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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Albert Hughes | $164,803,309 | 7 | $23,543,330 |
| 602 | Peter Hewitt | $164,672,297 | 8 | $20,584,037 |
| 603 | Tate Taylor | $163,739,563 | 8 | $20,467,445 |
| 604 | Chris McKay | $163,128,348 | 5 | $32,625,670 |
| 605 | Tatsuya Nagamine | $162,933,092 | 3 | $54,311,031 |
| 606 | Aaron Seltzer | $162,438,618 | 8 | $20,304,827 |
| 607 | Seong-Hu Park | $162,389,098 | 1 | $162,389,098 |
| 608 | John Hamburg | $162,361,765 | 5 | $32,472,353 |
| 609 | Amy Heckerling | $161,839,930 | 9 | $17,982,214 |
| 610 | Harold Ramis | $160,794,620 | 11 | $14,617,693 |
| 611 | Yu Shan Chen | $160,687,692 | 3 | $53,562,564 |
| 612 | Emma Tammi | $159,955,414 | 4 | $39,988,854 |
| 613 | Joe Pytka | $159,716,850 | 2 | $79,858,425 |
| 614 | Dennis Gansel | $159,097,454 | 6 | $26,516,242 |
| 615 | Spike Lee | $159,059,382 | 32 | $4,970,606 |
| 616 | Roger Kumble | $158,769,375 | 9 | $17,641,042 |
| 617 | Taniguchi Goro | $158,692,872 | 5 | $31,738,574 |
| 618 | Jeff Tremaine | $157,901,942 | 11 | $14,354,722 |
| 619 | Gary Dauberman | $156,626,600 | 2 | $78,313,300 |
| 620 | Sheng Ding | $156,576,188 | 7 | $22,368,027 |
| 621 | Michael Moore | $156,533,204 | 11 | $14,230,291 |
| 622 | Er Cheng | $156,296,392 | 2 | $78,148,196 |
| 623 | Prashanth Neel | $156,016,015 | 4 | $39,004,004 |
| 624 | Joe Carnahan | $155,863,556 | 11 | $14,169,414 |
| 625 | David Kerr | $154,957,108 | 3 | $51,652,369 |
| 626 | Kris Pearn | $154,599,082 | 2 | $77,299,541 |
| 627 | Cody Cameron | $154,599,082 | 1 | $154,599,082 |
| 628 | Wong Amp | $154,513,878 | 2 | $77,256,939 |
| 629 | Pierre Perifel | $153,442,409 | 2 | $76,721,205 |
| 630 | Pierre Morel | $153,425,947 | 9 | $17,047,327 |
| 631 | Peter Faiman | $153,400,000 | 2 | $76,700,000 |
| 632 | Kathryn Bigelow | $151,855,047 | 9 | $16,872,783 |
| 633 | Kim Jee-woon | $151,675,184 | 8 | $18,959,398 |
| 634 | Tom Dey | $151,196,381 | 5 | $30,239,276 |
| 635 | Scott Speer | $150,770,948 | 7 | $21,538,707 |
| 636 | Gavin Lin | $150,333,552 | 1 | $150,333,552 |
| 637 | Richard LaGravenese | $150,307,328 | 8 | $18,788,416 |
| 638 | George P. Cosmatos | $149,984,568 | 8 | $18,748,071 |
| 639 | Kazuya Tsurumaki | $149,920,271 | 3 | $49,973,424 |
| 640 | Mahiro Maeda | $149,634,555 | 2 | $74,817,278 |
| 641 | Mamoru Hosoda | $148,181,698 | 5 | $29,636,340 |
| 642 | Paul Tibbitt | $148,019,149 | 1 | $148,019,149 |
| 643 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $147,802,280 | 10 | $14,780,228 |
| 644 | Klay Hall | $147,776,989 | 1 | $147,776,989 |
| 645 | James Gray | $147,613,497 | 9 | $16,401,500 |
| 646 | Leigh Whannell | $147,331,943 | 5 | $29,466,389 |
| 647 | Hideo Nakata | $146,896,216 | 15 | $9,793,081 |
| 648 | Jeff Wadlow | $146,321,569 | 10 | $14,632,157 |
| 649 | Liuxun Zimo | $145,775,168 | 1 | $145,775,168 |
| 650 | Laurent Tirard | $145,473,812 | 7 | $20,781,973 |
| 651 | Tom Vaughan | $145,373,257 | 5 | $29,074,651 |
| 652 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $144,898,021 | 11 | $13,172,547 |
| 653 | Xie Dikui | $144,830,000 | 2 | $72,415,000 |
| 654 | Baoping Cao | $144,704,800 | 4 | $36,176,200 |
| 655 | Trish Sie | $143,738,882 | 5 | $28,747,776 |
| 656 | Scott Moore | $143,396,549 | 5 | $28,679,310 |
| 657 | Jon Lucas | $143,396,549 | 5 | $28,679,310 |
| 658 | Ali Abbas Zafar | $143,154,219 | 5 | $28,630,844 |
| 659 | Anthony Leondis | $141,960,073 | 2 | $70,980,037 |
| 660 | Kazuaki Imai | $141,661,658 | 3 | $47,220,553 |
| 661 | Steve Box | $141,524,605 | 1 | $141,524,605 |
| 662 | James B. Rogers | $141,403,180 | 1 | $141,403,180 |
| 663 | Shekhar Kapur | $140,249,312 | 8 | $17,531,164 |
| 664 | Gilbert Lewis | $140,000,000 | 1 | $140,000,000 |
| 665 | Zhang Jiajia | $139,960,725 | 2 | $69,980,363 |
| 666 | Lok Man Leung | $137,318,091 | 2 | $68,659,046 |
| 667 | Leste Chen | $136,912,148 | 4 | $34,228,037 |
| 668 | Ruoxin Yin | $136,775,504 | 3 | $45,591,835 |
| 669 | Sarah Smith | $136,562,469 | 2 | $68,281,235 |
| 670 | Alec Su | $136,486,718 | 2 | $68,243,359 |
| 671 | Brian Robbins | $135,391,742 | 10 | $13,539,174 |
| 672 | Ershan Wu | $135,262,660 | 2 | $67,631,330 |
| 673 | Chuan Lu | $135,074,632 | 4 | $33,768,658 |
| 674 | Jared Bush | $135,061,368 | 1 | $135,061,368 |
| 675 | Frédéric Forestier | $134,671,023 | 5 | $26,934,205 |
| 676 | Gregory Hoblit | $134,662,116 | 5 | $26,932,423 |
| 677 | Michael Caton-Jones | $134,486,263 | 12 | $11,207,189 |
| 678 | Niels Arden Oplev | $134,004,347 | 6 | $22,334,058 |
| 679 | Thomas Langmann | $133,978,927 | 2 | $66,989,464 |
| 680 | Joel Zwick | $133,900,826 | 4 | $33,475,207 |
| 681 | Babak Najafi | $133,510,726 | 4 | $33,377,682 |
| 682 | David Zucker | $133,225,333 | 10 | $13,322,533 |
| 683 | William Brent Bell | $133,113,372 | 8 | $16,639,172 |
| 684 | Dexter Fletcher | $132,760,143 | 5 | $26,552,029 |
| 685 | Chang Yuan | $132,213,520 | 1 | $132,213,520 |
| 686 | Luan Zhang | $132,160,753 | 4 | $33,040,188 |
| 687 | Siddharth Anand | $131,790,423 | 4 | $32,947,606 |
| 688 | Nia DaCosta | $131,428,082 | 5 | $26,285,616 |
| 689 | Larry Yang | $131,306,744 | 3 | $43,768,915 |
| 690 | Gary Winick | $131,013,914 | 6 | $21,835,652 |
| 691 | Jesse Dylan | $131,000,000 | 3 | $43,666,667 |
| 692 | Advait Chandan | $130,864,927 | 2 | $65,432,464 |
| 693 | Karan Johar | $130,825,361 | 7 | $18,689,337 |
| 694 | Frank Miller | $130,517,136 | 3 | $43,505,712 |
| 695 | Cornell John | $130,300,000 | 1 | $130,300,000 |
| 696 | Fedor Bondarchuk | $130,037,407 | 5 | $26,007,481 |
| 697 | Don Bluth | $129,277,687 | 10 | $12,927,769 |
| 698 | Francois Ozon | $129,185,604 | 17 | $7,599,153 |
| 699 | Terrence Malick | $129,079,235 | 11 | $11,734,476 |
| 700 | Jonathan Frakes | $128,851,170 | 6 | $21,475,195 |
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.