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Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500)BETA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | John Landis | $273,763,660 | 18 | $15,209,092 |
| 402 | Olivier Megaton | $273,582,525 | 4 | $68,395,631 |
| 403 | Rohit Shetty | $273,048,900 | 12 | $22,754,075 |
| 404 | Michael Gracey | $272,607,088 | 3 | $90,869,029 |
| 405 | Anthony Minghella | $271,638,261 | 7 | $38,805,466 |
| 406 | Kim Hanmin | $271,095,129 | 4 | $67,773,782 |
| 407 | Mike Nichols | $267,283,586 | 18 | $14,849,088 |
| 408 | Mimi Leder | $266,968,062 | 7 | $38,138,295 |
| 409 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $265,798,831 | 7 | $37,971,262 |
| 410 | David Bowers | $265,268,006 | 7 | $37,895,429 |
| 411 | Roman Polanski | $265,104,347 | 21 | $12,624,017 |
| 412 | Harald Zwart | $264,794,146 | 6 | $44,132,358 |
| 413 | Kevin Costner | $263,273,120 | 7 | $37,610,446 |
| 414 | Sang Yong Lee (이상용) | $261,597,883 | 3 | $87,199,294 |
| 415 | Daniel Espinosa | $258,981,740 | 7 | $36,997,391 |
| 416 | Yuen Woo Ping | $258,878,289 | 6 | $43,146,382 |
| 417 | Jon Amiel | $257,002,136 | 9 | $28,555,793 |
| 418 | David Soren | $256,370,397 | 3 | $85,456,799 |
| 419 | Xiaoxing Yi | $255,546,585 | 3 | $85,182,195 |
| 420 | Jose Padilha | $254,989,660 | 4 | $63,747,415 |
| 421 | Stephen Daldry | $254,142,191 | 8 | $31,767,774 |
| 422 | Marc Lawrence | $253,100,055 | 5 | $50,620,011 |
| 423 | John Badham | $251,632,844 | 14 | $17,973,775 |
| 424 | Tony Gilroy | $251,612,560 | 3 | $83,870,853 |
| 425 | Rajkumar Hirani | $251,285,497 | 5 | $50,257,099 |
| 426 | Corin Hardy | $250,673,774 | 4 | $62,668,444 |
| 427 | Justin Baldoni | $248,029,079 | 3 | $82,676,360 |
| 428 | Jake Schreier | $247,156,819 | 4 | $61,789,205 |
| 429 | Peter Chelsom | $246,907,949 | 13 | $18,992,919 |
| 430 | Darren Lynn Bousman | $246,710,239 | 14 | $17,622,160 |
| 431 | Hideaki Anno | $246,331,287 | 8 | $30,791,411 |
| 432 | Eric Brevig | $246,005,246 | 2 | $123,002,623 |
| 433 | Li Wei | $245,636,492 | 5 | $49,127,298 |
| 434 | Clay Kaytis | $244,778,975 | 4 | $61,194,744 |
| 435 | Fergal Reilly | $244,778,975 | 1 | $244,778,975 |
| 436 | Terry Gilliam | $244,235,181 | 13 | $18,787,322 |
| 437 | Teng Cheng | $243,672,563 | 1 | $243,672,563 |
| 438 | Kim Yong-hwa | $243,564,343 | 3 | $81,188,114 |
| 439 | Sheng Ding | $242,916,188 | 8 | $30,364,524 |
| 440 | Edgar Wright | $242,124,307 | 9 | $26,902,701 |
| 441 | Emile Ardolino | $241,995,956 | 6 | $40,332,659 |
| 442 | Nick Cassavetes | $241,672,945 | 12 | $20,139,412 |
| 443 | Scott Mosier | $241,369,386 | 1 | $241,369,386 |
| 444 | Yarrow Cheney | $241,369,386 | 1 | $241,369,386 |
| 445 | Henry Joost | $240,042,164 | 7 | $34,291,738 |
| 446 | Ariel Schulman | $240,042,164 | 7 | $34,291,738 |
| 447 | Mikael Hafstrom | $239,081,752 | 9 | $26,564,639 |
| 448 | JiangJiang Liu | $238,913,515 | 2 | $119,456,758 |
| 449 | Olivier Magaton | $238,400,000 | 1 | $238,400,000 |
| 450 | Alexander Payne | $238,225,049 | 11 | $21,656,823 |
| 451 | Bibo Bergeron | $237,329,342 | 2 | $118,664,671 |
| 452 | Peter Cattaneo | $236,148,949 | 5 | $47,229,790 |
| 453 | Jill Culton | $234,734,398 | 2 | $117,367,199 |
| 454 | Choi Dong-hoon | $234,493,782 | 5 | $46,898,756 |
| 455 | Adam Robitel | $232,340,951 | 4 | $58,085,238 |
| 456 | Steven S. DeKnight | $231,055,623 | 1 | $231,055,623 |
| 457 | Adam McKay | $230,780,116 | 10 | $23,078,012 |
| 458 | Yuzuru Tachikawa | $230,755,948 | 4 | $57,688,987 |
| 459 | Brian Fee | $230,640,254 | 1 | $230,640,254 |
| 460 | Junwei Xie (谢君伟) | $229,620,158 | 1 | $229,620,158 |
| 461 | Jing Zou | $229,620,158 | 1 | $229,620,158 |
| 462 | Derek Tsang | $229,561,130 | 1 | $229,561,130 |
| 463 | Oliver Parker | $229,251,678 | 10 | $22,925,168 |
| 464 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $228,684,767 | 6 | $38,114,128 |
| 465 | Philippe de Chauveron | $226,954,994 | 5 | $45,390,999 |
| 466 | Noam Murro | $226,344,330 | 2 | $113,172,165 |
| 467 | Peter Lord | $226,092,479 | 2 | $113,046,240 |
| 468 | William Friedkin | $225,918,360 | 19 | $11,890,440 |
| 469 | Dmitry Dyachenko | $225,094,166 | 8 | $28,136,771 |
| 470 | Mike Gabriel | $225,020,227 | 2 | $112,510,114 |
| 471 | Beeban Kidron | $223,691,531 | 5 | $44,738,306 |
| 472 | Stephen Gaghan | $222,779,638 | 5 | $44,555,928 |
| 473 | John Singleton | $222,738,994 | 9 | $24,748,777 |
| 474 | Shao Heqi | $222,103,379 | 1 | $222,103,379 |
| 475 | David R. Ellis | $221,856,727 | 6 | $36,976,121 |
| 476 | Bradley Cooper | $221,623,787 | 3 | $73,874,596 |
| 477 | Neil Burger | $221,152,938 | 6 | $36,858,823 |
| 478 | Steven Quale | $220,569,371 | 5 | $44,113,874 |
| 479 | Tomoka Nagaoka | $220,317,067 | 2 | $110,158,534 |
| 480 | Andy Fickman | $219,856,333 | 13 | $16,912,026 |
| 481 | Roar Uthaug | $219,170,933 | 6 | $36,528,489 |
| 482 | Ralph Zondag | $219,144,491 | 4 | $54,786,123 |
| 483 | Ding Liang | $218,779,552 | 3 | $72,926,517 |
| 484 | Eric Leighton | $218,400,000 | 1 | $218,400,000 |
| 485 | Shinsuke Sato | $217,329,998 | 10 | $21,733,000 |
| 486 | Zhao Ji | $217,048,520 | 3 | $72,349,507 |
| 487 | Alejandro Amenábar | $216,460,048 | 7 | $30,922,864 |
| 488 | Leon Ding | $216,222,026 | 3 | $72,074,009 |
| 489 | Mel Smith | $216,165,599 | 5 | $43,233,120 |
| 490 | Ben Affleck | $215,554,685 | 7 | $30,793,526 |
| 491 | Chris Noonan | $215,326,742 | 2 | $107,663,371 |
| 492 | Gil Kenan | $214,814,091 | 5 | $42,962,818 |
| 493 | Tommy Wirkola | $214,025,521 | 11 | $19,456,866 |
| 494 | Ryuichi Yagi | $213,606,471 | 2 | $106,803,236 |
| 495 | Julius Onah | $213,528,753 | 5 | $42,705,751 |
| 496 | James L. Brooks | $213,431,634 | 7 | $30,490,233 |
| 497 | Jim Abrahams | $213,130,621 | 8 | $26,641,328 |
| 498 | Judd Apatow | $212,654,496 | 9 | $23,628,277 |
| 499 | Donald Petrie | $212,022,431 | 14 | $15,144,459 |
| 500 | Lawrence Guterman | $211,924,849 | 3 | $70,641,616 |
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.