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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 David L. Cunningham $23,058,167 4 $5,764,542
1,902 Toichiro Ruto $23,028,987 5 $4,605,797
1,903 Kiyotaka Oshiyama $23,014,001 1 $23,014,001
1,904 Volfango De Biasi $22,987,056 7 $3,283,865
1,905 Rupert Goold $22,971,813 3 $7,657,271
1,906 Richard Glatzer $22,941,966 2 $11,470,983
1,907 Ken-Guan Chiu $22,930,000 1 $22,930,000
1,908 Ao Yu (于奥) $22,893,016 1 $22,893,016
1,909 Tienan Zhou (周铁男) $22,893,016 1 $22,893,016
1,910 Taylor Sheridan $22,884,120 3 $7,628,040
1,911 Mike Bigelow $22,873,310 1 $22,873,310
1,912 Alessandro Genovesi $22,863,149 8 $2,857,894
1,913 Abhinay Deo $22,853,588 5 $4,570,718
1,914 Joaquin Mazon $22,831,394 6 $3,805,232
1,915 Yan Jia $22,799,838 1 $22,799,838
1,916 Channing Tatum $22,765,563 2 $11,382,782
1,917 Reid Carolin $22,765,563 2 $11,382,782
1,918 Philippe Falardeau $22,738,730 5 $4,547,746
1,919 Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste $22,699,420 4 $5,674,855
1,920 Roman Prygunov $22,695,549 4 $5,673,887
1,921 Ludovic Bernard $22,637,519 7 $3,233,931
1,922 Jin-gyu Cho $22,624,185 1 $22,624,185
1,923 Peter Rida Michail $22,600,000 2 $11,300,000
1,924 Murat Şeker $22,574,366 7 $3,224,909
1,925 Tomasz Konecki $22,553,791 4 $5,638,448
1,926 Jingle Ma $22,548,305 2 $11,274,153
1,927 Jamel Aattache $22,544,541 8 $2,818,068
1,928 Vincent Paronnaud $22,468,209 5 $4,493,642
1,929 Sidney Lumet $22,361,047 32 $698,783
1,930 Chris Bailey $22,354,756 1 $22,354,756
1,931 Mark Koetsier $22,354,756 1 $22,354,756
1,932 Will Graham $22,324,294 2 $11,162,147
1,933 Patrik Forsberg $22,324,294 1 $22,324,294
1,934 James Duffy $22,324,294 1 $22,324,294
1,935 Jonathan Van Tulleken $22,324,294 2 $11,162,147
1,936 Rod Blackhurst $22,288,168 5 $4,457,634
1,937 Bryce McGuire $22,287,770 2 $11,143,885
1,938 Fei Xing $22,268,448 2 $11,134,224
1,939 Mike Disa $22,248,387 6 $3,708,065
1,940 Greg Gillespie $22,222,000 1 $22,222,000
1,941 Franck Dubosc $22,208,247 3 $7,402,749
1,942 Stephan Elliott $22,205,527 5 $4,441,105
1,943 Cem Yilmaz $22,203,546 5 $4,440,709
1,944 Sidney J. Furie $22,188,234 14 $1,584,874
1,945 Alexs Stadermann $22,158,664 3 $7,386,221
1,946 Jie Liu $22,139,739 4 $5,534,935
1,947 Gabriele Salvatores $22,134,988 8 $2,766,874
1,948 Ricky Gervais $22,132,457 4 $5,533,114
1,949 Bowen Han $22,114,909 1 $22,114,909
1,950 Charles E. Bastien $22,098,272 8 $2,762,284
1,951 Sam Akina $22,089,631 3 $7,363,210
1,952 Paul Bolger $22,074,786 1 $22,074,786
1,953 Yvette Kaplan $22,074,786 1 $22,074,786
1,954 Cheng Zhonghao $22,070,284 2 $11,035,142
1,955 Gaz Alazraki $22,053,611 2 $11,026,806
1,956 Emerald Fennell $21,993,371 3 $7,331,124
1,957 Kim Hyung-Joo $21,920,589 2 $10,960,295
1,958 Ann Hui $21,803,264 4 $5,450,816
1,959 Wayne Blair $21,761,525 5 $4,352,305
1,960 Timothy Reckart $21,744,143 2 $10,872,072
1,961 Mabrouk El Mechri $21,599,911 2 $10,799,956
1,962 Maksim Sveshnikov $21,593,623 4 $5,398,406
1,963 Ravi Udyawar $21,568,917 2 $10,784,459
1,964 Clovis Cornillac $21,568,424 4 $5,392,106
1,965 Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste $21,519,495 3 $7,173,165
1,966 Bedran Guzel $21,498,906 7 $3,071,272
1,967 Jean Pierre Ameris $21,465,500 8 $2,683,188
1,968 Robert Lorenz $21,448,562 3 $7,149,521
1,969 Sergei Bodrov $21,441,588 2 $10,720,794
1,970 Abdellatif Kechiche $21,435,221 3 $7,145,074
1,971 Han Jaerim $21,363,426 2 $10,681,713
1,972 Na Hyun (나현) $21,315,070 2 $10,657,535
1,973 Dani de la Orden $21,281,192 10 $2,128,119
1,974 Ji-Young Chung $21,244,286 2 $10,622,143
1,975 Franck Magnier $21,238,312 2 $10,619,156
1,976 Caner Alper $21,204,126 2 $10,602,063
1,977 Mehmet Binay $21,168,216 1 $21,168,216
1,978 Daisy von Scherler Mayer $21,099,329 3 $7,033,110
1,979 Yoona Eom $21,099,312 1 $21,099,312
1,980 Hyo-jin Kang $20,995,698 2 $10,497,849
1,981 Werner Herzog $20,991,375 31 $677,141
1,982 Cris D'Amato $20,978,901 8 $2,622,363
1,983 Yulin Liu $20,956,697 5 $4,191,339
1,984 Harald Siepermann $20,930,000 1 $20,930,000
1,985 Stephen Merchant $20,902,052 2 $10,451,026
1,986 Lee Seok-Geun $20,901,029 1 $20,901,029
1,987 Anthony Silverston $20,898,221 1 $20,898,221
1,988 Lu Ke $20,844,884 2 $10,422,442
1,989 Anthony Fabian $20,838,855 3 $6,946,285
1,990 Fausto Brizzi $20,829,060 9 $2,314,340
1,991 Susanne Bier $20,811,971 7 $2,973,139
1,992 Deyin Zhao (赵德胤) $20,811,078 1 $20,811,078
1,993 Louis-Julien Petit $20,732,676 3 $6,910,892
1,994 Philippe Claudel $20,713,234 3 $6,904,411
1,995 Greg McLean $20,711,802 8 $2,588,975
1,996 Lisa Azuelos $20,668,251 5 $4,133,650
1,997 Mary Harron $20,663,179 7 $2,951,883
1,998 Yuusuke Hirota $20,643,297 1 $20,643,297
1,999 Mark Romanek $20,626,175 1 $20,626,175
2,000 Elmo Nuganen $20,615,138 1 $20,615,138

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.