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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | Jeff McGrath | $20,586,040 | 2 | $10,293,020 |
| 2,002 | Li Chen | $20,580,000 | 2 | $10,290,000 |
| 2,003 | Tae Gon Kim | $20,556,805 | 3 | $6,852,268 |
| 2,004 | Dave Borthwick | $20,479,706 | 1 | $20,479,706 |
| 2,005 | Jean Duval | $20,479,706 | 1 | $20,479,706 |
| 2,006 | Frank Passingham | $20,479,706 | 1 | $20,479,706 |
| 2,007 | Bart Freundlich | $20,397,365 | 6 | $3,399,561 |
| 2,008 | Mani Ratnam | $20,376,299 | 9 | $2,264,033 |
| 2,009 | Richard Lester | $20,344,600 | 8 | $2,543,075 |
| 2,010 | Soo-Kyung Kwon | $20,340,567 | 1 | $20,340,567 |
| 2,011 | Changwei Gu | $20,332,491 | 1 | $20,332,491 |
| 2,012 | Danila Kozlovsky | $20,330,979 | 2 | $10,165,490 |
| 2,013 | Peter Mullan | $20,327,412 | 2 | $10,163,706 |
| 2,014 | Blair Simmons | $20,290,215 | 3 | $6,763,405 |
| 2,015 | Jung Bum-Shik | $20,279,654 | 1 | $20,279,654 |
| 2,016 | Joel Edgerton | $20,265,170 | 2 | $10,132,585 |
| 2,017 | Stephen Low | $20,258,578 | 5 | $4,051,716 |
| 2,018 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $20,238,236 | 2 | $10,119,118 |
| 2,019 | Vincenzo Natali | $20,219,769 | 6 | $3,369,962 |
| 2,020 | Karyn Kusama | $20,218,628 | 5 | $4,043,726 |
| 2,021 | Travis Cluff | $20,200,000 | 3 | $6,733,333 |
| 2,022 | Chris Lofing | $20,200,000 | 3 | $6,733,333 |
| 2,023 | Mika Ninagawa | $20,125,208 | 2 | $10,062,604 |
| 2,024 | Felix Umarov | $20,088,295 | 1 | $20,088,295 |
| 2,025 | Joachim Roenning | $20,054,692 | 1 | $20,054,692 |
| 2,026 | Sean Cunningham | $20,000,000 | 4 | $5,000,000 |
| 2,027 | Julia Rezende | $19,930,115 | 5 | $3,986,023 |
| 2,028 | Mikkel Norgaard | $19,910,761 | 4 | $4,977,690 |
| 2,029 | Steven C. Miller | $19,903,992 | 12 | $1,658,666 |
| 2,030 | Zhangke Jia | $19,900,637 | 7 | $2,842,948 |
| 2,031 | Tim Dünschede | $19,900,000 | 2 | $9,950,000 |
| 2,032 | Michel Tiddes | $19,880,875 | 1 | $19,880,875 |
| 2,033 | Ali Askari | $19,869,429 | 1 | $19,869,429 |
| 2,034 | Shipei Wen | $19,862,823 | 2 | $9,931,412 |
| 2,035 | Roschdy Zem | $19,828,415 | 4 | $4,957,104 |
| 2,036 | Tamra Davis | $19,811,333 | 7 | $2,830,190 |
| 2,037 | Sanjay Gupta | $19,805,844 | 4 | $4,951,461 |
| 2,038 | Sunao Katabuchi | $19,794,935 | 1 | $19,794,935 |
| 2,039 | Ethan Maniquis | $19,777,324 | 1 | $19,777,324 |
| 2,040 | Mauricio Eca | $19,775,492 | 5 | $3,955,098 |
| 2,041 | Steve Pink | $19,752,780 | 8 | $2,469,098 |
| 2,042 | Tom Brady | $19,747,186 | 3 | $6,582,395 |
| 2,043 | Baran bo Odar | $19,708,025 | 3 | $6,569,342 |
| 2,044 | Andrew Strimaitis | $19,668,014 | 1 | $19,668,014 |
| 2,045 | Daniel Calparsoro | $19,667,230 | 8 | $2,458,404 |
| 2,046 | Terry Zwigoff | $19,650,039 | 4 | $4,912,510 |
| 2,047 | Feng Gao (高峰) | $19,632,167 | 10 | $1,963,217 |
| 2,048 | James Mather | $19,616,184 | 1 | $19,616,184 |
| 2,049 | Stephen St. Leger | $19,616,184 | 1 | $19,616,184 |
| 2,050 | Denys Arcand | $19,524,765 | 5 | $3,904,953 |
| 2,051 | Hendel Butoy | $19,500,000 | 1 | $19,500,000 |
| 2,052 | Cho Kyu-Jang | $19,469,123 | 1 | $19,469,123 |
| 2,053 | Ellory Elkayem | $19,455,806 | 3 | $6,485,269 |
| 2,054 | Doug Lefler | $19,425,711 | 2 | $9,712,856 |
| 2,055 | Wang Wei | $19,399,047 | 4 | $4,849,762 |
| 2,056 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,390,578 | 3 | $6,463,526 |
| 2,057 | Dae-min Park | $19,213,663 | 3 | $6,404,554 |
| 2,058 | Won Shin-yun | $19,191,200 | 1 | $19,191,200 |
| 2,059 | Sacha Gervasi | $19,152,124 | 5 | $3,830,425 |
| 2,060 | Michihito Fujii | $19,149,754 | 6 | $3,191,626 |
| 2,061 | Carlo Verdone | $19,120,585 | 3 | $6,373,528 |
| 2,062 | Michael Radford | $19,114,983 | 9 | $2,123,887 |
| 2,063 | Chu Yen-Ping | $19,091,231 | 1 | $19,091,231 |
| 2,064 | Ken Hughes | $19,000,585 | 2 | $9,500,293 |
| 2,065 | Joe McGrath | $19,000,000 | 1 | $19,000,000 |
| 2,066 | Val Guest | $19,000,000 | 5 | $3,800,000 |
| 2,067 | Robert Parrish | $19,000,000 | 4 | $4,750,000 |
| 2,068 | Oleg Pogodin | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 2,069 | Dan Gilroy | $18,957,500 | 4 | $4,739,375 |
| 2,070 | Chen Hongyi | $18,914,072 | 1 | $18,914,072 |
| 2,071 | Kexin Liu | $18,899,772 | 4 | $4,724,943 |
| 2,072 | Julian Jarrold | $18,879,463 | 5 | $3,775,893 |
| 2,073 | Denis Chernov | $18,858,224 | 6 | $3,143,037 |
| 2,074 | Steven Knight | $18,837,700 | 3 | $6,279,233 |
| 2,075 | Uwe Boll | $18,834,011 | 15 | $1,255,601 |
| 2,076 | Charles Grosvenor | $18,827,520 | 1 | $18,827,520 |
| 2,077 | Weidong Yuan | $18,764,048 | 1 | $18,764,048 |
| 2,078 | Shûkô Murase | $18,736,052 | 2 | $9,368,026 |
| 2,079 | Karen Zaharov | $18,712,052 | 4 | $4,678,013 |
| 2,080 | Mark Rosman | $18,674,309 | 5 | $3,734,862 |
| 2,081 | Ladj Ly | $18,660,234 | 2 | $9,330,117 |
| 2,082 | David Alaux | $18,652,567 | 2 | $9,326,284 |
| 2,083 | Lee Jang-Hoon | $18,634,127 | 1 | $18,634,127 |
| 2,084 | Katja von Garnier | $18,633,816 | 6 | $3,105,636 |
| 2,085 | Kim Suk-Yoon | $18,604,387 | 1 | $18,604,387 |
| 2,086 | Joby Harold | $18,594,823 | 1 | $18,594,823 |
| 2,087 | Dominic Cooke | $18,589,714 | 4 | $4,647,429 |
| 2,088 | Scott Mann | $18,581,635 | 4 | $4,645,409 |
| 2,089 | Sung-soo Kim | $18,562,127 | 1 | $18,562,127 |
| 2,090 | Yûichirô Hayashi | $18,557,122 | 1 | $18,557,122 |
| 2,091 | Alankrita Shrivastava | $18,520,527 | 2 | $9,260,264 |
| 2,092 | Tensai Okamura | $18,514,249 | 2 | $9,257,125 |
| 2,093 | Byun Sung-Hyun | $18,503,522 | 2 | $9,251,761 |
| 2,094 | Derek Drymon | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 2,095 | Jennifer Kluska | $18,480,000 | 2 | $9,240,000 |
| 2,096 | Jin-ho Heo | $18,435,362 | 4 | $4,608,841 |
| 2,097 | Xiao Yang | $18,382,575 | 1 | $18,382,575 |
| 2,098 | Sherry Hormann | $18,371,722 | 2 | $9,185,861 |
| 2,099 | Hakan Algul | $18,364,482 | 6 | $3,060,747 |
| 2,100 | Yukun Xin | $18,351,825 | 3 | $6,117,275 |
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.