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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,601 | Jae-Gyu Lee | $29,306,967 | 1 | $29,306,967 |
| 1,602 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | $29,272,914 | 1 | $29,272,914 |
| 1,603 | Brian Tse | $29,257,113 | 4 | $7,314,278 |
| 1,604 | Christian Carion | $29,143,195 | 5 | $5,828,639 |
| 1,605 | Danial Stamm | $29,131,550 | 1 | $29,131,550 |
| 1,606 | John Frankenheimer | $29,081,379 | 21 | $1,384,828 |
| 1,607 | Dong-Hyuk Hwang | $29,056,658 | 3 | $9,685,553 |
| 1,608 | Masayuki Ochiai | $29,039,527 | 3 | $9,679,842 |
| 1,609 | Ashutosh Gowariker | $29,013,982 | 4 | $7,253,496 |
| 1,610 | Irie Yu | $28,933,823 | 3 | $9,644,608 |
| 1,611 | Sean McNamara | $28,928,193 | 30 | $964,273 |
| 1,612 | Shakun Batra | $28,911,346 | 2 | $14,455,673 |
| 1,613 | Marc Rothemund | $28,903,406 | 5 | $5,780,681 |
| 1,614 | Chris Kentis | $28,888,782 | 2 | $14,444,391 |
| 1,615 | Andrew Haigh | $28,778,947 | 4 | $7,194,737 |
| 1,616 | Nicholas Jarecki | $28,584,281 | 2 | $14,292,141 |
| 1,617 | Joshua Michael Stern | $28,571,105 | 3 | $9,523,702 |
| 1,618 | Joel Hopkins | $28,564,292 | 3 | $9,521,431 |
| 1,619 | Scott Beck | $28,561,378 | 4 | $7,140,345 |
| 1,620 | Bryan Woods | $28,561,378 | 4 | $7,140,345 |
| 1,621 | Susumu Mitsunaka | $28,535,734 | 2 | $14,267,867 |
| 1,622 | Asif Kapadia | $28,482,942 | 9 | $3,164,771 |
| 1,623 | Nicolas Pesce | $28,441,284 | 4 | $7,110,321 |
| 1,624 | Zoya Akhtar | $28,306,598 | 5 | $5,661,320 |
| 1,625 | Jo Beom-gu | $28,211,214 | 1 | $28,211,214 |
| 1,626 | Xavier Dolan | $28,119,857 | 8 | $3,514,982 |
| 1,627 | Won-Tae Lee | $28,034,789 | 2 | $14,017,395 |
| 1,628 | Wen Zhang | $27,990,609 | 2 | $13,995,305 |
| 1,629 | Carlos Therón | $27,953,266 | 5 | $5,590,653 |
| 1,630 | R. Balki | $27,937,611 | 5 | $5,587,522 |
| 1,631 | Tôya Satô | $27,910,292 | 2 | $13,955,146 |
| 1,632 | Abbas Mustan | $27,899,987 | 2 | $13,949,994 |
| 1,633 | Jack Ng | $27,874,822 | 1 | $27,874,822 |
| 1,634 | Tomohisa Taguchi | $27,819,910 | 4 | $6,954,978 |
| 1,635 | Nick Moore | $27,773,344 | 4 | $6,943,336 |
| 1,636 | Kirill Kuzin | $27,754,492 | 4 | $6,938,623 |
| 1,637 | Sergio Castellitto | $27,744,192 | 5 | $5,548,838 |
| 1,638 | Do-young Kim | $27,728,277 | 1 | $27,728,277 |
| 1,639 | Hiroshi Nishitani | $27,727,642 | 2 | $13,863,821 |
| 1,640 | Meiert Avis | $27,723,792 | 1 | $27,723,792 |
| 1,641 | Stella Meghie | $27,608,192 | 4 | $6,902,048 |
| 1,642 | Roberto Santucci | $27,553,730 | 6 | $4,592,288 |
| 1,643 | David Schwimmer | $27,508,998 | 2 | $13,754,499 |
| 1,644 | Tingting Yao | $27,490,000 | 2 | $13,745,000 |
| 1,645 | Michel Debats | $27,445,930 | 2 | $13,722,965 |
| 1,646 | Daniel Monzon | $27,400,011 | 3 | $9,133,337 |
| 1,647 | Lionel Steketee | $27,384,020 | 3 | $9,128,007 |
| 1,648 | Mark Williams | $27,307,851 | 3 | $9,102,617 |
| 1,649 | James Hawes | $27,257,497 | 2 | $13,628,749 |
| 1,650 | Marjane Satrapi | $27,237,494 | 5 | $5,447,499 |
| 1,651 | Gary Wang | $27,158,021 | 3 | $9,052,674 |
| 1,652 | David S.F. Wilson | $27,141,267 | 1 | $27,141,267 |
| 1,653 | Lee Toland Krieger | $27,039,042 | 2 | $13,519,521 |
| 1,654 | Hitoshi Ohne | $27,022,313 | 4 | $6,755,578 |
| 1,655 | Prabhu Deva | $27,001,088 | 4 | $6,750,272 |
| 1,656 | Sean Phillips | $26,982,097 | 1 | $26,982,097 |
| 1,657 | Michael Bully Herbig | $26,941,288 | 4 | $6,735,322 |
| 1,658 | Eric Till | $26,935,977 | 2 | $13,467,989 |
| 1,659 | Paul Demeyer | $26,783,375 | 1 | $26,783,375 |
| 1,660 | Stig Bergqvist | $26,783,375 | 1 | $26,783,375 |
| 1,661 | Zhou Sun | $26,774,338 | 4 | $6,693,585 |
| 1,662 | Andy Lau | $26,772,008 | 1 | $26,772,008 |
| 1,663 | Homi Adajania | $26,749,734 | 4 | $6,687,434 |
| 1,664 | Barbet Schroeder | $26,701,377 | 12 | $2,225,115 |
| 1,665 | Bob Spiers | $26,700,000 | 2 | $13,350,000 |
| 1,666 | Shin'ichirô Ueda | $26,668,316 | 3 | $8,889,439 |
| 1,667 | Tae Jin Ahn (안태진) | $26,668,156 | 1 | $26,668,156 |
| 1,668 | Justin Zackham | $26,606,623 | 1 | $26,606,623 |
| 1,669 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $26,551,735 | 3 | $8,850,578 |
| 1,670 | Kan Eguchi | $26,510,458 | 3 | $8,836,819 |
| 1,671 | Noah Baumbach | $26,457,513 | 12 | $2,204,793 |
| 1,672 | John Sanford | $26,456,108 | 1 | $26,456,108 |
| 1,673 | Zhao Fei | $26,420,000 | 1 | $26,420,000 |
| 1,674 | Ka-Wai Kam | $26,395,904 | 3 | $8,798,635 |
| 1,675 | Damien O'Donnell | $26,380,858 | 2 | $13,190,429 |
| 1,676 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $26,380,669 | 3 | $8,793,556 |
| 1,677 | Ciaran Foy | $26,363,270 | 3 | $8,787,757 |
| 1,678 | Coralie Fargeat | $26,341,024 | 2 | $13,170,512 |
| 1,679 | Kat Coiro | $26,336,813 | 4 | $6,584,203 |
| 1,680 | Juan Diego Solanas | $26,330,352 | 2 | $13,165,176 |
| 1,681 | Fernando León de Aranoa | $26,314,398 | 5 | $5,262,880 |
| 1,682 | Milan Luthria | $26,264,144 | 6 | $4,377,357 |
| 1,683 | Eva Jin | $26,212,188 | 2 | $13,106,094 |
| 1,684 | John Luessenhop | $26,166,616 | 4 | $6,541,654 |
| 1,685 | Afonso Poyart | $26,161,035 | 3 | $8,720,345 |
| 1,686 | Xavier Palud | $26,159,068 | 1 | $26,159,068 |
| 1,687 | Koichiro Miki | $26,117,176 | 7 | $3,731,025 |
| 1,688 | Nanette Burstein | $26,065,064 | 3 | $8,688,355 |
| 1,689 | Egor Baranov | $26,027,536 | 7 | $3,718,219 |
| 1,690 | Sukumar | $26,017,905 | 4 | $6,504,476 |
| 1,691 | William Eubank | $25,925,845 | 4 | $6,481,461 |
| 1,692 | Zheng Laizhi | $25,910,816 | 4 | $6,477,704 |
| 1,693 | Corey Yuen | $25,907,857 | 7 | $3,701,122 |
| 1,694 | Litao Qiu (邱礼涛) | $25,865,104 | 2 | $12,932,552 |
| 1,695 | Chris Appelhans | $25,860,000 | 2 | $12,930,000 |
| 1,696 | Jonathan Teplitzky | $25,788,166 | 3 | $8,596,055 |
| 1,697 | John McNaughton | $25,784,837 | 5 | $5,156,967 |
| 1,698 | Yong-seok Choi | $25,760,000 | 1 | $25,760,000 |
| 1,699 | Woogie Kim | $25,760,000 | 1 | $25,760,000 |
| 1,700 | Ariel Vromen | $25,755,893 | 7 | $3,679,413 |
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.