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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,501 | Edward James Olmos | $11,318,282 | 5 | $2,263,656 |
| 3,502 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,503 | Yong Hou (侯咏) | $11,287,061 | 1 | $11,287,061 |
| 3,504 | Hugh Johnson | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,505 | Moon Hyun-sung | $11,245,924 | 1 | $11,245,924 |
| 3,506 | Rich Correll | $11,239,441 | 3 | $3,746,480 |
| 3,507 | José Dutillieu | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 3,508 | Raul Martinez | $11,232,642 | 4 | $2,808,161 |
| 3,509 | Paul Andrew Williams | $11,228,421 | 3 | $3,742,807 |
| 3,510 | Eric Barbier | $11,209,797 | 4 | $2,802,449 |
| 3,511 | Cesc Gay | $11,207,234 | 4 | $2,801,809 |
| 3,512 | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | $11,204,193 | 4 | $2,801,048 |
| 3,513 | Osamu Kaneda | $11,181,412 | 3 | $3,727,137 |
| 3,514 | Bennett Compton | $11,172,000 | 1 | $11,172,000 |
| 3,515 | Andrew Marton | $11,172,000 | 3 | $3,724,000 |
| 3,516 | Billy Chung | $11,170,000 | 1 | $11,170,000 |
| 3,517 | Li Kai | $11,169,179 | 3 | $3,723,060 |
| 3,518 | Josh Schwartz | $11,166,615 | 1 | $11,166,615 |
| 3,519 | Maciej Kawulski | $11,160,715 | 4 | $2,790,179 |
| 3,520 | Peter Greenaway | $11,157,862 | 9 | $1,239,762 |
| 3,521 | Lorraine Levy | $11,149,946 | 2 | $5,574,973 |
| 3,522 | Marvin J. Chomsky | $11,131,530 | 2 | $5,565,765 |
| 3,523 | Guy Nattiv | $11,120,670 | 4 | $2,780,168 |
| 3,524 | Fei Yu | $11,113,289 | 4 | $2,778,322 |
| 3,525 | Jose Zelada | $11,096,896 | 1 | $11,096,896 |
| 3,526 | Christopher Doll | $11,077,140 | 1 | $11,077,140 |
| 3,527 | Marco Polo Constandse | $11,045,709 | 3 | $3,681,903 |
| 3,528 | Xiaoliang Chen (陈孝良) | $11,042,723 | 1 | $11,042,723 |
| 3,529 | Troy Duffy | $11,041,194 | 3 | $3,680,398 |
| 3,530 | Claudia Weill | $11,004,580 | 2 | $5,502,290 |
| 3,531 | Kunal Deshmukh | $11,003,231 | 2 | $5,501,616 |
| 3,532 | D.W. Griffith | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 3,533 | Gordon Douglas | $11,000,000 | 9 | $1,222,222 |
| 3,534 | Bryan Gordon | $10,986,645 | 1 | $10,986,645 |
| 3,535 | Varante Soudjian | $10,970,847 | 4 | $2,742,712 |
| 3,536 | James C. Strouse | $10,941,413 | 4 | $2,735,353 |
| 3,537 | H. Sinan Güngör | $10,938,776 | 6 | $1,823,129 |
| 3,538 | Ross Venokur | $10,936,968 | 3 | $3,645,656 |
| 3,539 | Matthew Dyas | $10,927,911 | 3 | $3,642,637 |
| 3,540 | Christian De Sica | $10,921,861 | 2 | $5,460,931 |
| 3,541 | Chang You-jeong | $10,910,056 | 1 | $10,910,056 |
| 3,542 | Nithilan Swaminathan | $10,906,537 | 1 | $10,906,537 |
| 3,543 | Christopher Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,544 | Rowdy Herrington | $10,899,774 | 2 | $5,449,887 |
| 3,545 | Zackary Adler | $10,879,308 | 5 | $2,175,862 |
| 3,546 | Nunnally Johnson | $10,875,000 | 3 | $3,625,000 |
| 3,547 | Mert Baykal | $10,871,418 | 2 | $5,435,709 |
| 3,548 | Stefano Mordini | $10,862,305 | 5 | $2,172,461 |
| 3,549 | Yu Shengjun | $10,849,131 | 1 | $10,849,131 |
| 3,550 | Pablo Berger | $10,848,436 | 3 | $3,616,145 |
| 3,551 | Mark Piznarski | $10,845,127 | 2 | $5,422,564 |
| 3,552 | Aaron Schneider | $10,828,305 | 4 | $2,707,076 |
| 3,553 | Guido Chiesa | $10,826,625 | 7 | $1,546,661 |
| 3,554 | Chris Herd | $10,820,598 | 1 | $10,820,598 |
| 3,555 | Dongbiao Cao | $10,820,000 | 1 | $10,820,000 |
| 3,556 | Lijia Zhang (张立嘉) | $10,804,088 | 1 | $10,804,088 |
| 3,557 | Daniel Attias | $10,803,211 | 1 | $10,803,211 |
| 3,558 | Patrick Stettner | $10,770,993 | 1 | $10,770,993 |
| 3,559 | Mario Martone | $10,768,290 | 7 | $1,538,327 |
| 3,560 | Joe Nessbaum | $10,763,183 | 1 | $10,763,183 |
| 3,561 | Tatsuya Oishi | $10,755,696 | 4 | $2,688,924 |
| 3,562 | Gabriele Mainetti | $10,753,716 | 4 | $2,688,429 |
| 3,563 | Frederic Tellier | $10,734,976 | 4 | $2,683,744 |
| 3,564 | Nan Zhou | $10,728,943 | 1 | $10,728,943 |
| 3,565 | Noh Dong-seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 3,566 | Mic Rodgers | $10,717,421 | 1 | $10,717,421 |
| 3,567 | Claire Denis | $10,714,695 | 9 | $1,190,522 |
| 3,568 | Peter Sellers | $10,697,276 | 2 | $5,348,638 |
| 3,569 | Tatsushi Ohmori | $10,695,747 | 2 | $5,347,874 |
| 3,570 | Darren Grant | $10,688,486 | 3 | $3,562,829 |
| 3,571 | John H Lee | $10,680,149 | 3 | $3,560,050 |
| 3,572 | Silvio Soldini | $10,676,741 | 6 | $1,779,457 |
| 3,573 | Inna Evlannikova | $10,673,707 | 3 | $3,557,902 |
| 3,574 | Rand Ravich | $10,672,566 | 1 | $10,672,566 |
| 3,575 | Todd Lincoln | $10,637,281 | 1 | $10,637,281 |
| 3,576 | Walter Murch | $10,618,813 | 1 | $10,618,813 |
| 3,577 | Nils Tavernier | $10,618,291 | 3 | $3,539,430 |
| 3,578 | Tim Mielants | $10,579,532 | 5 | $2,115,906 |
| 3,579 | Michael Patrick Jann | $10,571,408 | 3 | $3,523,803 |
| 3,580 | Damon Santostefano | $10,570,375 | 3 | $3,523,458 |
| 3,581 | Gary Sherman | $10,522,678 | 2 | $5,261,339 |
| 3,582 | Shya Wing | $10,519,963 | 1 | $10,519,963 |
| 3,583 | An Zhujian | $10,517,121 | 2 | $5,258,561 |
| 3,584 | Kim Bong-Joo | $10,510,802 | 1 | $10,510,802 |
| 3,585 | Laszlo Nemes | $10,505,343 | 3 | $3,501,781 |
| 3,586 | Jonathan Baker | $10,499,623 | 2 | $5,249,812 |
| 3,587 | Ira Sachs | $10,488,248 | 8 | $1,311,031 |
| 3,588 | Kim Yong-wan | $10,482,839 | 2 | $5,241,420 |
| 3,589 | Shane Meadows | $10,472,908 | 6 | $1,745,485 |
| 3,590 | Longjun Bi (毕龙君) | $10,470,848 | 1 | $10,470,848 |
| 3,591 | Dandan Zhou (周丹丹) | $10,470,848 | 1 | $10,470,848 |
| 3,592 | Pierre Coré | $10,469,978 | 3 | $3,489,993 |
| 3,593 | Chris Henchy | $10,466,091 | 1 | $10,466,091 |
| 3,594 | Tony Kaye | $10,462,561 | 3 | $3,487,520 |
| 3,595 | Indar Dzhendubaev | $10,453,051 | 1 | $10,453,051 |
| 3,596 | Aniëlle Webster | $10,442,765 | 4 | $2,610,691 |
| 3,597 | Jonathan Prince | $10,442,641 | 2 | $5,221,321 |
| 3,598 | Natalie Portman | $10,442,225 | 3 | $3,480,742 |
| 3,599 | Bertrand Tavernier | $10,431,523 | 7 | $1,490,218 |
| 3,600 | David Foenkinos | $10,416,049 | 3 | $3,472,016 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.