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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 14,901-15,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,901 | Paolo Sassanelli | $32,811 | 1 | $32,811 |
| 14,902 | Manfred Kirchheimer | $32,807 | 2 | $16,404 |
| 14,903 | Stanislav Sokolov | $32,804 | 1 | $32,804 |
| 14,904 | Liu Yi | $32,794 | 2 | $16,397 |
| 14,905 | Tony Aryes | $32,788 | 1 | $32,788 |
| 14,906 | Viet Helmer | $32,782 | 1 | $32,782 |
| 14,907 | Gianni Quinto | $32,777 | 1 | $32,777 |
| 14,908 | Bogdan George Apetri | $32,769 | 2 | $16,385 |
| 14,909 | Fred Searle | $32,764 | 1 | $32,764 |
| 14,910 | Guillermo de Oliveira | $32,762 | 1 | $32,762 |
| 14,911 | Damien Odoul | $32,744 | 2 | $16,372 |
| 14,912 | Clay Tatum | $32,714 | 2 | $16,357 |
| 14,913 | Shawn Linden | $32,705 | 2 | $16,353 |
| 14,914 | Leonardo António | $32,684 | 1 | $32,684 |
| 14,915 | Jasmine Trinca | $32,666 | 1 | $32,666 |
| 14,916 | Terrence Blanchard | $32,653 | 1 | $32,653 |
| 14,917 | Jaime Murciego | $32,616 | 1 | $32,616 |
| 14,918 | Antonio Sequeira | $32,598 | 1 | $32,598 |
| 14,919 | Barbara Sarasola-Day | $32,595 | 1 | $32,595 |
| 14,920 | Cheol-ho Ahn | $32,573 | 1 | $32,573 |
| 14,921 | Ahishor Solomon | $32,572 | 1 | $32,572 |
| 14,922 | Seong Ho Oh (오성호) | $32,565 | 1 | $32,565 |
| 14,923 | Hiroaki Akagi | $32,528 | 1 | $32,528 |
| 14,924 | José María Zabala | $32,526 | 1 | $32,526 |
| 14,925 | Burak Akyol | $32,519 | 1 | $32,519 |
| 14,926 | Chema García Ibarra | $32,514 | 1 | $32,514 |
| 14,927 | Daphne Lucker | $32,508 | 1 | $32,508 |
| 14,928 | Janis Pugh | $32,494 | 1 | $32,494 |
| 14,929 | Alyona Zvantsova | $32,487 | 3 | $10,829 |
| 14,930 | Ivan Grbovic | $32,457 | 1 | $32,457 |
| 14,931 | Laura Hojman | $32,448 | 4 | $8,112 |
| 14,932 | Michael P. Nelson | $32,406 | 1 | $32,406 |
| 14,933 | Wag Zeyan | $32,405 | 1 | $32,405 |
| 14,934 | Andrew Legge | $32,368 | 1 | $32,368 |
| 14,935 | Dong il I Kim | $32,341 | 1 | $32,341 |
| 14,936 | Wonsik Lee | $32,329 | 1 | $32,329 |
| 14,937 | Jian Xing | $32,308 | 1 | $32,308 |
| 14,938 | Allen Wolf | $32,294 | 1 | $32,294 |
| 14,939 | Chi Chiu Cheung | $32,279 | 1 | $32,279 |
| 14,940 | Seok-yeong Park | $32,275 | 2 | $16,138 |
| 14,941 | Hernan Aguilar | $32,271 | 1 | $32,271 |
| 14,942 | Petra Costa | $32,269 | 4 | $8,067 |
| 14,943 | Eunmi Kwak | $32,263 | 1 | $32,263 |
| 14,944 | Nick Sarkisov | $32,259 | 1 | $32,259 |
| 14,945 | Anu Menon | $32,215 | 2 | $16,108 |
| 14,946 | Claire Oakley | $32,208 | 1 | $32,208 |
| 14,947 | Ugu Kaplan | $32,191 | 1 | $32,191 |
| 14,948 | Onur Uzun | $32,181 | 1 | $32,181 |
| 14,949 | Lionel Jeffries | $32,179 | 1 | $32,179 |
| 14,950 | Seung-hwan Shin | $32,149 | 1 | $32,149 |
| 14,951 | Diego Vega Vidal | $32,127 | 1 | $32,127 |
| 14,952 | William Stone | $32,125 | 2 | $16,063 |
| 14,953 | Alastair Orr | $32,119 | 4 | $8,030 |
| 14,954 | Pietra Brettkelly | $32,096 | 1 | $32,096 |
| 14,955 | Michael C. Brown | $32,092 | 1 | $32,092 |
| 14,956 | I. Ahmed | $32,082 | 1 | $32,082 |
| 14,957 | Lesley Ann Patten | $32,069 | 1 | $32,069 |
| 14,958 | Zhou Ge | $32,060 | 2 | $16,030 |
| 14,959 | Ian Markiewicz | $32,049 | 2 | $16,025 |
| 14,960 | Petr Horký | $32,021 | 1 | $32,021 |
| 14,961 | Stuart Swezey | $32,016 | 1 | $32,016 |
| 14,962 | Vincent Amorim | $31,982 | 1 | $31,982 |
| 14,963 | Daniela Thomas | $31,964 | 2 | $15,982 |
| 14,964 | Dou Feng (冯都) | $31,946 | 1 | $31,946 |
| 14,965 | Robert Ryan | $31,925 | 1 | $31,925 |
| 14,966 | Bill Buckhurst | $31,883 | 1 | $31,883 |
| 14,967 | Karthick Naren | $31,878 | 2 | $15,939 |
| 14,968 | Daniel Hendler | $31,878 | 1 | $31,878 |
| 14,969 | Brendan Walsh | $31,869 | 2 | $15,935 |
| 14,970 | Dolores Fonzi | $31,795 | 1 | $31,795 |
| 14,971 | Álex Dioscórides | $31,790 | 1 | $31,790 |
| 14,972 | Justin Lerner | $31,781 | 3 | $10,594 |
| 14,973 | Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi | $31,780 | 3 | $10,593 |
| 14,974 | Kapil Verma | $31,759 | 1 | $31,759 |
| 14,975 | Kenji Mizoguchi | $31,759 | 4 | $7,940 |
| 14,976 | Ashley Hamilton | $31,747 | 1 | $31,747 |
| 14,977 | Umang Vyas | $31,747 | 1 | $31,747 |
| 14,978 | Manu Swaraj | $31,736 | 1 | $31,736 |
| 14,979 | Nata Merkuloff | $31,721 | 1 | $31,721 |
| 14,980 | Elisabetta Sgarbi | $31,668 | 1 | $31,668 |
| 14,981 | Denholm Hewlett | $31,667 | 1 | $31,667 |
| 14,982 | Roman Liberov | $31,653 | 1 | $31,653 |
| 14,983 | Herbert James Winterstern | $31,650 | 1 | $31,650 |
| 14,984 | Kim Cheol-min | $31,639 | 1 | $31,639 |
| 14,985 | Vivienne De Courcy | $31,638 | 1 | $31,638 |
| 14,986 | Jae-il Jang | $31,624 | 1 | $31,624 |
| 14,987 | Robin McKenna | $31,588 | 1 | $31,588 |
| 14,988 | Dan Tondowski | $31,582 | 1 | $31,582 |
| 14,989 | Caye Casas | $31,577 | 2 | $15,789 |
| 14,990 | Yin Chen (陈寅) | $31,565 | 1 | $31,565 |
| 14,991 | Zoljargal Purevdash | $31,553 | 1 | $31,553 |
| 14,992 | Seung-kee Back | $31,546 | 2 | $15,773 |
| 14,993 | Danny Ben-Moshe | $31,542 | 1 | $31,542 |
| 14,994 | Attila Szász | $31,541 | 2 | $15,771 |
| 14,995 | Flynn Von Kleist | $31,540 | 1 | $31,540 |
| 14,996 | Mario Monicelli | $31,539 | 1 | $31,539 |
| 14,997 | Tae-je Nam | $31,530 | 2 | $15,765 |
| 14,998 | Guel Arraes | $31,522 | 2 | $15,761 |
| 14,999 | Hsin Yin Sung | $31,505 | 2 | $15,753 |
| 15,000 | Hoon Ryoo | $31,500 | 1 | $31,500 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.