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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | Todd Michael Amateau | $55,750,649 | 1 | $55,750,649 |
| 1,102 | Jim Jarmusch | $55,612,935 | 14 | $3,972,353 |
| 1,103 | Asghar Farhadi | $55,585,463 | 7 | $7,940,780 |
| 1,104 | Gilles de Maistre | $55,268,330 | 6 | $9,211,388 |
| 1,105 | Jaume Balaguero | $55,265,708 | 7 | $7,895,101 |
| 1,106 | Javier Gutierrez | $55,124,265 | 1 | $55,124,265 |
| 1,107 | Aneesh Chaganty | $55,112,408 | 3 | $18,370,803 |
| 1,108 | Jake Schreier | $55,070,089 | 4 | $13,767,522 |
| 1,109 | Kevin Munroe | $54,914,903 | 4 | $13,728,726 |
| 1,110 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $54,841,414 | 4 | $13,710,354 |
| 1,111 | Cheng Fenfen | $54,663,066 | 1 | $54,663,066 |
| 1,112 | Samuel Bayer | $54,654,607 | 1 | $54,654,607 |
| 1,113 | Brian Percival | $54,598,230 | 2 | $27,299,115 |
| 1,114 | Richard Eyre | $54,545,494 | 8 | $6,818,187 |
| 1,115 | Masayuki Suzuki | $54,500,076 | 4 | $13,625,019 |
| 1,116 | Otto Bathurst | $54,385,384 | 1 | $54,385,384 |
| 1,117 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,339,436 | 3 | $18,113,145 |
| 1,118 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $54,294,470 | 6 | $9,049,078 |
| 1,119 | Patrick Gilmore | $54,284,432 | 1 | $54,284,432 |
| 1,120 | Chen-Hao Yin | $54,253,498 | 1 | $54,253,498 |
| 1,121 | Jae-hyun Jang | $54,251,912 | 2 | $27,125,956 |
| 1,122 | Oriol Paulo | $54,234,952 | 3 | $18,078,317 |
| 1,123 | Yunfei Wang | $54,215,457 | 8 | $6,776,932 |
| 1,124 | SJ Clarkson | $54,086,508 | 2 | $27,043,254 |
| 1,125 | Mark Herman | $54,005,798 | 5 | $10,801,160 |
| 1,126 | Yang Xiao | $54,004,324 | 2 | $27,002,162 |
| 1,127 | Mark Levin | $53,934,517 | 2 | $26,967,259 |
| 1,128 | Prachya Pinkaew | $53,893,258 | 4 | $13,473,315 |
| 1,129 | Jennifer Flackett | $53,850,663 | 1 | $53,850,663 |
| 1,130 | Kevin Donovan | $53,843,625 | 2 | $26,921,813 |
| 1,131 | Kevin Smith | $53,686,301 | 19 | $2,825,595 |
| 1,132 | César Rodrigues | $53,102,744 | 5 | $10,620,549 |
| 1,133 | Jean-Francois Richet | $53,095,472 | 6 | $8,849,245 |
| 1,134 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $53,000,000 | 1 | $53,000,000 |
| 1,135 | Joan Chen | $52,964,753 | 3 | $17,654,918 |
| 1,136 | Yoon-dong Oh | $52,949,486 | 8 | $6,618,686 |
| 1,137 | Charles Shyer | $52,941,073 | 8 | $6,617,634 |
| 1,138 | Valerie Faris | $52,793,506 | 3 | $17,597,835 |
| 1,139 | Jonathan Dayton | $52,793,506 | 3 | $17,597,835 |
| 1,140 | Howard Hall | $52,651,240 | 4 | $13,162,810 |
| 1,141 | Mingze Xia (夏铭泽) | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,142 | Kai Yan | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,143 | Shen Zhou | $52,458,315 | 2 | $26,229,158 |
| 1,144 | Lu Liu | $52,458,315 | 2 | $26,229,158 |
| 1,145 | John Schultz | $52,454,752 | 10 | $5,245,475 |
| 1,146 | Lee Seokhoon | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 1,147 | Stiles White | $52,444,622 | 1 | $52,444,622 |
| 1,148 | Nacho G. Velilla | $52,390,228 | 6 | $8,731,705 |
| 1,149 | Hayato Kawai | $52,373,217 | 6 | $8,728,870 |
| 1,150 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | $52,260,526 | 4 | $13,065,132 |
| 1,151 | Checco Zalone | $52,186,424 | 1 | $52,186,424 |
| 1,152 | Kivanc Baruonu | $52,009,350 | 7 | $7,429,907 |
| 1,153 | Hongguang Lin | $51,955,230 | 1 | $51,955,230 |
| 1,154 | Henry Selick | $51,583,441 | 5 | $10,316,688 |
| 1,155 | Lorene Scafaria | $51,452,265 | 3 | $17,150,755 |
| 1,156 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $51,417,512 | 5 | $10,283,502 |
| 1,157 | John Hillcoat | $51,393,353 | 4 | $12,848,338 |
| 1,158 | Angelina Jolie | $51,284,531 | 6 | $8,547,422 |
| 1,159 | Nikhil Advani | $51,282,934 | 5 | $10,256,587 |
| 1,160 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov | $51,166,205 | 3 | $17,055,402 |
| 1,161 | Steven Antin | $51,112,020 | 1 | $51,112,020 |
| 1,162 | Derek Yee | $51,051,996 | 3 | $17,017,332 |
| 1,163 | Selcuk Aydemir | $50,985,537 | 8 | $6,373,192 |
| 1,164 | Anna J. Foerster | $50,855,249 | 2 | $25,427,625 |
| 1,165 | Na Hong-jin | $50,735,357 | 2 | $25,367,679 |
| 1,166 | Mark Mylod | $50,692,380 | 2 | $25,346,190 |
| 1,167 | Jun Falkenstein | $50,671,392 | 3 | $16,890,464 |
| 1,168 | Toby Genkel | $50,636,049 | 5 | $10,127,210 |
| 1,169 | Albert Dupontel | $50,591,368 | 4 | $12,647,842 |
| 1,170 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,590,362 | 1 | $50,590,362 |
| 1,171 | Ui-seok Jo | $50,423,395 | 1 | $50,423,395 |
| 1,172 | Christophe Gans | $50,401,524 | 3 | $16,800,508 |
| 1,173 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | $50,400,000 | 1 | $50,400,000 |
| 1,174 | Morgan Spurlock | $50,210,122 | 8 | $6,276,265 |
| 1,175 | Philip Kaufman | $49,996,223 | 10 | $4,999,622 |
| 1,176 | Luca Guadagnino | $49,977,414 | 14 | $3,569,815 |
| 1,177 | Anubhav Sinha | $49,919,585 | 8 | $6,239,948 |
| 1,178 | Simon Verhoeven | $49,884,245 | 4 | $12,471,061 |
| 1,179 | Robert Altman | $49,873,147 | 24 | $2,078,048 |
| 1,180 | Enrico Casarosa | $49,788,012 | 1 | $49,788,012 |
| 1,181 | Hur Jin-ho | $49,731,266 | 3 | $16,577,089 |
| 1,182 | Louis Clichy | $49,723,183 | 1 | $49,723,183 |
| 1,183 | Cheng He | $49,575,838 | 4 | $12,393,960 |
| 1,184 | Adrian Grunberg | $49,424,395 | 3 | $16,474,798 |
| 1,185 | Bruce Neibaur | $49,406,714 | 1 | $49,406,714 |
| 1,186 | Sean Penn | $49,376,212 | 7 | $7,053,745 |
| 1,187 | Fred Cavaye | $49,374,051 | 7 | $7,053,436 |
| 1,188 | Siddique | $49,329,245 | 4 | $12,332,311 |
| 1,189 | Brett Leonard | $49,288,879 | 8 | $6,161,110 |
| 1,190 | Guang Fu Yang | $49,272,573 | 3 | $16,424,191 |
| 1,191 | Nicholas Hytner | $49,072,706 | 7 | $7,010,387 |
| 1,192 | Zach Braff | $48,931,226 | 4 | $12,232,807 |
| 1,193 | Bill Holderman | $48,927,399 | 2 | $24,463,700 |
| 1,194 | Zhou Tuo Ru | $48,905,977 | 1 | $48,905,977 |
| 1,195 | Walt Dohrn | $48,866,407 | 1 | $48,866,407 |
| 1,196 | Christian Duguay | $48,701,538 | 7 | $6,957,363 |
| 1,197 | Michael Hoffman | $48,658,267 | 8 | $6,082,283 |
| 1,198 | Juan Jesús García Galocha | $48,372,610 | 1 | $48,372,610 |
| 1,199 | Andrew Dominik | $48,359,554 | 6 | $8,059,926 |
| 1,200 | Paul Schrader | $48,284,492 | 19 | $2,541,289 |
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.