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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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
2,001 Youyin Wu $37,018,276 1 $37,018,276
2,002 Gary Sinyor $36,983,266 3 $12,327,755
2,003 Ariel Winograd $36,972,758 7 $5,281,823
2,004 Gilles Lellouche $36,928,421 3 $12,309,474
2,005 Jeffrey Nachmanoff $36,919,653 2 $18,459,827
2,006 Nicholas Jarecki $36,913,218 2 $18,456,609
2,007 Kurt Wimmer $36,848,908 3 $12,282,969
2,008 Morgan Neville $36,763,560 11 $3,342,142
2,009 Ellory Elkayem $36,722,311 3 $12,240,770
2,010 Brandon Camp $36,718,347 3 $12,239,449
2,011 Zhi Li $36,670,000 2 $18,335,000
2,012 Dito Montiel $36,642,178 9 $4,071,353
2,013 Kay Pollack $36,571,042 2 $18,285,521
2,014 Won-Chan Hong $36,521,377 2 $18,260,689
2,015 Stephen Kessler $36,509,156 2 $18,254,578
2,016 Ueli Steiger $36,489,888 1 $36,489,888
2,017 Clive Barker $36,429,925 3 $12,143,308
2,018 Patrick Read Johnson $36,414,766 5 $7,282,953
2,019 Gene Kelly $36,108,213 2 $18,054,107
2,020 Jeff Pollack $36,093,386 2 $18,046,693
2,021 Josh Greenbaum $36,030,254 4 $9,007,564
2,022 Nat Faxon $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
2,023 Jim Rash $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
2,024 Choi Kook-Hee $36,010,953 2 $18,005,477
2,025 Don Chaffey $36,000,000 3 $12,000,000
2,026 Kentarô Ôtani $36,000,000 1 $36,000,000
2,027 Ben Younger $35,944,957 2 $17,972,479
2,028 Tetsuo Yajima $35,927,170 2 $17,963,585
2,029 Ryo Tanaka $35,762,324 2 $17,881,162
2,030 Susumu Mitsunaka $35,614,347 2 $17,807,174
2,031 Willard Huyck $35,561,076 3 $11,853,692
2,032 Nicole Holofcener $35,550,663 4 $8,887,666
2,033 Luis Prieto $35,545,245 4 $8,886,311
2,034 Zhuo Chen (陈卓) $35,523,265 3 $11,841,088
2,035 Laurent Cantet $35,417,660 5 $7,083,532
2,036 Bill Paxton $35,415,546 2 $17,707,773
2,037 Ashutosh Gowariker $35,408,053 4 $8,852,013
2,038 Jesse Peretz $35,367,029 3 $11,789,010
2,039 Jie Han $35,327,718 1 $35,327,718
2,040 Matthieu Delaporte $35,327,025 4 $8,831,756
2,041 Ahn Sang-hoon $35,203,902 3 $11,734,634
2,042 Holger Tappe $35,187,080 3 $11,729,027
2,043 Des McAnuff $35,129,610 4 $8,782,403
2,044 Henry King $35,084,934 7 $5,012,133
2,045 Armando Iannucci $35,062,218 2 $17,531,109
2,046 Xu Jizhou $35,045,171 1 $35,045,171
2,047 Joe Layton $34,970,309 1 $34,970,309
2,048 Haolin Song $34,939,739 3 $11,646,580
2,049 Shree Narayan Singh $34,871,893 2 $17,435,947
2,050 Mike Hodges $34,797,126 7 $4,971,018
2,051 Joe Cornish $34,756,166 3 $11,585,389
2,052 Giddens Ko $34,660,432 4 $8,665,108
2,053 Atom Egoyan $34,630,171 13 $2,663,859
2,054 Bruce Hendricks $34,626,006 2 $17,313,003
2,055 Wei Xu (徐伟) $34,558,615 4 $8,639,654
2,056 Shin-Yeon Won $34,518,596 1 $34,518,596
2,057 Arthur Benzaquen $34,510,866 1 $34,510,866
2,058 Elia Kazan $34,466,646 13 $2,651,280
2,059 Gilles Paquet-Brenner $34,452,023 3 $11,484,008
2,060 Norihiro Koizumi $34,440,523 3 $11,480,174
2,061 Peng Sanyuan $34,432,439 1 $34,432,439
2,062 Dev Patel $34,411,096 1 $34,411,096
2,063 Yoshihiro Osugi $34,395,038 1 $34,395,038
2,064 Chi-Leung Law $34,382,995 4 $8,595,749
2,065 Bud Yorkin $34,362,438 5 $6,872,488
2,066 James Signorelli $34,309,766 2 $17,154,883
2,067 Takahiko Kyogoku $34,232,419 2 $17,116,210
2,068 Michael Lockshin $34,161,384 3 $11,387,128
2,069 Pat Boonnitipat $34,112,244 1 $34,112,244
2,070 Jin Mo-young $34,100,278 1 $34,100,278
2,071 Loren Bouchard $34,074,480 1 $34,074,480
2,072 Bille August $34,002,907 15 $2,266,860
2,073 Brian Pimental $34,000,000 1 $34,000,000
2,074 Ahmed Khan $33,999,739 4 $8,499,935
2,075 Tarek Boudali $33,989,446 3 $11,329,815
2,076 George Butler $33,982,857 5 $6,796,571
2,077 James Mather $33,943,049 1 $33,943,049
2,078 Stephen St. Leger $33,943,049 1 $33,943,049
2,079 Craig R. Baxley $33,933,593 3 $11,311,198
2,080 Gosho Aoyama $33,852,685 1 $33,852,685
2,081 Fatih Akin $33,810,799 8 $4,226,350
2,082 Xiaolie Wang (王小列) $33,786,675 1 $33,786,675
2,083 Mick Garris $33,735,705 6 $5,622,618
2,084 Guohui Chen (陈国辉) $33,712,454 2 $16,856,227
2,085 Annabel Jankel $33,702,555 3 $11,234,185
2,086 Jessica M. Thompson $33,689,288 2 $16,844,644
2,087 Marius Balchunas $33,680,418 7 $4,811,488
2,088 Arlene Sanford $33,657,542 2 $16,828,771
2,089 David Schwimmer $33,632,276 2 $16,816,138
2,090 Sean McCormack $33,611,228 2 $16,805,614
2,091 Russell Crowe $33,575,364 2 $16,787,682
2,092 Matthjs Van Heijnngen $33,570,841 2 $16,785,421
2,093 Zhang Yang $33,567,861 6 $5,594,644
2,094 Robert Connolly $33,560,694 6 $5,593,449
2,095 Rocky Morton $33,551,385 2 $16,775,693
2,096 Marcus Raboy $33,535,904 4 $8,383,976
2,097 Clive Donner $33,482,035 5 $6,696,407
2,098 Antony Hoffman $33,463,969 1 $33,463,969
2,099 Kinka Usher $33,462,011 1 $33,462,011
2,100 Sara Sugarman $33,271,195 4 $8,317,799

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.