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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,401 | Reinhard Klooss | $24,764,069 | 3 | $8,254,690 |
| 2,402 | Erik White | $24,740,552 | 4 | $6,185,138 |
| 2,403 | Haiyin Qin (秦海燕) | $24,732,804 | 1 | $24,732,804 |
| 2,404 | Don Mancini | $24,716,190 | 3 | $8,238,730 |
| 2,405 | Charles Jarrott | $24,655,822 | 4 | $6,163,956 |
| 2,406 | Ry Russo-Young | $24,654,174 | 4 | $6,163,544 |
| 2,407 | Yang Wu | $24,620,000 | 1 | $24,620,000 |
| 2,408 | Christopher Jenkins | $24,605,943 | 2 | $12,302,972 |
| 2,409 | Joshua Marston | $24,595,114 | 4 | $6,148,779 |
| 2,410 | Abhinay Deo | $24,518,217 | 5 | $4,903,643 |
| 2,411 | Neeraj Pandey | $24,509,833 | 4 | $6,127,458 |
| 2,412 | Nicholas Ray | $24,484,236 | 3 | $8,161,412 |
| 2,413 | Anika Decker | $24,483,670 | 3 | $8,161,223 |
| 2,414 | Pitipol Ybarra | $24,465,224 | 6 | $4,077,537 |
| 2,415 | Ross Katz | $24,429,284 | 2 | $12,214,642 |
| 2,416 | Cho Jung rae | $24,404,484 | 5 | $4,880,897 |
| 2,417 | Choi Sung-hyun | $24,376,704 | 1 | $24,376,704 |
| 2,418 | Fernando González Molina | $24,375,055 | 5 | $4,875,011 |
| 2,419 | Remi Bezancon | $24,364,748 | 3 | $8,121,583 |
| 2,420 | Mahsun Kirmizigül | $24,288,961 | 4 | $6,072,240 |
| 2,421 | Jeong Yeol Choi | $24,225,992 | 2 | $12,112,996 |
| 2,422 | Wayne Blair | $24,212,392 | 4 | $6,053,098 |
| 2,423 | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | $24,178,861 | 5 | $4,835,772 |
| 2,424 | Jun-hee Han | $24,134,402 | 2 | $12,067,201 |
| 2,425 | Gary Halvorson | $24,114,804 | 18 | $1,339,711 |
| 2,426 | Leslie Small | $24,071,817 | 10 | $2,407,182 |
| 2,427 | Jun-Soo Park | $23,979,032 | 3 | $7,993,011 |
| 2,428 | Marc Fafard | $23,970,431 | 1 | $23,970,431 |
| 2,429 | Patricia Rozema | $23,970,351 | 5 | $4,794,070 |
| 2,430 | Fritz Kiersch | $23,969,329 | 3 | $7,989,776 |
| 2,431 | Philippe Claudel | $23,936,509 | 3 | $7,978,836 |
| 2,432 | Hu Gao (高虎) | $23,927,919 | 1 | $23,927,919 |
| 2,433 | Hideki Ito | $23,913,019 | 1 | $23,913,019 |
| 2,434 | Wagner de Assis | $23,886,064 | 4 | $5,971,516 |
| 2,435 | Abdellatif Kechiche | $23,885,725 | 3 | $7,961,908 |
| 2,436 | Debra Granik | $23,867,192 | 5 | $4,773,438 |
| 2,437 | André De Toth | $23,802,233 | 7 | $3,400,319 |
| 2,438 | Michael Mayer | $23,745,708 | 6 | $3,957,618 |
| 2,439 | Gregg Champion | $23,742,152 | 4 | $5,935,538 |
| 2,440 | Fioria Sigismondi | $23,739,371 | 3 | $7,913,124 |
| 2,441 | John Carl Buechler | $23,736,563 | 3 | $7,912,188 |
| 2,442 | Savage Steve Holland | $23,729,407 | 4 | $5,932,352 |
| 2,443 | Amy Holden Jones | $23,676,308 | 4 | $5,919,077 |
| 2,444 | Chava Cartas | $23,663,142 | 6 | $3,943,857 |
| 2,445 | Héctor Babenco | $23,630,098 | 5 | $4,726,020 |
| 2,446 | Seth Kearsley | $23,607,202 | 1 | $23,607,202 |
| 2,447 | Akiyuki Shinbo | $23,558,147 | 5 | $4,711,629 |
| 2,448 | Alberto Rodriguez | $23,533,797 | 4 | $5,883,449 |
| 2,449 | Benh Zeitlin | $23,532,256 | 2 | $11,766,128 |
| 2,450 | Thomas Lilti | $23,456,054 | 4 | $5,864,014 |
| 2,451 | Tinto Brass | $23,410,849 | 2 | $11,705,425 |
| 2,452 | Bob Guccione | $23,409,783 | 1 | $23,409,783 |
| 2,453 | Giancarlo Lui | $23,409,783 | 1 | $23,409,783 |
| 2,454 | Yûichirô Hirakawa | $23,382,313 | 5 | $4,676,463 |
| 2,455 | Soon-rye Yim | $23,352,404 | 3 | $7,784,135 |
| 2,456 | Qing Da (大庆) | $23,329,336 | 1 | $23,329,336 |
| 2,457 | Hitoshi Ône | $23,315,595 | 1 | $23,315,595 |
| 2,458 | Graham Baker | $23,237,716 | 2 | $11,618,858 |
| 2,459 | Bruno Barreto | $23,205,874 | 9 | $2,578,430 |
| 2,460 | Jay Sandrich | $23,200,000 | 1 | $23,200,000 |
| 2,461 | Yang Feng | $23,193,657 | 2 | $11,596,829 |
| 2,462 | Mike Schwartz | $23,191,551 | 2 | $11,595,776 |
| 2,463 | Tyler Nilson | $23,191,551 | 3 | $7,730,517 |
| 2,464 | Robert Vincent O’Neil | $23,111,351 | 2 | $11,555,676 |
| 2,465 | Joe Nussbaum | $23,060,391 | 3 | $7,686,797 |
| 2,466 | Ice Cube | $23,047,939 | 1 | $23,047,939 |
| 2,467 | Daniele Luchetti | $23,047,383 | 7 | $3,292,483 |
| 2,468 | Toichiro Ruto | $23,028,987 | 4 | $5,757,247 |
| 2,469 | Cord Jefferson | $23,026,243 | 1 | $23,026,243 |
| 2,470 | Volfango De Biasi | $22,987,056 | 7 | $3,283,865 |
| 2,471 | Arna Selznick | $22,934,000 | 1 | $22,934,000 |
| 2,472 | Ken-Guan Chiu | $22,930,000 | 1 | $22,930,000 |
| 2,473 | George Bowers | $22,918,816 | 3 | $7,639,605 |
| 2,474 | Carter Smith | $22,910,563 | 4 | $5,727,641 |
| 2,475 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga | $22,907,304 | 3 | $7,635,768 |
| 2,476 | RZA | $22,883,895 | 3 | $7,627,965 |
| 2,477 | Marc Rocco | $22,861,819 | 3 | $7,620,606 |
| 2,478 | Daniel Sackheim | $22,861,785 | 1 | $22,861,785 |
| 2,479 | Franco Amurri | $22,820,654 | 2 | $11,410,327 |
| 2,480 | Sebastian Lelio | $22,819,076 | 6 | $3,803,179 |
| 2,481 | Yan Jia | $22,799,838 | 1 | $22,799,838 |
| 2,482 | Nadia Tass | $22,777,032 | 4 | $5,694,258 |
| 2,483 | Roman Prygunov | $22,695,549 | 4 | $5,673,887 |
| 2,484 | Jin-gyu Cho | $22,655,723 | 1 | $22,655,723 |
| 2,485 | Nag Ashwin | $22,641,420 | 3 | $7,547,140 |
| 2,486 | Nisha Ganatra | $22,640,614 | 6 | $3,773,436 |
| 2,487 | Ludovic Bernard | $22,638,375 | 6 | $3,773,063 |
| 2,488 | Nicolas Philibert | $22,635,751 | 6 | $3,772,625 |
| 2,489 | John Sturges | $22,624,982 | 14 | $1,616,070 |
| 2,490 | Kenneth Johnson | $22,568,429 | 2 | $11,284,215 |
| 2,491 | Byron Paul | $22,565,634 | 1 | $22,565,634 |
| 2,492 | Robert Duvall | $22,560,647 | 3 | $7,520,216 |
| 2,493 | Tomasz Konecki | $22,553,791 | 3 | $7,517,930 |
| 2,494 | Jingle Ma | $22,548,305 | 2 | $11,274,153 |
| 2,495 | Trey Edward Shults | $22,440,789 | 3 | $7,480,263 |
| 2,496 | Mark Brown | $22,391,450 | 2 | $11,195,725 |
| 2,497 | B.W.L. Norton | $22,376,095 | 2 | $11,188,048 |
| 2,498 | Fei Xing | $22,369,964 | 1 | $22,369,964 |
| 2,499 | Jean-Francois Pouliot | $22,362,046 | 5 | $4,472,409 |
| 2,500 | Anthony Harvey | $22,295,024 | 4 | $5,573,756 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.