Box office

By director

Ranked by total overseas gross (US$)India netWorldwideOverseas $
#DirectorFilmsOverseas gross (US$) totalHitsBiggest film
1Rajkumar Hirani6 $118.3M6 PK $47.20M
2Rohit Shetty17 $102.0M10 Dilwale $25.60M
3Aditya Dhar3 $90.97M3 Dhurandhar: The Revenge $51.00M
4Siddharth Anand7 $88.71M3 Pathaan $47.88M
5Karan Johar12 $84.80M5 My Name Is Khan $23.50M
6Sanjay Leela Bhansali10 $75.58M6 Padmaavat $29.00M
7Ali Abbas Zafar6 $63.37M2 Sultan $29.00M
8Kabir Khan7 $60.47M2 Bajrangi Bhaijaan $29.00M
9Vijay Krishna Acharya3 $51.34M1 Dhoom 3 $31.10M
10Atlee1 $46.57M1 Jawan $46.57M
11Farah Khan4 $34.74M3 Happy New Year $16.40M
12Nitesh Tiwari4 $31.86M1 Dangal $31.00M
13Sandeep Reddy Vanga1 $30.70M1 Animal $30.70M
14Imtiaz Ali8 $29.13M1 Jab Harry Met Sejal $10.00M
15Anees Bazmee14 $28.08M6 Singh Is Kinng $7.10M
16Ayan Mukerji3 $26.49M1 Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva $14.10M
17Maneesh Sharma6 $26.45M0 Tiger 3 $14.47M
18Zoya Akhtar6 $25.14M2 Gully Boy $10.20M
19Sooraj R. Barjatya6 $25.12M5 Prem Ratan Dhan Payo $14.60M
20Yash Chopra4 $24.39M4 Jab Tak Hai Jaan $12.37M
21Prabhu Deva8 $22.81M2 Dabangg 3 $8.00M
22Farhan Akhtar5 $22.48M2 Don 2 $11.70M
23Farhad Samji4 $22.19M2 Housefull 4 $6.86M
24Priyadarshan25 $21.54M5 Bhool Bhulaiyaa $3.63M
25Shree Narayan Singh3 $20.02M1 Toilet - Ek Prem Katha $19.00M
26Aditya Chopra4 $19.88M3 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi $8.50M
27Sajid Khan6 $18.14M3 Housefull 2 $5.75M
28R. Balki5 $18.13M0 Pad Man $13.54M
29A. R. Murugadoss5 $18.06M2 Ghajini $7.72M
30Nikhil Advani10 $17.99M1 Kal Ho Naa Ho $6.10M
31Rakesh Roshan7 $17.51M5 Krrish 3 $8.50M
32Remo D'Souza6 $17.10M1 Race 3 $12.00M
33Ashutosh Gowariker8 $16.81M1 Jodhaa Akbar $7.53M
34Kunal Kohli7 $16.72M2 Fanaa $7.00M
35David Dhawan33 $15.88M12 Judwaa 2 $6.12M
36Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla15 $15.67M1 Race 2 $5.40M
37Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla15 $15.67M1 Race 2 $5.40M
38Raj Mehta2 $14.86M1 Good Newwz $10.41M
39Advait Chandan2 $14.00M0 Laal Singh Chaddha $7.50M
40Vishal Bhardwaj12 $13.89M0 Kaminey $3.05M
41Sanjay Gupta13 $13.88M0 Kaabil $9.54M
42Rahul Dholakia3 $13.50M0 Raees $13.50M
43Vikas Bahl5 $13.25M3 Super 30 $5.26M
44Abhishek Varman2 $13.01M1 Kalank $7.30M
45Reema Kagti3 $12.22M0 Talaash: The Answer Lies Within $9.32M
46Ahmed Khan5 $11.87M1 Baaghi 2 $6.70M
47Vipul Amrutlal Shah6 $11.59M0 Namastey London $4.37M
48Aanand L. Rai8 $11.10M0 Zero $10.00M
49Sajid Nadiadwala1 $11.10M1 Kick $11.10M
50Homi Adajania5 $10.43M0 Cocktail $4.39M
51Anubhav Sinha12 $10.02M1 Ra.One $9.20M
52Mani Ratnam4 $9.86M0 Guru $4.52M
53Karan Malhotra2 $9.55M1 Agneepath $5.50M
54Sanjay Gadhvi7 $9.26M2 Dhoom 2 $8.42M
55Abhinav Kashyap2 $9.26M1 Dabangg $6.10M
56Sajid Samji2 $9.13M1 Housefull 3 $6.60M
57Subhash Ghai7 $9.02M1 Taal $3.57M
58Siddique1 $8.82M1 Bodyguard $8.82M
59Sabbir Khan6 $8.56M1 Kambakkht Ishq $4.38M
60Anurag Basu9 $8.48M2 Barfi! $5.87M
61Nishikant Kamat5 $8.32M0 Drishyam $6.71M
62Umesh Shukla4 $8.05M1 102 Not Out $6.10M
63Prakash Jha12 $8.00M1 Raajneeti $4.20M
64Shashank Khaitan5 $7.78M2 Badrinath Ki Dulhania $5.73M
65Rajkumar Santoshi14 $7.49M3 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani $2.95M
66Meghna Gulzar5 $7.48M1 Raazi $5.38M
67Jagan Shakti1 $7.28M1 Mission Mangal $7.28M
68Indra Kumar15 $7.28M4 Dhamaal 4 $3.10M
69Shoojit Sircar8 $7.24M1 Piku $6.00M
70Abhishek Pathak3 $7.20M2 Drishyam 2 $7.20M
71Aziz Mirza4 $7.15M2 Chalte Chalte $2.81M
72Shakun Batra3 $7.10M0 Kapoor & Sons $7.10M
73Rohit Dhawan2 $7.02M0 Desi Boyz $3.58M
74Arbaaz Khan1 $7.00M1 Dabangg 2 $7.00M
75Sandeep Vanga1 $6.90M1 Kabir Singh $6.90M
76Sohail Khan6 $6.80M1 Jai Ho $5.40M
77Raja Krishna Menon3 $6.70M1 Airlift $6.50M
78Raj Kumar Gupta5 $6.70M1 Raid 2 $3.40M
79Anurag Singh3 $6.60M1 Kesari $3.60M
80Milan Luthria9 $6.58M3 Baadshaho $2.61M
81Vivek Agnihotri8 $6.54M1 The Kashmir Files $5.70M
82Anthony D'Souza3 $6.26M0 Boss $2.78M
83Tinu Suresh Desai1 $6.10M1 Rustom $6.10M
84Ravi Chopra4 $6.09M1 Baabul $3.42M
85Gauri Shinde2 $6.00M0 Dear Zindagi $6.00M
86Anil Sharma9 $5.92M1 Apne $2.05M
87Mohit Suri14 $5.78M2 Ek Villain Returns $2.40M
88Ram Gopal Varma30 $5.72M3 Sarkar Raj $2.74M
89Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra7 $5.60M1 Rang De Basanti $5.17M
90Sujoy Ghosh6 $5.55M1 Badla $4.95M
91Tarun Mansukhani3 $5.31M0 Dostana $5.31M
92Shimit Amin3 $5.27M1 Chak De! India $3.94M
93Suneel Darshan9 $5.26M0 Dosti: Friends Forever $2.31M
94Subhash Kapoor6 $5.20M1 Jolly LLB 2 $5.20M
95Luv Ranjan5 $5.20M0 Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar $5.20M
96Gayatri1 $5.07M0 Vikram Vedha $5.07M
97Pushkar1 $5.07M0 Vikram Vedha $5.07M
98Dharmesh Darshan6 $4.96M1 Bewafaa $1.98M
99Om Raut1 $4.92M1 Tanhaji $4.92M
100Shaad Ali6 $4.83M2 Bunty Aur Babli $2.83M
101Sriram Raghavan5 $4.45M1 Agent Vinod $2.60M
102Vikram Bhatt31 $4.44M3 Deewane Huye Paagal $1.10M
103Neeraj Pandey6 $4.31M0 Special 26 $2.76M
104Ajay Devgn2 $4.27M0 U Me Aur Hum $2.80M
105Vidhu Vinod Chopra4 $3.88M0 Eklavya: The Royal Guard $2.87M
106J. P. Dutta5 $3.69M1 Umrao Jaan $2.03M
107Raj Kanwar15 $3.49M7 Humko Deewana Kar Gaye $1.61M
108Amar Kaushik3 $3.30M1 Stree $2.00M
109Sharat Katariya2 $3.25M0 Sui Dhaaga $3.25M
110Amole Gupte5 $3.23M1 Taare Zameen Par $3.23M
111Ram Madhvani3 $3.23M1 Taare Zameen Par $3.23M
112Aamir Khan1 $3.23M1 Taare Zameen Par $3.23M
113Amol Palekar4 $3.21M0 Paheli $3.21M
114Shirish Kunder4 $3.19M0 Jaan-E-Mann $2.36M
115Ketan Mehta5 $2.99M0 Mangal Pandey: The Rising $2.91M
116Bejoy Nambiar3 $2.97M0 Wazir $2.97M
117Rensil D'Silva2 $2.90M0 Kurbaan $2.41M
118Akiv Ali1 $2.82M0 De De Pyaar De $2.82M
119Ashwni Dhir4 $2.81M1 Son of Sardaar $2.81M
120Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi2 $2.80M0 Gabbar Is Back $2.80M
121Samir Karnik6 $2.65M0 Heroes $1.60M
122K. S. Adhiyaman2 $2.55M0 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam $2.55M
123Rahul Rawail7 $2.54M0 Ghayal Once Again $1.07M
124Pankaj Kapur1 $2.50M0 Mausam $2.50M
125Neeraj Vora4 $2.49M1 Phir Hera Pheri $2.40M
126Satish Kaushik14 $2.43M3 Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai $1.22M
127Anshul Sharma1 $2.40M0 De De Pyar De 2 $2.40M
128Abhishek Sharma7 $2.31M0 Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran $0.99M
129Anurag Kashyap20 $2.29M0 Bombay Velvet $1.60M
130Raj Nidimoru5 $2.27M0 Happy Ending $1.37M
131Krishna D.K.5 $2.27M0 Happy Ending $1.37M
132Pradeep Sarkar5 $2.25M0 Parineeta $1.95M
133Kunal Deshmukh5 $2.25M1 Raja Natwarlal $1.18M
134Punit Malhotra3 $2.25M0 Student of the Year 2 $2.25M
135Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury2 $2.07M0 Pink $2.07M
136Abhishek Chaubey5 $2.04M0 Udta Punjab $2.04M
137Mahesh Manjrekar17 $2.02M0 Antim: The Final Truth $1.70M
138Shelly Chopra Dhar1 $1.93M0 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga $1.93M
139Ranjit Tewari2 $1.90M0 Bell Bottom $1.90M
140Sunny Deol3 $1.84M0 Ghayal Once Again $1.07M
141Anshai Lal1 $1.81M0 Phillauri $1.81M
142Santosh Sivan4 $1.80M0 Asoka $1.80M
143Ashish R Mohan2 $1.72M0 Khiladi 786 $1.72M
144Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari4 $1.65M0 Bareilly Ki Barfi $1.65M
145Khalid Mohamed3 $1.62M0 Fiza $1.62M
146Apoorva Lakhia7 $1.60M0 Shootout at Lokhandwala $1.06M
147Kiran Rao1 $1.55M0 Dhobi Ghat $1.55M
148Vikramaditya Motwane5 $1.50M1 Lootera $1.50M
149Sayyeshaa1 $1.47M0 Shivaay $1.47M
150Erika Kaar1 $1.47M0 Shivaay $1.47M

Overseas gross in US$ millions (as reported in dollars), counting every released film they directed. Totals add up the films that have a overseas gross (US$) figure. Hits = films with a Hit verdict or better. Each person's page uses the same rule.

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