RANK

DIRECTOR

WORLDWIDE GROSS

HIGHEST GROSSING FILM

1

Steven Spielberg

$10,704,875,489

Jurassic Park ($1,114,456,337)

2

James Cameron

$8,705,262,273

Avatar ($2,923,706,026)

3

Russo brothers

$6,790,000,000

Avengers: Endgame ($2,799,439,100)

4

Peter Jackson

$6,553,022,508

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,156,598,523)

5

Michael Bay

$6,495,849,210

Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1,123,794,079)

6

David Yates

$6,350,000,000

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1,356,962,211)

7

Christopher Nolan

$6,247,259,241

The Dark Knight Rises ($1,114,975,066)

8

Ridley Scott

$5,020,000,000

The Martian ($653,609,107)

9

Tim Burton

$4,905,915,904

Alice in Wonderland ($1,025,491,110)

10

J. J. Abrams

$4,659,955,087

Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2,071,310,218)

11

Ron Howard

$4,400,469,205

The Da Vinci Code ($767,820,459)

12

Robert Zemeckis

$4,386,878,031

Forrest Gump ($679,835,137)

13

Jon Favreau

$4,365,412,473

The Lion King ($1,663,079,059)

14

Sam Raimi

$4,260,564,038

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($955,755,804)

15

James Wan

$4,147,415,479

Furious 7 ($1,515,342,457)

16

Chris Columbus

$4,092,834,475

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ($1,024,465,951)

17

Roland Emmerich

$4,063,695,327

Independence Day ($817,400,891)

18

Jon Watts

$3,934,883,628

Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,921,847,111)

19

Gore Verbinski

$3,753,720,075

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1,066,179,747)

20

Bryan Singer

$3,727,363,476

Bohemian Rhapsody ($910,813,521)

21

Pierre Coffin

$3,710,005,544

Minions ($1,159,457,503)

22

Francis Lawrence

$3,709,152,619

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($865,011,746)

23

Clint Eastwood

$3,486,187,779

American Sniper ($547,659,020)

24

George Lucas

$3,448,700,011

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace ($1,027,083,462)

25

Brad Bird

$3,433,470,811

Incredibles 2 ($1,243,225,667)