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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Kelly Reichardt | $3,343,760 | 9 | $371,529 |
| 4,002 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | $3,342,435 | 5 | $668,487 |
| 4,003 | Javier Mariscal | $3,341,326 | 2 | $1,670,663 |
| 4,004 | Tanguy de Kermel | $3,341,130 | 1 | $3,341,130 |
| 4,005 | Dongcheol Kim | $3,336,385 | 1 | $3,336,385 |
| 4,006 | Hannes Holm | $3,325,431 | 3 | $1,108,477 |
| 4,007 | John Bonito | $3,320,824 | 1 | $3,320,824 |
| 4,008 | Kenji Shibayama | $3,320,638 | 1 | $3,320,638 |
| 4,009 | Siva | $3,318,402 | 4 | $829,601 |
| 4,010 | Fred Schepisi | $3,317,860 | 13 | $255,220 |
| 4,011 | Andrejs Ekis | $3,314,554 | 3 | $1,104,851 |
| 4,012 | Joachim Lafosse | $3,310,087 | 6 | $551,681 |
| 4,013 | Carlos Sedes | $3,306,105 | 3 | $1,102,035 |
| 4,014 | Matt Chow | $3,295,974 | 2 | $1,647,987 |
| 4,015 | Ron Fricke | $3,294,258 | 2 | $1,647,129 |
| 4,016 | Oleg Assadulin | $3,292,840 | 6 | $548,807 |
| 4,017 | Emmanuel Finkiel | $3,292,319 | 2 | $1,646,160 |
| 4,018 | Cho Owen | $3,289,899 | 1 | $3,289,899 |
| 4,019 | Gözde Kural | $3,288,150 | 1 | $3,288,150 |
| 4,020 | Keiichi Hara | $3,285,891 | 5 | $657,178 |
| 4,021 | Drake Doremus | $3,284,680 | 7 | $469,240 |
| 4,022 | Jens Møller | $3,279,283 | 3 | $1,093,094 |
| 4,023 | Norio Tsuruta | $3,276,117 | 2 | $1,638,059 |
| 4,024 | Yeon Woo Lee (이연우) | $3,275,695 | 1 | $3,275,695 |
| 4,025 | Beomsu Park | $3,275,177 | 1 | $3,275,177 |
| 4,026 | Juho Kuosmanen | $3,269,181 | 3 | $1,089,727 |
| 4,027 | Florian Gallenberger | $3,266,146 | 2 | $1,633,073 |
| 4,028 | Gustave Kervern | $3,261,369 | 3 | $1,087,123 |
| 4,029 | Marco Tullio Giordana | $3,261,140 | 7 | $465,877 |
| 4,030 | Ge Zhu | $3,260,000 | 1 | $3,260,000 |
| 4,031 | EuiJeong Hong | $3,259,071 | 1 | $3,259,071 |
| 4,032 | Michel Franco | $3,257,714 | 7 | $465,388 |
| 4,033 | Sean Evans | $3,255,738 | 3 | $1,085,246 |
| 4,034 | Roger Waters | $3,255,738 | 3 | $1,085,246 |
| 4,035 | Frederick Wiseman | $3,255,035 | 13 | $250,387 |
| 4,036 | Siu-Tung Ching | $3,253,311 | 1 | $3,253,311 |
| 4,037 | David M. Rosenthal | $3,250,731 | 6 | $541,789 |
| 4,038 | Fa Peng (彭发) | $3,250,090 | 4 | $812,523 |
| 4,039 | Chia-Kai Wu | $3,250,000 | 1 | $3,250,000 |
| 4,040 | Charlie Kaufman | $3,246,882 | 4 | $811,721 |
| 4,041 | Vianney Lebasque | $3,245,786 | 2 | $1,622,893 |
| 4,042 | Ross Stewart | $3,241,142 | 1 | $3,241,142 |
| 4,043 | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | $3,238,579 | 6 | $539,763 |
| 4,044 | George Gallo | $3,237,181 | 10 | $323,718 |
| 4,045 | Brand Tan | $3,233,185 | 1 | $3,233,185 |
| 4,046 | Antoinette Beumer | $3,232,516 | 3 | $1,077,505 |
| 4,047 | Ketche | $3,227,933 | 3 | $1,075,978 |
| 4,048 | Jack Clough | $3,227,805 | 1 | $3,227,805 |
| 4,049 | Antoine Raimbault | $3,225,703 | 2 | $1,612,852 |
| 4,050 | Jeffrey Walker | $3,225,607 | 3 | $1,075,202 |
| 4,051 | Ku Born | $3,220,562 | 1 | $3,220,562 |
| 4,052 | Oliver Laxe | $3,219,679 | 3 | $1,073,226 |
| 4,053 | Jez Butterworth | $3,210,831 | 1 | $3,210,831 |
| 4,054 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,209,057 | 1 | $3,209,057 |
| 4,055 | Simon Baker | $3,206,203 | 1 | $3,206,203 |
| 4,056 | Stephen Foenkinos | $3,200,055 | 1 | $3,200,055 |
| 4,057 | Vishesh Bhatt | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 4,058 | Tair Mamedov | $3,199,844 | 2 | $1,599,922 |
| 4,059 | Dmitriy Vysotskiy | $3,195,673 | 3 | $1,065,224 |
| 4,060 | Jan Ole Gerster | $3,194,566 | 3 | $1,064,855 |
| 4,061 | Igor Zaytsev | $3,190,979 | 2 | $1,595,490 |
| 4,062 | Yuqi Yin | $3,190,549 | 1 | $3,190,549 |
| 4,063 | John Waters | $3,185,622 | 10 | $318,562 |
| 4,064 | Jin-yeong Kim | $3,181,670 | 1 | $3,181,670 |
| 4,065 | Cao Dawei | $3,177,786 | 2 | $1,588,893 |
| 4,066 | Benoît Godbout | $3,174,301 | 2 | $1,587,151 |
| 4,067 | Sang-soo Hong | $3,170,446 | 20 | $158,522 |
| 4,068 | Engin Erden | $3,168,272 | 1 | $3,168,272 |
| 4,069 | Salvador Espinosa | $3,166,966 | 3 | $1,055,655 |
| 4,070 | Todd Holland | $3,165,914 | 5 | $633,183 |
| 4,071 | Stefano Cipani | $3,165,877 | 2 | $1,582,939 |
| 4,072 | Jo Jin-mo | $3,161,515 | 1 | $3,161,515 |
| 4,073 | Martin Pohl | $3,160,185 | 3 | $1,053,395 |
| 4,074 | Chen Hui-Ling | $3,160,000 | 1 | $3,160,000 |
| 4,075 | Tang Xu | $3,160,000 | 1 | $3,160,000 |
| 4,076 | Elliot Hegarty | $3,159,919 | 1 | $3,159,919 |
| 4,077 | Amit V Masurkar | $3,152,554 | 1 | $3,152,554 |
| 4,078 | Tona Errando | $3,149,434 | 1 | $3,149,434 |
| 4,079 | Ilker Çatak | $3,147,585 | 2 | $1,573,793 |
| 4,080 | Harry Macqueen | $3,146,178 | 1 | $3,146,178 |
| 4,081 | Agnès Varda | $3,143,707 | 14 | $224,551 |
| 4,082 | Jody Hill | $3,141,574 | 4 | $785,394 |
| 4,083 | George Armitage | $3,140,893 | 4 | $785,223 |
| 4,084 | Joyce Bernal | $3,140,234 | 4 | $785,059 |
| 4,085 | Fei Xiao (萧飞) | $3,139,814 | 2 | $1,569,907 |
| 4,086 | Panu Raipia | $3,137,146 | 1 | $3,137,146 |
| 4,087 | Caroline Origer | $3,135,411 | 2 | $1,567,706 |
| 4,088 | David Bickerstaff | $3,134,799 | 15 | $208,987 |
| 4,089 | Pedro Amorim | $3,131,867 | 3 | $1,043,956 |
| 4,090 | Bobby Boermans | $3,125,946 | 4 | $781,487 |
| 4,091 | Ernesto Contreras | $3,124,587 | 5 | $624,917 |
| 4,092 | Kim Sung-ho | $3,122,539 | 2 | $1,561,270 |
| 4,093 | Adrienne Shelly | $3,119,633 | 1 | $3,119,633 |
| 4,094 | Il Hyung Lee (리멤버) | $3,118,646 | 1 | $3,118,646 |
| 4,095 | Jong-Kwan Kim | $3,117,952 | 5 | $623,590 |
| 4,096 | Stephen Kijak | $3,117,833 | 6 | $519,639 |
| 4,097 | Jiří Havelka | $3,115,881 | 3 | $1,038,627 |
| 4,098 | Kirill Kemnits | $3,114,399 | 2 | $1,557,200 |
| 4,099 | John Swasey | $3,113,936 | 1 | $3,113,936 |
| 4,100 | Marc Dugain | $3,104,273 | 2 | $1,552,137 |
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.