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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,601 | Togan Gökbakar | $55,993,612 | 6 | $9,332,269 |
| 1,602 | Hugo Gélin | $55,847,427 | 2 | $27,923,714 |
| 1,603 | Tomonori Sudō | $55,791,630 | 3 | $18,597,210 |
| 1,604 | Michael Winner | $55,766,226 | 9 | $6,196,247 |
| 1,605 | Frank Nissen | $55,686,944 | 1 | $55,686,944 |
| 1,606 | Adam Brooks | $55,617,866 | 1 | $55,617,866 |
| 1,607 | Jim Fall | $55,534,455 | 2 | $27,767,228 |
| 1,608 | John Eng | $55,443,032 | 1 | $55,443,032 |
| 1,609 | Noah Baumbach | $55,345,210 | 12 | $4,612,101 |
| 1,610 | Rod Lurie | $55,186,600 | 9 | $6,131,844 |
| 1,611 | Siva Koratala | $55,162,472 | 3 | $18,387,491 |
| 1,612 | Jacques Audiard | $55,120,038 | 6 | $9,186,673 |
| 1,613 | Masayuki Ochiai | $54,968,077 | 3 | $18,322,692 |
| 1,614 | Toby Genkel | $54,958,355 | 5 | $10,991,671 |
| 1,615 | Sheldon Lettich | $54,909,393 | 5 | $10,981,879 |
| 1,616 | Don Roos | $54,880,819 | 2 | $27,440,410 |
| 1,617 | George T. Miller | $54,838,578 | 4 | $13,709,645 |
| 1,618 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $54,836,152 | 7 | $7,833,736 |
| 1,619 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $54,765,295 | 1 | $54,765,295 |
| 1,620 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,749,412 | 3 | $18,249,804 |
| 1,621 | Rod Blackhurst | $54,723,736 | 5 | $10,944,747 |
| 1,622 | Bryce McGuire | $54,723,338 | 2 | $27,361,669 |
| 1,623 | Cheng Fenfen | $54,663,066 | 1 | $54,663,066 |
| 1,624 | Peter Medak | $54,649,658 | 7 | $7,807,094 |
| 1,625 | Luis Valdez | $54,595,718 | 2 | $27,297,859 |
| 1,626 | Masayuki Suzuki | $54,500,076 | 4 | $13,625,019 |
| 1,627 | Saul Dibb | $54,395,980 | 4 | $13,598,995 |
| 1,628 | Sam Miller | $54,323,210 | 1 | $54,323,210 |
| 1,629 | Gillian Armstrong | $54,289,085 | 5 | $10,857,817 |
| 1,630 | Jeffrey W. Byrd | $54,262,679 | 3 | $18,087,560 |
| 1,631 | Chen-Hao Yin | $54,253,498 | 1 | $54,253,498 |
| 1,632 | Jae-hyun Jang | $54,251,912 | 2 | $27,125,956 |
| 1,633 | Benny Safdie | $54,245,099 | 5 | $10,849,020 |
| 1,634 | Josh Safdie | $54,245,099 | 6 | $9,040,850 |
| 1,635 | Oriol Paulo | $54,234,952 | 3 | $18,078,317 |
| 1,636 | Yunfei Wang | $54,215,457 | 9 | $6,023,940 |
| 1,637 | Brent McCorkle | $54,163,099 | 2 | $27,081,550 |
| 1,638 | Corey Yuen | $54,141,522 | 7 | $7,734,503 |
| 1,639 | Ciaran Foy | $54,117,602 | 3 | $18,039,201 |
| 1,640 | Yang Xiao | $54,057,576 | 2 | $27,028,788 |
| 1,641 | Michael Dowse | $54,043,796 | 7 | $7,720,542 |
| 1,642 | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | $54,008,598 | 3 | $18,002,866 |
| 1,643 | Christopher Guest | $53,966,014 | 7 | $7,709,431 |
| 1,644 | Neal Israel | $53,952,082 | 4 | $13,488,021 |
| 1,645 | Rowdy Harrington | $53,848,651 | 3 | $17,949,550 |
| 1,646 | Peter Landesman | $53,786,409 | 4 | $13,446,602 |
| 1,647 | Simon Verhoeven | $53,678,789 | 5 | $10,735,758 |
| 1,648 | Daniel Stern | $53,579,269 | 2 | $26,789,635 |
| 1,649 | Aaron Sorkin | $53,412,897 | 3 | $17,804,299 |
| 1,650 | Jon Gunn | $53,406,132 | 5 | $10,681,226 |
| 1,651 | Richard Tuggle | $53,199,316 | 2 | $26,599,658 |
| 1,652 | Christian E. Christiansen | $53,193,011 | 3 | $17,731,004 |
| 1,653 | César Rodrigues | $53,102,744 | 5 | $10,620,549 |
| 1,654 | Robert Mandel | $52,993,949 | 4 | $13,248,487 |
| 1,655 | Christian Alvart | $52,966,782 | 8 | $6,620,848 |
| 1,656 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | $52,843,246 | 4 | $13,210,812 |
| 1,657 | Edward Dmytryk | $52,829,547 | 5 | $10,565,909 |
| 1,658 | Shen Zhou | $52,814,570 | 2 | $26,407,285 |
| 1,659 | Lu Liu | $52,814,570 | 2 | $26,407,285 |
| 1,660 | Han-Gyul Kim | $52,698,243 | 2 | $26,349,122 |
| 1,661 | Anand Tucker | $52,632,116 | 5 | $10,526,423 |
| 1,662 | Mingze Xia (夏铭泽) | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,663 | Kai Yan | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,664 | Stephan Elliott | $52,454,079 | 5 | $10,490,816 |
| 1,665 | Lee Seokhoon | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 1,666 | Anubhav Sinha | $52,428,735 | 8 | $6,553,592 |
| 1,667 | Hayato Kawai | $52,373,217 | 7 | $7,481,888 |
| 1,668 | Billy Bob Thornton | $52,310,103 | 4 | $13,077,526 |
| 1,669 | Mark Romanek | $52,223,306 | 1 | $52,223,306 |
| 1,670 | Seungwan Ryu | $52,189,003 | 1 | $52,189,003 |
| 1,671 | Checco Zalone | $52,186,424 | 1 | $52,186,424 |
| 1,672 | Tony Richardson | $52,151,343 | 7 | $7,450,192 |
| 1,673 | Sam Firstenberg | $52,115,063 | 6 | $8,685,844 |
| 1,674 | Kivanc Baruonu | $52,052,509 | 7 | $7,436,073 |
| 1,675 | Rupert Goold | $52,011,469 | 3 | $17,337,156 |
| 1,676 | Hongguang Lin | $51,955,230 | 1 | $51,955,230 |
| 1,677 | Doug Ellin | $51,802,988 | 3 | $17,267,663 |
| 1,678 | Nikhil Advani | $51,786,043 | 7 | $7,398,006 |
| 1,679 | Josie Rourke | $51,782,826 | 3 | $17,260,942 |
| 1,680 | Michael Gottlieb | $51,765,279 | 2 | $25,882,640 |
| 1,681 | Peter Rida Michail | $51,620,593 | 2 | $25,810,297 |
| 1,682 | Na Hong-jin | $51,521,990 | 3 | $17,173,997 |
| 1,683 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $51,511,164 | 6 | $8,585,194 |
| 1,684 | Louis Clichy | $51,379,470 | 1 | $51,379,470 |
| 1,685 | Xavier Beauvois | $51,357,381 | 5 | $10,271,476 |
| 1,686 | Jim McBride | $51,286,859 | 3 | $17,095,620 |
| 1,687 | Rusty Cundieff | $51,250,417 | 8 | $6,406,302 |
| 1,688 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov | $51,166,205 | 3 | $17,055,402 |
| 1,689 | Siddique | $51,163,629 | 4 | $12,790,907 |
| 1,690 | Derek Yee | $51,127,522 | 3 | $17,042,507 |
| 1,691 | Enrico Casarosa | $51,112,314 | 1 | $51,112,314 |
| 1,692 | Mark Williams | $51,062,519 | 3 | $17,020,840 |
| 1,693 | Ui-seok Jo | $51,007,693 | 1 | $51,007,693 |
| 1,694 | Selcuk Aydemir | $50,966,356 | 8 | $6,370,795 |
| 1,695 | Albert Dupontel | $50,805,212 | 4 | $12,701,303 |
| 1,696 | Arkasha Stevenson | $50,760,266 | 1 | $50,760,266 |
| 1,697 | Sean Phillips | $50,728,163 | 1 | $50,728,163 |
| 1,698 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,590,362 | 1 | $50,590,362 |
| 1,699 | Andrew Hyatt | $50,585,629 | 5 | $10,117,126 |
| 1,700 | Norman Tokar | $50,523,992 | 3 | $16,841,331 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.