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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,201 | Xi Chao | $12,104,346 | 1 | $12,104,346 |
| 3,202 | Maurice Hunt | $12,039,526 | 1 | $12,039,526 |
| 3,203 | Enrique Begne | $12,030,437 | 2 | $6,015,219 |
| 3,204 | James Whale | $12,010,540 | 5 | $2,402,108 |
| 3,205 | Jack Starrett | $12,000,000 | 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 3,206 | Yuanhan Yang (杨沅翰) | $11,996,000 | 3 | $3,998,667 |
| 3,207 | Yash Chopra | $11,989,510 | 2 | $5,994,755 |
| 3,208 | Bill Bennett | $11,955,458 | 4 | $2,988,865 |
| 3,209 | Rose Glass | $11,952,945 | 2 | $5,976,473 |
| 3,210 | Kim Sung-hoon | $11,937,675 | 1 | $11,937,675 |
| 3,211 | Roger Avary | $11,935,499 | 2 | $5,967,750 |
| 3,212 | Josef Rusnak | $11,927,241 | 4 | $2,981,810 |
| 3,213 | Jim Hanon | $11,924,041 | 3 | $3,974,680 |
| 3,214 | Gareth Evans | $11,923,210 | 5 | $2,384,642 |
| 3,215 | Nash Edgerton | $11,899,272 | 2 | $5,949,636 |
| 3,216 | Vignesh Shivan | $11,889,987 | 3 | $3,963,329 |
| 3,217 | Tim Hunter | $11,880,801 | 5 | $2,376,160 |
| 3,218 | Pascal Laugier | $11,877,501 | 3 | $3,959,167 |
| 3,219 | Min-Ho Kim | $11,872,000 | 1 | $11,872,000 |
| 3,220 | Marco Kreuzpaintner | $11,851,235 | 2 | $5,925,618 |
| 3,221 | Aisling Walsh | $11,850,575 | 2 | $5,925,288 |
| 3,222 | Deng Zhiwei | $11,840,495 | 1 | $11,840,495 |
| 3,223 | Shi Juansheng | $11,840,495 | 1 | $11,840,495 |
| 3,224 | Atsushi Kaneshige | $11,829,624 | 2 | $5,914,812 |
| 3,225 | Chris Radtke | $11,827,559 | 1 | $11,827,559 |
| 3,226 | Stephen Gray | $11,827,559 | 1 | $11,827,559 |
| 3,227 | Chinonye Chukwu | $11,813,909 | 2 | $5,906,955 |
| 3,228 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | $11,801,849 | 8 | $1,475,231 |
| 3,229 | Fred Durst | $11,793,474 | 3 | $3,931,158 |
| 3,230 | Martin Koolhoven | $11,788,024 | 2 | $5,894,012 |
| 3,231 | Yuji Mutoh | $11,777,171 | 1 | $11,777,171 |
| 3,232 | Yoo-Jeong Jang | $11,769,569 | 1 | $11,769,569 |
| 3,233 | Charles T. Kanganis | $11,744,960 | 2 | $5,872,480 |
| 3,234 | Hiroshi Miyamoto | $11,741,685 | 2 | $5,870,843 |
| 3,235 | Alexandra Leclere | $11,726,243 | 4 | $2,931,561 |
| 3,236 | Steven Shainberg | $11,720,461 | 4 | $2,930,115 |
| 3,237 | Catalina Aguilar Mastretta | $11,716,658 | 2 | $5,858,329 |
| 3,238 | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | $11,715,517 | 3 | $3,905,172 |
| 3,239 | William H. Arntz | $11,714,997 | 2 | $5,857,499 |
| 3,240 | Betsy Chasse | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 3,241 | Mark Vicente | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 3,242 | Li Jun Li | $11,702,016 | 1 | $11,702,016 |
| 3,243 | Kim Hyun-Suk | $11,701,185 | 1 | $11,701,185 |
| 3,244 | David Lister | $11,700,000 | 1 | $11,700,000 |
| 3,245 | Daniel Cohen | $11,689,084 | 3 | $3,896,361 |
| 3,246 | Youngju Park | $11,658,476 | 1 | $11,658,476 |
| 3,247 | Marcos Carnevale | $11,648,765 | 9 | $1,294,307 |
| 3,248 | Dominique Othenin-Girard | $11,642,254 | 3 | $3,880,751 |
| 3,249 | Haruka Fujita | $11,638,294 | 1 | $11,638,294 |
| 3,250 | Filip Zylber | $11,621,850 | 9 | $1,291,317 |
| 3,251 | Pedro Vasconcelos | $11,616,161 | 1 | $11,616,161 |
| 3,252 | Tony Randel | $11,611,883 | 2 | $5,805,942 |
| 3,253 | Mike Doyle | $11,600,000 | 1 | $11,600,000 |
| 3,254 | Jouji Furuta | $11,597,863 | 1 | $11,597,863 |
| 3,255 | Bruce W. Smith | $11,589,629 | 2 | $5,794,815 |
| 3,256 | Ralph Singleton | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 3,257 | Chris Roberts | $11,578,022 | 1 | $11,578,022 |
| 3,258 | Matty Rich | $11,576,992 | 2 | $5,788,496 |
| 3,259 | Louis Saia | $11,572,073 | 3 | $3,857,358 |
| 3,260 | Peter Bonerz | $11,567,000 | 1 | $11,567,000 |
| 3,261 | Scott McGehee | $11,561,052 | 4 | $2,890,263 |
| 3,262 | David Siegel | $11,561,052 | 4 | $2,890,263 |
| 3,263 | Colin Davies | $11,559,250 | 1 | $11,559,250 |
| 3,264 | Elaine Despins | $11,559,250 | 1 | $11,559,250 |
| 3,265 | Anil Sharma | $11,555,489 | 5 | $2,311,098 |
| 3,266 | Chia-Liang Liu | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 3,267 | Martin Horský | $11,546,268 | 2 | $5,773,134 |
| 3,268 | Iciar Bollain | $11,541,468 | 6 | $1,923,578 |
| 3,269 | Ali Atay | $11,539,822 | 4 | $2,884,956 |
| 3,270 | Yahoo Serious | $11,536,599 | 2 | $5,768,300 |
| 3,271 | Vivek Sharma | $11,532,795 | 1 | $11,532,795 |
| 3,272 | Robert Butler | $11,532,774 | 3 | $3,844,258 |
| 3,273 | Tetsuya Nakashima | $11,528,139 | 3 | $3,842,713 |
| 3,274 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 3,275 | Alper Mestci | $11,494,951 | 13 | $884,227 |
| 3,276 | Andrea Di Stefano | $11,485,653 | 3 | $3,828,551 |
| 3,277 | Joshua Weigel | $11,483,161 | 1 | $11,483,161 |
| 3,278 | Maria Sadowska | $11,477,274 | 3 | $3,825,758 |
| 3,279 | Kevin Sorbo | $11,459,259 | 3 | $3,819,753 |
| 3,280 | Yuriy Bykov | $11,455,354 | 4 | $2,863,839 |
| 3,281 | Nikolay Khomeriki | $11,454,608 | 3 | $3,818,203 |
| 3,282 | Volker Schlondorff | $11,437,251 | 9 | $1,270,806 |
| 3,283 | Antonio Negret | $11,433,264 | 4 | $2,858,316 |
| 3,284 | Chengfeng Zheng | $11,420,942 | 7 | $1,631,563 |
| 3,285 | Francesco Amato | $11,410,177 | 3 | $3,803,392 |
| 3,286 | Erik Van Looy | $11,404,317 | 2 | $5,702,159 |
| 3,287 | Jack Hill | $11,399,850 | 7 | $1,628,550 |
| 3,288 | Francis Veber | $11,387,631 | 5 | $2,277,526 |
| 3,289 | David Michod | $11,386,872 | 5 | $2,277,374 |
| 3,290 | Alper Çağlar | $11,378,898 | 1 | $11,378,898 |
| 3,291 | Lisa Gottlieb | $11,377,655 | 1 | $11,377,655 |
| 3,292 | Kwon Lee | $11,366,235 | 1 | $11,366,235 |
| 3,293 | Frédéric Quiring | $11,354,984 | 5 | $2,270,997 |
| 3,294 | Maren Ade | $11,347,380 | 2 | $5,673,690 |
| 3,295 | Damiano Damiani | $11,328,000 | 2 | $5,664,000 |
| 3,296 | Andrea Arnold | $11,327,627 | 5 | $2,265,525 |
| 3,297 | Kunal Kohli | $11,324,286 | 2 | $5,662,143 |
| 3,298 | Salvador Calvo | $11,320,838 | 3 | $3,773,613 |
| 3,299 | Edward James Olmos | $11,318,282 | 5 | $2,263,656 |
| 3,300 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.