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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Stephen Fung | $81,227,613 | 5 | $16,245,523 |
| 902 | Nikolaj Arcel | $81,156,646 | 3 | $27,052,215 |
| 903 | Takahisa Zeze | $81,139,850 | 10 | $8,113,985 |
| 904 | Lars Von Trier | $81,029,346 | 14 | $5,787,810 |
| 905 | Takaski Shimizu | $80,833,778 | 2 | $40,416,889 |
| 906 | Scott Cooper | $80,529,183 | 8 | $10,066,148 |
| 907 | Andrew Bergman | $80,200,000 | 6 | $13,366,667 |
| 908 | Wally Pfister | $80,016,949 | 1 | $80,016,949 |
| 909 | Anton Megerdichev | $79,390,285 | 3 | $26,463,428 |
| 910 | Michael Sucsy | $79,317,247 | 3 | $26,439,082 |
| 911 | Brad Furman | $79,285,834 | 5 | $15,857,167 |
| 912 | Wataru Takahashi | $79,269,719 | 4 | $19,817,430 |
| 913 | J. Blakeson | $79,015,678 | 4 | $19,753,920 |
| 914 | Michael Haneke | $78,485,469 | 7 | $11,212,210 |
| 915 | Angela Robinson | $78,423,063 | 3 | $26,141,021 |
| 916 | Yongchang Li | $78,392,065 | 2 | $39,196,033 |
| 917 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $78,259,394 | 8 | $9,782,424 |
| 918 | John Polson | $78,115,488 | 2 | $39,057,744 |
| 919 | Ted Kotcheff | $78,000,065 | 10 | $7,800,007 |
| 920 | Til Schweiger | $77,547,520 | 8 | $9,693,440 |
| 921 | Greg Berlanti | $77,207,448 | 4 | $19,301,862 |
| 922 | David McNally | $76,965,571 | 2 | $38,482,786 |
| 923 | Takahiro Miki | $76,774,208 | 12 | $6,397,851 |
| 924 | Frederik Du Chau | $76,709,634 | 3 | $25,569,878 |
| 925 | Tian Yu-sheng | $76,481,594 | 2 | $38,240,797 |
| 926 | Sam Weisman | $76,394,297 | 5 | $15,278,859 |
| 927 | Wolfgang Becker | $76,291,543 | 2 | $38,145,772 |
| 928 | Nuel C. Naval | $76,283,565 | 4 | $19,070,891 |
| 929 | John Erick Dowdle | $76,064,817 | 6 | $12,677,470 |
| 930 | Hugh Wilson | $76,000,000 | 8 | $9,500,000 |
| 931 | Bob Swaim | $75,737,916 | 2 | $37,868,958 |
| 932 | Lone Scherfig | $75,664,811 | 7 | $10,809,259 |
| 933 | Jimming Guo | $75,490,000 | 1 | $75,490,000 |
| 934 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | $75,226,301 | 6 | $12,537,717 |
| 935 | Phil Alden Robinson | $75,155,847 | 5 | $15,031,169 |
| 936 | Beier Bao (包贝尔) | $75,146,261 | 4 | $18,786,565 |
| 937 | John Carney | $74,815,175 | 5 | $14,963,035 |
| 938 | Eric Warin | $74,733,850 | 2 | $37,366,925 |
| 939 | Eric Summer | $74,731,719 | 2 | $37,365,860 |
| 940 | Steve Miner | $74,700,000 | 14 | $5,335,714 |
| 941 | Alexander Witt | $74,428,656 | 1 | $74,428,656 |
| 942 | Jason Moore | $74,366,878 | 4 | $18,591,720 |
| 943 | Wim Wenders | $74,248,055 | 25 | $2,969,922 |
| 944 | Susanna White | $74,037,013 | 3 | $24,679,004 |
| 945 | Peggy Holmes | $73,816,079 | 3 | $24,605,360 |
| 946 | Yao Yoyo | $73,724,082 | 1 | $73,724,082 |
| 947 | Irwin Winkler | $73,323,718 | 7 | $10,474,817 |
| 948 | Patryk Vega | $73,125,029 | 13 | $5,625,002 |
| 949 | Frant Fwo | $73,050,000 | 1 | $73,050,000 |
| 950 | Justin Chadwick | $73,045,755 | 3 | $24,348,585 |
| 951 | Jeremy Degruson | $72,993,452 | 2 | $36,496,726 |
| 952 | Mark Neveldine | $72,851,243 | 6 | $12,141,874 |
| 953 | Gao Ke | $72,760,000 | 1 | $72,760,000 |
| 954 | Tie Wei | $72,506,344 | 1 | $72,506,344 |
| 955 | David Lowery | $71,921,929 | 7 | $10,274,561 |
| 956 | Jean-Marc Vallee | $71,906,474 | 5 | $14,381,295 |
| 957 | Dan Scanlan | $71,802,456 | 1 | $71,802,456 |
| 958 | Alejandro Monteverde | $71,801,565 | 3 | $23,933,855 |
| 959 | Shinji Ushiro | $71,791,741 | 2 | $35,895,871 |
| 960 | Mike Leigh | $71,651,063 | 14 | $5,117,933 |
| 961 | Paolo Sorrentino | $71,492,654 | 9 | $7,943,628 |
| 962 | Luis Llosa | $71,400,000 | 2 | $35,700,000 |
| 963 | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | $71,352,517 | 5 | $14,270,503 |
| 964 | Alexandre Astier | $71,352,303 | 2 | $35,676,152 |
| 965 | Ken Loach | $71,194,839 | 18 | $3,955,269 |
| 966 | Juan Jose Campanella | $71,154,651 | 3 | $23,718,217 |
| 967 | Kim Ji-hoon | $70,907,677 | 3 | $23,635,892 |
| 968 | Theodore Melfi | $70,756,759 | 4 | $17,689,190 |
| 969 | Todd Haynes | $70,727,347 | 12 | $5,893,946 |
| 970 | Julius Avery | $70,632,024 | 4 | $17,658,006 |
| 971 | Masato Harada | $70,615,661 | 7 | $10,087,952 |
| 972 | Takeshi Kitano | $70,510,276 | 13 | $5,423,867 |
| 973 | Tat-Chiu Lee (李达超) | $70,463,498 | 1 | $70,463,498 |
| 974 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | $70,299,332 | 4 | $17,574,833 |
| 975 | Jonathan Li | $70,251,804 | 2 | $35,125,902 |
| 976 | Jessie Nelson | $70,232,205 | 3 | $23,410,735 |
| 977 | Zhang Jiajia | $70,065,568 | 2 | $35,032,784 |
| 978 | Penny Marshall | $69,932,565 | 8 | $8,741,571 |
| 979 | Dylan Brown | $69,886,532 | 1 | $69,886,532 |
| 980 | Chen Li | $69,709,252 | 2 | $34,854,626 |
| 981 | Kenji Nagasaki | $69,632,195 | 3 | $23,210,732 |
| 982 | Ringo Lam | $69,582,180 | 6 | $11,597,030 |
| 983 | Christian Rivers | $69,530,864 | 1 | $69,530,864 |
| 984 | Philippe Lacheau | $69,319,825 | 5 | $13,863,965 |
| 985 | Peter Lepeniotis | $69,202,879 | 4 | $17,300,720 |
| 986 | Hyung-rae Shim | $68,937,640 | 3 | $22,979,213 |
| 987 | Stuart Beattie | $68,900,000 | 2 | $34,450,000 |
| 988 | Tom McCarthy | $68,892,592 | 8 | $8,611,574 |
| 989 | Greg MacGillivray | $68,730,313 | 11 | $6,248,210 |
| 990 | Kirk DeMicco | $68,641,621 | 3 | $22,880,540 |
| 991 | Jun Li | $68,607,648 | 4 | $17,151,912 |
| 992 | Hu Jia | $68,110,000 | 1 | $68,110,000 |
| 993 | Cen Junyi | $68,110,000 | 1 | $68,110,000 |
| 994 | George Nolfi | $67,744,205 | 3 | $22,581,402 |
| 995 | Dean Israelite | $67,728,298 | 5 | $13,545,660 |
| 996 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $67,720,058 | 4 | $16,930,015 |
| 997 | Gerard McMurray | $67,565,852 | 2 | $33,782,926 |
| 998 | Wenjun Yang | $67,458,479 | 1 | $67,458,479 |
| 999 | Alex de la Iglesia | $67,326,419 | 14 | $4,809,030 |
| 1,000 | Miloš Forman | $67,119,840 | 9 | $7,457,760 |
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.