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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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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 ($241,688,385 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)

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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 ($814,115,070 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)

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Chris Lebenzon
Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 30 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 ($162,833,635 in 1992), xXx ($141,930,000 in 2002), Dumbo ($114,766,307 in 2019)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Michael Kahn $5,154,964,400 53 $97,263,479
2 Jeffrey Ford $4,894,313,981 14 $349,593,856
3 Chris Lebenzon $3,318,123,381 30 $110,604,113
4 Lee Smith $3,248,261,008 21 $154,679,096
5 Maryann Brandon $3,144,919,683 13 $241,916,899
6 David Brenner $3,028,721,841 16 $189,295,115
7 Stephen Rivkin $2,961,905,654 16 $185,119,103
8 Dan Lebental $2,833,794,615 27 $104,955,356
9 Craig Wood $2,715,085,092 17 $159,710,888
10 Paul Rubell $2,489,065,624 19 $131,003,454
11 Roger Barton $2,480,765,026 14 $177,197,502
12 Matthew Schmidt $2,472,181,316 5 $494,436,263
13 Pietro Scalia $2,375,268,626 28 $84,831,022
14 Christian Wagner $2,359,988,469 21 $112,380,403
15 William Hoy $2,326,470,618 22 $105,748,664
16 Mark Helfrich $2,273,750,748 17 $133,750,044
17 William Goldenberg $2,224,665,132 25 $88,986,605
18 Mark Livolsi $2,162,313,532 14 $154,450,967
19 Joel Negron $2,148,396,874 13 $165,261,298
20 Bob Ducsay $2,109,618,035 13 $162,278,310
21 Michael Tronick $2,051,090,776 24 $85,462,116
22 Mark Day $2,036,987,290 15 $135,799,153
23 Leigh Folsom-Boyd $2,023,517,621 6 $337,252,937
24 Conrad Buff $1,937,817,569 24 $80,742,399
25 Mark Goldblatt $1,906,530,590 18 $105,918,366
26 John Refoua $1,892,086,562 10 $189,208,656
27 Bob Murawski $1,824,306,702 10 $182,430,670
28 Fred Raskin $1,824,172,188 10 $182,417,219
29 Eddie Hamilton $1,815,688,844 12 $151,307,404
30 Richard Pearson $1,813,549,448 14 $129,539,246
31 Arthur Schmidt $1,812,335,647 13 $139,410,434
32 Mary Jo Markey $1,797,015,940 10 $179,701,594
33 Richard Francis-Bruce $1,788,059,514 17 $105,179,971
34 Don Zimmerman $1,776,636,095 18 $98,702,005
35 Joel Cox $1,727,375,210 25 $69,095,008
36 Paul Hirsch $1,621,057,749 12 $135,088,146
37 Stephen Schaffer $1,562,795,692 6 $260,465,949
38 Craig Alpert $1,558,187,428 17 $91,658,084
39 Gregory Perler $1,516,894,673 8 $189,611,834
40 Ken Schretzmann $1,515,033,372 5 $303,006,674
41 Debra Neil-Fisher $1,504,311,011 12 $125,359,251
42 Peter S. Elliot $1,502,530,181 12 $125,210,848
43 Brent White $1,500,236,353 16 $93,764,772
44 John Carnochan $1,471,078,599 8 $183,884,825
45 James Cameron $1,469,297,416 3 $489,765,805
46 Stephen Mirrione $1,444,751,204 17 $84,985,365
47 Kevin Stitt $1,434,975,743 16 $89,685,984
48 Kelly Matsumoto $1,394,293,403 9 $154,921,489
49 Virginia Katz $1,302,658,072 10 $130,265,807
50 John Wright $1,300,474,092 11 $118,224,917
51 Stuart Baird $1,296,821,165 15 $86,454,744
52 Michael P. Shawver $1,289,346,299 6 $214,891,050
53 Wyatt Smith $1,268,025,257 9 $140,891,695
54 Joe Hutshing $1,232,707,243 17 $72,512,191
55 Jeff Draheim $1,231,484,530 4 $307,871,133
56 Ben Burtt $1,215,368,371 4 $303,842,093
57 Martin Walsh $1,212,485,206 12 $101,040,434
58 Sim Evan-Jones $1,212,143,649 9 $134,682,628
59 Mike Sale $1,209,298,930 12 $100,774,911
60 Lisa Lassek $1,208,593,727 6 $201,432,288
61 Jim May $1,197,443,757 11 $108,858,523
62 Mike Hill $1,187,457,936 12 $98,954,828
63 Claire Dodgson $1,185,092,385 4 $296,273,096
64 Nick Fletcher $1,175,838,333 8 $146,979,792
65 John Ottman $1,169,032,488 7 $167,004,641
66 Christopher Rouse $1,155,437,153 10 $115,543,715
67 Alan Edward Bell $1,140,151,355 9 $126,683,484
68 Jon Poll $1,135,977,695 10 $113,597,770
69 Jeff Gourson $1,100,239,774 11 $100,021,798
70 Jabez Olssen $1,096,516,048 6 $182,752,675
71 Michael McCusker $1,081,221,223 13 $83,170,863
72 Nancy Richardson $1,072,297,553 12 $89,358,129
73 Dan Hanley $1,062,011,067 12 $88,500,922
74 David Ian Salter $1,048,562,157 5 $209,712,431
75 Elliot Graham $1,037,405,934 7 $148,200,848
76 Glen Scantlebury $1,033,573,516 10 $103,357,352
77 Dean Zimmerman $1,031,127,497 13 $79,317,500
78 Michael Andrews $1,028,879,824 5 $205,775,965
79 James Herbert $1,025,257,913 10 $102,525,791
80 Peter Teschner $1,018,925,110 18 $56,606,951
81 Gary D. Roach $1,005,434,080 14 $71,816,720
82 Jennifer Lame $979,950,430 10 $97,995,043
83 Hughes Winborne $958,249,113 13 $73,711,470
84 Kirk Morri $942,737,172 8 $117,842,147
85 Bruce Green $931,485,157 12 $77,623,763
86 Greg Hayden $930,183,651 13 $71,552,589
87 Greg D'Auria $929,529,950 5 $185,905,990
88 Alan Baumgarten $929,503,691 14 $66,393,121
89 Neil Travis $925,296,247 10 $92,529,625
90 Axel Geddes $920,333,569 2 $460,166,785
91 Dennis Virkler $911,965,532 13 $70,151,195
92 Steven Rosenblum $904,661,609 19 $47,613,769
93 Billy Weber $902,663,241 13 $69,435,634
94 Dylan Highsmith $890,861,845 5 $178,172,369
95 Peter Honess $871,077,776 12 $72,589,815
96 Thelma Schoonmaker $868,802,540 14 $62,057,324
97 Jason Ballantine $868,104,159 9 $96,456,018
98 Raja Gosnell $856,948,078 4 $214,237,020
99 Jay Cassidy $856,571,765 12 $71,380,980
100 Claudia Castello $828,875,357 9 $92,097,262

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.