Box office

By director

Ranked by total worldwide grossIndia netWorldwideOverseas $
#DirectorFilmsWorldwide gross totalHitsBiggest film
1Aditya Dhar3 3,544.063 Dhurandhar: The Revenge 1,852.00
2Rohit Shetty17 3,144.9610 Chennai Express 395.92
3Rajkumar Hirani6 2,294.996 PK 769.89
4Siddharth Anand7 2,051.503 Pathaan 1,050.00
5Sanjay Leela Bhansali10 1,613.116 Padmaavat 545.93
6Ali Abbas Zafar6 1,608.112 Sultan 614.49
7Kabir Khan7 1,490.702 Bajrangi Bhaijaan 603.99
8Karan Johar12 1,251.115 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani 355.00
9Mohit Suri14 1,213.322 Saiyaara 570.23
10Atlee1 1,150.001 Jawan 1,150.00
11Nitesh Tiwari4 978.211 Dangal 702.48
12Indra Kumar15 970.174 Dhamaal 4 236.00
13Anees Bazmee14 950.216 Ready 183.40
14Sandeep Reddy Vanga1 917.001 Animal 917.00
15Vijay Krishna Acharya3 897.721 Dhoom 3 524.38
16David Dhawan33 868.1612 Judwaa 2 217.36
17Prabhu Deva8 838.602 Dabangg 3 217.85
18Farhad Samji4 775.042 Housefull 4 294.80
19Ayan Mukerji3 761.521 Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva 418.80
20Maneesh Sharma6 730.150 Tiger 3 466.00
21Abhishek Pathak3 712.662 Drishyam The Conclusion 355.00
22Priyadarshan25 706.565 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 82.84
23Farah Khan4 665.443 Happy New Year 342.76
24Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla15 662.561 Race 2 173.36
25Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla15 662.561 Race 2 173.36
26A. R. Murugadoss5 656.062 Ghajini 194.58
27Rakesh Roshan7 652.135 Krrish 3 291.52
28Sooraj R. Barjatya6 651.875 Prem Ratan Dhan Payo 365.46
29Remo D'Souza6 621.141 Race 3 305.16
30Imtiaz Ali8 615.931 Jab Harry Met Sejal 153.43
31Vikas Bahl5 595.633 Shaitaan 210.00
32Zoya Akhtar6 562.472 Gully Boy 230.28
33Sajid Khan6 561.123 Housefull 2 179.15
34Neeraj Pandey6 505.530 M.S.Dhoni : The Untold Story 216.00
35Milan Luthria9 498.313 Baadshaho 125.44
36Ahmed Khan5 461.551 Baaghi 2 254.33
37Aditya Chopra4 454.753 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi 157.58
38Raj Mehta2 440.401 Good Newwz 304.27
39Vishal Chaturvedi1 438.001 Hanuman Ansh 438.00
40Raj Kumar Gupta5 434.441 Raid 2 243.00
41Shashank Khaitan5 430.032 Badrinath Ki Dulhania 200.45
42Vishal Bhardwaj12 429.040 O'Romeo 92.86
43Yash Chopra4 421.614 Jab Tak Hai Jaan 235.66
44Vikram Bhatt31 411.803 Raaz 3: The Third Dimension 101.10
45Aanand L. Rai8 408.600 Zero 185.99
46Vivek Agnihotri8 407.461 The Kashmir Files 340.92
47Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra7 387.111 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 210.00
48Prakash Jha12 385.501 Raajneeti 145.50
49Farhan Akhtar5 385.122 Don 2 202.81
50Ashutosh Gowariker8 383.121 Jodhaa Akbar 107.78
51Rajkumar Santoshi14 377.423 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 99.74
52Sandeep Vanga1 373.501 Kabir Singh 373.50
53Om Raut1 367.651 Tanhaji 367.65
54Nikhil Advani10 362.641 Batla House 113.38
55Sajid Nadiadwala1 351.801 Kick 351.80
56Sanjay Gupta13 347.480 Kaabil 154.51
57R. Balki5 345.310 Pad Man 128.09
58Anil Sharma9 344.221 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha 133.73
59Shoojit Sircar8 342.691 Piku 148.96
60Reema Kagti3 342.020 Talaash: The Answer Lies Within 172.97
61Sabbir Khan6 337.761 Baaghi: A Rebel For Love 125.92
62Homi Adajania5 336.800 Cocktail 2 143.60
63Anurag Basu9 334.662 Barfi! 174.74
64Gurmmeet Singh4 324.001 Mirzapur – The Movie 324.00
65Abhishek Varman2 321.311 2 States 175.00
66Karan Malhotra2 317.431 Agneepath 194.33
67Abhinav Kashyap2 314.391 Dabangg 219.27
68Luv Ranjan5 308.170 Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar 220.00
69Ram Gopal Varma30 303.423 Sarkar Raj 58.60
70Sajid Samji2 298.241 Housefull 3 194.94
71Amit Sharma3 290.440 Badhaai Ho 221.44
72Anubhav Sinha12 285.191 Ra.One 207.39
73Sohail Khan6 282.141 Jai Ho 186.21
74Jagan Shakti1 279.691 Mission Mangal 279.69
75Rahul Dholakia3 272.520 Raees 272.52
76Kunal Kohli7 271.572 Fanaa 105.48
77Amar Kaushik3 270.491 Stree 180.76
78Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi2 268.760 Gabbar Is Back 135.81
79Shree Narayan Singh3 252.401 Toilet - Ek Prem Katha 200.08
80Advait Chandan2 252.180 Laal Singh Chaddha 129.64
81Sanjay Gadhvi7 251.232 Dhoom 2 151.39
82Meghna Gulzar5 251.191 Raazi 195.75
83Arbaaz Khan1 249.241 Dabangg 2 249.24
84Anurag Singh3 247.421 Kesari 201.30
85Vipul Amrutlal Shah6 237.860 Namastey London 71.41
86Abhishek Sharma7 234.730 Ram Setu 92.94
87Siddique1 234.391 Bodyguard 234.39
88Subhash Kapoor6 231.431 Jolly LLB 2 182.73
89Nishikant Kamat5 227.780 Drishyam 110.43
90Umesh Shukla4 225.561 OMG – Oh My God! 121.58
91Ram Madhvani3 223.101 Neerja 135.52
92Shashanka Ghosh7 221.000 Veere Di Wedding 139.00
93Raja Krishna Menon3 220.941 Airlift 209.97
94Shakun Batra3 220.100 Kapoor & Sons 148.00
95Tinu Suresh Desai1 214.011 Rustom 214.01
96Milap Zaveri5 210.101 Satyamev Jayate 108.32
97Sidharth Malhotra2 209.720 Hichki 209.72
98Shaad Ali6 202.072 Bunty Aur Babli 62.74
99Anthony D'Souza3 201.300 Boss 84.83
100Raaj Shaandilyaa1 200.800 Dream Girl 200.80
101Rohit Dhawan2 197.240 Dishoom 119.58
102Ashwni Dhir4 189.071 Son of Sardaar 135.12
103Abhinay Deo4 187.530 Delhi Belly 87.60
104Mani Ratnam4 185.310 Guru 83.07
105Raj Kanwar15 182.257 Andaaz 28.81
106Satish Kaushik14 176.933 Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain 36.65
107Punit Malhotra3 170.680 Student of the Year 2 98.16
108Abhishek Chaubey5 168.690 Udta Punjab 96.08
109Sriram Raghavan5 165.881 Badlapur 81.31
110Ajay Devgn2 164.170 Shivaay 124.15
111Kunal Deshmukh5 162.901 Jannat 2 63.86
112Subhash Ghai7 157.921 Taal 51.16
113Mahesh Manjrekar17 155.300 Antim: The Final Truth 59.30
114Sujoy Ghosh6 148.861 Badla 138.49
115Omung Kumar4 147.260 Mary Kom 86.19
116Madhur Bhandarkar15 142.200 Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji 42.89
117Gauri Shinde2 138.910 Dear Zindagi 138.91
118Shimit Amin3 135.481 Chak De! India 101.82
119Gayatri1 135.030 Vikram Vedha 135.03
120Pushkar1 135.030 Vikram Vedha 135.03
121Akiv Ali1 131.020 De De Pyaar De 131.02
122Aziz Mirza4 130.302 Chalte Chalte 43.29
123Anurag Kashyap20 127.920 Bombay Velvet 43.06
124Raj Nidimoru5 126.490 A Gentleman 38.30
125Krishna D.K.5 126.490 A Gentleman 38.30
126Rahul Rawail7 126.190 Ghayal Once Again 56.78
127Sharat Katariya2 125.090 Sui Dhaaga 125.09
128Sayyeshaa1 124.150 Shivaay 124.15
129Erika Kaar1 124.150 Shivaay 124.15
130Suneel Darshan9 123.380 Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love 30.78
131Pradeep Sarkar5 122.350 Mardaani 59.55
132Anshul Sharma1 120.000 De De Pyar De 2 120.00
133Vishal Pandya6 119.880 Hate Story 3 62.21
134Rohan Sippy4 119.180 Dum Maaro Dum 51.10
135Harry Baweja10 117.891 Qayamat: City Under Threat 28.52
136Dharmesh Darshan6 115.411 Bewafaa 33.18
137J. P. Dutta5 113.861 Border 54.53
138Guddu Dhanoa12 109.652 Bichhoo 19.75
139Amole Gupte5 108.071 Taare Zameen Par 87.58
140Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury2 104.260 Pink 104.26
141Vidhu Vinod Chopra4 103.240 Mission Kashmir 43.31
142Apoorva Lakhia7 103.140 Shootout at Lokhandwala 45.53
143Abbas Tyrewala2 101.470 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 84.00
144Pawan Kripalani3 101.050 Ragini MMS 90.00
145Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari4 100.260 Bareilly Ki Barfi 58.55
146Ashish R Mohan2 97.050 Khiladi 786 97.05
147Bejoy Nambiar3 93.280 Wazir 76.28
148Bhushan Patel5 92.730 Ragini MMS 2 63.29
149Aamir Khan1 87.581 Taare Zameen Par 87.58
150Collin D'Cunha1 87.150 Dostana Returns 87.15

₹ crore, counting every released film they directed. Totals add up the films that have a worldwide gross figure. Hits = films with a Hit verdict or better. Each person's page uses the same rule.

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