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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Imtiaz Ali | $33,204,411 | 6 | $5,534,069 |
| 1,502 | Robert Connolly | $33,137,607 | 6 | $5,522,935 |
| 1,503 | Kai-Kwong Mak (麦启光) | $32,972,054 | 1 | $32,972,054 |
| 1,504 | Danny Leiner | $32,944,699 | 3 | $10,981,566 |
| 1,505 | Everado Gout | $32,878,852 | 2 | $16,439,426 |
| 1,506 | Pablo Trapero | $32,869,885 | 6 | $5,478,314 |
| 1,507 | Gianluca Leuzzi | $32,867,435 | 6 | $5,477,906 |
| 1,508 | Ariel Winograd | $32,801,197 | 7 | $4,685,885 |
| 1,509 | Bo Welch | $32,800,000 | 1 | $32,800,000 |
| 1,510 | David Lean | $32,727,503 | 11 | $2,975,228 |
| 1,511 | Neil LaBute | $32,694,615 | 13 | $2,514,970 |
| 1,512 | Jon S. Baird | $32,672,292 | 5 | $6,534,458 |
| 1,513 | Lee Jung-jae | $32,661,170 | 1 | $32,661,170 |
| 1,514 | Etan Cohen | $32,657,862 | 2 | $16,328,931 |
| 1,515 | Will Koopman | $32,498,950 | 5 | $6,499,790 |
| 1,516 | Chie Jen-Hao | $32,449,600 | 1 | $32,449,600 |
| 1,517 | Arthur Hiller | $32,400,000 | 18 | $1,800,000 |
| 1,518 | Naoko Yamada | $32,302,431 | 3 | $10,767,477 |
| 1,519 | Kenneth Lonergan | $32,261,684 | 3 | $10,753,895 |
| 1,520 | David Wang | $32,227,828 | 1 | $32,227,828 |
| 1,521 | Tae-hwa Eom | $32,203,562 | 2 | $16,101,781 |
| 1,522 | Joe Berlinger | $32,199,586 | 11 | $2,927,235 |
| 1,523 | Siu Tung | $32,123,862 | 1 | $32,123,862 |
| 1,524 | Li Fei | $32,069,722 | 3 | $10,689,907 |
| 1,525 | Samantha Jayne | $32,000,000 | 1 | $32,000,000 |
| 1,526 | Bob Rafelson | $32,000,000 | 8 | $4,000,000 |
| 1,527 | Arturo Perez | $32,000,000 | 1 | $32,000,000 |
| 1,528 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $31,996,043 | 3 | $10,665,348 |
| 1,529 | Celine Song | $31,962,518 | 2 | $15,981,259 |
| 1,530 | Tae-ra Shin | $31,956,249 | 1 | $31,956,249 |
| 1,531 | Taichi Ishidate | $31,856,027 | 2 | $15,928,014 |
| 1,532 | Ahmed Khan | $31,843,721 | 4 | $7,960,930 |
| 1,533 | Eon-hie Lee | $31,795,699 | 2 | $15,897,850 |
| 1,534 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $31,754,780 | 7 | $4,536,397 |
| 1,535 | Levan Gabriadze | $31,652,606 | 2 | $15,826,303 |
| 1,536 | Laurent Cantet | $31,505,789 | 5 | $6,301,158 |
| 1,537 | Fatih Akin | $31,432,277 | 8 | $3,929,035 |
| 1,538 | Peter Hedges | $31,378,149 | 5 | $6,275,630 |
| 1,539 | Stefano Solima | $31,335,263 | 2 | $15,667,632 |
| 1,540 | Seth Rogen | $31,306,372 | 2 | $15,653,186 |
| 1,541 | Evan Goldberg | $31,306,372 | 2 | $15,653,186 |
| 1,542 | Jae Yong Kwak | $31,278,012 | 9 | $3,475,335 |
| 1,543 | Yi'nan Diao | $31,155,272 | 2 | $15,577,636 |
| 1,544 | R.J. Cutler | $31,142,447 | 5 | $6,228,489 |
| 1,545 | Joseph Sargent | $31,118,353 | 7 | $4,445,479 |
| 1,546 | Bryan Bertino | $31,114,249 | 5 | $6,222,850 |
| 1,547 | Asger Leth | $31,001,440 | 1 | $31,001,440 |
| 1,548 | Hong-seon Kim | $30,942,053 | 3 | $10,314,018 |
| 1,549 | Howard Deutch | $30,889,806 | 10 | $3,088,981 |
| 1,550 | John Michael McDonagh | $30,863,941 | 4 | $7,715,985 |
| 1,551 | Hans Petter Moland | $30,831,893 | 7 | $4,404,556 |
| 1,552 | Takehiko Shinjo | $30,812,812 | 4 | $7,703,203 |
| 1,553 | Harmony Korine | $30,790,173 | 4 | $7,697,543 |
| 1,554 | Barnaby Thompson | $30,749,187 | 4 | $7,687,297 |
| 1,555 | Farhan Akhtar | $30,695,064 | 4 | $7,673,766 |
| 1,556 | Arkasha Stevenson | $30,667,464 | 1 | $30,667,464 |
| 1,557 | Derek Hui | $30,658,944 | 1 | $30,658,944 |
| 1,558 | Liz Friedlander | $30,648,427 | 1 | $30,648,427 |
| 1,559 | Nicolas Bedos | $30,636,530 | 4 | $7,659,133 |
| 1,560 | Ismail Fidan | $30,560,930 | 4 | $7,640,233 |
| 1,561 | Jerome Salle | $30,495,748 | 4 | $7,623,937 |
| 1,562 | Florian David Fitz | $30,479,367 | 3 | $10,159,789 |
| 1,563 | Siddharth Malhotra | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 1,564 | Shenyang Xiao | $30,355,804 | 1 | $30,355,804 |
| 1,565 | Mukuan Lai (来牧宽) | $30,350,000 | 1 | $30,350,000 |
| 1,566 | Spenser Cohen | $30,333,741 | 1 | $30,333,741 |
| 1,567 | Anna Halberg | $30,333,741 | 1 | $30,333,741 |
| 1,568 | Tom Harper | $30,326,792 | 6 | $5,054,465 |
| 1,569 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $30,226,362 | 3 | $10,075,454 |
| 1,570 | Wojciech Smarzowski | $30,013,044 | 3 | $10,004,348 |
| 1,571 | John Crowley | $29,998,240 | 5 | $5,999,648 |
| 1,572 | Cedric Jimenez | $29,993,448 | 5 | $5,998,690 |
| 1,573 | Mehmet Ada Öztekin | $29,980,097 | 5 | $5,996,019 |
| 1,574 | Indra Kumar | $29,944,992 | 6 | $4,990,832 |
| 1,575 | Jake Szymanski | $29,888,427 | 2 | $14,944,214 |
| 1,576 | Chang | $29,848,364 | 3 | $9,949,455 |
| 1,577 | Motonori Sakakibara | $29,753,435 | 1 | $29,753,435 |
| 1,578 | Julian Schnabel | $29,645,706 | 6 | $4,940,951 |
| 1,579 | David Moreau | $29,615,629 | 5 | $5,923,126 |
| 1,580 | Guo Degang | $29,546,964 | 2 | $14,773,482 |
| 1,581 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | $29,528,983 | 5 | $5,905,797 |
| 1,582 | Eric Lavaine | $29,485,650 | 6 | $4,914,275 |
| 1,583 | Vikram Bhatt | $29,482,497 | 7 | $4,211,785 |
| 1,584 | Jang Chang-won | $29,480,018 | 1 | $29,480,018 |
| 1,585 | Kwak Kyung-taek | $29,474,797 | 3 | $9,824,932 |
| 1,586 | Tae-Gyoon Kim | $29,433,930 | 2 | $14,716,965 |
| 1,587 | Álvaro Fernández Armero | $29,392,562 | 4 | $7,348,141 |
| 1,588 | Russell Crowe | $29,375,247 | 2 | $14,687,624 |
| 1,589 | Christian Alvart | $29,374,078 | 8 | $3,671,760 |
| 1,590 | Doze Niu | $29,338,638 | 1 | $29,338,638 |
| 1,591 | Yan Han (韩琰) | $29,327,146 | 1 | $29,327,146 |
| 1,592 | Jae-Gyu Lee | $29,306,967 | 1 | $29,306,967 |
| 1,593 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | $29,272,914 | 1 | $29,272,914 |
| 1,594 | Brian Tse | $29,257,113 | 4 | $7,314,278 |
| 1,595 | Johan Nijenhuis | $29,182,651 | 11 | $2,652,968 |
| 1,596 | Christian Carion | $29,143,195 | 5 | $5,828,639 |
| 1,597 | Danial Stamm | $29,131,550 | 1 | $29,131,550 |
| 1,598 | John Frankenheimer | $29,081,379 | 21 | $1,384,828 |
| 1,599 | Dong-Hyuk Hwang | $29,056,658 | 3 | $9,685,553 |
| 1,600 | Masayuki Ochiai | $29,039,527 | 3 | $9,679,842 |
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.