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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 | Cedric Kahn | $5,065,908 | 7 | $723,701 |
| 4,302 | Jonathan King | $5,063,452 | 1 | $5,063,452 |
| 4,303 | Liang Dong | $5,043,654 | 2 | $2,521,827 |
| 4,304 | Benny Lau | $5,040,574 | 2 | $2,520,287 |
| 4,305 | Shokyo Oda | $5,035,830 | 1 | $5,035,830 |
| 4,306 | Jill Sprecher | $5,035,636 | 3 | $1,678,545 |
| 4,307 | David Beaird | $5,021,267 | 2 | $2,510,634 |
| 4,308 | Carlo Carlei | $5,020,792 | 2 | $2,510,396 |
| 4,309 | Bilal Lashari | $5,019,297 | 1 | $5,019,297 |
| 4,310 | Robert Kenner | $5,016,643 | 4 | $1,254,161 |
| 4,311 | Maksim Fadeev | $5,015,080 | 1 | $5,015,080 |
| 4,312 | Jean-Patrick Benes | $5,013,158 | 2 | $2,506,579 |
| 4,313 | Itsuji Itao | $5,005,352 | 1 | $5,005,352 |
| 4,314 | Blair Hayes | $5,002,310 | 3 | $1,667,437 |
| 4,315 | Eugene Lourie | $5,000,000 | 3 | $1,666,667 |
| 4,316 | Kevin Macdonald | $4,998,629 | 4 | $1,249,657 |
| 4,317 | Yasuhiro Takemoto | $4,997,409 | 2 | $2,498,705 |
| 4,318 | Reem Kherici | $4,995,654 | 2 | $2,497,827 |
| 4,319 | Sergey Trofimov | $4,969,221 | 1 | $4,969,221 |
| 4,320 | Yu Dong | $4,964,366 | 1 | $4,964,366 |
| 4,321 | Martin Zandvliet | $4,962,092 | 6 | $827,015 |
| 4,322 | Lan Chengxu | $4,961,880 | 3 | $1,653,960 |
| 4,323 | Mimi Maynard | $4,957,098 | 1 | $4,957,098 |
| 4,324 | Regina Welker | $4,957,098 | 1 | $4,957,098 |
| 4,325 | Peter Kassovitz | $4,956,401 | 1 | $4,956,401 |
| 4,326 | Francis Lee | $4,955,528 | 2 | $2,477,764 |
| 4,327 | Viktor Lakisov | $4,946,941 | 3 | $1,648,980 |
| 4,328 | Paul Currie | $4,945,733 | 2 | $2,472,867 |
| 4,329 | Jonas Cuaron | $4,940,419 | 3 | $1,646,806 |
| 4,330 | Norberto Barba | $4,932,915 | 1 | $4,932,915 |
| 4,331 | Vikram K Kumar | $4,922,900 | 4 | $1,230,725 |
| 4,332 | Safy Nebbou | $4,920,559 | 2 | $2,460,280 |
| 4,333 | Fen-Fen Cheng | $4,919,240 | 2 | $2,459,620 |
| 4,334 | Giulio Ricciarelli | $4,917,315 | 1 | $4,917,315 |
| 4,335 | Kim Jung-kwon | $4,913,889 | 1 | $4,913,889 |
| 4,336 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $4,913,136 | 3 | $1,637,712 |
| 4,337 | Ding Shi | $4,906,533 | 2 | $2,453,267 |
| 4,338 | Mariana Cengel-Solcanská | $4,901,668 | 4 | $1,225,417 |
| 4,339 | Kim Jong-Hyeon | $4,900,142 | 1 | $4,900,142 |
| 4,340 | John Rich | $4,900,000 | 2 | $2,450,000 |
| 4,341 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 4,342 | Alan Cumming | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 4,343 | Jakub Kroner | $4,897,447 | 2 | $2,448,724 |
| 4,344 | Rafael Montero | $4,892,727 | 3 | $1,630,909 |
| 4,345 | Bruce Macdonald | $4,892,438 | 2 | $2,446,219 |
| 4,346 | Kimio Yabuki | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 4,347 | Bernard Deyriès | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 4,348 | Andy Fehu | $4,888,424 | 2 | $2,444,212 |
| 4,349 | David Schmoeller | $4,888,270 | 3 | $1,629,423 |
| 4,350 | Hitesh Kewalya | $4,888,040 | 1 | $4,888,040 |
| 4,351 | Chris Chow | $4,878,197 | 1 | $4,878,197 |
| 4,352 | Aditya Dhar | $4,876,800 | 1 | $4,876,800 |
| 4,353 | Armand Mastroianni | $4,875,436 | 2 | $2,437,718 |
| 4,354 | Shin’ichiro Sawai | $4,874,498 | 1 | $4,874,498 |
| 4,355 | Ilker Ayrik | $4,872,639 | 2 | $2,436,320 |
| 4,356 | Vanessa Jopp | $4,869,079 | 2 | $2,434,540 |
| 4,357 | Yongbo Zhen | $4,860,000 | 1 | $4,860,000 |
| 4,358 | Charles Burnett | $4,859,094 | 6 | $809,849 |
| 4,359 | David LaChapelle | $4,857,731 | 1 | $4,857,731 |
| 4,360 | Appie Boudellah | $4,857,056 | 4 | $1,214,264 |
| 4,361 | Matteo Rovere | $4,850,228 | 2 | $2,425,114 |
| 4,362 | Samuel Tourneux | $4,845,076 | 1 | $4,845,076 |
| 4,363 | Jennifer Abbott | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 4,364 | Mark Achbar | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 4,365 | Mohamed Samy | $4,843,164 | 1 | $4,843,164 |
| 4,366 | Eytan Fox | $4,838,637 | 5 | $967,727 |
| 4,367 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,835,599 | 1 | $4,835,599 |
| 4,368 | Gracia Querejeta | $4,827,788 | 3 | $1,609,263 |
| 4,369 | Gerardo Olivares | $4,827,387 | 3 | $1,609,129 |
| 4,370 | Meg Leonard | $4,825,334 | 1 | $4,825,334 |
| 4,371 | Nick Moorcroft | $4,825,334 | 1 | $4,825,334 |
| 4,372 | Yana Gladkikh | $4,824,940 | 2 | $2,412,470 |
| 4,373 | Theresa von Eltz | $4,818,297 | 1 | $4,818,297 |
| 4,374 | Frederick Wiseman | $4,816,320 | 13 | $370,486 |
| 4,375 | Cristina Comencini | $4,810,015 | 5 | $962,003 |
| 4,376 | Colm McCarthy | $4,801,837 | 3 | $1,600,612 |
| 4,377 | Jiahuan Kong | $4,800,000 | 1 | $4,800,000 |
| 4,378 | Ceyda Torun | $4,797,784 | 1 | $4,797,784 |
| 4,379 | Peter Bebjak | $4,797,559 | 5 | $959,512 |
| 4,380 | Leonel Vieira | $4,793,792 | 4 | $1,198,448 |
| 4,381 | Julie Manoukian | $4,788,820 | 2 | $2,394,410 |
| 4,382 | Kim Hagen Jensen | $4,786,165 | 1 | $4,786,165 |
| 4,383 | Michael Youn | $4,785,538 | 1 | $4,785,538 |
| 4,384 | Petr Jakl | $4,781,959 | 2 | $2,390,980 |
| 4,385 | Xin Li | $4,778,869 | 1 | $4,778,869 |
| 4,386 | Masatoshi Yamaguchi | $4,773,629 | 1 | $4,773,629 |
| 4,387 | Árni Ásgeirsson | $4,772,928 | 2 | $2,386,464 |
| 4,388 | Umur Turagay | $4,764,317 | 2 | $2,382,159 |
| 4,389 | Mike White | $4,761,674 | 2 | $2,380,837 |
| 4,390 | Noémie Saglio | $4,756,488 | 5 | $951,298 |
| 4,391 | Paul Johansson | $4,752,353 | 1 | $4,752,353 |
| 4,392 | Anthony Mann | $4,750,000 | 12 | $395,833 |
| 4,393 | Sandor Jesse | $4,746,738 | 3 | $1,582,246 |
| 4,394 | Naomi Kawsase | $4,742,063 | 1 | $4,742,063 |
| 4,395 | Hakan Bol | $4,740,463 | 1 | $4,740,463 |
| 4,396 | Noel Clarke | $4,737,966 | 2 | $2,368,983 |
| 4,397 | Matt Osterman | $4,731,664 | 5 | $946,333 |
| 4,398 | Andrey Korenkov | $4,726,761 | 1 | $4,726,761 |
| 4,399 | Michel Boujenah | $4,719,236 | 2 | $2,359,618 |
| 4,400 | Lars Kraume | $4,711,474 | 6 | $785,246 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.