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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,801-12,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,801 | Cai Yushui | $50,995 | 1 | $50,995 |
| 12,802 | Dimitar Kotsev-Shosho | $50,935 | 1 | $50,935 |
| 12,803 | Xavier Liebard | $50,921 | 1 | $50,921 |
| 12,804 | Barney Broomfield | $50,921 | 1 | $50,921 |
| 12,805 | Ross Turnbull | $50,921 | 1 | $50,921 |
| 12,806 | Hubert Sauper | $50,921 | 2 | $25,461 |
| 12,807 | Nuria Giménez | $50,893 | 1 | $50,893 |
| 12,808 | Ali Ilhan | $50,875 | 1 | $50,875 |
| 12,809 | Hong Sang-soo | $50,865 | 1 | $50,865 |
| 12,810 | Claude Gagnon | $50,831 | 1 | $50,831 |
| 12,811 | Adam Yauch | $50,804 | 1 | $50,804 |
| 12,812 | T.C. Johnstone | $50,796 | 1 | $50,796 |
| 12,813 | Ahathian | $50,785 | 1 | $50,785 |
| 12,814 | Jianguo Liang (梁建国) | $50,744 | 2 | $25,372 |
| 12,815 | Daishi Matsunaga | $50,728 | 2 | $25,364 |
| 12,816 | César Alejandro | $50,707 | 1 | $50,707 |
| 12,817 | Anthony Lucero | $50,682 | 1 | $50,682 |
| 12,818 | Evgeny Ruman | $50,673 | 1 | $50,673 |
| 12,819 | Robby Henson | $50,652 | 2 | $25,326 |
| 12,820 | Eric Schaeffer | $50,608 | 4 | $12,652 |
| 12,821 | Pelin Esmer | $50,607 | 2 | $25,304 |
| 12,822 | Rajendra Reddy | $50,529 | 1 | $50,529 |
| 12,823 | Joseph Martin | $50,503 | 2 | $25,252 |
| 12,824 | Kim Oan | $50,465 | 1 | $50,465 |
| 12,825 | Brigitte Boucher | $50,465 | 1 | $50,465 |
| 12,826 | Judy Rymer | $50,457 | 1 | $50,457 |
| 12,827 | Sandra Kogut | $50,403 | 2 | $25,202 |
| 12,828 | Richard Grieco | $50,400 | 1 | $50,400 |
| 12,829 | Steve Stanulis | $50,400 | 1 | $50,400 |
| 12,830 | Jon Kane | $50,377 | 1 | $50,377 |
| 12,831 | Scott Pleydell-Pearce | $50,357 | 1 | $50,357 |
| 12,832 | Edward af Sillén | $50,350 | 1 | $50,350 |
| 12,833 | Hassan Fazili | $50,349 | 1 | $50,349 |
| 12,834 | Gwen Isaac | $50,348 | 1 | $50,348 |
| 12,835 | Gangliang Fang | $50,311 | 2 | $25,156 |
| 12,836 | Eleanor Sharpe | $50,305 | 1 | $50,305 |
| 12,837 | Nickolas Bird | $50,305 | 1 | $50,305 |
| 12,838 | Chris Eska | $50,257 | 1 | $50,257 |
| 12,839 | Frank Keraudren | $50,256 | 2 | $25,128 |
| 12,840 | Won Ho-yeon | $50,203 | 1 | $50,203 |
| 12,841 | Andy Bichlbaum | $50,190 | 1 | $50,190 |
| 12,842 | Mike Bonnano | $50,190 | 1 | $50,190 |
| 12,843 | Wenliang He (何文凉) | $50,159 | 2 | $25,080 |
| 12,844 | Rebecca Tansley | $50,139 | 1 | $50,139 |
| 12,845 | Dariush Mehrjui | $50,133 | 1 | $50,133 |
| 12,846 | Tara Wood | $50,076 | 1 | $50,076 |
| 12,847 | Helen Lesnick | $50,075 | 1 | $50,075 |
| 12,848 | Jonathan Olshefski | $50,018 | 1 | $50,018 |
| 12,849 | Yikuan Zhang (张义宽) | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 12,850 | Merland Hoxha | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 12,851 | Lijia Huang (黄力加) | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 12,852 | Lianmin Duan | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 12,853 | Qiu Xiaoguo | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 12,854 | Cai Zhizhong | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 12,855 | Philippe Lacôte | $49,967 | 3 | $16,656 |
| 12,856 | Artem Burlov | $49,964 | 1 | $49,964 |
| 12,857 | Sylvie Verheyde | $49,957 | 4 | $12,489 |
| 12,858 | Luca Scivoletto | $49,952 | 1 | $49,952 |
| 12,859 | Alessandro Capitani | $49,924 | 1 | $49,924 |
| 12,860 | Hyeon-sook Joo | $49,860 | 1 | $49,860 |
| 12,861 | Robert Cibis | $49,852 | 1 | $49,852 |
| 12,862 | Lilian Franck | $49,852 | 1 | $49,852 |
| 12,863 | Mai Sakai | $49,846 | 3 | $16,615 |
| 12,864 | Lili Bai | $49,822 | 1 | $49,822 |
| 12,865 | Mushtaq Pasha | $49,757 | 1 | $49,757 |
| 12,866 | Lina Luzyte | $49,738 | 3 | $16,579 |
| 12,867 | Jurgis Matulevicius | $49,714 | 1 | $49,714 |
| 12,868 | Weston Razooli | $49,704 | 1 | $49,704 |
| 12,869 | Edwin Brown | $49,677 | 1 | $49,677 |
| 12,870 | Stephane Batut | $49,674 | 1 | $49,674 |
| 12,871 | Yesim Ustaoglu | $49,667 | 1 | $49,667 |
| 12,872 | Hsiu-Chiung Chiang | $49,657 | 1 | $49,657 |
| 12,873 | Ingo Haeb | $49,654 | 2 | $24,827 |
| 12,874 | Kim-Wai Yuen | $49,649 | 1 | $49,649 |
| 12,875 | Yusri Nasrullah | $49,633 | 2 | $24,817 |
| 12,876 | Gyoo-min-I Kim | $49,631 | 1 | $49,631 |
| 12,877 | Baris Atay | $49,621 | 1 | $49,621 |
| 12,878 | Ilker Cavga | $49,618 | 1 | $49,618 |
| 12,879 | Park Hee-Joon | $49,598 | 1 | $49,598 |
| 12,880 | Stanislav Donchev | $49,597 | 1 | $49,597 |
| 12,881 | Matthew Porterfield | $49,595 | 2 | $24,798 |
| 12,882 | Jeremy Whelehan | $49,591 | 1 | $49,591 |
| 12,883 | Antoine Desrosières | $49,524 | 1 | $49,524 |
| 12,884 | Moyan Li (李墨言) | $49,522 | 1 | $49,522 |
| 12,885 | Bartek Dziadosz | $49,517 | 1 | $49,517 |
| 12,886 | Colin MacCabe | $49,517 | 1 | $49,517 |
| 12,887 | Christopher Roth | $49,517 | 2 | $24,759 |
| 12,888 | Tilda Swinton | $49,517 | 1 | $49,517 |
| 12,889 | Daniele Pini | $49,497 | 1 | $49,497 |
| 12,890 | Eugene Kotlyarenko | $49,494 | 3 | $16,498 |
| 12,891 | Ousa Khun | $49,480 | 1 | $49,480 |
| 12,892 | María Luisa Bemberg | $49,432 | 2 | $24,716 |
| 12,893 | João Gomes | $49,423 | 1 | $49,423 |
| 12,894 | Petersen Vargas | $49,355 | 3 | $16,452 |
| 12,895 | Chethan Kumar | $49,324 | 1 | $49,324 |
| 12,896 | Shinpei Miyashita | $49,312 | 1 | $49,312 |
| 12,897 | Xun Gao | $49,227 | 1 | $49,227 |
| 12,898 | Ouyang Qixin (欧阳启新) | $49,209 | 1 | $49,209 |
| 12,899 | Atakan Şatıroğlu | $49,208 | 3 | $16,403 |
| 12,900 | John Hindman | $49,175 | 1 | $49,175 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.