Box Office Star Records > International > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top International Directors
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 301-400)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Directors - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Screenwriters - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Directors
This list shows the highest grossing Directors based on the international 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 | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Andy Tennant | $357,173,348 | 11 | $32,470,304 |
| 302 | Kent Seki | $352,906,916 | 1 | $352,906,916 |
| 303 | Guy Hamilton | $349,004,150 | 10 | $34,900,415 |
| 304 | Chao Deng | $347,925,666 | 4 | $86,981,417 |
| 305 | Mike Thurmeier | $338,093,674 | 1 | $338,093,674 |
| 306 | Roger Spottiswoode | $337,374,682 | 14 | $24,098,192 |
| 307 | David Lam | $336,956,441 | 9 | $37,439,605 |
| 308 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $335,196,718 | 8 | $41,899,590 |
| 309 | Larry Charles | $333,356,330 | 8 | $41,669,541 |
| 310 | Baimei Yu | $332,989,058 | 3 | $110,996,353 |
| 311 | Pedro Almodovar | $332,186,484 | 26 | $12,776,403 |
| 312 | Alex Kurtzman | $330,038,460 | 2 | $165,019,230 |
| 313 | Phil Johnston | $328,199,119 | 1 | $328,199,119 |
| 314 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $325,597,751 | 3 | $108,532,584 |
| 315 | Stephen Frears | $324,766,285 | 22 | $14,762,104 |
| 316 | Ben Wheatley | $322,209,024 | 12 | $26,850,752 |
| 317 | Jonathan Demme | $321,095,128 | 24 | $13,378,964 |
| 318 | Baltasar Kormakur | $320,367,843 | 10 | $32,036,784 |
| 319 | Alan J. Pakula | $320,239,606 | 13 | $24,633,816 |
| 320 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $319,394,007 | 11 | $29,035,819 |
| 321 | Wes Craven | $318,442,464 | 20 | $15,922,123 |
| 322 | Mark Andrews | $317,324,350 | 2 | $158,662,175 |
| 323 | Walt Becker | $312,521,076 | 5 | $62,504,215 |
| 324 | Stanley Tong | $312,291,135 | 9 | $34,699,015 |
| 325 | Ethan Coen | $311,598,080 | 10 | $31,159,808 |
| 326 | Gavin Hood | $310,853,827 | 7 | $44,407,690 |
| 327 | Patrick Hughes | $308,251,472 | 5 | $61,650,294 |
| 328 | Cameron Crowe | $307,869,117 | 9 | $34,207,680 |
| 329 | Kunihiko Yuyama | $307,714,346 | 11 | $27,974,031 |
| 330 | Roger Michell | $307,272,285 | 12 | $25,606,024 |
| 331 | Jackie Chan | $306,682,021 | 7 | $43,811,717 |
| 332 | Roger Donaldson | $305,100,015 | 18 | $16,950,001 |
| 333 | Curtis Hanson | $304,464,423 | 11 | $27,678,584 |
| 334 | Tony Chan | $303,809,222 | 5 | $60,761,844 |
| 335 | Stephanie Ma Stine | $303,566,792 | 1 | $303,566,792 |
| 336 | XiaoPeng Tian | $303,058,128 | 2 | $151,529,064 |
| 337 | Rupert Wyatt | $302,667,949 | 5 | $60,533,590 |
| 338 | Seth Gordon | $301,818,875 | 6 | $50,303,146 |
| 339 | Tarsem Singh | $301,246,145 | 6 | $50,207,691 |
| 340 | Anne Fletcher | $301,011,444 | 7 | $43,001,635 |
| 341 | Kemp Powers | $299,951,277 | 2 | $149,975,639 |
| 342 | Justin K. Thompson | $299,951,277 | 2 | $149,975,639 |
| 343 | Joaquim Dos Santos | $299,951,277 | 3 | $99,983,759 |
| 344 | Nick Park | $299,743,434 | 8 | $37,467,929 |
| 345 | John Moore | $298,704,159 | 6 | $49,784,027 |
| 346 | Nitesh Tiwari | $297,794,219 | 5 | $59,558,844 |
| 347 | Ben Stiller | $294,948,520 | 8 | $36,868,565 |
| 348 | Cal Brunker | $293,909,789 | 5 | $58,781,958 |
| 349 | Andy Serkis | $292,410,350 | 4 | $73,102,588 |
| 350 | Michael Dougherty | $291,890,603 | 3 | $97,296,868 |
| 351 | Catherine Hardwicke | $291,248,024 | 14 | $20,803,430 |
| 352 | Cheang Pou-Soi | $290,918,592 | 3 | $96,972,864 |
| 353 | Sean Anders | $290,757,135 | 8 | $36,344,642 |
| 354 | Wes Anderson | $288,805,927 | 15 | $19,253,728 |
| 355 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $288,757,806 | 3 | $96,252,602 |
| 356 | Tom Tykwer | $287,143,870 | 11 | $26,103,988 |
| 357 | P.J. Hogan | $287,070,325 | 6 | $47,845,054 |
| 358 | Benny Chan | $286,373,560 | 6 | $47,728,927 |
| 359 | Richard Curtis | $284,804,570 | 4 | $71,201,143 |
| 360 | Gabriele Muccino | $284,424,533 | 11 | $25,856,776 |
| 361 | Simon J. Smith | $283,591,620 | 1 | $283,591,620 |
| 362 | John Krasinski | $283,409,418 | 5 | $56,681,884 |
| 363 | David Gordon Green | $283,138,053 | 18 | $15,729,892 |
| 364 | Soi Cheang | $282,742,870 | 5 | $56,548,574 |
| 365 | Steve Hickner | $278,163,300 | 2 | $139,081,650 |
| 366 | Takehiko Inoue | $277,307,868 | 1 | $277,307,868 |
| 367 | Rob Reiner | $277,155,534 | 21 | $13,197,883 |
| 368 | Chirs Buck | $277,100,000 | 1 | $277,100,000 |
| 369 | Dominic Sena | $276,585,924 | 5 | $55,317,185 |
| 370 | Jason Reitman | $276,436,228 | 10 | $27,643,623 |
| 371 | Kobun Shizuno | $275,824,547 | 10 | $27,582,455 |
| 372 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | $275,391,910 | 6 | $45,898,652 |
| 373 | Mo Dai | $274,509,272 | 2 | $137,254,636 |
| 374 | Kim Hanmin | $273,821,365 | 4 | $68,455,341 |
| 375 | Chloé Zhao | $273,789,891 | 5 | $54,757,978 |
| 376 | John Landis | $273,762,479 | 18 | $15,209,027 |
| 377 | Olivier Megaton | $273,582,525 | 4 | $68,395,631 |
| 378 | Francis Ford Coppola | $273,214,704 | 23 | $11,878,900 |
| 379 | Anthony Minghella | $271,638,261 | 7 | $38,805,466 |
| 380 | Ben Stassen | $269,837,559 | 12 | $22,486,463 |
| 381 | Mike Nichols | $267,283,099 | 18 | $14,849,061 |
| 382 | Mimi Leder | $266,968,062 | 7 | $38,138,295 |
| 383 | Felix Chong | $266,117,818 | 2 | $133,058,909 |
| 384 | Roman Polanski | $265,059,155 | 20 | $13,252,958 |
| 385 | Harald Zwart | $264,794,146 | 5 | $52,958,829 |
| 386 | Peter Chan | $264,144,907 | 4 | $66,036,227 |
| 387 | Daniel Espinosa | $258,981,740 | 6 | $43,163,623 |
| 388 | Yuen Woo Ping | $258,878,289 | 6 | $43,146,382 |
| 389 | Jon Amiel | $257,002,136 | 9 | $28,555,793 |
| 390 | David Soren | $256,370,397 | 3 | $85,456,799 |
| 391 | Junwei Xie (谢君伟) | $255,962,981 | 1 | $255,962,981 |
| 392 | Jose Padilha | $254,989,660 | 4 | $63,747,415 |
| 393 | Michael Gracey | $254,714,030 | 3 | $84,904,677 |
| 394 | Mark Dindal | $254,657,158 | 4 | $63,664,290 |
| 395 | Stephen Daldry | $254,134,141 | 8 | $31,766,768 |
| 396 | JiangJiang Liu | $253,816,909 | 1 | $253,816,909 |
| 397 | Kevin Costner | $253,473,120 | 7 | $36,210,446 |
| 398 | Marc Lawrence | $253,100,055 | 5 | $50,620,011 |
| 399 | John Badham | $251,632,876 | 14 | $17,973,777 |
| 400 | Tony Gilroy | $251,612,560 | 3 | $83,870,853 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.