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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,901 | Stephen Karam | $46,811 | 1 | $46,811 |
| 12,902 | Alper Kivicim | $46,809 | 1 | $46,809 |
| 12,903 | Qing Zhao | $46,805 | 1 | $46,805 |
| 12,904 | Tiffany Shlain | $46,782 | 1 | $46,782 |
| 12,905 | Igor Sterk | $46,778 | 1 | $46,778 |
| 12,906 | Kamal | $46,722 | 1 | $46,722 |
| 12,907 | Diego Hallivis | $46,655 | 2 | $23,328 |
| 12,908 | C. Scott Willis | $46,623 | 1 | $46,623 |
| 12,909 | Berker Berki | $46,621 | 2 | $23,311 |
| 12,910 | Harri Shanahan | $46,615 | 1 | $46,615 |
| 12,911 | Siân A. Williams | $46,615 | 1 | $46,615 |
| 12,912 | Steve Stockman | $46,605 | 1 | $46,605 |
| 12,913 | Ivan I. Tverdovskiy | $46,570 | 5 | $9,314 |
| 12,914 | Yann Kung | $46,569 | 1 | $46,569 |
| 12,915 | Recep Yilmaz | $46,565 | 1 | $46,565 |
| 12,916 | Francesco Costabile | $46,547 | 1 | $46,547 |
| 12,917 | Aleksandr Sheyn | $46,521 | 1 | $46,521 |
| 12,918 | Lachlan Mcleod | $46,499 | 1 | $46,499 |
| 12,919 | Frank Pérez-Garland | $46,461 | 1 | $46,461 |
| 12,920 | Ahmet Toklu | $46,450 | 2 | $23,225 |
| 12,921 | Jin-hwang Kim | $46,390 | 2 | $23,195 |
| 12,922 | Yony Leyser | $46,380 | 2 | $23,190 |
| 12,923 | Vikram Kumar | $46,358 | 1 | $46,358 |
| 12,924 | Fabio Massa | $46,357 | 1 | $46,357 |
| 12,925 | Stuart Simpson | $46,313 | 1 | $46,313 |
| 12,926 | Theodore Doborol | $46,284 | 1 | $46,284 |
| 12,927 | Murat Gürvardar | $46,202 | 1 | $46,202 |
| 12,928 | Simone Aleandri | $46,176 | 1 | $46,176 |
| 12,929 | Junji Sakamoto | $46,118 | 2 | $23,059 |
| 12,930 | Federica Biondi | $46,094 | 1 | $46,094 |
| 12,931 | Nina Menkes | $46,086 | 2 | $23,043 |
| 12,932 | Andrea Bosshard | $46,084 | 1 | $46,084 |
| 12,933 | Muhammet Erkam Bülbül | $46,081 | 1 | $46,081 |
| 12,934 | Hilario Abad | $46,060 | 1 | $46,060 |
| 12,935 | Christian Jeanpierre | $46,046 | 1 | $46,046 |
| 12,936 | Nicolás Suárez | $46,037 | 1 | $46,037 |
| 12,937 | Nicolas Entel | $46,011 | 1 | $46,011 |
| 12,938 | Sierra Pettengill | $46,009 | 2 | $23,005 |
| 12,939 | André Schäfer | $45,997 | 2 | $22,999 |
| 12,940 | Néjib Belkadhi | $45,992 | 1 | $45,992 |
| 12,941 | Barış Denge | $45,959 | 1 | $45,959 |
| 12,942 | Guido Santi | $45,938 | 1 | $45,938 |
| 12,943 | Tina Mascara | $45,938 | 1 | $45,938 |
| 12,944 | John G. Blystone | $45,922 | 1 | $45,922 |
| 12,945 | Stepan Polivanov | $45,899 | 1 | $45,899 |
| 12,946 | Piotr Kumik | $45,878 | 1 | $45,878 |
| 12,947 | Kaijie Liang (梁凯杰) | $45,845 | 1 | $45,845 |
| 12,948 | Qinglin Li (黎庆麟) | $45,845 | 1 | $45,845 |
| 12,949 | Pamela Romanosky | $45,808 | 3 | $15,269 |
| 12,950 | Yongchao Li | $45,804 | 1 | $45,804 |
| 12,951 | Ozlem Yesilyurt | $45,782 | 2 | $22,891 |
| 12,952 | Alan Smithee | $45,779 | 3 | $15,260 |
| 12,953 | Meng Huo | $45,773 | 1 | $45,773 |
| 12,954 | Jabbar Raisani | $45,769 | 1 | $45,769 |
| 12,955 | Maya Duverdier | $45,752 | 1 | $45,752 |
| 12,956 | Sameer Punnu | $45,681 | 1 | $45,681 |
| 12,957 | Akiyo Ohashi | $45,607 | 1 | $45,607 |
| 12,958 | Tony Wash | $45,599 | 2 | $22,800 |
| 12,959 | Ana Quiroga | $45,541 | 1 | $45,541 |
| 12,960 | Andrzej Żuławski | $45,471 | 4 | $11,368 |
| 12,961 | Tarık Karakulak | $45,470 | 1 | $45,470 |
| 12,962 | Richard Day | $45,463 | 1 | $45,463 |
| 12,963 | Marlen Khutsiev | $45,463 | 1 | $45,463 |
| 12,964 | Laada Siyan Ghuman | $45,452 | 1 | $45,452 |
| 12,965 | Davide Del Degan | $45,389 | 1 | $45,389 |
| 12,966 | Christopher Luscombe | $45,386 | 1 | $45,386 |
| 12,967 | Georges Méliès | $45,353 | 1 | $45,353 |
| 12,968 | Ela Alyamac | $45,317 | 1 | $45,317 |
| 12,969 | Sonja Wyss | $45,289 | 1 | $45,289 |
| 12,970 | Joel Gilbert | $45,254 | 3 | $15,085 |
| 12,971 | Gaya Jiji | $45,233 | 1 | $45,233 |
| 12,972 | Nathaniel Thomas McGill | $45,175 | 1 | $45,175 |
| 12,973 | Vincent Vittorio | $45,175 | 1 | $45,175 |
| 12,974 | Jill Magid | $45,149 | 1 | $45,149 |
| 12,975 | Mukesh Chhabra | $45,135 | 1 | $45,135 |
| 12,976 | Sabine Gisiger | $45,123 | 2 | $22,562 |
| 12,977 | Tae-hoon Kim | $45,113 | 1 | $45,113 |
| 12,978 | Ignacio Estaregui | $45,043 | 1 | $45,043 |
| 12,979 | Craig Scott Rosebraugh | $45,000 | 1 | $45,000 |
| 12,980 | Paloma Concejero | $44,969 | 1 | $44,969 |
| 12,981 | Brian Herzlinger | $44,956 | 5 | $8,991 |
| 12,982 | Vladimir de Fontenay | $44,940 | 2 | $22,470 |
| 12,983 | Bert Penraat | $44,922 | 1 | $44,922 |
| 12,984 | Calvin Morie McCarthy | $44,914 | 3 | $14,971 |
| 12,985 | Chad Freidrichs | $44,883 | 1 | $44,883 |
| 12,986 | Evgeniy Korchagin | $44,856 | 2 | $22,428 |
| 12,987 | Patrick White | $44,839 | 1 | $44,839 |
| 12,988 | Imanol Rayo | $44,812 | 1 | $44,812 |
| 12,989 | N. Linguswamy | $44,758 | 1 | $44,758 |
| 12,990 | Amardeep Singh Gill | $44,755 | 2 | $22,378 |
| 12,991 | Glen Danzig | $44,736 | 2 | $22,368 |
| 12,992 | Vishwak Sen | $44,721 | 1 | $44,721 |
| 12,993 | Kotono Watanabe | $44,706 | 1 | $44,706 |
| 12,994 | Hemanth M. Rao | $44,698 | 3 | $14,899 |
| 12,995 | Ross Finkel | $44,689 | 1 | $44,689 |
| 12,996 | Trevor Martin | $44,689 | 1 | $44,689 |
| 12,997 | Jon Paley | $44,689 | 1 | $44,689 |
| 12,998 | Olivier van der Zee | $44,637 | 1 | $44,637 |
| 12,999 | Tony Sutorius | $44,627 | 1 | $44,627 |
| 13,000 | Miloslav Luther | $44,596 | 1 | $44,596 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.