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Top Grossing Cinematographer at the International Box OfficeBETA


See also: Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Screenwriters - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Cinematographers

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

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  1
Andrew Lesnie
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 13 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($742,364,991 in 2003), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($711,934,977 in 2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($701,116,914 in 2013), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ($685,203,251 in 2014), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($576,599,780 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($575,665,289 in 2001), King Kong ($332,437,332 in 2005), I am Legend ($329,139,674 in 2007), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($294,226,015 in 2011), The Last Airbender ($187,941,694 in 2010)

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Dariusz Wolski
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 26 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($804,642,000 in 2011), Alice in Wonderland ($691,300,000 in 2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($651,576,067 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,863,913 in 2006), The Martian ($425,175,444 in 2015), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($348,900,000 in 2003), Prometheus ($275,971,181 in 2012), Exodus: Gods and Kings ($203,300,000 in 2014), Alien: Covenant ($164,259,216 in 2017), Napoleon ($156,514,784 in 2023)

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Stephen F. Windon
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 11 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,158,979,344 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,009,769,249 in 2017), Fast X ($568,475,595 in 2023), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), F9: The Fast Saga ($546,354,565 in 2021), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), G.I. Joe: Retaliation ($253,217,645 in 2013), Star Trek Beyond ($176,825,368 in 2016), Sonic The Hedgehog ($156,469,654 in 2020), Deep Blue Sea ($91,400,000 in 1999)

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Complete List

Rank Name International
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Andrew Lesnie $5,214,264,743 13 $401,097,288
2 Dariusz Wolski $5,048,317,660 26 $194,166,064
3 Stephen F. Windon $4,932,507,765 11 $448,409,797
4 Trent Opaloch $4,861,935,683 7 $694,562,240
5 Russell Carpenter $4,754,440,223 19 $250,233,696
6 Mauro Fiore $4,287,913,879 22 $194,905,176
7 John Schwartzman $4,236,812,164 28 $151,314,720
8 Bill Pope $3,913,048,578 20 $195,652,429
9 Ben Davis $3,846,523,193 22 $174,841,963
10 Janusz Kaminski $3,731,898,807 24 $155,495,784
11 Jeremy Lasky $3,608,427,613 9 $400,936,401
12 Dan Mindel $3,591,474,752 14 $256,533,911
13 Don Burgess $3,589,425,193 27 $132,941,674
14 Amir Mokri $3,017,261,774 19 $158,803,251
15 David Tattersall $2,938,051,938 26 $113,001,998
16 Dean Cundey $2,923,248,826 28 $104,401,744
17 Dean Semler $2,883,411,857 35 $82,383,196
18 Matthew Libatique $2,861,888,356 21 $136,280,398
19 John Mathieson $2,812,052,014 21 $133,907,239
20 Robert Richardson $2,766,187,882 34 $81,358,467
21 Hoyte Van Hoytema $2,643,160,090 10 $264,316,009
22 Philippe Rousselot $2,616,793,722 20 $130,839,686
23 Seamus McGarvey $2,513,273,640 20 $125,663,682
24 Roger Deakins $2,501,384,882 29 $86,254,651
25 Guillermo Navarro $2,477,843,856 15 $165,189,590
26 Newton Thomas Sigel $2,473,242,911 18 $137,402,384
27 John Seale $2,283,684,705 16 $142,730,294
28 Robert Elswit $2,222,741,921 28 $79,383,640
29 Lawrence Sher $2,219,644,731 14 $158,546,052
30 John Toll $2,094,033,547 18 $116,335,197
31 Roger Pratt $2,049,998,641 8 $256,249,830
32 Caleb Deschanel $2,049,109,276 17 $120,535,840
33 Greig Fraser $2,045,926,880 13 $157,378,991
34 Claudio Miranda $2,032,438,610 9 $225,826,512
35 Wally Pfister $2,001,421,265 9 $222,380,141
36 Patrick Lin $1,941,343,801 4 $485,335,950
37 Renato Falcao $1,921,918,805 6 $320,319,801
38 Jonathan Sela $1,909,014,301 9 $212,112,700
39 Javier Aguirresarobe $1,901,530,687 19 $100,080,562
40 Salvatore Totino $1,854,053,092 16 $115,878,318
41 Scott Beattie $1,847,916,471 2 $923,958,236
42 Rodrigo Prieto $1,826,650,132 14 $130,475,009
43 Phil Meheux $1,776,344,073 10 $177,634,407
44 Larry Fong $1,775,910,110 10 $177,591,011
45 Eduardo Serra $1,763,594,504 5 $352,718,901
46 Sharon Calahan $1,723,958,747 6 $287,326,458
47 Henry Braham $1,723,367,081 6 $287,227,847
48 Tom Stern $1,716,952,895 19 $90,365,942
49 Dante Spinotti $1,704,562,219 21 $81,169,629
50 Tobias Schliessler $1,658,389,546 13 $127,568,427
51 Dion Beebe $1,647,804,521 16 $102,987,783
52 Oliver Wood $1,643,151,571 24 $68,464,649
53 Ben Seresin $1,607,299,359 9 $178,588,818
54 Donald M. McAlpine $1,590,256,092 15 $106,017,073
55 Gyula Pados $1,555,687,023 8 $194,460,878
56 James Cameron $1,548,588,773 1 $1,548,588,773
57 Richard A. Harris $1,548,588,773 1 $1,548,588,773
58 Conrad Buff $1,548,588,773 1 $1,548,588,773
59 George Richmond $1,484,660,283 9 $164,962,254
60 Simon Duggan $1,484,286,148 9 $164,920,683
61 Haris Zambarloukos $1,443,824,261 10 $144,382,426
62 Michael Seresin $1,434,086,830 9 $159,342,981
63 Paul Cameron $1,421,709,603 13 $109,362,277
64 Phedon Papamichael $1,404,247,420 22 $63,829,428
65 Steve Yedlin $1,320,523,846 11 $120,047,622
66 Linus Sandgren $1,302,401,534 10 $130,240,153
67 Emmanuel Lubezki $1,289,869,477 16 $80,616,842
68 Robert Yeoman $1,236,887,949 21 $58,899,426
69 Stuart Dryburgh $1,225,892,992 16 $76,618,312
70 Oscar Faura $1,221,251,415 5 $244,250,283
71 Bojan Bazelli $1,181,590,155 15 $78,772,677
72 Matt Aspbury $1,180,098,874 3 $393,366,291
73 Florian Ballhaus $1,179,382,849 16 $73,711,428
74 Bruno Delbonnel $1,135,697,294 11 $103,245,209
75 Mitchell Amundsen $1,129,841,308 13 $86,910,870
76 Kramer Morgenthau $1,035,466,510 8 $129,433,314
77 Jo Willems $1,033,078,469 6 $172,179,745
78 Michael Ballhaus $1,031,145,832 13 $79,318,910
79 Andrew Dunn $1,027,566,051 20 $51,378,303
80 Karl Walter Lindenlaub $1,018,915,813 13 $78,378,139
81 Zhao Xiaoding $1,014,902,214 3 $338,300,738
82 Julio Macat $1,004,868,160 17 $59,109,892
83 Stephen Goldblatt $984,482,640 18 $54,693,480
84 Jean-Claude Kalache $969,407,679 2 $484,703,840
85 Peter Menzies $955,074,610 8 $119,384,326
86 Ueli Steiger $947,983,393 11 $86,180,308
87 Peter Andrews $947,555,518 15 $63,170,368
88 Shelly Johnson $944,482,075 15 $62,965,472
89 Adam Greenberg $930,183,675 12 $77,515,306
90 Michael Barrett $924,312,275 17 $54,371,310
91 Danny Cohen $902,424,100 12 $75,202,008
92 Thierry Arbogast $882,900,841 15 $58,860,056
93 Slawomir Idziak $880,617,517 6 $146,769,586
94 Peter Deming $877,427,164 19 $46,180,377
95 Alan Stewart $874,881,826 4 $218,720,457
96 Barry Peterson $865,112,177 15 $57,674,145
97 Rob Dressel $863,207,041 2 $431,603,521
98 Mahyar Abousaeedi $844,907,532 2 $422,453,766
99 Tak Fujimoto $826,207,508 8 $103,275,939
100 Matthew J. Lloyd $801,094,702 9 $89,010,522

The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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.