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Top Grossing Second Unit Director at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Second Unit Directors based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Brian Smrz
| Best known as a Second Unit Director based on credits in that role in 27 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), The Hangover Part II ($254,464,305 in 2011), Night at the Museum ($250,863,268 in 2006), X-Men: Days of Future Past ($233,921,534 in 2014), Mission: Impossible 2 ($215,409,889 in 2000), X-Men 2 ($214,949,694 in 2003), Venom: Let There be Carnage ($213,550,366 in 2021), Superman Returns ($200,120,000 in 2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($179,883,157 in 2009), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($176,760,185 in 2011) |
2
Spiro Razatos
| Best known as a Second Unit Director based on credits in that role in 27 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Furious 7 ($353,007,020 in 2015), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Fast and Furious 6 ($238,679,850 in 2013), The Fate of the Furious ($225,764,765 in 2017), Venom ($213,511,408 in 2018), Fast Five ($210,031,325 in 2011), Bad Boys For Life ($204,417,855 in 2020), F9: The Fast Saga ($173,005,945 in 2021), Kong: Skull Island ($168,052,812 in 2017) |
3
Alexander Witt
| Best known as a Second Unit Director based on credits in that role in 25 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($305,410,819 in 2003), Skyfall ($304,360,277 in 2012), Twister ($241,688,385 in 1996), Fast Five ($210,031,325 in 2011), Cinderella ($201,151,353 in 2015), Spectre ($200,074,175 in 2015), Casino Royale ($167,365,000 in 2006), Hannibal ($165,092,266 in 2001), xXx ($141,930,000 in 2002), American Gangster ($130,164,645 in 2007) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Smrz | $3,747,556,173 | 27 | $138,798,377 |
| 2 | Spiro Razatos | $3,618,815,933 | 27 | $134,030,220 |
| 3 | Alexander Witt | $3,358,148,994 | 25 | $134,325,960 |
| 4 | John Mahaffie | $2,935,650,932 | 13 | $225,819,302 |
| 5 | Jack Gill | $2,538,021,608 | 35 | $72,514,903 |
| 6 | Dan Bradley | $2,217,062,326 | 16 | $138,566,395 |
| 7 | Ken Bates | $2,206,909,159 | 23 | $95,952,572 |
| 8 | Stephen Woolfenden | $2,098,830,665 | 10 | $209,883,067 |
| 9 | Simon Crane | $2,024,085,405 | 17 | $119,063,847 |
| 10 | Vic Armstrong | $1,810,684,574 | 18 | $100,593,587 |
| 11 | Todd Hallowell | $1,760,817,485 | 17 | $103,577,499 |
| 12 | Jonathan Taylor | $1,600,205,934 | 6 | $266,700,989 |
| 13 | Roger Guyett | $1,523,539,465 | 4 | $380,884,866 |
| 14 | Peter MacDonald | $1,500,529,668 | 7 | $214,361,381 |
| 15 | Robert Legato | $1,482,687,932 | 10 | $148,268,793 |
| 16 | Jeff Habberstad | $1,347,528,495 | 10 | $134,752,850 |
| 17 | G. A. Aguilar | $1,291,500,094 | 15 | $86,100,006 |
| 18 | Jeffrey A. Lynch | $1,207,878,849 | 4 | $301,969,712 |
| 19 | Damon Caro | $1,140,549,171 | 4 | $285,137,293 |
| 20 | Chad Stahelski | $1,086,986,927 | 5 | $217,397,385 |
| 21 | Garrett Warren | $1,002,992,518 | 8 | $125,374,065 |
| 22 | David Ellis | $954,011,952 | 8 | $119,251,494 |
| 23 | Charles Gibson | $950,414,876 | 5 | $190,082,975 |
| 24 | Darrin Prescott | $853,994,261 | 6 | $142,332,377 |
| 25 | Frank Marshall | $844,334,188 | 10 | $84,433,419 |
| 26 | Paul Jennings | $810,811,974 | 9 | $90,090,219 |
| 27 | Kimble Rendall | $792,539,316 | 6 | $132,089,886 |
| 28 | Max Kleven | $756,013,381 | 7 | $108,001,912 |
| 29 | Mic Rodgers | $755,173,763 | 12 | $62,931,147 |
| 30 | Terry J. Leonard | $740,783,117 | 8 | $92,597,890 |
| 31 | George Marshall Ruge | $728,242,105 | 5 | $145,648,421 |
| 32 | Doug Coleman | $720,703,900 | 9 | $80,078,211 |
| 33 | Allan Graf | $715,789,441 | 10 | $71,578,944 |
| 34 | Steven Quale | $700,460,623 | 2 | $350,230,312 |
| 35 | E.J. Foerster | $682,254,957 | 10 | $68,225,496 |
| 36 | Gary Capo | $677,217,835 | 8 | $84,652,229 |
| 37 | Mickey Gilbert | $669,258,743 | 5 | $133,851,749 |
| 38 | Steve Starkey | $661,369,092 | 5 | $132,273,818 |
| 39 | Phil Neilson | $636,219,728 | 7 | $90,888,533 |
| 40 | Glenn Randall | $619,335,260 | 2 | $309,667,630 |
| 41 | David Leitch | $616,979,292 | 4 | $154,244,823 |
| 42 | Conrad Palmisano | $604,606,609 | 7 | $86,372,373 |
| 43 | Wade Eastwood | $569,974,828 | 5 | $113,994,966 |
| 44 | Billy Burton | $555,565,898 | 5 | $111,113,180 |
| 45 | Gary Hymes | $546,759,889 | 3 | $182,253,296 |
| 46 | Will Waring | $540,422,102 | 2 | $270,211,051 |
| 47 | Guy Norris | $527,948,220 | 4 | $131,987,055 |
| 48 | Andy Serkis | $513,361,310 | 2 | $256,680,655 |
| 49 | Robert Alonzo | $494,304,197 | 3 | $164,768,066 |
| 50 | Roger Christian | $474,544,677 | 1 | $474,544,677 |
| 51 | Scott Marshall | $469,047,668 | 6 | $78,174,611 |
| 52 | Eric Schwab | $468,614,786 | 6 | $78,102,464 |
| 53 | David R. Ellis | $464,137,650 | 5 | $92,827,530 |
| 54 | David H. Venghaus, Jr. | $460,801,340 | 2 | $230,400,670 |
| 55 | George Cottle | $458,185,372 | 2 | $229,092,686 |
| 56 | Bruce A. Block | $454,279,151 | 5 | $90,855,830 |
| 57 | David Tomblin | $450,683,021 | 2 | $225,341,511 |
| 58 | Eric Brevig | $449,230,394 | 2 | $224,615,197 |
| 59 | Micky Moore | $440,655,024 | 6 | $73,442,504 |
| 60 | John Barry | $425,956,978 | 2 | $212,978,489 |
| 61 | Michael D. Moore | $405,566,350 | 2 | $202,783,175 |
| 62 | Doug Lefler | $404,387,739 | 1 | $404,387,739 |
| 63 | Gary Davis | $385,270,685 | 4 | $96,317,671 |
| 64 | Brick Mason | $384,451,984 | 3 | $128,150,661 |
| 65 | Scott Rogers | $376,820,560 | 7 | $53,831,509 |
| 66 | Ted Rae | $370,782,930 | 1 | $370,782,930 |
| 67 | Marty Eli Schwartz | $357,806,794 | 2 | $178,903,397 |
| 68 | Robert Lorenz | $350,126,372 | 1 | $350,126,372 |
| 69 | Jake Morrison | $343,256,830 | 1 | $343,256,830 |
| 70 | Geoff Murphy | $342,418,682 | 2 | $171,209,341 |
| 71 | James Madigan | $341,806,865 | 3 | $113,935,622 |
| 72 | David Lowery | $336,530,303 | 1 | $336,530,303 |
| 73 | J.J. Perry | $323,989,353 | 4 | $80,997,338 |
| 74 | Phil Nelson | $318,604,126 | 1 | $318,604,126 |
| 75 | Greg Michael | $317,553,881 | 4 | $79,388,470 |
| 76 | Philip Hardage | $309,420,425 | 1 | $309,420,425 |
| 77 | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | $309,333,387 | 5 | $61,866,677 |
| 78 | Kevin LaRosa | $306,169,255 | 1 | $306,169,255 |
| 79 | Dean Devlin | $306,169,255 | 1 | $306,169,255 |
| 80 | Bruce Hendricks | $305,410,819 | 1 | $305,410,819 |
| 81 | Andrew Mondshein | $293,506,292 | 1 | $293,506,292 |
| 82 | Luke Scott | $293,448,176 | 2 | $146,724,088 |
| 83 | Mark Vargo | $291,774,084 | 3 | $97,258,028 |
| 84 | Harley Cokliss | $291,738,960 | 1 | $291,738,960 |
| 85 | Tyler Spindel | $291,048,512 | 4 | $72,762,128 |
| 86 | Mitchell Amundsen | $291,010,468 | 2 | $145,505,234 |
| 87 | Walter Von Huene | $278,454,098 | 2 | $139,227,049 |
| 88 | Tanya Lapointe | $273,329,747 | 1 | $273,329,747 |
| 89 | Ian Sharp | $260,542,433 | 2 | $130,271,217 |
| 90 | Andy Armstrong | $251,435,466 | 2 | $125,717,733 |
| 91 | Peter McDonald | $251,188,924 | 1 | $251,188,924 |
| 92 | Josh Klausner | $246,487,466 | 3 | $82,162,489 |
| 93 | Thomas Robinson Harper | $245,999,213 | 3 | $81,999,738 |
| 94 | Donald M. McCuaig | $242,704,995 | 1 | $242,704,995 |
| 95 | Gary Powell | $242,107,658 | 2 | $121,053,829 |
| 96 | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | $241,407,328 | 1 | $241,407,328 |
| 97 | Scott Ateah | $241,137,464 | 6 | $40,189,577 |
| 98 | Martin Kenzie | $239,308,804 | 4 | $59,827,201 |
| 99 | Tom Wright | $234,760,478 | 1 | $234,760,478 |
| 100 | David Koepp | $229,086,679 | 1 | $229,086,679 |
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.