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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,801-4,900)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
4,801 Steven Baigelman $3,752,446 1 $3,752,446
4,802 Manele Labidi $3,751,039 1 $3,751,039
4,803 Kyle Henry $3,742,521 2 $1,871,261
4,804 Emmanuel Gillibert $3,741,800 2 $1,870,900
4,805 David Schurmann $3,740,185 4 $935,046
4,806 Mark Buntzman $3,739,406 1 $3,739,406
4,807 Hiroshi Nishikiori $3,739,131 4 $934,783
4,808 Zana Briski $3,735,969 1 $3,735,969
4,809 Ross Kauffman $3,735,969 3 $1,245,323
4,810 Marc Meyers $3,735,809 6 $622,635
4,811 Arantxa Echevarria $3,734,422 5 $746,884
4,812 A.L. Vijay $3,731,325 8 $466,416
4,813 Jacques Doillon $3,729,936 4 $932,484
4,814 Rodrigo Large $3,720,805 1 $3,720,805
4,815 Sujeeth $3,717,911 1 $3,717,911
4,816 Roman Artemyev $3,717,013 2 $1,858,507
4,817 Alex Holmes $3,714,196 3 $1,238,065
4,818 John Swanbeck $3,713,451 1 $3,713,451
4,819 Hongchun Lan (蓝鸿春) $3,710,000 1 $3,710,000
4,820 Christopher B. Stokes $3,702,722 4 $925,681
4,821 Michal Wegrzyn $3,702,616 3 $1,234,205
4,822 Theodore Anthony Ty $3,699,399 1 $3,699,399
4,823 Laurent Zeitoun $3,699,399 1 $3,699,399
4,824 Justin Barber $3,697,729 1 $3,697,729
4,825 Lewis Milestone $3,696,722 3 $1,232,241
4,826 Will Mackenzie $3,690,328 1 $3,690,328
4,827 Richard Kwietniowski $3,690,135 2 $1,845,068
4,828 Wang Mengyuan $3,690,000 1 $3,690,000
4,829 Darya Charusha $3,688,637 2 $1,844,319
4,830 Aleksandr Kott $3,687,047 4 $921,762
4,831 David Serrano $3,686,575 2 $1,843,288
4,832 Kirill Pletnyov $3,684,972 3 $1,228,324
4,833 Stanley Tsang $3,684,246 2 $1,842,123
4,834 Julien Leclercq $3,680,059 7 $525,723
4,835 Nick Searcy $3,679,893 1 $3,679,893
4,836 Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez Medrano $3,677,649 1 $3,677,649
4,837 Xavier Legrand $3,676,105 2 $1,838,053
4,838 Curro Velázquez $3,673,163 2 $1,836,582
4,839 Eric Judor $3,666,038 2 $1,833,019
4,840 Luciano Ligabue $3,665,888 1 $3,665,888
4,841 Shen Dong $3,665,824 3 $1,221,941
4,842 Patricia Font $3,663,404 3 $1,221,135
4,843 Patrick Cassir $3,662,643 1 $3,662,643
4,844 Eisaku Kawanami $3,658,878 4 $914,720
4,845 Kei Suezawa $3,658,090 1 $3,658,090
4,846 Christopher Hampton $3,656,899 3 $1,218,966
4,847 Smeep Kang $3,654,006 14 $261,000
4,848 Amarjit Singh $3,653,938 4 $913,485
4,849 Cyrille Droux $3,652,697 2 $1,826,349
4,850 Erick Zonca $3,647,058 2 $1,823,529
4,851 Apichatpong Weerasethakul $3,646,080 5 $729,216
4,852 Mike P. Nelson $3,643,761 2 $1,821,881
4,853 Gaetano Morbioli $3,638,796 1 $3,638,796
4,854 Ana Murugarren $3,637,178 3 $1,212,393
4,855 James Schamus $3,635,525 1 $3,635,525
4,856 Aram van de Rest $3,634,311 4 $908,578
4,857 Krishna D.K. $3,631,107 2 $1,815,554
4,858 Raj Nidimoru $3,631,107 2 $1,815,554
4,859 Andrey Konchalovskiy $3,628,258 5 $725,652
4,860 Pietro Marcello $3,625,540 5 $725,108
4,861 Desmond Nakano $3,622,433 1 $3,622,433
4,862 Chloe Okuno $3,621,656 3 $1,207,219
4,863 Omar Naim $3,618,825 2 $1,809,413
4,864 Alain Corneau $3,614,294 2 $1,807,147
4,865 Georgi Gitis $3,613,376 1 $3,613,376
4,866 Omer Ugur $3,610,047 3 $1,203,349
4,867 Clara Law $3,606,224 2 $1,803,112
4,868 Dennis Lee $3,600,905 3 $1,200,302
4,869 Maggie Greenwald $3,600,015 6 $600,003
4,870 Roko Belic $3,599,174 1 $3,599,174
4,871 John Maloof $3,596,550 1 $3,596,550
4,872 Charlie Siskel $3,596,550 2 $1,798,275
4,873 Juliano Dornelles $3,594,115 1 $3,594,115
4,874 Ji-woo Jung $3,593,741 1 $3,593,741
4,875 Cyril Gelblat $3,591,982 2 $1,795,991
4,876 Bing Wang $3,590,000 3 $1,196,667
4,877 Mark Goldblatt $3,588,626 1 $3,588,626
4,878 Petr Kolečko $3,586,237 2 $1,793,119
4,879 Michael Pearce $3,583,278 3 $1,194,426
4,880 Javier Mariscal $3,582,978 2 $1,791,489
4,881 Dinesh Vijan $3,582,830 1 $3,582,830
4,882 Thom Zimny $3,581,681 4 $895,420
4,883 Bruce Springsteen $3,581,681 1 $3,581,681
4,884 Michel Cote $3,579,013 1 $3,579,013
4,885 Robert Ménard $3,579,013 1 $3,579,013
4,886 Melanie Simka $3,576,012 2 $1,788,006
4,887 Luis Puenzo $3,574,256 1 $3,574,256
4,888 Ryoichi Kimizuka $3,573,355 1 $3,573,355
4,889 Igor Kopylov $3,563,422 2 $1,781,711
4,890 Phil Roman $3,560,469 4 $890,117
4,891 Phil Morrison $3,557,809 2 $1,778,905
4,892 Cathy Garcia-Molina $3,553,533 12 $296,128
4,893 John Warren $3,551,208 1 $3,551,208
4,894 Michel Blanc $3,546,857 3 $1,182,286
4,895 Zheyi Chen (陈哲艺) $3,542,820 1 $3,542,820
4,896 Max Croci $3,540,345 3 $1,180,115
4,897 Xu Zhengchao $3,540,000 2 $1,770,000
4,898 Orson Welles $3,536,017 10 $353,602
4,899 Hansol Shin $3,535,083 1 $3,535,083
4,900 Paul Miller $3,533,790 1 $3,533,790

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.