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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Kevin Costner | $253,473,120 | 7 | $36,210,446 |
| 402 | Marc Lawrence | $253,100,055 | 5 | $50,620,011 |
| 403 | John Badham | $251,632,876 | 14 | $17,973,777 |
| 404 | Tony Gilroy | $251,612,560 | 3 | $83,870,853 |
| 405 | Hideaki Anno | $248,380,878 | 7 | $35,482,983 |
| 406 | Bora Dagtekin | $247,526,550 | 4 | $61,881,638 |
| 407 | Corin Hardy | $247,523,692 | 3 | $82,507,897 |
| 408 | Rajkumar Hirani | $247,173,799 | 5 | $49,434,760 |
| 409 | Darren Lynn Bousman | $246,710,239 | 14 | $17,622,160 |
| 410 | Peter Chelsom | $246,685,236 | 13 | $18,975,787 |
| 411 | Eric Brevig | $246,005,246 | 2 | $123,002,623 |
| 412 | Li Wei | $245,636,492 | 5 | $49,127,298 |
| 413 | Fergal Reilly | $244,778,975 | 1 | $244,778,975 |
| 414 | Clay Kaytis | $244,778,975 | 3 | $81,592,992 |
| 415 | Terry Gilliam | $244,235,181 | 13 | $18,787,322 |
| 416 | Teng Cheng | $243,672,563 | 1 | $243,672,563 |
| 417 | Yongchang Lin | $242,657,336 | 3 | $80,885,779 |
| 418 | Yarrow Cheney | $242,174,617 | 1 | $242,174,617 |
| 419 | Scott Mosier | $242,174,617 | 1 | $242,174,617 |
| 420 | Edgar Wright | $242,124,307 | 9 | $26,902,701 |
| 421 | Emile Ardolino | $241,995,956 | 6 | $40,332,659 |
| 422 | Nick Cassavetes | $241,292,849 | 12 | $20,107,737 |
| 423 | Ariel Schulman | $240,042,164 | 7 | $34,291,738 |
| 424 | Henry Joost | $240,042,164 | 7 | $34,291,738 |
| 425 | Mikael Hafstrom | $239,032,642 | 9 | $26,559,182 |
| 426 | Olivier Magaton | $238,400,000 | 1 | $238,400,000 |
| 427 | Xiaoxing Yi | $238,149,449 | 2 | $119,074,725 |
| 428 | Bibo Bergeron | $237,329,342 | 2 | $118,664,671 |
| 429 | Alexander Payne | $236,961,789 | 10 | $23,696,179 |
| 430 | JiangJiang Liu | $236,810,892 | 1 | $236,810,892 |
| 431 | Jill Culton | $234,734,398 | 2 | $117,367,199 |
| 432 | Choi Dong-hoon | $234,493,782 | 5 | $46,898,756 |
| 433 | Adam Robitel | $232,340,951 | 4 | $58,085,238 |
| 434 | Steven S. DeKnight | $231,055,623 | 1 | $231,055,623 |
| 435 | Brian Fee | $230,640,254 | 1 | $230,640,254 |
| 436 | Adam McKay | $230,370,061 | 10 | $23,037,006 |
| 437 | David Bowers | $230,346,456 | 7 | $32,906,637 |
| 438 | Yuzuru Tachikawa | $230,225,699 | 3 | $76,741,900 |
| 439 | Oliver Parker | $228,777,871 | 10 | $22,877,787 |
| 440 | Derek Tsang | $228,183,153 | 1 | $228,183,153 |
| 441 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $228,178,038 | 6 | $38,029,673 |
| 442 | Peter Cattaneo | $226,999,161 | 5 | $45,399,832 |
| 443 | Philippe de Chauveron | $226,954,994 | 5 | $45,390,999 |
| 444 | Noam Murro | $226,344,330 | 2 | $113,172,165 |
| 445 | Peter Lord | $226,092,479 | 2 | $113,046,240 |
| 446 | William Friedkin | $225,917,548 | 19 | $11,890,397 |
| 447 | Mike Gabriel | $225,020,227 | 2 | $112,510,114 |
| 448 | Beeban Kidron | $223,691,531 | 5 | $44,738,306 |
| 449 | Stephen Gaghan | $222,779,638 | 5 | $44,555,928 |
| 450 | John Singleton | $222,738,994 | 9 | $24,748,777 |
| 451 | Shao Heqi | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 452 | David R. Ellis | $221,856,727 | 6 | $36,976,121 |
| 453 | Jason Friedberg | $221,566,208 | 10 | $22,156,621 |
| 454 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $221,031,347 | 6 | $36,838,558 |
| 455 | Neil Burger | $220,882,282 | 6 | $36,813,714 |
| 456 | Zhao Ji | $220,854,642 | 3 | $73,618,214 |
| 457 | Steven Quale | $220,569,371 | 5 | $44,113,874 |
| 458 | Tomoka Nagaoka | $220,317,067 | 2 | $110,158,534 |
| 459 | Andy Fickman | $219,787,095 | 12 | $18,315,591 |
| 460 | Ralph Zondag | $219,125,204 | 4 | $54,781,301 |
| 461 | Eric Leighton | $218,400,000 | 1 | $218,400,000 |
| 462 | Roar Uthaug | $217,697,631 | 5 | $43,539,526 |
| 463 | Bradley Cooper | $216,909,077 | 2 | $108,454,539 |
| 464 | Alejandro Amenábar | $216,460,048 | 6 | $36,076,675 |
| 465 | Leon Ding | $216,222,026 | 3 | $72,074,009 |
| 466 | Mel Smith | $216,165,599 | 5 | $43,233,120 |
| 467 | Gil Kenan | $215,952,116 | 5 | $43,190,423 |
| 468 | Chris Noonan | $215,326,742 | 2 | $107,663,371 |
| 469 | Tommy Wirkola | $213,893,023 | 10 | $21,389,302 |
| 470 | Ben Affleck | $213,688,539 | 6 | $35,614,757 |
| 471 | Ryuichi Yagi | $213,606,471 | 2 | $106,803,236 |
| 472 | James L. Brooks | $213,431,634 | 7 | $30,490,233 |
| 473 | Fei Yan | $213,290,552 | 2 | $106,645,276 |
| 474 | Jim Abrahams | $213,130,621 | 8 | $26,641,328 |
| 475 | Da-Mo Peng | $212,660,552 | 1 | $212,660,552 |
| 476 | Judd Apatow | $212,654,496 | 9 | $23,628,277 |
| 477 | Donald Petrie | $212,022,431 | 13 | $16,309,418 |
| 478 | Lawrence Guterman | $211,924,849 | 3 | $70,641,616 |
| 479 | Greg Tiernan | $209,313,901 | 5 | $41,862,780 |
| 480 | Rene Liu | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 481 | Peter Hyams | $208,167,040 | 17 | $12,245,120 |
| 482 | Sam Fell | $206,413,237 | 4 | $51,603,309 |
| 483 | Michel Gondry | $206,385,101 | 14 | $14,741,793 |
| 484 | Jordan Peele | $206,159,604 | 4 | $51,539,901 |
| 485 | Elizabeth Banks | $205,973,335 | 7 | $29,424,762 |
| 486 | Jonathan Goldstein | $205,926,627 | 3 | $68,642,209 |
| 487 | John Francis Daley | $205,926,627 | 3 | $68,642,209 |
| 488 | Frank Oz | $205,897,700 | 13 | $15,838,285 |
| 489 | Randal Kleiser | $205,658,547 | 10 | $20,565,855 |
| 490 | Eric Goldberg | $205,520,227 | 1 | $205,520,227 |
| 491 | Guo Jingming | $205,485,806 | 4 | $51,371,452 |
| 492 | Mark Steven Johnson | $205,207,733 | 9 | $22,800,859 |
| 493 | Craig Gillespie | $204,536,684 | 8 | $25,567,086 |
| 494 | Andrew Niccol | $203,310,635 | 7 | $29,044,376 |
| 495 | Josh Boone | $203,086,481 | 3 | $67,695,494 |
| 496 | Dean Parisot | $202,629,684 | 5 | $40,525,937 |
| 497 | Taylor Hackford | $202,614,184 | 15 | $13,507,612 |
| 498 | Steve Bendelack | $201,679,175 | 1 | $201,679,175 |
| 499 | Steve Carr | $200,392,076 | 9 | $22,265,786 |
| 500 | Jimmy Hayward | $200,060,618 | 3 | $66,686,873 |
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.