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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Joe Roth | $91,946,435 | 6 | $15,324,406 |
| 902 | Wayne Wang | $91,836,450 | 18 | $5,102,025 |
| 903 | Jingfu Huang (黄精甫) | $91,608,950 | 1 | $91,608,950 |
| 904 | Sergey Bodrov | $91,149,182 | 1 | $91,149,182 |
| 905 | Wu Bai | $90,562,349 | 2 | $45,281,175 |
| 906 | Clark Johnson | $90,356,975 | 3 | $30,118,992 |
| 907 | Olivier Baroux | $90,067,894 | 6 | $15,011,316 |
| 908 | Je Kyun Yoon (윤제균) | $90,037,483 | 2 | $45,018,742 |
| 909 | Penelope Spheeris | $89,959,276 | 12 | $7,496,606 |
| 910 | Ben Palmer | $89,931,360 | 2 | $44,965,680 |
| 911 | Katsuichi Nakayama | $89,627,870 | 1 | $89,627,870 |
| 912 | Matteo Garrone | $89,540,490 | 6 | $14,923,415 |
| 913 | Stuart Baird | $89,458,417 | 3 | $29,819,472 |
| 914 | Klim Shipenko | $89,202,167 | 7 | $12,743,167 |
| 915 | Zheng Dasheng | $89,178,654 | 3 | $29,726,218 |
| 916 | Tony Ching | $89,035,006 | 2 | $44,517,503 |
| 917 | Nobuhiro Doi | $88,915,715 | 5 | $17,783,143 |
| 918 | Keishi Ohtomo | $88,746,164 | 8 | $11,093,271 |
| 919 | Jeffrey Lau | $88,639,239 | 6 | $14,773,207 |
| 920 | Ke Xu (徐克) | $88,618,457 | 1 | $88,618,457 |
| 921 | Holger Tappe | $88,235,619 | 4 | $22,058,905 |
| 922 | Steve Barron | $88,034,085 | 7 | $12,576,298 |
| 923 | Lau Ho-leung | $87,757,628 | 2 | $43,878,814 |
| 924 | Paul McGuigan | $87,675,570 | 8 | $10,959,446 |
| 925 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $87,635,671 | 1 | $87,635,671 |
| 926 | Neil Nightingale | $87,629,007 | 2 | $43,814,504 |
| 927 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | $87,370,313 | 2 | $43,685,157 |
| 928 | Barry Cook | $87,292,721 | 1 | $87,292,721 |
| 929 | Colin Strause | $87,087,428 | 1 | $87,087,428 |
| 930 | Greg Strause | $87,087,428 | 1 | $87,087,428 |
| 931 | Lee Daniels | $87,004,923 | 6 | $14,500,821 |
| 932 | Yuhan Wu | $86,876,449 | 1 | $86,876,449 |
| 933 | Johannes Roberts | $86,863,789 | 10 | $8,686,379 |
| 934 | Baorui Zheng (郑保瑞) | $86,833,197 | 1 | $86,833,197 |
| 935 | George Tillman, Jr | $86,462,314 | 8 | $10,807,789 |
| 936 | David Cronenberg | $86,449,671 | 21 | $4,116,651 |
| 937 | Oren Peli | $86,264,224 | 2 | $43,132,112 |
| 938 | Adam Nee | $86,244,160 | 4 | $21,561,040 |
| 939 | Aaron Nee | $86,244,160 | 4 | $21,561,040 |
| 940 | Alister Grierson | $85,822,560 | 3 | $28,607,520 |
| 941 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 942 | Chun Zhang | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 943 | Andrei Kravchuk | $85,611,762 | 7 | $12,230,252 |
| 944 | Alexandre Avancini | $84,810,158 | 3 | $28,270,053 |
| 945 | Wim Wenders | $84,595,713 | 25 | $3,383,829 |
| 946 | Ram Gopal Varma | $84,579,304 | 9 | $9,397,700 |
| 947 | Charles Martin Smith | $84,565,283 | 8 | $10,570,660 |
| 948 | Wei Zheng | $84,379,069 | 2 | $42,189,535 |
| 949 | Takashi Otsuka | $84,372,182 | 2 | $42,186,091 |
| 950 | Liang Su | $84,174,084 | 1 | $84,174,084 |
| 951 | Michael Lehmann | $84,073,178 | 9 | $9,341,464 |
| 952 | Eric Lartigau | $84,011,838 | 5 | $16,802,368 |
| 953 | Lee Cronin | $82,630,179 | 3 | $27,543,393 |
| 954 | Mark Burton | $82,475,004 | 1 | $82,475,004 |
| 955 | Richard Starzak | $82,475,004 | 1 | $82,475,004 |
| 956 | Neil Marshall | $82,433,005 | 10 | $8,243,301 |
| 957 | Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) | $82,417,699 | 1 | $82,417,699 |
| 958 | Zhao Xiaoding | $82,406,221 | 1 | $82,406,221 |
| 959 | Anthony LaMolinara | $82,406,221 | 1 | $82,406,221 |
| 960 | James Hawes | $82,332,039 | 2 | $41,166,020 |
| 961 | Yôjirô Takita | $82,176,497 | 5 | $16,435,299 |
| 962 | Patrick Lussier | $82,165,194 | 9 | $9,129,466 |
| 963 | Richard Loncraine | $82,038,391 | 10 | $8,203,839 |
| 964 | Johnnie To | $81,963,326 | 9 | $9,107,036 |
| 965 | Sam Wrench | $81,958,911 | 7 | $11,708,416 |
| 966 | Oz Perkins | $81,881,643 | 7 | $11,697,378 |
| 967 | Gurinder Chadha | $81,745,515 | 10 | $8,174,552 |
| 968 | Scott Cooper | $81,666,989 | 8 | $10,208,374 |
| 969 | Fabien Onteniente | $81,621,336 | 4 | $20,405,334 |
| 970 | Jacky Wu | $81,461,069 | 1 | $81,461,069 |
| 971 | Paolo Sorrentino | $81,333,310 | 10 | $8,133,331 |
| 972 | Nikolaj Arcel | $81,294,369 | 3 | $27,098,123 |
| 973 | Stephen Fung | $81,227,613 | 5 | $16,245,523 |
| 974 | Lars Von Trier | $81,030,409 | 15 | $5,402,027 |
| 975 | Kim Hak-Soon | $80,901,043 | 1 | $80,901,043 |
| 976 | Takaski Shimizu | $80,833,778 | 2 | $40,416,889 |
| 977 | Hiroshi Nishitani | $80,727,642 | 3 | $26,909,214 |
| 978 | Andrew Bergman | $80,200,000 | 6 | $13,366,667 |
| 979 | Wally Pfister | $80,016,949 | 1 | $80,016,949 |
| 980 | Anton Megerdichev | $79,390,285 | 4 | $19,847,571 |
| 981 | Michael Sucsy | $79,317,247 | 3 | $26,439,082 |
| 982 | Brad Furman | $79,285,834 | 7 | $11,326,548 |
| 983 | Wataru Takahashi | $79,269,719 | 4 | $19,817,430 |
| 984 | Shankar Sachdev | $79,084,747 | 1 | $79,084,747 |
| 985 | J. Blakeson | $79,015,678 | 4 | $19,753,920 |
| 986 | Masaki Nishiura | $78,778,560 | 1 | $78,778,560 |
| 987 | Angela Robinson | $78,423,063 | 3 | $26,141,021 |
| 988 | Yongchang Li | $78,392,065 | 2 | $39,196,033 |
| 989 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $78,290,348 | 8 | $9,786,294 |
| 990 | John Polson | $78,115,488 | 2 | $39,057,744 |
| 991 | Ted Kotcheff | $78,023,319 | 10 | $7,802,332 |
| 992 | Reinhard Klooss | $77,812,608 | 4 | $19,453,152 |
| 993 | David McNally | $76,965,571 | 2 | $38,482,786 |
| 994 | Takahiro Miki | $76,935,090 | 13 | $5,918,084 |
| 995 | Frederik Du Chau | $76,709,634 | 3 | $25,569,878 |
| 996 | Tian Yu-sheng | $76,481,594 | 3 | $25,493,865 |
| 997 | Sam Weisman | $76,394,297 | 5 | $15,278,859 |
| 998 | Wolfgang Becker | $76,291,543 | 2 | $38,145,772 |
| 999 | Nuel C. Naval | $76,283,565 | 5 | $15,256,713 |
| 1,000 | John Erick Dowdle | $76,064,817 | 6 | $12,677,470 |
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.