| Rank
|
Name
|
Worldwide box office
|
Highest-grossing film
|
| 1
|
Steven Spielberg
|
$10,753,945,763
|
$1,114,456,337 (Jurassic Park)
|
| 2
|
James Cameron
|
$8,800,999,527
|
$2,923,706,026 (Avatar)
|
| 3
|
Russo brothers
|
$6,856,577,687
|
$2,799,439,100 (Avengers: Endgame)
|
| 4
|
Michael Bay
|
$6,668,903,774
|
$1,123,794,079 (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
|
| 5
|
Peter Jackson
|
$6,620,428,606
|
$1,156,598,523 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
|
| 6
|
David Yates
|
$6,503,805,669
|
$1,356,962,211 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)
|
| 7
|
Christopher Nolan
|
$6,247,259,241
|
$1,114,975,066 (The Dark Knight Rises)
|
| 8
|
Tim Burton
|
$4,905,915,904
|
$1,025,491,110 (Alice in Wonderland)
|
| 9
|
J. J. Abrams
|
$4,659,955,087
|
$2,071,310,218 (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
|
| 10
|
Ridley Scott
|
$4,579,664,884
|
$653,609,107 (The Martian)
|
| 11
|
Ron Howard
|
$4,400,469,205
|
$767,820,459 (The Da Vinci Code)
|
| 12
|
Jon Favreau
|
$4,365,412,473
|
$1,663,079,059 (The Lion King)
|
| 13
|
Robert Zemeckis
|
$4,361,242,442
|
$679,835,137 (Forrest Gump)
|
| 14
|
Sam Raimi
|
$4,260,564,038
|
$955,755,804 (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)
|
| 15
|
James Wan
|
$4,147,415,479
|
$1,515,342,457 (Furious 7)
|
| 16
|
Chris Columbus
|
$4,092,709,744
|
$1,024,465,951 (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
|
| 17
|
Roland Emmerich
|
$4,063,695,327
|
$817,400,891 (Independence Day)
|
| 18
|
Jon Watts
|
$3,922,467,519
|
$1,921,847,111 (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
|
| 19
|
Gore Verbinski
|
$3,753,720,075
|
$1,066,179,747 (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
|
| 20
|
Bryan Singer
|
$3,727,363,476
|
$910,813,521 (Bohemian Rhapsody)
|
| 21
|
Pierre Coffin
|
$3,710,005,544
|
$1,159,457,503 (Minions)
|
| 22
|
Francis Lawrence
|
$3,709,152,619
|
$865,011,746 (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
|
| 23
|
Clint Eastwood
|
$3,486,187,779
|
$547,659,020 (American Sniper)
|
| 24
|
George Lucas
|
$3,448,700,011
|
$1,027,083,462 (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
|
| 25
|
Brad Bird
|
$3,433,470,811
|
$1,243,225,667 (Incredibles 2)
|
| 26
|
M. Night Shyamalan
|
$3,233,903,433
|
$672,806,292 (The Sixth Sense)
|
| 27
|
Todd Phillips
|
$3,216,896,406
|
$1,078,958,629 (Joker)
|
| 28
|
Chris Renaud
|
$3,203,484,672
|
$970,766,005 (Despicable Me 2)
|
| 29
|
Zack Snyder
|
$3,179,446,510
|
$874,362,803 (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
|
| 30
|
Kyle Balda
|
$3,129,490,972
|
$1,157,271,759 (Minions)
|
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