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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Alex de la Iglesia | $67,326,419 | 14 | $4,809,030 |
| 1,002 | Miloš Forman | $67,119,840 | 9 | $7,457,760 |
| 1,003 | Jang Joon-hwan | $66,894,701 | 3 | $22,298,234 |
| 1,004 | Gregory Plotkin | $66,849,702 | 2 | $33,424,851 |
| 1,005 | Jorge Blanco | $66,802,053 | 1 | $66,802,053 |
| 1,006 | Han Lee (이한) | $66,700,558 | 5 | $13,340,112 |
| 1,007 | Sang Geun Lee | $66,564,874 | 1 | $66,564,874 |
| 1,008 | Qi Zhang (张琦) | $66,539,212 | 2 | $33,269,606 |
| 1,009 | Griffin Dunne | $66,517,797 | 6 | $11,086,300 |
| 1,010 | Il-Hyeong Lee | $66,336,016 | 1 | $66,336,016 |
| 1,011 | Steven E. de Souza | $66,000,000 | 1 | $66,000,000 |
| 1,012 | Nick Castle | $66,000,000 | 6 | $11,000,000 |
| 1,013 | Vincent Kesteloot | $65,991,185 | 2 | $32,995,593 |
| 1,014 | Anne Fontaine | $65,946,587 | 12 | $5,495,549 |
| 1,015 | Hiroaki Miyamoto | $65,605,166 | 1 | $65,605,166 |
| 1,016 | Jean-Marie Poire | $65,394,871 | 2 | $32,697,436 |
| 1,017 | Yuzhong Zhang | $65,330,000 | 2 | $32,665,000 |
| 1,018 | Jeong-beom Lee | $65,161,160 | 3 | $21,720,387 |
| 1,019 | Koki Mitani | $65,147,319 | 3 | $21,715,773 |
| 1,020 | Tetsuro Kodama | $65,109,818 | 1 | $65,109,818 |
| 1,021 | Steve Beck | $64,836,393 | 2 | $32,418,197 |
| 1,022 | Thomas Vinterberg | $64,227,881 | 8 | $8,028,485 |
| 1,023 | Nima Nourizadeh | $64,151,366 | 2 | $32,075,683 |
| 1,024 | Bennett Miller | $64,075,650 | 3 | $21,358,550 |
| 1,025 | Spike Jonze | $63,917,438 | 5 | $12,783,488 |
| 1,026 | Peter Pau | $63,870,868 | 1 | $63,870,868 |
| 1,027 | Shigeharu Takahashi | $63,838,006 | 2 | $31,919,003 |
| 1,028 | Alex Garland | $63,737,554 | 5 | $12,747,511 |
| 1,029 | Nadine Labaki | $63,573,085 | 3 | $21,191,028 |
| 1,030 | Paul Fisher | $63,455,646 | 1 | $63,455,646 |
| 1,031 | Charlie Bean | $63,455,646 | 2 | $31,727,823 |
| 1,032 | Bob Logan | $63,455,646 | 1 | $63,455,646 |
| 1,033 | Kevin Tancharoen | $63,372,109 | 2 | $31,686,055 |
| 1,034 | Peter Billingsley | $63,313,053 | 2 | $31,656,527 |
| 1,035 | Jim Sheridan | $63,014,262 | 9 | $7,001,585 |
| 1,036 | Yu Li | $62,850,000 | 3 | $20,950,000 |
| 1,037 | Yulai Lu | $62,810,000 | 1 | $62,810,000 |
| 1,038 | Tien Jen Huang | $62,785,575 | 1 | $62,785,575 |
| 1,039 | Iain Morris | $62,523,842 | 4 | $15,630,961 |
| 1,040 | Alejandro Agresti | $62,512,410 | 3 | $20,837,470 |
| 1,041 | Javier Fesser | $62,487,539 | 4 | $15,621,885 |
| 1,042 | Carlos Lopez Estrada | $62,132,856 | 5 | $12,426,571 |
| 1,043 | Jae-rim Han | $62,006,230 | 1 | $62,006,230 |
| 1,044 | Chris Addison | $61,972,530 | 2 | $30,986,265 |
| 1,045 | Warren Beatty | $61,894,071 | 5 | $12,378,814 |
| 1,046 | Zhang Zhiliang | $61,850,000 | 1 | $61,850,000 |
| 1,047 | John Guillermin | $61,707,517 | 10 | $6,170,752 |
| 1,048 | Jeff Rowe | $61,629,593 | 3 | $20,543,198 |
| 1,049 | Steve Williams | $61,626,621 | 1 | $61,626,621 |
| 1,050 | Donovan Cook | $61,432,424 | 1 | $61,432,424 |
| 1,051 | Robin Budd | $61,432,424 | 1 | $61,432,424 |
| 1,052 | Harold Becker | $61,308,000 | 9 | $6,812,000 |
| 1,053 | Joe Dante | $61,295,325 | 17 | $3,605,607 |
| 1,054 | Graham Annable | $61,061,436 | 1 | $61,061,436 |
| 1,055 | Anthony Stacchi | $61,061,436 | 2 | $30,530,718 |
| 1,056 | Gene Stupnitsky | $61,035,201 | 2 | $30,517,601 |
| 1,057 | Luo Luo | $61,021,130 | 3 | $20,340,377 |
| 1,058 | Michael J. Bassett | $60,917,837 | 6 | $10,152,973 |
| 1,059 | Chris Butler | $60,860,308 | 2 | $30,430,154 |
| 1,060 | Lee Gye-Byeok | $60,592,775 | 3 | $20,197,592 |
| 1,061 | Paul Weiland | $60,536,004 | 5 | $12,107,201 |
| 1,062 | Ron Shelton | $60,413,370 | 9 | $6,712,597 |
| 1,063 | Susana Garcia | $60,378,656 | 3 | $20,126,219 |
| 1,064 | Sho Tsukikawa | $60,174,750 | 7 | $8,596,393 |
| 1,065 | Disha Zhang | $60,006,412 | 2 | $30,003,206 |
| 1,066 | Richard Benjamin | $60,000,000 | 12 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,067 | Nicolas Vanier | $59,953,866 | 6 | $9,992,311 |
| 1,068 | Anurag Basu | $59,721,321 | 6 | $9,953,554 |
| 1,069 | Aleksander Bach | $59,715,353 | 1 | $59,715,353 |
| 1,070 | Brian Taylor | $59,628,440 | 5 | $11,925,688 |
| 1,071 | James Huth | $59,517,921 | 4 | $14,879,480 |
| 1,072 | Christian Ditter | $59,290,941 | 3 | $19,763,647 |
| 1,073 | Ari Aster | $59,166,540 | 3 | $19,722,180 |
| 1,074 | Kim Byung-seo | $59,132,947 | 1 | $59,132,947 |
| 1,075 | Hae-Juh Lee | $59,132,947 | 1 | $59,132,947 |
| 1,076 | Xu Jinglei | $59,047,720 | 2 | $29,523,860 |
| 1,077 | Toni Myers | $58,904,595 | 3 | $19,634,865 |
| 1,078 | Hiroaki Matsuyama | $58,900,670 | 3 | $19,633,557 |
| 1,079 | Josh Stolberg | $58,657,005 | 3 | $19,552,335 |
| 1,080 | Anton Corbijn | $58,611,235 | 6 | $9,768,539 |
| 1,081 | Cory Edwards | $58,456,779 | 1 | $58,456,779 |
| 1,082 | Rob Zombie | $58,424,996 | 11 | $5,311,363 |
| 1,083 | Luc Jacquet | $58,211,094 | 5 | $11,642,219 |
| 1,084 | Damon Beesley | $58,000,000 | 1 | $58,000,000 |
| 1,085 | Oxide Pang Chun | $57,920,839 | 7 | $8,274,406 |
| 1,086 | Robert Eggers | $57,875,729 | 4 | $14,468,932 |
| 1,087 | Yang Qing | $57,604,301 | 1 | $57,604,301 |
| 1,088 | Greg Jacobs | $57,567,364 | 2 | $28,783,682 |
| 1,089 | Sandra Ng | $57,442,237 | 1 | $57,442,237 |
| 1,090 | Sha Mo | $57,215,847 | 1 | $57,215,847 |
| 1,091 | Kevin Kolsch | $57,146,374 | 4 | $14,286,594 |
| 1,092 | Jodie Foster | $57,104,402 | 4 | $14,276,101 |
| 1,093 | Dennis Widmyer | $57,094,982 | 3 | $19,031,661 |
| 1,094 | Tomohiko Ito | $57,048,785 | 2 | $28,524,393 |
| 1,095 | Masayuki | $57,019,825 | 1 | $57,019,825 |
| 1,096 | Kimberly Peirce | $56,656,585 | 4 | $14,164,146 |
| 1,097 | SJ Clarkson | $56,650,679 | 2 | $28,325,340 |
| 1,098 | Stephen Hillenburg | $56,634,646 | 1 | $56,634,646 |
| 1,099 | Norton Virgien | $56,440,460 | 2 | $28,220,230 |
| 1,100 | Franck Gastambide | $56,409,656 | 3 | $18,803,219 |
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.