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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Samantha Jayne | $32,000,000 | 1 | $32,000,000 |
| 1,502 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $31,996,043 | 3 | $10,665,348 |
| 1,503 | Tae-ra Shin | $31,956,249 | 1 | $31,956,249 |
| 1,504 | Ma Yuke | $31,910,932 | 1 | $31,910,932 |
| 1,505 | Taichi Ishidate | $31,862,575 | 2 | $15,931,288 |
| 1,506 | Ahmed Khan | $31,843,721 | 4 | $7,960,930 |
| 1,507 | Eon-hie Lee | $31,795,699 | 2 | $15,897,850 |
| 1,508 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $31,754,780 | 7 | $4,536,397 |
| 1,509 | Levan Gabriadze | $31,652,606 | 2 | $15,826,303 |
| 1,510 | Laurent Cantet | $31,505,789 | 5 | $6,301,158 |
| 1,511 | Fatih Akin | $31,432,277 | 8 | $3,929,035 |
| 1,512 | Peter Hedges | $31,378,149 | 5 | $6,275,630 |
| 1,513 | Stefano Solima | $31,335,263 | 2 | $15,667,632 |
| 1,514 | Seth Rogen | $31,306,372 | 2 | $15,653,186 |
| 1,515 | Evan Goldberg | $31,306,372 | 2 | $15,653,186 |
| 1,516 | Jae Yong Kwak | $31,270,270 | 9 | $3,474,474 |
| 1,517 | Gianluca Leuzzi | $31,171,548 | 6 | $5,195,258 |
| 1,518 | Yi'nan Diao | $31,155,272 | 2 | $15,577,636 |
| 1,519 | R.J. Cutler | $31,142,447 | 5 | $6,228,489 |
| 1,520 | Bryan Bertino | $31,114,249 | 5 | $6,222,850 |
| 1,521 | Ismail Fidan | $31,109,013 | 4 | $7,777,253 |
| 1,522 | Asger Leth | $31,001,440 | 1 | $31,001,440 |
| 1,523 | Hong-seon Kim | $30,942,053 | 3 | $10,314,018 |
| 1,524 | Howard Deutch | $30,889,806 | 10 | $3,088,981 |
| 1,525 | John Michael McDonagh | $30,863,941 | 4 | $7,715,985 |
| 1,526 | Hans Petter Moland | $30,831,893 | 7 | $4,404,556 |
| 1,527 | Takehiko Shinjo | $30,812,812 | 4 | $7,703,203 |
| 1,528 | Harmony Korine | $30,790,173 | 4 | $7,697,543 |
| 1,529 | Barnaby Thompson | $30,745,629 | 4 | $7,686,407 |
| 1,530 | Farhan Akhtar | $30,695,064 | 4 | $7,673,766 |
| 1,531 | Arkasha Stevenson | $30,667,464 | 1 | $30,667,464 |
| 1,532 | Derek Hui | $30,658,944 | 1 | $30,658,944 |
| 1,533 | Liz Friedlander | $30,648,427 | 1 | $30,648,427 |
| 1,534 | Nicolas Bedos | $30,636,530 | 4 | $7,659,133 |
| 1,535 | Jerome Salle | $30,495,748 | 4 | $7,623,937 |
| 1,536 | Florian David Fitz | $30,479,367 | 3 | $10,159,789 |
| 1,537 | Siddharth Malhotra | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 1,538 | Shenyang Xiao | $30,355,804 | 1 | $30,355,804 |
| 1,539 | Mukuan Lai (来牧宽) | $30,350,000 | 1 | $30,350,000 |
| 1,540 | Tom Harper | $30,326,792 | 5 | $6,065,358 |
| 1,541 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $30,226,362 | 3 | $10,075,454 |
| 1,542 | Wojciech Smarzowski | $30,013,044 | 3 | $10,004,348 |
| 1,543 | John Crowley | $29,998,240 | 5 | $5,999,648 |
| 1,544 | Cedric Jimenez | $29,983,227 | 5 | $5,996,645 |
| 1,545 | Mehmet Ada Öztekin | $29,980,097 | 5 | $5,996,019 |
| 1,546 | Indra Kumar | $29,944,992 | 6 | $4,990,832 |
| 1,547 | Jake Szymanski | $29,888,427 | 2 | $14,944,214 |
| 1,548 | Chang | $29,848,364 | 3 | $9,949,455 |
| 1,549 | Motonori Sakakibara | $29,753,435 | 1 | $29,753,435 |
| 1,550 | Julian Schnabel | $29,645,706 | 6 | $4,940,951 |
| 1,551 | David Moreau | $29,615,629 | 4 | $7,403,907 |
| 1,552 | Guo Degang | $29,546,964 | 2 | $14,773,482 |
| 1,553 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | $29,528,983 | 5 | $5,905,797 |
| 1,554 | Eric Lavaine | $29,485,650 | 6 | $4,914,275 |
| 1,555 | Vikram Bhatt | $29,482,497 | 7 | $4,211,785 |
| 1,556 | Jang Chang-won | $29,480,018 | 1 | $29,480,018 |
| 1,557 | Kwak Kyung-taek | $29,474,797 | 3 | $9,824,932 |
| 1,558 | Tae-Gyoon Kim | $29,433,930 | 2 | $14,716,965 |
| 1,559 | Álvaro Fernández Armero | $29,392,562 | 4 | $7,348,141 |
| 1,560 | Russell Crowe | $29,375,247 | 2 | $14,687,624 |
| 1,561 | Christian Alvart | $29,374,078 | 8 | $3,671,760 |
| 1,562 | Doze Niu | $29,338,638 | 1 | $29,338,638 |
| 1,563 | Yan Han (韩琰) | $29,327,146 | 1 | $29,327,146 |
| 1,564 | Jae-Gyu Lee | $29,306,967 | 1 | $29,306,967 |
| 1,565 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | $29,272,914 | 1 | $29,272,914 |
| 1,566 | Brian Tse | $29,257,113 | 4 | $7,314,278 |
| 1,567 | Johan Nijenhuis | $29,182,651 | 11 | $2,652,968 |
| 1,568 | Danial Stamm | $29,131,550 | 1 | $29,131,550 |
| 1,569 | John Frankenheimer | $29,081,379 | 21 | $1,384,828 |
| 1,570 | Dong-Hyuk Hwang | $29,056,658 | 3 | $9,685,553 |
| 1,571 | Masayuki Ochiai | $29,039,527 | 3 | $9,679,842 |
| 1,572 | Ashutosh Gowariker | $29,013,982 | 4 | $7,253,496 |
| 1,573 | Irie Yu | $28,933,823 | 3 | $9,644,608 |
| 1,574 | Shakun Batra | $28,911,346 | 2 | $14,455,673 |
| 1,575 | Marc Rothemund | $28,903,406 | 5 | $5,780,681 |
| 1,576 | Chris Kentis | $28,888,782 | 2 | $14,444,391 |
| 1,577 | Sean McNamara | $28,883,244 | 28 | $1,031,544 |
| 1,578 | Andrew Haigh | $28,778,682 | 4 | $7,194,671 |
| 1,579 | Nicholas Jarecki | $28,584,281 | 2 | $14,292,141 |
| 1,580 | Joshua Michael Stern | $28,571,105 | 3 | $9,523,702 |
| 1,581 | Joel Hopkins | $28,564,292 | 3 | $9,521,431 |
| 1,582 | Haolin Song | $28,537,037 | 2 | $14,268,519 |
| 1,583 | Asif Kapadia | $28,482,306 | 9 | $3,164,701 |
| 1,584 | Nicolas Pesce | $28,441,284 | 4 | $7,110,321 |
| 1,585 | Zoya Akhtar | $28,306,598 | 5 | $5,661,320 |
| 1,586 | Jo Beom-gu | $28,211,214 | 1 | $28,211,214 |
| 1,587 | Xavier Dolan | $28,119,857 | 8 | $3,514,982 |
| 1,588 | Won-Tae Lee | $28,034,789 | 2 | $14,017,395 |
| 1,589 | Wen Zhang | $27,990,609 | 2 | $13,995,305 |
| 1,590 | Carlos Therón | $27,953,266 | 4 | $6,988,317 |
| 1,591 | R. Balki | $27,937,611 | 5 | $5,587,522 |
| 1,592 | Tôya Satô | $27,910,292 | 2 | $13,955,146 |
| 1,593 | Abbas Mustan | $27,899,987 | 2 | $13,949,994 |
| 1,594 | Jack Ng | $27,874,822 | 1 | $27,874,822 |
| 1,595 | Nick Moore | $27,754,906 | 3 | $9,251,635 |
| 1,596 | Kirill Kuzin | $27,754,492 | 3 | $9,251,497 |
| 1,597 | Sergio Castellitto | $27,744,192 | 5 | $5,548,838 |
| 1,598 | Do-young Kim | $27,728,277 | 1 | $27,728,277 |
| 1,599 | Hiroshi Nishitani | $27,727,642 | 2 | $13,863,821 |
| 1,600 | Meiert Avis | $27,723,792 | 1 | $27,723,792 |
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.