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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,701 | Jim Field Smith | $48,785,683 | 2 | $24,392,842 |
| 1,702 | John Lounsbery | $48,775,599 | 1 | $48,775,599 |
| 1,703 | Shane Acker | $48,717,414 | 2 | $24,358,707 |
| 1,704 | Tim McCanlies | $48,524,709 | 4 | $12,131,177 |
| 1,705 | Diederik Van Rooijen | $48,510,449 | 2 | $24,255,225 |
| 1,706 | Justin Zackham | $48,425,971 | 1 | $48,425,971 |
| 1,707 | William Eubank | $48,355,593 | 4 | $12,088,898 |
| 1,708 | Melina Matsoukas | $48,266,163 | 1 | $48,266,163 |
| 1,709 | Dan Bradley | $48,164,150 | 1 | $48,164,150 |
| 1,710 | Liu Jiang | $48,153,767 | 2 | $24,076,884 |
| 1,711 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $48,042,935 | 7 | $6,863,276 |
| 1,712 | Leo Zhang | $48,021,928 | 2 | $24,010,964 |
| 1,713 | Stephen Surjik | $47,965,000 | 1 | $47,965,000 |
| 1,714 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $47,964,668 | 3 | $15,988,223 |
| 1,715 | Will Becher | $47,862,290 | 1 | $47,862,290 |
| 1,716 | Jason Winer | $47,810,537 | 2 | $23,905,269 |
| 1,717 | John Sullivan | $47,794,443 | 2 | $23,897,222 |
| 1,718 | Michael Anderson | $47,738,340 | 5 | $9,547,668 |
| 1,719 | Jerome Robbins | $47,596,274 | 1 | $47,596,274 |
| 1,720 | Andrei Kravchuk | $47,579,261 | 6 | $7,929,877 |
| 1,721 | Hendel Butoy | $47,431,461 | 1 | $47,431,461 |
| 1,722 | David Lickley | $47,408,542 | 2 | $23,704,271 |
| 1,723 | Abhinav Singh Kashyap | $47,405,933 | 2 | $23,702,967 |
| 1,724 | John Fortenberry | $47,272,717 | 2 | $23,636,359 |
| 1,725 | Fuyuan Liu | $47,269,723 | 3 | $15,756,574 |
| 1,726 | Joe Charbanic | $47,267,829 | 1 | $47,267,829 |
| 1,727 | Rodo Sayagues | $47,201,347 | 1 | $47,201,347 |
| 1,728 | Sarik Andreasyan | $47,168,755 | 15 | $3,144,584 |
| 1,729 | Mutou MTJJ | $47,151,157 | 1 | $47,151,157 |
| 1,730 | Caroline Link | $47,149,383 | 3 | $15,716,461 |
| 1,731 | John Lafia | $47,141,208 | 2 | $23,570,604 |
| 1,732 | Terry George | $47,071,868 | 3 | $15,690,623 |
| 1,733 | Ding Leang | $46,998,773 | 1 | $46,998,773 |
| 1,734 | Dennis Iliadis | $46,980,724 | 2 | $23,490,362 |
| 1,735 | Alessandro Siani | $46,892,678 | 6 | $7,815,446 |
| 1,736 | Lucia Aniello | $46,844,357 | 1 | $46,844,357 |
| 1,737 | John Sayles | $46,754,629 | 16 | $2,922,164 |
| 1,738 | Katsuhide Motoki | $46,581,772 | 5 | $9,316,354 |
| 1,739 | Xu Hongyu | $46,389,109 | 1 | $46,389,109 |
| 1,740 | Ethan Maniquis | $46,370,970 | 1 | $46,370,970 |
| 1,741 | Asif Kapadia | $46,300,825 | 9 | $5,144,536 |
| 1,742 | Joseph Kahn | $46,290,278 | 3 | $15,430,093 |
| 1,743 | Aleksey Sidorov | $46,266,605 | 2 | $23,133,303 |
| 1,744 | Chin Kar Lok | $46,165,078 | 1 | $46,165,078 |
| 1,745 | Eichiro Hasumi | $46,117,323 | 5 | $9,223,465 |
| 1,746 | Uli Edel | $46,036,636 | 5 | $9,207,327 |
| 1,747 | Daniel Barnz | $46,029,132 | 3 | $15,343,044 |
| 1,748 | Susan Seidelman | $45,910,893 | 6 | $7,651,816 |
| 1,749 | Michael Wadleigh | $45,699,266 | 2 | $22,849,633 |
| 1,750 | Xie Dongshen | $45,698,504 | 1 | $45,698,504 |
| 1,751 | Ilya Kulikov | $45,614,296 | 4 | $11,403,574 |
| 1,752 | Ruben Ostlund | $45,591,256 | 5 | $9,118,251 |
| 1,753 | John Derek | $45,590,000 | 3 | $15,196,667 |
| 1,754 | Gary Hardwick | $45,531,785 | 2 | $22,765,893 |
| 1,755 | Julian Schnabel | $45,521,272 | 6 | $7,586,879 |
| 1,756 | Richard Friedenberg | $45,411,063 | 1 | $45,411,063 |
| 1,757 | Zach Cregger | $45,352,337 | 1 | $45,352,337 |
| 1,758 | Wei Gu Chang | $45,331,734 | 1 | $45,331,734 |
| 1,759 | John Hoffman | $45,312,217 | 1 | $45,312,217 |
| 1,760 | Nanette Burstein | $45,303,799 | 3 | $15,101,266 |
| 1,761 | Chul-soo Jang | $45,286,922 | 2 | $22,643,461 |
| 1,762 | Mike Bigelow | $45,273,464 | 1 | $45,273,464 |
| 1,763 | Ang Xu | $45,224,633 | 2 | $22,612,317 |
| 1,764 | Lars Klevberg | $45,136,096 | 3 | $15,045,365 |
| 1,765 | Will Merrick | $45,100,756 | 1 | $45,100,756 |
| 1,766 | Nick Johnson | $45,100,756 | 1 | $45,100,756 |
| 1,767 | Ken Shapiro | $44,921,312 | 2 | $22,460,656 |
| 1,768 | Wei Shujun | $44,919,936 | 3 | $14,973,312 |
| 1,769 | Mary Haverstick | $44,793,168 | 1 | $44,793,168 |
| 1,770 | Mark Tonderai | $44,604,086 | 2 | $22,302,043 |
| 1,771 | Bruce McCulloch | $44,602,513 | 2 | $22,301,257 |
| 1,772 | Zhuqing Ji (季竹青) | $44,570,000 | 1 | $44,570,000 |
| 1,773 | Hugh Welchman | $44,522,035 | 2 | $22,261,018 |
| 1,774 | Eric Valette | $44,513,466 | 1 | $44,513,466 |
| 1,775 | Chuck Sheetz | $44,451,470 | 1 | $44,451,470 |
| 1,776 | Desmond Davis | $44,400,000 | 3 | $14,800,000 |
| 1,777 | Beyoncé Knowles | $44,372,181 | 1 | $44,372,181 |
| 1,778 | Riccardo Milani | $44,308,733 | 9 | $4,923,193 |
| 1,779 | Alan Shapiro | $44,202,709 | 2 | $22,101,355 |
| 1,780 | Todd Graff | $44,125,743 | 2 | $22,062,872 |
| 1,781 | Keith Scholey | $44,075,302 | 7 | $6,296,472 |
| 1,782 | Dorota Kobiela | $44,074,957 | 2 | $22,037,479 |
| 1,783 | Daniel Stamm | $44,061,297 | 2 | $22,030,649 |
| 1,784 | Tommy O'Haver | $44,060,577 | 4 | $11,015,144 |
| 1,785 | Kent Alterman | $43,980,363 | 1 | $43,980,363 |
| 1,786 | Jamie Uys | $43,923,227 | 3 | $14,641,076 |
| 1,787 | Art Stevens | $43,899,231 | 1 | $43,899,231 |
| 1,788 | Stephen Merchant | $43,860,635 | 2 | $21,930,318 |
| 1,789 | Akira Nagai | $43,780,309 | 4 | $10,945,077 |
| 1,790 | Woo-suk Kang | $43,747,663 | 4 | $10,936,916 |
| 1,791 | Joel Hopkins | $43,601,970 | 3 | $14,533,990 |
| 1,792 | Arne Glimcher | $43,551,829 | 2 | $21,775,915 |
| 1,793 | Ari Sandel | $43,528,634 | 2 | $21,764,317 |
| 1,794 | George Gallo | $43,420,706 | 10 | $4,342,071 |
| 1,795 | Vernie Yeung | $43,415,987 | 1 | $43,415,987 |
| 1,796 | Koan Hui | $43,415,987 | 1 | $43,415,987 |
| 1,797 | Mike Tiddes | $43,319,936 | 3 | $14,439,979 |
| 1,798 | Rick Famuyliwa | $43,250,471 | 2 | $21,625,236 |
| 1,799 | Joel Silberg | $43,213,466 | 3 | $14,404,489 |
| 1,800 | Gan Bi | $43,104,559 | 2 | $21,552,280 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.