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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | David Lynch | $17,122,855 | 10 | $1,712,286 |
| 2,002 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $17,112,634 | 4 | $4,278,159 |
| 2,003 | Michael Dowse | $17,087,365 | 7 | $2,441,052 |
| 2,004 | Danyang Wang | $17,060,000 | 1 | $17,060,000 |
| 2,005 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | $17,037,849 | 3 | $5,679,283 |
| 2,006 | Valentino Picone | $17,028,644 | 1 | $17,028,644 |
| 2,007 | Julia von Heinz | $17,019,849 | 3 | $5,673,283 |
| 2,008 | Akiva Goldsman | $16,974,802 | 2 | $8,487,401 |
| 2,009 | Yuelun Wang | $16,960,000 | 1 | $16,960,000 |
| 2,010 | Joe Cornish | $16,941,201 | 3 | $5,647,067 |
| 2,011 | Teng Huatao | $16,923,672 | 1 | $16,923,672 |
| 2,012 | Nicholas Meyer | $16,887,037 | 5 | $3,377,407 |
| 2,013 | Nicolas Lopez | $16,844,231 | 4 | $4,211,058 |
| 2,014 | Won-Sub Choi | $16,821,116 | 3 | $5,607,039 |
| 2,015 | Kurt Wimmer | $16,811,243 | 3 | $5,603,748 |
| 2,016 | Shane Acker | $16,810,105 | 2 | $8,405,053 |
| 2,017 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $16,790,875 | 1 | $16,790,875 |
| 2,018 | Hiroyuki Yamashita | $16,755,523 | 1 | $16,755,523 |
| 2,019 | Tony Goldwyn | $16,710,768 | 5 | $3,342,154 |
| 2,020 | Jim Field Smith | $16,701,823 | 2 | $8,350,912 |
| 2,021 | John Bruno | $16,701,111 | 2 | $8,350,556 |
| 2,022 | Massimo Venier | $16,680,371 | 3 | $5,560,124 |
| 2,023 | Martin Weisz | $16,662,372 | 2 | $8,331,186 |
| 2,024 | Matthjs Van Heijnngen | $16,570,907 | 2 | $8,285,454 |
| 2,025 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | $16,567,186 | 7 | $2,366,741 |
| 2,026 | Kuo Liu | $16,558,135 | 1 | $16,558,135 |
| 2,027 | Justin Dec | $16,554,435 | 1 | $16,554,435 |
| 2,028 | Onur Bilgetay | $16,538,539 | 4 | $4,134,635 |
| 2,029 | Gu Changwei | $16,514,588 | 2 | $8,257,294 |
| 2,030 | Derrick Borte | $16,508,763 | 4 | $4,127,191 |
| 2,031 | Cao Feng | $16,470,062 | 2 | $8,235,031 |
| 2,032 | Oh-Kwang Kwon | $16,459,340 | 2 | $8,229,670 |
| 2,033 | Gabriele Salvatores | $16,418,554 | 8 | $2,052,319 |
| 2,034 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | $16,402,295 | 4 | $4,100,574 |
| 2,035 | Alongsun | $16,380,000 | 1 | $16,380,000 |
| 2,036 | Lisa Cholodenko | $16,361,898 | 2 | $8,180,949 |
| 2,037 | Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | $16,360,795 | 3 | $5,453,598 |
| 2,038 | Celine Song | $16,360,601 | 1 | $16,360,601 |
| 2,039 | Rowan Joffe | $16,321,122 | 1 | $16,321,122 |
| 2,040 | Dong Yachun | $16,310,000 | 1 | $16,310,000 |
| 2,041 | Robert Benton | $16,286,055 | 9 | $1,809,562 |
| 2,042 | Isamu Imakake | $16,271,438 | 3 | $5,423,813 |
| 2,043 | Yilmaz Erdogan | $16,244,880 | 4 | $4,061,220 |
| 2,044 | Zizhao Wang (王子昭) | $16,201,808 | 1 | $16,201,808 |
| 2,045 | Joshua Marston | $16,167,665 | 4 | $4,041,916 |
| 2,046 | Casey Pinkston | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,047 | Luke Dick | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,048 | John Eng | $16,040,460 | 1 | $16,040,460 |
| 2,049 | Giovanni Veronesi | $16,028,711 | 5 | $3,205,742 |
| 2,050 | Madhur Bhandarkar | $16,007,528 | 2 | $8,003,764 |
| 2,051 | John Gray | $16,000,000 | 3 | $5,333,333 |
| 2,052 | Zhao Hantang | $15,988,889 | 1 | $15,988,889 |
| 2,053 | Antony Hoffman | $15,983,079 | 1 | $15,983,079 |
| 2,054 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $15,962,664 | 5 | $3,192,533 |
| 2,055 | Ram Madvani | $15,953,187 | 2 | $7,976,594 |
| 2,056 | Lars Klevberg | $15,927,693 | 3 | $5,309,231 |
| 2,057 | Lee Khan | $15,926,132 | 1 | $15,926,132 |
| 2,058 | David Yarovesky | $15,924,213 | 2 | $7,962,107 |
| 2,059 | Wolfgang Groos | $15,890,272 | 7 | $2,270,039 |
| 2,060 | Bernardo Bertolucci | $15,867,614 | 10 | $1,586,761 |
| 2,061 | Park Hee-Kon | $15,856,608 | 1 | $15,856,608 |
| 2,062 | Diane Keaton | $15,829,814 | 2 | $7,914,907 |
| 2,063 | Timo Vuorensolam | $15,777,964 | 5 | $3,155,593 |
| 2,064 | Chizuru Miyawaki | $15,775,367 | 1 | $15,775,367 |
| 2,065 | Shigeaki Kubo | $15,741,508 | 3 | $5,247,169 |
| 2,066 | Jeremy Garelick | $15,711,385 | 4 | $3,927,846 |
| 2,067 | Leonardo Pieraccioni | $15,682,172 | 4 | $3,920,543 |
| 2,068 | Tae Gon Kim | $15,582,034 | 3 | $5,194,011 |
| 2,069 | Remo D'Souza | $15,571,732 | 5 | $3,114,346 |
| 2,070 | Kevin Johnson | $15,568,692 | 1 | $15,568,692 |
| 2,071 | Gustavo Loza | $15,555,596 | 2 | $7,777,798 |
| 2,072 | Edouard Bergeon | $15,528,468 | 2 | $7,764,234 |
| 2,073 | Stewart Hendler | $15,514,931 | 3 | $5,171,644 |
| 2,074 | Ritesh Batra | $15,495,075 | 4 | $3,873,769 |
| 2,075 | Clare Kilner | $15,465,041 | 3 | $5,155,014 |
| 2,076 | Matt Ross | $15,460,399 | 2 | $7,730,200 |
| 2,077 | Jin-pyo Park | $15,443,792 | 3 | $5,147,931 |
| 2,078 | Koji Shiraishi | $15,431,559 | 5 | $3,086,312 |
| 2,079 | Hisashi Kimura | $15,400,756 | 4 | $3,850,189 |
| 2,080 | Yu Shen | $15,384,408 | 2 | $7,692,204 |
| 2,081 | Christian E. Christiansen | $15,379,970 | 3 | $5,126,657 |
| 2,082 | Kexin Liu | $15,378,702 | 4 | $3,844,676 |
| 2,083 | Morgan Bertacca | $15,377,544 | 1 | $15,377,544 |
| 2,084 | Sunny Chan | $15,363,527 | 2 | $7,681,764 |
| 2,085 | Terry George | $15,328,452 | 3 | $5,109,484 |
| 2,086 | Alex Zamm | $15,316,635 | 5 | $3,063,327 |
| 2,087 | Woon-hak Baek | $15,315,552 | 1 | $15,315,552 |
| 2,088 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $15,259,887 | 1 | $15,259,887 |
| 2,089 | Seong yoon Oh | $15,208,834 | 3 | $5,069,611 |
| 2,090 | Vladen Barbe | $15,193,977 | 1 | $15,193,977 |
| 2,091 | Gary Sinyor | $15,182,683 | 3 | $5,060,894 |
| 2,092 | Hideaki Takizawa | $15,179,804 | 1 | $15,179,804 |
| 2,093 | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | $15,177,397 | 3 | $5,059,132 |
| 2,094 | Lino Disalvo | $15,173,023 | 1 | $15,173,023 |
| 2,095 | Jeremy Zag | $15,170,877 | 2 | $7,585,439 |
| 2,096 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | $15,165,207 | 8 | $1,895,651 |
| 2,097 | Billy Ray | $15,134,390 | 3 | $5,044,797 |
| 2,098 | Vincent Kok | $15,101,570 | 5 | $3,020,314 |
| 2,099 | Jong-Suk Lee | $15,096,922 | 1 | $15,096,922 |
| 2,100 | Troy Nixey | $15,079,745 | 1 | $15,079,745 |
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.