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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Jean-Jacques Mantello | $41,205,563 | 6 | $6,867,594 |
| 1,302 | Simon McQuoid | $41,182,228 | 2 | $20,591,114 |
| 1,303 | Philippe Le Guay | $41,134,703 | 5 | $8,226,941 |
| 1,304 | Lu Le | $41,046,927 | 1 | $41,046,927 |
| 1,305 | Jorge Pareja | $41,039,145 | 1 | $41,039,145 |
| 1,306 | Pablo Larrain | $41,020,485 | 11 | $3,729,135 |
| 1,307 | Bronwen Hughes | $41,000,000 | 3 | $13,666,667 |
| 1,308 | Caroline Link | $40,975,898 | 3 | $13,658,633 |
| 1,309 | Rob Greenberg | $40,928,790 | 1 | $40,928,790 |
| 1,310 | David Breashears | $40,874,931 | 2 | $20,437,466 |
| 1,311 | John Milius | $40,850,000 | 7 | $5,835,714 |
| 1,312 | Can Ulkay | $40,816,180 | 4 | $10,204,045 |
| 1,313 | Stephen Judson | $40,811,529 | 1 | $40,811,529 |
| 1,314 | Patricia Riggen | $40,780,677 | 4 | $10,195,169 |
| 1,315 | Ted Demme | $40,750,521 | 7 | $5,821,503 |
| 1,316 | Tom Ford | $40,701,703 | 2 | $20,350,852 |
| 1,317 | Haipeng Sun | $40,661,541 | 2 | $20,330,771 |
| 1,318 | An Zhanjun | $40,518,450 | 2 | $20,259,225 |
| 1,319 | Mohit Suri | $40,481,389 | 8 | $5,060,174 |
| 1,320 | Robert De Niro | $40,469,706 | 2 | $20,234,853 |
| 1,321 | Pat O’Connor | $40,466,125 | 6 | $6,744,354 |
| 1,322 | Martin Bourboulon | $40,428,632 | 5 | $8,085,726 |
| 1,323 | Kimble Rendall | $40,424,224 | 2 | $20,212,112 |
| 1,324 | Igor Kovalyov | $40,400,000 | 1 | $40,400,000 |
| 1,325 | Saul Dibb | $40,398,727 | 4 | $10,099,682 |
| 1,326 | Hak-soon Kim | $40,380,376 | 1 | $40,380,376 |
| 1,327 | Yong-ho Son | $40,357,603 | 2 | $20,178,802 |
| 1,328 | Oleg Trofim | $40,327,754 | 3 | $13,442,585 |
| 1,329 | Masakazu Hashimoto | $40,316,759 | 4 | $10,079,190 |
| 1,330 | Gary McKendry | $40,284,060 | 1 | $40,284,060 |
| 1,331 | Douglas Mackinnon | $40,240,340 | 3 | $13,413,447 |
| 1,332 | Andrew Fleming | $40,163,871 | 9 | $4,462,652 |
| 1,333 | Detlev Buck | $40,110,533 | 8 | $5,013,817 |
| 1,334 | Stuart Gordon | $40,110,000 | 10 | $4,011,000 |
| 1,335 | Carl Franklin | $40,015,611 | 7 | $5,716,516 |
| 1,336 | Don Taylor | $40,000,000 | 4 | $10,000,000 |
| 1,337 | Allen Coulter | $39,837,880 | 2 | $19,918,940 |
| 1,338 | Kim Hak-Soon | $39,769,627 | 1 | $39,769,627 |
| 1,339 | Francis Glebas | $39,767,123 | 1 | $39,767,123 |
| 1,340 | Arbaaz Khan | $39,690,424 | 1 | $39,690,424 |
| 1,341 | Giles New | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 1,342 | Rob Savage | $39,607,672 | 3 | $13,202,557 |
| 1,343 | Rob Stevenhagen | $39,605,172 | 1 | $39,605,172 |
| 1,344 | Jae-gyoo Lee | $39,504,707 | 1 | $39,504,707 |
| 1,345 | Stuart Hazeldine | $39,474,390 | 2 | $19,737,195 |
| 1,346 | Katsuo Fukuzawa | $39,459,456 | 2 | $19,729,728 |
| 1,347 | Jay Chandrasekhar | $39,422,408 | 7 | $5,631,773 |
| 1,348 | Jayson Thiessen | $39,409,537 | 2 | $19,704,769 |
| 1,349 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $39,386,742 | 3 | $13,128,914 |
| 1,350 | Debbie Isitt | $39,378,349 | 6 | $6,563,058 |
| 1,351 | Davis Guggenheim | $39,362,129 | 6 | $6,560,355 |
| 1,352 | Dwight H. Little | $38,800,000 | 12 | $3,233,333 |
| 1,353 | Woody Hui | $38,611,941 | 1 | $38,611,941 |
| 1,354 | Shao Yihui | $38,580,000 | 1 | $38,580,000 |
| 1,355 | Maiwenn | $38,516,430 | 4 | $9,629,108 |
| 1,356 | George C. Wolfe | $38,421,741 | 5 | $7,684,348 |
| 1,357 | Percy Adlon | $38,414,607 | 2 | $19,207,304 |
| 1,358 | Jacques Perrin | $38,349,493 | 2 | $19,174,747 |
| 1,359 | Jacques Cluzaud | $38,349,493 | 2 | $19,174,747 |
| 1,360 | Weiming Huang | $38,280,831 | 4 | $9,570,208 |
| 1,361 | Jing Cai (蔡婧) | $38,242,892 | 1 | $38,242,892 |
| 1,362 | Pascal Chaumeil | $38,140,934 | 3 | $12,713,645 |
| 1,363 | Ruben Ostlund | $38,121,316 | 5 | $7,624,263 |
| 1,364 | Will Finn | $38,101,694 | 2 | $19,050,847 |
| 1,365 | Orkenbek Baysenbay | $38,000,000 | 1 | $38,000,000 |
| 1,366 | Alain Gsponer | $37,950,786 | 5 | $7,590,157 |
| 1,367 | Rodrigo Cortes | $37,896,546 | 5 | $7,579,309 |
| 1,368 | Umesh Shukla | $37,892,664 | 5 | $7,578,533 |
| 1,369 | Ilya Naishuller | $37,879,831 | 2 | $18,939,916 |
| 1,370 | Aleksandr Voytinskiy | $37,845,873 | 4 | $9,461,468 |
| 1,371 | Eric Bress | $37,839,137 | 2 | $18,919,569 |
| 1,372 | Alan Poul | $37,791,172 | 1 | $37,791,172 |
| 1,373 | Dustin Hoffman | $37,790,578 | 1 | $37,790,578 |
| 1,374 | Dapeng Zhang | $37,771,810 | 3 | $12,590,603 |
| 1,375 | J. Mackye Gruber | $37,713,913 | 1 | $37,713,913 |
| 1,376 | He Nian | $37,706,669 | 2 | $18,853,335 |
| 1,377 | Jong-bin Yun | $37,694,206 | 2 | $18,847,103 |
| 1,378 | Hugh Welchman | $37,651,965 | 2 | $18,825,983 |
| 1,379 | Ed Herzog | $37,644,339 | 7 | $5,377,763 |
| 1,380 | Kelong Li | $37,641,855 | 6 | $6,273,643 |
| 1,381 | Kang Je-Kyu | $37,622,431 | 4 | $9,405,608 |
| 1,382 | Mira Nair | $37,621,446 | 10 | $3,762,145 |
| 1,383 | Frank Nissen | $37,588,511 | 1 | $37,588,511 |
| 1,384 | Salvatore Ficarra | $37,557,767 | 3 | $12,519,256 |
| 1,385 | Kôjirô Hashimoto | $37,538,344 | 3 | $12,512,781 |
| 1,386 | Kasi Lemmons | $37,501,103 | 7 | $5,357,300 |
| 1,387 | Dorota Kobiela | $37,339,839 | 2 | $18,669,920 |
| 1,388 | Brad Anderson | $37,332,348 | 13 | $2,871,719 |
| 1,389 | Castille Landon | $37,260,168 | 6 | $6,210,028 |
| 1,390 | Todd Field | $37,236,666 | 3 | $12,412,222 |
| 1,391 | Forest Whitaker | $37,182,761 | 3 | $12,394,254 |
| 1,392 | Mark Pellington | $37,131,004 | 9 | $4,125,667 |
| 1,393 | Fung Chih-chiang | $37,092,694 | 2 | $18,546,347 |
| 1,394 | Scott Frank | $37,045,335 | 2 | $18,522,668 |
| 1,395 | Gilles Lellouche | $36,917,567 | 3 | $12,305,856 |
| 1,396 | Youyin Wu | $36,899,924 | 1 | $36,899,924 |
| 1,397 | Paolo Virzi | $36,791,851 | 7 | $5,255,979 |
| 1,398 | Pang Ho-cheung | $36,744,927 | 4 | $9,186,232 |
| 1,399 | Shunji Iwai | $36,744,865 | 10 | $3,674,487 |
| 1,400 | Zhi Li | $36,670,000 | 2 | $18,335,000 |
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.