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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Zhang Zhiliang | $61,850,000 | 1 | $61,850,000 |
| 1,502 | George Sidney | $61,790,891 | 13 | $4,753,145 |
| 1,503 | Vincente Minnelli | $61,771,050 | 18 | $3,431,725 |
| 1,504 | Robert Lieberman | $61,537,543 | 7 | $8,791,078 |
| 1,505 | Sir Carol Reed | $61,491,699 | 8 | $7,686,462 |
| 1,506 | Geoff Murphy | $61,331,888 | 6 | $10,221,981 |
| 1,507 | Clare Kilner | $61,300,554 | 3 | $20,433,518 |
| 1,508 | Jayson Thiessen | $61,294,644 | 2 | $30,647,322 |
| 1,509 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $61,233,233 | 3 | $20,411,078 |
| 1,510 | Luo Luo | $61,184,536 | 3 | $20,394,845 |
| 1,511 | Duwayne Dunham | $61,139,686 | 4 | $15,284,922 |
| 1,512 | Lee Gye-Byeok | $61,059,280 | 3 | $20,353,093 |
| 1,513 | David Moreau | $61,034,326 | 4 | $15,258,582 |
| 1,514 | Joshua Michael Stern | $60,992,382 | 3 | $20,330,794 |
| 1,515 | Yoon-dong Oh | $60,941,824 | 8 | $7,617,728 |
| 1,516 | Jeremy Paul Kagan | $60,820,285 | 7 | $8,688,612 |
| 1,517 | Cathy Malkasian | $60,694,737 | 1 | $60,694,737 |
| 1,518 | Jeff McGrath | $60,694,737 | 1 | $60,694,737 |
| 1,519 | Don Hahn | $60,598,989 | 4 | $15,149,747 |
| 1,520 | Agnieszka Holland | $60,561,310 | 10 | $6,056,131 |
| 1,521 | Tom Ford | $60,541,060 | 2 | $30,270,530 |
| 1,522 | Susana Garcia | $60,378,656 | 3 | $20,126,219 |
| 1,523 | David M. Rosenthal | $60,303,648 | 6 | $10,050,608 |
| 1,524 | Sho Tsukikawa | $60,174,750 | 7 | $8,596,393 |
| 1,525 | Joe Berlinger | $60,102,978 | 11 | $5,463,907 |
| 1,526 | Disha Zhang | $60,006,412 | 2 | $30,003,206 |
| 1,527 | Nicolas Vanier | $59,960,166 | 6 | $9,993,361 |
| 1,528 | Michel Tiddes | $59,922,558 | 1 | $59,922,558 |
| 1,529 | Diane Keaton | $59,796,723 | 2 | $29,898,362 |
| 1,530 | Randall Miller | $59,677,486 | 7 | $8,525,355 |
| 1,531 | Xu Jinglei | $59,529,733 | 2 | $29,764,867 |
| 1,532 | James Huth | $59,517,921 | 4 | $14,879,480 |
| 1,533 | Hae-Juh Lee | $59,505,509 | 1 | $59,505,509 |
| 1,534 | Kim Byung-seo | $59,505,509 | 1 | $59,505,509 |
| 1,535 | Hiroaki Matsuyama | $58,900,670 | 3 | $19,633,557 |
| 1,536 | Jean-Jacques Mantello | $58,730,546 | 6 | $9,788,424 |
| 1,537 | Tom Harper | $58,463,233 | 5 | $11,692,647 |
| 1,538 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | $58,408,363 | 1 | $58,408,363 |
| 1,539 | Yang Qing | $58,380,950 | 1 | $58,380,950 |
| 1,540 | Charles Grosvenor | $58,270,391 | 1 | $58,270,391 |
| 1,541 | Glenn Gordon Caron | $58,248,762 | 3 | $19,416,254 |
| 1,542 | Jean-Philippe Vine | $58,234,808 | 1 | $58,234,808 |
| 1,543 | Albert Brooks | $58,156,058 | 6 | $9,692,676 |
| 1,544 | Bryan Woods | $58,032,601 | 4 | $14,508,150 |
| 1,545 | Scott Beck | $58,032,601 | 4 | $14,508,150 |
| 1,546 | Damon Beesley | $58,000,000 | 1 | $58,000,000 |
| 1,547 | David Anspaugh | $57,998,233 | 3 | $19,332,744 |
| 1,548 | Jocelyn Moorhouse | $57,996,008 | 5 | $11,599,202 |
| 1,549 | Ken Russell | $57,957,712 | 8 | $7,244,714 |
| 1,550 | Jenny Gage | $57,938,759 | 2 | $28,969,380 |
| 1,551 | Gilles de Maistre | $57,854,607 | 7 | $8,264,944 |
| 1,552 | Greg McLean | $57,828,996 | 6 | $9,638,166 |
| 1,553 | Wash Westmoreland | $57,679,687 | 4 | $14,419,922 |
| 1,554 | Sandra Ng | $57,628,372 | 1 | $57,628,372 |
| 1,555 | Xavier Palud | $57,577,765 | 1 | $57,577,765 |
| 1,556 | Michael Radford | $57,528,470 | 9 | $6,392,052 |
| 1,557 | Audrey Wells | $57,490,024 | 1 | $57,490,024 |
| 1,558 | Robert Pulcini | $57,267,833 | 6 | $9,544,639 |
| 1,559 | Shari Springer Berman | $57,267,833 | 6 | $9,544,639 |
| 1,560 | Sha Mo | $57,215,847 | 1 | $57,215,847 |
| 1,561 | George Marshall | $57,100,000 | 9 | $6,344,444 |
| 1,562 | Tomohiko Ito | $57,048,785 | 2 | $28,524,393 |
| 1,563 | Masayuki | $57,019,825 | 1 | $57,019,825 |
| 1,564 | Jonathan Glazer | $57,002,910 | 4 | $14,250,728 |
| 1,565 | Ralph Bakshi | $56,871,472 | 5 | $11,374,294 |
| 1,566 | Emilio Estevez | $56,487,967 | 7 | $8,069,710 |
| 1,567 | Thom Eberhardt | $56,464,283 | 4 | $14,116,071 |
| 1,568 | Franck Gastambide | $56,409,656 | 3 | $18,803,219 |
| 1,569 | Ayan Mukherjee | $56,390,833 | 3 | $18,796,944 |
| 1,570 | Ren Pengyuan | $56,235,548 | 1 | $56,235,548 |
| 1,571 | Shana Feste | $56,193,191 | 5 | $11,238,638 |
| 1,572 | Dustin Hoffman | $56,178,935 | 1 | $56,178,935 |
| 1,573 | Nikolay Lebedev | $56,176,957 | 3 | $18,725,652 |
| 1,574 | James Ponsoldt | $56,092,468 | 5 | $11,218,494 |
| 1,575 | Michael Winterbottom | $56,081,008 | 27 | $2,077,074 |
| 1,576 | Shubao Guo | $56,040,680 | 1 | $56,040,680 |
| 1,577 | Harmony Korine | $56,030,626 | 4 | $14,007,657 |
| 1,578 | Togan Gökbakar | $55,993,612 | 6 | $9,332,269 |
| 1,579 | Hugo Gélin | $55,847,427 | 2 | $27,923,714 |
| 1,580 | Tomonori Sudō | $55,791,630 | 3 | $18,597,210 |
| 1,581 | Michael Winner | $55,766,226 | 8 | $6,970,778 |
| 1,582 | Frank Nissen | $55,686,944 | 1 | $55,686,944 |
| 1,583 | Adam Brooks | $55,617,866 | 1 | $55,617,866 |
| 1,584 | Jim Fall | $55,534,455 | 2 | $27,767,228 |
| 1,585 | John Eng | $55,443,032 | 1 | $55,443,032 |
| 1,586 | Noah Baumbach | $55,350,601 | 12 | $4,612,550 |
| 1,587 | Rod Lurie | $55,186,600 | 9 | $6,131,844 |
| 1,588 | Masayuki Ochiai | $54,968,077 | 3 | $18,322,692 |
| 1,589 | Sheldon Lettich | $54,909,393 | 4 | $13,727,348 |
| 1,590 | Don Roos | $54,880,819 | 2 | $27,440,410 |
| 1,591 | George T. Miller | $54,838,280 | 4 | $13,709,570 |
| 1,592 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $54,836,152 | 6 | $9,139,359 |
| 1,593 | Jacques Audiard | $54,781,841 | 6 | $9,130,307 |
| 1,594 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,749,412 | 3 | $18,249,804 |
| 1,595 | Cheng Fenfen | $54,663,066 | 1 | $54,663,066 |
| 1,596 | Peter Medak | $54,649,658 | 7 | $7,807,094 |
| 1,597 | Rod Blackhurst | $54,586,138 | 5 | $10,917,228 |
| 1,598 | Bryce McGuire | $54,585,740 | 2 | $27,292,870 |
| 1,599 | Masayuki Suzuki | $54,500,076 | 4 | $13,625,019 |
| 1,600 | Saul Dibb | $54,395,980 | 4 | $13,598,995 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.