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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 John Wax $6,288,085 2 $3,144,043
3,002 Jean-Pascal Zadi $6,288,085 1 $6,288,085
3,003 Shangming Cai (蔡尚铭) $6,268,540 2 $3,134,270
3,004 Glendyn Ivin $6,262,056 2 $3,131,028
3,005 Costa-Gavras $6,248,166 11 $568,015
3,006 Hettie Macdonald $6,246,971 1 $6,246,971
3,007 Zhijiang Liu $6,240,000 1 $6,240,000
3,008 Christian Volckman $6,227,442 2 $3,113,721
3,009 Jacky Gan $6,225,444 1 $6,225,444
3,010 Nat Faxon $6,223,442 3 $2,074,481
3,011 Jim Rash $6,223,442 3 $2,074,481
3,012 Bruno Dumont $6,217,504 10 $621,750
3,013 Anne de Clercq $6,216,366 3 $2,072,122
3,014 Alice Rohrwacher $6,215,940 5 $1,243,188
3,015 Hermine Huntgeburth $6,214,682 1 $6,214,682
3,016 Igor Voloshin $6,212,061 4 $1,553,015
3,017 Takeshi Nozue $6,210,000 1 $6,210,000
3,018 Richard Ayoade $6,180,110 2 $3,090,055
3,019 Aaron Woodley $6,179,372 3 $2,059,791
3,020 Julia Ducournau $6,158,379 2 $3,079,190
3,021 Jung-ho Lee $6,148,888 1 $6,148,888
3,022 Andrew Onwubolu $6,140,993 2 $3,070,497
3,023 Kevin Allen $6,136,051 5 $1,227,210
3,024 Bartlomiej Ignaciuk $6,134,744 1 $6,134,744
3,025 Billy Wilder $6,132,837 20 $306,642
3,026 Joachim Trier $6,120,490 4 $1,530,123
3,027 Jon Gunn $6,110,484 5 $1,222,097
3,028 Juana Macias $6,109,530 4 $1,527,383
3,029 R.S. Prasanna $6,102,211 1 $6,102,211
3,030 William Monahan $6,096,079 2 $3,048,040
3,031 Alex Mizgiryov $6,088,454 1 $6,088,454
3,032 Sigeaki Kubo $6,081,142 1 $6,081,142
3,033 Michel Ocelot $6,073,552 4 $1,518,388
3,034 Vincent Zhou $6,071,862 2 $3,035,931
3,035 Luke Cresswell $6,058,762 3 $2,019,587
3,036 Steve McNicholas $6,058,762 3 $2,019,587
3,037 Rajesh Mapuskar $6,056,990 1 $6,056,990
3,038 Anthony Pun $6,050,077 1 $6,050,077
3,039 Robert Shaye $6,048,647 2 $3,024,324
3,040 Kari Ketonen $6,048,644 2 $3,024,322
3,041 Nick Ormedrod $6,044,657 1 $6,044,657
3,042 Declan Donnellan $6,044,657 1 $6,044,657
3,043 Sally Potter $6,042,603 6 $1,007,101
3,044 Benjamin Mousquet $6,034,002 1 $6,034,002
3,045 Christopher Smith $6,032,737 6 $1,005,456
3,046 Abhishek Chaubey $6,029,913 5 $1,205,983
3,047 Zuzana Marianková $6,006,985 2 $3,003,493
3,048 Frank Perry $6,000,000 6 $1,000,000
3,049 Evgeniy Bedarev $5,994,476 2 $2,997,238
3,050 Alireza Golafshan $5,961,121 3 $1,987,040
3,051 Frankie Chan $5,959,716 1 $5,959,716
3,052 Takeshi Yagi $5,954,671 1 $5,954,671
3,053 Michael Grandage $5,954,451 3 $1,984,817
3,054 Patrick Leung $5,954,421 2 $2,977,211
3,055 A. Taner Elhan $5,953,353 2 $2,976,677
3,056 Kleber Mendonca Filho $5,953,024 4 $1,488,256
3,057 Safak Sezer $5,949,881 1 $5,949,881
3,058 Ram Gopal Varma $5,948,072 8 $743,509
3,059 Alexis Michalik $5,947,327 2 $2,973,664
3,060 Gengxu Lu $5,932,063 1 $5,932,063
3,061 Yang Yongchun $5,921,481 1 $5,921,481
3,062 Lawrence Ah Mon $5,919,976 2 $2,959,988
3,063 Philippa Lowthorpe $5,909,914 3 $1,969,971
3,064 Marco Ponti $5,908,863 4 $1,477,216
3,065 Alexey Pimanov $5,904,389 1 $5,904,389
3,066 Yûki Yamato $5,899,333 2 $2,949,667
3,067 A.R. Murugadoss $5,896,056 6 $982,676
3,068 Fredi M. Murer $5,892,076 1 $5,892,076
3,069 Sergio Arau $5,877,131 1 $5,877,131
3,070 Chi-Man Wan $5,876,318 1 $5,876,318
3,071 Cho Jin-mo $5,872,055 2 $2,936,028
3,072 Hervé Mimran $5,869,917 2 $2,934,959
3,073 Rajshree Ojha $5,867,214 1 $5,867,214
3,074 Toshikazu Yoshizawa $5,866,131 1 $5,866,131
3,075 Wayne Kramer $5,865,846 4 $1,466,462
3,076 Tomasz Baginski $5,860,931 1 $5,860,931
3,077 Kim Young-hoon $5,856,796 1 $5,856,796
3,078 Roy Andersson $5,856,796 2 $2,928,398
3,079 Gopi Puthran $5,854,240 1 $5,854,240
3,080 Peter Bogdanovich $5,843,537 15 $389,569
3,081 Brian Smrz $5,840,146 1 $5,840,146
3,082 Yutaka Tsuchida $5,832,342 1 $5,832,342
3,083 Tim McCanlies $5,831,627 4 $1,457,907
3,084 Yefeng Jiang $5,821,687 3 $1,940,562
3,085 Shinkyu Choi $5,817,041 1 $5,817,041
3,086 Morgan Matthews $5,814,509 3 $1,938,170
3,087 Drew Barrymore $5,812,788 1 $5,812,788
3,088 Shôsuke Murakami $5,804,519 2 $2,902,260
3,089 Harold Cronk $5,801,553 6 $966,926
3,090 Michael Dudok di Wit $5,792,846 1 $5,792,846
3,091 Oleksandra Ruban $5,791,292 1 $5,791,292
3,092 Kelly Fremon Craig $5,790,156 2 $2,895,078
3,093 Elena Hazanov $5,789,269 3 $1,929,756
3,094 Dae-woong Kim $5,782,988 2 $2,891,494
3,095 Michael Wiseman $5,761,157 4 $1,440,289
3,096 Abderrahmane Sissako $5,756,120 2 $2,878,060
3,097 Xiao Zhang $5,748,970 1 $5,748,970
3,098 Valeriy Todorovskiy $5,740,805 4 $1,435,201
3,099 Tadas Vidmantas $5,722,647 6 $953,775
3,100 Carla Simón $5,720,944 2 $2,860,472

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.