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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300)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.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Dave Derrick Jr. | $598,755,825 | 1 | $598,755,825 |
| 202 | Jason Hand | $598,755,825 | 1 | $598,755,825 |
| 203 | Robert Schwentke | $592,585,586 | 10 | $59,258,559 |
| 204 | Michael Apted | $592,000,808 | 25 | $23,680,032 |
| 205 | Wuershan | $590,959,465 | 3 | $196,986,488 |
| 206 | Joel Coen | $590,513,997 | 19 | $31,079,684 |
| 207 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | $585,870,895 | 8 | $73,233,862 |
| 208 | Danny Boyle | $584,277,371 | 16 | $36,517,336 |
| 209 | James Foley | $578,034,266 | 13 | $44,464,174 |
| 210 | Mel Gibson | $571,009,051 | 9 | $63,445,450 |
| 211 | Darren Aronofsky | $570,175,861 | 11 | $51,834,169 |
| 212 | Andrew Lau | $568,931,364 | 8 | $71,116,421 |
| 213 | Yan Han (韩延) | $564,014,400 | 9 | $62,668,267 |
| 214 | Gary Trousdale | $559,681,085 | 4 | $139,920,271 |
| 215 | Barry Levinson | $557,825,898 | 28 | $19,922,354 |
| 216 | Patty Jenkins | $557,659,469 | 4 | $139,414,867 |
| 217 | Paul Feig | $551,917,339 | 13 | $42,455,180 |
| 218 | Michael Mann | $548,950,128 | 14 | $39,210,723 |
| 219 | D.J. Caruso | $548,796,697 | 16 | $34,299,794 |
| 220 | Jared Hess | $546,878,798 | 8 | $68,359,850 |
| 221 | Don Hall | $545,321,511 | 4 | $136,330,378 |
| 222 | Oliver Stone | $543,800,136 | 22 | $24,718,188 |
| 223 | Chad Stahelski | $540,085,692 | 9 | $60,009,521 |
| 224 | Tim Story | $539,955,673 | 20 | $26,997,784 |
| 225 | Shen Ao | $535,728,221 | 2 | $267,864,111 |
| 226 | Haruo Sotozaki | $533,877,837 | 12 | $44,489,820 |
| 227 | Phil Lord | $525,728,413 | 6 | $87,621,402 |
| 228 | Christopher Miller | $525,728,413 | 5 | $105,145,683 |
| 229 | Phyllida Lloyd | $525,132,806 | 3 | $175,044,269 |
| 230 | Lasse Hallström | $521,870,097 | 20 | $26,093,505 |
| 231 | Kunihiko Yuyama | $520,854,511 | 17 | $30,638,501 |
| 232 | Wilson Yip | $519,582,699 | 6 | $86,597,117 |
| 233 | Mark Osborne | $517,192,002 | 3 | $172,397,334 |
| 234 | Seth MacFarlane | $517,146,237 | 3 | $172,382,079 |
| 235 | Robert Stromberg | $517,129,407 | 1 | $517,129,407 |
| 236 | Tim Johnson | $512,962,725 | 5 | $102,592,545 |
| 237 | Barry Jenkins | $511,567,089 | 6 | $85,261,182 |
| 238 | Timur Bekmambetov | $510,299,514 | 12 | $42,524,960 |
| 239 | Takashi Yamazaki | $503,337,084 | 16 | $31,458,568 |
| 240 | Olivier Nakache | $502,363,675 | 4 | $125,590,919 |
| 241 | Eric Toledano | $502,363,675 | 4 | $125,590,919 |
| 242 | Adrian Lyne | $500,802,264 | 10 | $50,080,226 |
| 243 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $497,252,698 | 9 | $55,250,300 |
| 244 | Len Wiseman | $495,573,517 | 5 | $99,114,703 |
| 245 | Kevin Lima | $489,777,264 | 6 | $81,629,544 |
| 246 | Damien Chazelle | $488,443,220 | 5 | $97,688,644 |
| 247 | Duncan Jones | $482,916,716 | 5 | $96,583,343 |
| 248 | Dany Boon | $477,904,488 | 6 | $79,650,748 |
| 249 | Dan Scanlon | $474,967,481 | 1 | $474,967,481 |
| 250 | John Stevenson | $470,692,175 | 3 | $156,897,392 |
| 251 | Joe Wright | $469,834,178 | 11 | $42,712,198 |
| 252 | Bong Joon Ho | $469,260,380 | 8 | $58,657,548 |
| 253 | Gary Ross | $467,498,432 | 6 | $77,916,405 |
| 254 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $462,326,566 | 5 | $92,465,313 |
| 255 | Michael Patrick King | $461,933,086 | 3 | $153,977,695 |
| 256 | Chiyu Zhang | $460,303,199 | 1 | $460,303,199 |
| 257 | S.S. Rajamouli | $460,062,779 | 5 | $92,012,556 |
| 258 | Daniel Lee | $455,911,180 | 7 | $65,130,169 |
| 259 | Sam Taylor-Johnson | $455,897,004 | 5 | $91,179,401 |
| 260 | Xiang Liu | $455,207,455 | 2 | $227,603,728 |
| 261 | Xiaozhi Rao (饶晓志) | $454,461,806 | 3 | $151,487,269 |
| 262 | Joel Crawford | $454,436,025 | 4 | $113,609,006 |
| 263 | Betty Thomas | $453,428,558 | 7 | $64,775,508 |
| 264 | Sydney Pollack | $452,581,901 | 18 | $25,143,439 |
| 265 | Chuck Russell | $451,534,279 | 10 | $45,153,428 |
| 266 | Paul Weitz | $450,864,370 | 13 | $34,681,875 |
| 267 | Tian Yusheng | $448,816,550 | 2 | $224,408,275 |
| 268 | David Slade | $446,277,164 | 3 | $148,759,055 |
| 269 | Rui Cui (崔睿) | $444,687,455 | 1 | $444,687,455 |
| 270 | Adam Shankman | $441,736,913 | 11 | $40,157,901 |
| 271 | David Frankel | $437,168,680 | 10 | $43,716,868 |
| 272 | Neill Blomkamp | $436,954,177 | 6 | $72,825,696 |
| 273 | Brenda Chapman | $436,083,522 | 4 | $109,020,881 |
| 274 | Vicky Jenson | $434,668,130 | 4 | $108,667,033 |
| 275 | Kevin Reynolds | $434,252,091 | 8 | $54,281,511 |
| 276 | Alex Proyas | $432,486,142 | 6 | $72,081,024 |
| 277 | Adil El Arbi | $428,736,945 | 6 | $71,456,158 |
| 278 | Bilall Fallah | $428,736,945 | 6 | $71,456,158 |
| 279 | Peter Weir | $424,962,831 | 12 | $35,413,569 |
| 280 | Frank Coraci | $420,223,055 | 9 | $46,691,451 |
| 281 | Jerry Zucker | $419,969,450 | 6 | $69,994,908 |
| 282 | Mark Dindal | $417,435,888 | 4 | $104,358,972 |
| 283 | Brad Silberling | $416,410,984 | 8 | $52,051,373 |
| 284 | Jonathan Mostow | $414,403,178 | 8 | $51,800,397 |
| 285 | Lee Tamahori | $414,207,230 | 11 | $37,655,203 |
| 286 | Wang Baoqiang | $414,191,838 | 2 | $207,095,919 |
| 287 | Mark Waters | $412,960,277 | 16 | $25,810,017 |
| 288 | Brian De Palma | $408,399,837 | 24 | $17,016,660 |
| 289 | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | $400,647,109 | 3 | $133,549,036 |
| 290 | John Madden | $396,380,984 | 13 | $30,490,845 |
| 291 | Nicholas Stoller | $395,220,086 | 10 | $39,522,009 |
| 292 | Brian Levant | $395,114,594 | 10 | $39,511,459 |
| 293 | Chris Wedge | $393,277,329 | 3 | $131,092,443 |
| 294 | Michael Chaves | $392,700,000 | 4 | $98,175,000 |
| 295 | Yongchang Lin | $390,068,664 | 5 | $78,013,733 |
| 296 | Peter Ramsey | $387,162,786 | 2 | $193,581,393 |
| 297 | Kirk De Micco | $385,900,000 | 1 | $385,900,000 |
| 298 | Sharon Maguire | $384,253,075 | 3 | $128,084,358 |
| 299 | Nathan Greno | $381,618,215 | 1 | $381,618,215 |
| 300 | Fede Álvarez | $380,044,028 | 5 | $76,008,806 |
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.