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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 | Klimas Šipenko | $50,590,362 | 1 | $50,590,362 |
| 1,202 | Ui-seok Jo | $50,423,395 | 1 | $50,423,395 |
| 1,203 | Christophe Gans | $50,401,524 | 3 | $16,800,508 |
| 1,204 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | $50,400,000 | 1 | $50,400,000 |
| 1,205 | Morgan Spurlock | $50,187,342 | 8 | $6,273,418 |
| 1,206 | Philip Kaufman | $49,996,223 | 11 | $4,545,111 |
| 1,207 | Simon Verhoeven | $49,919,711 | 5 | $9,983,942 |
| 1,208 | Anubhav Sinha | $49,919,585 | 8 | $6,239,948 |
| 1,209 | Robert Altman | $49,873,340 | 24 | $2,078,056 |
| 1,210 | Enrico Casarosa | $49,788,012 | 1 | $49,788,012 |
| 1,211 | Hur Jin-ho | $49,731,266 | 3 | $16,577,089 |
| 1,212 | Louis Clichy | $49,723,183 | 1 | $49,723,183 |
| 1,213 | Cheng He | $49,575,838 | 4 | $12,393,960 |
| 1,214 | Adrian Grunberg | $49,424,395 | 3 | $16,474,798 |
| 1,215 | Bruce Neibaur | $49,406,714 | 1 | $49,406,714 |
| 1,216 | Sean Penn | $49,376,212 | 7 | $7,053,745 |
| 1,217 | Fred Cavaye | $49,374,051 | 7 | $7,053,436 |
| 1,218 | Siddique | $49,329,245 | 4 | $12,332,311 |
| 1,219 | Brett Leonard | $49,288,879 | 9 | $5,476,542 |
| 1,220 | Guang Fu Yang | $49,272,573 | 3 | $16,424,191 |
| 1,221 | Nicholas Hytner | $49,072,706 | 7 | $7,010,387 |
| 1,222 | Zach Braff | $48,931,226 | 4 | $12,232,807 |
| 1,223 | Bill Holderman | $48,927,399 | 2 | $24,463,700 |
| 1,224 | Zhou Tuo Ru | $48,905,977 | 1 | $48,905,977 |
| 1,225 | Walt Dohrn | $48,866,407 | 2 | $24,433,204 |
| 1,226 | Christian Duguay | $48,738,136 | 8 | $6,092,267 |
| 1,227 | Michael Hoffman | $48,658,267 | 8 | $6,082,283 |
| 1,228 | Andrew Dominik | $48,359,554 | 6 | $8,059,926 |
| 1,229 | Paul Schrader | $48,284,492 | 21 | $2,299,262 |
| 1,230 | Jacques Audiard | $48,234,487 | 6 | $8,039,081 |
| 1,231 | John R. Lee | $48,173,812 | 1 | $48,173,812 |
| 1,232 | Justin Simien | $48,144,319 | 3 | $16,048,106 |
| 1,233 | Leo Zhang | $48,021,928 | 2 | $24,010,964 |
| 1,234 | Will Becher | $47,862,290 | 1 | $47,862,290 |
| 1,235 | Ayan Mukherjee | $47,832,959 | 3 | $15,944,320 |
| 1,236 | Liu Jiang | $47,691,771 | 2 | $23,845,886 |
| 1,237 | Sriram Raghavan | $47,656,875 | 3 | $15,885,625 |
| 1,238 | Jorge R. Gutierrez | $47,500,000 | 1 | $47,500,000 |
| 1,239 | Ava Duvernay | $47,475,060 | 7 | $6,782,151 |
| 1,240 | Sarik Andreasyan | $47,393,093 | 15 | $3,159,540 |
| 1,241 | James Ivory | $47,381,588 | 20 | $2,369,079 |
| 1,242 | Fuyuan Liu | $47,269,723 | 3 | $15,756,574 |
| 1,243 | Xavier Beauvois | $47,221,473 | 5 | $9,444,295 |
| 1,244 | Tobe Hooper | $47,213,085 | 9 | $5,245,898 |
| 1,245 | Chris Carter | $47,188,314 | 1 | $47,188,314 |
| 1,246 | Mutou MTJJ | $47,151,157 | 1 | $47,151,157 |
| 1,247 | Andrei Kravchuk | $47,026,715 | 6 | $7,837,786 |
| 1,248 | Ding Leang | $46,998,773 | 1 | $46,998,773 |
| 1,249 | Miguel Arteta | $46,965,930 | 8 | $5,870,741 |
| 1,250 | Rupert Wainwright | $46,937,414 | 3 | $15,645,805 |
| 1,251 | Alessandro Siani | $46,892,678 | 6 | $7,815,446 |
| 1,252 | Brothers Strause | $46,848,618 | 1 | $46,848,618 |
| 1,253 | Randall Wallace | $46,742,259 | 4 | $11,685,565 |
| 1,254 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $46,655,253 | 1 | $46,655,253 |
| 1,255 | Katsuhide Motoki | $46,581,772 | 5 | $9,316,354 |
| 1,256 | Boaz Yakin | $46,406,967 | 10 | $4,640,697 |
| 1,257 | Xu Hongyu | $46,389,109 | 1 | $46,389,109 |
| 1,258 | Craig Mazin | $46,387,782 | 2 | $23,193,891 |
| 1,259 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $46,339,571 | 1 | $46,339,571 |
| 1,260 | Aleksey Sidorov | $46,266,605 | 2 | $23,133,303 |
| 1,261 | Eichiro Hasumi | $46,117,323 | 5 | $9,223,465 |
| 1,262 | John Stockwell | $45,933,076 | 12 | $3,827,756 |
| 1,263 | Chin Kar Lok | $45,879,283 | 1 | $45,879,283 |
| 1,264 | Chika Nagaoka | $45,877,003 | 1 | $45,877,003 |
| 1,265 | Jenny Gage | $45,800,194 | 2 | $22,900,097 |
| 1,266 | Susanna Fogel | $45,790,952 | 4 | $11,447,738 |
| 1,267 | Abhinav Singh Kashyap | $45,728,469 | 2 | $22,864,235 |
| 1,268 | Xie Dongshen | $45,698,504 | 1 | $45,698,504 |
| 1,269 | Ilya Kulikov | $45,614,296 | 4 | $11,403,574 |
| 1,270 | He Nian | $45,533,735 | 2 | $22,766,868 |
| 1,271 | Siva Koratala | $45,487,382 | 3 | $15,162,461 |
| 1,272 | Chul-soo Jang | $45,286,922 | 2 | $22,643,461 |
| 1,273 | Ang Xu | $45,224,633 | 2 | $22,612,317 |
| 1,274 | Wei Gu Chang | $45,060,000 | 1 | $45,060,000 |
| 1,275 | Wei Shujun | $45,029,234 | 3 | $15,009,745 |
| 1,276 | Riccardo Milani | $44,962,086 | 9 | $4,995,787 |
| 1,277 | Mary Haverstick | $44,777,735 | 1 | $44,777,735 |
| 1,278 | Florent-Emilio Siri | $44,726,990 | 3 | $14,908,997 |
| 1,279 | Gary Chapman | $44,710,281 | 1 | $44,710,281 |
| 1,280 | Zhuqing Ji (季竹青) | $44,570,000 | 1 | $44,570,000 |
| 1,281 | Ben Falcone | $44,426,899 | 5 | $8,885,380 |
| 1,282 | David Carson | $44,328,738 | 3 | $14,776,246 |
| 1,283 | Andrew Douglas | $43,942,304 | 2 | $21,971,152 |
| 1,284 | Michael Philippou | $43,882,382 | 3 | $14,627,461 |
| 1,285 | Danny Philippou | $43,882,382 | 3 | $14,627,461 |
| 1,286 | Akira Nagai | $43,780,309 | 4 | $10,945,077 |
| 1,287 | Tim Robbins | $43,701,011 | 3 | $14,567,004 |
| 1,288 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $43,600,029 | 3 | $14,533,343 |
| 1,289 | Woo-suk Kang | $43,580,557 | 4 | $10,895,139 |
| 1,290 | Olivia Wilde | $43,571,980 | 3 | $14,523,993 |
| 1,291 | Barry Jenkins | $43,522,773 | 5 | $8,704,555 |
| 1,292 | Vernie Yeung | $43,272,557 | 1 | $43,272,557 |
| 1,293 | Koan Hui | $43,272,557 | 1 | $43,272,557 |
| 1,294 | Chris Gorak | $43,183,292 | 1 | $43,183,292 |
| 1,295 | Matthew Warchus | $43,041,833 | 2 | $21,520,917 |
| 1,296 | Hideki Takeuchi | $42,870,694 | 3 | $14,290,231 |
| 1,297 | Saket Chaudhary | $42,732,776 | 3 | $14,244,259 |
| 1,298 | Julie Anne Robinson | $42,691,737 | 2 | $21,345,869 |
| 1,299 | Abby Kohn | $42,648,494 | 2 | $21,324,247 |
| 1,300 | Marc Silverstein | $42,648,494 | 2 | $21,324,247 |
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.