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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 501-600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Gil Kenan | $214,809,179 | 5 | $42,961,836 |
| 502 | Tommy Wirkola | $214,025,521 | 13 | $16,463,502 |
| 503 | James L. Brooks | $213,714,245 | 7 | $30,530,606 |
| 504 | Ryuichi Yagi | $213,606,471 | 2 | $106,803,236 |
| 505 | Julius Onah | $213,528,753 | 5 | $42,705,751 |
| 506 | Jim Abrahams | $213,130,621 | 8 | $26,641,328 |
| 507 | Judd Apatow | $212,654,496 | 9 | $23,628,277 |
| 508 | Donald Petrie | $212,022,431 | 14 | $15,144,459 |
| 509 | Lawrence Guterman | $211,924,849 | 3 | $70,641,616 |
| 510 | Shen Teng | $210,617,350 | 1 | $210,617,350 |
| 511 | Zhang Ziyi | $210,617,350 | 1 | $210,617,350 |
| 512 | Kevin Greutert | $209,978,862 | 7 | $29,996,980 |
| 513 | Greg Tiernan | $209,313,901 | 5 | $41,862,780 |
| 514 | Rene Liu | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 515 | Jonathan Goldstein | $208,805,297 | 4 | $52,201,324 |
| 516 | John Francis Daley | $208,805,297 | 4 | $52,201,324 |
| 517 | Peter Hyams | $208,167,040 | 17 | $12,245,120 |
| 518 | Lewis Gilbert | $207,100,000 | 5 | $41,420,000 |
| 519 | Chuan Lu | $206,780,883 | 5 | $41,356,177 |
| 520 | Kabir Khan | $206,514,678 | 7 | $29,502,097 |
| 521 | Sam Fell | $206,413,237 | 4 | $51,603,309 |
| 522 | Michel Gondry | $206,412,815 | 15 | $13,760,854 |
| 523 | Eli Roth | $206,379,283 | 13 | $15,875,329 |
| 524 | Elizabeth Banks | $205,973,335 | 7 | $29,424,762 |
| 525 | Frank Oz | $205,897,924 | 13 | $15,838,302 |
| 526 | Randal Kleiser | $205,658,547 | 10 | $20,565,855 |
| 527 | Jordan Peele | $205,650,891 | 3 | $68,550,297 |
| 528 | Eric Goldberg | $205,520,227 | 1 | $205,520,227 |
| 529 | Mark Steven Johnson | $205,207,733 | 10 | $20,520,773 |
| 530 | Craig Gillespie | $204,536,684 | 9 | $22,726,298 |
| 531 | Andrew Niccol | $203,423,438 | 8 | $25,427,930 |
| 532 | Taylor Hackford | $202,669,054 | 15 | $13,511,270 |
| 533 | Dean Parisot | $202,629,684 | 5 | $40,525,937 |
| 534 | Steve Bendelack | $201,679,175 | 1 | $201,679,175 |
| 535 | Alexandre Aja | $201,273,617 | 11 | $18,297,602 |
| 536 | Malcolm D. Lee | $200,715,568 | 15 | $13,381,038 |
| 537 | Steve Carr | $200,392,076 | 11 | $18,217,461 |
| 538 | Jimmy Hayward | $200,060,618 | 3 | $66,686,873 |
| 539 | Cate Shortland | $199,731,198 | 4 | $49,932,800 |
| 540 | Roberto Benigni | $199,724,194 | 4 | $49,931,049 |
| 541 | Kirk Jones | $199,710,022 | 6 | $33,285,004 |
| 542 | Peter Howitt | $199,611,500 | 5 | $39,922,300 |
| 543 | Glenn Ficarra | $199,589,495 | 7 | $28,512,785 |
| 544 | John Requa | $199,589,495 | 7 | $28,512,785 |
| 545 | Justin Kurzel | $199,534,143 | 9 | $22,170,460 |
| 546 | Sam Quah | $199,276,793 | 1 | $199,276,793 |
| 547 | Scott Waugh | $199,131,754 | 9 | $22,125,750 |
| 548 | Xiao Lu Xue | $199,085,416 | 2 | $99,542,708 |
| 549 | Jason Friedberg | $199,036,357 | 9 | $22,115,151 |
| 550 | Huang Bo | $197,659,887 | 1 | $197,659,887 |
| 551 | Taniguchi Goro | $197,631,021 | 5 | $39,526,204 |
| 552 | Christopher Landon | $197,345,563 | 8 | $24,668,195 |
| 553 | John R. Leonetti | $197,163,936 | 5 | $39,432,787 |
| 554 | Stephen Herek | $196,528,695 | 20 | $9,826,435 |
| 555 | David Dobkin | $195,848,540 | 7 | $27,978,363 |
| 556 | Stephen Chbosky | $195,590,379 | 5 | $39,118,076 |
| 557 | Frank Darabont | $195,477,829 | 5 | $39,095,566 |
| 558 | Thor Freudenthal | $195,070,973 | 4 | $48,767,743 |
| 559 | James Wong | $193,366,608 | 4 | $48,341,652 |
| 560 | Martin McDonagh | $193,127,679 | 5 | $38,625,536 |
| 561 | Wenli Ke (柯汶利) | $192,893,999 | 2 | $96,447,000 |
| 562 | Mamoru Hosoda | $192,662,474 | 9 | $21,406,942 |
| 563 | Victor Fleming | $192,147,268 | 5 | $38,429,454 |
| 564 | George Cukor | $191,922,045 | 17 | $11,289,532 |
| 565 | Sam Wood | $191,863,422 | 7 | $27,409,060 |
| 566 | Su Lun | $191,193,651 | 2 | $95,596,826 |
| 567 | Dean Devlin | $191,056,894 | 2 | $95,528,447 |
| 568 | Woo-seok Yang | $190,514,283 | 5 | $38,102,857 |
| 569 | Kenny Ortega | $190,104,433 | 8 | $23,763,054 |
| 570 | Brad Lewis | $190,072,267 | 1 | $190,072,267 |
| 571 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $190,009,332 | 10 | $19,000,933 |
| 572 | Benjamin Renner | $189,860,421 | 3 | $63,286,807 |
| 573 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $189,552,281 | 4 | $47,388,070 |
| 574 | Zhang Mo | $188,768,583 | 3 | $62,922,861 |
| 575 | Robert Redford | $188,579,176 | 9 | $20,953,242 |
| 576 | John G. Avildsen | $188,567,611 | 16 | $11,785,476 |
| 577 | Dong Runnian | $188,547,881 | 2 | $94,273,941 |
| 578 | Camille Delamarre | $187,934,137 | 5 | $37,586,827 |
| 579 | Jazz Boon | $187,768,338 | 3 | $62,589,446 |
| 580 | Jason Kwan | $187,179,616 | 3 | $62,393,205 |
| 581 | Kieth Merrill | $186,200,000 | 3 | $62,066,667 |
| 582 | Jiang Wen | $185,877,881 | 6 | $30,979,647 |
| 583 | Gus Van Sant | $185,688,605 | 18 | $10,316,034 |
| 584 | Tyler Gillett | $185,238,251 | 10 | $18,523,825 |
| 585 | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | $185,238,251 | 10 | $18,523,825 |
| 586 | Simon Kinberg | $184,843,264 | 2 | $92,421,632 |
| 587 | Robert Wise | $183,648,278 | 18 | $10,202,682 |
| 588 | Rodney Rothman | $183,633,874 | 1 | $183,633,874 |
| 589 | Bob Persichetti | $183,633,874 | 2 | $91,816,937 |
| 590 | Youn Jk | $183,121,197 | 4 | $45,780,299 |
| 591 | Sunny Luk | $182,567,244 | 3 | $60,855,748 |
| 592 | Gary Rydstrom | $182,356,009 | 3 | $60,785,336 |
| 593 | George Clooney | $182,213,303 | 9 | $20,245,923 |
| 594 | Neil Jordan | $180,424,404 | 20 | $9,021,220 |
| 595 | Parker Finn | $180,115,551 | 2 | $90,057,776 |
| 596 | Jon Hurwitz | $180,040,376 | 2 | $90,020,188 |
| 597 | Hayden Schlossberg | $180,040,376 | 2 | $90,020,188 |
| 598 | Clyde Geronimi | $178,932,779 | 7 | $25,561,826 |
| 599 | Wilfred Jackson | $178,736,558 | 8 | $22,342,070 |
| 600 | Yuichi Fukuda | $177,977,315 | 11 | $16,179,756 |
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.