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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Jung Bum-Shik | $20,230,328 | 1 | $20,230,328 |
| 1,902 | Vincenzo Natali | $20,219,769 | 6 | $3,369,962 |
| 1,903 | Karyn Kusama | $20,218,628 | 5 | $4,043,726 |
| 1,904 | Mika Ninagawa | $20,125,208 | 2 | $10,062,604 |
| 1,905 | Joachim Roenning | $20,054,692 | 1 | $20,054,692 |
| 1,906 | Sean Cunningham | $20,000,000 | 4 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,907 | Javier Ruiz Caldera | $19,934,835 | 6 | $3,322,473 |
| 1,908 | Julia Rezende | $19,930,115 | 5 | $3,986,023 |
| 1,909 | Mikkel Norgaard | $19,910,761 | 4 | $4,977,690 |
| 1,910 | Michel Tiddes | $19,880,875 | 1 | $19,880,875 |
| 1,911 | Darina Shmidt | $19,879,056 | 4 | $4,969,764 |
| 1,912 | Shipei Wen | $19,862,823 | 2 | $9,931,412 |
| 1,913 | Roschdy Zem | $19,828,415 | 4 | $4,957,104 |
| 1,914 | Tamra Davis | $19,811,333 | 7 | $2,830,190 |
| 1,915 | Sanjay Gupta | $19,805,844 | 4 | $4,951,461 |
| 1,916 | Sunao Katabuchi | $19,794,935 | 1 | $19,794,935 |
| 1,917 | Ethan Maniquis | $19,777,324 | 1 | $19,777,324 |
| 1,918 | Mauricio Eca | $19,775,492 | 5 | $3,955,098 |
| 1,919 | Steve Pink | $19,752,780 | 7 | $2,821,826 |
| 1,920 | Tom Brady | $19,747,186 | 3 | $6,582,395 |
| 1,921 | Baran bo Odar | $19,708,025 | 3 | $6,569,342 |
| 1,922 | Andrew Strimaitis | $19,668,014 | 1 | $19,668,014 |
| 1,923 | Terry Zwigoff | $19,650,039 | 4 | $4,912,510 |
| 1,924 | Feng Gao (高峰) | $19,631,615 | 9 | $2,181,291 |
| 1,925 | Steven C. Miller | $19,616,971 | 12 | $1,634,748 |
| 1,926 | James Mather | $19,616,184 | 1 | $19,616,184 |
| 1,927 | Stephen St. Leger | $19,616,184 | 1 | $19,616,184 |
| 1,928 | Fausto Brizzi | $19,553,928 | 8 | $2,444,241 |
| 1,929 | Denys Arcand | $19,524,765 | 5 | $3,904,953 |
| 1,930 | Murat Şeker | $19,514,834 | 7 | $2,787,833 |
| 1,931 | Hendel Butoy | $19,500,000 | 1 | $19,500,000 |
| 1,932 | Cho Kyu-Jang | $19,469,123 | 1 | $19,469,123 |
| 1,933 | Ellory Elkayem | $19,455,806 | 3 | $6,485,269 |
| 1,934 | Doug Lefler | $19,425,711 | 2 | $9,712,856 |
| 1,935 | Wang Wei | $19,399,047 | 4 | $4,849,762 |
| 1,936 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,390,578 | 3 | $6,463,526 |
| 1,937 | Dae-min Park | $19,213,663 | 3 | $6,404,554 |
| 1,938 | Won Shin-yun | $19,191,200 | 1 | $19,191,200 |
| 1,939 | Sacha Gervasi | $19,152,124 | 5 | $3,830,425 |
| 1,940 | Michihito Fujii | $19,149,754 | 6 | $3,191,626 |
| 1,941 | Carlo Verdone | $19,120,585 | 3 | $6,373,528 |
| 1,942 | Michael Radford | $19,112,183 | 9 | $2,123,576 |
| 1,943 | Kexin Liu | $19,110,288 | 4 | $4,777,572 |
| 1,944 | Chu Yen-Ping | $19,091,231 | 1 | $19,091,231 |
| 1,945 | Sven Unterwaldt Jr | $19,027,176 | 6 | $3,171,196 |
| 1,946 | Ken Hughes | $19,000,463 | 2 | $9,500,232 |
| 1,947 | Val Guest | $19,000,000 | 5 | $3,800,000 |
| 1,948 | Joe McGrath | $19,000,000 | 1 | $19,000,000 |
| 1,949 | Robert Parrish | $19,000,000 | 4 | $4,750,000 |
| 1,950 | Gao Qunshu | $18,976,932 | 3 | $6,325,644 |
| 1,951 | Oleg Pogodin | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 1,952 | Dan Gilroy | $18,957,500 | 4 | $4,739,375 |
| 1,953 | Chen Hongyi | $18,914,072 | 1 | $18,914,072 |
| 1,954 | Shimako Sato | $18,913,492 | 2 | $9,456,746 |
| 1,955 | Joaquin Mazon | $18,901,949 | 5 | $3,780,390 |
| 1,956 | Chris Lofing | $18,892,064 | 3 | $6,297,355 |
| 1,957 | Travis Cluff | $18,892,064 | 3 | $6,297,355 |
| 1,958 | Julian Jarrold | $18,879,463 | 4 | $4,719,866 |
| 1,959 | Uwe Boll | $18,834,011 | 14 | $1,345,287 |
| 1,960 | Charles Grosvenor | $18,827,520 | 1 | $18,827,520 |
| 1,961 | Denis Chernov | $18,818,630 | 6 | $3,136,438 |
| 1,962 | Weidong Yuan | $18,764,048 | 1 | $18,764,048 |
| 1,963 | Kwang-Hyun Park | $18,755,496 | 1 | $18,755,496 |
| 1,964 | Steven Knight | $18,736,290 | 3 | $6,245,430 |
| 1,965 | Shûkô Murase | $18,736,052 | 2 | $9,368,026 |
| 1,966 | Ladj Ly | $18,655,535 | 2 | $9,327,768 |
| 1,967 | Lee Jang-Hoon | $18,634,127 | 1 | $18,634,127 |
| 1,968 | Katja von Garnier | $18,633,816 | 6 | $3,105,636 |
| 1,969 | Scott Mann | $18,628,365 | 4 | $4,657,091 |
| 1,970 | Kim Suk-Yoon | $18,604,387 | 1 | $18,604,387 |
| 1,971 | Joby Harold | $18,594,823 | 1 | $18,594,823 |
| 1,972 | Dominic Cooke | $18,589,714 | 4 | $4,647,429 |
| 1,973 | Zhangke Jia | $18,584,095 | 7 | $2,654,871 |
| 1,974 | Sung-soo Kim | $18,562,127 | 1 | $18,562,127 |
| 1,975 | Alankrita Shrivastava | $18,520,527 | 2 | $9,260,264 |
| 1,976 | Ilya Uchitel | $18,518,042 | 3 | $6,172,681 |
| 1,977 | Byun Sung-Hyun | $18,503,522 | 2 | $9,251,761 |
| 1,978 | Alain Chabat | $18,481,089 | 2 | $9,240,545 |
| 1,979 | Derek Drymon | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 1,980 | Jennifer Kluska | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 1,981 | David Alaux | $18,405,848 | 2 | $9,202,924 |
| 1,982 | Xiao Yang | $18,382,575 | 1 | $18,382,575 |
| 1,983 | Sherry Hormann | $18,371,722 | 2 | $9,185,861 |
| 1,984 | Yukun Xin | $18,351,825 | 3 | $6,117,275 |
| 1,985 | Joe Charbanic | $18,321,214 | 1 | $18,321,214 |
| 1,986 | Bedran Guzel | $18,277,301 | 7 | $2,611,043 |
| 1,987 | Uli Edel | $18,270,339 | 5 | $3,654,068 |
| 1,988 | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | $18,224,899 | 2 | $9,112,450 |
| 1,989 | Trey Parker | $18,219,240 | 4 | $4,554,810 |
| 1,990 | Philip G. Atwell | $18,200,000 | 1 | $18,200,000 |
| 1,991 | Tetsu Maeda | $18,176,838 | 5 | $3,635,368 |
| 1,992 | Jun-Soo Park | $18,169,232 | 3 | $6,056,411 |
| 1,993 | Jongpil Lee | $18,164,742 | 1 | $18,164,742 |
| 1,994 | Alessandro Genovesi | $18,093,407 | 7 | $2,584,772 |
| 1,995 | Dae-joong Nam | $18,074,438 | 2 | $9,037,219 |
| 1,996 | Don Roos | $18,050,108 | 2 | $9,025,054 |
| 1,997 | Isao Takahata | $18,027,177 | 7 | $2,575,311 |
| 1,998 | Karoline Herfurth | $18,013,251 | 5 | $3,602,650 |
| 1,999 | Mike Figgis | $17,994,539 | 13 | $1,384,195 |
| 2,000 | William Shatner | $17,989,951 | 4 | $4,497,488 |
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.