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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 | Paul Schrader | $48,284,492 | 19 | $2,541,289 |
| 1,202 | John R. Lee | $48,173,812 | 1 | $48,173,812 |
| 1,203 | Justin Simien | $48,144,319 | 3 | $16,048,106 |
| 1,204 | Leo Zhang | $48,021,928 | 2 | $24,010,964 |
| 1,205 | Jacques Audiard | $47,896,290 | 6 | $7,982,715 |
| 1,206 | Will Becher | $47,862,290 | 1 | $47,862,290 |
| 1,207 | Ayan Mukherjee | $47,832,959 | 3 | $15,944,320 |
| 1,208 | Liu Jiang | $47,691,771 | 2 | $23,845,886 |
| 1,209 | Sriram Raghavan | $47,656,875 | 3 | $15,885,625 |
| 1,210 | Jorge R. Gutierrez | $47,500,000 | 1 | $47,500,000 |
| 1,211 | Ava Duvernay | $47,456,058 | 7 | $6,779,437 |
| 1,212 | James Ivory | $47,377,957 | 20 | $2,368,898 |
| 1,213 | Fuyuan Liu | $47,269,723 | 3 | $15,756,574 |
| 1,214 | Xavier Beauvois | $47,221,473 | 5 | $9,444,295 |
| 1,215 | Chris Carter | $47,188,314 | 1 | $47,188,314 |
| 1,216 | Mutou MTJJ | $47,179,510 | 1 | $47,179,510 |
| 1,217 | Sarik Andreasyan | $47,168,755 | 13 | $3,628,366 |
| 1,218 | Tobe Hooper | $47,100,863 | 9 | $5,233,429 |
| 1,219 | Andrei Kravchuk | $47,026,715 | 6 | $7,837,786 |
| 1,220 | Ding Leang | $46,998,773 | 1 | $46,998,773 |
| 1,221 | Miguel Arteta | $46,965,930 | 8 | $5,870,741 |
| 1,222 | Rupert Wainwright | $46,937,414 | 3 | $15,645,805 |
| 1,223 | Alessandro Siani | $46,892,678 | 6 | $7,815,446 |
| 1,224 | Brothers Strause | $46,848,618 | 1 | $46,848,618 |
| 1,225 | Justin Baldoni | $46,824,988 | 3 | $15,608,329 |
| 1,226 | Randall Wallace | $46,742,259 | 4 | $11,685,565 |
| 1,227 | Katsuhide Motoki | $46,581,772 | 5 | $9,316,354 |
| 1,228 | Boaz Yakin | $46,406,967 | 9 | $5,156,330 |
| 1,229 | Xu Hongyu | $46,389,109 | 1 | $46,389,109 |
| 1,230 | Craig Mazin | $46,387,782 | 2 | $23,193,891 |
| 1,231 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $46,339,571 | 1 | $46,339,571 |
| 1,232 | Olivia Newman | $46,308,792 | 1 | $46,308,792 |
| 1,233 | Aleksey Sidorov | $46,266,605 | 2 | $23,133,303 |
| 1,234 | Eichiro Hasumi | $46,117,323 | 5 | $9,223,465 |
| 1,235 | John Stockwell | $45,933,076 | 12 | $3,827,756 |
| 1,236 | Chin Kar Lok | $45,879,283 | 1 | $45,879,283 |
| 1,237 | Jenny Gage | $45,800,194 | 2 | $22,900,097 |
| 1,238 | Susanna Fogel | $45,745,742 | 4 | $11,436,436 |
| 1,239 | Abhinav Singh Kashyap | $45,728,469 | 2 | $22,864,235 |
| 1,240 | Xie Dongshen | $45,698,504 | 1 | $45,698,504 |
| 1,241 | Ilya Kulikov | $45,614,296 | 4 | $11,403,574 |
| 1,242 | Chul-soo Jang | $45,286,922 | 2 | $22,643,461 |
| 1,243 | Wei Gu Chang | $45,060,000 | 1 | $45,060,000 |
| 1,244 | André Øvredal | $45,012,374 | 6 | $7,502,062 |
| 1,245 | Wei Shujun | $44,919,936 | 3 | $14,973,312 |
| 1,246 | Mary Haverstick | $44,777,735 | 1 | $44,777,735 |
| 1,247 | Ang Xu | $44,753,879 | 2 | $22,376,940 |
| 1,248 | Florent-Emilio Siri | $44,719,064 | 3 | $14,906,355 |
| 1,249 | Gary Chapman | $44,710,281 | 1 | $44,710,281 |
| 1,250 | Zhuqing Ji (季竹青) | $44,570,000 | 1 | $44,570,000 |
| 1,251 | Ben Falcone | $44,426,899 | 5 | $8,885,380 |
| 1,252 | David Carson | $44,328,738 | 3 | $14,776,246 |
| 1,253 | Riccardo Milani | $44,126,262 | 9 | $4,902,918 |
| 1,254 | Andrew Douglas | $43,942,304 | 2 | $21,971,152 |
| 1,255 | Michael Philippou | $43,882,382 | 3 | $14,627,461 |
| 1,256 | Danny Philippou | $43,882,382 | 3 | $14,627,461 |
| 1,257 | Akira Nagai | $43,780,309 | 4 | $10,945,077 |
| 1,258 | Tim Robbins | $43,701,011 | 3 | $14,567,004 |
| 1,259 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $43,600,029 | 3 | $14,533,343 |
| 1,260 | Woo-suk Kang | $43,580,557 | 4 | $10,895,139 |
| 1,261 | Olivia Wilde | $43,571,980 | 3 | $14,523,993 |
| 1,262 | Barry Jenkins | $43,522,773 | 5 | $8,704,555 |
| 1,263 | Vernie Yeung | $43,272,557 | 1 | $43,272,557 |
| 1,264 | Koan Hui | $43,272,557 | 1 | $43,272,557 |
| 1,265 | Chris Gorak | $43,183,292 | 1 | $43,183,292 |
| 1,266 | Hideki Takeuchi | $42,870,694 | 2 | $21,435,347 |
| 1,267 | Saket Chaudhary | $42,732,776 | 3 | $14,244,259 |
| 1,268 | Julie Anne Robinson | $42,691,737 | 2 | $21,345,869 |
| 1,269 | Marc Silverstein | $42,648,494 | 2 | $21,324,247 |
| 1,270 | Abby Kohn | $42,648,494 | 2 | $21,324,247 |
| 1,271 | Oleg Stepchenko | $42,557,124 | 2 | $21,278,562 |
| 1,272 | Gan Bi | $42,555,717 | 2 | $21,277,859 |
| 1,273 | Lee Hae-yeong | $42,449,056 | 3 | $14,149,685 |
| 1,274 | Paco Plaza | $42,412,592 | 6 | $7,068,765 |
| 1,275 | Yôji Yamada | $42,372,536 | 7 | $6,053,219 |
| 1,276 | He Jiong | $42,237,010 | 1 | $42,237,010 |
| 1,277 | Nattawut Poonpiriya | $42,197,645 | 3 | $14,065,882 |
| 1,278 | Derek Cianfrance | $42,172,031 | 3 | $14,057,344 |
| 1,279 | Nanni Moretti | $42,168,998 | 7 | $6,024,143 |
| 1,280 | Snow Zou | $42,049,981 | 2 | $21,024,991 |
| 1,281 | Luis Carlos Hueck | $41,950,000 | 2 | $20,975,000 |
| 1,282 | Drew Goddard | $41,949,684 | 2 | $20,974,842 |
| 1,283 | Paolo Genovese | $41,916,604 | 5 | $8,383,321 |
| 1,284 | Pitof | $41,875,667 | 1 | $41,875,667 |
| 1,285 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | $41,858,909 | 4 | $10,464,727 |
| 1,286 | Sylvain White | $41,823,029 | 4 | $10,455,757 |
| 1,287 | Jonathan Lynn | $41,428,727 | 8 | $5,178,591 |
| 1,288 | Matthew Warchus | $41,413,297 | 2 | $20,706,649 |
| 1,289 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $41,282,567 | 1 | $41,282,567 |
| 1,290 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $41,209,025 | 1 | $41,209,025 |
| 1,291 | Jean-Jacques Mantello | $41,205,563 | 6 | $6,867,594 |
| 1,292 | Simon McQuoid | $41,182,228 | 1 | $41,182,228 |
| 1,293 | Philippe Le Guay | $41,134,703 | 5 | $8,226,941 |
| 1,294 | Lu Le | $41,046,927 | 1 | $41,046,927 |
| 1,295 | Jorge Pareja | $41,039,145 | 1 | $41,039,145 |
| 1,296 | Pablo Larrain | $41,020,485 | 11 | $3,729,135 |
| 1,297 | Bronwen Hughes | $41,000,000 | 3 | $13,666,667 |
| 1,298 | Caroline Link | $40,975,898 | 3 | $13,658,633 |
| 1,299 | Rob Greenberg | $40,928,790 | 1 | $40,928,790 |
| 1,300 | David Breashears | $40,874,931 | 2 | $20,437,466 |
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.