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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.

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
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.