®
Box Office Star Records > International > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top International Editors
Top Grossing Editor at the International Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Editors - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - 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 Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - 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 Editors
This list shows the highest grossing Editors based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
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 ($643,104,279 in 1993), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($469,534,294 in 2008), Ready Player One ($395,800,000 in 2018), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($389,552,320 in 1997), War of the Worlds ($372,556,181 in 2005), The Adventures of Tintin ($296,402,120 in 2011), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($277,000,000 in 1989), Saving Private Ryan ($268,700,000 in 1998), Twister ($254,011,615 in 1996), Minority Report ($226,800,000 in 2002) |
2
Christian Wagner
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,165,715,774 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,011,701,261 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), Fast Five ($420,132,129 in 2011), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), Die Another Day ($271,000,000 in 2002), Fast & Furious ($208,000,000 in 2009), Total Recall ($152,978,119 in 2012), Battle: Los Angeles ($129,911,547 in 2011), Face/Off ($128,923,854 in 1997) |
3
Paul Rubell
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Fate of the Furious ($1,011,701,261 in 2017), Transformers: Age of Extinction ($858,600,000 in 2014), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($434,407,829 in 2009), Hancock ($396,287,998 in 2008), Transformers ($389,026,399 in 2007), Thor ($268,295,994 in 2011), Battleship ($239,984,828 in 2012), Need for Speed ($150,601,112 in 2014), The Island ($127,200,000 in 2005), xXx ($125,270,000 in 2002) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kahn | $6,752,858,447 | 53 | $127,412,424 |
| 2 | Christian Wagner | $4,758,081,952 | 18 | $264,337,886 |
| 3 | Paul Rubell | $4,621,242,719 | 19 | $243,223,301 |
| 4 | Chris Lebenzon | $4,471,778,251 | 29 | $154,199,250 |
| 5 | Lee Smith | $4,466,120,572 | 14 | $319,008,612 |
| 6 | David Brenner | $4,332,157,022 | 15 | $288,810,468 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Ford | $4,288,916,690 | 11 | $389,901,517 |
| 8 | Roger Barton | $4,074,418,937 | 14 | $291,029,924 |
| 9 | Stephen Rivkin | $4,016,563,450 | 13 | $308,966,419 |
| 10 | Mark Day | $3,797,145,543 | 11 | $345,195,049 |
| 11 | Craig Wood | $3,475,569,799 | 15 | $231,704,653 |
| 12 | Pietro Scalia | $3,268,561,452 | 25 | $130,742,458 |
| 13 | William Goldenberg | $2,967,560,542 | 21 | $141,312,407 |
| 14 | Maryann Brandon | $2,873,877,818 | 10 | $287,387,782 |
| 15 | William Hoy | $2,680,526,788 | 19 | $141,080,357 |
| 16 | Joel Negron | $2,541,260,287 | 11 | $231,023,662 |
| 17 | Bob Ducsay | $2,525,243,528 | 10 | $252,524,353 |
| 18 | Conrad Buff | $2,520,505,193 | 18 | $140,028,066 |
| 19 | Mark Goldblatt | $2,519,242,411 | 17 | $148,190,730 |
| 20 | Jabez Olssen | $2,499,217,548 | 5 | $499,843,510 |
| 21 | John Refoua | $2,492,598,692 | 8 | $311,574,837 |
| 22 | Richard Francis-Bruce | $2,404,035,427 | 17 | $141,413,849 |
| 23 | Mary Jo Markey | $2,259,010,560 | 8 | $282,376,320 |
| 24 | Dan Lebental | $2,254,870,876 | 24 | $93,952,953 |
| 25 | Paul Hirsch | $2,221,297,007 | 9 | $246,810,779 |
| 26 | Stuart Baird | $2,126,547,843 | 12 | $177,212,320 |
| 27 | Richard Pearson | $2,113,398,071 | 12 | $176,116,506 |
| 28 | Harry Hitner | $2,031,598,896 | 5 | $406,319,779 |
| 29 | Michael Tronick | $2,029,889,458 | 23 | $88,256,063 |
| 30 | James Cameron | $2,023,411,357 | 1 | $2,023,411,357 |
| 31 | Don Zimmerman | $1,975,934,936 | 14 | $141,138,210 |
| 32 | Gregory Perler | $1,975,840,427 | 7 | $282,262,918 |
| 33 | Nick Fletcher | $1,936,450,880 | 7 | $276,635,840 |
| 34 | Fred Raskin | $1,918,443,353 | 8 | $239,805,419 |
| 35 | Lisa Lassek | $1,911,634,891 | 5 | $382,326,978 |
| 36 | Mark Helfrich | $1,905,592,208 | 16 | $119,099,513 |
| 37 | Debra Neil-Fisher | $1,905,267,298 | 11 | $173,206,118 |
| 38 | Arthur Schmidt | $1,901,886,038 | 12 | $158,490,503 |
| 39 | Kevin Stitt | $1,841,630,179 | 16 | $115,101,886 |
| 40 | Virginia Katz | $1,835,235,659 | 9 | $203,915,073 |
| 41 | Martin Walsh | $1,830,315,046 | 10 | $183,031,505 |
| 42 | Joel Cox | $1,802,227,682 | 22 | $81,919,440 |
| 43 | Claire Dodgson | $1,738,064,195 | 3 | $579,354,732 |
| 44 | Peter S. Elliot | $1,735,453,071 | 9 | $192,828,119 |
| 45 | Bob Murawski | $1,734,780,579 | 6 | $289,130,097 |
| 46 | Stephen Mirrione | $1,734,614,746 | 16 | $108,413,422 |
| 47 | Kirk Morri | $1,721,210,734 | 6 | $286,868,456 |
| 48 | Leigh Folsom-Boyd | $1,716,336,368 | 2 | $858,168,184 |
| 49 | David Ian Salter | $1,688,449,391 | 4 | $422,112,348 |
| 50 | John Carnochan | $1,680,935,504 | 7 | $240,133,643 |
| 51 | Alan Edward Bell | $1,644,432,019 | 8 | $205,554,002 |
| 52 | Mick Audsley | $1,642,929,351 | 11 | $149,357,214 |
| 53 | Dan Hanley | $1,625,101,584 | 12 | $135,425,132 |
| 54 | Sim Evan-Jones | $1,621,036,468 | 9 | $180,115,163 |
| 55 | Jim May | $1,600,551,623 | 9 | $177,839,069 |
| 56 | Wyatt Smith | $1,597,358,428 | 7 | $228,194,061 |
| 57 | Dylan Highsmith | $1,570,537,819 | 3 | $523,512,606 |
| 58 | Kelly Matsumoto | $1,561,335,450 | 5 | $312,267,090 |
| 59 | Joe Hutshing | $1,549,515,852 | 16 | $96,844,741 |
| 60 | Mike Hill | $1,537,990,843 | 12 | $128,165,904 |
| 61 | Ken Schretzmann | $1,527,616,517 | 4 | $381,904,129 |
| 62 | John Ottman | $1,520,456,493 | 7 | $217,208,070 |
| 63 | Glen Scantlebury | $1,441,178,313 | 8 | $180,147,289 |
| 64 | H. Lee Peterson | $1,439,824,702 | 5 | $287,964,940 |
| 65 | Mark Livolsi | $1,431,519,730 | 13 | $110,116,902 |
| 66 | Jeff Draheim | $1,430,873,614 | 3 | $476,957,871 |
| 67 | Eddie Hamilton | $1,383,642,249 | 9 | $153,738,028 |
| 68 | Gary D. Roach | $1,374,300,246 | 14 | $98,164,303 |
| 69 | Ben Burtt | $1,367,736,296 | 4 | $341,934,074 |
| 70 | Dean Zimmerman | $1,340,572,979 | 12 | $111,714,415 |
| 71 | Tim Mertens | $1,336,315,598 | 4 | $334,078,900 |
| 72 | Sabrina Plisco | $1,312,369,532 | 8 | $164,046,192 |
| 73 | Michael Andrews | $1,312,164,232 | 4 | $328,041,058 |
| 74 | Zach Staenberg | $1,252,243,874 | 9 | $139,138,208 |
| 75 | Stephen Schaffer | $1,241,945,601 | 5 | $248,389,120 |
| 76 | Peter Honess | $1,235,911,551 | 11 | $112,355,596 |
| 77 | John Wright | $1,216,128,397 | 10 | $121,612,840 |
| 78 | Darren Holmes | $1,183,322,274 | 4 | $295,830,569 |
| 79 | John Gilroy | $1,142,363,155 | 8 | $142,795,394 |
| 80 | James Herbert | $1,135,471,121 | 8 | $141,933,890 |
| 81 | Colby Parker, Jr | $1,121,232,781 | 7 | $160,176,112 |
| 82 | Steven Rosenblum | $1,121,144,853 | 14 | $80,081,775 |
| 83 | Thelma Schoonmaker | $1,102,071,631 | 13 | $84,774,741 |
| 84 | Jamie Selkirk | $1,095,994,768 | 2 | $547,997,384 |
| 85 | Nancy Richardson | $1,091,711,230 | 11 | $99,246,475 |
| 86 | Michael McCusker | $1,060,423,992 | 10 | $106,042,399 |
| 87 | James M. Palumbo | $1,058,221,923 | 2 | $529,110,962 |
| 88 | Andrew Mondshein | $968,263,843 | 14 | $69,161,703 |
| 89 | Vincent Tabaillon | $964,790,211 | 9 | $107,198,912 |
| 90 | Christopher Rouse | $956,810,714 | 9 | $106,312,302 |
| 91 | Steven Weisberg | $954,850,089 | 7 | $136,407,156 |
| 92 | Hughes Winborne | $937,879,466 | 12 | $78,156,622 |
| 93 | Kevin Nolting | $935,705,083 | 2 | $467,852,542 |
| 94 | Mark Sanger | $897,624,812 | 4 | $224,406,203 |
| 95 | Peter Amundson | $888,520,886 | 7 | $126,931,555 |
| 96 | Clare Knight | $874,674,248 | 2 | $437,337,124 |
| 97 | Mark Yoshikawa | $861,268,998 | 7 | $123,038,428 |
| 98 | Jeremy Milton | $826,429,715 | 2 | $413,214,858 |
| 99 | Paul Martin Smith | $825,310,269 | 3 | $275,103,423 |
| 100 | Julian Clarke | $823,557,578 | 7 | $117,651,083 |
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.
