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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,801-3,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,801 | Michael Zimbalist | $7,869,939 | 4 | $1,967,485 |
| 3,802 | Erwin van den Eshof | $7,865,354 | 8 | $983,169 |
| 3,803 | Pieter Jan Brugge | $7,863,875 | 1 | $7,863,875 |
| 3,804 | Saiji Yakumo | $7,858,150 | 2 | $3,929,075 |
| 3,805 | Ethan Wiley | $7,854,176 | 3 | $2,618,059 |
| 3,806 | Seong hun Kim | $7,844,292 | 2 | $3,922,146 |
| 3,807 | Lauren Lazin | $7,830,850 | 2 | $3,915,425 |
| 3,808 | Charles Ferguson | $7,828,490 | 3 | $2,609,497 |
| 3,809 | Marc Munden | $7,821,502 | 3 | $2,607,167 |
| 3,810 | Christian Vincent | $7,820,203 | 2 | $3,910,102 |
| 3,811 | Michael Noer | $7,809,469 | 3 | $2,603,156 |
| 3,812 | Allan Dwan | $7,803,339 | 5 | $1,560,668 |
| 3,813 | Alexandre Boury | $7,802,639 | 2 | $3,901,320 |
| 3,814 | Courtney Hunt | $7,802,621 | 2 | $3,901,311 |
| 3,815 | Sergei Ursuliak | $7,800,584 | 1 | $7,800,584 |
| 3,816 | Jean-Claude Tramont | $7,800,000 | 1 | $7,800,000 |
| 3,817 | Vasiko Bedoshvili | $7,798,854 | 2 | $3,899,427 |
| 3,818 | Leo Lee | $7,784,033 | 2 | $3,892,017 |
| 3,819 | Albert Pintó | $7,782,161 | 2 | $3,891,081 |
| 3,820 | Mia Hansen-Love | $7,778,798 | 6 | $1,296,466 |
| 3,821 | Claudio Fah | $7,771,869 | 6 | $1,295,312 |
| 3,822 | Adam Anders | $7,768,171 | 1 | $7,768,171 |
| 3,823 | Bart Layton | $7,768,126 | 2 | $3,884,063 |
| 3,824 | Carlos Bolado | $7,763,108 | 2 | $3,881,554 |
| 3,825 | Pim van Hoeve | $7,761,862 | 6 | $1,293,644 |
| 3,826 | Oleg Kuzovkov | $7,759,243 | 4 | $1,939,811 |
| 3,827 | Sanjay Gadhvi | $7,744,485 | 2 | $3,872,243 |
| 3,828 | Zheng Chang | $7,736,408 | 1 | $7,736,408 |
| 3,829 | Chang-joo Kim | $7,735,834 | 1 | $7,735,834 |
| 3,830 | Huang Jianming | $7,723,884 | 2 | $3,861,942 |
| 3,831 | Robin Campillo | $7,722,821 | 3 | $2,574,274 |
| 3,832 | Kevin Hart | $7,712,436 | 1 | $7,712,436 |
| 3,833 | Samuel Bodin | $7,711,647 | 1 | $7,711,647 |
| 3,834 | Quentin Dupieux | $7,709,147 | 12 | $642,429 |
| 3,835 | Ilya Aksenov | $7,708,826 | 1 | $7,708,826 |
| 3,836 | Leos Carax | $7,708,358 | 6 | $1,284,726 |
| 3,837 | Jeff Wilson | $7,699,452 | 4 | $1,924,863 |
| 3,838 | Yu Zhao | $7,690,000 | 1 | $7,690,000 |
| 3,839 | Bill Forsyth | $7,687,103 | 3 | $2,562,368 |
| 3,840 | Siddharth S. Malhotra | $7,678,147 | 1 | $7,678,147 |
| 3,841 | Denis Delic | $7,672,577 | 2 | $3,836,289 |
| 3,842 | Sun Hao | $7,666,828 | 2 | $3,833,414 |
| 3,843 | Jeff Celentano | $7,665,865 | 3 | $2,555,288 |
| 3,844 | Yoon-Sung Kang | $7,652,406 | 2 | $3,826,203 |
| 3,845 | Stephen Walker | $7,649,255 | 1 | $7,649,255 |
| 3,846 | Sally George | $7,649,255 | 1 | $7,649,255 |
| 3,847 | Martin Kopp | $7,647,850 | 4 | $1,911,963 |
| 3,848 | Thomas Michael Donnelly | $7,634,909 | 1 | $7,634,909 |
| 3,849 | Xu Zhanxiong | $7,621,338 | 1 | $7,621,338 |
| 3,850 | Steve Boyum | $7,608,676 | 3 | $2,536,225 |
| 3,851 | Chen Chen (陈晨) | $7,598,009 | 1 | $7,598,009 |
| 3,852 | Kelly Reichardt | $7,590,767 | 9 | $843,419 |
| 3,853 | Chris Dowling | $7,590,472 | 3 | $2,530,157 |
| 3,854 | Marek Benes | $7,584,331 | 6 | $1,264,055 |
| 3,855 | Pedro Solís García | $7,581,502 | 1 | $7,581,502 |
| 3,856 | Alexander Nezolbin | $7,579,923 | 1 | $7,579,923 |
| 3,857 | Arnaud Desplechin | $7,575,478 | 7 | $1,082,211 |
| 3,858 | James Melkonian | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 3,859 | Jiří Vejdělek | $7,551,561 | 3 | $2,517,187 |
| 3,860 | Michael Mason | $7,546,115 | 1 | $7,546,115 |
| 3,861 | Tengdong Li (李腾栋) | $7,542,795 | 2 | $3,771,398 |
| 3,862 | Wei Ming | $7,530,000 | 1 | $7,530,000 |
| 3,863 | Noé Santillán-López | $7,528,409 | 3 | $2,509,470 |
| 3,864 | Farhad Samji | $7,527,712 | 6 | $1,254,619 |
| 3,865 | Yonggang Chen (陈永刚) | $7,527,388 | 2 | $3,763,694 |
| 3,866 | Alfredo De Villa | $7,519,490 | 2 | $3,759,745 |
| 3,867 | Sion Sono | $7,516,527 | 11 | $683,321 |
| 3,868 | Sydney Sibilia | $7,509,386 | 4 | $1,877,347 |
| 3,869 | Tristan Séguéla | $7,505,691 | 4 | $1,876,423 |
| 3,870 | Inés de León | $7,505,348 | 2 | $3,752,674 |
| 3,871 | Christophe Offenstein | $7,501,925 | 3 | $2,500,642 |
| 3,872 | Walter Lang | $7,500,000 | 3 | $2,500,000 |
| 3,873 | Tao Lian | $7,489,619 | 1 | $7,489,619 |
| 3,874 | Steven Kampmann | $7,473,364 | 2 | $3,736,682 |
| 3,875 | G Ashok | $7,468,217 | 1 | $7,468,217 |
| 3,876 | Özcan Deniz | $7,467,545 | 3 | $2,489,182 |
| 3,877 | Will Porter | $7,467,504 | 1 | $7,467,504 |
| 3,878 | Luo Deng | $7,465,380 | 2 | $3,732,690 |
| 3,879 | Chris Sivertson | $7,465,244 | 8 | $933,156 |
| 3,880 | Xixi Cao (曹茜茜) | $7,460,000 | 1 | $7,460,000 |
| 3,881 | Xingliang Li (李星良) | $7,453,074 | 1 | $7,453,074 |
| 3,882 | Luca Miniero | $7,448,903 | 4 | $1,862,226 |
| 3,883 | Bruno Garotti | $7,436,918 | 7 | $1,062,417 |
| 3,884 | Stephen King | $7,433,663 | 1 | $7,433,663 |
| 3,885 | Martijn Koevoets | $7,428,617 | 5 | $1,485,723 |
| 3,886 | David Miller | $7,424,760 | 7 | $1,060,680 |
| 3,887 | Paul Downs Colaizzo | $7,422,058 | 1 | $7,422,058 |
| 3,888 | Antoine Blossier | $7,406,890 | 1 | $7,406,890 |
| 3,889 | Taige Li(李太阁) | $7,403,786 | 1 | $7,403,786 |
| 3,890 | Sebastian del Amo | $7,400,343 | 2 | $3,700,172 |
| 3,891 | Paco Leon | $7,386,174 | 2 | $3,693,087 |
| 3,892 | Peng Zhang | $7,353,354 | 1 | $7,353,354 |
| 3,893 | Yukio Kaizawa | $7,350,621 | 1 | $7,350,621 |
| 3,894 | Kelly Makin | $7,327,473 | 2 | $3,663,737 |
| 3,895 | Michael Grandage | $7,315,496 | 3 | $2,438,499 |
| 3,896 | Clarence Brown | $7,300,000 | 6 | $1,216,667 |
| 3,897 | Luke Scott | $7,298,786 | 1 | $7,298,786 |
| 3,898 | Benoit Delepine | $7,289,330 | 4 | $1,822,333 |
| 3,899 | Anton Fedotov | $7,283,097 | 2 | $3,641,549 |
| 3,900 | Lloyd Bacon | $7,281,000 | 8 | $910,125 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.