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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 701-800)BETA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Gilbert Lewis | $140,000,000 | 1 | $140,000,000 |
| 702 | William Brent Bell | $138,899,651 | 8 | $17,362,456 |
| 703 | Gavin O’Connor | $138,237,967 | 8 | $17,279,746 |
| 704 | Hideki Takeuchi | $137,466,186 | 5 | $27,493,237 |
| 705 | Lok Man Leung | $137,318,091 | 2 | $68,659,046 |
| 706 | Leste Chen | $136,912,148 | 4 | $34,228,037 |
| 707 | Alec Su | $136,486,718 | 2 | $68,243,359 |
| 708 | Sarah Smith | $136,318,312 | 2 | $68,159,156 |
| 709 | Francois Ozon | $135,781,861 | 17 | $7,987,168 |
| 710 | Brian Robbins | $135,391,742 | 10 | $13,539,174 |
| 711 | Anees Bazmee | $134,742,513 | 10 | $13,474,251 |
| 712 | Jared Bush | $134,721,540 | 1 | $134,721,540 |
| 713 | Frédéric Forestier | $134,671,023 | 6 | $22,445,171 |
| 714 | Gregory Hoblit | $134,662,116 | 5 | $26,932,423 |
| 715 | Michael Caton-Jones | $134,486,263 | 12 | $11,207,189 |
| 716 | Niels Arden Oplev | $134,004,347 | 6 | $22,334,058 |
| 717 | Thomas Langmann | $133,978,927 | 2 | $66,989,464 |
| 718 | Joel Zwick | $133,900,826 | 4 | $33,475,207 |
| 719 | Babak Najafi | $133,510,726 | 3 | $44,503,575 |
| 720 | David Zucker | $133,225,333 | 10 | $13,322,533 |
| 721 | Dexter Fletcher | $132,760,143 | 5 | $26,552,029 |
| 722 | Santiago Segura | $132,631,929 | 10 | $13,263,193 |
| 723 | Wolfgang Reitherman | $132,302,565 | 6 | $22,050,428 |
| 724 | Chang Yuan | $132,213,520 | 1 | $132,213,520 |
| 725 | Tsutomu Hanabusa | $131,821,123 | 11 | $11,983,738 |
| 726 | Nia DaCosta | $131,428,082 | 6 | $21,904,680 |
| 727 | Larry Yang | $131,306,744 | 4 | $32,826,686 |
| 728 | Gary Winick | $131,013,914 | 6 | $21,835,652 |
| 729 | Jesse Dylan | $131,000,000 | 3 | $43,666,667 |
| 730 | Advait Chandan | $130,909,701 | 3 | $43,636,567 |
| 731 | Karan Johar | $130,825,361 | 7 | $18,689,337 |
| 732 | Frank Miller | $130,517,136 | 3 | $43,505,712 |
| 733 | Michael Morris | $130,302,150 | 2 | $65,151,075 |
| 734 | Cornell John | $130,300,000 | 1 | $130,300,000 |
| 735 | Fedor Bondarchuk | $130,037,407 | 5 | $26,007,481 |
| 736 | Don Bluth | $129,277,687 | 10 | $12,927,769 |
| 737 | Terrence Malick | $129,079,235 | 11 | $11,734,476 |
| 738 | Jonathan Frakes | $128,851,170 | 6 | $21,475,195 |
| 739 | Ken Kwapis | $128,725,674 | 10 | $12,872,567 |
| 740 | Sang-ho Yeon | $128,389,845 | 5 | $25,677,969 |
| 741 | Ryan Murphy | $128,063,354 | 5 | $25,612,671 |
| 742 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $127,978,985 | 4 | $31,994,746 |
| 743 | Donnie Yen | $127,906,096 | 3 | $42,635,365 |
| 744 | Seong-hoon Kim | $127,866,501 | 3 | $42,622,167 |
| 745 | Greg Mottola | $127,766,925 | 8 | $15,970,866 |
| 746 | Kevin MacDonald | $127,611,484 | 10 | $12,761,148 |
| 747 | George A. Romero | $127,592,760 | 17 | $7,505,456 |
| 748 | Tianyu Zhao | $127,350,404 | 3 | $42,450,135 |
| 749 | Miao Yue | $126,973,502 | 6 | $21,162,250 |
| 750 | Allen Hughes | $126,580,601 | 9 | $14,064,511 |
| 751 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | $126,019,911 | 5 | $25,203,982 |
| 752 | Martin Brest | $125,777,982 | 6 | $20,962,997 |
| 753 | Ric Roman Waugh | $125,708,962 | 10 | $12,570,896 |
| 754 | Koki Mitani | $124,335,209 | 5 | $24,867,042 |
| 755 | Masayuki Suzuki | $124,171,281 | 5 | $24,834,256 |
| 756 | James Watkins | $123,712,207 | 4 | $30,928,052 |
| 757 | David Twohy | $123,485,623 | 8 | $15,435,703 |
| 758 | Michael Sarnoski | $123,467,579 | 4 | $30,866,895 |
| 759 | Arun Kumar | $121,477,774 | 2 | $60,738,887 |
| 760 | Cathy Yan | $121,267,678 | 4 | $30,316,920 |
| 761 | Michael B. Jordan | $119,900,000 | 3 | $39,966,667 |
| 762 | Andrzej Bartkowiak | $119,535,308 | 7 | $17,076,473 |
| 763 | Han Tian | $119,090,927 | 2 | $59,545,464 |
| 764 | Fangfang Li | $119,035,160 | 1 | $119,035,160 |
| 765 | Emilio Martinez Lazaro | $118,865,521 | 4 | $29,716,380 |
| 766 | Marcus Nispel | $118,205,566 | 6 | $19,700,928 |
| 767 | Guillaume Canet | $118,120,718 | 6 | $19,686,786 |
| 768 | Lei Zhilong | $117,577,445 | 1 | $117,577,445 |
| 769 | David S. Goyer | $117,466,125 | 4 | $29,366,531 |
| 770 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | $117,324,305 | 5 | $23,464,861 |
| 771 | Goro Miyazaki | $117,293,705 | 3 | $39,097,902 |
| 772 | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | $117,146,287 | 2 | $58,573,144 |
| 773 | Xiaoshi Liu (刘晓世) | $117,022,751 | 1 | $117,022,751 |
| 774 | Lee Isaac Chung | $117,009,843 | 5 | $23,401,969 |
| 775 | Jianyu Gan (甘剑宇) | $116,392,432 | 1 | $116,392,432 |
| 776 | Michel Hazanavicius | $115,726,271 | 8 | $14,465,784 |
| 777 | Richard Linklater | $115,501,398 | 24 | $4,812,558 |
| 778 | John Lee Hancock | $114,755,248 | 9 | $12,750,583 |
| 779 | Byeong-Hun Lee | $114,561,676 | 1 | $114,561,676 |
| 780 | Nigel Cole | $114,348,949 | 6 | $19,058,158 |
| 781 | Jared Stern | $113,900,000 | 1 | $113,900,000 |
| 782 | Peter Spierig | $113,769,700 | 4 | $28,442,425 |
| 783 | Michael Spierig | $113,769,700 | 4 | $28,442,425 |
| 784 | Seok-hoon Lee | $113,733,542 | 2 | $56,866,771 |
| 785 | Carl Rinsch | $113,354,340 | 1 | $113,354,340 |
| 786 | Luo Luo | $112,976,360 | 4 | $28,244,090 |
| 787 | Walter Salles | $111,444,257 | 9 | $12,382,695 |
| 788 | Michael Lembeck | $111,195,547 | 10 | $11,119,555 |
| 789 | Alan Parker | $111,192,345 | 14 | $7,942,310 |
| 790 | Doug Sweetland | $111,000,000 | 1 | $111,000,000 |
| 791 | Paul Haggis | $110,727,566 | 5 | $22,145,513 |
| 792 | Iain Softley | $110,681,099 | 9 | $12,297,900 |
| 793 | Thurop Van Orman | $110,598,112 | 1 | $110,598,112 |
| 794 | Frank Marshall | $110,123,540 | 9 | $12,235,949 |
| 795 | Mike Flanagan | $109,979,531 | 9 | $12,219,948 |
| 796 | Lawrence Kasdan | $109,688,315 | 11 | $9,971,665 |
| 797 | Garth Davis | $109,481,536 | 3 | $36,493,845 |
| 798 | Joon-ik Lee | $108,812,946 | 4 | $27,203,237 |
| 799 | Yûichirô Hirakawa | $108,787,823 | 6 | $18,131,304 |
| 800 | Katsuya Shigehara | $108,160,534 | 1 | $108,160,534 |
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.