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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,401 | Hossein Amini | $10,201,340 | 1 | $10,201,340 |
| 3,402 | Venu Sriram | $10,171,278 | 2 | $5,085,639 |
| 3,403 | Mohan Raja | $10,168,984 | 3 | $3,389,661 |
| 3,404 | Lexi Alexander | $10,157,534 | 3 | $3,385,845 |
| 3,405 | Louis Morneau | $10,155,691 | 2 | $5,077,846 |
| 3,406 | Max Joseph | $10,153,415 | 1 | $10,153,415 |
| 3,407 | Patxi Amezcua | $10,145,679 | 2 | $5,072,840 |
| 3,408 | Oleh Malamuzh | $10,144,544 | 2 | $5,072,272 |
| 3,409 | Teruaki Sugihara | $10,140,487 | 2 | $5,070,244 |
| 3,410 | Jean-Paul Rouve | $10,125,717 | 3 | $3,375,239 |
| 3,411 | Alexei Uchitel | $10,121,113 | 3 | $3,373,704 |
| 3,412 | David Hogan | $10,118,967 | 2 | $5,059,484 |
| 3,413 | Shaad Ali | $10,114,215 | 4 | $2,528,554 |
| 3,414 | Nakano Ryota | $10,097,254 | 1 | $10,097,254 |
| 3,415 | Howard Morris | $10,095,200 | 1 | $10,095,200 |
| 3,416 | Richard Martin | $10,093,523 | 1 | $10,093,523 |
| 3,417 | Charlie Kaufman | $10,089,706 | 3 | $3,363,235 |
| 3,418 | Alan Rickman | $10,084,623 | 1 | $10,084,623 |
| 3,419 | Mike Marzuk | $10,076,868 | 5 | $2,015,374 |
| 3,420 | James B Harris | $10,058,318 | 1 | $10,058,318 |
| 3,421 | Sergio Arau | $10,058,001 | 1 | $10,058,001 |
| 3,422 | Dick Zondag | $10,040,780 | 3 | $3,346,927 |
| 3,423 | Takao Okawara | $10,037,390 | 4 | $2,509,348 |
| 3,424 | Lee Chang-dong | $10,033,474 | 2 | $5,016,737 |
| 3,425 | Dean Wright | $10,026,255 | 1 | $10,026,255 |
| 3,426 | Bob Saget | $10,020,081 | 2 | $5,010,041 |
| 3,427 | Sean Ellis | $10,010,510 | 4 | $2,502,628 |
| 3,428 | Jack Nicholson | $10,005,969 | 2 | $5,002,985 |
| 3,429 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $10,003,620 | 2 | $5,001,810 |
| 3,430 | Merian C. Cooper | $10,001,781 | 1 | $10,001,781 |
| 3,431 | Ernest B. Schoedsack | $10,001,781 | 2 | $5,000,891 |
| 3,432 | Barry Shear | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 3,433 | José Ferrer | $9,996,178 | 1 | $9,996,178 |
| 3,434 | Jason Hall | $9,985,316 | 1 | $9,985,316 |
| 3,435 | Eric Rochant | $9,966,193 | 1 | $9,966,193 |
| 3,436 | Yudai Yamaguchi | $9,956,286 | 3 | $3,318,762 |
| 3,437 | Wang Ran | $9,949,926 | 1 | $9,949,926 |
| 3,438 | Haluk Can Dizdaroglu | $9,945,721 | 4 | $2,486,430 |
| 3,439 | Qiang Qu | $9,920,000 | 1 | $9,920,000 |
| 3,440 | Howard Storm | $9,917,242 | 1 | $9,917,242 |
| 3,441 | Zelda Williams | $9,896,684 | 2 | $4,948,342 |
| 3,442 | Kim Jeong-hoon II | $9,888,157 | 1 | $9,888,157 |
| 3,443 | Chang-Hee Lee | $9,882,628 | 1 | $9,882,628 |
| 3,444 | Joon-Soo Park | $9,881,954 | 1 | $9,881,954 |
| 3,445 | Akira Kurosawa | $9,869,068 | 12 | $822,422 |
| 3,446 | Nishikanth Kamat | $9,859,993 | 5 | $1,971,999 |
| 3,447 | Shipei Wen | $9,857,846 | 1 | $9,857,846 |
| 3,448 | Oxide Chun Pang | $9,856,059 | 3 | $3,285,353 |
| 3,449 | Robert Dalva | $9,851,679 | 1 | $9,851,679 |
| 3,450 | Ivan Calbérac | $9,836,408 | 4 | $2,459,102 |
| 3,451 | Mankyu | $9,823,212 | 1 | $9,823,212 |
| 3,452 | Fabrice Bracq | $9,816,256 | 2 | $4,908,128 |
| 3,453 | Edoardo Maria Falcone | $9,813,857 | 4 | $2,453,464 |
| 3,454 | Alan Elliott | $9,797,313 | 1 | $9,797,313 |
| 3,455 | Yi-chi Lien | $9,796,094 | 1 | $9,796,094 |
| 3,456 | Mariano Cohn | $9,784,000 | 4 | $2,446,000 |
| 3,457 | Darina Schmidt | $9,775,063 | 2 | $4,887,532 |
| 3,458 | Meltem Bozoflu | $9,767,985 | 2 | $4,883,993 |
| 3,459 | Charlotte Wells | $9,750,994 | 1 | $9,750,994 |
| 3,460 | Mitja Okorn | $9,740,728 | 2 | $4,870,364 |
| 3,461 | Fabio De Luigi | $9,736,947 | 3 | $3,245,649 |
| 3,462 | Randy Balsmeyer | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 3,463 | Dmitry Kiselev | $9,690,715 | 1 | $9,690,715 |
| 3,464 | Terry Hughes | $9,689,816 | 1 | $9,689,816 |
| 3,465 | Zhang Hao | $9,683,567 | 1 | $9,683,567 |
| 3,466 | Rodrigo Garcia | $9,682,356 | 6 | $1,613,726 |
| 3,467 | Daniel Furguson | $9,681,975 | 1 | $9,681,975 |
| 3,468 | Chang-pyo Hong | $9,680,424 | 1 | $9,680,424 |
| 3,469 | Eran Creevy | $9,673,800 | 3 | $3,224,600 |
| 3,470 | Ali Samadi Ahadi | $9,665,569 | 5 | $1,933,114 |
| 3,471 | Stephane Aubier | $9,651,481 | 5 | $1,930,296 |
| 3,472 | Pat Proft | $9,642,860 | 1 | $9,642,860 |
| 3,473 | Wang Xiaoshuai | $9,640,835 | 5 | $1,928,167 |
| 3,474 | Hype Williams | $9,639,390 | 1 | $9,639,390 |
| 3,475 | Harley Cokliss | $9,637,565 | 3 | $3,212,522 |
| 3,476 | Li Xinman | $9,620,000 | 1 | $9,620,000 |
| 3,477 | Rachel Griffiths | $9,619,183 | 1 | $9,619,183 |
| 3,478 | Tsuyoshi Nakakuki | $9,591,095 | 1 | $9,591,095 |
| 3,479 | Rachid Bouchareb | $9,588,163 | 4 | $2,397,041 |
| 3,480 | Alberto Rodriquez | $9,584,919 | 3 | $3,194,973 |
| 3,481 | Kim Ki-Duk | $9,576,039 | 5 | $1,915,208 |
| 3,482 | Melanie Mayron | $9,574,155 | 3 | $3,191,385 |
| 3,483 | François Dupeyron | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 3,484 | Vincent Patar | $9,541,953 | 4 | $2,385,488 |
| 3,485 | Jan Svěrák | $9,538,476 | 3 | $3,179,492 |
| 3,486 | Damian Nieman | $9,533,964 | 1 | $9,533,964 |
| 3,487 | Cheol-ha Lee | $9,529,935 | 1 | $9,529,935 |
| 3,488 | Kristoffer Borgli | $9,528,887 | 2 | $4,764,444 |
| 3,489 | Víctor García León | $9,519,992 | 3 | $3,173,331 |
| 3,490 | Yann Gozlan | $9,513,077 | 4 | $2,378,269 |
| 3,491 | Dome Karukoski | $9,506,186 | 3 | $3,168,729 |
| 3,492 | Aya Matsuki | $9,500,000 | 1 | $9,500,000 |
| 3,493 | Juan Taratuto | $9,487,088 | 3 | $3,162,363 |
| 3,494 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 5 | $1,893,331 |
| 3,495 | Francesca Archibugi | $9,466,625 | 4 | $2,366,656 |
| 3,496 | E. Max Frye | $9,461,630 | 1 | $9,461,630 |
| 3,497 | Barbara Bialowas | $9,458,333 | 2 | $4,729,167 |
| 3,498 | Robert Lence | $9,456,027 | 1 | $9,456,027 |
| 3,499 | Laurence Dunmore | $9,448,623 | 1 | $9,448,623 |
| 3,500 | Svyatoslav Ushakov | $9,445,081 | 1 | $9,445,081 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.