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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 | Antonio Pedro | $6,633,478 | 2 | $3,316,739 |
| 4,002 | Hasi Chaolu | $6,622,609 | 2 | $3,311,305 |
| 4,003 | Chuck Barris | $6,621,520 | 1 | $6,621,520 |
| 4,004 | Tarik Saleh | $6,619,731 | 4 | $1,654,933 |
| 4,005 | Leander Haußmann | $6,618,024 | 2 | $3,309,012 |
| 4,006 | Bruce Paltrow | $6,615,452 | 1 | $6,615,452 |
| 4,007 | R.S. Prasanna | $6,614,086 | 1 | $6,614,086 |
| 4,008 | Richard Tanne | $6,612,968 | 2 | $3,306,484 |
| 4,009 | Akihisa Shibata | $6,611,464 | 1 | $6,611,464 |
| 4,010 | Aleksey Pimanov | $6,610,016 | 3 | $2,203,339 |
| 4,011 | Kevin Connolly | $6,601,992 | 2 | $3,300,996 |
| 4,012 | John Byrum | $6,600,000 | 1 | $6,600,000 |
| 4,013 | Paolo Costella | $6,596,949 | 3 | $2,198,983 |
| 4,014 | Christopher Smith | $6,595,630 | 6 | $1,099,272 |
| 4,015 | Nicholaus Goossen | $6,590,172 | 2 | $3,295,086 |
| 4,016 | Ziad Doueiri | $6,587,326 | 2 | $3,293,663 |
| 4,017 | Julien Temple | $6,583,226 | 9 | $731,470 |
| 4,018 | Carine Tardieu | $6,582,475 | 2 | $3,291,238 |
| 4,019 | Fluxa Farkhshatova | $6,577,468 | 1 | $6,577,468 |
| 4,020 | Pierfrancesco Dilberto | $6,576,223 | 1 | $6,576,223 |
| 4,021 | Satoshi Kuwabara | $6,573,390 | 1 | $6,573,390 |
| 4,022 | Diego Levy | $6,559,825 | 1 | $6,559,825 |
| 4,023 | Vicky Jones | $6,554,791 | 1 | $6,554,791 |
| 4,024 | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | $6,553,371 | 4 | $1,638,343 |
| 4,025 | Zhibin Gu | $6,550,000 | 1 | $6,550,000 |
| 4,026 | Jorge Ramirez Suarez | $6,547,113 | 4 | $1,636,778 |
| 4,027 | Hyeoncheol Jeong | $6,546,751 | 1 | $6,546,751 |
| 4,028 | Wooyoung Jo | $6,546,751 | 1 | $6,546,751 |
| 4,029 | Jo Cheol hyeon | $6,542,844 | 1 | $6,542,844 |
| 4,030 | Tilman Singer | $6,540,806 | 2 | $3,270,403 |
| 4,031 | Michele Laroque | $6,533,239 | 3 | $2,177,746 |
| 4,032 | Charles S. Dutton | $6,532,865 | 2 | $3,266,433 |
| 4,033 | Euros Lyn | $6,530,068 | 2 | $3,265,034 |
| 4,034 | John Chester | $6,526,377 | 1 | $6,526,377 |
| 4,035 | Anton Maslov | $6,520,318 | 1 | $6,520,318 |
| 4,036 | Arnaud Lemort | $6,510,082 | 2 | $3,255,041 |
| 4,037 | Craig Johnson | $6,507,575 | 5 | $1,301,515 |
| 4,038 | Ayako Kuono | $6,504,916 | 1 | $6,504,916 |
| 4,039 | Peter Speek | $6,504,890 | 2 | $3,252,445 |
| 4,040 | Kurt Miller | $6,504,890 | 3 | $2,168,297 |
| 4,041 | Jeb Stuart | $6,504,442 | 1 | $6,504,442 |
| 4,042 | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | $6,501,023 | 1 | $6,501,023 |
| 4,043 | Joey Zou | $6,497,818 | 3 | $2,165,939 |
| 4,044 | Abbas Kiarostami | $6,493,872 | 9 | $721,541 |
| 4,045 | Timothy Björklund | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 4,046 | Pierre Salvadori | $6,490,090 | 3 | $2,163,363 |
| 4,047 | Takeshi Nozue | $6,479,980 | 1 | $6,479,980 |
| 4,048 | Rajesh Mapuskar | $6,477,036 | 1 | $6,477,036 |
| 4,049 | Bishal Dutta | $6,468,779 | 2 | $3,234,390 |
| 4,050 | Michael Carney | $6,468,664 | 1 | $6,468,664 |
| 4,051 | Atsuko Ishizuka | $6,458,951 | 2 | $3,229,476 |
| 4,052 | Ali Biligin | $6,457,519 | 1 | $6,457,519 |
| 4,053 | Kim Druzhinin | $6,457,240 | 1 | $6,457,240 |
| 4,054 | Andrey Shalopa | $6,457,240 | 1 | $6,457,240 |
| 4,055 | Jules Bass | $6,455,330 | 6 | $1,075,888 |
| 4,056 | Arthur Rankin Jr. | $6,455,330 | 5 | $1,291,066 |
| 4,057 | Brandon Cronenberg | $6,449,554 | 3 | $2,149,851 |
| 4,058 | Alejandro Chomski | $6,443,240 | 4 | $1,610,810 |
| 4,059 | Yoshishige Miyake | $6,439,564 | 2 | $3,219,782 |
| 4,060 | Lorena Muñoz | $6,433,276 | 2 | $3,216,638 |
| 4,061 | Gupse Özay | $6,429,949 | 1 | $6,429,949 |
| 4,062 | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | $6,427,415 | 7 | $918,202 |
| 4,063 | Deniz Gamze Erguven | $6,427,083 | 2 | $3,213,542 |
| 4,064 | Keming Hou | $6,422,970 | 3 | $2,140,990 |
| 4,065 | Chang Xiaoyang | $6,422,958 | 2 | $3,211,479 |
| 4,066 | Bruno Dumont | $6,421,824 | 10 | $642,182 |
| 4,067 | J.F. Lawton | $6,420,615 | 1 | $6,420,615 |
| 4,068 | Morgan Matthews | $6,411,453 | 3 | $2,137,151 |
| 4,069 | Allan Burns | $6,408,791 | 1 | $6,408,791 |
| 4,070 | Stephen Brize | $6,404,379 | 1 | $6,404,379 |
| 4,071 | Robert Z. Leonard | $6,400,000 | 8 | $800,000 |
| 4,072 | Eiji Uchida | $6,397,065 | 5 | $1,279,413 |
| 4,073 | Jiri Strach | $6,387,619 | 1 | $6,387,619 |
| 4,074 | Nicolas Pariser | $6,387,195 | 3 | $2,129,065 |
| 4,075 | Bartosz Prokopowicz | $6,384,591 | 2 | $3,192,296 |
| 4,076 | Marcelo Antunez | $6,382,550 | 2 | $3,191,275 |
| 4,077 | Farhad Safinia | $6,353,847 | 1 | $6,353,847 |
| 4,078 | Kevin Peeples | $6,352,000 | 2 | $3,176,000 |
| 4,079 | Oleg Uzhinov | $6,347,035 | 1 | $6,347,035 |
| 4,080 | Chang Youjeong | $6,345,504 | 1 | $6,345,504 |
| 4,081 | Kevin Connor | $6,342,668 | 10 | $634,267 |
| 4,082 | William Richert | $6,341,645 | 2 | $3,170,823 |
| 4,083 | Walter Bernstein | $6,321,392 | 1 | $6,321,392 |
| 4,084 | Weiran Li (李蔚然) | $6,317,243 | 1 | $6,317,243 |
| 4,085 | Eric Carrière | $6,307,835 | 2 | $3,153,918 |
| 4,086 | Norberto López Amado | $6,304,028 | 2 | $3,152,014 |
| 4,087 | Stephen Carpenter | $6,303,049 | 2 | $3,151,525 |
| 4,088 | Alexis Michalik | $6,298,346 | 2 | $3,149,173 |
| 4,089 | Christian Volckman | $6,298,086 | 2 | $3,149,043 |
| 4,090 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $6,297,069 | 4 | $1,574,267 |
| 4,091 | Huang Lei | $6,291,992 | 2 | $3,145,996 |
| 4,092 | Casey La Scala | $6,289,232 | 2 | $3,144,616 |
| 4,093 | John Wax | $6,288,085 | 2 | $3,144,043 |
| 4,094 | Jean-Pascal Zadi | $6,288,085 | 1 | $6,288,085 |
| 4,095 | Mudassar Aziz | $6,276,668 | 5 | $1,255,334 |
| 4,096 | Ram Gopal Varma | $6,272,873 | 8 | $784,109 |
| 4,097 | Marc Abraham | $6,272,074 | 2 | $3,136,037 |
| 4,098 | Shangming Cai (蔡尚铭) | $6,268,952 | 2 | $3,134,476 |
| 4,099 | Glendyn Ivin | $6,262,056 | 2 | $3,131,028 |
| 4,100 | Colm Bairéad | $6,261,595 | 1 | $6,261,595 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.