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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,401 | Hideyuki Hirayama | $12,141,010 | 2 | $6,070,505 |
| 3,402 | Tim Trachte | $12,136,264 | 4 | $3,034,066 |
| 3,403 | Robert B. Weide | $12,135,361 | 2 | $6,067,681 |
| 3,404 | Todd Douglas Miller | $12,128,495 | 2 | $6,064,248 |
| 3,405 | Andrew Scheinman | $12,124,754 | 1 | $12,124,754 |
| 3,406 | Jelle de Jonge | $12,117,725 | 4 | $3,029,431 |
| 3,407 | Xi Chao | $12,104,346 | 1 | $12,104,346 |
| 3,408 | Rudolf Havlik | $12,052,126 | 9 | $1,339,125 |
| 3,409 | Maurice Hunt | $12,039,526 | 1 | $12,039,526 |
| 3,410 | Enrique Begne | $12,030,437 | 3 | $4,010,146 |
| 3,411 | James Whale | $12,010,540 | 5 | $2,402,108 |
| 3,412 | Jack Starrett | $12,000,000 | 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 3,413 | Yuanhan Yang (杨沅翰) | $11,996,000 | 3 | $3,998,667 |
| 3,414 | Yash Chopra | $11,989,510 | 2 | $5,994,755 |
| 3,415 | Gianni Amelio | $11,974,815 | 4 | $2,993,704 |
| 3,416 | Bill Bennett | $11,968,924 | 4 | $2,992,231 |
| 3,417 | Josef Rusnak | $11,965,460 | 5 | $2,393,092 |
| 3,418 | Kim Sung-hoon | $11,937,675 | 1 | $11,937,675 |
| 3,419 | Roger Avary | $11,935,499 | 2 | $5,967,750 |
| 3,420 | Jim Hanon | $11,924,041 | 3 | $3,974,680 |
| 3,421 | Gareth Evans | $11,923,210 | 5 | $2,384,642 |
| 3,422 | Nash Edgerton | $11,899,272 | 2 | $5,949,636 |
| 3,423 | Vignesh Shivan | $11,889,987 | 3 | $3,963,329 |
| 3,424 | Tim Hunter | $11,880,801 | 5 | $2,376,160 |
| 3,425 | Pascal Laugier | $11,877,501 | 3 | $3,959,167 |
| 3,426 | Min-Ho Kim | $11,872,000 | 1 | $11,872,000 |
| 3,427 | Marco Kreuzpaintner | $11,851,235 | 2 | $5,925,618 |
| 3,428 | Aisling Walsh | $11,850,575 | 2 | $5,925,288 |
| 3,429 | Deng Zhiwei | $11,840,495 | 1 | $11,840,495 |
| 3,430 | Shi Juansheng | $11,840,495 | 1 | $11,840,495 |
| 3,431 | Stephen Gray | $11,831,121 | 1 | $11,831,121 |
| 3,432 | Chris Radtke | $11,831,121 | 1 | $11,831,121 |
| 3,433 | Atsushi Kaneshige | $11,829,624 | 2 | $5,914,812 |
| 3,434 | Chinonye Chukwu | $11,813,909 | 2 | $5,906,955 |
| 3,435 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | $11,801,849 | 8 | $1,475,231 |
| 3,436 | Fred Durst | $11,793,474 | 3 | $3,931,158 |
| 3,437 | Martin Koolhoven | $11,788,024 | 2 | $5,894,012 |
| 3,438 | Yuji Mutoh | $11,777,171 | 1 | $11,777,171 |
| 3,439 | Yoo-Jeong Jang | $11,769,569 | 1 | $11,769,569 |
| 3,440 | Charles T. Kanganis | $11,744,960 | 2 | $5,872,480 |
| 3,441 | Hiroshi Miyamoto | $11,741,685 | 2 | $5,870,843 |
| 3,442 | Youngju Park | $11,732,896 | 1 | $11,732,896 |
| 3,443 | Alexandra Leclere | $11,726,243 | 4 | $2,931,561 |
| 3,444 | Kyu-dong Min | $11,725,879 | 3 | $3,908,626 |
| 3,445 | Steven Shainberg | $11,720,461 | 4 | $2,930,115 |
| 3,446 | Catalina Aguilar Mastretta | $11,716,658 | 2 | $5,858,329 |
| 3,447 | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | $11,715,517 | 3 | $3,905,172 |
| 3,448 | William H. Arntz | $11,714,997 | 2 | $5,857,499 |
| 3,449 | Mark Vicente | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 3,450 | Betsy Chasse | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 3,451 | Li Jun Li | $11,702,016 | 1 | $11,702,016 |
| 3,452 | Kim Hyun-Suk | $11,701,185 | 1 | $11,701,185 |
| 3,453 | David Lister | $11,700,000 | 1 | $11,700,000 |
| 3,454 | Daniel Cohen | $11,689,084 | 3 | $3,896,361 |
| 3,455 | Joshua Weigel | $11,665,791 | 1 | $11,665,791 |
| 3,456 | Marcos Carnevale | $11,648,765 | 10 | $1,164,877 |
| 3,457 | Dominique Othenin-Girard | $11,642,254 | 3 | $3,880,751 |
| 3,458 | Haruka Fujita | $11,631,746 | 1 | $11,631,746 |
| 3,459 | Akira Kurosawa | $11,626,308 | 15 | $775,087 |
| 3,460 | Filip Zylber | $11,621,850 | 9 | $1,291,317 |
| 3,461 | Pedro Vasconcelos | $11,616,161 | 2 | $5,808,081 |
| 3,462 | Tony Randel | $11,611,883 | 2 | $5,805,942 |
| 3,463 | Mike Doyle | $11,600,000 | 1 | $11,600,000 |
| 3,464 | Bruce W. Smith | $11,589,629 | 2 | $5,794,815 |
| 3,465 | Ralph Singleton | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 3,466 | Chris Roberts | $11,578,022 | 1 | $11,578,022 |
| 3,467 | Matty Rich | $11,576,992 | 2 | $5,788,496 |
| 3,468 | Anil Sharma | $11,572,861 | 6 | $1,928,810 |
| 3,469 | Louis Saia | $11,572,073 | 3 | $3,857,358 |
| 3,470 | Peter Bonerz | $11,567,000 | 1 | $11,567,000 |
| 3,471 | Colin Davies | $11,559,250 | 1 | $11,559,250 |
| 3,472 | Elaine Despins | $11,559,250 | 1 | $11,559,250 |
| 3,473 | Chia-Liang Liu | $11,546,543 | 3 | $3,848,848 |
| 3,474 | Ali Atay | $11,539,822 | 4 | $2,884,956 |
| 3,475 | Yahoo Serious | $11,536,599 | 2 | $5,768,300 |
| 3,476 | Vivek Sharma | $11,532,795 | 1 | $11,532,795 |
| 3,477 | Tetsuya Nakashima | $11,528,139 | 3 | $3,842,713 |
| 3,478 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 3,479 | Andrea Di Stefano | $11,485,653 | 3 | $3,828,551 |
| 3,480 | Maria Sadowska | $11,477,274 | 3 | $3,825,758 |
| 3,481 | Kevin Sorbo | $11,459,259 | 3 | $3,819,753 |
| 3,482 | Yuriy Bykov | $11,455,354 | 4 | $2,863,839 |
| 3,483 | Nikolay Khomeriki | $11,454,608 | 3 | $3,818,203 |
| 3,484 | Volker Schlondorff | $11,437,251 | 9 | $1,270,806 |
| 3,485 | Antonio Negret | $11,433,264 | 5 | $2,286,653 |
| 3,486 | Francesco Amato | $11,410,177 | 3 | $3,803,392 |
| 3,487 | Erik Van Looy | $11,404,317 | 2 | $5,702,159 |
| 3,488 | Jack Hill | $11,399,850 | 7 | $1,628,550 |
| 3,489 | Chengfeng Zheng | $11,393,499 | 7 | $1,627,643 |
| 3,490 | Francis Veber | $11,387,631 | 5 | $2,277,526 |
| 3,491 | David Michod | $11,386,872 | 6 | $1,897,812 |
| 3,492 | Alper Çağlar | $11,378,898 | 1 | $11,378,898 |
| 3,493 | Lisa Gottlieb | $11,377,655 | 1 | $11,377,655 |
| 3,494 | Kwon Lee | $11,366,235 | 1 | $11,366,235 |
| 3,495 | Hiroyuki Hata | $11,364,670 | 1 | $11,364,670 |
| 3,496 | Frédéric Quiring | $11,354,984 | 5 | $2,270,997 |
| 3,497 | Maren Ade | $11,347,380 | 2 | $5,673,690 |
| 3,498 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | $11,337,765 | 6 | $1,889,628 |
| 3,499 | Damiano Damiani | $11,328,000 | 2 | $5,664,000 |
| 3,500 | Kunal Kohli | $11,324,427 | 2 | $5,662,214 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.