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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Miloš Forman | $315,811,376 | 9 | $35,090,153 |
| 602 | Ron Shelton | $315,251,774 | 9 | $35,027,975 |
| 603 | Andrew Niccol | $314,277,020 | 8 | $39,284,628 |
| 604 | Zach Cregger | $314,264,445 | 3 | $104,754,815 |
| 605 | Kenny Ortega | $312,932,499 | 8 | $39,116,562 |
| 606 | Nitesh Tiwari | $312,196,710 | 6 | $52,032,785 |
| 607 | George Tillman, Jr | $311,940,294 | 8 | $38,992,537 |
| 608 | Leigh Whannell | $311,594,995 | 5 | $62,318,999 |
| 609 | Paul Tibbitt | $311,013,181 | 1 | $311,013,181 |
| 610 | Phil Alden Robinson | $310,591,402 | 5 | $62,118,280 |
| 611 | Stephen Norrington | $310,502,892 | 4 | $77,625,723 |
| 612 | Robert Eggers | $310,390,193 | 6 | $51,731,699 |
| 613 | Breck Eisner | $308,909,836 | 3 | $102,969,945 |
| 614 | John Carpenter | $307,959,041 | 20 | $15,397,952 |
| 615 | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung | $307,530,411 | 5 | $61,506,082 |
| 616 | Jeff Wadlow | $306,425,427 | 10 | $30,642,543 |
| 617 | Tony Chan | $304,345,923 | 5 | $60,869,185 |
| 618 | Richard Attenborough | $303,289,181 | 10 | $30,328,918 |
| 619 | XiaoPeng Tian | $303,058,128 | 2 | $151,529,064 |
| 620 | Gregory Hoblit | $302,816,037 | 5 | $60,563,207 |
| 621 | David Green | $302,803,370 | 5 | $60,560,674 |
| 622 | Charles Shyer | $302,578,210 | 8 | $37,822,276 |
| 623 | Gary Fleder | $302,367,519 | 9 | $33,596,391 |
| 624 | Andrzej Bartkowiak | $298,879,572 | 7 | $42,697,082 |
| 625 | Katsuyuki Motohiro | $297,706,381 | 9 | $33,078,487 |
| 626 | Joe Roth | $297,549,256 | 6 | $49,591,543 |
| 627 | Henry Selick | $297,080,560 | 5 | $59,416,112 |
| 628 | Rohit Shetty | $295,622,387 | 12 | $24,635,199 |
| 629 | Marcus Nispel | $295,306,342 | 6 | $49,217,724 |
| 630 | Peter Chan | $294,873,586 | 5 | $58,974,717 |
| 631 | David Lean | $294,828,359 | 11 | $26,802,578 |
| 632 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $293,357,177 | 10 | $29,335,718 |
| 633 | Ershan Wu | $293,273,523 | 3 | $97,757,841 |
| 634 | Hoyt H. Yeatman | $292,817,841 | 1 | $292,817,841 |
| 635 | Luke Greenfield | $292,647,348 | 6 | $48,774,558 |
| 636 | David Twohy | $292,595,387 | 8 | $36,574,423 |
| 637 | Josh Trank | $292,290,601 | 4 | $73,072,650 |
| 638 | Peter Cattaneo | $291,833,283 | 5 | $58,366,657 |
| 639 | Cheang Pou-Soi | $291,628,574 | 3 | $97,209,525 |
| 640 | Carl Reiner | $291,264,710 | 11 | $26,478,610 |
| 641 | Aaron Seltzer | $291,264,066 | 8 | $36,408,008 |
| 642 | Dan Trachtenberg | $291,252,741 | 4 | $72,813,185 |
| 643 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 644 | Larry Yang | $290,650,516 | 4 | $72,662,629 |
| 645 | Danny DeVito | $290,315,578 | 6 | $48,385,930 |
| 646 | Jesse Dylan | $288,196,929 | 3 | $96,065,643 |
| 647 | Benny Chan | $286,824,964 | 6 | $47,804,161 |
| 648 | James B. Rogers | $286,500,000 | 1 | $286,500,000 |
| 649 | Richard Benjamin | $286,390,191 | 12 | $23,865,849 |
| 650 | Rajkumar Hirani | $286,022,487 | 5 | $57,204,497 |
| 651 | Terence Young | $284,075,316 | 10 | $28,407,532 |
| 652 | Alejandro Monteverde | $283,726,751 | 4 | $70,931,688 |
| 653 | Nia DaCosta | $283,710,812 | 6 | $47,285,135 |
| 654 | Theodore Melfi | $283,206,364 | 4 | $70,801,591 |
| 655 | Soi Cheang | $282,929,944 | 5 | $56,585,989 |
| 656 | Chris Noonan | $281,991,257 | 2 | $140,995,629 |
| 657 | Takehiko Inoue | $281,092,051 | 1 | $281,092,051 |
| 658 | Martin McDonagh | $281,048,559 | 5 | $56,209,712 |
| 659 | Guo Jingming | $280,975,806 | 5 | $56,195,161 |
| 660 | Scott Cooper | $280,444,650 | 9 | $31,160,517 |
| 661 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $278,914,916 | 6 | $46,485,819 |
| 662 | Richard LaGravenese | $278,005,964 | 8 | $34,750,746 |
| 663 | Sofia Coppola | $278,005,668 | 9 | $30,889,519 |
| 664 | Roar Uthaug | $277,599,140 | 6 | $46,266,523 |
| 665 | Sam Weisman | $277,277,494 | 5 | $55,455,499 |
| 666 | Scott Hicks | $277,242,969 | 9 | $30,804,774 |
| 667 | Yuen Woo Ping | $276,653,124 | 6 | $46,108,854 |
| 668 | James McTeigue | $276,214,518 | 5 | $55,242,904 |
| 669 | Michael B. Jordan | $276,148,615 | 3 | $92,049,538 |
| 670 | Kim Hanmin | $275,146,780 | 4 | $68,786,695 |
| 671 | John Guillermin | $274,963,147 | 10 | $27,496,315 |
| 672 | Cody Cameron | $274,392,649 | 1 | $274,392,649 |
| 673 | Kris Pearn | $274,392,649 | 3 | $91,464,216 |
| 674 | William Brent Bell | $273,606,255 | 8 | $34,200,782 |
| 675 | Charles Martin Smith | $273,064,005 | 8 | $34,133,001 |
| 676 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $272,305,469 | 4 | $68,076,367 |
| 677 | Kevin Smith | $270,568,570 | 19 | $14,240,451 |
| 678 | Boaz Yakin | $268,585,736 | 10 | $26,858,574 |
| 679 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $268,402,038 | 7 | $38,343,148 |
| 680 | Peter Howitt | $268,349,740 | 5 | $53,669,948 |
| 681 | James Algar | $268,000,000 | 2 | $134,000,000 |
| 682 | Oliver Parker | $267,463,771 | 10 | $26,746,377 |
| 683 | Michael Sarnoski | $265,706,130 | 4 | $66,426,533 |
| 684 | Simon Kinberg | $265,259,693 | 2 | $132,629,847 |
| 685 | Sam Wrench | $264,855,904 | 9 | $29,428,434 |
| 686 | Sang Yong Lee (이상용) | $264,274,795 | 3 | $88,091,598 |
| 687 | Mel Smith | $263,583,620 | 5 | $52,716,724 |
| 688 | Trish Sie | $263,540,796 | 5 | $52,708,159 |
| 689 | Steve Barron | $261,771,020 | 7 | $37,395,860 |
| 690 | Roberto Benigni | $261,584,320 | 4 | $65,396,080 |
| 691 | Jay Russell | $260,944,537 | 6 | $43,490,756 |
| 692 | Hideaki Anno | $260,262,258 | 10 | $26,026,226 |
| 693 | Jing Zou | $259,810,817 | 2 | $129,905,409 |
| 694 | Junwei Xie (谢君伟) | $259,810,817 | 2 | $129,905,409 |
| 695 | Linshan Zhao | $258,223,243 | 2 | $129,111,622 |
| 696 | Justin Kurzel | $257,345,967 | 9 | $28,593,996 |
| 697 | Howard Zieff | $257,338,596 | 7 | $36,762,657 |
| 698 | Kieth Merrill | $257,000,000 | 3 | $85,666,667 |
| 699 | Jonathan Lynn | $256,906,884 | 9 | $28,545,209 |
| 700 | Jeannot Szwarc | $256,649,551 | 7 | $36,664,222 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.