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Top Grossing Editor at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Editors - Top Worldwide Editors
This list shows the highest grossing Editors based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Michael Kahn
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 53 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic Park ($415,404,543 in 1993), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($317,101,119 in 2008), Twister ($245,219,182 in 1996), War of the Worlds ($234,280,354 in 2005), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($229,086,679 in 1997), Raiders of the Lost Ark ($225,686,079 in 1981), Saving Private Ryan ($216,335,085 in 1998), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($197,171,806 in 1989), Lincoln ($182,207,973 in 2012), Close Encounters of the Third Kind ($169,100,479 in 1977) |
2
Jeffrey Ford
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,811,535 in 2021), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505 in 2011), Public Enemies ($97,104,620 in 2009) |
3
Chris Lebenzon
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 31 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Alice in Wonderland ($334,191,110 in 2010), Maleficent ($241,407,328 in 2014), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($206,459,076 in 2005), Armageddon ($201,578,182 in 1998), Pearl Harbor ($198,539,855 in 2001), Top Gun ($180,470,489 in 1986), Planet of the Apes ($180,011,740 in 2001), Batman Returns ($162,979,405 in 1992), xXx ($141,930,000 in 2002), Dumbo ($114,766,307 in 2019) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kahn | $5,173,618,394 | 53 | $97,615,441 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Ford | $4,895,010,446 | 14 | $349,643,603 |
| 3 | Chris Lebenzon | $3,318,269,151 | 31 | $107,040,940 |
| 4 | Lee Smith | $3,267,994,094 | 22 | $148,545,186 |
| 5 | Maryann Brandon | $3,145,190,427 | 13 | $241,937,725 |
| 6 | David Brenner | $3,033,455,575 | 16 | $189,590,973 |
| 7 | Dan Lebental | $3,031,610,864 | 29 | $104,538,306 |
| 8 | Stephen Rivkin | $2,966,639,388 | 16 | $185,414,962 |
| 9 | Matthew Schmidt | $2,932,428,275 | 8 | $366,553,534 |
| 10 | Craig Wood | $2,740,111,402 | 18 | $152,228,411 |
| 11 | William Hoy | $2,681,704,917 | 23 | $116,595,866 |
| 12 | Roger Barton | $2,514,872,740 | 14 | $179,633,767 |
| 13 | Paul Rubell | $2,489,065,624 | 19 | $131,003,454 |
| 14 | Mark Helfrich | $2,391,102,261 | 19 | $125,847,487 |
| 15 | Christian Wagner | $2,379,840,752 | 22 | $108,174,580 |
| 16 | Pietro Scalia | $2,376,631,593 | 28 | $84,879,700 |
| 17 | Jabez Olssen | $2,315,788,547 | 10 | $231,578,855 |
| 18 | William Goldenberg | $2,224,665,132 | 25 | $88,986,605 |
| 19 | Mark Livolsi | $2,176,902,976 | 15 | $145,126,865 |
| 20 | Joel Negron | $2,148,396,874 | 14 | $153,456,920 |
| 21 | Bob Ducsay | $2,109,618,035 | 15 | $140,641,202 |
| 22 | Michael Tronick | $2,051,090,776 | 24 | $85,462,116 |
| 23 | Mark Day | $2,040,196,037 | 16 | $127,512,252 |
| 24 | Leigh Folsom-Boyd | $2,025,329,658 | 6 | $337,554,943 |
| 25 | Eddie Hamilton | $2,013,134,735 | 13 | $154,856,518 |
| 26 | Conrad Buff | $1,937,817,569 | 24 | $80,742,399 |
| 27 | Mark Goldblatt | $1,926,881,344 | 19 | $101,414,808 |
| 28 | Craig Alpert | $1,912,371,893 | 18 | $106,242,883 |
| 29 | John Refoua | $1,896,820,296 | 10 | $189,682,030 |
| 30 | Richard Pearson | $1,879,072,814 | 15 | $125,271,521 |
| 31 | Fred Raskin | $1,861,172,899 | 12 | $155,097,742 |
| 32 | Bob Murawski | $1,850,404,582 | 11 | $168,218,598 |
| 33 | Arthur Schmidt | $1,812,811,482 | 13 | $139,447,037 |
| 34 | Mary Jo Markey | $1,797,015,940 | 10 | $179,701,594 |
| 35 | Richard Francis-Bruce | $1,787,168,751 | 17 | $105,127,574 |
| 36 | Don Zimmerman | $1,776,636,095 | 18 | $98,702,005 |
| 37 | Joel Cox | $1,727,591,766 | 27 | $63,984,880 |
| 38 | Dean Zimmerman | $1,667,873,355 | 14 | $119,133,811 |
| 39 | Stephen Mirrione | $1,634,278,315 | 18 | $90,793,240 |
| 40 | Paul Hirsch | $1,621,057,749 | 12 | $135,088,146 |
| 41 | Michael P. Shawver | $1,567,924,812 | 7 | $223,989,259 |
| 42 | Stephen Schaffer | $1,562,795,692 | 6 | $260,465,949 |
| 43 | Wyatt Smith | $1,530,983,357 | 10 | $153,098,336 |
| 44 | Debra Neil-Fisher | $1,521,637,661 | 13 | $117,049,051 |
| 45 | Gregory Perler | $1,516,894,673 | 8 | $189,611,834 |
| 46 | Ken Schretzmann | $1,515,295,537 | 5 | $303,059,107 |
| 47 | Peter S. Elliot | $1,502,530,181 | 13 | $115,579,245 |
| 48 | Brent White | $1,500,306,353 | 16 | $93,769,147 |
| 49 | James Cameron | $1,474,031,150 | 3 | $491,343,717 |
| 50 | John Carnochan | $1,473,536,707 | 8 | $184,192,088 |
| 51 | Kevin Stitt | $1,436,075,743 | 16 | $89,754,734 |
| 52 | Kelly Matsumoto | $1,394,293,403 | 9 | $154,921,489 |
| 53 | John Gilroy | $1,339,617,432 | 11 | $121,783,403 |
| 54 | Virginia Katz | $1,302,658,072 | 10 | $130,265,807 |
| 55 | John Wright | $1,300,474,092 | 11 | $118,224,917 |
| 56 | Stuart Baird | $1,296,821,165 | 15 | $86,454,744 |
| 57 | Jason Ballantine | $1,280,339,951 | 11 | $116,394,541 |
| 58 | Ben Burtt | $1,262,506,079 | 4 | $315,626,520 |
| 59 | Joe Hutshing | $1,232,707,243 | 17 | $72,512,191 |
| 60 | Jeff Draheim | $1,231,484,530 | 4 | $307,871,133 |
| 61 | Martin Walsh | $1,218,663,371 | 13 | $93,743,336 |
| 62 | Mike Sale | $1,213,232,414 | 13 | $93,325,570 |
| 63 | Sim Evan-Jones | $1,210,886,133 | 9 | $134,542,904 |
| 64 | Lisa Lassek | $1,208,593,727 | 6 | $201,432,288 |
| 65 | Jim May | $1,197,443,757 | 11 | $108,858,523 |
| 66 | Mike Hill | $1,188,797,383 | 12 | $99,066,449 |
| 67 | Claire Dodgson | $1,185,371,315 | 4 | $296,342,829 |
| 68 | Nick Fletcher | $1,175,838,333 | 8 | $146,979,792 |
| 69 | Alan Edward Bell | $1,173,263,577 | 10 | $117,326,358 |
| 70 | John Ottman | $1,169,032,488 | 7 | $167,004,641 |
| 71 | Christopher Rouse | $1,155,437,153 | 10 | $115,543,715 |
| 72 | Jon Poll | $1,151,276,539 | 11 | $104,661,504 |
| 73 | Jeff Gourson | $1,100,677,559 | 11 | $100,061,596 |
| 74 | Michael McCusker | $1,081,221,223 | 13 | $83,170,863 |
| 75 | Nancy Richardson | $1,074,439,207 | 15 | $71,629,280 |
| 76 | Dan Hanley | $1,062,864,434 | 12 | $88,572,036 |
| 77 | David Ian Salter | $1,048,562,157 | 5 | $209,712,431 |
| 78 | James Herbert | $1,045,792,966 | 12 | $87,149,414 |
| 79 | Glen Scantlebury | $1,041,202,601 | 11 | $94,654,782 |
| 80 | Elliot Graham | $1,038,082,344 | 7 | $148,297,478 |
| 81 | Michael Andrews | $1,027,273,898 | 5 | $205,454,780 |
| 82 | Peter Teschner | $1,026,207,961 | 19 | $54,010,945 |
| 83 | Myron Kerstein | $1,018,508,093 | 14 | $72,750,578 |
| 84 | Gary D. Roach | $1,005,434,080 | 14 | $71,816,720 |
| 85 | Jennifer Lame | $981,296,530 | 10 | $98,129,653 |
| 86 | Bruce Green | $975,628,567 | 13 | $75,048,351 |
| 87 | James Thomas | $970,246,409 | 11 | $88,204,219 |
| 88 | Hughes Winborne | $958,249,113 | 13 | $73,711,470 |
| 89 | Kirk Morri | $942,737,172 | 8 | $117,842,147 |
| 90 | Steven Rosenblum | $934,445,136 | 20 | $46,722,257 |
| 91 | Greg Hayden | $930,183,651 | 13 | $71,552,589 |
| 92 | Greg D'Auria | $929,529,950 | 5 | $185,905,990 |
| 93 | Alan Baumgarten | $929,503,691 | 15 | $61,966,913 |
| 94 | Neil Travis | $925,296,247 | 10 | $92,529,625 |
| 95 | Axel Geddes | $920,333,569 | 2 | $460,166,785 |
| 96 | Gregory Plotkin | $913,419,379 | 12 | $76,118,282 |
| 97 | Dennis Virkler | $912,218,238 | 13 | $70,170,634 |
| 98 | Billy Weber | $902,663,241 | 13 | $69,435,634 |
| 99 | Dylan Highsmith | $891,022,815 | 6 | $148,503,803 |
| 100 | Thelma Schoonmaker | $877,176,125 | 15 | $58,478,408 |
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.