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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
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901 | Brad Furman | $79,285,834 | 5 | $15,857,167 |
902 | Wataru Takahashi | $79,269,719 | 4 | $19,817,430 |
903 | J. Blakeson | $79,015,678 | 4 | $19,753,920 |
904 | Michael Haneke | $78,485,469 | 7 | $11,212,210 |
905 | Angela Robinson | $78,423,063 | 3 | $26,141,021 |
906 | Yongchang Li | $78,392,065 | 2 | $39,196,033 |
907 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $78,259,394 | 8 | $9,782,424 |
908 | John Polson | $78,115,488 | 2 | $39,057,744 |
909 | Ted Kotcheff | $78,000,065 | 10 | $7,800,007 |
910 | Til Schweiger | $77,547,520 | 8 | $9,693,440 |
911 | Greg Berlanti | $77,207,448 | 4 | $19,301,862 |
912 | David McNally | $76,965,571 | 2 | $38,482,786 |
913 | Frederik Du Chau | $76,709,634 | 3 | $25,569,878 |
914 | Tian Yu-sheng | $76,481,594 | 2 | $38,240,797 |
915 | Sam Weisman | $76,394,297 | 5 | $15,278,859 |
916 | Wolfgang Becker | $76,291,543 | 2 | $38,145,772 |
917 | Nuel C. Naval | $76,283,565 | 4 | $19,070,891 |
918 | John Erick Dowdle | $76,064,817 | 6 | $12,677,470 |
919 | Hugh Wilson | $76,000,000 | 8 | $9,500,000 |
920 | Bob Swaim | $75,737,916 | 2 | $37,868,958 |
921 | Lone Scherfig | $75,641,312 | 7 | $10,805,902 |
922 | Jimming Guo | $75,490,000 | 1 | $75,490,000 |
923 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | $75,226,301 | 6 | $12,537,717 |
924 | Phil Alden Robinson | $75,155,847 | 5 | $15,031,169 |
925 | John Carney | $74,815,175 | 5 | $14,963,035 |
926 | Eric Warin | $74,733,850 | 2 | $37,366,925 |
927 | Eric Summer | $74,731,719 | 2 | $37,365,860 |
928 | Steve Miner | $74,700,000 | 14 | $5,335,714 |
929 | Alexander Witt | $74,428,656 | 1 | $74,428,656 |
930 | Jason Moore | $74,366,878 | 4 | $18,591,720 |
931 | Takahiro Miki | $74,328,131 | 11 | $6,757,103 |
932 | Susanna White | $74,037,013 | 3 | $24,679,004 |
933 | Peggy Holmes | $73,816,079 | 3 | $24,605,360 |
934 | Yao Yoyo | $73,724,082 | 1 | $73,724,082 |
935 | Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) | $73,704,474 | 1 | $73,704,474 |
936 | Irwin Winkler | $73,323,718 | 7 | $10,474,817 |
937 | Patryk Vega | $73,125,029 | 13 | $5,625,002 |
938 | Frant Fwo | $73,050,000 | 1 | $73,050,000 |
939 | Justin Chadwick | $73,045,755 | 3 | $24,348,585 |
940 | Jeremy Degruson | $72,993,452 | 2 | $36,496,726 |
941 | Mark Neveldine | $72,851,243 | 6 | $12,141,874 |
942 | Gao Ke | $72,760,000 | 1 | $72,760,000 |
943 | Tie Wei | $72,506,344 | 1 | $72,506,344 |
944 | Jingfu Huang (黄精甫) | $72,348,894 | 1 | $72,348,894 |
945 | Wim Wenders | $72,054,058 | 25 | $2,882,162 |
946 | David Lowery | $71,921,929 | 7 | $10,274,561 |
947 | Jean-Marc Vallee | $71,906,474 | 5 | $14,381,295 |
948 | Dan Scanlan | $71,802,456 | 1 | $71,802,456 |
949 | Shinji Ushiro | $71,791,741 | 2 | $35,895,871 |
950 | Mike Leigh | $71,650,973 | 14 | $5,117,927 |
951 | Paolo Sorrentino | $71,492,654 | 8 | $8,936,582 |
952 | Luis Llosa | $71,400,000 | 2 | $35,700,000 |
953 | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | $71,352,517 | 5 | $14,270,503 |
954 | Alexandre Astier | $71,352,303 | 2 | $35,676,152 |
955 | Alejandro Monteverde | $71,324,415 | 3 | $23,774,805 |
956 | Juan Jose Campanella | $71,154,651 | 3 | $23,718,217 |
957 | Ken Loach | $71,043,875 | 18 | $3,946,882 |
958 | Kim Ji-hoon | $70,907,677 | 3 | $23,635,892 |
959 | Theodore Melfi | $70,756,759 | 4 | $17,689,190 |
960 | Julius Avery | $70,632,024 | 4 | $17,658,006 |
961 | Masato Harada | $70,615,661 | 7 | $10,087,952 |
962 | Todd Haynes | $70,522,659 | 12 | $5,876,888 |
963 | Takeshi Kitano | $70,510,276 | 13 | $5,423,867 |
964 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | $70,299,332 | 4 | $17,574,833 |
965 | Jonathan Li | $70,251,804 | 2 | $35,125,902 |
966 | Jessie Nelson | $70,232,205 | 3 | $23,410,735 |
967 | Zhang Jiajia | $70,065,568 | 1 | $70,065,568 |
968 | Penny Marshall | $69,932,565 | 8 | $8,741,571 |
969 | Dylan Brown | $69,886,532 | 1 | $69,886,532 |
970 | Chen Li | $69,709,252 | 2 | $34,854,626 |
971 | Kenji Nagasaki | $69,632,195 | 3 | $23,210,732 |
972 | Ringo Lam | $69,582,180 | 5 | $13,916,436 |
973 | Christian Rivers | $69,530,864 | 1 | $69,530,864 |
974 | Philippe Lacheau | $69,319,825 | 5 | $13,863,965 |
975 | Peter Lepeniotis | $69,202,879 | 4 | $17,300,720 |
976 | Hyung-rae Shim | $68,937,640 | 3 | $22,979,213 |
977 | Stuart Beattie | $68,900,000 | 2 | $34,450,000 |
978 | Tom McCarthy | $68,892,592 | 8 | $8,611,574 |
979 | Kirk DeMicco | $68,640,707 | 3 | $22,880,236 |
980 | Jun Li | $68,607,648 | 4 | $17,151,912 |
981 | Hu Jia | $68,110,000 | 1 | $68,110,000 |
982 | Cen Junyi | $68,110,000 | 1 | $68,110,000 |
983 | George Nolfi | $67,744,205 | 3 | $22,581,402 |
984 | Dean Israelite | $67,728,298 | 5 | $13,545,660 |
985 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $67,720,058 | 4 | $16,930,015 |
986 | Gerard McMurray | $67,565,852 | 2 | $33,782,926 |
987 | Wenjun Yang | $67,458,479 | 1 | $67,458,479 |
988 | Alex de la Iglesia | $67,326,419 | 14 | $4,809,030 |
989 | Beier Bao (包贝尔) | $67,261,162 | 4 | $16,815,291 |
990 | Miloš Forman | $67,119,840 | 9 | $7,457,760 |
991 | Jang Joon-hwan | $66,894,701 | 3 | $22,298,234 |
992 | Gregory Plotkin | $66,849,702 | 2 | $33,424,851 |
993 | Jorge Blanco | $66,802,053 | 1 | $66,802,053 |
994 | Han Lee (이한) | $66,700,558 | 5 | $13,340,112 |
995 | Sang Geun Lee | $66,564,874 | 1 | $66,564,874 |
996 | Qi Zhang (张琦) | $66,539,212 | 2 | $33,269,606 |
997 | Griffin Dunne | $66,517,797 | 6 | $11,086,300 |
998 | Il-Hyeong Lee | $66,336,016 | 1 | $66,336,016 |
999 | Steven E. de Souza | $66,000,000 | 1 | $66,000,000 |
1,000 | Nick Castle | $66,000,000 | 6 | $11,000,000 |
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.