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Top Grossing Assistant Director at the International Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Assistant Directors based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Chris Castaldi
| Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 21 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,930,539,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Jurassic World ($1,017,657,016 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($622,302,918 in 2017), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($434,407,829 in 2009), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($428,828,615 in 2005), Hancock ($396,287,998 in 2008), Man of Steel ($376,954,000 in 2013) |
2
Jamie Christopher
| Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 31 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($931,008,533 in 2011), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($711,453,759 in 2017), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($647,224,674 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($645,771,108 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($644,897,513 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($623,979,813 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($612,720,847 in 2002), The Da Vinci Code ($550,284,321 in 2006), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($533,463,548 in 2004) |
3
Lars P. Winther
| Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 32 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($806,400,000 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($544,070,151 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,472,929 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($443,701,254 in 2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($406,495,920 in 2018) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Castaldi | $9,872,557,446 | 21 | $470,121,783 |
| 2 | Jamie Christopher | $9,791,293,496 | 31 | $315,848,177 |
| 3 | Lars P. Winther | $8,090,577,408 | 32 | $252,830,544 |
| 4 | Terry Madden | $7,974,034,729 | 36 | $221,500,965 |
| 5 | Will Dodds | $7,576,652,052 | 43 | $176,201,211 |
| 6 | Brett Robinson | $7,560,680,479 | 23 | $328,725,238 |
| 7 | Josh McLaglen | $7,088,830,872 | 41 | $172,898,314 |
| 8 | Sallie Hard | $5,697,546,532 | 47 | $121,224,394 |
| 9 | Michael Lerman | $4,950,137,019 | 13 | $380,779,771 |
| 10 | Cliff Lanning | $4,881,938,599 | 41 | $119,071,673 |
| 11 | Josh Robertson | $4,800,165,305 | 15 | $320,011,020 |
| 12 | Tommy Gormley | $4,733,627,793 | 33 | $143,443,266 |
| 13 | K.C. Hodenfield | $4,722,195,219 | 22 | $214,645,237 |
| 14 | Chris Carreras | $4,460,999,011 | 33 | $135,181,788 |
| 15 | Misha Bukowski | $4,210,790,453 | 31 | $135,831,950 |
| 16 | Nilo Otero | $3,847,363,457 | 32 | $120,230,108 |
| 17 | Vincent Lascoumes | $3,781,528,047 | 28 | $135,054,573 |
| 18 | Eric Heffron | $3,462,639,660 | 21 | $164,887,603 |
| 19 | Ben Howard | $3,334,596,254 | 38 | $87,752,533 |
| 20 | Simon Warnock | $3,247,151,360 | 13 | $249,780,874 |
| 21 | Paul Barry | $2,941,035,538 | 41 | $71,732,574 |
| 22 | Peter Kohn | $2,926,022,537 | 15 | $195,068,169 |
| 23 | Gerry Gavigan | $2,758,325,080 | 10 | $275,832,508 |
| 24 | Bruce G. Moriarty | $2,662,585,596 | 13 | $204,814,277 |
| 25 | David H. Venghaus, Jr. | $2,490,545,754 | 11 | $226,413,250 |
| 26 | Jeffrey Wetzel | $2,484,353,539 | 23 | $108,015,371 |
| 27 | Lee Cleary | $2,468,676,244 | 40 | $61,716,906 |
| 28 | Carolynne Cunningham | $2,461,571,501 | 7 | $351,653,072 |
| 29 | Christopher T. Sadler | $2,409,454,648 | 17 | $141,732,626 |
| 30 | K.C. Colwell | $2,356,907,049 | 46 | $51,237,110 |
| 31 | William M. Connor | $2,295,189,911 | 14 | $163,942,137 |
| 32 | John M. Morse | $2,275,139,204 | 21 | $108,339,962 |
| 33 | Marty Eli Schwartz | $2,196,155,675 | 52 | $42,233,763 |
| 34 | Adam Somner | $2,094,108,036 | 13 | $161,085,234 |
| 35 | Richard Whelan | $2,073,980,583 | 10 | $207,398,058 |
| 36 | Toby Hefferman | $1,964,433,421 | 7 | $280,633,346 |
| 37 | Jack Ravenscroft | $1,890,596,272 | 25 | $75,623,851 |
| 38 | Matt Rebenkoff | $1,825,394,026 | 19 | $96,073,370 |
| 39 | Maria Battle Campbell | $1,811,855,651 | 2 | $905,927,826 |
| 40 | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | $1,777,219,814 | 8 | $222,152,477 |
| 41 | Richard Graves | $1,697,950,756 | 12 | $141,495,896 |
| 42 | Max Keene | $1,692,604,080 | 10 | $169,260,408 |
| 43 | Aldric La'auli Porter | $1,677,904,911 | 18 | $93,216,940 |
| 44 | David Sardi | $1,663,015,453 | 14 | $118,786,818 |
| 45 | Joseph Reidy | $1,660,237,862 | 25 | $66,409,514 |
| 46 | Simeon Jones | $1,633,438,619 | 1 | $1,633,438,619 |
| 47 | Albert Cho | $1,630,357,631 | 5 | $326,071,526 |
| 48 | John Rusk | $1,504,429,178 | 9 | $167,158,798 |
| 49 | Joey Coughlin | $1,453,361,392 | 4 | $363,340,348 |
| 50 | James McTeigue | $1,383,052,276 | 4 | $345,763,069 |
| 51 | Terry Needham | $1,346,501,023 | 12 | $112,208,419 |
| 52 | Jeff Bilger | $1,338,058,353 | 2 | $669,029,177 |
| 53 | Rhys Summerhayes | $1,330,386,026 | 4 | $332,596,507 |
| 54 | Jeff Okabayashi | $1,305,599,232 | 5 | $261,119,846 |
| 55 | Chris Newman | $1,304,770,695 | 8 | $163,096,337 |
| 56 | Geoff Hansen | $1,266,528,904 | 10 | $126,652,890 |
| 57 | Kim H. Winther | $1,260,993,479 | 10 | $126,099,348 |
| 58 | David McGiffert | $1,232,483,795 | 10 | $123,248,380 |
| 59 | Tom Brewster | $1,230,474,875 | 2 | $615,237,438 |
| 60 | Mike Topoozian | $1,226,574,739 | 20 | $61,328,737 |
| 61 | Terence Madden | $1,214,851,556 | 2 | $607,425,778 |
| 62 | Alan B. Curtiss | $1,196,453,454 | 12 | $99,704,455 |
| 63 | Guy Campbell | $1,186,774,347 | 4 | $296,693,587 |
| 64 | John Saunders | $1,182,404,800 | 7 | $168,914,971 |
| 65 | Bruce Franklin | $1,160,728,404 | 11 | $105,520,764 |
| 66 | Gareth Tandy | $1,135,445,085 | 4 | $283,861,271 |
| 67 | Douglas Plasse | $1,107,420,833 | 3 | $369,140,278 |
| 68 | Samar Pollitt | $1,096,729,407 | 3 | $365,576,469 |
| 69 | Tom Rye | $1,055,932,438 | 5 | $211,186,488 |
| 70 | Daniel Silverberg | $1,049,655,351 | 16 | $65,603,459 |
| 71 | Jason Roberts | $1,037,374,775 | 3 | $345,791,592 |
| 72 | William Paul Clark | $1,036,462,195 | 38 | $27,275,321 |
| 73 | Bethan Mowat | $1,010,969,391 | 4 | $252,742,348 |
| 74 | Hilbert Hakim | $1,009,769,249 | 1 | $1,009,769,249 |
| 75 | David Tomblin | $1,007,910,224 | 8 | $125,988,778 |
| 76 | Katterli Frauenfelder | $988,525,366 | 14 | $70,608,955 |
| 77 | Matthew Sharp | $980,583,531 | 3 | $326,861,177 |
| 78 | Danielle Blake | $973,792,421 | 3 | $324,597,474 |
| 79 | Artist Robinson | $958,163,478 | 10 | $95,816,348 |
| 80 | Penny Charter | $913,771,968 | 5 | $182,754,394 |
| 81 | Gregory Jacobs | $902,114,010 | 10 | $90,211,401 |
| 82 | Luc Etienne | $902,099,944 | 7 | $128,871,421 |
| 83 | Emma Horton | $901,030,363 | 4 | $225,257,591 |
| 84 | Jack Boem | $895,654,139 | 4 | $223,913,535 |
| 85 | Jeremy Marks | $876,917,115 | 6 | $146,152,853 |
| 86 | Deborah Antoniou | $872,861,201 | 3 | $290,953,734 |
| 87 | Nick Satriano | $866,863,011 | 5 | $173,372,602 |
| 88 | John Wildermuth | $865,470,078 | 11 | $78,679,098 |
| 89 | Ludovic Bernard | $859,218,965 | 5 | $171,843,793 |
| 90 | Mark Cockren | $835,016,615 | 2 | $417,508,308 |
| 91 | Benita Allen | $832,017,539 | 10 | $83,201,754 |
| 92 | Alex Gayner | $812,605,140 | 5 | $162,521,028 |
| 93 | Pete Whyte | $806,661,733 | 5 | $161,332,347 |
| 94 | Michele Panelli-Venetis | $799,448,326 | 12 | $66,620,694 |
| 95 | James Bitonti | $799,445,311 | 5 | $159,889,062 |
| 96 | Mark Cotone | $793,790,514 | 11 | $72,162,774 |
| 97 | Joann Connolly | $792,845,157 | 4 | $198,211,289 |
| 98 | Christophe Le Chanu | $791,125,154 | 9 | $87,902,795 |
| 99 | H.H. Cooper | $777,148,404 | 12 | $64,762,367 |
| 100 | Richard Oswald | $765,495,487 | 5 | $153,099,097 |
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.
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