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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 801-900)BETA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Pan Zhang (章攀) | $97,367,821 | 1 | $97,367,821 |
| 802 | Bobs Gannaway | $97,241,912 | 1 | $97,241,912 |
| 803 | Gavin O’Connor | $97,012,900 | 8 | $12,126,613 |
| 804 | Ding Liang | $96,784,216 | 1 | $96,784,216 |
| 805 | Steven Brill | $96,595,431 | 9 | $10,732,826 |
| 806 | Ryuichi Hiroki | $96,363,629 | 10 | $9,636,363 |
| 807 | Stephen Anderson | $96,183,309 | 2 | $48,091,655 |
| 808 | Peter Webber | $96,097,166 | 6 | $16,016,194 |
| 809 | Tod Williams | $96,045,879 | 3 | $32,015,293 |
| 810 | Alastair Fothergill | $95,979,606 | 11 | $8,725,419 |
| 811 | Gary Goldman | $95,397,687 | 4 | $23,849,422 |
| 812 | Stanley Kubrick | $94,924,933 | 12 | $7,910,411 |
| 813 | Bin Huang | $94,708,479 | 3 | $31,569,493 |
| 814 | Bruce Beresford | $94,634,445 | 29 | $3,263,257 |
| 815 | Tomas Alfredson | $93,776,304 | 3 | $31,258,768 |
| 816 | Chang-min Choo | $93,680,488 | 3 | $31,226,829 |
| 817 | Anees Bazmee | $93,633,374 | 7 | $13,376,196 |
| 818 | Mark Linfield | $93,358,313 | 5 | $18,671,663 |
| 819 | Simon Wincer | $93,339,242 | 13 | $7,179,942 |
| 820 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $93,161,160 | 3 | $31,053,720 |
| 821 | Scott Stewart | $92,833,730 | 4 | $23,208,433 |
| 822 | Jay Russell | $92,686,374 | 6 | $15,447,729 |
| 823 | Shinsuke Sato | $92,628,670 | 6 | $15,438,112 |
| 824 | Katsuichi Nakayama | $92,614,730 | 1 | $92,614,730 |
| 825 | Walter Hill | $92,289,601 | 23 | $4,012,591 |
| 826 | Ronny Yu | $92,241,748 | 6 | $15,373,625 |
| 827 | Jingfu Huang (黄精甫) | $92,213,531 | 1 | $92,213,531 |
| 828 | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | $92,202,493 | 10 | $9,220,249 |
| 829 | Steve Trenbirth | $92,022,620 | 1 | $92,022,620 |
| 830 | Joe Roth | $91,946,435 | 6 | $15,324,406 |
| 831 | Huang Jianxin | $91,858,600 | 2 | $45,929,300 |
| 832 | Wayne Wang | $91,836,450 | 18 | $5,102,025 |
| 833 | Sergey Bodrov | $91,149,182 | 1 | $91,149,182 |
| 834 | Clark Johnson | $90,356,975 | 3 | $30,118,992 |
| 835 | Olivier Baroux | $90,067,894 | 6 | $15,011,316 |
| 836 | Penelope Spheeris | $89,958,834 | 11 | $8,178,076 |
| 837 | Ben Palmer | $89,931,360 | 2 | $44,965,680 |
| 838 | Eiichirō Hasumi | $89,769,670 | 4 | $22,442,418 |
| 839 | Stuart Baird | $89,458,417 | 3 | $29,819,472 |
| 840 | Klim Shipenko | $89,202,167 | 6 | $14,867,028 |
| 841 | Tony Ching | $89,035,006 | 2 | $44,517,503 |
| 842 | Zheng Dasheng | $88,986,519 | 3 | $29,662,173 |
| 843 | Nobuhiro Doi | $88,908,444 | 4 | $22,227,111 |
| 844 | Matteo Garrone | $88,791,971 | 6 | $14,798,662 |
| 845 | Keishi Ohtomo | $88,746,164 | 8 | $11,093,271 |
| 846 | Jeffrey Lau | $88,639,239 | 5 | $17,727,848 |
| 847 | Steve Barron | $88,034,085 | 7 | $12,576,298 |
| 848 | Lau Ho-leung | $87,757,628 | 2 | $43,878,814 |
| 849 | Paul McGuigan | $87,675,570 | 8 | $10,959,446 |
| 850 | Neil Nightingale | $87,629,007 | 2 | $43,814,504 |
| 851 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | $87,370,313 | 2 | $43,685,157 |
| 852 | Barry Cook | $87,292,721 | 1 | $87,292,721 |
| 853 | Colin Strause | $87,087,428 | 1 | $87,087,428 |
| 854 | Greg Strause | $87,087,428 | 1 | $87,087,428 |
| 855 | Katsuyuki Motohiro | $87,051,253 | 4 | $21,762,813 |
| 856 | Aaron Nee | $86,983,415 | 4 | $21,745,854 |
| 857 | Adam Nee | $86,983,415 | 4 | $21,745,854 |
| 858 | Yuhan Wu | $86,876,449 | 1 | $86,876,449 |
| 859 | Johannes Roberts | $86,863,789 | 9 | $9,651,532 |
| 860 | Gennaro Nunziante | $86,274,627 | 4 | $21,568,657 |
| 861 | Oren Peli | $86,264,224 | 2 | $43,132,112 |
| 862 | Lee Daniels | $86,251,590 | 6 | $14,375,265 |
| 863 | Gerard Johnstone | $86,212,274 | 2 | $43,106,137 |
| 864 | George Tillman, Jr | $86,199,113 | 8 | $10,774,889 |
| 865 | David Cronenberg | $85,842,921 | 21 | $4,087,758 |
| 866 | Alister Grierson | $85,822,560 | 3 | $28,607,520 |
| 867 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 868 | Chun Zhang | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 869 | Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) | $85,495,015 | 1 | $85,495,015 |
| 870 | Alexandre Avancini | $84,810,158 | 3 | $28,270,053 |
| 871 | Luca Guadagnino | $84,648,224 | 14 | $6,046,302 |
| 872 | Charles Martin Smith | $84,565,283 | 8 | $10,570,660 |
| 873 | Wei Zheng | $84,379,069 | 2 | $42,189,535 |
| 874 | Takashi Otsuka | $84,372,182 | 2 | $42,186,091 |
| 875 | Liang Su | $84,135,517 | 1 | $84,135,517 |
| 876 | Rina Wu (乌日娜) | $84,110,926 | 2 | $42,055,463 |
| 877 | Michael Lehmann | $84,073,178 | 9 | $9,341,464 |
| 878 | Eric Lartigau | $84,011,838 | 5 | $16,802,368 |
| 879 | James Watkins | $83,404,313 | 3 | $27,801,438 |
| 880 | Richard Starzak | $82,475,004 | 1 | $82,475,004 |
| 881 | Mark Burton | $82,475,004 | 1 | $82,475,004 |
| 882 | Anthony LaMolinara | $82,406,221 | 1 | $82,406,221 |
| 883 | Zhao Xiaoding | $82,406,221 | 1 | $82,406,221 |
| 884 | Neil Marshall | $82,389,650 | 9 | $9,154,406 |
| 885 | Yôjirô Takita | $82,176,497 | 5 | $16,435,299 |
| 886 | Walter Salles | $82,165,072 | 8 | $10,270,634 |
| 887 | Patrick Lussier | $82,005,910 | 9 | $9,111,768 |
| 888 | Johnnie To | $81,963,326 | 8 | $10,245,416 |
| 889 | Richard Loncraine | $81,956,948 | 9 | $9,106,328 |
| 890 | Gurinder Chadha | $81,743,716 | 9 | $9,082,635 |
| 891 | Fabien Onteniente | $81,621,336 | 3 | $27,207,112 |
| 892 | Lee Cronin | $81,514,796 | 2 | $40,757,398 |
| 893 | Sam Wrench | $81,479,532 | 3 | $27,159,844 |
| 894 | Jacky Wu | $81,461,069 | 1 | $81,461,069 |
| 895 | Stephen Fung | $81,227,613 | 5 | $16,245,523 |
| 896 | Takahisa Zeze | $81,139,850 | 10 | $8,113,985 |
| 897 | Nikolaj Arcel | $81,075,925 | 3 | $27,025,308 |
| 898 | Lars Von Trier | $81,029,346 | 14 | $5,787,810 |
| 899 | Takaski Shimizu | $80,833,778 | 2 | $40,416,889 |
| 900 | Scott Cooper | $80,529,183 | 8 | $10,066,148 |
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.