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Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Cinematographers based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.

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John Schwartzman
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 28 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic World ($652,306,625 in 2015), Meet the Fockers ($279,167,575 in 2004), The Amazing Spider-Man ($262,030,663 in 2012), National Treasure: Book of Secrets ($219,961,501 in 2007), Armageddon ($201,578,182 in 1998), Pearl Harbor ($198,539,855 in 2001), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($177,243,721 in 2009), The Rock ($134,069,511 in 1996), Seabiscuit ($120,277,854 in 2003), Fifty Shades Darker ($114,434,010 in 2017)

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Don Burgess
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 27 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Spider-Man ($403,706,375 in 2002), Aquaman ($335,061,807 in 2018), Forrest Gump ($330,151,138 in 1994), Cast Away ($233,632,142 in 2000), The Polar Express ($188,042,855 in 2004), What Lies Beneath ($155,464,351 in 2000), Wonder ($132,422,809 in 2017), Enchanted ($127,706,877 in 2007), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom ($124,481,226 in 2023), The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist ($102,470,008 in 2016)

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Dean Semler
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 35 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Bruce Almighty ($242,704,995 in 2003), Maleficent ($241,407,328 in 2014), Dances with Wolves ($184,208,842 in 1990), 2012 ($166,112,167 in 2009), The Longest Yard ($158,119,460 in 2005), xXx ($141,930,000 in 2002), Click ($137,355,633 in 2006), Get Smart ($130,319,208 in 2008), City Slickers ($124,033,791 in 1991), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ($123,307,945 in 2000)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 John Schwartzman $3,127,929,105 28 $111,711,754
2 Don Burgess $3,106,131,656 27 $115,041,913
3 Dean Semler $2,995,911,840 35 $85,597,481
4 Dariusz Wolski $2,862,384,849 26 $110,091,725
5 Jeremy Lasky $2,820,961,879 9 $313,440,209
6 Dan Mindel $2,748,511,167 14 $196,322,226
7 Andrew Lesnie $2,684,800,358 13 $206,523,104
8 Janusz Kaminski $2,599,601,893 24 $108,316,746
9 Bill Pope $2,497,962,184 20 $124,898,109
10 Russell Carpenter $2,478,221,874 19 $130,432,730
11 Trent Opaloch $2,445,285,409 7 $349,326,487
12 Mauro Fiore $2,442,630,828 22 $111,028,674
13 Robert Richardson $2,370,712,193 34 $69,726,829
14 Dean Cundey $2,322,524,322 28 $82,947,297
15 Ben Davis $2,145,072,122 22 $97,503,278
16 David Tattersall $2,142,402,060 26 $82,400,079
17 Matthew Libatique $2,076,047,496 21 $98,859,405
18 Oliver Wood $2,017,887,680 24 $84,078,653
19 Roger Deakins $1,868,797,116 29 $64,441,280
20 Stephen F. Windon $1,847,701,018 11 $167,972,820
21 Wally Pfister $1,807,924,003 9 $200,880,445
22 Philippe Rousselot $1,771,534,202 20 $88,576,710
23 Amir Mokri $1,753,057,666 19 $92,266,193
24 Tom Stern $1,716,939,263 19 $90,365,224
25 Greig Fraser $1,698,294,449 13 $130,638,035
26 John Mathieson $1,697,361,883 21 $80,826,756
27 Seamus McGarvey $1,674,612,020 20 $83,730,601
28 Caleb Deschanel $1,669,588,718 17 $98,211,101
29 Guillermo Navarro $1,628,013,907 15 $108,534,260
30 John Seale $1,623,580,566 16 $101,473,785
31 Lawrence Sher $1,612,516,876 14 $115,179,777
32 Newton Thomas Sigel $1,560,108,054 18 $86,672,670
33 Julio Macat $1,547,007,252 17 $91,000,427
34 Donald M. McAlpine $1,506,396,718 15 $100,426,448
35 Javier Aguirresarobe $1,491,025,299 19 $78,475,016
36 Phedon Papamichael $1,460,905,394 22 $66,404,791
37 Claudio Miranda $1,432,937,917 9 $159,215,324
38 Dion Beebe $1,429,474,647 16 $89,342,165
39 Robert Elswit $1,407,718,960 28 $50,275,677
40 Patrick Lin $1,344,944,975 4 $336,236,244
41 Robert Yeoman $1,336,078,662 21 $63,622,793
42 Stephen Goldblatt $1,324,701,945 18 $73,594,553
43 John Toll $1,319,682,154 18 $73,315,675
44 Dante Spinotti $1,299,807,092 21 $61,895,576
45 Rodrigo Prieto $1,284,666,913 14 $91,761,922
46 Hoyte Van Hoytema $1,283,327,097 10 $128,332,710
47 Tobias Schliessler $1,276,945,680 13 $98,226,591
48 Sharon Calahan $1,180,268,033 6 $196,711,339
49 Salvatore Totino $1,177,227,010 16 $73,576,688
50 Larry Fong $1,153,493,912 10 $115,349,391
51 Barry Peterson $1,140,846,955 15 $76,056,464
52 Henry Braham $1,110,639,719 6 $185,106,620
53 Roger Pratt $1,104,683,573 8 $138,085,447
54 Mitchell Amundsen $1,070,654,973 13 $82,358,075
55 Steve Yedlin $1,051,985,339 11 $95,635,031
56 Emmanuel Lubezki $1,047,138,647 16 $65,446,165
57 Michael Ballhaus $1,019,963,871 13 $78,458,759
58 Florian Ballhaus $988,097,520 16 $61,756,095
59 Gyula Pados $958,855,609 8 $119,856,951
60 Ben Seresin $950,263,105 9 $105,584,789
61 Adam Greenberg $943,938,104 12 $78,661,509
62 Bojan Bazelli $916,442,067 15 $61,096,138
63 Theo Van de Sande $914,548,886 14 $65,324,920
64 Andrew Dunn $905,490,172 20 $45,274,509
65 Allen Daviau $901,517,876 8 $112,689,735
66 Michael Barrett $900,296,931 17 $52,958,643
67 Peter Deming $885,112,420 19 $46,584,864
68 Jack N. Green $883,517,932 12 $73,626,494
69 Scott Beattie $878,326,587 2 $439,163,294
70 Jonathan Sela $864,109,586 9 $96,012,176
71 Phil Meheux $848,860,619 10 $84,886,062
72 Karl Walter Lindenlaub $845,042,666 13 $65,003,282
73 Ueli Steiger $836,202,974 11 $76,018,452
74 Matthew F. Leonetti $830,444,271 12 $69,203,689
75 Greg Gardiner $826,895,755 15 $55,126,384
76 Stuart Dryburgh $815,588,171 16 $50,974,261
77 Eduardo Serra $815,393,079 5 $163,078,616
78 Tak Fujimoto $800,600,656 8 $100,075,082
79 Peter Andrews $797,602,524 15 $53,173,502
80 Douglas Slocombe $794,411,305 6 $132,401,884
81 Shelly Johnson $790,419,680 15 $52,694,645
82 Jo Willems $789,261,097 6 $131,543,516
83 Simon Duggan $774,074,622 9 $86,008,291
84 Renato Falcao $758,587,560 6 $126,431,260
85 Brandon Trost $755,847,741 17 $44,461,632
86 Paul Cameron $754,320,467 13 $58,024,651
87 Peter Lyons Collister $744,782,292 9 $82,753,588
88 Donald Peterman $740,999,174 6 $123,499,862
89 Gabriel Beristain $737,931,758 10 $73,793,176
90 Rachel Morrison $736,042,027 11 $66,912,912
91 Mahyar Abousaeedi $731,668,864 2 $365,834,432
92 Michael Seresin $729,339,394 9 $81,037,710
93 Haris Zambarloukos $713,525,580 10 $71,352,558
94 Laszlo Kovacs $709,205,336 10 $70,920,534
95 Linus Sandgren $696,767,287 10 $69,676,729
96 Thomas Ackerman $688,380,869 10 $68,838,087
97 Dan Laustsen $687,083,996 9 $76,342,666
98 Peter Menzies $677,016,986 8 $84,627,123
99 Conrad Buff $674,460,013 1 $674,460,013
100 James Cameron $674,460,013 1 $674,460,013

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.