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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 3,801-3,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,801 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | $3,342,435 | 5 | $668,487 |
| 3,802 | Tanguy de Kermel | $3,341,130 | 1 | $3,341,130 |
| 3,803 | Ricard Cusso | $3,336,576 | 6 | $556,096 |
| 3,804 | Javier Mariscal | $3,325,606 | 2 | $1,662,803 |
| 3,805 | Hannes Holm | $3,325,431 | 3 | $1,108,477 |
| 3,806 | Joachim Lafosse | $3,320,997 | 6 | $553,500 |
| 3,807 | John Bonito | $3,320,824 | 1 | $3,320,824 |
| 3,808 | Kenji Shibayama | $3,320,638 | 1 | $3,320,638 |
| 3,809 | Fred Schepisi | $3,317,860 | 13 | $255,220 |
| 3,810 | Andrejs Ekis | $3,314,554 | 3 | $1,104,851 |
| 3,811 | Carlos Sedes | $3,306,105 | 2 | $1,653,053 |
| 3,812 | Gippy Grewal | $3,303,423 | 5 | $660,685 |
| 3,813 | Matt Chow | $3,295,974 | 2 | $1,647,987 |
| 3,814 | Ron Fricke | $3,294,258 | 2 | $1,647,129 |
| 3,815 | Oleg Assadulin | $3,292,840 | 6 | $548,807 |
| 3,816 | Emmanuel Finkiel | $3,292,319 | 2 | $1,646,160 |
| 3,817 | Cho Owen | $3,289,899 | 1 | $3,289,899 |
| 3,818 | Gözde Kural | $3,288,150 | 1 | $3,288,150 |
| 3,819 | Kelly Reichardt | $3,285,947 | 9 | $365,105 |
| 3,820 | Drake Doremus | $3,284,680 | 7 | $469,240 |
| 3,821 | Alan Yuen | $3,283,238 | 1 | $3,283,238 |
| 3,822 | Norio Tsuruta | $3,276,117 | 2 | $1,638,059 |
| 3,823 | Yeon Woo Lee (이연우) | $3,275,695 | 1 | $3,275,695 |
| 3,824 | Beomsu Park | $3,275,177 | 1 | $3,275,177 |
| 3,825 | Juho Kuosmanen | $3,269,181 | 2 | $1,634,591 |
| 3,826 | Florian Gallenberger | $3,266,146 | 2 | $1,633,073 |
| 3,827 | Rich Peppiatt | $3,262,646 | 1 | $3,262,646 |
| 3,828 | Gustave Kervern | $3,261,369 | 3 | $1,087,123 |
| 3,829 | Marco Tullio Giordana | $3,261,140 | 7 | $465,877 |
| 3,830 | Ge Zhu | $3,260,000 | 1 | $3,260,000 |
| 3,831 | EuiJeong Hong | $3,259,071 | 1 | $3,259,071 |
| 3,832 | Sean Evans | $3,255,738 | 3 | $1,085,246 |
| 3,833 | Roger Waters | $3,255,738 | 3 | $1,085,246 |
| 3,834 | Frederick Wiseman | $3,255,035 | 13 | $250,387 |
| 3,835 | David M. Rosenthal | $3,250,731 | 6 | $541,789 |
| 3,836 | Chia-Kai Wu | $3,250,000 | 1 | $3,250,000 |
| 3,837 | Charlie Kaufman | $3,246,882 | 3 | $1,082,294 |
| 3,838 | Vianney Lebasque | $3,245,786 | 2 | $1,622,893 |
| 3,839 | Ross Stewart | $3,241,142 | 1 | $3,241,142 |
| 3,840 | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | $3,238,579 | 5 | $647,716 |
| 3,841 | George Gallo | $3,237,181 | 10 | $323,718 |
| 3,842 | Paula Ortiz | $3,234,368 | 4 | $808,592 |
| 3,843 | Brand Tan | $3,233,185 | 1 | $3,233,185 |
| 3,844 | Antoinette Beumer | $3,232,516 | 3 | $1,077,505 |
| 3,845 | Ketche | $3,227,933 | 3 | $1,075,978 |
| 3,846 | Jack Clough | $3,227,805 | 1 | $3,227,805 |
| 3,847 | Antoine Raimbault | $3,225,703 | 2 | $1,612,852 |
| 3,848 | Jeffrey Walker | $3,225,607 | 3 | $1,075,202 |
| 3,849 | Michel Franco | $3,218,727 | 6 | $536,455 |
| 3,850 | Jez Butterworth | $3,210,831 | 1 | $3,210,831 |
| 3,851 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,209,057 | 1 | $3,209,057 |
| 3,852 | Simon Baker | $3,206,203 | 1 | $3,206,203 |
| 3,853 | Stephen Foenkinos | $3,200,055 | 1 | $3,200,055 |
| 3,854 | Vishesh Bhatt | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 3,855 | Tair Mamedov | $3,199,844 | 2 | $1,599,922 |
| 3,856 | Dmitriy Vysotskiy | $3,195,673 | 3 | $1,065,224 |
| 3,857 | Jan Ole Gerster | $3,194,566 | 2 | $1,597,283 |
| 3,858 | Igor Zaytsev | $3,190,979 | 2 | $1,595,490 |
| 3,859 | Yuqi Yin | $3,190,549 | 1 | $3,190,549 |
| 3,860 | John Waters | $3,185,622 | 10 | $318,562 |
| 3,861 | Jin-yeong Kim | $3,181,670 | 1 | $3,181,670 |
| 3,862 | Cao Dawei | $3,177,786 | 2 | $1,588,893 |
| 3,863 | Benoît Godbout | $3,174,301 | 2 | $1,587,151 |
| 3,864 | Salvador Espinosa | $3,166,966 | 2 | $1,583,483 |
| 3,865 | Todd Holland | $3,165,914 | 5 | $633,183 |
| 3,866 | Stefano Cipani | $3,165,877 | 2 | $1,582,939 |
| 3,867 | Jo Jin-mo | $3,161,515 | 1 | $3,161,515 |
| 3,868 | Chen Hui-Ling | $3,160,000 | 1 | $3,160,000 |
| 3,869 | Tang Xu | $3,160,000 | 1 | $3,160,000 |
| 3,870 | Elliot Hegarty | $3,159,919 | 1 | $3,159,919 |
| 3,871 | Amit V Masurkar | $3,152,554 | 1 | $3,152,554 |
| 3,872 | Tona Errando | $3,149,434 | 1 | $3,149,434 |
| 3,873 | Ilker Çatak | $3,147,585 | 2 | $1,573,793 |
| 3,874 | Agnès Varda | $3,147,003 | 14 | $224,786 |
| 3,875 | Harry Macqueen | $3,146,178 | 1 | $3,146,178 |
| 3,876 | Jody Hill | $3,141,574 | 4 | $785,394 |
| 3,877 | George Armitage | $3,140,776 | 3 | $1,046,925 |
| 3,878 | Joyce Bernal | $3,140,234 | 4 | $785,059 |
| 3,879 | Fei Xiao (萧飞) | $3,139,814 | 2 | $1,569,907 |
| 3,880 | Panu Raipia | $3,137,146 | 1 | $3,137,146 |
| 3,881 | Sang-soo Hong | $3,136,815 | 19 | $165,096 |
| 3,882 | Caroline Origer | $3,135,411 | 1 | $3,135,411 |
| 3,883 | Pedro Amorim | $3,131,867 | 3 | $1,043,956 |
| 3,884 | Bobby Boermans | $3,125,946 | 3 | $1,041,982 |
| 3,885 | Ernesto Contreras | $3,124,587 | 5 | $624,917 |
| 3,886 | Kim Sung-ho | $3,122,539 | 2 | $1,561,270 |
| 3,887 | Adrienne Shelly | $3,119,633 | 1 | $3,119,633 |
| 3,888 | Il Hyung Lee (리멤버) | $3,118,646 | 1 | $3,118,646 |
| 3,889 | Jong-Kwan Kim | $3,117,952 | 4 | $779,488 |
| 3,890 | Stephen Kijak | $3,117,833 | 6 | $519,639 |
| 3,891 | John Swasey | $3,117,044 | 1 | $3,117,044 |
| 3,892 | Jiří Havelka | $3,115,881 | 3 | $1,038,627 |
| 3,893 | Kirill Kemnits | $3,114,399 | 2 | $1,557,200 |
| 3,894 | Marc Dugain | $3,104,273 | 2 | $1,552,137 |
| 3,895 | Xinyue Hao | $3,100,000 | 1 | $3,100,000 |
| 3,896 | Junmeng Liu | $3,100,000 | 1 | $3,100,000 |
| 3,897 | Yiping Feng | $3,100,000 | 1 | $3,100,000 |
| 3,898 | In-moo Heo | $3,099,884 | 1 | $3,099,884 |
| 3,899 | Ryûichi Inomata | $3,096,923 | 1 | $3,096,923 |
| 3,900 | Stéphane Ben Lahcene | $3,092,699 | 2 | $1,546,350 |
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.