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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 Joel Edgerton $20,265,170 2 $10,132,585
2,002 Stephen Low $20,258,578 5 $4,051,716
2,003 Aleksandr Andryushchenko $20,238,236 2 $10,119,118
2,004 Vincenzo Natali $20,219,769 6 $3,369,962
2,005 Karyn Kusama $20,218,628 5 $4,043,726
2,006 Travis Cluff $20,200,000 3 $6,733,333
2,007 Chris Lofing $20,200,000 3 $6,733,333
2,008 Mika Ninagawa $20,125,208 2 $10,062,604
2,009 Felix Umarov $20,088,295 1 $20,088,295
2,010 Joachim Roenning $20,054,692 1 $20,054,692
2,011 Sean Cunningham $20,000,000 4 $5,000,000
2,012 Julia Rezende $19,930,115 5 $3,986,023
2,013 Mikkel Norgaard $19,910,761 4 $4,977,690
2,014 Steven C. Miller $19,903,992 12 $1,658,666
2,015 Tim Dünschede $19,900,000 2 $9,950,000
2,016 Zhangke Jia $19,890,234 7 $2,841,462
2,017 Michel Tiddes $19,880,875 1 $19,880,875
2,018 Ali Askari $19,869,429 1 $19,869,429
2,019 Shipei Wen $19,862,823 2 $9,931,412
2,020 Roschdy Zem $19,828,415 4 $4,957,104
2,021 Tamra Davis $19,811,333 7 $2,830,190
2,022 Sanjay Gupta $19,805,844 4 $4,951,461
2,023 Sunao Katabuchi $19,794,935 1 $19,794,935
2,024 Ethan Maniquis $19,777,324 1 $19,777,324
2,025 Mauricio Eca $19,775,492 5 $3,955,098
2,026 Steve Pink $19,752,780 8 $2,469,098
2,027 Tom Brady $19,747,186 3 $6,582,395
2,028 Baran bo Odar $19,708,025 3 $6,569,342
2,029 Andrew Strimaitis $19,668,014 1 $19,668,014
2,030 Daniel Calparsoro $19,667,230 8 $2,458,404
2,031 Terry Zwigoff $19,650,039 4 $4,912,510
2,032 Feng Gao (高峰) $19,632,167 10 $1,963,217
2,033 James Mather $19,616,184 1 $19,616,184
2,034 Stephen St. Leger $19,616,184 1 $19,616,184
2,035 Denys Arcand $19,524,765 5 $3,904,953
2,036 Hendel Butoy $19,500,000 1 $19,500,000
2,037 Cho Kyu-Jang $19,469,123 1 $19,469,123
2,038 Ellory Elkayem $19,455,806 3 $6,485,269
2,039 Doug Lefler $19,425,711 2 $9,712,856
2,040 Wang Wei $19,399,047 4 $4,849,762
2,041 Jaco Van Dormael $19,390,578 3 $6,463,526
2,042 Kexin Liu $19,281,932 4 $4,820,483
2,043 Dae-min Park $19,213,663 3 $6,404,554
2,044 Won Shin-yun $19,191,200 1 $19,191,200
2,045 Sacha Gervasi $19,152,124 5 $3,830,425
2,046 Michihito Fujii $19,149,754 6 $3,191,626
2,047 Carlo Verdone $19,120,585 3 $6,373,528
2,048 Michael Radford $19,114,983 9 $2,123,887
2,049 Chu Yen-Ping $19,091,231 1 $19,091,231
2,050 Ken Hughes $19,000,585 2 $9,500,293
2,051 Robert Parrish $19,000,000 4 $4,750,000
2,052 Joe McGrath $19,000,000 1 $19,000,000
2,053 Val Guest $19,000,000 5 $3,800,000
2,054 Gao Qunshu $18,976,932 3 $6,325,644
2,055 Oleg Pogodin $18,959,116 1 $18,959,116
2,056 Dan Gilroy $18,957,500 4 $4,739,375
2,057 Chen Hongyi $18,914,072 1 $18,914,072
2,058 Julian Jarrold $18,879,463 5 $3,775,893
2,059 Denis Chernov $18,858,224 6 $3,143,037
2,060 Steven Knight $18,837,700 3 $6,279,233
2,061 Uwe Boll $18,834,011 15 $1,255,601
2,062 Charles Grosvenor $18,827,520 1 $18,827,520
2,063 Weidong Yuan $18,764,048 1 $18,764,048
2,064 Shûkô Murase $18,736,052 2 $9,368,026
2,065 Mark Rosman $18,674,309 5 $3,734,862
2,066 Ladj Ly $18,660,234 2 $9,330,117
2,067 David Alaux $18,652,567 2 $9,326,284
2,068 Lee Jang-Hoon $18,634,127 1 $18,634,127
2,069 Katja von Garnier $18,633,816 6 $3,105,636
2,070 Kim Suk-Yoon $18,604,387 1 $18,604,387
2,071 Joby Harold $18,594,823 1 $18,594,823
2,072 Dominic Cooke $18,589,714 4 $4,647,429
2,073 Scott Mann $18,581,635 4 $4,645,409
2,074 Sung-soo Kim $18,562,127 1 $18,562,127
2,075 Alankrita Shrivastava $18,520,527 2 $9,260,264
2,076 Tensai Okamura $18,514,249 2 $9,257,125
2,077 Byun Sung-Hyun $18,503,522 2 $9,251,761
2,078 Derek Drymon $18,480,000 2 $9,240,000
2,079 Jennifer Kluska $18,480,000 2 $9,240,000
2,080 Jin-ho Heo $18,435,362 4 $4,608,841
2,081 Xiao Yang $18,382,575 1 $18,382,575
2,082 Sherry Hormann $18,371,722 2 $9,185,861
2,083 Hakan Algul $18,364,482 6 $3,060,747
2,084 Yukun Xin $18,351,825 3 $6,117,275
2,085 Yûichirô Hayashi $18,340,748 1 $18,340,748
2,086 Joe Charbanic $18,321,214 1 $18,321,214
2,087 Uli Edel $18,270,339 5 $3,654,068
2,088 Gabriel Julien-Laferrière $18,224,899 2 $9,112,450
2,089 Trey Parker $18,219,240 6 $3,036,540
2,090 Philip G. Atwell $18,200,000 1 $18,200,000
2,091 Don Roos $18,183,108 3 $6,061,036
2,092 Jun-Soo Park $18,169,232 3 $6,056,411
2,093 Jongpil Lee $18,164,742 1 $18,164,742
2,094 Dae-joong Nam $18,074,438 2 $9,037,219
2,095 Isao Takahata $18,030,191 7 $2,575,742
2,096 Karoline Herfurth $18,013,251 5 $3,602,650
2,097 William Shatner $17,989,951 4 $4,497,488
2,098 Mike Figgis $17,982,503 14 $1,284,465
2,099 Sönke Wortmann $17,978,551 6 $2,996,425
2,100 Tom Bezucha $17,914,982 2 $8,957,491

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.