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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Farhad Safinia | $6,353,847 | 1 | $6,353,847 |
| 3,002 | Mort Nathan | $6,347,337 | 2 | $3,173,669 |
| 3,003 | Oleg Uzhinov | $6,347,035 | 1 | $6,347,035 |
| 3,004 | Chang Youjeong | $6,345,504 | 1 | $6,345,504 |
| 3,005 | Weiran Li (李蔚然) | $6,317,243 | 1 | $6,317,243 |
| 3,006 | Eric Carrière | $6,307,835 | 2 | $3,153,918 |
| 3,007 | Norberto López Amado | $6,304,028 | 2 | $3,152,014 |
| 3,008 | Sean Baker | $6,301,461 | 7 | $900,209 |
| 3,009 | Huang Lei | $6,291,992 | 2 | $3,145,996 |
| 3,010 | Stephen Brize | $6,291,988 | 1 | $6,291,988 |
| 3,011 | John Wax | $6,288,085 | 2 | $3,144,043 |
| 3,012 | Jean-Pascal Zadi | $6,288,085 | 1 | $6,288,085 |
| 3,013 | Shangming Cai (蔡尚铭) | $6,268,952 | 2 | $3,134,476 |
| 3,014 | Glendyn Ivin | $6,262,056 | 2 | $3,131,028 |
| 3,015 | Costa-Gavras | $6,248,166 | 11 | $568,015 |
| 3,016 | Hettie Macdonald | $6,246,971 | 1 | $6,246,971 |
| 3,017 | Zhijiang Liu | $6,240,000 | 1 | $6,240,000 |
| 3,018 | Christian Volckman | $6,227,442 | 2 | $3,113,721 |
| 3,019 | Jacky Gan | $6,225,444 | 1 | $6,225,444 |
| 3,020 | Jim Rash | $6,223,442 | 3 | $2,074,481 |
| 3,021 | Nat Faxon | $6,223,442 | 3 | $2,074,481 |
| 3,022 | Bruno Dumont | $6,217,504 | 10 | $621,750 |
| 3,023 | Anne de Clercq | $6,216,366 | 3 | $2,072,122 |
| 3,024 | Hermine Huntgeburth | $6,214,682 | 1 | $6,214,682 |
| 3,025 | Jon Gunn | $6,214,587 | 5 | $1,242,917 |
| 3,026 | Igor Voloshin | $6,212,061 | 4 | $1,553,015 |
| 3,027 | Takeshi Nozue | $6,210,000 | 1 | $6,210,000 |
| 3,028 | Richard Ayoade | $6,180,110 | 2 | $3,090,055 |
| 3,029 | Aaron Woodley | $6,179,372 | 3 | $2,059,791 |
| 3,030 | Juana Macias | $6,163,337 | 4 | $1,540,834 |
| 3,031 | Julia Ducournau | $6,158,379 | 2 | $3,079,190 |
| 3,032 | Jung-ho Lee | $6,148,888 | 1 | $6,148,888 |
| 3,033 | Andrew Onwubolu | $6,140,993 | 2 | $3,070,497 |
| 3,034 | Kevin Allen | $6,136,051 | 5 | $1,227,210 |
| 3,035 | Bartlomiej Ignaciuk | $6,134,744 | 1 | $6,134,744 |
| 3,036 | Billy Wilder | $6,132,912 | 20 | $306,646 |
| 3,037 | Joachim Trier | $6,120,490 | 4 | $1,530,123 |
| 3,038 | R.S. Prasanna | $6,102,211 | 1 | $6,102,211 |
| 3,039 | William Monahan | $6,096,079 | 2 | $3,048,040 |
| 3,040 | Alex Mizgiryov | $6,088,454 | 1 | $6,088,454 |
| 3,041 | Zuzana Marianková | $6,081,744 | 2 | $3,040,872 |
| 3,042 | Sigeaki Kubo | $6,081,142 | 1 | $6,081,142 |
| 3,043 | Michel Ocelot | $6,073,552 | 4 | $1,518,388 |
| 3,044 | Vincent Zhou | $6,071,862 | 2 | $3,035,931 |
| 3,045 | Steve McNicholas | $6,058,762 | 3 | $2,019,587 |
| 3,046 | Luke Cresswell | $6,058,762 | 3 | $2,019,587 |
| 3,047 | Rajesh Mapuskar | $6,056,990 | 1 | $6,056,990 |
| 3,048 | Anthony Pun | $6,050,077 | 1 | $6,050,077 |
| 3,049 | Robert Shaye | $6,048,647 | 2 | $3,024,324 |
| 3,050 | Declan Donnellan | $6,044,657 | 1 | $6,044,657 |
| 3,051 | Nick Ormedrod | $6,044,657 | 1 | $6,044,657 |
| 3,052 | Sally Potter | $6,042,603 | 6 | $1,007,101 |
| 3,053 | Benjamin Mousquet | $6,034,002 | 1 | $6,034,002 |
| 3,054 | Christopher Smith | $6,032,737 | 6 | $1,005,456 |
| 3,055 | Abhishek Chaubey | $6,029,913 | 5 | $1,205,983 |
| 3,056 | Kari Ketonen | $6,027,048 | 2 | $3,013,524 |
| 3,057 | Frank Perry | $6,000,000 | 6 | $1,000,000 |
| 3,058 | Evgeniy Bedarev | $5,994,476 | 2 | $2,997,238 |
| 3,059 | Alireza Golafshan | $5,961,121 | 3 | $1,987,040 |
| 3,060 | Frankie Chan | $5,959,716 | 1 | $5,959,716 |
| 3,061 | Takeshi Yagi | $5,954,671 | 1 | $5,954,671 |
| 3,062 | Michael Grandage | $5,954,451 | 3 | $1,984,817 |
| 3,063 | Patrick Leung | $5,954,421 | 2 | $2,977,211 |
| 3,064 | A. Taner Elhan | $5,953,353 | 2 | $2,976,677 |
| 3,065 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $5,953,024 | 4 | $1,488,256 |
| 3,066 | A.R. Murugadoss | $5,951,734 | 6 | $991,956 |
| 3,067 | Safak Sezer | $5,949,881 | 1 | $5,949,881 |
| 3,068 | Ram Gopal Varma | $5,948,072 | 8 | $743,509 |
| 3,069 | Alexis Michalik | $5,947,327 | 2 | $2,973,664 |
| 3,070 | Gengxu Lu | $5,932,063 | 1 | $5,932,063 |
| 3,071 | Yang Yongchun | $5,921,481 | 1 | $5,921,481 |
| 3,072 | Lawrence Ah Mon | $5,919,976 | 2 | $2,959,988 |
| 3,073 | Philippa Lowthorpe | $5,909,914 | 3 | $1,969,971 |
| 3,074 | Marco Ponti | $5,908,863 | 4 | $1,477,216 |
| 3,075 | Alexey Pimanov | $5,904,389 | 1 | $5,904,389 |
| 3,076 | Yûki Yamato | $5,899,333 | 2 | $2,949,667 |
| 3,077 | Fredi M. Murer | $5,892,076 | 1 | $5,892,076 |
| 3,078 | Sergio Arau | $5,877,131 | 1 | $5,877,131 |
| 3,079 | Chi-Man Wan | $5,876,318 | 1 | $5,876,318 |
| 3,080 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $5,873,788 | 2 | $2,936,894 |
| 3,081 | Cho Jin-mo | $5,872,055 | 2 | $2,936,028 |
| 3,082 | Hervé Mimran | $5,869,917 | 2 | $2,934,959 |
| 3,083 | Rajshree Ojha | $5,867,214 | 1 | $5,867,214 |
| 3,084 | Toshikazu Yoshizawa | $5,866,131 | 1 | $5,866,131 |
| 3,085 | Wayne Kramer | $5,865,846 | 4 | $1,466,462 |
| 3,086 | Tomasz Baginski | $5,860,931 | 1 | $5,860,931 |
| 3,087 | Oleksandra Ruban | $5,857,878 | 1 | $5,857,878 |
| 3,088 | Kim Young-hoon | $5,856,796 | 1 | $5,856,796 |
| 3,089 | Roy Andersson | $5,856,796 | 2 | $2,928,398 |
| 3,090 | Gopi Puthran | $5,854,240 | 1 | $5,854,240 |
| 3,091 | Peter Bogdanovich | $5,843,537 | 15 | $389,569 |
| 3,092 | Brian Smrz | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 3,093 | Yutaka Tsuchida | $5,832,342 | 1 | $5,832,342 |
| 3,094 | Tim McCanlies | $5,831,627 | 4 | $1,457,907 |
| 3,095 | Yefeng Jiang | $5,821,687 | 3 | $1,940,562 |
| 3,096 | Shinkyu Choi | $5,817,041 | 1 | $5,817,041 |
| 3,097 | Morgan Matthews | $5,814,509 | 3 | $1,938,170 |
| 3,098 | Drew Barrymore | $5,812,788 | 1 | $5,812,788 |
| 3,099 | Shôsuke Murakami | $5,804,519 | 2 | $2,902,260 |
| 3,100 | Harold Cronk | $5,801,553 | 6 | $966,926 |
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.