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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Joe Pytka | $159,716,850 | 2 | $79,858,425 |
| 602 | Spike Lee | $159,077,159 | 31 | $5,131,521 |
| 603 | Dennis Gansel | $159,013,788 | 6 | $26,502,298 |
| 604 | Roger Kumble | $158,712,386 | 9 | $17,634,710 |
| 605 | Taniguchi Goro | $158,692,872 | 5 | $31,738,574 |
| 606 | Wong Amp | $158,320,000 | 2 | $79,160,000 |
| 607 | Jeff Tremaine | $157,901,942 | 11 | $14,354,722 |
| 608 | Gary Dauberman | $156,626,600 | 2 | $78,313,300 |
| 609 | Michael Moore | $156,533,204 | 11 | $14,230,291 |
| 610 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $156,344,452 | 8 | $19,543,057 |
| 611 | Er Cheng | $156,296,392 | 2 | $78,148,196 |
| 612 | Prashanth Neel | $156,016,015 | 4 | $39,004,004 |
| 613 | Joe Carnahan | $155,863,556 | 11 | $14,169,414 |
| 614 | David Kerr | $154,957,108 | 3 | $51,652,369 |
| 615 | Kris Pearn | $154,599,082 | 2 | $77,299,541 |
| 616 | Cody Cameron | $154,599,082 | 1 | $154,599,082 |
| 617 | Pierre Perifel | $153,442,409 | 2 | $76,721,205 |
| 618 | Pierre Morel | $153,425,947 | 9 | $17,047,327 |
| 619 | Peter Faiman | $153,400,000 | 2 | $76,700,000 |
| 620 | Zhang Hongwei | $152,549,032 | 1 | $152,549,032 |
| 621 | Kathryn Bigelow | $151,855,047 | 9 | $16,872,783 |
| 622 | Kim Jee-woon | $151,675,184 | 8 | $18,959,398 |
| 623 | Tom Dey | $151,196,381 | 5 | $30,239,276 |
| 624 | Scott Speer | $150,770,948 | 7 | $21,538,707 |
| 625 | Gavin Lin | $150,333,552 | 1 | $150,333,552 |
| 626 | Richard LaGravenese | $150,307,328 | 8 | $18,788,416 |
| 627 | George P. Cosmatos | $149,984,568 | 8 | $18,748,071 |
| 628 | Kazuya Tsurumaki | $149,920,271 | 3 | $49,973,424 |
| 629 | Mahiro Maeda | $149,634,555 | 2 | $74,817,278 |
| 630 | Sheng Ding | $149,024,455 | 7 | $21,289,208 |
| 631 | Mamoru Hosoda | $148,181,698 | 5 | $29,636,340 |
| 632 | Paul Tibbitt | $148,019,149 | 1 | $148,019,149 |
| 633 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $147,802,280 | 10 | $14,780,228 |
| 634 | Klay Hall | $147,776,989 | 1 | $147,776,989 |
| 635 | James Gray | $147,613,497 | 9 | $16,401,500 |
| 636 | Leigh Whannell | $147,331,943 | 5 | $29,466,389 |
| 637 | Liuxun Zimo | $145,775,168 | 1 | $145,775,168 |
| 638 | Laurent Tirard | $145,473,812 | 7 | $20,781,973 |
| 639 | Tom Vaughan | $145,373,257 | 5 | $29,074,651 |
| 640 | Hideo Nakata | $145,368,454 | 15 | $9,691,230 |
| 641 | Xie Dikui | $144,830,000 | 2 | $72,415,000 |
| 642 | Baoping Cao | $144,704,800 | 4 | $36,176,200 |
| 643 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $144,483,943 | 11 | $13,134,904 |
| 644 | Trish Sie | $143,738,882 | 5 | $28,747,776 |
| 645 | Scott Moore | $143,396,549 | 5 | $28,679,310 |
| 646 | Jon Lucas | $143,396,549 | 5 | $28,679,310 |
| 647 | Anthony Leondis | $141,960,073 | 2 | $70,980,037 |
| 648 | Ali Abbas Zafar | $141,575,422 | 5 | $28,315,084 |
| 649 | Steve Box | $141,524,605 | 1 | $141,524,605 |
| 650 | Shekhar Kapur | $140,249,312 | 8 | $17,531,164 |
| 651 | Gilbert Lewis | $140,000,000 | 1 | $140,000,000 |
| 652 | Lewis Gilbert | $138,600,000 | 4 | $34,650,000 |
| 653 | Jeff Wadlow | $138,390,313 | 10 | $13,839,031 |
| 654 | Lok Man Leung | $137,318,091 | 2 | $68,659,046 |
| 655 | Leste Chen | $136,912,148 | 4 | $34,228,037 |
| 656 | Ruoxin Yin | $136,775,504 | 2 | $68,387,752 |
| 657 | Sarah Smith | $136,562,469 | 2 | $68,281,235 |
| 658 | Alec Su | $136,486,718 | 2 | $68,243,359 |
| 659 | Brian Robbins | $135,391,742 | 10 | $13,539,174 |
| 660 | Chuan Lu | $135,074,632 | 4 | $33,768,658 |
| 661 | Jared Bush | $134,947,977 | 1 | $134,947,977 |
| 662 | Gregory Hoblit | $134,662,116 | 5 | $26,932,423 |
| 663 | Fede Álvarez | $134,613,451 | 5 | $26,922,690 |
| 664 | Michael Caton-Jones | $134,486,263 | 12 | $11,207,189 |
| 665 | Niels Arden Oplev | $134,003,150 | 6 | $22,333,858 |
| 666 | Joel Zwick | $133,900,826 | 4 | $33,475,207 |
| 667 | Babak Najafi | $133,510,726 | 4 | $33,377,682 |
| 668 | David Zucker | $133,225,333 | 10 | $13,322,533 |
| 669 | Dexter Fletcher | $132,760,143 | 5 | $26,552,029 |
| 670 | Chang Yuan | $132,213,520 | 1 | $132,213,520 |
| 671 | Luan Zhang | $132,160,753 | 2 | $66,080,377 |
| 672 | Siddharth Anand | $131,790,423 | 4 | $32,947,606 |
| 673 | Nia DaCosta | $131,428,082 | 5 | $26,285,616 |
| 674 | Larry Yang | $131,306,744 | 3 | $43,768,915 |
| 675 | William Brent Bell | $131,289,505 | 8 | $16,411,188 |
| 676 | Gary Winick | $131,013,914 | 6 | $21,835,652 |
| 677 | Jesse Dylan | $131,000,000 | 3 | $43,666,667 |
| 678 | Advait Chandan | $130,864,927 | 2 | $65,432,464 |
| 679 | Karan Johar | $130,825,361 | 7 | $18,689,337 |
| 680 | Frank Miller | $130,517,136 | 3 | $43,505,712 |
| 681 | Cornell John | $130,300,000 | 1 | $130,300,000 |
| 682 | Fedor Bondarchuk | $130,037,407 | 5 | $26,007,481 |
| 683 | Don Bluth | $129,277,687 | 10 | $12,927,769 |
| 684 | Francois Ozon | $129,152,501 | 16 | $8,072,031 |
| 685 | Terrence Malick | $129,052,396 | 11 | $11,732,036 |
| 686 | Jonathan Frakes | $128,851,170 | 6 | $21,475,195 |
| 687 | Ken Kwapis | $128,725,674 | 10 | $12,872,567 |
| 688 | Sang-ho Yeon | $128,389,845 | 4 | $32,097,461 |
| 689 | Ryan Murphy | $128,063,354 | 5 | $25,612,671 |
| 690 | Seong-hoon Kim | $127,866,501 | 3 | $42,622,167 |
| 691 | Greg Mottola | $127,766,925 | 8 | $15,970,866 |
| 692 | Kevin MacDonald | $127,611,484 | 10 | $12,761,148 |
| 693 | George A. Romero | $127,592,760 | 17 | $7,505,456 |
| 694 | Tianyu Zhao | $127,350,404 | 3 | $42,450,135 |
| 695 | Allen Hughes | $126,580,601 | 9 | $14,064,511 |
| 696 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | $126,019,911 | 5 | $25,203,982 |
| 697 | Martin Brest | $125,777,982 | 6 | $20,962,997 |
| 698 | Ric Roman Waugh | $125,708,962 | 8 | $15,713,620 |
| 699 | Miao Yue | $125,315,489 | 6 | $20,885,915 |
| 700 | David Twohy | $123,485,623 | 8 | $15,435,703 |
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.