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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | $585,886,288 | 7 | $83,698,041 |
| 202 | Danny Boyle | $584,277,371 | 16 | $36,517,336 |
| 203 | David F. Sandberg | $582,576,946 | 6 | $97,096,158 |
| 204 | Shen Ao | $578,444,497 | 2 | $289,222,249 |
| 205 | James Foley | $578,034,266 | 13 | $44,464,174 |
| 206 | Darren Aronofsky | $570,175,861 | 11 | $51,834,169 |
| 207 | Yan Han (韩延) | $564,014,400 | 8 | $70,501,800 |
| 208 | Gary Trousdale | $559,681,085 | 3 | $186,560,362 |
| 209 | Mel Gibson | $557,010,250 | 9 | $61,890,028 |
| 210 | Patty Jenkins | $554,418,665 | 4 | $138,604,666 |
| 211 | Barry Levinson | $554,350,047 | 28 | $19,798,216 |
| 212 | Paul Feig | $551,917,339 | 11 | $50,174,304 |
| 213 | D.J. Caruso | $548,796,697 | 16 | $34,299,794 |
| 214 | Michael Mann | $548,672,958 | 14 | $39,190,926 |
| 215 | Oliver Stone | $543,774,223 | 22 | $24,717,010 |
| 216 | Don Hall | $541,279,560 | 4 | $135,319,890 |
| 217 | Tim Story | $535,789,086 | 18 | $29,766,060 |
| 218 | Chad Stahelski | $533,146,431 | 8 | $66,643,304 |
| 219 | Phyllida Lloyd | $526,436,265 | 3 | $175,478,755 |
| 220 | Phil Lord | $525,728,413 | 6 | $87,621,402 |
| 221 | Christopher Miller | $525,728,413 | 5 | $105,145,683 |
| 222 | Lasse Hallström | $521,870,097 | 19 | $27,466,847 |
| 223 | Wilson Yip | $519,582,699 | 6 | $86,597,117 |
| 224 | Mark Osborne | $517,192,002 | 3 | $172,397,334 |
| 225 | Seth MacFarlane | $517,146,237 | 3 | $172,382,079 |
| 226 | Robert Stromberg | $517,129,407 | 1 | $517,129,407 |
| 227 | Tim Johnson | $512,962,725 | 5 | $102,592,545 |
| 228 | Timur Bekmambetov | $510,299,514 | 12 | $42,524,960 |
| 229 | Eric Toledano | $502,316,426 | 4 | $125,579,107 |
| 230 | Olivier Nakache | $502,316,426 | 4 | $125,579,107 |
| 231 | Adrian Lyne | $500,802,264 | 10 | $50,080,226 |
| 232 | Xiang Liu | $498,079,038 | 2 | $249,039,519 |
| 233 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $497,252,698 | 8 | $62,156,587 |
| 234 | Len Wiseman | $495,573,517 | 5 | $99,114,703 |
| 235 | Haruo Sotozaki | $494,567,144 | 9 | $54,951,905 |
| 236 | Kevin Lima | $489,777,264 | 6 | $81,629,544 |
| 237 | Rui Cui (崔睿) | $487,559,038 | 1 | $487,559,038 |
| 238 | Duncan Jones | $482,916,716 | 5 | $96,583,343 |
| 239 | Dany Boon | $477,904,488 | 6 | $79,650,748 |
| 240 | Dan Scanlon | $474,967,481 | 1 | $474,967,481 |
| 241 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $471,689,721 | 5 | $94,337,944 |
| 242 | John Stevenson | $470,692,175 | 3 | $156,897,392 |
| 243 | Joe Wright | $469,834,178 | 10 | $46,983,418 |
| 244 | Gary Ross | $467,498,432 | 6 | $77,916,405 |
| 245 | Takashi Yamazaki | $467,204,992 | 14 | $33,371,785 |
| 246 | Michael Patrick King | $461,933,086 | 3 | $153,977,695 |
| 247 | Chiyu Zhang | $460,303,199 | 1 | $460,303,199 |
| 248 | Daniel Lee | $455,911,180 | 6 | $75,985,197 |
| 249 | Joel Crawford | $455,361,265 | 3 | $151,787,088 |
| 250 | Xiaozhi Rao (饶晓志) | $454,461,806 | 3 | $151,487,269 |
| 251 | Betty Thomas | $453,428,558 | 7 | $64,775,508 |
| 252 | Sydney Pollack | $452,581,874 | 18 | $25,143,437 |
| 253 | Chuck Russell | $451,533,695 | 10 | $45,153,370 |
| 254 | Paul Weitz | $450,864,370 | 13 | $34,681,875 |
| 255 | Tian Yusheng | $448,816,550 | 2 | $224,408,275 |
| 256 | David Slade | $446,278,237 | 3 | $148,759,412 |
| 257 | Adam Shankman | $441,736,913 | 10 | $44,173,691 |
| 258 | Sam Taylor-Johnson | $439,282,857 | 5 | $87,856,571 |
| 259 | David Frankel | $437,168,680 | 10 | $43,716,868 |
| 260 | Neill Blomkamp | $436,954,177 | 5 | $87,390,835 |
| 261 | Brenda Chapman | $436,083,522 | 4 | $109,020,881 |
| 262 | Vicky Jenson | $434,668,130 | 4 | $108,667,033 |
| 263 | Kevin Reynolds | $434,252,091 | 8 | $54,281,511 |
| 264 | Alex Proyas | $432,482,355 | 6 | $72,080,393 |
| 265 | Bilall Fallah | $427,117,841 | 4 | $106,779,460 |
| 266 | Adil El Arbi | $427,117,841 | 4 | $106,779,460 |
| 267 | Peter Weir | $424,937,512 | 12 | $35,411,459 |
| 268 | Frank Coraci | $420,223,055 | 9 | $46,691,451 |
| 269 | Jerry Zucker | $419,969,450 | 6 | $69,994,908 |
| 270 | Mark Dindal | $418,004,977 | 4 | $104,501,244 |
| 271 | Damien Chazelle | $416,598,917 | 5 | $83,319,783 |
| 272 | Brad Silberling | $416,410,984 | 8 | $52,051,373 |
| 273 | Jonathan Mostow | $414,403,178 | 8 | $51,800,397 |
| 274 | Lee Tamahori | $414,207,230 | 11 | $37,655,203 |
| 275 | Wang Baoqiang | $414,191,838 | 2 | $207,095,919 |
| 276 | Mark Waters | $413,296,947 | 15 | $27,553,130 |
| 277 | Brian De Palma | $408,342,018 | 24 | $17,014,251 |
| 278 | S.S. Rajamouli | $400,566,193 | 4 | $100,141,548 |
| 279 | John Madden | $396,380,984 | 13 | $30,490,845 |
| 280 | Nicholas Stoller | $395,220,086 | 9 | $43,913,343 |
| 281 | Brian Levant | $395,114,594 | 10 | $39,511,459 |
| 282 | Chris Wedge | $393,277,329 | 3 | $131,092,443 |
| 283 | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | $393,066,356 | 3 | $131,022,119 |
| 284 | Xing Wenxiong | $392,828,934 | 1 | $392,828,934 |
| 285 | Peter Ramsey | $388,820,344 | 2 | $194,410,172 |
| 286 | Joon-ho Bong | $388,525,489 | 8 | $48,565,686 |
| 287 | Kirk De Micco | $385,900,000 | 1 | $385,900,000 |
| 288 | Michael Chaves | $384,825,646 | 4 | $96,206,412 |
| 289 | Sharon Maguire | $384,253,075 | 3 | $128,084,358 |
| 290 | Nathan Greno | $381,618,215 | 1 | $381,618,215 |
| 291 | Rupert Sanders | $379,829,950 | 5 | $75,965,990 |
| 292 | Steven Caple Jr | $379,775,633 | 4 | $94,943,908 |
| 293 | Peter Segal | $379,407,111 | 12 | $31,617,259 |
| 294 | Alessandro Carloni | $376,660,606 | 1 | $376,660,606 |
| 295 | Ol Parker | $375,246,504 | 4 | $93,811,626 |
| 296 | Fede Álvarez | $372,731,227 | 5 | $74,546,245 |
| 297 | Robert Luketic | $371,498,934 | 8 | $46,437,367 |
| 298 | Tim Hill | $370,786,639 | 8 | $46,348,330 |
| 299 | Jeff Fowler | $370,751,176 | 3 | $123,583,725 |
| 300 | Travis Knight | $367,061,264 | 5 | $73,412,253 |
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.