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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 | Dustin Hoffman | $37,790,578 | 1 | $37,790,578 |
| 1,502 | Dapeng Zhang | $37,771,810 | 3 | $12,590,603 |
| 1,503 | J. Mackye Gruber | $37,713,913 | 1 | $37,713,913 |
| 1,504 | Jong-bin Yun | $37,694,206 | 2 | $18,847,103 |
| 1,505 | Hugh Welchman | $37,674,619 | 2 | $18,837,310 |
| 1,506 | Ed Herzog | $37,644,339 | 7 | $5,377,763 |
| 1,507 | Mira Nair | $37,621,446 | 10 | $3,762,145 |
| 1,508 | Frank Nissen | $37,588,511 | 1 | $37,588,511 |
| 1,509 | Brad Anderson | $37,567,172 | 15 | $2,504,478 |
| 1,510 | Salvatore Ficarra | $37,557,767 | 3 | $12,519,256 |
| 1,511 | Kôjirô Hashimoto | $37,538,344 | 3 | $12,512,781 |
| 1,512 | R. Balki | $37,529,665 | 6 | $6,254,944 |
| 1,513 | Kasi Lemmons | $37,501,103 | 7 | $5,357,300 |
| 1,514 | Todd Field | $37,358,227 | 3 | $12,452,742 |
| 1,515 | Dorota Kobiela | $37,339,839 | 2 | $18,669,920 |
| 1,516 | Gilles Lellouche | $37,268,821 | 3 | $12,422,940 |
| 1,517 | Castille Landon | $37,260,168 | 6 | $6,210,028 |
| 1,518 | Forest Whitaker | $37,182,761 | 3 | $12,394,254 |
| 1,519 | Thomas Gilou | $37,160,289 | 2 | $18,580,145 |
| 1,520 | Mark Pellington | $37,131,004 | 10 | $3,713,100 |
| 1,521 | Fung Chih-chiang | $37,092,694 | 2 | $18,546,347 |
| 1,522 | Scott Frank | $37,045,335 | 2 | $18,522,668 |
| 1,523 | Youyin Wu | $36,945,657 | 2 | $18,472,829 |
| 1,524 | Jeff Nichols | $36,920,476 | 6 | $6,153,413 |
| 1,525 | Paolo Virzi | $36,885,908 | 8 | $4,610,739 |
| 1,526 | Pang Ho-cheung | $36,744,927 | 4 | $9,186,232 |
| 1,527 | Alexandre de La Patellière | $36,676,338 | 2 | $18,338,169 |
| 1,528 | Zhi Li | $36,670,000 | 2 | $18,335,000 |
| 1,529 | Kay Pollack | $36,560,806 | 2 | $18,280,403 |
| 1,530 | Won-Chan Hong | $36,521,377 | 2 | $18,260,689 |
| 1,531 | Ariel Winograd | $36,482,179 | 8 | $4,560,272 |
| 1,532 | Hany Abu-Assad | $36,477,068 | 6 | $6,079,511 |
| 1,533 | Sarah Gavron | $36,475,565 | 3 | $12,158,522 |
| 1,534 | Mennan Yapo | $36,294,228 | 1 | $36,294,228 |
| 1,535 | Michael Cuesta | $36,266,325 | 3 | $12,088,775 |
| 1,536 | John Wells | $36,239,702 | 3 | $12,079,901 |
| 1,537 | Dan Trachtenberg | $36,203,423 | 4 | $9,050,856 |
| 1,538 | Zach Helm | $36,130,088 | 1 | $36,130,088 |
| 1,539 | Choi Kook-Hee | $36,010,953 | 2 | $18,005,477 |
| 1,540 | Kentarô Ôtani | $36,000,000 | 1 | $36,000,000 |
| 1,541 | Geoffrey Sax | $36,000,000 | 2 | $18,000,000 |
| 1,542 | Daniel Petrie | $36,000,000 | 8 | $4,500,000 |
| 1,543 | Tetsuo Yajima | $35,927,170 | 2 | $17,963,585 |
| 1,544 | Tom Gormican | $35,816,163 | 3 | $11,938,721 |
| 1,545 | Ryo Tanaka | $35,762,324 | 5 | $7,152,465 |
| 1,546 | John Huston | $35,662,406 | 22 | $1,621,018 |
| 1,547 | Zhuo Chen (陈卓) | $35,523,265 | 3 | $11,841,088 |
| 1,548 | Julie Taymor | $35,471,041 | 5 | $7,094,208 |
| 1,549 | Mitsuo Fukuda | $35,418,211 | 1 | $35,418,211 |
| 1,550 | Florian Zeller | $35,410,283 | 2 | $17,705,142 |
| 1,551 | Jie Han | $35,288,134 | 1 | $35,288,134 |
| 1,552 | Jean-Philippe Vine | $35,225,538 | 1 | $35,225,538 |
| 1,553 | Faruk Aksoy | $35,172,116 | 4 | $8,793,029 |
| 1,554 | Josie Rourke | $35,134,327 | 3 | $11,711,442 |
| 1,555 | Shigeaki Kubo | $35,129,395 | 3 | $11,709,798 |
| 1,556 | Xu Jizhou | $35,045,171 | 1 | $35,045,171 |
| 1,557 | Eddie Murphy | $35,000,000 | 1 | $35,000,000 |
| 1,558 | Bille Woodruff | $34,995,510 | 6 | $5,832,585 |
| 1,559 | Naoko Yamada | $34,980,685 | 4 | $8,745,171 |
| 1,560 | Wei Xu (徐伟) | $34,960,927 | 4 | $8,740,232 |
| 1,561 | Haolin Song | $34,939,739 | 3 | $11,646,580 |
| 1,562 | Grant Heslov | $34,920,023 | 1 | $34,920,023 |
| 1,563 | Brady Corbet | $34,883,809 | 3 | $11,627,936 |
| 1,564 | Ahn Sang-hoon | $34,794,258 | 3 | $11,598,086 |
| 1,565 | Michael Winterbottom | $34,723,110 | 27 | $1,286,041 |
| 1,566 | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | $34,700,000 | 1 | $34,700,000 |
| 1,567 | Giddens Ko | $34,637,134 | 4 | $8,659,284 |
| 1,568 | Tom Hanks | $34,540,890 | 2 | $17,270,445 |
| 1,569 | Shin-Yeon Won | $34,518,596 | 1 | $34,518,596 |
| 1,570 | Michael Lockshin | $34,516,377 | 3 | $11,505,459 |
| 1,571 | Arthur Benzaquen | $34,510,866 | 1 | $34,510,866 |
| 1,572 | Wayne Thornley | $34,454,336 | 1 | $34,454,336 |
| 1,573 | Norihiro Koizumi | $34,440,523 | 5 | $6,888,105 |
| 1,574 | Yoshihiro Osugi | $34,395,038 | 1 | $34,395,038 |
| 1,575 | Chi-Leung Law | $34,382,995 | 4 | $8,595,749 |
| 1,576 | Jane Campion | $34,360,941 | 8 | $4,295,118 |
| 1,577 | Peng Sanyuan | $34,244,133 | 1 | $34,244,133 |
| 1,578 | Dennie Gordon | $34,234,489 | 4 | $8,558,622 |
| 1,579 | Kay Cannon | $34,212,286 | 4 | $8,553,072 |
| 1,580 | David Wain | $34,154,430 | 5 | $6,830,886 |
| 1,581 | Ken Scott | $34,124,599 | 6 | $5,687,433 |
| 1,582 | Jim Freeman | $34,100,000 | 1 | $34,100,000 |
| 1,583 | Takahiko Kyogoku | $34,087,399 | 2 | $17,043,700 |
| 1,584 | Courtney Solomon | $34,044,006 | 3 | $11,348,002 |
| 1,585 | Jin Mo-young | $34,012,260 | 1 | $34,012,260 |
| 1,586 | Brian Pimental | $34,000,000 | 1 | $34,000,000 |
| 1,587 | Ole Bornedal | $33,992,375 | 7 | $4,856,054 |
| 1,588 | Tarek Boudali | $33,989,446 | 3 | $11,329,815 |
| 1,589 | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | $33,972,000 | 4 | $8,493,000 |
| 1,590 | Arkasha Stevenson | $33,900,000 | 1 | $33,900,000 |
| 1,591 | Ken Marino | $33,888,575 | 2 | $16,944,288 |
| 1,592 | Gosho Aoyama | $33,852,685 | 1 | $33,852,685 |
| 1,593 | Kensaku Sawada | $33,824,181 | 1 | $33,824,181 |
| 1,594 | Leonard Nimoy | $33,815,822 | 6 | $5,635,970 |
| 1,595 | Xiaolie Wang (王小列) | $33,786,675 | 1 | $33,786,675 |
| 1,596 | Wash Westmoreland | $33,725,164 | 4 | $8,431,291 |
| 1,597 | John Herzfeld | $33,722,520 | 5 | $6,744,504 |
| 1,598 | Russell Crowe | $33,720,637 | 2 | $16,860,319 |
| 1,599 | Isabel Coixet | $33,717,820 | 13 | $2,593,678 |
| 1,600 | Guohui Chen (陈国辉) | $33,712,454 | 2 | $16,856,227 |
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.