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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,401 | Nan Zhou | $10,728,943 | 1 | $10,728,943 |
| 3,402 | Karen Oganesyan | $10,727,269 | 9 | $1,191,919 |
| 3,403 | Noh Dong-seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 3,404 | Mic Rodgers | $10,717,421 | 1 | $10,717,421 |
| 3,405 | Claire Denis | $10,714,695 | 8 | $1,339,337 |
| 3,406 | Peter Sellers | $10,697,276 | 2 | $5,348,638 |
| 3,407 | Tatsushi Ohmori | $10,695,747 | 2 | $5,347,874 |
| 3,408 | John H Lee | $10,680,149 | 3 | $3,560,050 |
| 3,409 | Inna Evlannikova | $10,673,707 | 3 | $3,557,902 |
| 3,410 | Rand Ravich | $10,672,566 | 1 | $10,672,566 |
| 3,411 | Todd Lincoln | $10,637,281 | 1 | $10,637,281 |
| 3,412 | Walter Murch | $10,618,813 | 1 | $10,618,813 |
| 3,413 | Nils Tavernier | $10,587,432 | 3 | $3,529,144 |
| 3,414 | Michael Patrick Jann | $10,571,408 | 2 | $5,285,704 |
| 3,415 | Damon Santostefano | $10,570,375 | 3 | $3,523,458 |
| 3,416 | Akira Kurosawa | $10,553,925 | 14 | $753,852 |
| 3,417 | Gary Sherman | $10,522,678 | 2 | $5,261,339 |
| 3,418 | Shya Wing | $10,519,963 | 1 | $10,519,963 |
| 3,419 | An Zhujian | $10,517,121 | 2 | $5,258,561 |
| 3,420 | Kim Bong-Joo | $10,510,802 | 1 | $10,510,802 |
| 3,421 | Laszlo Nemes | $10,505,343 | 2 | $5,252,672 |
| 3,422 | Jonathan Baker | $10,499,623 | 2 | $5,249,812 |
| 3,423 | Ira Sachs | $10,488,248 | 7 | $1,498,321 |
| 3,424 | Kim Yong-wan | $10,482,839 | 2 | $5,241,420 |
| 3,425 | Shane Meadows | $10,472,908 | 6 | $1,745,485 |
| 3,426 | Pierre Coré | $10,469,978 | 3 | $3,489,993 |
| 3,427 | Chris Henchy | $10,466,091 | 1 | $10,466,091 |
| 3,428 | Tony Kaye | $10,462,561 | 3 | $3,487,520 |
| 3,429 | Indar Dzhendubaev | $10,453,051 | 1 | $10,453,051 |
| 3,430 | Aniëlle Webster | $10,442,765 | 4 | $2,610,691 |
| 3,431 | Jonathan Prince | $10,442,641 | 2 | $5,221,321 |
| 3,432 | Natalie Portman | $10,442,225 | 3 | $3,480,742 |
| 3,433 | Bertrand Tavernier | $10,431,523 | 7 | $1,490,218 |
| 3,434 | David Foenkinos | $10,416,049 | 3 | $3,472,016 |
| 3,435 | Josh Baker | $10,383,524 | 1 | $10,383,524 |
| 3,436 | Li Xinyun | $10,381,054 | 1 | $10,381,054 |
| 3,437 | Tim Trageser | $10,372,254 | 2 | $5,186,127 |
| 3,438 | Yann Samuell | $10,361,080 | 4 | $2,590,270 |
| 3,439 | Aleksandr Strizhenov | $10,353,412 | 2 | $5,176,706 |
| 3,440 | Jae Sun Yoo (유재선) | $10,348,900 | 1 | $10,348,900 |
| 3,441 | Stuart McDonald | $10,338,919 | 3 | $3,446,306 |
| 3,442 | Haoling Li | $10,328,244 | 2 | $5,164,122 |
| 3,443 | Markus Goller | $10,323,404 | 3 | $3,441,135 |
| 3,444 | Michael Martin | $10,317,779 | 1 | $10,317,779 |
| 3,445 | Charlotte Vandermeersch | $10,306,733 | 1 | $10,306,733 |
| 3,446 | Oleh Malamuzh | $10,290,261 | 2 | $5,145,131 |
| 3,447 | Barbara Wong | $10,281,835 | 2 | $5,140,918 |
| 3,448 | Hanlin Song | $10,270,000 | 1 | $10,270,000 |
| 3,449 | Robin Bissell | $10,268,749 | 2 | $5,134,375 |
| 3,450 | Paco Arango | $10,261,332 | 3 | $3,420,444 |
| 3,451 | Dai Sijie | $10,253,695 | 2 | $5,126,848 |
| 3,452 | Claude Barras | $10,245,743 | 2 | $5,122,872 |
| 3,453 | Dayyan Eng | $10,238,078 | 1 | $10,238,078 |
| 3,454 | Menno Meyjes | $10,235,300 | 3 | $3,411,767 |
| 3,455 | Brian Dannelly | $10,234,929 | 2 | $5,117,465 |
| 3,456 | Joachim Trier | $10,232,657 | 4 | $2,558,164 |
| 3,457 | Ayuko Tsukahara | $10,229,712 | 4 | $2,557,428 |
| 3,458 | Jack Donohue | $10,218,316 | 1 | $10,218,316 |
| 3,459 | Kevin Tenney | $10,217,280 | 8 | $1,277,160 |
| 3,460 | John Duigan | $10,213,523 | 5 | $2,042,705 |
| 3,461 | Hossein Amini | $10,201,340 | 1 | $10,201,340 |
| 3,462 | Venu Sriram | $10,171,278 | 2 | $5,085,639 |
| 3,463 | Mohan Raja | $10,168,984 | 3 | $3,389,661 |
| 3,464 | Lexi Alexander | $10,157,534 | 3 | $3,385,845 |
| 3,465 | Louis Morneau | $10,155,691 | 2 | $5,077,846 |
| 3,466 | Max Joseph | $10,153,415 | 1 | $10,153,415 |
| 3,467 | Patxi Amezcua | $10,145,679 | 2 | $5,072,840 |
| 3,468 | Teruaki Sugihara | $10,140,487 | 2 | $5,070,244 |
| 3,469 | Jean-Paul Rouve | $10,125,717 | 3 | $3,375,239 |
| 3,470 | Alexei Uchitel | $10,121,113 | 3 | $3,373,704 |
| 3,471 | David Hogan | $10,118,967 | 2 | $5,059,484 |
| 3,472 | Shaad Ali | $10,114,215 | 4 | $2,528,554 |
| 3,473 | Nakano Ryota | $10,097,254 | 1 | $10,097,254 |
| 3,474 | Howard Morris | $10,095,200 | 1 | $10,095,200 |
| 3,475 | Richard Martin | $10,093,523 | 1 | $10,093,523 |
| 3,476 | Charlie Kaufman | $10,089,706 | 3 | $3,363,235 |
| 3,477 | Alan Rickman | $10,084,623 | 1 | $10,084,623 |
| 3,478 | Mike Marzuk | $10,076,868 | 6 | $1,679,478 |
| 3,479 | André Rieu | $10,069,442 | 6 | $1,678,240 |
| 3,480 | Dick Zondag | $10,060,067 | 3 | $3,353,356 |
| 3,481 | James B Harris | $10,058,318 | 1 | $10,058,318 |
| 3,482 | Sergio Arau | $10,058,001 | 1 | $10,058,001 |
| 3,483 | Takao Okawara | $10,037,390 | 4 | $2,509,348 |
| 3,484 | Lee Chang-dong | $10,033,474 | 2 | $5,016,737 |
| 3,485 | Deyin Zhao (赵德胤) | $10,028,231 | 1 | $10,028,231 |
| 3,486 | Dean Wright | $10,026,255 | 1 | $10,026,255 |
| 3,487 | Bob Saget | $10,020,081 | 2 | $5,010,041 |
| 3,488 | Sean Ellis | $10,010,510 | 4 | $2,502,628 |
| 3,489 | Jack Nicholson | $10,005,969 | 2 | $5,002,985 |
| 3,490 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $10,003,620 | 2 | $5,001,810 |
| 3,491 | Merian C. Cooper | $10,001,781 | 1 | $10,001,781 |
| 3,492 | Ernest B. Schoedsack | $10,001,781 | 2 | $5,000,891 |
| 3,493 | Barry Shear | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 3,494 | José Ferrer | $9,996,178 | 1 | $9,996,178 |
| 3,495 | Jason Hall | $9,985,316 | 1 | $9,985,316 |
| 3,496 | Eric Rochant | $9,966,193 | 1 | $9,966,193 |
| 3,497 | Yudai Yamaguchi | $9,956,286 | 3 | $3,318,762 |
| 3,498 | Ivan Calbérac | $9,951,668 | 4 | $2,487,917 |
| 3,499 | Wang Ran | $9,949,926 | 1 | $9,949,926 |
| 3,500 | Qiang Qu | $9,920,000 | 1 | $9,920,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.