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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 | Emilio Estevez | $17,772,876 | 7 | $2,538,982 |
| 2,002 | Jingwu Ning | $17,769,278 | 4 | $4,442,320 |
| 2,003 | Xixi Gao | $17,759,871 | 2 | $8,879,936 |
| 2,004 | Xiaogang Gu | $17,732,929 | 2 | $8,866,465 |
| 2,005 | Wing-cheong Law | $17,723,404 | 4 | $4,430,851 |
| 2,006 | Daniel Calparsoro | $17,711,780 | 7 | $2,530,254 |
| 2,007 | Alex Wong | $17,697,587 | 1 | $17,697,587 |
| 2,008 | Siva Koratala | $17,688,560 | 3 | $5,896,187 |
| 2,009 | Sylvain Chomet | $17,658,516 | 6 | $2,943,086 |
| 2,010 | Jung-Hoon Kim | $17,624,124 | 1 | $17,624,124 |
| 2,011 | Eric Valette | $17,623,425 | 1 | $17,623,425 |
| 2,012 | Vadim Perelman | $17,562,949 | 5 | $3,512,590 |
| 2,013 | Bruce A. Evans | $17,512,793 | 2 | $8,756,397 |
| 2,014 | Edward Norton | $17,499,540 | 2 | $8,749,770 |
| 2,015 | Hakan Algul | $17,498,178 | 5 | $3,499,636 |
| 2,016 | Karan Malhotra | $17,449,608 | 2 | $8,724,804 |
| 2,017 | Wei-hao Cheng | $17,446,690 | 3 | $5,815,563 |
| 2,018 | David Mirkin | $17,419,801 | 2 | $8,709,901 |
| 2,019 | Ozan Aciktan | $17,414,934 | 4 | $4,353,734 |
| 2,020 | Lynne Ramsay | $17,394,262 | 3 | $5,798,087 |
| 2,021 | Neri Parenti | $17,358,010 | 6 | $2,893,002 |
| 2,022 | Alan Mak | $17,314,737 | 4 | $4,328,684 |
| 2,023 | Autumn de Wilde | $17,310,433 | 2 | $8,655,217 |
| 2,024 | Julia von Heinz | $17,297,800 | 3 | $5,765,933 |
| 2,025 | Yang Lei | $17,269,548 | 1 | $17,269,548 |
| 2,026 | Stephen Elliott | $17,224,539 | 2 | $8,612,270 |
| 2,027 | Wladyslaw Pasikowski | $17,154,827 | 4 | $4,288,707 |
| 2,028 | David Lynch | $17,152,778 | 10 | $1,715,278 |
| 2,029 | Ruijun Li | $17,134,158 | 2 | $8,567,079 |
| 2,030 | Atom Egoyan | $17,123,381 | 13 | $1,317,183 |
| 2,031 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $17,112,634 | 4 | $4,278,159 |
| 2,032 | Michael Dowse | $17,087,365 | 7 | $2,441,052 |
| 2,033 | Danyang Wang | $17,060,000 | 1 | $17,060,000 |
| 2,034 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | $17,055,676 | 3 | $5,685,225 |
| 2,035 | Valentino Picone | $17,028,644 | 1 | $17,028,644 |
| 2,036 | Akiva Goldsman | $16,974,802 | 2 | $8,487,401 |
| 2,037 | Yuelun Wang | $16,960,000 | 1 | $16,960,000 |
| 2,038 | Joe Cornish | $16,941,201 | 3 | $5,647,067 |
| 2,039 | Teng Huatao | $16,923,672 | 1 | $16,923,672 |
| 2,040 | Tony Goldwyn | $16,919,088 | 5 | $3,383,818 |
| 2,041 | Nicholas Meyer | $16,887,037 | 5 | $3,377,407 |
| 2,042 | Nicolas Lopez | $16,844,231 | 4 | $4,211,058 |
| 2,043 | Vladimir Kott | $16,832,797 | 8 | $2,104,100 |
| 2,044 | Won-Sub Choi | $16,821,116 | 3 | $5,607,039 |
| 2,045 | Kurt Wimmer | $16,811,243 | 3 | $5,603,748 |
| 2,046 | Shane Acker | $16,810,105 | 2 | $8,405,053 |
| 2,047 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $16,790,875 | 1 | $16,790,875 |
| 2,048 | Hiroyuki Yamashita | $16,755,523 | 1 | $16,755,523 |
| 2,049 | Jim Field Smith | $16,701,823 | 2 | $8,350,912 |
| 2,050 | John Bruno | $16,701,111 | 2 | $8,350,556 |
| 2,051 | Peng Xia (夏鹏) | $16,697,343 | 1 | $16,697,343 |
| 2,052 | Li Yang | $16,685,962 | 3 | $5,561,987 |
| 2,053 | Massimo Venier | $16,680,371 | 3 | $5,560,124 |
| 2,054 | Martin Weisz | $16,662,372 | 2 | $8,331,186 |
| 2,055 | Matthjs Van Heijnngen | $16,570,907 | 2 | $8,285,454 |
| 2,056 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | $16,567,186 | 7 | $2,366,741 |
| 2,057 | Kuo Liu | $16,558,135 | 1 | $16,558,135 |
| 2,058 | Justin Dec | $16,554,435 | 1 | $16,554,435 |
| 2,059 | Onur Bilgetay | $16,538,539 | 4 | $4,134,635 |
| 2,060 | Cao Feng | $16,514,632 | 2 | $8,257,316 |
| 2,061 | Gu Changwei | $16,514,588 | 2 | $8,257,294 |
| 2,062 | Derrick Borte | $16,508,763 | 4 | $4,127,191 |
| 2,063 | Oh-Kwang Kwon | $16,459,340 | 2 | $8,229,670 |
| 2,064 | Gabriele Salvatores | $16,418,554 | 8 | $2,052,319 |
| 2,065 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | $16,402,295 | 4 | $4,100,574 |
| 2,066 | Alongsun | $16,380,000 | 1 | $16,380,000 |
| 2,067 | Lisa Cholodenko | $16,361,898 | 2 | $8,180,949 |
| 2,068 | Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | $16,360,795 | 3 | $5,453,598 |
| 2,069 | Rowan Joffe | $16,321,122 | 1 | $16,321,122 |
| 2,070 | Dong Yachun | $16,310,000 | 1 | $16,310,000 |
| 2,071 | Robert Benton | $16,286,055 | 9 | $1,809,562 |
| 2,072 | Isamu Imakake | $16,271,438 | 3 | $5,423,813 |
| 2,073 | Tensai Okamura | $16,262,250 | 2 | $8,131,125 |
| 2,074 | Yilmaz Erdogan | $16,244,880 | 4 | $4,061,220 |
| 2,075 | Zizhao Wang (王子昭) | $16,201,808 | 1 | $16,201,808 |
| 2,076 | Giovanni Veronesi | $16,168,025 | 6 | $2,694,671 |
| 2,077 | Joshua Marston | $16,167,665 | 4 | $4,041,916 |
| 2,078 | Casey Pinkston | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,079 | Luke Dick | $16,110,694 | 1 | $16,110,694 |
| 2,080 | John Eng | $16,040,460 | 1 | $16,040,460 |
| 2,081 | Madhur Bhandarkar | $16,007,528 | 2 | $8,003,764 |
| 2,082 | John Gray | $16,000,000 | 3 | $5,333,333 |
| 2,083 | Zhao Hantang | $15,988,889 | 1 | $15,988,889 |
| 2,084 | Antony Hoffman | $15,983,079 | 1 | $15,983,079 |
| 2,085 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $15,962,664 | 5 | $3,192,533 |
| 2,086 | Ram Madvani | $15,953,187 | 2 | $7,976,594 |
| 2,087 | Lars Klevberg | $15,927,693 | 3 | $5,309,231 |
| 2,088 | Lee Khan | $15,926,132 | 1 | $15,926,132 |
| 2,089 | David Yarovesky | $15,924,213 | 2 | $7,962,107 |
| 2,090 | Wolfgang Groos | $15,890,272 | 7 | $2,270,039 |
| 2,091 | Bernardo Bertolucci | $15,868,494 | 10 | $1,586,849 |
| 2,092 | Park Hee-Kon | $15,856,608 | 1 | $15,856,608 |
| 2,093 | Diane Keaton | $15,829,814 | 2 | $7,914,907 |
| 2,094 | Timo Vuorensolam | $15,777,964 | 5 | $3,155,593 |
| 2,095 | Chizuru Miyawaki | $15,775,367 | 1 | $15,775,367 |
| 2,096 | Shigeaki Kubo | $15,741,508 | 3 | $5,247,169 |
| 2,097 | Jeremy Garelick | $15,711,385 | 4 | $3,927,846 |
| 2,098 | Leonardo Pieraccioni | $15,682,172 | 4 | $3,920,543 |
| 2,099 | Remo D'Souza | $15,571,732 | 5 | $3,114,346 |
| 2,100 | Kevin Johnson | $15,568,692 | 1 | $15,568,692 |
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.