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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 | Jodie Foster | $57,104,402 | 4 | $14,276,101 |
| 1,102 | Dennis Widmyer | $57,094,982 | 3 | $19,031,661 |
| 1,103 | Tomohiko Ito | $57,048,785 | 2 | $28,524,393 |
| 1,104 | Masayuki | $57,019,825 | 1 | $57,019,825 |
| 1,105 | Kimberly Peirce | $56,656,585 | 4 | $14,164,146 |
| 1,106 | SJ Clarkson | $56,650,679 | 2 | $28,325,340 |
| 1,107 | Stephen Hillenburg | $56,634,646 | 1 | $56,634,646 |
| 1,108 | Norton Virgien | $56,440,460 | 2 | $28,220,230 |
| 1,109 | Franck Gastambide | $56,409,656 | 3 | $18,803,219 |
| 1,110 | John Whitesell | $56,329,577 | 6 | $9,388,263 |
| 1,111 | Danny Pang | $56,280,465 | 11 | $5,116,406 |
| 1,112 | Ren Pengyuan | $56,235,548 | 1 | $56,235,548 |
| 1,113 | Angel Manuel Soto | $56,235,516 | 3 | $18,745,172 |
| 1,114 | Nikolay Lebedev | $56,176,957 | 3 | $18,725,652 |
| 1,115 | Gail Mancuso | $56,084,834 | 1 | $56,084,834 |
| 1,116 | Shubao Guo | $56,040,680 | 1 | $56,040,680 |
| 1,117 | John A. Davis | $56,024,667 | 3 | $18,674,889 |
| 1,118 | Eugenio Derbez | $56,019,410 | 1 | $56,019,410 |
| 1,119 | Togan Gökbakar | $55,993,612 | 6 | $9,332,269 |
| 1,120 | Hugo Gélin | $55,847,427 | 2 | $27,923,714 |
| 1,121 | Tomonori Sudō | $55,791,630 | 3 | $18,597,210 |
| 1,122 | Gabor Csupo | $55,750,649 | 1 | $55,750,649 |
| 1,123 | Todd Michael Amateau | $55,750,649 | 1 | $55,750,649 |
| 1,124 | Jim Jarmusch | $55,618,797 | 14 | $3,972,771 |
| 1,125 | Asghar Farhadi | $55,585,463 | 7 | $7,940,780 |
| 1,126 | Gilles de Maistre | $55,376,076 | 7 | $7,910,868 |
| 1,127 | Jaume Balaguero | $55,265,708 | 7 | $7,895,101 |
| 1,128 | Javier Gutierrez | $55,124,265 | 1 | $55,124,265 |
| 1,129 | Aneesh Chaganty | $55,112,408 | 3 | $18,370,803 |
| 1,130 | Jake Schreier | $55,070,089 | 4 | $13,767,522 |
| 1,131 | Kevin Munroe | $54,914,903 | 4 | $13,728,726 |
| 1,132 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $54,841,414 | 4 | $13,710,354 |
| 1,133 | Nacho G. Velilla | $54,765,753 | 6 | $9,127,626 |
| 1,134 | Cheng Fenfen | $54,663,066 | 1 | $54,663,066 |
| 1,135 | Samuel Bayer | $54,654,607 | 1 | $54,654,607 |
| 1,136 | Brian Percival | $54,598,230 | 2 | $27,299,115 |
| 1,137 | Richard Eyre | $54,543,208 | 8 | $6,817,901 |
| 1,138 | Juan Jesús García Galocha | $54,513,632 | 2 | $27,256,816 |
| 1,139 | Kevin Donovan | $54,513,465 | 2 | $27,256,733 |
| 1,140 | Masayuki Suzuki | $54,500,076 | 4 | $13,625,019 |
| 1,141 | Otto Bathurst | $54,385,384 | 1 | $54,385,384 |
| 1,142 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,339,436 | 3 | $18,113,145 |
| 1,143 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $54,294,470 | 7 | $7,756,353 |
| 1,144 | Patrick Gilmore | $54,284,432 | 1 | $54,284,432 |
| 1,145 | Chen-Hao Yin | $54,253,498 | 1 | $54,253,498 |
| 1,146 | Jae-hyun Jang | $54,251,912 | 2 | $27,125,956 |
| 1,147 | Oriol Paulo | $54,234,952 | 3 | $18,078,317 |
| 1,148 | Yunfei Wang | $54,215,457 | 9 | $6,023,940 |
| 1,149 | André Øvredal | $54,213,413 | 6 | $9,035,569 |
| 1,150 | Olivia Newman | $54,123,205 | 1 | $54,123,205 |
| 1,151 | Mark Herman | $54,005,798 | 5 | $10,801,160 |
| 1,152 | Yang Xiao | $54,004,324 | 2 | $27,002,162 |
| 1,153 | Mark Levin | $53,934,517 | 2 | $26,967,259 |
| 1,154 | Prachya Pinkaew | $53,893,258 | 4 | $13,473,315 |
| 1,155 | Han-Gyul Kim | $53,856,421 | 2 | $26,928,211 |
| 1,156 | Jennifer Flackett | $53,850,663 | 1 | $53,850,663 |
| 1,157 | Kevin Smith | $53,688,690 | 19 | $2,825,721 |
| 1,158 | César Rodrigues | $53,102,744 | 5 | $10,620,549 |
| 1,159 | Jean-Francois Richet | $53,095,472 | 6 | $8,849,245 |
| 1,160 | Yoon-dong Oh | $53,052,803 | 8 | $6,631,600 |
| 1,161 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $53,000,000 | 1 | $53,000,000 |
| 1,162 | Joan Chen | $52,964,753 | 3 | $17,654,918 |
| 1,163 | Charles Shyer | $52,941,073 | 8 | $6,617,634 |
| 1,164 | Jonathan Dayton | $52,793,506 | 3 | $17,597,835 |
| 1,165 | Valerie Faris | $52,793,506 | 3 | $17,597,835 |
| 1,166 | Howard Hall | $52,661,613 | 4 | $13,165,403 |
| 1,167 | Mingze Xia (夏铭泽) | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,168 | Kai Yan | $52,626,747 | 1 | $52,626,747 |
| 1,169 | Shen Zhou | $52,458,315 | 2 | $26,229,158 |
| 1,170 | Lu Liu | $52,458,315 | 2 | $26,229,158 |
| 1,171 | John Schultz | $52,454,752 | 10 | $5,245,475 |
| 1,172 | Lee Seokhoon | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 1,173 | Stiles White | $52,444,622 | 1 | $52,444,622 |
| 1,174 | Hayato Kawai | $52,373,217 | 7 | $7,481,888 |
| 1,175 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | $52,260,526 | 4 | $13,065,132 |
| 1,176 | Checco Zalone | $52,186,424 | 1 | $52,186,424 |
| 1,177 | Kivanc Baruonu | $52,052,509 | 7 | $7,436,073 |
| 1,178 | Hongguang Lin | $51,955,230 | 1 | $51,955,230 |
| 1,179 | Henry Selick | $51,583,441 | 5 | $10,316,688 |
| 1,180 | Lorene Scafaria | $51,452,265 | 3 | $17,150,755 |
| 1,181 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $51,417,512 | 6 | $8,569,585 |
| 1,182 | John Hillcoat | $51,393,353 | 4 | $12,848,338 |
| 1,183 | Nikhil Advani | $51,336,150 | 7 | $7,333,736 |
| 1,184 | Angelina Jolie | $51,284,531 | 6 | $8,547,422 |
| 1,185 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov | $51,166,205 | 3 | $17,055,402 |
| 1,186 | Steven Antin | $51,112,020 | 1 | $51,112,020 |
| 1,187 | Derek Yee | $51,051,996 | 3 | $17,017,332 |
| 1,188 | Selcuk Aydemir | $50,966,356 | 8 | $6,370,795 |
| 1,189 | Anna J. Foerster | $50,855,249 | 2 | $25,427,625 |
| 1,190 | Na Hong-jin | $50,735,357 | 3 | $16,911,786 |
| 1,191 | Mark Mylod | $50,692,380 | 2 | $25,346,190 |
| 1,192 | Jun Falkenstein | $50,671,392 | 3 | $16,890,464 |
| 1,193 | Toby Genkel | $50,654,710 | 5 | $10,130,942 |
| 1,194 | Albert Dupontel | $50,650,727 | 4 | $12,662,682 |
| 1,195 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,590,362 | 1 | $50,590,362 |
| 1,196 | Ui-seok Jo | $50,423,395 | 1 | $50,423,395 |
| 1,197 | Christophe Gans | $50,401,524 | 3 | $16,800,508 |
| 1,198 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | $50,400,000 | 1 | $50,400,000 |
| 1,199 | Morgan Spurlock | $50,210,122 | 8 | $6,276,265 |
| 1,200 | Philip Kaufman | $49,996,223 | 11 | $4,545,111 |
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.