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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,501 | Junji Shimizu | $4,502,612 | 1 | $4,502,612 |
| 4,502 | Ted Emery | $4,501,746 | 1 | $4,501,746 |
| 4,503 | Dai Wei | $4,497,193 | 2 | $2,248,597 |
| 4,504 | Chris Nash | $4,490,744 | 2 | $2,245,372 |
| 4,505 | Cecilia Rouaud | $4,480,543 | 2 | $2,240,272 |
| 4,506 | Anna Justice | $4,471,880 | 1 | $4,471,880 |
| 4,507 | Sean Wang | $4,469,904 | 2 | $2,234,952 |
| 4,508 | Hong-soo Park | $4,467,956 | 1 | $4,467,956 |
| 4,509 | Jan Hrebejk | $4,467,911 | 5 | $893,582 |
| 4,510 | Lawrence Gray | $4,460,426 | 2 | $2,230,213 |
| 4,511 | Daniel Benmayor | $4,447,002 | 4 | $1,111,751 |
| 4,512 | Zhitie Yuzhou (宇宙之铁) | $4,442,066 | 1 | $4,442,066 |
| 4,513 | Bong-han Kim | $4,437,146 | 3 | $1,479,049 |
| 4,514 | Jiang Zhuoyuan | $4,433,919 | 1 | $4,433,919 |
| 4,515 | B.J. Novak | $4,433,653 | 1 | $4,433,653 |
| 4,516 | Vivianne Jundi | $4,432,618 | 3 | $1,477,539 |
| 4,517 | Di Song | $4,430,000 | 1 | $4,430,000 |
| 4,518 | Timothy Woodward, Jr | $4,429,806 | 16 | $276,863 |
| 4,519 | Andy Wilson | $4,428,527 | 1 | $4,428,527 |
| 4,520 | Juraj Jakubisko | $4,425,199 | 2 | $2,212,600 |
| 4,521 | David Evans | $4,424,187 | 2 | $2,212,094 |
| 4,522 | Shawn Seet | $4,413,603 | 2 | $2,206,802 |
| 4,523 | Sandra Nettelbeck | $4,412,148 | 2 | $2,206,074 |
| 4,524 | Song Wen | $4,412,044 | 2 | $2,206,022 |
| 4,525 | Andrew Jarecki | $4,409,434 | 1 | $4,409,434 |
| 4,526 | Jixing Wang | $4,408,165 | 1 | $4,408,165 |
| 4,527 | Sam Liu | $4,407,121 | 15 | $293,808 |
| 4,528 | Edoardo de Angelis | $4,406,750 | 3 | $1,468,917 |
| 4,529 | Julien Rambaldi | $4,405,908 | 3 | $1,468,636 |
| 4,530 | Simone Spada | $4,401,830 | 2 | $2,200,915 |
| 4,531 | Mark Tarlov | $4,398,989 | 1 | $4,398,989 |
| 4,532 | Miguel Angel Lamata | $4,395,084 | 3 | $1,465,028 |
| 4,533 | Graham Moore | $4,389,636 | 2 | $2,194,818 |
| 4,534 | N. Lingusamy | $4,388,400 | 2 | $2,194,200 |
| 4,535 | Midhun Manuel Thomas | $4,386,666 | 3 | $1,462,222 |
| 4,536 | Stan Winston | $4,385,516 | 2 | $2,192,758 |
| 4,537 | Joo-ho Kim | $4,381,421 | 1 | $4,381,421 |
| 4,538 | Mickkel Braenne Sandemose | $4,377,166 | 3 | $1,459,055 |
| 4,539 | Maya Forbes | $4,374,474 | 3 | $1,458,158 |
| 4,540 | Glen Keane | $4,371,122 | 2 | $2,185,561 |
| 4,541 | Matt Dean Russell | $4,367,448 | 1 | $4,367,448 |
| 4,542 | Rolf de Heer | $4,362,205 | 7 | $623,172 |
| 4,543 | Kim Seung-woo | $4,362,187 | 1 | $4,362,187 |
| 4,544 | Juan Vera | $4,358,127 | 1 | $4,358,127 |
| 4,545 | Harry Beaumont | $4,358,000 | 5 | $871,600 |
| 4,546 | Oi-wah Lam | $4,350,000 | 1 | $4,350,000 |
| 4,547 | Lee Grant | $4,348,025 | 1 | $4,348,025 |
| 4,548 | Michael Chiang | $4,343,617 | 1 | $4,343,617 |
| 4,549 | Anne Giafferi | $4,342,790 | 2 | $2,171,395 |
| 4,550 | Lu Jun | $4,340,000 | 1 | $4,340,000 |
| 4,551 | Tatsuya Ishihara | $4,332,904 | 5 | $866,581 |
| 4,552 | Eun-ji Cho | $4,331,855 | 1 | $4,331,855 |
| 4,553 | Michele Placido | $4,327,281 | 4 | $1,081,820 |
| 4,554 | Tae-Yoon Kim | $4,326,736 | 1 | $4,326,736 |
| 4,555 | Mari Okada | $4,324,668 | 2 | $2,162,334 |
| 4,556 | Karen J. Lloyd | $4,315,495 | 2 | $2,157,748 |
| 4,557 | Andrey Bogatyrev | $4,315,018 | 6 | $719,170 |
| 4,558 | Giuseppe Bonito | $4,314,170 | 2 | $2,157,085 |
| 4,559 | Michael Tuchner | $4,304,286 | 3 | $1,434,762 |
| 4,560 | Haishu Li | $4,303,111 | 1 | $4,303,111 |
| 4,561 | John Dulgan | $4,302,629 | 1 | $4,302,629 |
| 4,562 | Alexandre Rockwell | $4,302,471 | 5 | $860,494 |
| 4,563 | Christopher Doll | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,564 | Gene Nelson | $4,300,000 | 2 | $2,150,000 |
| 4,565 | Sermiyan Midyat | $4,299,189 | 2 | $2,149,595 |
| 4,566 | Rodman Flender | $4,292,112 | 3 | $1,430,704 |
| 4,567 | Jo Kyu-Jang | $4,289,474 | 1 | $4,289,474 |
| 4,568 | Agnès Varda | $4,280,119 | 14 | $305,723 |
| 4,569 | Venky Atluri | $4,273,676 | 5 | $854,735 |
| 4,570 | Vladimir Nikolaev | $4,272,982 | 2 | $2,136,491 |
| 4,571 | Robert Taylor | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,572 | Jalil Lespert | $4,266,719 | 4 | $1,066,680 |
| 4,573 | Pedro Solís García | $4,265,925 | 1 | $4,265,925 |
| 4,574 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,264,924 | 2 | $2,132,462 |
| 4,575 | Claude Miller | $4,261,768 | 2 | $2,130,884 |
| 4,576 | Damon Gameau | $4,260,020 | 3 | $1,420,007 |
| 4,577 | Shinji Hamasaki | $4,258,270 | 1 | $4,258,270 |
| 4,578 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $4,256,445 | 3 | $1,418,815 |
| 4,579 | Matthias Temmermans | $4,251,647 | 5 | $850,329 |
| 4,580 | Torsten Künstler | $4,251,298 | 2 | $2,125,649 |
| 4,581 | Vic Sarin | $4,248,732 | 4 | $1,062,183 |
| 4,582 | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | $4,246,391 | 4 | $1,061,598 |
| 4,583 | Jeremy Saulnier | $4,244,505 | 4 | $1,061,126 |
| 4,584 | Lukasz Palkowski | $4,241,533 | 1 | $4,241,533 |
| 4,585 | Philip Saville | $4,234,355 | 1 | $4,234,355 |
| 4,586 | Lucas Belvaux | $4,229,643 | 4 | $1,057,411 |
| 4,587 | Jeff Stilson | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 4,588 | Jing Wen (温婧) | $4,222,250 | 1 | $4,222,250 |
| 4,589 | Lea Schmidbauer | $4,217,300 | 1 | $4,217,300 |
| 4,590 | Marc Turtletaub | $4,215,450 | 2 | $2,107,725 |
| 4,591 | Javier Colinas | $4,215,024 | 5 | $843,005 |
| 4,592 | Jerome Commandeur | $4,212,880 | 2 | $2,106,440 |
| 4,593 | Héctor Cabello Reyes | $4,211,730 | 2 | $2,105,865 |
| 4,594 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 4,595 | Doga Can Anafarta | $4,210,149 | 8 | $526,269 |
| 4,596 | Valeria Golino | $4,209,185 | 2 | $2,104,593 |
| 4,597 | Philippe Lioret | $4,200,722 | 5 | $840,144 |
| 4,598 | Eddie Huang | $4,191,023 | 1 | $4,191,023 |
| 4,599 | Rick de Oliveira | $4,188,034 | 1 | $4,188,034 |
| 4,600 | Sung-il Cheon | $4,185,530 | 1 | $4,185,530 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.