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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,801-4,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,801 | Luis Puenzo | $3,574,256 | 1 | $3,574,256 |
| 4,802 | Ryoichi Kimizuka | $3,573,355 | 1 | $3,573,355 |
| 4,803 | Melanie Simka | $3,573,180 | 1 | $3,573,180 |
| 4,804 | Igor Kopylov | $3,563,422 | 2 | $1,781,711 |
| 4,805 | Phil Roman | $3,560,469 | 4 | $890,117 |
| 4,806 | Phil Morrison | $3,557,809 | 2 | $1,778,905 |
| 4,807 | Cathy Garcia-Molina | $3,553,533 | 12 | $296,128 |
| 4,808 | John Warren | $3,551,208 | 1 | $3,551,208 |
| 4,809 | Michel Blanc | $3,546,857 | 3 | $1,182,286 |
| 4,810 | Zheyi Chen (陈哲艺) | $3,542,820 | 1 | $3,542,820 |
| 4,811 | Max Croci | $3,540,345 | 3 | $1,180,115 |
| 4,812 | Xu Zhengchao | $3,540,000 | 2 | $1,770,000 |
| 4,813 | Orson Welles | $3,535,958 | 10 | $353,596 |
| 4,814 | Hansol Shin | $3,535,083 | 1 | $3,535,083 |
| 4,815 | Paul Miller | $3,533,790 | 1 | $3,533,790 |
| 4,816 | Jeremy Comte | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 4,817 | Marianne Farley | $3,531,093 | 2 | $1,765,547 |
| 4,818 | Louise Bagnall | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 4,819 | Alison Snowden | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 4,820 | Andrew Chesworth | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 4,821 | Vincent Lambe | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 4,822 | David Fine | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 4,823 | Zhen Wang | $3,530,000 | 1 | $3,530,000 |
| 4,824 | Alessandro Pondi | $3,529,350 | 4 | $882,338 |
| 4,825 | Scott Winant | $3,525,125 | 1 | $3,525,125 |
| 4,826 | Jon Stewart | $3,524,629 | 2 | $1,762,315 |
| 4,827 | Kate Davis | $3,521,623 | 3 | $1,173,874 |
| 4,828 | Sam Pillsbury | $3,519,178 | 2 | $1,759,589 |
| 4,829 | Thomas Lennon | $3,516,102 | 3 | $1,172,034 |
| 4,830 | Richard T. Heffron | $3,515,578 | 5 | $703,116 |
| 4,831 | Lucas Navarro | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,832 | Victor Caire | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,833 | Kevin Wilson Jr | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,834 | Dave Mullins | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,835 | Laura Checkoway | $3,511,122 | 2 | $1,755,561 |
| 4,836 | Frank Stiefel | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,837 | Theophile Dufresne | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,838 | Derin Seale | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,839 | Max Porter | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,840 | Florian Babikian | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,841 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | $3,511,122 | 3 | $1,170,374 |
| 4,842 | Gabriel Grapperon | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,843 | Chris Overton | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,844 | Ru Kuwahata | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,845 | Vincent Bayoux | $3,511,122 | 1 | $3,511,122 |
| 4,846 | Shelly Chopra Dhar | $3,510,432 | 1 | $3,510,432 |
| 4,847 | Frances O’Connor | $3,510,244 | 1 | $3,510,244 |
| 4,848 | Deniz Enyüksek | $3,506,687 | 1 | $3,506,687 |
| 4,849 | Claude Berri | $3,503,546 | 2 | $1,751,773 |
| 4,850 | Mike Marvin | $3,500,898 | 2 | $1,750,449 |
| 4,851 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | $3,500,492 | 2 | $1,750,246 |
| 4,852 | Yoshitaka Mori | $3,495,997 | 1 | $3,495,997 |
| 4,853 | Burak Aksuk | $3,490,241 | 1 | $3,490,241 |
| 4,854 | Anurag Kashyap | $3,487,356 | 9 | $387,484 |
| 4,855 | Christopher Ashley | $3,487,000 | 4 | $871,750 |
| 4,856 | Rob Thomas | $3,485,383 | 1 | $3,485,383 |
| 4,857 | Marco Tullio Giordana | $3,484,370 | 6 | $580,728 |
| 4,858 | André Ducharme | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 4,859 | Guy A. Lepage | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 4,860 | Sylvain Roy | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 4,861 | Lodewijk van Lelyveld | $3,475,511 | 1 | $3,475,511 |
| 4,862 | Juho Kuosmanen | $3,474,782 | 2 | $1,737,391 |
| 4,863 | Wayne Roberts | $3,469,955 | 3 | $1,156,652 |
| 4,864 | Adam Resnick | $3,469,493 | 1 | $3,469,493 |
| 4,865 | Sagar Ballary | $3,465,362 | 2 | $1,732,681 |
| 4,866 | Jeffrey Hornaday | $3,463,620 | 3 | $1,154,540 |
| 4,867 | Pankaj Batra | $3,463,603 | 10 | $346,360 |
| 4,868 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,463,582 | 1 | $3,463,582 |
| 4,869 | Denis Dercourt | $3,461,222 | 2 | $1,730,611 |
| 4,870 | Tony Leung Ka Fai | $3,458,555 | 1 | $3,458,555 |
| 4,871 | Matthias Hoene | $3,457,987 | 4 | $864,497 |
| 4,872 | Zal Batmanglij | $3,457,404 | 2 | $1,728,702 |
| 4,873 | Anna Muylaert | $3,455,027 | 2 | $1,727,514 |
| 4,874 | Arnaud Viard | $3,454,876 | 2 | $1,727,438 |
| 4,875 | Sophon Sakdaphisit | $3,452,172 | 3 | $1,150,724 |
| 4,876 | Javier Ambrossi | $3,451,311 | 2 | $1,725,656 |
| 4,877 | Javier Calvo | $3,451,311 | 2 | $1,725,656 |
| 4,878 | Gela Babluani | $3,450,875 | 2 | $1,725,438 |
| 4,879 | Ryosuke Kanesaki | $3,450,057 | 1 | $3,450,057 |
| 4,880 | Anwar Safa | $3,445,606 | 2 | $1,722,803 |
| 4,881 | David Nixon | $3,445,573 | 2 | $1,722,787 |
| 4,882 | Takayuki Hamana | $3,444,996 | 3 | $1,148,332 |
| 4,883 | Paul Dugdale | $3,444,511 | 9 | $382,723 |
| 4,884 | Taavi Vartia | $3,444,404 | 3 | $1,148,135 |
| 4,885 | Pen Densham | $3,443,047 | 1 | $3,443,047 |
| 4,886 | Dean Murphy | $3,436,425 | 3 | $1,145,475 |
| 4,887 | Kestutis Gudavicius | $3,435,320 | 3 | $1,145,107 |
| 4,888 | Carlos Ávila | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 4,889 | Tommy Wiseau | $3,432,831 | 2 | $1,716,416 |
| 4,890 | Tom Fernandez | $3,431,073 | 1 | $3,431,073 |
| 4,891 | Victor Garcia | $3,428,409 | 4 | $857,102 |
| 4,892 | Patrick Creadon | $3,427,168 | 5 | $685,434 |
| 4,893 | Alma Har'el | $3,425,030 | 4 | $856,258 |
| 4,894 | Giuseppe Capotondi | $3,418,127 | 2 | $1,709,064 |
| 4,895 | Jan Egleson | $3,417,056 | 1 | $3,417,056 |
| 4,896 | Isabell Suba | $3,415,880 | 1 | $3,415,880 |
| 4,897 | Lake Bell | $3,415,819 | 3 | $1,138,606 |
| 4,898 | Kan Ishibashi | $3,409,317 | 1 | $3,409,317 |
| 4,899 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 4 | $850,000 |
| 4,900 | Emmanuel Finkiel | $3,396,089 | 1 | $3,396,089 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.