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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,901 | Colin Cairnes | $15,440,109 | 2 | $7,720,055 |
| 2,902 | Cameron Cairnes | $15,440,109 | 2 | $7,720,055 |
| 2,903 | Allan Moyle | $15,437,059 | 3 | $5,145,686 |
| 2,904 | Koji Shiraishi | $15,431,559 | 5 | $3,086,312 |
| 2,905 | Scott Silver | $15,415,361 | 1 | $15,415,361 |
| 2,906 | Hisashi Kimura | $15,400,756 | 4 | $3,850,189 |
| 2,907 | Yu Shen | $15,384,408 | 2 | $7,692,204 |
| 2,908 | Kexin Liu | $15,378,702 | 4 | $3,844,676 |
| 2,909 | Morgan Bertacca | $15,377,544 | 1 | $15,377,544 |
| 2,910 | Sunny Chan | $15,363,527 | 2 | $7,681,764 |
| 2,911 | Julie Cohen | $15,351,560 | 5 | $3,070,312 |
| 2,912 | Michael Katleman | $15,337,855 | 1 | $15,337,855 |
| 2,913 | Jafar Panahi | $15,333,398 | 8 | $1,916,675 |
| 2,914 | Mickey Liddell | $15,318,257 | 1 | $15,318,257 |
| 2,915 | Alex Zamm | $15,316,635 | 6 | $2,552,773 |
| 2,916 | Woon-hak Baek | $15,315,552 | 1 | $15,315,552 |
| 2,917 | Daniel Auteuil | $15,310,187 | 5 | $3,062,037 |
| 2,918 | Neal Brennan | $15,297,318 | 2 | $7,648,659 |
| 2,919 | Pedro Pablo Ibarra | $15,287,207 | 2 | $7,643,604 |
| 2,920 | Seungwan Ryu | $15,267,407 | 1 | $15,267,407 |
| 2,921 | Bill Murray | $15,260,154 | 1 | $15,260,154 |
| 2,922 | Bill Pohlad | $15,253,072 | 2 | $7,626,536 |
| 2,923 | Manny Coto | $15,220,530 | 2 | $7,610,265 |
| 2,924 | Israel Horovitz | $15,220,308 | 1 | $15,220,308 |
| 2,925 | Seong yoon Oh | $15,208,834 | 3 | $5,069,611 |
| 2,926 | Jong-Suk Lee | $15,206,778 | 1 | $15,206,778 |
| 2,927 | Buck Henry | $15,198,912 | 1 | $15,198,912 |
| 2,928 | Vladen Barbe | $15,193,977 | 1 | $15,193,977 |
| 2,929 | Hideaki Takizawa | $15,179,804 | 1 | $15,179,804 |
| 2,930 | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | $15,177,397 | 3 | $5,059,132 |
| 2,931 | Eran Kolirin | $15,174,447 | 3 | $5,058,149 |
| 2,932 | Jeremy Zag | $15,173,192 | 2 | $7,586,596 |
| 2,933 | Ken Wiederhorn | $15,163,620 | 4 | $3,790,905 |
| 2,934 | Vincent Kok | $15,101,570 | 5 | $3,020,314 |
| 2,935 | Betsy West | $15,074,665 | 4 | $3,768,666 |
| 2,936 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $15,073,942 | 2 | $7,536,971 |
| 2,937 | Dominique Farrugia | $15,073,567 | 2 | $7,536,784 |
| 2,938 | Tibor Takacs | $15,046,447 | 10 | $1,504,645 |
| 2,939 | Ramon Mendendez | $15,039,744 | 2 | $7,519,872 |
| 2,940 | Francois Girard | $15,036,684 | 5 | $3,007,337 |
| 2,941 | Gregory Levasseur | $15,031,294 | 1 | $15,031,294 |
| 2,942 | Robert J. Rosenthal | $15,026,217 | 1 | $15,026,217 |
| 2,943 | Shin Yamaguchi | $15,012,353 | 1 | $15,012,353 |
| 2,944 | Anthony Asquith | $15,005,300 | 3 | $5,001,767 |
| 2,945 | Rohan Sippy | $15,001,417 | 2 | $7,500,709 |
| 2,946 | Jalmari Helander | $15,001,330 | 3 | $5,000,443 |
| 2,947 | Otto Preminger | $14,991,268 | 10 | $1,499,127 |
| 2,948 | Halina Reijn | $14,976,652 | 3 | $4,992,217 |
| 2,949 | Mark Duplass | $14,976,277 | 5 | $2,995,255 |
| 2,950 | Jay Duplass | $14,976,277 | 4 | $3,744,069 |
| 2,951 | Matt Brown | $14,966,619 | 2 | $7,483,310 |
| 2,952 | Brett Sullivan | $14,966,157 | 8 | $1,870,770 |
| 2,953 | Leslye Headland | $14,951,022 | 3 | $4,983,674 |
| 2,954 | W.D. Richter | $14,941,958 | 2 | $7,470,979 |
| 2,955 | Wei Liu | $14,932,035 | 2 | $7,466,018 |
| 2,956 | Jessy Terrero | $14,921,106 | 2 | $7,460,553 |
| 2,957 | Sze Pak-Lam | $14,917,516 | 1 | $14,917,516 |
| 2,958 | Kwan Lai Siu | $14,917,516 | 1 | $14,917,516 |
| 2,959 | Tai Lau Wing | $14,917,516 | 1 | $14,917,516 |
| 2,960 | Lu Zhengyu | $14,897,163 | 1 | $14,897,163 |
| 2,961 | Luc Dardenne | $14,889,298 | 6 | $2,481,550 |
| 2,962 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $14,889,298 | 6 | $2,481,550 |
| 2,963 | James Kent | $14,889,084 | 2 | $7,444,542 |
| 2,964 | Ralph Fiennes | $14,887,726 | 4 | $3,721,932 |
| 2,965 | Beto Gomez | $14,875,491 | 5 | $2,975,098 |
| 2,966 | Ozer Feyzioglu | $14,856,541 | 2 | $7,428,271 |
| 2,967 | Wallace Wolodarsky | $14,848,533 | 3 | $4,949,511 |
| 2,968 | Piers Haggard | $14,815,234 | 2 | $7,407,617 |
| 2,969 | James Dearden | $14,806,560 | 2 | $7,403,280 |
| 2,970 | Gong Feng | $14,798,770 | 1 | $14,798,770 |
| 2,971 | Brendan Malloy | $14,797,997 | 2 | $7,398,999 |
| 2,972 | Emmett Malloy | $14,797,997 | 3 | $4,932,666 |
| 2,973 | Mohamed Hamidi | $14,793,003 | 5 | $2,958,601 |
| 2,974 | Isao Yukisada | $14,790,802 | 5 | $2,958,160 |
| 2,975 | Isshin Inudô | $14,782,761 | 5 | $2,956,552 |
| 2,976 | Liam Lynch | $14,758,819 | 2 | $7,379,410 |
| 2,977 | Cristian Mungiu | $14,753,809 | 4 | $3,688,452 |
| 2,978 | Andre Techine | $14,739,463 | 14 | $1,052,819 |
| 2,979 | Raj Mehta | $14,738,309 | 3 | $4,912,770 |
| 2,980 | Jianbin Chen | $14,736,732 | 2 | $7,368,366 |
| 2,981 | Takumi Doyama | $14,727,544 | 1 | $14,727,544 |
| 2,982 | Jean-Christophe Lie | $14,709,816 | 1 | $14,709,816 |
| 2,983 | Matthew Akers | $14,663,001 | 1 | $14,663,001 |
| 2,984 | Prince | $14,654,107 | 3 | $4,884,702 |
| 2,985 | Jong-pil Lee | $14,647,829 | 3 | $4,882,610 |
| 2,986 | George Sluizer | $14,641,972 | 3 | $4,880,657 |
| 2,987 | Jong-Yeol Baek | $14,625,759 | 3 | $4,875,253 |
| 2,988 | Eloïse Lang | $14,624,635 | 2 | $7,312,318 |
| 2,989 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $14,617,226 | 6 | $2,436,204 |
| 2,990 | Julio Soto Gurpide | $14,588,504 | 3 | $4,862,835 |
| 2,991 | Douglas Day Stewart | $14,577,713 | 2 | $7,288,857 |
| 2,992 | Olivier Assayas | $14,572,244 | 12 | $1,214,354 |
| 2,993 | Gastón Duprat | $14,565,994 | 3 | $4,855,331 |
| 2,994 | Wolfgang Lauenstein | $14,561,025 | 2 | $7,280,513 |
| 2,995 | Christoph Lauenstein | $14,561,025 | 2 | $7,280,513 |
| 2,996 | Setsuro Wakamatsu | $14,559,135 | 2 | $7,279,568 |
| 2,997 | Banjong Pisanthanakun | $14,557,368 | 4 | $3,639,342 |
| 2,998 | Guy Ferland | $14,554,299 | 2 | $7,277,150 |
| 2,999 | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | $14,543,275 | 1 | $14,543,275 |
| 3,000 | Alexandre Heboyan | $14,534,046 | 1 | $14,534,046 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.