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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 501-600)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Directors - Top International Second Unit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Shen Teng | $210,617,350 | 1 | $210,617,350 |
| 502 | Zhang Ziyi | $210,617,350 | 1 | $210,617,350 |
| 503 | Kevin Greutert | $209,988,714 | 7 | $29,998,388 |
| 504 | Greg Tiernan | $209,313,901 | 5 | $41,862,780 |
| 505 | Rene Liu | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 506 | John Francis Daley | $208,805,297 | 4 | $52,201,324 |
| 507 | Jonathan Goldstein | $208,805,297 | 4 | $52,201,324 |
| 508 | Peter Hyams | $208,167,040 | 17 | $12,245,120 |
| 509 | Lewis Gilbert | $207,100,000 | 5 | $41,420,000 |
| 510 | Kabir Khan | $206,514,678 | 7 | $29,502,097 |
| 511 | Sam Fell | $206,413,237 | 4 | $51,603,309 |
| 512 | Michel Gondry | $206,412,815 | 15 | $13,760,854 |
| 513 | Eli Roth | $206,379,283 | 12 | $17,198,274 |
| 514 | Josh Boone | $206,013,485 | 4 | $51,503,371 |
| 515 | Elizabeth Banks | $205,973,335 | 7 | $29,424,762 |
| 516 | Frank Oz | $205,897,924 | 13 | $15,838,302 |
| 517 | Jordan Peele | $205,757,896 | 4 | $51,439,474 |
| 518 | Randal Kleiser | $205,658,547 | 10 | $20,565,855 |
| 519 | Eric Goldberg | $205,520,227 | 1 | $205,520,227 |
| 520 | Mark Steven Johnson | $205,207,733 | 10 | $20,520,773 |
| 521 | Craig Gillespie | $204,536,684 | 9 | $22,726,298 |
| 522 | Andrew Niccol | $203,310,635 | 7 | $29,044,376 |
| 523 | Dean Parisot | $202,629,684 | 5 | $40,525,937 |
| 524 | Taylor Hackford | $202,614,184 | 15 | $13,507,612 |
| 525 | Steve Bendelack | $201,679,175 | 1 | $201,679,175 |
| 526 | Alexandre Aja | $201,274,655 | 11 | $18,297,696 |
| 527 | Malcolm D. Lee | $200,715,568 | 13 | $15,439,659 |
| 528 | Steve Carr | $200,392,076 | 11 | $18,217,461 |
| 529 | Jimmy Hayward | $200,060,618 | 3 | $66,686,873 |
| 530 | Roberto Benigni | $199,757,334 | 4 | $49,939,334 |
| 531 | Cate Shortland | $199,731,198 | 4 | $49,932,800 |
| 532 | Peter Howitt | $199,611,500 | 5 | $39,922,300 |
| 533 | John Requa | $199,589,495 | 6 | $33,264,916 |
| 534 | Glenn Ficarra | $199,589,495 | 6 | $33,264,916 |
| 535 | Justin Kurzel | $199,513,985 | 9 | $22,168,221 |
| 536 | Sam Quah | $199,276,793 | 1 | $199,276,793 |
| 537 | Scott Waugh | $199,131,754 | 8 | $24,891,469 |
| 538 | Xiao Lu Xue | $199,085,416 | 2 | $99,542,708 |
| 539 | Jason Friedberg | $199,036,357 | 9 | $22,115,151 |
| 540 | Huang Bo | $197,659,887 | 1 | $197,659,887 |
| 541 | Taniguchi Goro | $197,631,021 | 5 | $39,526,204 |
| 542 | Christopher Landon | $197,208,014 | 8 | $24,651,002 |
| 543 | Stephen Herek | $196,528,695 | 19 | $10,343,616 |
| 544 | David Dobkin | $195,848,540 | 7 | $27,978,363 |
| 545 | Stephen Chbosky | $195,590,379 | 5 | $39,118,076 |
| 546 | Frank Darabont | $195,477,829 | 5 | $39,095,566 |
| 547 | Thor Freudenthal | $195,070,973 | 4 | $48,767,743 |
| 548 | James Wong | $193,366,608 | 4 | $48,341,652 |
| 549 | Martin McDonagh | $193,127,679 | 5 | $38,625,536 |
| 550 | Wenli Ke (柯汶利) | $192,893,999 | 1 | $192,893,999 |
| 551 | Mamoru Hosoda | $192,693,182 | 8 | $24,086,648 |
| 552 | Victor Fleming | $192,147,268 | 5 | $38,429,454 |
| 553 | George Cukor | $191,922,045 | 17 | $11,289,532 |
| 554 | Sam Wood | $191,863,422 | 6 | $31,977,237 |
| 555 | Kirk Jones | $191,594,065 | 5 | $38,318,813 |
| 556 | Su Lun | $191,193,651 | 2 | $95,596,826 |
| 557 | Dean Devlin | $191,056,894 | 2 | $95,528,447 |
| 558 | Woo-seok Yang | $190,657,604 | 5 | $38,131,521 |
| 559 | Kenny Ortega | $190,104,433 | 8 | $23,763,054 |
| 560 | Brad Lewis | $190,072,267 | 1 | $190,072,267 |
| 561 | Benjamin Renner | $189,701,618 | 3 | $63,233,873 |
| 562 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $189,550,857 | 4 | $47,387,714 |
| 563 | Zhang Mo | $188,768,583 | 3 | $62,922,861 |
| 564 | Robert Redford | $188,577,802 | 9 | $20,953,089 |
| 565 | John G. Avildsen | $188,567,611 | 15 | $12,571,174 |
| 566 | Dong Runnian | $188,547,881 | 2 | $94,273,941 |
| 567 | Camille Delamarre | $187,909,115 | 5 | $37,581,823 |
| 568 | Jazz Boon | $187,768,338 | 3 | $62,589,446 |
| 569 | Jason Kwan | $187,179,616 | 3 | $62,393,205 |
| 570 | Chuan Lu | $186,780,883 | 4 | $46,695,221 |
| 571 | Kieth Merrill | $186,200,000 | 3 | $62,066,667 |
| 572 | Gus Van Sant | $185,688,605 | 18 | $10,316,034 |
| 573 | Tyler Gillett | $185,221,726 | 10 | $18,522,173 |
| 574 | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | $185,221,726 | 10 | $18,522,173 |
| 575 | Til Schweiger | $185,165,561 | 10 | $18,516,556 |
| 576 | Simon Kinberg | $184,843,264 | 2 | $92,421,632 |
| 577 | Robert Wise | $183,648,307 | 18 | $10,202,684 |
| 578 | Rodney Rothman | $183,633,874 | 1 | $183,633,874 |
| 579 | Bob Persichetti | $183,633,874 | 2 | $91,816,937 |
| 580 | Youn Jk | $183,121,197 | 4 | $45,780,299 |
| 581 | Sunny Luk | $182,567,244 | 3 | $60,855,748 |
| 582 | Gary Rydstrom | $182,356,009 | 3 | $60,785,336 |
| 583 | George Clooney | $182,213,303 | 9 | $20,245,923 |
| 584 | John R. Leonetti | $181,763,936 | 4 | $45,440,984 |
| 585 | Neil Jordan | $180,424,404 | 20 | $9,021,220 |
| 586 | Parker Finn | $180,115,551 | 2 | $90,057,776 |
| 587 | Jon Hurwitz | $180,040,376 | 2 | $90,020,188 |
| 588 | Hayden Schlossberg | $180,040,376 | 2 | $90,020,188 |
| 589 | Clyde Geronimi | $178,932,669 | 7 | $25,561,810 |
| 590 | Wilfred Jackson | $178,736,558 | 8 | $22,342,070 |
| 591 | Yuichi Fukuda | $177,977,315 | 11 | $16,179,756 |
| 592 | Simon Wells | $177,655,771 | 7 | $25,379,396 |
| 593 | Rob Bowman | $176,781,222 | 4 | $44,195,306 |
| 594 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $175,683,914 | 6 | $29,280,652 |
| 595 | Terence Young | $175,199,645 | 10 | $17,519,965 |
| 596 | Jiang Wen | $174,607,557 | 6 | $29,101,260 |
| 597 | Stefen Fangmeier | $174,457,952 | 1 | $174,457,952 |
| 598 | Luan Zhang | $174,358,813 | 4 | $43,589,703 |
| 599 | Fawn Veerasunthorn | $173,981,076 | 1 | $173,981,076 |
| 600 | Stephen Norrington | $173,895,812 | 4 | $43,473,953 |
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.