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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $55,542,389 | 6 | $9,257,065 |
| 1,202 | Jaume Balaguero | $55,265,708 | 7 | $7,895,101 |
| 1,203 | Javier Gutierrez | $55,124,265 | 1 | $55,124,265 |
| 1,204 | Aneesh Chaganty | $55,112,408 | 4 | $13,778,102 |
| 1,205 | Yoon-dong Oh | $55,084,840 | 12 | $4,590,403 |
| 1,206 | Kevin Donovan | $54,925,158 | 2 | $27,462,579 |
| 1,207 | Kevin Munroe | $54,914,903 | 4 | $13,728,726 |
| 1,208 | Nacho G. Velilla | $54,765,753 | 6 | $9,127,626 |
| 1,209 | Jun'ichi Ishikawa | $54,752,097 | 4 | $13,688,024 |
| 1,210 | Cheng Fenfen | $54,663,066 | 1 | $54,663,066 |
| 1,211 | Samuel Bayer | $54,654,607 | 1 | $54,654,607 |
| 1,212 | Brian Percival | $54,598,230 | 2 | $27,299,115 |
| 1,213 | Richard Eyre | $54,543,208 | 9 | $6,060,356 |
| 1,214 | Otto Bathurst | $54,385,384 | 1 | $54,385,384 |
| 1,215 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,339,436 | 3 | $18,113,145 |
| 1,216 | Geoff Murphy | $54,301,780 | 7 | $7,757,397 |
| 1,217 | Patrick Gilmore | $54,284,432 | 1 | $54,284,432 |
| 1,218 | Chen-Hao Yin | $54,253,498 | 1 | $54,253,498 |
| 1,219 | Jae-hyun Jang | $54,251,912 | 2 | $27,125,956 |
| 1,220 | Oriol Paulo | $54,234,952 | 3 | $18,078,317 |
| 1,221 | Yunfei Wang | $54,215,457 | 9 | $6,023,940 |
| 1,222 | André Øvredal | $54,213,413 | 7 | $7,744,773 |
| 1,223 | Neri Parenti | $54,131,544 | 7 | $7,733,078 |
| 1,224 | Olivia Newman | $54,123,205 | 2 | $27,061,603 |
| 1,225 | Alan Yuen | $54,053,238 | 2 | $27,026,619 |
| 1,226 | Mark Herman | $54,014,051 | 5 | $10,802,810 |
| 1,227 | Yang Xiao | $54,004,324 | 2 | $27,002,162 |
| 1,228 | Mark Levin | $53,934,517 | 2 | $26,967,259 |
| 1,229 | Prachya Pinkaew | $53,893,258 | 4 | $13,473,315 |
| 1,230 | Jianxi Chen (陈健喜) | $53,886,467 | 1 | $53,886,467 |
| 1,231 | Jiakai Li (李佳锴) | $53,886,467 | 1 | $53,886,467 |
| 1,232 | Jennifer Flackett | $53,850,663 | 1 | $53,850,663 |
| 1,233 | Nikhil Advani | $53,703,740 | 7 | $7,671,963 |
| 1,234 | Kevin Smith | $53,688,690 | 19 | $2,825,721 |
| 1,235 | Domee Shi | $53,507,497 | 3 | $17,835,832 |
| 1,236 | Zach Braff | $53,337,343 | 4 | $13,334,336 |
| 1,237 | Timothy Kendall | $53,246,837 | 1 | $53,246,837 |
| 1,238 | César Rodrigues | $53,102,744 | 5 | $10,620,549 |
| 1,239 | Jean-Francois Richet | $53,095,472 | 8 | $6,636,934 |
| 1,240 | Michael Herbig | $53,049,987 | 3 | $17,683,329 |
| 1,241 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $53,000,000 | 1 | $53,000,000 |
| 1,242 | Pablo Larrain | $52,981,884 | 11 | $4,816,535 |
| 1,243 | Joan Chen | $52,964,753 | 3 | $17,654,918 |
| 1,244 | Charles Shyer | $52,941,073 | 8 | $6,617,634 |
| 1,245 | Shinnosuke Yakuwa | $52,883,657 | 3 | $17,627,886 |
| 1,246 | Jonathan Dayton | $52,793,506 | 3 | $17,597,835 |
| 1,247 | Valerie Faris | $52,793,506 | 3 | $17,597,835 |
| 1,248 | Howard Hall | $52,669,869 | 4 | $13,167,467 |
| 1,249 | Mingze Xia (夏铭泽) | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,250 | Kai Yan | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,251 | Shen Zhou | $52,458,315 | 2 | $26,229,158 |
| 1,252 | Lu Liu | $52,458,315 | 2 | $26,229,158 |
| 1,253 | John Schultz | $52,454,752 | 10 | $5,245,475 |
| 1,254 | Lee Seokhoon | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 1,255 | Stiles White | $52,444,622 | 1 | $52,444,622 |
| 1,256 | Hayato Kawai | $52,377,961 | 7 | $7,482,566 |
| 1,257 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | $52,260,526 | 4 | $13,065,132 |
| 1,258 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $52,188,116 | 6 | $8,698,019 |
| 1,259 | Checco Zalone | $52,186,424 | 1 | $52,186,424 |
| 1,260 | Kang Yun-sung | $52,097,753 | 1 | $52,097,753 |
| 1,261 | Kivanc Baruonu | $52,052,509 | 7 | $7,436,073 |
| 1,262 | Desheng Wei (魏德聖) | $51,972,528 | 1 | $51,972,528 |
| 1,263 | Han-Gyul Kim | $51,934,339 | 2 | $25,967,170 |
| 1,264 | Seungwan Ryu | $51,877,892 | 2 | $25,938,946 |
| 1,265 | Gao Qunshu | $51,864,880 | 4 | $12,966,220 |
| 1,266 | Prakash Jha | $51,714,705 | 6 | $8,619,118 |
| 1,267 | Henry Selick | $51,583,441 | 5 | $10,316,688 |
| 1,268 | Lorene Scafaria | $51,452,265 | 3 | $17,150,755 |
| 1,269 | John Hillcoat | $51,393,353 | 4 | $12,848,338 |
| 1,270 | Angelina Jolie | $51,306,467 | 6 | $8,551,078 |
| 1,271 | Selcuk Aydemir | $51,186,207 | 10 | $5,118,621 |
| 1,272 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov | $51,166,205 | 3 | $17,055,402 |
| 1,273 | Haipeng Sun | $51,161,009 | 3 | $17,053,670 |
| 1,274 | Steven Antin | $51,112,020 | 1 | $51,112,020 |
| 1,275 | Derek Yee | $51,051,996 | 3 | $17,017,332 |
| 1,276 | Anna J. Foerster | $50,855,249 | 2 | $25,427,625 |
| 1,277 | Jonathan Entwistle | $50,800,000 | 2 | $25,400,000 |
| 1,278 | Justin Simien | $50,796,120 | 3 | $16,932,040 |
| 1,279 | Na Hong-jin | $50,735,357 | 3 | $16,911,786 |
| 1,280 | Jun Falkenstein | $50,671,392 | 3 | $16,890,464 |
| 1,281 | Toby Genkel | $50,654,710 | 6 | $8,442,452 |
| 1,282 | Albert Dupontel | $50,650,727 | 4 | $12,662,682 |
| 1,283 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,628,048 | 1 | $50,628,048 |
| 1,284 | Aleksandr Voytinskiy | $50,559,426 | 6 | $8,426,571 |
| 1,285 | Ui-seok Jo | $50,423,395 | 1 | $50,423,395 |
| 1,286 | Jason Kim | $50,410,537 | 3 | $16,803,512 |
| 1,287 | Ayuko Tsukahara | $50,405,030 | 5 | $10,081,006 |
| 1,288 | Christophe Gans | $50,401,524 | 4 | $12,600,381 |
| 1,289 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | $50,400,000 | 1 | $50,400,000 |
| 1,290 | Sujeeth | $50,258,427 | 2 | $25,129,214 |
| 1,291 | Morgan Spurlock | $50,130,791 | 8 | $6,266,349 |
| 1,292 | Philip Kaufman | $49,996,223 | 11 | $4,545,111 |
| 1,293 | Anubhav Sinha | $49,919,585 | 8 | $6,239,948 |
| 1,294 | Robert Altman | $49,873,819 | 24 | $2,078,076 |
| 1,295 | Enrico Casarosa | $49,787,534 | 2 | $24,893,767 |
| 1,296 | Hur Jin-ho | $49,731,266 | 3 | $16,577,089 |
| 1,297 | Louis Clichy | $49,723,183 | 1 | $49,723,183 |
| 1,298 | Adrian Grunberg | $49,424,395 | 3 | $16,474,798 |
| 1,299 | Bruce Neibaur | $49,406,714 | 1 | $49,406,714 |
| 1,300 | Sean Penn | $49,376,212 | 7 | $7,053,745 |
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.