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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | Cheng Zhonghao | $22,070,284 | 2 | $11,035,142 |
| 1,802 | Gaz Alazraki | $22,053,611 | 2 | $11,026,806 |
| 1,803 | Emerald Fennell | $21,993,371 | 2 | $10,996,686 |
| 1,804 | Kamil Cetin | $21,970,533 | 8 | $2,746,317 |
| 1,805 | Kim Hyung-Joo | $21,920,589 | 2 | $10,960,295 |
| 1,806 | Jun'ichi Ishikawa | $21,876,984 | 3 | $7,292,328 |
| 1,807 | Peter Rida Michail | $21,830,357 | 2 | $10,915,179 |
| 1,808 | Ann Hui | $21,803,264 | 4 | $5,450,816 |
| 1,809 | Jamel Aattache | $21,777,401 | 7 | $3,111,057 |
| 1,810 | Wayne Blair | $21,761,525 | 4 | $5,440,381 |
| 1,811 | Timothy Reckart | $21,758,554 | 2 | $10,879,277 |
| 1,812 | Mabrouk El Mechri | $21,599,911 | 2 | $10,799,956 |
| 1,813 | Maksim Sveshnikov | $21,593,623 | 4 | $5,398,406 |
| 1,814 | Clovis Cornillac | $21,568,424 | 4 | $5,392,106 |
| 1,815 | Ravi Udyawar | $21,535,056 | 1 | $21,535,056 |
| 1,816 | Jean Pierre Ameris | $21,461,779 | 7 | $3,065,968 |
| 1,817 | Abdellatif Kechiche | $21,443,141 | 3 | $7,147,714 |
| 1,818 | Sergei Bodrov | $21,441,588 | 1 | $21,441,588 |
| 1,819 | Taylor Sheridan | $21,378,551 | 3 | $7,126,184 |
| 1,820 | Han Jaerim | $21,363,426 | 2 | $10,681,713 |
| 1,821 | Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | $21,359,647 | 3 | $7,119,882 |
| 1,822 | Na Hyun (나현) | $21,315,070 | 2 | $10,657,535 |
| 1,823 | Litao Qiu (邱礼涛) | $21,300,671 | 2 | $10,650,336 |
| 1,824 | Robert Lorenz | $21,287,780 | 3 | $7,095,927 |
| 1,825 | Han-Gyul Kim | $21,253,248 | 2 | $10,626,624 |
| 1,826 | Ji-Young Chung | $21,244,286 | 2 | $10,622,143 |
| 1,827 | Franck Magnier | $21,238,312 | 2 | $10,619,156 |
| 1,828 | Caner Alper | $21,204,126 | 2 | $10,602,063 |
| 1,829 | Christopher Jenkins | $21,170,568 | 2 | $10,585,284 |
| 1,830 | Mehmet Binay | $21,168,216 | 1 | $21,168,216 |
| 1,831 | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | $21,099,329 | 3 | $7,033,110 |
| 1,832 | Yoona Eom | $21,099,312 | 1 | $21,099,312 |
| 1,833 | Hyo-jin Kang | $20,995,698 | 2 | $10,497,849 |
| 1,834 | Werner Herzog | $20,991,123 | 28 | $749,683 |
| 1,835 | Cris D'Amato | $20,978,901 | 7 | $2,996,986 |
| 1,836 | Yulin Liu | $20,956,697 | 5 | $4,191,339 |
| 1,837 | Wu Bai | $20,933,749 | 1 | $20,933,749 |
| 1,838 | Harald Siepermann | $20,930,000 | 1 | $20,930,000 |
| 1,839 | Stephen Merchant | $20,902,052 | 2 | $10,451,026 |
| 1,840 | Lee Seok-Geun | $20,901,029 | 1 | $20,901,029 |
| 1,841 | Anthony Silverston | $20,898,221 | 1 | $20,898,221 |
| 1,842 | Lu Ke | $20,844,884 | 2 | $10,422,442 |
| 1,843 | Susanne Bier | $20,811,971 | 7 | $2,973,139 |
| 1,844 | Anthony Fabian | $20,804,572 | 3 | $6,934,857 |
| 1,845 | Louis-Julien Petit | $20,732,676 | 3 | $6,910,892 |
| 1,846 | Philippe Claudel | $20,713,234 | 3 | $6,904,411 |
| 1,847 | Greg McLean | $20,711,802 | 6 | $3,451,967 |
| 1,848 | Lisa Azuelos | $20,668,251 | 4 | $5,167,063 |
| 1,849 | Mary Harron | $20,657,140 | 7 | $2,951,020 |
| 1,850 | Yuusuke Hirota | $20,643,297 | 1 | $20,643,297 |
| 1,851 | Mark Romanek | $20,626,175 | 1 | $20,626,175 |
| 1,852 | Elmo Nuganen | $20,615,138 | 1 | $20,615,138 |
| 1,853 | Cathy Malkasian | $20,586,040 | 1 | $20,586,040 |
| 1,854 | Jeff McGrath | $20,586,040 | 1 | $20,586,040 |
| 1,855 | Li Chen | $20,580,000 | 2 | $10,290,000 |
| 1,856 | Jean Duval | $20,479,706 | 1 | $20,479,706 |
| 1,857 | Frank Passingham | $20,479,706 | 1 | $20,479,706 |
| 1,858 | Dave Borthwick | $20,479,706 | 1 | $20,479,706 |
| 1,859 | Takashi Shimizu | $20,344,656 | 9 | $2,260,517 |
| 1,860 | Soo-Kyung Kwon | $20,340,567 | 1 | $20,340,567 |
| 1,861 | Richard Lester | $20,338,731 | 8 | $2,542,341 |
| 1,862 | Danila Kozlovsky | $20,330,979 | 2 | $10,165,490 |
| 1,863 | Peter Mullan | $20,327,412 | 2 | $10,163,706 |
| 1,864 | Blair Simmons | $20,290,215 | 3 | $6,763,405 |
| 1,865 | Kenji Kodama | $20,280,955 | 3 | $6,760,318 |
| 1,866 | Joel Edgerton | $20,265,170 | 2 | $10,132,585 |
| 1,867 | Stephen Low | $20,258,578 | 5 | $4,051,716 |
| 1,868 | Jung Bum-Shik | $20,230,328 | 1 | $20,230,328 |
| 1,869 | Vincenzo Natali | $20,219,769 | 6 | $3,369,962 |
| 1,870 | Karyn Kusama | $20,218,628 | 5 | $4,043,726 |
| 1,871 | Mika Ninagawa | $20,125,208 | 2 | $10,062,604 |
| 1,872 | Joachim Roenning | $20,054,692 | 1 | $20,054,692 |
| 1,873 | Sean Cunningham | $20,000,000 | 4 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,874 | Javier Ruiz Caldera | $19,934,835 | 5 | $3,986,967 |
| 1,875 | Julia Rezende | $19,930,115 | 5 | $3,986,023 |
| 1,876 | Mikkel Norgaard | $19,910,761 | 4 | $4,977,690 |
| 1,877 | Michel Tiddes | $19,880,875 | 1 | $19,880,875 |
| 1,878 | Darina Shmidt | $19,879,056 | 4 | $4,969,764 |
| 1,879 | Roschdy Zem | $19,828,415 | 4 | $4,957,104 |
| 1,880 | Tamra Davis | $19,811,333 | 6 | $3,301,889 |
| 1,881 | Sanjay Gupta | $19,805,844 | 4 | $4,951,461 |
| 1,882 | Sunao Katabuchi | $19,794,935 | 1 | $19,794,935 |
| 1,883 | Ethan Maniquis | $19,777,324 | 1 | $19,777,324 |
| 1,884 | Mauricio Eca | $19,775,492 | 5 | $3,955,098 |
| 1,885 | Steve Pink | $19,752,780 | 7 | $2,821,826 |
| 1,886 | Tom Brady | $19,747,186 | 3 | $6,582,395 |
| 1,887 | Baran bo Odar | $19,708,025 | 3 | $6,569,342 |
| 1,888 | Andrew Strimaitis | $19,668,014 | 1 | $19,668,014 |
| 1,889 | Terry Zwigoff | $19,650,039 | 4 | $4,912,510 |
| 1,890 | Feng Gao (高峰) | $19,620,239 | 8 | $2,452,530 |
| 1,891 | Steven C. Miller | $19,616,971 | 12 | $1,634,748 |
| 1,892 | James Mather | $19,616,184 | 1 | $19,616,184 |
| 1,893 | Stephen St. Leger | $19,616,184 | 1 | $19,616,184 |
| 1,894 | Fausto Brizzi | $19,553,928 | 8 | $2,444,241 |
| 1,895 | Denys Arcand | $19,524,765 | 5 | $3,904,953 |
| 1,896 | Murat Şeker | $19,514,834 | 6 | $3,252,472 |
| 1,897 | Hendel Butoy | $19,500,000 | 1 | $19,500,000 |
| 1,898 | Cho Kyu-Jang | $19,469,123 | 1 | $19,469,123 |
| 1,899 | Ellory Elkayem | $19,455,806 | 3 | $6,485,269 |
| 1,900 | Doug Lefler | $19,425,711 | 1 | $19,425,711 |
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.