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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 John Landis $273,763,660 18 $15,209,092
402 Olivier Megaton $273,582,525 4 $68,395,631
403 Rohit Shetty $273,048,900 12 $22,754,075
404 Michael Gracey $272,607,088 3 $90,869,029
405 Anthony Minghella $271,638,261 7 $38,805,466
406 Kim Hanmin $271,095,129 4 $67,773,782
407 Mike Nichols $267,283,586 18 $14,849,088
408 Mimi Leder $266,968,062 7 $38,138,295
409 Seung-wan Ryoo $265,798,831 7 $37,971,262
410 David Bowers $265,268,006 7 $37,895,429
411 Roman Polanski $265,104,347 21 $12,624,017
412 Harald Zwart $264,794,146 6 $44,132,358
413 Kevin Costner $263,273,120 7 $37,610,446
414 Sang Yong Lee (이상용) $261,597,883 3 $87,199,294
415 Daniel Espinosa $258,981,740 7 $36,997,391
416 Yuen Woo Ping $258,878,289 6 $43,146,382
417 Jon Amiel $257,002,136 9 $28,555,793
418 David Soren $256,370,397 3 $85,456,799
419 Xiaoxing Yi $255,546,585 3 $85,182,195
420 Jose Padilha $254,989,660 4 $63,747,415
421 Stephen Daldry $254,142,191 8 $31,767,774
422 Marc Lawrence $253,100,055 5 $50,620,011
423 John Badham $251,632,844 14 $17,973,775
424 Tony Gilroy $251,612,560 3 $83,870,853
425 Rajkumar Hirani $251,285,497 5 $50,257,099
426 Corin Hardy $250,673,774 4 $62,668,444
427 Justin Baldoni $248,029,079 3 $82,676,360
428 Jake Schreier $247,156,819 4 $61,789,205
429 Peter Chelsom $246,907,949 13 $18,992,919
430 Darren Lynn Bousman $246,710,239 14 $17,622,160
431 Hideaki Anno $246,331,287 8 $30,791,411
432 Eric Brevig $246,005,246 2 $123,002,623
433 Li Wei $245,636,492 5 $49,127,298
434 Clay Kaytis $244,778,975 4 $61,194,744
435 Fergal Reilly $244,778,975 1 $244,778,975
436 Terry Gilliam $244,235,181 13 $18,787,322
437 Teng Cheng $243,672,563 1 $243,672,563
438 Kim Yong-hwa $243,564,343 3 $81,188,114
439 Sheng Ding $242,916,188 8 $30,364,524
440 Edgar Wright $242,124,307 9 $26,902,701
441 Emile Ardolino $241,995,956 6 $40,332,659
442 Nick Cassavetes $241,672,945 12 $20,139,412
443 Scott Mosier $241,369,386 1 $241,369,386
444 Yarrow Cheney $241,369,386 1 $241,369,386
445 Henry Joost $240,042,164 7 $34,291,738
446 Ariel Schulman $240,042,164 7 $34,291,738
447 Mikael Hafstrom $239,081,752 9 $26,564,639
448 JiangJiang Liu $238,913,515 2 $119,456,758
449 Olivier Magaton $238,400,000 1 $238,400,000
450 Alexander Payne $238,225,049 11 $21,656,823
451 Bibo Bergeron $237,329,342 2 $118,664,671
452 Peter Cattaneo $236,148,949 5 $47,229,790
453 Jill Culton $234,734,398 2 $117,367,199
454 Choi Dong-hoon $234,493,782 5 $46,898,756
455 Adam Robitel $232,340,951 4 $58,085,238
456 Steven S. DeKnight $231,055,623 1 $231,055,623
457 Adam McKay $230,780,116 10 $23,078,012
458 Yuzuru Tachikawa $230,755,948 4 $57,688,987
459 Brian Fee $230,640,254 1 $230,640,254
460 Junwei Xie (谢君伟) $229,620,158 1 $229,620,158
461 Jing Zou $229,620,158 1 $229,620,158
462 Derek Tsang $229,561,130 1 $229,561,130
463 Oliver Parker $229,251,678 10 $22,925,168
464 Destin Daniel Cretton $228,684,767 6 $38,114,128
465 Philippe de Chauveron $226,954,994 5 $45,390,999
466 Noam Murro $226,344,330 2 $113,172,165
467 Peter Lord $226,092,479 2 $113,046,240
468 William Friedkin $225,918,360 19 $11,890,440
469 Dmitry Dyachenko $225,094,166 8 $28,136,771
470 Mike Gabriel $225,020,227 2 $112,510,114
471 Beeban Kidron $223,691,531 5 $44,738,306
472 Stephen Gaghan $222,779,638 5 $44,555,928
473 John Singleton $222,738,994 9 $24,748,777
474 Shao Heqi $222,103,379 1 $222,103,379
475 David R. Ellis $221,856,727 6 $36,976,121
476 Bradley Cooper $221,623,787 3 $73,874,596
477 Neil Burger $221,152,938 6 $36,858,823
478 Steven Quale $220,569,371 5 $44,113,874
479 Tomoka Nagaoka $220,317,067 2 $110,158,534
480 Andy Fickman $219,856,333 13 $16,912,026
481 Roar Uthaug $219,170,933 6 $36,528,489
482 Ralph Zondag $219,144,491 4 $54,786,123
483 Ding Liang $218,779,552 3 $72,926,517
484 Eric Leighton $218,400,000 1 $218,400,000
485 Shinsuke Sato $217,329,998 10 $21,733,000
486 Zhao Ji $217,048,520 3 $72,349,507
487 Alejandro Amenábar $216,460,048 7 $30,922,864
488 Leon Ding $216,222,026 3 $72,074,009
489 Mel Smith $216,165,599 5 $43,233,120
490 Ben Affleck $215,554,685 7 $30,793,526
491 Chris Noonan $215,326,742 2 $107,663,371
492 Gil Kenan $214,814,091 5 $42,962,818
493 Tommy Wirkola $214,025,521 11 $19,456,866
494 Ryuichi Yagi $213,606,471 2 $106,803,236
495 Julius Onah $213,528,753 5 $42,705,751
496 James L. Brooks $213,431,634 7 $30,490,233
497 Jim Abrahams $213,130,621 8 $26,641,328
498 Judd Apatow $212,654,496 9 $23,628,277
499 Donald Petrie $212,022,431 14 $15,144,459
500 Lawrence Guterman $211,924,849 3 $70,641,616

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.