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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 | Yongchao Li | $45,804 | 1 | $45,804 |
| 12,802 | Ozlem Yesilyurt | $45,782 | 2 | $22,891 |
| 12,803 | Alan Smithee | $45,779 | 3 | $15,260 |
| 12,804 | Meng Huo | $45,773 | 1 | $45,773 |
| 12,805 | Jabbar Raisani | $45,769 | 1 | $45,769 |
| 12,806 | Maya Duverdier | $45,752 | 1 | $45,752 |
| 12,807 | Sameer Punnu | $45,681 | 1 | $45,681 |
| 12,808 | Akiyo Ohashi | $45,607 | 1 | $45,607 |
| 12,809 | Tony Wash | $45,599 | 2 | $22,800 |
| 12,810 | Ana Quiroga | $45,541 | 1 | $45,541 |
| 12,811 | Andrzej Żuławski | $45,471 | 4 | $11,368 |
| 12,812 | Tarık Karakulak | $45,470 | 1 | $45,470 |
| 12,813 | Marlen Khutsiev | $45,463 | 1 | $45,463 |
| 12,814 | Laada Siyan Ghuman | $45,452 | 1 | $45,452 |
| 12,815 | Davide Del Degan | $45,389 | 1 | $45,389 |
| 12,816 | Christopher Luscombe | $45,386 | 1 | $45,386 |
| 12,817 | Georges Méliès | $45,353 | 1 | $45,353 |
| 12,818 | Ela Alyamac | $45,317 | 1 | $45,317 |
| 12,819 | Sonja Wyss | $45,289 | 1 | $45,289 |
| 12,820 | Joel Gilbert | $45,254 | 3 | $15,085 |
| 12,821 | Gaya Jiji | $45,233 | 1 | $45,233 |
| 12,822 | Nathaniel Thomas McGill | $45,175 | 1 | $45,175 |
| 12,823 | Vincent Vittorio | $45,175 | 1 | $45,175 |
| 12,824 | Jill Magid | $45,149 | 1 | $45,149 |
| 12,825 | Mukesh Chhabra | $45,135 | 1 | $45,135 |
| 12,826 | Tae-hoon Kim | $45,113 | 1 | $45,113 |
| 12,827 | Ramata-Toulaye Sy | $45,092 | 1 | $45,092 |
| 12,828 | Ignacio Estaregui | $45,043 | 1 | $45,043 |
| 12,829 | Craig Scott Rosebraugh | $45,000 | 1 | $45,000 |
| 12,830 | Brian Herzlinger | $44,956 | 5 | $8,991 |
| 12,831 | Vladimir de Fontenay | $44,940 | 2 | $22,470 |
| 12,832 | Bert Penraat | $44,922 | 1 | $44,922 |
| 12,833 | Calvin Morie McCarthy | $44,914 | 3 | $14,971 |
| 12,834 | Chad Freidrichs | $44,883 | 1 | $44,883 |
| 12,835 | Evgeniy Korchagin | $44,856 | 2 | $22,428 |
| 12,836 | Patrick White | $44,839 | 1 | $44,839 |
| 12,837 | Imanol Rayo | $44,812 | 1 | $44,812 |
| 12,838 | N. Linguswamy | $44,758 | 1 | $44,758 |
| 12,839 | Amardeep Singh Gill | $44,755 | 2 | $22,378 |
| 12,840 | Glen Danzig | $44,736 | 2 | $22,368 |
| 12,841 | Vishwak Sen | $44,721 | 1 | $44,721 |
| 12,842 | Kotono Watanabe | $44,706 | 1 | $44,706 |
| 12,843 | Hemanth M. Rao | $44,698 | 3 | $14,899 |
| 12,844 | Jon Paley | $44,689 | 1 | $44,689 |
| 12,845 | Ross Finkel | $44,689 | 1 | $44,689 |
| 12,846 | Trevor Martin | $44,689 | 1 | $44,689 |
| 12,847 | Minhal Baig | $44,654 | 2 | $22,327 |
| 12,848 | Olivier van der Zee | $44,637 | 1 | $44,637 |
| 12,849 | Tony Sutorius | $44,627 | 1 | $44,627 |
| 12,850 | Didier Bourdon | $44,590 | 1 | $44,590 |
| 12,851 | Allison Berg | $44,582 | 1 | $44,582 |
| 12,852 | Thomas Sainsbury | $44,572 | 1 | $44,572 |
| 12,853 | Christopher Sharp | $44,568 | 1 | $44,568 |
| 12,854 | Moses Bwayo | $44,568 | 1 | $44,568 |
| 12,855 | Ángeles González Sinde | $44,567 | 1 | $44,567 |
| 12,856 | Milind Dhaimade | $44,558 | 1 | $44,558 |
| 12,857 | Ranjit Jeyakodi | $44,518 | 2 | $22,259 |
| 12,858 | Yoshio Suzuki | $44,517 | 1 | $44,517 |
| 12,859 | Astra Taylor | $44,502 | 1 | $44,502 |
| 12,860 | Nina Ljeti | $44,491 | 1 | $44,491 |
| 12,861 | Cengiz Kaplan | $44,489 | 2 | $22,245 |
| 12,862 | Benjamin Barfoot | $44,475 | 2 | $22,238 |
| 12,863 | Pan Chih-yuan | $44,434 | 1 | $44,434 |
| 12,864 | Tae-ho Kang | $44,429 | 3 | $14,810 |
| 12,865 | Aashiq Abu | $44,261 | 3 | $14,754 |
| 12,866 | Chang yeol Lee (이창열) | $44,260 | 1 | $44,260 |
| 12,867 | Ron Mann | $44,253 | 1 | $44,253 |
| 12,868 | Pravesh Kumar | $44,234 | 1 | $44,234 |
| 12,869 | Brendan Toller | $44,213 | 1 | $44,213 |
| 12,870 | Keith Parmer | $44,197 | 1 | $44,197 |
| 12,871 | Anton Sigurdsson | $44,193 | 1 | $44,193 |
| 12,872 | Damien Power | $44,186 | 2 | $22,093 |
| 12,873 | Daniel Rosenfeld | $44,169 | 2 | $22,085 |
| 12,874 | Jung Wonhee | $44,166 | 1 | $44,166 |
| 12,875 | Jessica Edwards | $44,163 | 1 | $44,163 |
| 12,876 | Scott Hamilton Kennedy | $44,112 | 3 | $14,704 |
| 12,877 | Aaron Kopp | $44,045 | 1 | $44,045 |
| 12,878 | Amanda Kopp | $44,045 | 1 | $44,045 |
| 12,879 | Nick Efteriades | $44,025 | 1 | $44,025 |
| 12,880 | Sergey Solovev | $43,983 | 1 | $43,983 |
| 12,881 | Gang san Keum (금강산) | $43,975 | 1 | $43,975 |
| 12,882 | Jan Schomburg | $43,919 | 1 | $43,919 |
| 12,883 | Jani Korhonen | $43,918 | 1 | $43,918 |
| 12,884 | Juan Bautista Berasategi | $43,846 | 1 | $43,846 |
| 12,885 | Michela Occhipinti | $43,830 | 1 | $43,830 |
| 12,886 | Oualid Mouaness | $43,829 | 1 | $43,829 |
| 12,887 | Rudiger Suchsland | $43,766 | 1 | $43,766 |
| 12,888 | Sumeep Kang | $43,675 | 1 | $43,675 |
| 12,889 | Gregory Erdstein | $43,649 | 1 | $43,649 |
| 12,890 | Belinda Chayko | $43,622 | 1 | $43,622 |
| 12,891 | Jill Andresevic | $43,593 | 1 | $43,593 |
| 12,892 | Glenn Holsten | $43,583 | 4 | $10,896 |
| 12,893 | Bud Clayman | $43,583 | 1 | $43,583 |
| 12,894 | Scott Johnston | $43,583 | 1 | $43,583 |
| 12,895 | Laura Mulleavy | $43,550 | 1 | $43,550 |
| 12,896 | Kate Mulleavy | $43,550 | 1 | $43,550 |
| 12,897 | Peter Watkins | $43,539 | 2 | $21,770 |
| 12,898 | Tze Chun | $43,486 | 2 | $21,743 |
| 12,899 | Gwang-soo Kim-Jho | $43,474 | 2 | $21,737 |
| 12,900 | Stephen Petrowitsch | $43,426 | 1 | $43,426 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.