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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | David Lynch | $123,295,381 | 10 | $12,329,538 |
| 1,002 | Paul Fisher | $122,737,201 | 1 | $122,737,201 |
| 1,003 | Charlie Bean | $122,737,201 | 2 | $61,368,601 |
| 1,004 | Bob Logan | $122,737,201 | 1 | $122,737,201 |
| 1,005 | Mark Robson | $122,411,111 | 7 | $17,487,302 |
| 1,006 | Brian Taylor | $121,686,004 | 5 | $24,337,201 |
| 1,007 | Carlos Lopez Estrada | $121,261,294 | 5 | $24,252,259 |
| 1,008 | Mira Nair | $120,739,240 | 10 | $12,073,924 |
| 1,009 | Sidney J. Furie | $120,562,684 | 14 | $8,611,620 |
| 1,010 | Bronwen Hughes | $120,527,848 | 3 | $40,175,949 |
| 1,011 | Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) | $120,433,144 | 14 | $8,602,367 |
| 1,012 | Justin Simien | $120,201,760 | 3 | $40,067,253 |
| 1,013 | David Carson | $120,000,000 | 3 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,014 | Shinji Higuchi | $119,934,730 | 4 | $29,983,683 |
| 1,015 | Arthur Penn | $119,339,427 | 9 | $13,259,936 |
| 1,016 | Han Tian | $119,092,516 | 2 | $59,546,258 |
| 1,017 | Kevin Munroe | $119,063,949 | 4 | $29,765,987 |
| 1,018 | David Wain | $119,035,642 | 5 | $23,807,128 |
| 1,019 | Fangfang Li | $119,035,160 | 1 | $119,035,160 |
| 1,020 | Emilio Martinez Lazaro | $118,865,521 | 4 | $29,716,380 |
| 1,021 | John Luessenhop | $118,702,763 | 4 | $29,675,691 |
| 1,022 | Ershan Wu | $118,528,842 | 1 | $118,528,842 |
| 1,023 | Goro Miyazaki | $118,516,945 | 3 | $39,505,648 |
| 1,024 | Billy Wilder | $118,278,413 | 20 | $5,913,921 |
| 1,025 | Lei Zhilong | $118,128,641 | 1 | $118,128,641 |
| 1,026 | Samuel Bayer | $117,729,618 | 1 | $117,729,618 |
| 1,027 | Todd Haynes | $117,660,806 | 12 | $9,805,067 |
| 1,028 | Robert De Niro | $117,618,060 | 2 | $58,809,030 |
| 1,029 | Tamra Davis | $117,611,416 | 6 | $19,601,903 |
| 1,030 | Rod Daniel | $117,324,248 | 4 | $29,331,062 |
| 1,031 | Xiaoshi Liu (刘晓世) | $117,299,494 | 1 | $117,299,494 |
| 1,032 | Nicholas Meyer | $117,292,953 | 5 | $23,458,591 |
| 1,033 | Daniel Scheinert | $117,290,400 | 4 | $29,322,600 |
| 1,034 | Daniel Kwan | $117,256,544 | 3 | $39,085,515 |
| 1,035 | Park Chan-wook | $116,546,204 | 10 | $11,654,620 |
| 1,036 | Olivier Dahan | $116,511,306 | 3 | $38,837,102 |
| 1,037 | Byeong-Hun Lee | $116,127,561 | 1 | $116,127,561 |
| 1,038 | Daniel Alfredson | $115,468,300 | 7 | $16,495,471 |
| 1,039 | Dylan Brown | $115,103,325 | 1 | $115,103,325 |
| 1,040 | Alejandro Agresti | $114,842,521 | 3 | $38,280,840 |
| 1,041 | Seok-hoon Lee | $114,590,392 | 2 | $57,295,196 |
| 1,042 | Kirk DeMicco | $114,501,189 | 3 | $38,167,063 |
| 1,043 | Kimberly Peirce | $114,379,555 | 4 | $28,594,889 |
| 1,044 | J. Blakeson | $114,095,640 | 4 | $28,523,910 |
| 1,045 | Mike Figgis | $113,858,584 | 13 | $8,758,353 |
| 1,046 | Mike Leigh | $113,019,683 | 14 | $8,072,835 |
| 1,047 | Tsutomu Hanabusa | $112,785,188 | 11 | $10,253,199 |
| 1,048 | Thomas Carter | $112,436,505 | 4 | $28,109,126 |
| 1,049 | Lin Yan | $112,370,000 | 1 | $112,370,000 |
| 1,050 | Julius Avery | $112,347,659 | 4 | $28,086,915 |
| 1,051 | Anton Corbijn | $112,271,799 | 6 | $18,711,967 |
| 1,052 | Bernardo Bertolucci | $112,236,852 | 10 | $11,223,685 |
| 1,053 | Min-ho Woo | $112,102,009 | 4 | $28,025,502 |
| 1,054 | Graham Annable | $111,898,741 | 1 | $111,898,741 |
| 1,055 | Anthony Stacchi | $111,898,741 | 2 | $55,949,371 |
| 1,056 | Kevin Kolsch | $111,871,070 | 4 | $27,967,768 |
| 1,057 | Dennis Widmyer | $111,819,678 | 3 | $37,273,226 |
| 1,058 | Mark Pellington | $111,639,871 | 9 | $12,404,430 |
| 1,059 | Olivia Wilde | $111,562,345 | 3 | $37,187,448 |
| 1,060 | Santiago Segura | $111,553,688 | 9 | $12,394,854 |
| 1,061 | Michael Cimino | $111,433,512 | 8 | $13,929,189 |
| 1,062 | Dennie Gordon | $111,331,053 | 4 | $27,832,763 |
| 1,063 | Christopher Cain | $111,001,633 | 8 | $13,875,204 |
| 1,064 | Lone Scherfig | $110,116,708 | 7 | $15,730,958 |
| 1,065 | Robin Budd | $109,862,682 | 1 | $109,862,682 |
| 1,066 | Donovan Cook | $109,862,682 | 1 | $109,862,682 |
| 1,067 | Cory Edwards | $109,843,390 | 1 | $109,843,390 |
| 1,068 | John Hillcoat | $109,544,211 | 4 | $27,386,053 |
| 1,069 | Andrew Douglas | $109,175,673 | 2 | $54,587,837 |
| 1,070 | Oxide Pang Chun | $109,120,819 | 7 | $15,588,688 |
| 1,071 | Alister Grierson | $109,065,040 | 3 | $36,355,013 |
| 1,072 | Jorge Blanco | $108,996,113 | 1 | $108,996,113 |
| 1,073 | Sergey Bodrov | $108,874,967 | 1 | $108,874,967 |
| 1,074 | Joon-ik Lee | $108,869,130 | 4 | $27,217,283 |
| 1,075 | Christophe Barratier | $108,782,522 | 7 | $15,540,360 |
| 1,076 | Sean McNamara | $108,756,677 | 28 | $3,884,167 |
| 1,077 | Alan Metter | $108,525,676 | 5 | $21,705,135 |
| 1,078 | Justin Chadwick | $108,516,103 | 3 | $36,172,034 |
| 1,079 | Christophe Gans | $108,333,003 | 3 | $36,111,001 |
| 1,080 | Dan Trachtenberg | $108,286,422 | 3 | $36,095,474 |
| 1,081 | Danny Pang | $107,480,445 | 11 | $9,770,950 |
| 1,082 | Carroll Ballard | $107,457,298 | 4 | $26,864,325 |
| 1,083 | Paul Schrader | $106,962,997 | 19 | $5,629,631 |
| 1,084 | Sam Peckinpah | $106,892,933 | 13 | $8,222,533 |
| 1,085 | Jang Hun | $106,673,173 | 2 | $53,336,587 |
| 1,086 | Lorna Cook | $106,515,310 | 1 | $106,515,310 |
| 1,087 | Susanna White | $106,445,340 | 3 | $35,481,780 |
| 1,088 | Stuart Rosenberg | $106,254,296 | 6 | $17,709,049 |
| 1,089 | Don Siegel | $106,209,393 | 16 | $6,638,087 |
| 1,090 | Christian Ditter | $106,154,885 | 3 | $35,384,962 |
| 1,091 | Charles Stone III | $106,106,451 | 7 | $15,158,064 |
| 1,092 | Mark Mylod | $105,984,163 | 2 | $52,992,082 |
| 1,093 | Jean-Francois Richet | $105,799,245 | 6 | $17,633,208 |
| 1,094 | Paul Michael Glaser | $105,782,594 | 5 | $21,156,519 |
| 1,095 | Wai Ka-Fai | $105,516,025 | 2 | $52,758,013 |
| 1,096 | John Ford | $105,435,082 | 23 | $4,584,134 |
| 1,097 | Kevin Donovan | $104,944,719 | 2 | $52,472,360 |
| 1,098 | Sunny Luk | $104,529,486 | 1 | $104,529,486 |
| 1,099 | Arturo Perez | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
| 1,100 | Samantha Jayne | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.