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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Joachim Trier | $6,120,490 | 3 | $2,040,163 |
| 3,002 | Juana Macias | $6,109,530 | 4 | $1,527,383 |
| 3,003 | R.S. Prasanna | $6,102,211 | 1 | $6,102,211 |
| 3,004 | William Monahan | $6,096,079 | 2 | $3,048,040 |
| 3,005 | Alex Mizgiryov | $6,088,454 | 1 | $6,088,454 |
| 3,006 | Sigeaki Kubo | $6,081,142 | 1 | $6,081,142 |
| 3,007 | Michel Ocelot | $6,073,552 | 4 | $1,518,388 |
| 3,008 | Vincent Zhou | $6,071,862 | 2 | $3,035,931 |
| 3,009 | Luke Cresswell | $6,058,762 | 3 | $2,019,587 |
| 3,010 | Steve McNicholas | $6,058,762 | 3 | $2,019,587 |
| 3,011 | Rajesh Mapuskar | $6,056,990 | 1 | $6,056,990 |
| 3,012 | Anthony Pun | $6,050,077 | 1 | $6,050,077 |
| 3,013 | Robert Shaye | $6,048,647 | 2 | $3,024,324 |
| 3,014 | Declan Donnellan | $6,044,657 | 1 | $6,044,657 |
| 3,015 | Nick Ormedrod | $6,044,657 | 1 | $6,044,657 |
| 3,016 | Sally Potter | $6,042,603 | 6 | $1,007,101 |
| 3,017 | Christopher Smith | $6,032,737 | 6 | $1,005,456 |
| 3,018 | Benjamin Mousquet | $6,031,949 | 1 | $6,031,949 |
| 3,019 | Abhishek Chaubey | $6,029,913 | 5 | $1,205,983 |
| 3,020 | Zuzana Marianková | $6,006,985 | 2 | $3,003,493 |
| 3,021 | Frank Perry | $6,000,000 | 6 | $1,000,000 |
| 3,022 | Evgeniy Bedarev | $5,994,476 | 2 | $2,997,238 |
| 3,023 | Alireza Golafshan | $5,961,121 | 3 | $1,987,040 |
| 3,024 | Frankie Chan | $5,959,716 | 1 | $5,959,716 |
| 3,025 | Takeshi Yagi | $5,954,671 | 1 | $5,954,671 |
| 3,026 | Michael Grandage | $5,954,451 | 3 | $1,984,817 |
| 3,027 | Patrick Leung | $5,954,421 | 2 | $2,977,211 |
| 3,028 | A. Taner Elhan | $5,953,353 | 2 | $2,976,677 |
| 3,029 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $5,953,024 | 4 | $1,488,256 |
| 3,030 | Safak Sezer | $5,949,881 | 1 | $5,949,881 |
| 3,031 | Ram Gopal Varma | $5,948,072 | 8 | $743,509 |
| 3,032 | Alexis Michalik | $5,947,327 | 2 | $2,973,664 |
| 3,033 | Gengxu Lu | $5,932,063 | 1 | $5,932,063 |
| 3,034 | Yang Yongchun | $5,921,481 | 1 | $5,921,481 |
| 3,035 | Lawrence Ah Mon | $5,919,976 | 2 | $2,959,988 |
| 3,036 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $5,910,562 | 2 | $2,955,281 |
| 3,037 | Philippa Lowthorpe | $5,909,914 | 3 | $1,969,971 |
| 3,038 | Marco Ponti | $5,908,863 | 4 | $1,477,216 |
| 3,039 | Alexey Pimanov | $5,904,389 | 1 | $5,904,389 |
| 3,040 | Yûki Yamato | $5,899,333 | 2 | $2,949,667 |
| 3,041 | A.R. Murugadoss | $5,896,056 | 5 | $1,179,211 |
| 3,042 | Fredi M. Murer | $5,892,076 | 1 | $5,892,076 |
| 3,043 | Sergio Arau | $5,877,131 | 1 | $5,877,131 |
| 3,044 | Chi-Man Wan | $5,876,318 | 1 | $5,876,318 |
| 3,045 | Cho Jin-mo | $5,872,055 | 2 | $2,936,028 |
| 3,046 | Hervé Mimran | $5,869,917 | 2 | $2,934,959 |
| 3,047 | Rajshree Ojha | $5,867,214 | 1 | $5,867,214 |
| 3,048 | Toshikazu Yoshizawa | $5,866,131 | 1 | $5,866,131 |
| 3,049 | Wayne Kramer | $5,865,846 | 4 | $1,466,462 |
| 3,050 | Tomasz Baginski | $5,860,931 | 1 | $5,860,931 |
| 3,051 | Roy Andersson | $5,856,796 | 2 | $2,928,398 |
| 3,052 | Kim Young-hoon | $5,856,796 | 1 | $5,856,796 |
| 3,053 | Gopi Puthran | $5,854,240 | 1 | $5,854,240 |
| 3,054 | Kari Ketonen | $5,849,951 | 2 | $2,924,976 |
| 3,055 | Tae-yong Kim | $5,849,346 | 3 | $1,949,782 |
| 3,056 | Peter Bogdanovich | $5,843,537 | 14 | $417,396 |
| 3,057 | Brian Smrz | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 3,058 | Yutaka Tsuchida | $5,832,342 | 1 | $5,832,342 |
| 3,059 | Tim McCanlies | $5,831,627 | 4 | $1,457,907 |
| 3,060 | Yefeng Jiang | $5,821,687 | 3 | $1,940,562 |
| 3,061 | Shinkyu Choi | $5,817,041 | 1 | $5,817,041 |
| 3,062 | Morgan Matthews | $5,814,509 | 3 | $1,938,170 |
| 3,063 | Drew Barrymore | $5,812,788 | 1 | $5,812,788 |
| 3,064 | Shôsuke Murakami | $5,804,519 | 2 | $2,902,260 |
| 3,065 | Harold Cronk | $5,801,553 | 6 | $966,926 |
| 3,066 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $5,792,846 | 1 | $5,792,846 |
| 3,067 | Oleksandra Ruban | $5,791,292 | 1 | $5,791,292 |
| 3,068 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $5,790,156 | 2 | $2,895,078 |
| 3,069 | Elena Hazanov | $5,789,269 | 3 | $1,929,756 |
| 3,070 | Dae-woong Kim | $5,782,988 | 2 | $2,891,494 |
| 3,071 | Michael Wiseman | $5,761,157 | 4 | $1,440,289 |
| 3,072 | Xiao Zhang | $5,748,970 | 1 | $5,748,970 |
| 3,073 | Valeriy Todorovskiy | $5,740,805 | 4 | $1,435,201 |
| 3,074 | Abderrahmane Sissako | $5,739,746 | 2 | $2,869,873 |
| 3,075 | Tadas Vidmantas | $5,722,647 | 6 | $953,775 |
| 3,076 | Carla Simón | $5,720,944 | 2 | $2,860,472 |
| 3,077 | Mark Cowen | $5,720,770 | 1 | $5,720,770 |
| 3,078 | Olivier Marchal | $5,705,566 | 2 | $2,852,783 |
| 3,079 | Steve Shill | $5,703,069 | 1 | $5,703,069 |
| 3,080 | Dong Long | $5,703,033 | 2 | $2,851,517 |
| 3,081 | Jo Geun-sik | $5,701,519 | 1 | $5,701,519 |
| 3,082 | Todd Lincoln | $5,700,462 | 1 | $5,700,462 |
| 3,083 | Aleksandra Lupashko | $5,690,388 | 3 | $1,896,796 |
| 3,084 | Elizabeth Allen | $5,684,230 | 3 | $1,894,743 |
| 3,085 | Aisling Walsh | $5,679,577 | 2 | $2,839,789 |
| 3,086 | Andrey Volgin | $5,664,937 | 4 | $1,416,234 |
| 3,087 | Martin Sulik | $5,661,845 | 6 | $943,641 |
| 3,088 | Kazuhito Nakae | $5,660,098 | 2 | $2,830,049 |
| 3,089 | Jang-hoon-I Lee | $5,654,773 | 1 | $5,654,773 |
| 3,090 | Daniel H. Byun | $5,654,305 | 1 | $5,654,305 |
| 3,091 | Lee Kyoo-man | $5,648,375 | 1 | $5,648,375 |
| 3,092 | Alexi Tan | $5,647,639 | 1 | $5,647,639 |
| 3,093 | Chen Feihong | $5,647,639 | 1 | $5,647,639 |
| 3,094 | William Dear | $5,641,922 | 6 | $940,320 |
| 3,095 | William Oldroyd | $5,641,504 | 2 | $2,820,752 |
| 3,096 | Jaycee Chan | $5,640,000 | 1 | $5,640,000 |
| 3,097 | Osamu Nabeshima | $5,638,352 | 1 | $5,638,352 |
| 3,098 | Edward Burns | $5,634,780 | 11 | $512,253 |
| 3,099 | Scott Walker | $5,631,655 | 2 | $2,815,828 |
| 3,100 | Chao Xu | $5,630,000 | 2 | $2,815,000 |
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.