Simon Verhoeven belongs to the most bankable German film directors and screenwriters of the 2010s until today. His most successful film so far has been "Welcome to Germany (Willkommen bei den Hartmanns)", which became 2016's biggest domestic theatrical release in Germany with over 4 million tickets sold and a global box office of almost $50m. This comedy about the 2015 refugee crisis was screened at many international film festivals, and it won many German as well as international awards and nominations.