 7 | $1,062,417 |
| 4,073 | Stephen King | $7,433,663 | 1 | $7,433,663 |
| 4,074 | David Miller | $7,424,760 | 7 | $1,060,680 |
| 4,075 | Yonggang Chen (陈永刚) | $7,423,918 | 2 | $3,711,959 |
| 4,076 | Paul Downs Colaizzo | $7,422,058 | 2 | $3,711,029 |
| 4,077 | Vipul Shah | $7,418,282 | 1 | $7,418,282 |
| 4,078 | Antoine Blossier | $7,406,890 | 2 | $3,703,445 |
| 4,079 | Taige Li(李太阁) | $7,403,786 | 1 | $7,403,786 |
| 4,080 | Sebastian del Amo | $7,400,343 | 2 | $3,700,172 |
| 4,081 | Paco Leon | $7,386,174 | 3 | $2,462,058 |
| 4,082 | Jean-François Tosti | $7,374,957 | 1 | $7,374,957 |
| 4,083 | Peng Zhang | $7,353,354 | 1 | $7,353,354 |
| 4,084 | Yukio Kaizawa | $7,350,621 | 1 | $7,350,621 |
| 4,085 | Xingliang Li (李星良) | $7,349,604 | 1 | $7,349,604 |
| 4,086 | Kelly Makin | $7,327,473 | 2 | $3,663,737 |
| 4,087 | Michael Grandage | $7,315,496 | 3 | $2,438,499 |
| 4,088 | Clarence Brown | $7,300,000 | 9 | $811,111 |
| 4,089 | Luke Scott | $7,298,786 | 1 | $7,298,786 |
| 4,090 | Emmanuel Mouret | $7,296,903 | 7 | $1,042,415 |
| 4,091 | Benoit Delepine | $7,289,330 | 5 | $1,457,866 |
| 4,092 | Anton Fedotov | $7,283,097 | 2 | $3,641,549 |
| 4,093 | Lloyd Bacon | $7,281,000 | 13 | $560,077 |
| 4,094 | Chen Muh | $7,272,220 | 1 | $7,272,220 |
| 4,095 | Allan Mauduit | $7,260,661 | 1 | $7,260,661 |
| 4,096 | Santiago Mitre | $7,255,855 | 4 | $1,813,964 |
| 4,097 | Marcel Barrena | $7,248,723 | 4 | $1,812,181 |
| 4,098 | Christopher Crowe | $7,242,035 | 1 | $7,242,035 |
| 4,099 | Wang Yu | $7,234,823 | 2 | $3,617,412 |
| 4,100 | Aristomenis Tsirbas | $7,233,557 | 2 | $3,616,779 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.