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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Jorge Pareja | $41,039,145 | 1 | $41,039,145 |
| 1,902 | Lenny Abrahamson | $40,926,067 | 3 | $13,642,022 |
| 1,903 | John Patrick Shanley | $40,868,076 | 2 | $20,434,038 |
| 1,904 | Matt Williams | $40,862,054 | 1 | $40,862,054 |
| 1,905 | Lisa Cholodenko | $40,836,619 | 2 | $20,418,310 |
| 1,906 | Can Ulkay | $40,816,180 | 4 | $10,204,045 |
| 1,907 | Maneesh Sharma | $40,760,941 | 5 | $8,152,188 |
| 1,908 | Martin Bourboulon | $40,717,445 | 5 | $8,143,489 |
| 1,909 | Brian G. Hutton | $40,716,895 | 3 | $13,572,298 |
| 1,910 | Aleksandr Voytinskiy | $40,714,747 | 5 | $8,142,949 |
| 1,911 | Philip G. Atwell | $40,686,409 | 1 | $40,686,409 |
| 1,912 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $40,677,827 | 2 | $20,338,914 |
| 1,913 | Haipeng Sun | $40,661,541 | 2 | $20,330,771 |
| 1,914 | Baran bo Odar | $40,591,943 | 3 | $13,530,648 |
| 1,915 | Ricky Gervais | $40,583,708 | 4 | $10,145,927 |
| 1,916 | Yong-ho Son | $40,524,574 | 2 | $20,262,287 |
| 1,917 | Greg Gillespie | $40,520,649 | 1 | $40,520,649 |
| 1,918 | An Zhanjun | $40,518,450 | 2 | $20,259,225 |
| 1,919 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $40,511,072 | 3 | $13,503,691 |
| 1,920 | Kevin Hooks | $40,432,823 | 4 | $10,108,206 |
| 1,921 | Kimble Rendall | $40,424,224 | 2 | $20,212,112 |
| 1,922 | Douglas Mackinnon | $40,412,157 | 3 | $13,470,719 |
| 1,923 | Dax Shepard | $40,407,247 | 3 | $13,469,082 |
| 1,924 | Kyle Marvin | $40,384,027 | 1 | $40,384,027 |
| 1,925 | Hak-soon Kim | $40,380,376 | 1 | $40,380,376 |
| 1,926 | Paolo Virzi | $40,375,945 | 7 | $5,767,992 |
| 1,927 | Perry Andelin Blake | $40,363,530 | 1 | $40,363,530 |
| 1,928 | Aaron Norris | $40,330,481 | 6 | $6,721,747 |
| 1,929 | Masakazu Hashimoto | $40,316,759 | 4 | $10,079,190 |
| 1,930 | Richie Keen | $40,286,416 | 3 | $13,428,805 |
| 1,931 | Peter MacDonald | $40,190,000 | 1 | $40,190,000 |
| 1,932 | John Gray | $40,166,306 | 4 | $10,041,577 |
| 1,933 | Chris Bailey | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
| 1,934 | Mark Koetsier | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
| 1,935 | John Michael McDonagh | $40,163,943 | 4 | $10,040,986 |
| 1,936 | Marco Schnabel | $40,159,017 | 1 | $40,159,017 |
| 1,937 | Detlev Buck | $40,110,533 | 8 | $5,013,817 |
| 1,938 | Kim Hak-Soon | $40,094,346 | 1 | $40,094,346 |
| 1,939 | Gordon Chan | $40,059,243 | 7 | $5,722,749 |
| 1,940 | Emerald Fennell | $39,880,165 | 3 | $13,293,388 |
| 1,941 | Mark Cowen | $39,846,896 | 1 | $39,846,896 |
| 1,942 | Gil Junger | $39,813,374 | 6 | $6,635,562 |
| 1,943 | Jerry Jameson | $39,791,973 | 7 | $5,684,568 |
| 1,944 | Karyn Kusama | $39,743,335 | 5 | $7,948,667 |
| 1,945 | Michael Anderson | $39,717,930 | 2 | $19,858,965 |
| 1,946 | Henry Koster | $39,710,931 | 6 | $6,618,489 |
| 1,947 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $39,708,165 | 3 | $13,236,055 |
| 1,948 | J.C. Chandor | $39,689,763 | 6 | $6,614,961 |
| 1,949 | Deborah Kaplan | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 1,950 | Harry Elfont | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 1,951 | Debbie Isitt | $39,606,847 | 6 | $6,601,141 |
| 1,952 | Jae-gyoo Lee | $39,504,707 | 1 | $39,504,707 |
| 1,953 | John Gatins | $39,498,360 | 1 | $39,498,360 |
| 1,954 | Katsuo Fukuzawa | $39,459,456 | 2 | $19,729,728 |
| 1,955 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $39,386,742 | 3 | $13,128,914 |
| 1,956 | Werner Herzog | $39,384,218 | 28 | $1,406,579 |
| 1,957 | Stephen Low | $39,266,323 | 5 | $7,853,265 |
| 1,958 | Umesh Shukla | $39,237,700 | 5 | $7,847,540 |
| 1,959 | Rachel Talalay | $39,159,864 | 4 | $9,789,966 |
| 1,960 | Troy Nixey | $39,126,427 | 1 | $39,126,427 |
| 1,961 | Mary Harron | $39,090,756 | 7 | $5,584,394 |
| 1,962 | Rodrigo Cortes | $38,990,210 | 5 | $7,798,042 |
| 1,963 | Todd Holland | $38,948,312 | 5 | $7,789,662 |
| 1,964 | Maiwenn | $38,893,474 | 4 | $9,723,369 |
| 1,965 | Nia Vardalos | $38,861,673 | 1 | $38,861,673 |
| 1,966 | Mike Nawrocki | $38,857,223 | 2 | $19,428,612 |
| 1,967 | Andrew Haigh | $38,727,205 | 4 | $9,681,801 |
| 1,968 | David Swift | $38,723,111 | 4 | $9,680,778 |
| 1,969 | Zoya Akhtar | $38,692,791 | 5 | $7,738,558 |
| 1,970 | Hallie Meyers-Shyer | $38,683,841 | 3 | $12,894,614 |
| 1,971 | Pascal Chaumeil | $38,658,311 | 3 | $12,886,104 |
| 1,972 | Woody Hui | $38,611,941 | 1 | $38,611,941 |
| 1,973 | Steven Seagal | $38,590,458 | 1 | $38,590,458 |
| 1,974 | Shao Yihui | $38,580,000 | 2 | $19,290,000 |
| 1,975 | Shunji Iwai | $38,537,519 | 10 | $3,853,752 |
| 1,976 | Peter Sollett | $38,518,823 | 4 | $9,629,706 |
| 1,977 | Ed Harris | $38,468,744 | 2 | $19,234,372 |
| 1,978 | Mandie Fletcher | $38,454,993 | 2 | $19,227,497 |
| 1,979 | Whit Stillman | $38,445,193 | 5 | $7,689,039 |
| 1,980 | Greg Coolidge | $38,364,855 | 2 | $19,182,428 |
| 1,981 | Farah Khan | $38,362,835 | 2 | $19,181,418 |
| 1,982 | Jong-bin Yun | $38,312,818 | 2 | $19,156,409 |
| 1,983 | Weiming Huang | $38,296,786 | 4 | $9,574,197 |
| 1,984 | Morton DaCosta | $38,253,846 | 2 | $19,126,923 |
| 1,985 | Jing Cai (蔡婧) | $38,242,892 | 1 | $38,242,892 |
| 1,986 | Jon S. Baird | $38,176,938 | 6 | $6,362,823 |
| 1,987 | David Mackenzie | $38,093,371 | 8 | $4,761,671 |
| 1,988 | Bob Dolman | $38,067,218 | 1 | $38,067,218 |
| 1,989 | Orkenbek Baysenbay | $38,000,000 | 1 | $38,000,000 |
| 1,990 | Herb Freed | $37,994,000 | 3 | $12,664,667 |
| 1,991 | Florian Zeller | $37,980,925 | 2 | $18,990,463 |
| 1,992 | Alain Gsponer | $37,950,786 | 5 | $7,590,157 |
| 1,993 | Jerry Schatzberg | $37,934,324 | 5 | $7,586,865 |
| 1,994 | Paul Bolger | $37,923,818 | 1 | $37,923,818 |
| 1,995 | Yvette Kaplan | $37,923,818 | 1 | $37,923,818 |
| 1,996 | Dapeng Zhang | $37,903,035 | 3 | $12,634,345 |
| 1,997 | Kang Je-Kyu | $37,779,073 | 4 | $9,444,768 |
| 1,998 | Vincenzo Natali | $37,726,330 | 6 | $6,287,722 |
| 1,999 | George Armitage | $37,696,527 | 3 | $12,565,509 |
| 2,000 | Sajid Khan | $37,688,527 | 2 | $18,844,264 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.