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Top Grossing Assistant Director at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Assistant Directors based on the domestic 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 ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Jurassic World ($652,306,625 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($402,111,870 in 2009), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($291,710,957 in 2005), Man of Steel ($291,045,518 in 2013), Hancock ($227,946,274 in 2008)

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Jamie Christopher
Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 31 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($620,181,382 in 2017), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($381,193,157 in 2011), Guardians of the Galaxy ($333,714,112 in 2014), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,871,467 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($302,089,278 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($296,837,581 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292,137,260 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($262,233,381 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($249,757,726 in 2004)

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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 ($623,357,910 in 2012), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($389,813,101 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($358,995,815 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334,201,140 in 2017), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($232,641,920 in 2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216,648,740 in 2018)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Chris Castaldi $5,681,636,091 21 $270,554,100
2 Jamie Christopher $5,423,771,170 31 $174,960,360
3 Lars P. Winther $5,291,086,792 32 $165,346,462
4 Terry Madden $4,398,435,224 36 $122,178,756
5 Josh McLaglen $4,140,002,812 41 $100,975,678
6 Will Dodds $3,717,873,527 43 $86,462,175
7 Brett Robinson $3,670,046,702 23 $159,567,248
8 Misha Bukowski $3,222,146,951 31 $103,940,224
9 K.C. Hodenfield $3,183,302,491 22 $144,695,568
10 Tommy Gormley $3,011,122,848 33 $91,246,147
11 Eric Heffron $2,887,702,400 21 $137,509,638
12 Josh Robertson $2,638,060,648 15 $175,870,710
13 Vincent Lascoumes $2,628,520,893 28 $93,875,746
14 Nilo Otero $2,559,211,723 32 $79,975,366
15 Lee Cleary $2,492,227,329 40 $62,305,683
16 Chris Carreras $2,442,338,745 33 $74,010,265
17 Matt Rebenkoff $2,402,521,479 19 $126,448,499
18 Cliff Lanning $2,397,109,314 41 $58,466,081
19 Michael Lerman $2,324,086,771 13 $178,775,905
20 Aldric La'auli Porter $2,205,003,709 18 $122,500,206
21 K.C. Colwell $2,186,704,110 46 $47,537,046
22 Jeffrey Wetzel $2,182,223,326 23 $94,879,275
23 Christopher T. Sadler $2,001,063,204 17 $117,709,600
24 Bruce G. Moriarty $1,990,779,658 13 $153,136,897
25 Marty Eli Schwartz $1,972,760,566 52 $37,937,703
26 Peter Kohn $1,941,479,819 15 $129,431,988
27 Paul Barry $1,940,837,868 41 $47,337,509
28 Ben Howard $1,771,438,127 38 $46,616,793
29 Gerry Gavigan $1,759,550,432 10 $175,955,043
30 David H. Venghaus, Jr. $1,709,512,350 11 $155,410,214
31 Simon Warnock $1,654,911,705 13 $127,300,900
32 John M. Morse $1,504,441,675 21 $71,640,080
33 Daniel Silverberg $1,426,450,511 16 $89,153,157
34 Joseph Reidy $1,420,063,213 25 $56,802,529
35 John Saunders $1,311,409,391 7 $187,344,199
36 Mike Topoozian $1,291,628,791 20 $64,581,440
37 Adam Somner $1,258,384,968 13 $96,798,844
38 David Tomblin $1,253,776,080 8 $156,722,010
39 Richard Graves $1,210,145,820 12 $100,845,485
40 Alan B. Curtiss $1,197,280,707 12 $99,773,392
41 David Sardi $1,191,217,937 14 $85,086,996
42 Richard Whelan $1,171,151,437 10 $117,115,144
43 John Rusk $1,167,900,162 9 $129,766,685
44 Toby Hefferman $1,155,609,025 7 $165,087,004
45 Carolynne Cunningham $1,155,469,207 7 $165,067,030
46 Sergio Mimica-Gezzan $1,125,974,001 8 $140,746,750
47 David McGiffert $1,124,984,763 10 $112,498,476
48 William M. Connor $1,098,270,674 14 $78,447,905
49 Geoff Hansen $1,052,462,306 10 $105,246,231
50 Katterli Frauenfelder $997,878,311 14 $71,277,022
51 Bruce Franklin $950,045,955 11 $86,367,814
52 Michele Ziegler $945,534,283 12 $78,794,524
53 Kim H. Winther $936,928,320 10 $93,692,832
54 Michele Panelli-Venetis $921,521,120 12 $76,793,427
55 Artist Robinson $919,904,245 10 $91,990,425
56 James McTeigue $905,494,726 4 $226,373,682
57 Max Keene $898,162,937 10 $89,816,294
58 Jack Ravenscroft $897,737,951 25 $35,909,518
59 William Paul Clark $867,487,989 38 $22,828,631
60 Terry Needham $857,370,852 12 $71,447,571
61 Jeff Okabayashi $855,790,154 5 $171,158,031
62 David M. Bernstein $820,113,141 11 $74,555,740
63 Chris Newman $814,117,620 8 $101,764,703
64 Jonathan Watson $809,673,601 9 $89,963,733
65 Donald L. Sparks $781,428,906 14 $55,816,350
66 Luc Etienne $777,177,551 7 $111,025,364
67 Maria Battle Campbell $769,539,076 2 $384,769,538
68 Joey Coughlin $762,161,976 4 $190,540,494
69 Nicholas Mastandrea $744,785,382 14 $53,198,956
70 Josh King $739,876,260 8 $92,484,533
71 Jim Brebner $739,341,923 12 $61,611,827
72 Gregory Jacobs $733,683,349 10 $73,368,335
73 Darin Rivetti $725,147,868 10 $72,514,787
74 Penny Charter $721,906,588 5 $144,381,318
75 Albert Cho $719,202,963 5 $143,840,593
76 Richard Cowan $704,939,529 8 $88,117,441
77 Douglas Plasse $702,873,383 3 $234,291,128
78 Jeremy Marks $702,254,105 6 $117,042,351
79 Chris Soldo $700,906,914 8 $87,613,364
80 Jason Roberts $688,018,894 3 $229,339,631
81 Simeon Jones $684,075,767 1 $684,075,767
82 David Webb $662,490,842 14 $47,320,774
83 James M. Freitag $654,205,259 7 $93,457,894
84 Ellen H. Schwartz $653,903,089 8 $81,737,886
85 Donald Murphy $645,186,744 11 $58,653,340
86 James Bitonti $645,076,738 5 $129,015,348
87 H.H. Cooper $644,445,364 12 $53,703,780
88 John Wildermuth $631,147,065 11 $57,377,006
89 Gareth Tandy $628,934,105 4 $157,233,526
90 Matthew Sharp $617,086,715 3 $205,695,572
91 Steve Danton $611,097,554 13 $47,007,504
92 Mark Cotone $604,601,121 11 $54,963,738
93 Lisa Satriano $604,124,393 8 $75,515,549
94 Amir R. Khan $599,284,663 10 $59,928,466
95 Michael J. Moore $598,821,544 7 $85,545,935
96 Myron Hoffert $586,737,426 11 $53,339,766
97 Terence Madden $579,640,803 2 $289,820,402
98 Colin Fletcher $573,258,617 3 $191,086,206
99 Samar Pollitt $557,324,988 3 $185,774,996
100 Tom Brewster $550,087,986 2 $275,043,993

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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.