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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)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
4,301 Ozgur Bakar $5,086,847 14 $363,346
4,302 Linzi Zhang $5,083,976 2 $2,541,988
4,303 Yaniv Raz $5,075,369 3 $1,691,790
4,304 Ken Iizuka $5,074,784 3 $1,691,595
4,305 Appie Boudellah $5,074,434 5 $1,014,887
4,306 Thorbjom Christoffersen $5,070,366 3 $1,690,122
4,307 Kentaro Hagiwara $5,068,767 3 $1,689,589
4,308 Cedric Kahn $5,065,908 7 $723,701
4,309 Jonathan King $5,063,452 1 $5,063,452
4,310 Liang Dong $5,043,654 2 $2,521,827
4,311 Benny Lau $5,040,574 2 $2,520,287
4,312 Shokyo Oda $5,035,830 1 $5,035,830
4,313 Jill Sprecher $5,035,636 3 $1,678,545
4,314 David Beaird $5,021,267 2 $2,510,634
4,315 Carlo Carlei $5,020,792 2 $2,510,396
4,316 Kevin Macdonald $5,020,041 4 $1,255,010
4,317 Bilal Lashari $5,019,297 1 $5,019,297
4,318 Robert Kenner $5,016,643 4 $1,254,161
4,319 Maksim Fadeev $5,015,080 1 $5,015,080
4,320 Jean-Patrick Benes $5,013,158 2 $2,506,579
4,321 Itsuji Itao $5,005,352 1 $5,005,352
4,322 Blair Hayes $5,002,310 3 $1,667,437
4,323 Eugene Lourie $5,000,000 3 $1,666,667
4,324 Yasuhiro Takemoto $4,997,409 2 $2,498,705
4,325 Reem Kherici $4,995,654 2 $2,497,827
4,326 Sergey Trofimov $4,969,221 1 $4,969,221
4,327 Yu Dong $4,964,366 1 $4,964,366
4,328 Martin Zandvliet $4,962,092 6 $827,015
4,329 Lan Chengxu $4,961,880 3 $1,653,960
4,330 Mimi Maynard $4,957,098 1 $4,957,098
4,331 Regina Welker $4,957,098 1 $4,957,098
4,332 Peter Kassovitz $4,956,401 1 $4,956,401
4,333 Jane Schoenbrun $4,946,979 2 $2,473,490
4,334 Viktor Lakisov $4,946,941 3 $1,648,980
4,335 Paul Currie $4,945,733 2 $2,472,867
4,336 Francis Lee $4,943,053 2 $2,471,527
4,337 Jonas Cuaron $4,940,419 3 $1,646,806
4,338 Norberto Barba $4,932,915 1 $4,932,915
4,339 Vikram K Kumar $4,922,900 4 $1,230,725
4,340 Safy Nebbou $4,920,559 2 $2,460,280
4,341 Fen-Fen Cheng $4,919,240 2 $2,459,620
4,342 Giulio Ricciarelli $4,917,315 1 $4,917,315
4,343 Kim Jung-kwon $4,913,889 1 $4,913,889
4,344 Krzysztof Kieslowski $4,913,136 3 $1,637,712
4,345 Ding Shi $4,906,533 2 $2,453,267
4,346 Mariana Cengel-Solcanská $4,901,668 4 $1,225,417
4,347 Kim Jong-Hyeon $4,900,142 1 $4,900,142
4,348 John Rich $4,900,000 2 $2,450,000
4,349 Jennifer Jason Leigh $4,898,065 1 $4,898,065
4,350 Alan Cumming $4,898,065 1 $4,898,065
4,351 Jakub Kroner $4,897,447 2 $2,448,724
4,352 Rafael Montero $4,892,727 3 $1,630,909
4,353 Bruce Macdonald $4,892,438 2 $2,446,219
4,354 Kimio Yabuki $4,889,971 1 $4,889,971
4,355 Bernard Deyriès $4,889,971 1 $4,889,971
4,356 Andy Fehu $4,888,424 2 $2,444,212
4,357 David Schmoeller $4,888,270 3 $1,629,423
4,358 Hitesh Kewalya $4,888,040 1 $4,888,040
4,359 Chris Chow $4,878,197 1 $4,878,197
4,360 Aditya Dhar $4,876,800 1 $4,876,800
4,361 Jianping Li $4,875,920 2 $2,437,960
4,362 Armand Mastroianni $4,875,436 2 $2,437,718
4,363 Shin’ichiro Sawai $4,874,498 1 $4,874,498
4,364 Ilker Ayrik $4,872,639 2 $2,436,320
4,365 Vanessa Jopp $4,869,079 2 $2,434,540
4,366 Yongbo Zhen $4,860,000 1 $4,860,000
4,367 Charles Burnett $4,859,094 6 $809,849
4,368 David LaChapelle $4,857,731 1 $4,857,731
4,369 Matteo Rovere $4,850,228 2 $2,425,114
4,370 Samuel Tourneux $4,845,076 1 $4,845,076
4,371 Mark Achbar $4,843,572 1 $4,843,572
4,372 Jennifer Abbott $4,843,572 1 $4,843,572
4,373 Mohamed Samy $4,843,164 1 $4,843,164
4,374 Eytan Fox $4,838,637 5 $967,727
4,375 Natalie Krinsky $4,835,599 1 $4,835,599
4,376 Gracia Querejeta $4,827,788 3 $1,609,263
4,377 Gerardo Olivares $4,827,387 3 $1,609,129
4,378 Nick Moorcroft $4,825,334 1 $4,825,334
4,379 Meg Leonard $4,825,334 1 $4,825,334
4,380 Yana Gladkikh $4,824,940 2 $2,412,470
4,381 Theresa von Eltz $4,818,297 1 $4,818,297
4,382 Frederick Wiseman $4,816,320 13 $370,486
4,383 Cristina Comencini $4,810,015 5 $962,003
4,384 Colm McCarthy $4,801,837 3 $1,600,612
4,385 Jiahuan Kong $4,800,000 1 $4,800,000
4,386 Ceyda Torun $4,797,784 1 $4,797,784
4,387 Peter Bebjak $4,797,559 5 $959,512
4,388 Leonel Vieira $4,793,792 4 $1,198,448
4,389 Julie Manoukian $4,788,820 2 $2,394,410
4,390 Kim Hagen Jensen $4,786,165 1 $4,786,165
4,391 Michael Youn $4,785,538 1 $4,785,538
4,392 Petr Jakl $4,781,959 2 $2,390,980
4,393 Xin Li $4,778,869 1 $4,778,869
4,394 Masatoshi Yamaguchi $4,773,629 1 $4,773,629
4,395 Árni Ásgeirsson $4,772,928 2 $2,386,464
4,396 Umur Turagay $4,764,317 2 $2,382,159
4,397 Mike White $4,761,674 2 $2,380,837
4,398 Noémie Saglio $4,756,488 5 $951,298
4,399 Paul Johansson $4,752,353 1 $4,752,353
4,400 Anthony Mann $4,750,000 12 $395,833

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.