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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,901 | Bruno Podalydes | $7,180,900 | 5 | $1,436,180 |
| 2,902 | Christophe Duthuron | $7,179,544 | 3 | $2,393,181 |
| 2,903 | Arnaud Desplechin | $7,178,550 | 7 | $1,025,507 |
| 2,904 | Kim Ki-Duk | $7,170,831 | 5 | $1,434,166 |
| 2,905 | Sanjay Gadhvi | $7,170,156 | 2 | $3,585,078 |
| 2,906 | Simon Cellan Jones | $7,164,741 | 2 | $3,582,371 |
| 2,907 | Enrique Begne | $7,160,775 | 2 | $3,580,388 |
| 2,908 | Takayuki Shibasaki | $7,151,842 | 4 | $1,787,961 |
| 2,909 | Meng Tian | $7,150,000 | 1 | $7,150,000 |
| 2,910 | Jennifer Kent | $7,149,620 | 2 | $3,574,810 |
| 2,911 | Deepa Mehta | $7,148,336 | 8 | $893,542 |
| 2,912 | Bertrand Tavernier | $7,141,472 | 7 | $1,020,210 |
| 2,913 | Nisha Ganatra | $7,140,569 | 6 | $1,190,095 |
| 2,914 | Lee Kwong-yiu | $7,129,755 | 1 | $7,129,755 |
| 2,915 | Jean-François Tosti | $7,128,238 | 1 | $7,128,238 |
| 2,916 | Barbara Bredero | $7,123,057 | 3 | $2,374,352 |
| 2,917 | Keith Thomas | $7,109,214 | 2 | $3,554,607 |
| 2,918 | Jennifer Westfeldt | $7,106,679 | 2 | $3,553,340 |
| 2,919 | Max Giwa | $7,100,124 | 3 | $2,366,708 |
| 2,920 | Christopher Cain | $7,100,000 | 8 | $887,500 |
| 2,921 | Carlo Vanzina | $7,096,865 | 6 | $1,182,811 |
| 2,922 | Matt Williams | $7,090,880 | 1 | $7,090,880 |
| 2,923 | Kees van Nieuwkerk | $7,079,227 | 2 | $3,539,614 |
| 2,924 | Yasuo Furuhata | $7,074,577 | 2 | $3,537,289 |
| 2,925 | Liu Hai | $7,057,251 | 2 | $3,528,626 |
| 2,926 | Kheiron | $7,049,929 | 2 | $3,524,965 |
| 2,927 | Siddharth S. Malhotra | $7,040,003 | 1 | $7,040,003 |
| 2,928 | Joe Ma | $7,037,440 | 2 | $3,518,720 |
| 2,929 | Marc Fafard | $7,036,640 | 1 | $7,036,640 |
| 2,930 | Gerard Bush | $7,013,949 | 2 | $3,506,975 |
| 2,931 | Christopher Renz | $7,013,949 | 2 | $3,506,975 |
| 2,932 | Heitor Dhalia | $7,010,238 | 2 | $3,505,119 |
| 2,933 | Andrew Rossi | $7,008,771 | 5 | $1,401,754 |
| 2,934 | Tiina Lymi | $7,004,198 | 1 | $7,004,198 |
| 2,935 | Joram Lürsen | $7,001,740 | 4 | $1,750,435 |
| 2,936 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | $7,000,000 | 1 | $7,000,000 |
| 2,937 | Koichi Sakamoto | $6,993,879 | 5 | $1,398,776 |
| 2,938 | Masato Hijikata | $6,978,689 | 1 | $6,978,689 |
| 2,939 | In Ho Hwang (황인호) | $6,976,804 | 1 | $6,976,804 |
| 2,940 | Gilles Legrand | $6,974,521 | 2 | $3,487,261 |
| 2,941 | Bill Paxton | $6,973,809 | 2 | $3,486,905 |
| 2,942 | Leos Carax | $6,947,660 | 6 | $1,157,943 |
| 2,943 | Raoul Peck | $6,943,406 | 5 | $1,388,681 |
| 2,944 | Kai Ma (马凯) | $6,940,000 | 1 | $6,940,000 |
| 2,945 | Emmanuel Mouret | $6,928,239 | 7 | $989,748 |
| 2,946 | Jeanne Herry | $6,915,663 | 3 | $2,305,221 |
| 2,947 | Ben Lewin | $6,914,395 | 7 | $987,771 |
| 2,948 | Christine Jeffs | $6,904,208 | 4 | $1,726,052 |
| 2,949 | Julien Fournet | $6,902,526 | 2 | $3,451,263 |
| 2,950 | Mia Hansen-Love | $6,900,487 | 6 | $1,150,081 |
| 2,951 | Alice Rohrwacher | $6,892,114 | 5 | $1,378,423 |
| 2,952 | Joachim Trier | $6,890,468 | 4 | $1,722,617 |
| 2,953 | Blitz Bazawule | $6,890,192 | 3 | $2,296,731 |
| 2,954 | Shankar Sachdev | $6,871,135 | 1 | $6,871,135 |
| 2,955 | Hiroyuki Yano | $6,867,958 | 2 | $3,433,979 |
| 2,956 | Will Wernick | $6,863,614 | 4 | $1,715,904 |
| 2,957 | Ayumu Watanabe | $6,856,023 | 2 | $3,428,012 |
| 2,958 | Tugçe Soysop | $6,836,281 | 4 | $1,709,070 |
| 2,959 | Nick Murphy | $6,828,388 | 2 | $3,414,194 |
| 2,960 | Dick Maas | $6,820,238 | 3 | $2,273,413 |
| 2,961 | Rezo Gigineishvili | $6,800,785 | 4 | $1,700,196 |
| 2,962 | John Gulager | $6,794,633 | 6 | $1,132,439 |
| 2,963 | Subhash Ghai | $6,789,166 | 2 | $3,394,583 |
| 2,964 | Prashanth Varma | $6,789,143 | 3 | $2,263,048 |
| 2,965 | Pedro Solís García | $6,788,724 | 1 | $6,788,724 |
| 2,966 | Yuan Fan | $6,785,759 | 2 | $3,392,880 |
| 2,967 | Wonsuk Lee | $6,780,546 | 2 | $3,390,273 |
| 2,968 | Peng Jun | $6,780,000 | 1 | $6,780,000 |
| 2,969 | Gabe Ibanez | $6,775,458 | 1 | $6,775,458 |
| 2,970 | K.S. Ravikumar | $6,771,093 | 2 | $3,385,547 |
| 2,971 | Gook jin Ahn (안국진) | $6,764,472 | 1 | $6,764,472 |
| 2,972 | Sang-hyun Park III | $6,758,065 | 1 | $6,758,065 |
| 2,973 | Mao Dai | $6,750,000 | 1 | $6,750,000 |
| 2,974 | Vic Armstrong | $6,749,285 | 2 | $3,374,643 |
| 2,975 | Lukas Moodysson | $6,747,129 | 6 | $1,124,522 |
| 2,976 | Stéphan Archinard | $6,741,069 | 2 | $3,370,535 |
| 2,977 | François Dupeyron | $6,739,202 | 1 | $6,739,202 |
| 2,978 | Sebastian Schipper | $6,715,171 | 2 | $3,357,586 |
| 2,979 | Ha Jung-woo | $6,702,181 | 1 | $6,702,181 |
| 2,980 | Alex Orrelle | $6,699,289 | 1 | $6,699,289 |
| 2,981 | Hyeoncheol Jeong | $6,696,341 | 1 | $6,696,341 |
| 2,982 | Wooyoung Jo | $6,696,341 | 1 | $6,696,341 |
| 2,983 | Rasmus A. Sivertsen | $6,666,995 | 8 | $833,374 |
| 2,984 | Trey Edward Shults | $6,652,060 | 3 | $2,217,353 |
| 2,985 | Jae-Keun Yoon | $6,648,164 | 1 | $6,648,164 |
| 2,986 | Antonio Pedro | $6,633,478 | 2 | $3,316,739 |
| 2,987 | Hasi Chaolu | $6,622,609 | 2 | $3,311,305 |
| 2,988 | Leander Haußmann | $6,618,024 | 2 | $3,309,012 |
| 2,989 | Akihisa Shibata | $6,611,464 | 1 | $6,611,464 |
| 2,990 | Aleksey Pimanov | $6,610,016 | 3 | $2,203,339 |
| 2,991 | Drew Pearce | $6,608,490 | 1 | $6,608,490 |
| 2,992 | Paolo Costella | $6,596,949 | 3 | $2,198,983 |
| 2,993 | Carine Tardieu | $6,582,475 | 2 | $3,291,238 |
| 2,994 | Fluxa Farkhshatova | $6,577,468 | 1 | $6,577,468 |
| 2,995 | Satoshi Kuwabara | $6,573,390 | 1 | $6,573,390 |
| 2,996 | Max Joseph | $6,561,998 | 1 | $6,561,998 |
| 2,997 | Diego Levy | $6,559,825 | 1 | $6,559,825 |
| 2,998 | Vicky Jones | $6,554,791 | 1 | $6,554,791 |
| 2,999 | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | $6,553,371 | 4 | $1,638,343 |
| 3,000 | Zhibin Gu | $6,550,000 | 1 | $6,550,000 |
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.