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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500)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.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Peter Chan | $255,973,794 | 4 | $63,993,449 |
| 402 | Kevin Costner | $255,934,727 | 7 | $36,562,104 |
| 403 | Jose Padilha | $254,989,660 | 4 | $63,747,415 |
| 404 | Michael Gracey | $254,455,826 | 3 | $84,818,609 |
| 405 | Stephen Daldry | $254,134,141 | 8 | $31,766,768 |
| 406 | Marc Lawrence | $253,100,055 | 5 | $50,620,011 |
| 407 | John Badham | $251,632,876 | 14 | $17,973,777 |
| 408 | Tony Gilroy | $251,612,560 | 3 | $83,870,853 |
| 409 | Bora Dagtekin | $248,387,347 | 4 | $62,096,837 |
| 410 | Hideaki Anno | $248,367,538 | 7 | $35,481,077 |
| 411 | Corin Hardy | $247,523,692 | 3 | $82,507,897 |
| 412 | Justin Baldoni | $247,346,673 | 3 | $82,448,891 |
| 413 | Rajkumar Hirani | $247,173,799 | 5 | $49,434,760 |
| 414 | Darren Lynn Bousman | $246,710,239 | 14 | $17,622,160 |
| 415 | Peter Chelsom | $246,685,236 | 13 | $18,975,787 |
| 416 | Eric Brevig | $246,005,246 | 2 | $123,002,623 |
| 417 | Li Wei | $245,636,492 | 5 | $49,127,298 |
| 418 | Fergal Reilly | $244,778,975 | 1 | $244,778,975 |
| 419 | Clay Kaytis | $244,778,975 | 3 | $81,592,992 |
| 420 | Terry Gilliam | $244,235,181 | 13 | $18,787,322 |
| 421 | Teng Cheng | $243,672,563 | 1 | $243,672,563 |
| 422 | Sheng Ding | $242,916,188 | 8 | $30,364,524 |
| 423 | Yongchang Lin | $242,657,336 | 3 | $80,885,779 |
| 424 | Yarrow Cheney | $242,174,617 | 1 | $242,174,617 |
| 425 | Scott Mosier | $242,174,617 | 1 | $242,174,617 |
| 426 | Edgar Wright | $242,124,307 | 9 | $26,902,701 |
| 427 | Emile Ardolino | $241,995,956 | 6 | $40,332,659 |
| 428 | Nick Cassavetes | $240,998,122 | 12 | $20,083,177 |
| 429 | Henry Joost | $240,042,164 | 7 | $34,291,738 |
| 430 | Ariel Schulman | $240,042,164 | 7 | $34,291,738 |
| 431 | Mikael Hafstrom | $239,064,795 | 9 | $26,562,755 |
| 432 | JiangJiang Liu | $238,913,515 | 2 | $119,456,758 |
| 433 | Olivier Magaton | $238,400,000 | 1 | $238,400,000 |
| 434 | Xiaoxing Yi | $238,149,449 | 2 | $119,074,725 |
| 435 | Alexander Payne | $237,684,749 | 10 | $23,768,475 |
| 436 | Bibo Bergeron | $237,329,342 | 2 | $118,664,671 |
| 437 | Jill Culton | $234,734,398 | 2 | $117,367,199 |
| 438 | Choi Dong-hoon | $234,493,782 | 5 | $46,898,756 |
| 439 | Adam Robitel | $232,340,951 | 4 | $58,085,238 |
| 440 | Steven S. DeKnight | $231,055,623 | 1 | $231,055,623 |
| 441 | Yuzuru Tachikawa | $230,760,275 | 3 | $76,920,092 |
| 442 | Brian Fee | $230,640,254 | 1 | $230,640,254 |
| 443 | Adam McKay | $230,370,061 | 10 | $23,037,006 |
| 444 | David Bowers | $230,343,320 | 7 | $32,906,189 |
| 445 | Derek Tsang | $229,561,130 | 1 | $229,561,130 |
| 446 | Oliver Parker | $229,186,280 | 10 | $22,918,628 |
| 447 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $228,178,038 | 6 | $38,029,673 |
| 448 | Peter Cattaneo | $226,999,161 | 5 | $45,399,832 |
| 449 | Philippe de Chauveron | $226,954,994 | 5 | $45,390,999 |
| 450 | Kelly Marcel | $226,889,128 | 2 | $113,444,564 |
| 451 | Noam Murro | $226,344,330 | 2 | $113,172,165 |
| 452 | Peter Lord | $226,092,479 | 2 | $113,046,240 |
| 453 | William Friedkin | $225,917,548 | 19 | $11,890,397 |
| 454 | Mike Gabriel | $225,020,227 | 2 | $112,510,114 |
| 455 | Beeban Kidron | $223,691,531 | 5 | $44,738,306 |
| 456 | Stephen Gaghan | $222,779,638 | 5 | $44,555,928 |
| 457 | John Singleton | $222,738,994 | 9 | $24,748,777 |
| 458 | Shao Heqi | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 459 | David R. Ellis | $221,856,727 | 6 | $36,976,121 |
| 460 | Jason Friedberg | $221,566,208 | 10 | $22,156,621 |
| 461 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $221,031,347 | 6 | $36,838,558 |
| 462 | Neil Burger | $221,027,071 | 6 | $36,837,845 |
| 463 | Steven Quale | $220,569,371 | 5 | $44,113,874 |
| 464 | Tomoka Nagaoka | $220,317,067 | 2 | $110,158,534 |
| 465 | Andy Fickman | $219,861,734 | 12 | $18,321,811 |
| 466 | Ralph Zondag | $219,144,491 | 4 | $54,786,123 |
| 467 | Eric Leighton | $218,400,000 | 1 | $218,400,000 |
| 468 | Roar Uthaug | $217,697,631 | 5 | $43,539,526 |
| 469 | Zhao Ji | $217,048,520 | 3 | $72,349,507 |
| 470 | Bradley Cooper | $216,909,077 | 2 | $108,454,539 |
| 471 | Alejandro Amenábar | $216,460,048 | 6 | $36,076,675 |
| 472 | Leon Ding | $216,222,026 | 3 | $72,074,009 |
| 473 | Mel Smith | $216,165,599 | 5 | $43,233,120 |
| 474 | Gil Kenan | $215,694,320 | 5 | $43,138,864 |
| 475 | Chris Noonan | $215,326,742 | 2 | $107,663,371 |
| 476 | Tommy Wirkola | $213,893,023 | 11 | $19,444,820 |
| 477 | Ben Affleck | $213,688,539 | 6 | $35,614,757 |
| 478 | Ryuichi Yagi | $213,606,471 | 2 | $106,803,236 |
| 479 | James L. Brooks | $213,431,634 | 7 | $30,490,233 |
| 480 | Jim Abrahams | $213,130,621 | 8 | $26,641,328 |
| 481 | Judd Apatow | $212,654,496 | 9 | $23,628,277 |
| 482 | Donald Petrie | $212,022,431 | 13 | $16,309,418 |
| 483 | Lawrence Guterman | $211,924,849 | 3 | $70,641,616 |
| 484 | Zhang Ziyi | $210,617,350 | 1 | $210,617,350 |
| 485 | Shen Teng | $210,617,350 | 1 | $210,617,350 |
| 486 | Kevin Greutert | $209,988,714 | 7 | $29,998,388 |
| 487 | Greg Tiernan | $209,313,901 | 5 | $41,862,780 |
| 488 | Rene Liu | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 489 | Peter Hyams | $208,167,040 | 17 | $12,245,120 |
| 490 | Lewis Gilbert | $207,100,000 | 5 | $41,420,000 |
| 491 | Sam Fell | $206,413,237 | 4 | $51,603,309 |
| 492 | Michel Gondry | $206,412,815 | 15 | $13,760,854 |
| 493 | Eli Roth | $206,379,486 | 12 | $17,198,291 |
| 494 | Josh Boone | $206,013,485 | 4 | $51,503,371 |
| 495 | Elizabeth Banks | $205,973,335 | 7 | $29,424,762 |
| 496 | Jonathan Goldstein | $205,926,627 | 4 | $51,481,657 |
| 497 | John Francis Daley | $205,926,627 | 4 | $51,481,657 |
| 498 | Frank Oz | $205,897,700 | 13 | $15,838,285 |
| 499 | Jordan Peele | $205,757,896 | 4 | $51,439,474 |
| 500 | Randal Kleiser | $205,658,547 | 10 | $20,565,855 |
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.