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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,501 | Rufus Norris | $4,347,180 | 4 | $1,086,795 |
| 4,502 | Michael Chiang | $4,343,617 | 1 | $4,343,617 |
| 4,503 | Anne Giafferi | $4,342,790 | 2 | $2,171,395 |
| 4,504 | Lu Jun | $4,340,000 | 1 | $4,340,000 |
| 4,505 | Tatsuya Ishihara | $4,332,904 | 5 | $866,581 |
| 4,506 | Eun-ji Cho | $4,331,855 | 1 | $4,331,855 |
| 4,507 | Tae-Yoon Kim | $4,326,736 | 1 | $4,326,736 |
| 4,508 | Michele Placido | $4,325,017 | 3 | $1,441,672 |
| 4,509 | Mari Okada | $4,324,668 | 2 | $2,162,334 |
| 4,510 | Karen J. Lloyd | $4,315,495 | 2 | $2,157,748 |
| 4,511 | Andrey Bogatyrev | $4,315,018 | 6 | $719,170 |
| 4,512 | Giuseppe Bonito | $4,314,170 | 2 | $2,157,085 |
| 4,513 | Michael Tuchner | $4,304,286 | 3 | $1,434,762 |
| 4,514 | Haishu Li | $4,303,111 | 1 | $4,303,111 |
| 4,515 | John Dulgan | $4,302,629 | 1 | $4,302,629 |
| 4,516 | Alexandre Rockwell | $4,302,471 | 5 | $860,494 |
| 4,517 | Gene Nelson | $4,300,000 | 2 | $2,150,000 |
| 4,518 | Christopher Doll | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,519 | Sermiyan Midyat | $4,299,189 | 2 | $2,149,595 |
| 4,520 | Rodman Flender | $4,292,112 | 3 | $1,430,704 |
| 4,521 | Jo Kyu-Jang | $4,289,474 | 1 | $4,289,474 |
| 4,522 | Agnès Varda | $4,279,916 | 12 | $356,660 |
| 4,523 | Venky Atluri | $4,273,676 | 4 | $1,068,419 |
| 4,524 | Vladimir Nikolaev | $4,272,982 | 2 | $2,136,491 |
| 4,525 | Robert Taylor | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,526 | Jalil Lespert | $4,266,719 | 4 | $1,066,680 |
| 4,527 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,264,924 | 2 | $2,132,462 |
| 4,528 | Claude Miller | $4,261,768 | 2 | $2,130,884 |
| 4,529 | Damon Gameau | $4,260,020 | 3 | $1,420,007 |
| 4,530 | Shinji Hamasaki | $4,258,270 | 1 | $4,258,270 |
| 4,531 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $4,256,445 | 3 | $1,418,815 |
| 4,532 | Matthias Temmermans | $4,251,647 | 5 | $850,329 |
| 4,533 | Torsten Künstler | $4,251,298 | 2 | $2,125,649 |
| 4,534 | Vic Sarin | $4,248,732 | 4 | $1,062,183 |
| 4,535 | Jeremy Saulnier | $4,244,505 | 4 | $1,061,126 |
| 4,536 | Lukasz Palkowski | $4,241,533 | 1 | $4,241,533 |
| 4,537 | Philip Saville | $4,234,355 | 1 | $4,234,355 |
| 4,538 | Lucas Belvaux | $4,229,643 | 4 | $1,057,411 |
| 4,539 | Jeff Stilson | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 4,540 | Lea Schmidbauer | $4,217,300 | 1 | $4,217,300 |
| 4,541 | Marc Turtletaub | $4,215,450 | 2 | $2,107,725 |
| 4,542 | Javier Colinas | $4,215,024 | 5 | $843,005 |
| 4,543 | Jerome Commandeur | $4,212,880 | 2 | $2,106,440 |
| 4,544 | Héctor Cabello Reyes | $4,211,730 | 2 | $2,105,865 |
| 4,545 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 4,546 | Doga Can Anafarta | $4,210,149 | 8 | $526,269 |
| 4,547 | Philippe Lioret | $4,200,722 | 5 | $840,144 |
| 4,548 | Eddie Huang | $4,191,023 | 1 | $4,191,023 |
| 4,549 | Rick de Oliveira | $4,188,034 | 1 | $4,188,034 |
| 4,550 | Sung-il Cheon | $4,185,530 | 1 | $4,185,530 |
| 4,551 | Gregg Godfrey | $4,182,062 | 1 | $4,182,062 |
| 4,552 | Jeremy Rawle | $4,182,062 | 1 | $4,182,062 |
| 4,553 | Anton Bogdanov | $4,170,825 | 4 | $1,042,706 |
| 4,554 | Francis Annan | $4,168,774 | 1 | $4,168,774 |
| 4,555 | Chiamatemi Pif | $4,166,265 | 1 | $4,166,265 |
| 4,556 | Rama Burshtein | $4,161,034 | 2 | $2,080,517 |
| 4,557 | James Griffiths | $4,157,105 | 1 | $4,157,105 |
| 4,558 | Pedro C. Alonso | $4,156,030 | 1 | $4,156,030 |
| 4,559 | Luis Estrada | $4,155,903 | 1 | $4,155,903 |
| 4,560 | Paco Caballero | $4,154,301 | 3 | $1,384,767 |
| 4,561 | Ryuta Tasaki | $4,153,985 | 2 | $2,076,993 |
| 4,562 | Charles Robert Carner | $4,151,836 | 2 | $2,075,918 |
| 4,563 | Jeremy Dyson | $4,151,828 | 1 | $4,151,828 |
| 4,564 | Andy Nyman | $4,151,828 | 1 | $4,151,828 |
| 4,565 | Xiang Yi (翌翔) | $4,149,707 | 1 | $4,149,707 |
| 4,566 | Ningyu Zhao (赵宁宇) | $4,149,707 | 2 | $2,074,854 |
| 4,567 | Vít Klusák | $4,149,393 | 5 | $829,879 |
| 4,568 | Michel Franco | $4,142,900 | 6 | $690,483 |
| 4,569 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 4,570 | Cui Siwei | $4,140,502 | 1 | $4,140,502 |
| 4,571 | Carles Torrens | $4,137,481 | 2 | $2,068,741 |
| 4,572 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 4,573 | Yusel Aksu | $4,134,490 | 1 | $4,134,490 |
| 4,574 | Mae Czarina Cruz | $4,134,148 | 4 | $1,033,537 |
| 4,575 | Angel Gracia | $4,133,692 | 2 | $2,066,846 |
| 4,576 | Maggie Carey | $4,128,828 | 1 | $4,128,828 |
| 4,577 | Chow Hin Yeung Roy | $4,127,470 | 3 | $1,375,823 |
| 4,578 | Kim Ji-young-V | $4,119,881 | 2 | $2,059,941 |
| 4,579 | Shirish Kunder | $4,116,517 | 1 | $4,116,517 |
| 4,580 | Teng Congcong | $4,111,753 | 1 | $4,111,753 |
| 4,581 | James Burrows | $4,109,724 | 1 | $4,109,724 |
| 4,582 | Kirill Serebrennikov | $4,104,691 | 6 | $684,115 |
| 4,583 | Tony Mitchell | $4,103,401 | 2 | $2,051,701 |
| 4,584 | Craig Roberts | $4,103,230 | 4 | $1,025,808 |
| 4,585 | Jonathan Betuel | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,586 | Barbora Chalupová | $4,095,488 | 3 | $1,365,163 |
| 4,587 | Konstantin Buslov | $4,092,674 | 3 | $1,364,225 |
| 4,588 | Jan Holoubek | $4,079,808 | 1 | $4,079,808 |
| 4,589 | Luis Javier Henaine | $4,078,121 | 2 | $2,039,061 |
| 4,590 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 3 | $1,358,333 |
| 4,591 | Peter Baldwin | $4,073,582 | 2 | $2,036,791 |
| 4,592 | André Erkau | $4,070,976 | 2 | $2,035,488 |
| 4,593 | Jose Ucha | $4,068,084 | 1 | $4,068,084 |
| 4,594 | Mark Fattibene | $4,068,084 | 1 | $4,068,084 |
| 4,595 | Robert Cullen | $4,068,084 | 1 | $4,068,084 |
| 4,596 | Mel Stuart | $4,065,345 | 2 | $2,032,673 |
| 4,597 | Prosit Roy | $4,065,233 | 2 | $2,032,617 |
| 4,598 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | $4,064,302 | 1 | $4,064,302 |
| 4,599 | Fyodor Dmitriev | $4,063,178 | 4 | $1,015,795 |
| 4,600 | Patrik Hartl | $4,053,767 | 1 | $4,053,767 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.