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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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.
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| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Hugh Wilson | $76,000,000 | 8 | $9,500,000 |
| 1,002 | Bob Swaim | $75,737,916 | 2 | $37,868,958 |
| 1,003 | Lone Scherfig | $75,690,430 | 7 | $10,812,919 |
| 1,004 | Sha Mo | $75,508,930 | 2 | $37,754,465 |
| 1,005 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | $75,226,301 | 6 | $12,537,717 |
| 1,006 | Phil Alden Robinson | $75,155,847 | 5 | $15,031,169 |
| 1,007 | Beier Bao (包贝尔) | $75,146,261 | 4 | $18,786,565 |
| 1,008 | Steve Miner | $74,700,491 | 14 | $5,335,749 |
| 1,009 | John Carney | $74,628,904 | 6 | $12,438,151 |
| 1,010 | Eric Warin | $74,595,645 | 2 | $37,297,823 |
| 1,011 | Eric Summer | $74,593,514 | 2 | $37,296,757 |
| 1,012 | Alexander Witt | $74,428,656 | 1 | $74,428,656 |
| 1,013 | Jason Moore | $74,366,878 | 4 | $18,591,720 |
| 1,014 | Susanna White | $74,037,013 | 4 | $18,509,253 |
| 1,015 | Yao Yoyo | $73,724,082 | 1 | $73,724,082 |
| 1,016 | Farah Khan | $73,355,550 | 2 | $36,677,775 |
| 1,017 | Irwin Winkler | $73,323,718 | 7 | $10,474,817 |
| 1,018 | Mike Leigh | $73,271,838 | 14 | $5,233,703 |
| 1,019 | Patryk Vega | $73,125,179 | 14 | $5,223,227 |
| 1,020 | Frant Fwo | $73,050,000 | 1 | $73,050,000 |
| 1,021 | Justin Chadwick | $73,045,755 | 4 | $18,261,439 |
| 1,022 | Yasuharu Ishii | $73,000,000 | 1 | $73,000,000 |
| 1,023 | Jeremy Degruson | $72,993,452 | 2 | $36,496,726 |
| 1,024 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $72,922,180 | 7 | $10,417,454 |
| 1,025 | Mark Neveldine | $72,851,243 | 6 | $12,141,874 |
| 1,026 | Jacques Audiard | $72,783,897 | 7 | $10,397,700 |
| 1,027 | Gao Ke | $72,760,000 | 1 | $72,760,000 |
| 1,028 | Joe Dante | $72,603,645 | 17 | $4,270,803 |
| 1,029 | Tie Wei | $72,506,344 | 1 | $72,506,344 |
| 1,030 | Rakesh Roshan | $72,215,993 | 3 | $24,071,998 |
| 1,031 | Alejandro Monteverde | $71,943,197 | 4 | $17,985,799 |
| 1,032 | David Lowery | $71,921,929 | 8 | $8,990,241 |
| 1,033 | Jean-Marc Vallee | $71,906,474 | 5 | $14,381,295 |
| 1,034 | Tat-Chiu Lee (李达超) | $71,896,273 | 1 | $71,896,273 |
| 1,035 | Christian Ditter | $71,830,674 | 4 | $17,957,669 |
| 1,036 | Dan Scanlan | $71,802,456 | 1 | $71,802,456 |
| 1,037 | Shinji Ushiro | $71,791,741 | 2 | $35,895,871 |
| 1,038 | Teng Huatao | $71,563,672 | 2 | $35,781,836 |
| 1,039 | Luis Llosa | $71,400,000 | 2 | $35,700,000 |
| 1,040 | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | $71,352,517 | 6 | $11,892,086 |
| 1,041 | Alexandre Astier | $71,352,303 | 3 | $23,784,101 |
| 1,042 | Juan Jose Campanella | $71,154,651 | 3 | $23,718,217 |
| 1,043 | Ken Loach | $70,696,825 | 18 | $3,927,601 |
| 1,044 | Julius Avery | $70,632,024 | 4 | $17,658,006 |
| 1,045 | Masato Harada | $70,615,661 | 7 | $10,087,952 |
| 1,046 | Todd Haynes | $70,587,995 | 13 | $5,429,846 |
| 1,047 | Edward Berger | $70,565,374 | 6 | $11,760,896 |
| 1,048 | Takeshi Kitano | $70,555,122 | 13 | $5,427,317 |
| 1,049 | Nikolay Lebedev | $70,506,635 | 3 | $23,502,212 |
| 1,050 | Jonathan Li | $70,251,804 | 2 | $35,125,902 |
| 1,051 | Jessie Nelson | $70,232,205 | 3 | $23,410,735 |
| 1,052 | Qi Zhang (张琦) | $70,018,594 | 2 | $35,009,297 |
| 1,053 | Penny Marshall | $69,932,565 | 8 | $8,741,571 |
| 1,054 | Dylan Brown | $69,886,532 | 1 | $69,886,532 |
| 1,055 | Chen Li | $69,709,252 | 2 | $34,854,626 |
| 1,056 | Kenji Nagasaki | $69,632,195 | 3 | $23,210,732 |
| 1,057 | Ringo Lam | $69,582,180 | 6 | $11,597,030 |
| 1,058 | Theodore Melfi | $69,539,076 | 4 | $17,384,769 |
| 1,059 | Christian Rivers | $69,530,864 | 1 | $69,530,864 |
| 1,060 | Sho Tsukikawa | $69,494,474 | 7 | $9,927,782 |
| 1,061 | Daniel Scheinert | $69,443,541 | 4 | $17,360,885 |
| 1,062 | Daniel Kwan | $69,443,541 | 3 | $23,147,847 |
| 1,063 | Philippe Lacheau | $69,319,825 | 6 | $11,553,304 |
| 1,064 | Peter Lepeniotis | $69,202,879 | 4 | $17,300,720 |
| 1,065 | Hyung-rae Shim | $68,937,640 | 3 | $22,979,213 |
| 1,066 | Stuart Beattie | $68,900,000 | 2 | $34,450,000 |
| 1,067 | Tom McCarthy | $68,892,592 | 8 | $8,611,574 |
| 1,068 | George Nolfi | $68,749,008 | 4 | $17,187,252 |
| 1,069 | Kirk DeMicco | $68,744,168 | 3 | $22,914,723 |
| 1,070 | Jun Li | $68,659,505 | 5 | $13,731,901 |
| 1,071 | Cen Junyi | $68,110,000 | 1 | $68,110,000 |
| 1,072 | Hu Jia | $68,110,000 | 1 | $68,110,000 |
| 1,073 | Dean Israelite | $67,728,298 | 5 | $13,545,660 |
| 1,074 | Gerard McMurray | $67,565,852 | 3 | $22,521,951 |
| 1,075 | Wenjun Yang | $67,458,479 | 1 | $67,458,479 |
| 1,076 | Alex de la Iglesia | $67,326,419 | 14 | $4,809,030 |
| 1,077 | Miloš Forman | $67,288,177 | 9 | $7,476,464 |
| 1,078 | Jang Joon-hwan | $66,894,701 | 3 | $22,298,234 |
| 1,079 | Gregory Plotkin | $66,849,702 | 2 | $33,424,851 |
| 1,080 | Jorge Blanco | $66,802,053 | 1 | $66,802,053 |
| 1,081 | Kwang-Hyun Park | $66,755,496 | 2 | $33,377,748 |
| 1,082 | Han Lee (이한) | $66,700,558 | 5 | $13,340,112 |
| 1,083 | Sang Geun Lee | $66,564,874 | 1 | $66,564,874 |
| 1,084 | Griffin Dunne | $66,517,797 | 6 | $11,086,300 |
| 1,085 | Il-Hyeong Lee | $66,336,016 | 1 | $66,336,016 |
| 1,086 | John Whitesell | $66,029,653 | 7 | $9,432,808 |
| 1,087 | Anne Fontaine | $66,021,480 | 12 | $5,501,790 |
| 1,088 | Steven E. de Souza | $66,000,000 | 1 | $66,000,000 |
| 1,089 | Nick Castle | $66,000,000 | 6 | $11,000,000 |
| 1,090 | Hiroaki Miyamoto | $65,605,166 | 1 | $65,605,166 |
| 1,091 | Gilles de Maistre | $65,421,844 | 8 | $8,177,731 |
| 1,092 | Yuzhong Zhang | $65,330,000 | 2 | $32,665,000 |
| 1,093 | Tetsuro Kodama | $65,109,818 | 1 | $65,109,818 |
| 1,094 | Steve Beck | $64,836,393 | 2 | $32,418,197 |
| 1,095 | Charlie Bean | $64,400,000 | 2 | $32,200,000 |
| 1,096 | Paul Fisher | $64,400,000 | 1 | $64,400,000 |
| 1,097 | Bob Logan | $64,400,000 | 1 | $64,400,000 |
| 1,098 | Thomas Vinterberg | $64,291,293 | 8 | $8,036,412 |
| 1,099 | Nima Nourizadeh | $64,151,366 | 2 | $32,075,683 |
| 1,100 | Bennett Miller | $64,075,650 | 4 | $16,018,913 |
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.