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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Wang Wei | $19,399,047 | 4 | $4,849,762 |
| 1,902 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,390,578 | 3 | $6,463,526 |
| 1,903 | Dae-min Park | $19,213,663 | 3 | $6,404,554 |
| 1,904 | Won Shin-yun | $19,191,200 | 1 | $19,191,200 |
| 1,905 | Sacha Gervasi | $19,152,124 | 5 | $3,830,425 |
| 1,906 | Michihito Fujii | $19,146,839 | 6 | $3,191,140 |
| 1,907 | Carlo Verdone | $19,120,585 | 3 | $6,373,528 |
| 1,908 | Michael Radford | $19,112,183 | 9 | $2,123,576 |
| 1,909 | Chu Yen-Ping | $19,091,231 | 1 | $19,091,231 |
| 1,910 | Susumu Mitsunaka | $19,086,949 | 2 | $9,543,475 |
| 1,911 | Sven Unterwaldt Jr | $19,027,176 | 6 | $3,171,196 |
| 1,912 | Ken Hughes | $19,000,445 | 2 | $9,500,223 |
| 1,913 | Joe McGrath | $19,000,000 | 1 | $19,000,000 |
| 1,914 | Robert Parrish | $19,000,000 | 4 | $4,750,000 |
| 1,915 | Val Guest | $19,000,000 | 5 | $3,800,000 |
| 1,916 | Alexs Stadermann | $18,985,015 | 3 | $6,328,338 |
| 1,917 | Gao Qunshu | $18,976,624 | 3 | $6,325,541 |
| 1,918 | Oleg Pogodin | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 1,919 | Dan Gilroy | $18,957,500 | 4 | $4,739,375 |
| 1,920 | Chen Hongyi | $18,914,072 | 1 | $18,914,072 |
| 1,921 | Shimako Sato | $18,913,492 | 2 | $9,456,746 |
| 1,922 | Joaquin Mazon | $18,896,009 | 5 | $3,779,202 |
| 1,923 | Travis Cluff | $18,892,064 | 3 | $6,297,355 |
| 1,924 | Chris Lofing | $18,892,064 | 3 | $6,297,355 |
| 1,925 | Julian Jarrold | $18,879,463 | 4 | $4,719,866 |
| 1,926 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $18,878,591 | 2 | $9,439,296 |
| 1,927 | Uwe Boll | $18,834,011 | 14 | $1,345,287 |
| 1,928 | Charles Grosvenor | $18,827,520 | 1 | $18,827,520 |
| 1,929 | Denis Chernov | $18,817,454 | 6 | $3,136,242 |
| 1,930 | Weidong Yuan | $18,764,048 | 1 | $18,764,048 |
| 1,931 | Kwang-Hyun Park | $18,755,496 | 1 | $18,755,496 |
| 1,932 | Steven Knight | $18,736,290 | 3 | $6,245,430 |
| 1,933 | Shûkô Murase | $18,736,052 | 2 | $9,368,026 |
| 1,934 | Lee Jang-Hoon | $18,634,127 | 1 | $18,634,127 |
| 1,935 | Katja von Garnier | $18,633,816 | 6 | $3,105,636 |
| 1,936 | Scott Mann | $18,628,365 | 4 | $4,657,091 |
| 1,937 | Kim Suk-Yoon | $18,604,387 | 1 | $18,604,387 |
| 1,938 | Joby Harold | $18,594,823 | 1 | $18,594,823 |
| 1,939 | Dominic Cooke | $18,589,714 | 4 | $4,647,429 |
| 1,940 | Sung-soo Kim | $18,562,127 | 1 | $18,562,127 |
| 1,941 | Ladj Ly | $18,546,710 | 2 | $9,273,355 |
| 1,942 | Alankrita Shrivastava | $18,520,527 | 2 | $9,260,264 |
| 1,943 | Ilya Uchitel | $18,518,042 | 3 | $6,172,681 |
| 1,944 | Byun Sung-Hyun | $18,503,522 | 2 | $9,251,761 |
| 1,945 | Alain Chabat | $18,481,089 | 2 | $9,240,545 |
| 1,946 | Derek Drymon | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 1,947 | Jennifer Kluska | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 1,948 | David Alaux | $18,403,652 | 2 | $9,201,826 |
| 1,949 | Xiao Yang | $18,382,575 | 1 | $18,382,575 |
| 1,950 | Sherry Hormann | $18,371,722 | 2 | $9,185,861 |
| 1,951 | Yukun Xin | $18,351,825 | 3 | $6,117,275 |
| 1,952 | Joe Charbanic | $18,321,214 | 1 | $18,321,214 |
| 1,953 | Bedran Guzel | $18,277,301 | 6 | $3,046,217 |
| 1,954 | Uli Edel | $18,270,339 | 5 | $3,654,068 |
| 1,955 | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | $18,224,899 | 2 | $9,112,450 |
| 1,956 | Trey Parker | $18,219,240 | 4 | $4,554,810 |
| 1,957 | Philip G. Atwell | $18,200,000 | 1 | $18,200,000 |
| 1,958 | Jun-Soo Park | $18,169,232 | 3 | $6,056,411 |
| 1,959 | Tetsu Maeda | $18,152,004 | 5 | $3,630,401 |
| 1,960 | Alessandro Genovesi | $18,093,407 | 6 | $3,015,568 |
| 1,961 | Dae-joong Nam | $18,074,438 | 2 | $9,037,219 |
| 1,962 | Don Roos | $18,050,108 | 2 | $9,025,054 |
| 1,963 | Zhangke Jia | $18,031,192 | 7 | $2,575,885 |
| 1,964 | Karoline Herfurth | $18,013,251 | 4 | $4,503,313 |
| 1,965 | Mike Figgis | $17,994,539 | 13 | $1,384,195 |
| 1,966 | William Shatner | $17,989,951 | 4 | $4,497,488 |
| 1,967 | Sönke Wortmann | $17,978,551 | 6 | $2,996,425 |
| 1,968 | Tom Bezucha | $17,914,982 | 2 | $8,957,491 |
| 1,969 | Li Qingfang | $17,880,000 | 1 | $17,880,000 |
| 1,970 | Longman Leung | $17,879,703 | 1 | $17,879,703 |
| 1,971 | Isao Takahata | $17,871,256 | 7 | $2,553,037 |
| 1,972 | Peter Landesman | $17,844,492 | 4 | $4,461,123 |
| 1,973 | Alexander Charlot | $17,793,891 | 1 | $17,793,891 |
| 1,974 | Emilio Estevez | $17,772,876 | 7 | $2,538,982 |
| 1,975 | Jingwu Ning | $17,769,278 | 4 | $4,442,320 |
| 1,976 | Gordon Chan | $17,764,398 | 7 | $2,537,771 |
| 1,977 | Xixi Gao | $17,759,871 | 2 | $8,879,936 |
| 1,978 | Sylvain Chomet | $17,749,979 | 6 | $2,958,330 |
| 1,979 | Dani de la Orden | $17,747,650 | 10 | $1,774,765 |
| 1,980 | Xiaogang Gu | $17,732,929 | 2 | $8,866,465 |
| 1,981 | Wing-cheong Law | $17,723,404 | 4 | $4,430,851 |
| 1,982 | Daniel Calparsoro | $17,711,780 | 7 | $2,530,254 |
| 1,983 | Alex Wong | $17,697,587 | 1 | $17,697,587 |
| 1,984 | Siva Koratala | $17,688,560 | 3 | $5,896,187 |
| 1,985 | Jung-Hoon Kim | $17,624,124 | 1 | $17,624,124 |
| 1,986 | Eric Valette | $17,623,425 | 1 | $17,623,425 |
| 1,987 | Vadim Perelman | $17,562,949 | 5 | $3,512,590 |
| 1,988 | Bruce A. Evans | $17,512,793 | 2 | $8,756,397 |
| 1,989 | Edward Norton | $17,499,540 | 2 | $8,749,770 |
| 1,990 | Hakan Algul | $17,498,178 | 5 | $3,499,636 |
| 1,991 | Karan Malhotra | $17,449,608 | 2 | $8,724,804 |
| 1,992 | Wei-hao Cheng | $17,446,690 | 3 | $5,815,563 |
| 1,993 | David Mirkin | $17,419,801 | 2 | $8,709,901 |
| 1,994 | Ozan Aciktan | $17,414,934 | 4 | $4,353,734 |
| 1,995 | Lynne Ramsay | $17,394,262 | 2 | $8,697,131 |
| 1,996 | Neri Parenti | $17,358,010 | 6 | $2,893,002 |
| 1,997 | Alan Mak | $17,314,737 | 4 | $4,328,684 |
| 1,998 | Autumn de Wilde | $17,310,433 | 2 | $8,655,217 |
| 1,999 | Yang Lei | $17,269,548 | 1 | $17,269,548 |
| 2,000 | Stephen Elliott | $17,224,539 | 2 | $8,612,270 |
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.