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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 301-400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Andy Tennant | $357,173,348 | 11 | $32,470,304 |
| 302 | Kent Seki | $352,906,916 | 1 | $352,906,916 |
| 303 | Guy Hamilton | $349,004,150 | 10 | $34,900,415 |
| 304 | Chao Deng | $347,925,666 | 4 | $86,981,417 |
| 305 | Mike Thurmeier | $338,093,674 | 1 | $338,093,674 |
| 306 | Roger Spottiswoode | $337,374,682 | 14 | $24,098,192 |
| 307 | David Lam | $336,956,441 | 9 | $37,439,605 |
| 308 | Stephanie Ma Stine | $335,936,690 | 1 | $335,936,690 |
| 309 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $335,196,718 | 8 | $41,899,590 |
| 310 | Larry Charles | $333,356,330 | 8 | $41,669,541 |
| 311 | Baimei Yu | $332,989,058 | 3 | $110,996,353 |
| 312 | Pedro Almodovar | $332,186,484 | 26 | $12,776,403 |
| 313 | Alex Kurtzman | $330,038,460 | 2 | $165,019,230 |
| 314 | Phil Johnston | $328,199,119 | 1 | $328,199,119 |
| 315 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $325,597,751 | 3 | $108,532,584 |
| 316 | Stephen Frears | $324,766,285 | 22 | $14,762,104 |
| 317 | Ben Wheatley | $322,209,024 | 12 | $26,850,752 |
| 318 | Jonathan Demme | $321,090,121 | 24 | $13,378,755 |
| 319 | Baltasar Kormakur | $320,367,843 | 10 | $32,036,784 |
| 320 | Alan J. Pakula | $320,239,606 | 14 | $22,874,258 |
| 321 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $319,394,007 | 11 | $29,035,819 |
| 322 | Wes Craven | $318,442,464 | 20 | $15,922,123 |
| 323 | Mark Andrews | $317,324,350 | 2 | $158,662,175 |
| 324 | Walt Becker | $312,521,076 | 5 | $62,504,215 |
| 325 | Stanley Tong | $312,291,135 | 9 | $34,699,015 |
| 326 | Ethan Coen | $311,598,080 | 10 | $31,159,808 |
| 327 | Gavin Hood | $310,853,827 | 7 | $44,407,690 |
| 328 | Kunihiko Yuyama | $308,371,461 | 11 | $28,033,769 |
| 329 | Patrick Hughes | $308,251,472 | 5 | $61,650,294 |
| 330 | Cameron Crowe | $307,869,117 | 9 | $34,207,680 |
| 331 | Roger Michell | $307,272,285 | 12 | $25,606,024 |
| 332 | Jackie Chan | $306,682,021 | 7 | $43,811,717 |
| 333 | Roger Donaldson | $305,100,015 | 18 | $16,950,001 |
| 334 | Curtis Hanson | $304,464,428 | 11 | $27,678,584 |
| 335 | Tony Chan | $303,809,222 | 5 | $60,761,844 |
| 336 | XiaoPeng Tian | $303,058,128 | 2 | $151,529,064 |
| 337 | Rupert Wyatt | $302,667,949 | 5 | $60,533,590 |
| 338 | Seth Gordon | $301,818,875 | 6 | $50,303,146 |
| 339 | Tarsem Singh | $301,246,145 | 6 | $50,207,691 |
| 340 | Anne Fletcher | $301,011,444 | 7 | $43,001,635 |
| 341 | Nick Park | $299,743,434 | 8 | $37,467,929 |
| 342 | Kemp Powers | $299,641,616 | 2 | $149,820,808 |
| 343 | Justin K. Thompson | $299,641,616 | 2 | $149,820,808 |
| 344 | Joaquim Dos Santos | $299,641,616 | 3 | $99,880,539 |
| 345 | John Moore | $298,704,159 | 6 | $49,784,027 |
| 346 | Nitesh Tiwari | $297,794,219 | 5 | $59,558,844 |
| 347 | Ben Stiller | $294,948,520 | 8 | $36,868,565 |
| 348 | Cal Brunker | $293,906,271 | 5 | $58,781,254 |
| 349 | Andy Serkis | $292,410,350 | 5 | $58,482,070 |
| 350 | Michael Dougherty | $291,890,603 | 3 | $97,296,868 |
| 351 | Catherine Hardwicke | $291,248,024 | 14 | $20,803,430 |
| 352 | Cheang Pou-Soi | $290,918,592 | 3 | $96,972,864 |
| 353 | Sean Anders | $290,757,135 | 8 | $36,344,642 |
| 354 | Wes Anderson | $288,805,927 | 15 | $19,253,728 |
| 355 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $288,757,806 | 3 | $96,252,602 |
| 356 | Tom Tykwer | $287,143,870 | 11 | $26,103,988 |
| 357 | P.J. Hogan | $287,070,325 | 6 | $47,845,054 |
| 358 | Benny Chan | $286,373,560 | 6 | $47,728,927 |
| 359 | Richard Curtis | $284,804,570 | 4 | $71,201,143 |
| 360 | Gabriele Muccino | $284,424,533 | 11 | $25,856,776 |
| 361 | Simon J. Smith | $283,591,620 | 1 | $283,591,620 |
| 362 | John Krasinski | $283,409,418 | 5 | $56,681,884 |
| 363 | David Gordon Green | $283,139,554 | 18 | $15,729,975 |
| 364 | Soi Cheang | $282,742,870 | 5 | $56,548,574 |
| 365 | Steve Hickner | $278,163,300 | 2 | $139,081,650 |
| 366 | Takehiko Inoue | $277,307,868 | 1 | $277,307,868 |
| 367 | Rob Reiner | $277,155,534 | 21 | $13,197,883 |
| 368 | Chirs Buck | $277,100,000 | 1 | $277,100,000 |
| 369 | Mark Dindal | $276,657,158 | 4 | $69,164,290 |
| 370 | Dominic Sena | $276,585,924 | 5 | $55,317,185 |
| 371 | Jason Reitman | $276,436,228 | 10 | $27,643,623 |
| 372 | Kobun Shizuno | $275,824,547 | 10 | $27,582,455 |
| 373 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | $275,391,910 | 6 | $45,898,652 |
| 374 | Mo Dai | $274,509,272 | 2 | $137,254,636 |
| 375 | Kim Hanmin | $273,821,365 | 4 | $68,455,341 |
| 376 | Chloé Zhao | $273,789,891 | 5 | $54,757,978 |
| 377 | John Landis | $273,762,479 | 18 | $15,209,027 |
| 378 | Olivier Megaton | $273,582,525 | 4 | $68,395,631 |
| 379 | Francis Ford Coppola | $273,214,704 | 24 | $11,383,946 |
| 380 | Anthony Minghella | $271,638,261 | 7 | $38,805,466 |
| 381 | Ben Stassen | $269,837,559 | 12 | $22,486,463 |
| 382 | Mike Nichols | $267,283,099 | 18 | $14,849,061 |
| 383 | Mimi Leder | $266,968,062 | 7 | $38,138,295 |
| 384 | Felix Chong | $266,115,842 | 2 | $133,057,921 |
| 385 | Roman Polanski | $265,101,258 | 20 | $13,255,063 |
| 386 | Harald Zwart | $264,794,146 | 5 | $52,958,829 |
| 387 | Peter Chan | $264,144,907 | 4 | $66,036,227 |
| 388 | Daniel Espinosa | $258,981,740 | 6 | $43,163,623 |
| 389 | Yuen Woo Ping | $258,878,289 | 6 | $43,146,382 |
| 390 | Jon Amiel | $257,002,136 | 9 | $28,555,793 |
| 391 | David Soren | $256,370,397 | 3 | $85,456,799 |
| 392 | Junwei Xie (谢君伟) | $255,962,981 | 1 | $255,962,981 |
| 393 | Jose Padilha | $254,989,660 | 4 | $63,747,415 |
| 394 | Michael Gracey | $254,714,030 | 3 | $84,904,677 |
| 395 | Stephen Daldry | $254,134,141 | 8 | $31,766,768 |
| 396 | JiangJiang Liu | $253,816,909 | 1 | $253,816,909 |
| 397 | Kevin Costner | $253,473,120 | 7 | $36,210,446 |
| 398 | Marc Lawrence | $253,100,055 | 5 | $50,620,011 |
| 399 | John Badham | $251,632,876 | 14 | $17,973,777 |
| 400 | Tony Gilroy | $251,612,560 | 3 | $83,870,853 |
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.