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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 | Michael Nickles | $54,945 | 1 | $54,945 |
| 12,902 | Miya Hatav | $54,941 | 1 | $54,941 |
| 12,903 | Jiang Qinmin | $54,903 | 2 | $27,452 |
| 12,904 | John Trengrove | $54,874 | 1 | $54,874 |
| 12,905 | Carlos Diegues | $54,867 | 1 | $54,867 |
| 12,906 | Peter A. D'Amato | $54,827 | 1 | $54,827 |
| 12,907 | Lance Oppenheim | $54,752 | 1 | $54,752 |
| 12,908 | Ka-Ram Han | $54,674 | 1 | $54,674 |
| 12,909 | Claudia Sainte-Luce | $54,665 | 2 | $27,333 |
| 12,910 | Virinchi Varma | $54,631 | 1 | $54,631 |
| 12,911 | Madeleine Sackler | $54,543 | 4 | $13,636 |
| 12,912 | Yeji Shin | $54,460 | 1 | $54,460 |
| 12,913 | Bob Ellis | $54,454 | 1 | $54,454 |
| 12,914 | Alex Sebastian | $54,452 | 2 | $27,226 |
| 12,915 | Pau Teixidor | $54,374 | 1 | $54,374 |
| 12,916 | Eric Nash | $54,361 | 1 | $54,361 |
| 12,917 | Jo-hoon Lee | $54,352 | 3 | $18,117 |
| 12,918 | Steffen Haars | $54,332 | 3 | $18,111 |
| 12,919 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | $54,318 | 6 | $9,053 |
| 12,920 | Ondrej Sulaj | $54,294 | 1 | $54,294 |
| 12,921 | Xun Zhu (朱迅) | $54,251 | 3 | $18,084 |
| 12,922 | Ciprian Mega | $54,246 | 1 | $54,246 |
| 12,923 | Patrick McGrady | $54,215 | 1 | $54,215 |
| 12,924 | Luo Min | $54,194 | 1 | $54,194 |
| 12,925 | Mallidi Vasishta | $54,182 | 1 | $54,182 |
| 12,926 | Krishna Trevor Oswalt | $54,178 | 1 | $54,178 |
| 12,927 | Klaudia Reynicke-Candeloro | $54,155 | 1 | $54,155 |
| 12,928 | Kiefer Sutherland | $54,154 | 2 | $27,077 |
| 12,929 | Michael Nunn | $54,072 | 1 | $54,072 |
| 12,930 | Ryan Stevens Harris | $54,013 | 1 | $54,013 |
| 12,931 | Anoop Sathyan | $53,981 | 1 | $53,981 |
| 12,932 | Mark Craig | $53,961 | 1 | $53,961 |
| 12,933 | Mathieu Roy | $53,953 | 1 | $53,953 |
| 12,934 | Rodd Rathjen | $53,952 | 1 | $53,952 |
| 12,935 | Celeste Bell | $53,929 | 1 | $53,929 |
| 12,936 | Sundar C. Babu | $53,915 | 1 | $53,915 |
| 12,937 | Yuhuan Gao (高煜欢) | $53,897 | 1 | $53,897 |
| 12,938 | Don Spencer | $53,855 | 1 | $53,855 |
| 12,939 | Alberto Lecchi | $53,835 | 1 | $53,835 |
| 12,940 | Kyungho Lim | $53,831 | 1 | $53,831 |
| 12,941 | Junbeum So | $53,831 | 1 | $53,831 |
| 12,942 | Gabriele Pignotta | $53,815 | 2 | $26,908 |
| 12,943 | Shawn Crahan | $53,774 | 2 | $26,887 |
| 12,944 | Didier Barcelo | $53,766 | 1 | $53,766 |
| 12,945 | Dror Soref | $53,723 | 1 | $53,723 |
| 12,946 | Chen Weier | $53,708 | 1 | $53,708 |
| 12,947 | Hisako Matsui | $53,692 | 1 | $53,692 |
| 12,948 | Tim Sutton | $53,614 | 8 | $6,702 |
| 12,949 | Gary Hustwit | $53,586 | 3 | $17,862 |
| 12,950 | Ian Cheney | $53,574 | 5 | $10,715 |
| 12,951 | Christopher Fitchett | $53,569 | 1 | $53,569 |
| 12,952 | Liu Xinhan | $53,487 | 1 | $53,487 |
| 12,953 | Wongeun Song | $53,455 | 1 | $53,455 |
| 12,954 | Hyungmin Jung | $53,428 | 1 | $53,428 |
| 12,955 | Elena Everstova | $53,403 | 1 | $53,403 |
| 12,956 | Engin Tutus | $53,358 | 3 | $17,786 |
| 12,957 | Iiris Härmä | $53,352 | 1 | $53,352 |
| 12,958 | Hee-il Leesong | $53,312 | 3 | $17,771 |
| 12,959 | Ethan Silverman | $53,299 | 1 | $53,299 |
| 12,960 | Shûichi Okita | $53,290 | 3 | $17,763 |
| 12,961 | Rocio Mesa | $53,274 | 1 | $53,274 |
| 12,962 | Kristin Canty | $53,256 | 1 | $53,256 |
| 12,963 | Param Shiv | $53,230 | 1 | $53,230 |
| 12,964 | Greth Boe-Waal | $53,203 | 1 | $53,203 |
| 12,965 | Frederik Louis Hviid | $53,189 | 2 | $26,595 |
| 12,966 | Anders Olholm | $53,189 | 1 | $53,189 |
| 12,967 | Nicole Newnham | $53,187 | 2 | $26,594 |
| 12,968 | Taichi Iasidate | $53,179 | 1 | $53,179 |
| 12,969 | Aoife Kelleher | $53,175 | 3 | $17,725 |
| 12,970 | Leandro Neri | $53,154 | 4 | $13,289 |
| 12,971 | Sylvie Rokab | $53,134 | 1 | $53,134 |
| 12,972 | Brian Knappenberger | $53,114 | 3 | $17,705 |
| 12,973 | Thomas Daneskov | $53,101 | 1 | $53,101 |
| 12,974 | Matt Carter | $53,058 | 1 | $53,058 |
| 12,975 | Venkat Ramji | $53,040 | 1 | $53,040 |
| 12,976 | Madeleine Martiniello | $53,003 | 1 | $53,003 |
| 12,977 | Oliver Murray | $52,987 | 3 | $17,662 |
| 12,978 | Barbara Loden | $52,927 | 1 | $52,927 |
| 12,979 | Bill Oliver | $52,923 | 2 | $26,462 |
| 12,980 | Bommarillu Baskar | $52,914 | 2 | $26,457 |
| 12,981 | Vikram Thori | $52,900 | 2 | $26,450 |
| 12,982 | Jazmin Jones | $52,897 | 1 | $52,897 |
| 12,983 | Ciprian Dumitrascu | $52,875 | 1 | $52,875 |
| 12,984 | Dietrich Bruggermann | $52,872 | 1 | $52,872 |
| 12,985 | Éric Serre | $52,871 | 1 | $52,871 |
| 12,986 | Anne-Lise Koehler | $52,871 | 1 | $52,871 |
| 12,987 | Anca Damian | $52,864 | 3 | $17,621 |
| 12,988 | Inna Blokhina | $52,815 | 2 | $26,408 |
| 12,989 | Predrag Antonijevic | $52,786 | 3 | $17,595 |
| 12,990 | Maotse Gurung | $52,781 | 1 | $52,781 |
| 12,991 | Alexis Lloyd | $52,781 | 1 | $52,781 |
| 12,992 | Bogdan Mirica | $52,764 | 2 | $26,382 |
| 12,993 | Shayne Edwards | $52,756 | 1 | $52,756 |
| 12,994 | Craig David Wallace | $52,671 | 1 | $52,671 |
| 12,995 | Yahya Al | $52,638 | 1 | $52,638 |
| 12,996 | Ashwini Chaudhary | $52,618 | 1 | $52,618 |
| 12,997 | Andrea Bevilacqua | $52,577 | 1 | $52,577 |
| 12,998 | Anup Bhandari | $52,571 | 2 | $26,286 |
| 12,999 | Jason Stutter | $52,557 | 2 | $26,279 |
| 13,000 | L. Gustavo Cooper | $52,546 | 2 | $26,273 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.