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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $93,161,160 | 3 | $31,053,720 |
| 1,202 | Matteo Garrone | $93,140,005 | 6 | $15,523,334 |
| 1,203 | John Herzfeld | $92,899,812 | 5 | $18,579,962 |
| 1,204 | Geoffrey Sax | $92,800,907 | 2 | $46,400,454 |
| 1,205 | Jeff Nichols | $92,738,444 | 6 | $15,456,407 |
| 1,206 | Bob Swaim | $92,725,143 | 2 | $46,362,572 |
| 1,207 | Shinsuke Sato | $92,628,670 | 6 | $15,438,112 |
| 1,208 | Jonathan Kaplan | $92,628,057 | 6 | $15,438,010 |
| 1,209 | Terry Zwigoff | $92,266,436 | 4 | $23,066,609 |
| 1,210 | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | $92,202,493 | 10 | $9,220,249 |
| 1,211 | Michael Philippou | $92,181,818 | 3 | $30,727,273 |
| 1,212 | Danny Philippou | $92,181,818 | 3 | $30,727,273 |
| 1,213 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $92,141,886 | 1 | $92,141,886 |
| 1,214 | Ringo Lam | $92,127,970 | 6 | $15,354,662 |
| 1,215 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $92,116,055 | 4 | $23,029,014 |
| 1,216 | John Wells | $92,075,070 | 3 | $30,691,690 |
| 1,217 | Richard Brooks | $92,031,709 | 14 | $6,573,694 |
| 1,218 | Huang Jianxin | $91,858,600 | 2 | $45,929,300 |
| 1,219 | Sean Cunningham | $91,750,222 | 4 | $22,937,556 |
| 1,220 | Joan Chen | $91,724,202 | 3 | $30,574,734 |
| 1,221 | Morgan Spurlock | $91,689,355 | 8 | $11,461,169 |
| 1,222 | Jingfu Huang (黄精甫) | $91,608,950 | 1 | $91,608,950 |
| 1,223 | Abby Kohn | $91,444,095 | 2 | $45,722,048 |
| 1,224 | Marc Silverstein | $91,444,095 | 2 | $45,722,048 |
| 1,225 | Jim Jarmusch | $91,420,072 | 14 | $6,530,005 |
| 1,226 | Rob Greenberg | $91,244,913 | 1 | $91,244,913 |
| 1,227 | Dennis Hopper | $91,147,788 | 6 | $15,191,298 |
| 1,228 | Akiva Schaffer | $91,038,729 | 5 | $18,207,746 |
| 1,229 | Ma Yuke | $90,818,446 | 2 | $45,409,223 |
| 1,230 | Jeff Kanew | $90,774,764 | 6 | $15,129,127 |
| 1,231 | Robert Moore | $90,732,599 | 3 | $30,244,200 |
| 1,232 | Steven Antin | $90,552,675 | 1 | $90,552,675 |
| 1,233 | Christian Duguay | $90,484,629 | 8 | $11,310,579 |
| 1,234 | Rob Stevenhagen | $90,482,317 | 1 | $90,482,317 |
| 1,235 | Jake Schreier | $90,387,861 | 4 | $22,596,965 |
| 1,236 | Tim Robbins | $90,288,968 | 3 | $30,096,323 |
| 1,237 | Jane Campion | $90,266,073 | 8 | $11,283,259 |
| 1,238 | Robert Iscove | $90,187,340 | 4 | $22,546,835 |
| 1,239 | Olivier Baroux | $90,067,894 | 6 | $15,011,316 |
| 1,240 | Bruce Neibaur | $90,000,000 | 1 | $90,000,000 |
| 1,241 | Ben Palmer | $89,967,315 | 2 | $44,983,658 |
| 1,242 | Eiichirō Hasumi | $89,769,670 | 4 | $22,442,418 |
| 1,243 | Klim Shipenko | $89,202,167 | 6 | $14,867,028 |
| 1,244 | Kenneth Lonergan | $89,184,515 | 3 | $29,728,172 |
| 1,245 | Zheng Dasheng | $89,178,654 | 3 | $29,726,218 |
| 1,246 | Phil Joanou | $89,159,665 | 7 | $12,737,095 |
| 1,247 | Tony Ching | $89,053,765 | 2 | $44,526,883 |
| 1,248 | Sean Penn | $88,913,994 | 7 | $12,701,999 |
| 1,249 | Nobuhiro Doi | $88,908,444 | 4 | $22,227,111 |
| 1,250 | Keishi Ohtomo | $88,746,164 | 8 | $11,093,271 |
| 1,251 | Jeffrey Lau | $88,639,239 | 6 | $14,773,207 |
| 1,252 | Joe Alves | $87,987,055 | 1 | $87,987,055 |
| 1,253 | Stuart Beattie | $87,980,226 | 2 | $43,990,113 |
| 1,254 | Lau Ho-leung | $87,757,628 | 2 | $43,878,814 |
| 1,255 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | $87,508,799 | 2 | $43,754,400 |
| 1,256 | Ted Post | $87,269,482 | 8 | $10,908,685 |
| 1,257 | Katsuyuki Motohiro | $87,051,253 | 4 | $21,762,813 |
| 1,258 | Richard Rich | $87,024,021 | 12 | $7,252,002 |
| 1,259 | David Mirkin | $86,989,178 | 2 | $43,494,589 |
| 1,260 | Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) | $86,910,223 | 1 | $86,910,223 |
| 1,261 | Michael Curtiz | $86,879,652 | 25 | $3,475,186 |
| 1,262 | Yuhan Wu | $86,876,449 | 1 | $86,876,449 |
| 1,263 | Mike Judge | $86,647,548 | 4 | $21,661,887 |
| 1,264 | Stephen Kay | $86,622,877 | 4 | $21,655,719 |
| 1,265 | Barry Jenkins | $86,405,028 | 5 | $17,281,006 |
| 1,266 | Gennaro Nunziante | $86,274,627 | 4 | $21,568,657 |
| 1,267 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $86,123,165 | 4 | $21,530,791 |
| 1,268 | Derek Cianfrance | $85,859,421 | 3 | $28,619,807 |
| 1,269 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 1,270 | Chun Zhang | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 1,271 | Ernest Dickerson | $85,568,407 | 7 | $12,224,058 |
| 1,272 | Alexandre Avancini | $85,489,689 | 3 | $28,496,563 |
| 1,273 | Christian Rivers | $85,481,904 | 1 | $85,481,904 |
| 1,274 | R.J. Cutler | $85,437,990 | 5 | $17,087,598 |
| 1,275 | Todd Field | $85,403,939 | 3 | $28,467,980 |
| 1,276 | Randa Haines | $85,273,914 | 3 | $28,424,638 |
| 1,277 | Otto Bathurst | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 1,278 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $85,131,830 | 1 | $85,131,830 |
| 1,279 | Todd Strauss-Schulson | $85,056,932 | 4 | $21,264,233 |
| 1,280 | Jim Henson | $84,936,693 | 3 | $28,312,231 |
| 1,281 | Reid Carolin | $84,543,632 | 2 | $42,271,816 |
| 1,282 | Channing Tatum | $84,543,632 | 2 | $42,271,816 |
| 1,283 | Ole Bornedal | $84,454,310 | 6 | $14,075,718 |
| 1,284 | Wei Zheng | $84,379,069 | 2 | $42,189,535 |
| 1,285 | Takashi Otsuka | $84,372,182 | 2 | $42,186,091 |
| 1,286 | Ben Sharpsteen | $84,318,429 | 2 | $42,159,215 |
| 1,287 | Eric Lartigau | $84,181,103 | 5 | $16,836,221 |
| 1,288 | Alan Alda | $84,155,103 | 4 | $21,038,776 |
| 1,289 | Mennan Yapo | $84,146,832 | 1 | $84,146,832 |
| 1,290 | Liang Su | $84,135,517 | 1 | $84,135,517 |
| 1,291 | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | $84,069,470 | 5 | $16,813,894 |
| 1,292 | Bryan Bertino | $83,881,655 | 5 | $16,776,331 |
| 1,293 | Yôjirô Takita | $83,746,331 | 5 | $16,749,266 |
| 1,294 | Josh Stolberg | $83,660,160 | 3 | $27,886,720 |
| 1,295 | Simon McQuoid | $83,508,259 | 2 | $41,754,130 |
| 1,296 | Marielle Heller | $83,387,341 | 4 | $20,846,835 |
| 1,297 | Burt Reynolds | $83,284,109 | 4 | $20,821,027 |
| 1,298 | Javier Gutierrez | $82,917,283 | 1 | $82,917,283 |
| 1,299 | Zhao Xiaoding | $82,891,949 | 1 | $82,891,949 |
| 1,300 | Anthony LaMolinara | $82,891,949 | 1 | $82,891,949 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.