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Top Grossing Second Unit Director at the International Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Second Unit Directors based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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Spiro Razatos
| Best known as a Second Unit Director based on credits in that role in 27 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), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Venom ($642,569,645 in 2018), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), F9: The Fast Saga ($546,354,565 in 2021), Transformers: The Last Knight ($472,724,657 in 2017), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), Kong: Skull Island ($393,019,247 in 2017) |
2
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 ($806,400,000 in 2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past ($513,941,241 in 2014), X-Men: Apocalypse ($387,095,057 in 2016), Terminator: Genisys ($342,389,938 in 2015), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), The Hangover Part II ($332,300,000 in 2011), Night at the Museum ($328,583,139 in 2006), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($294,226,015 in 2011), Venom: Let There be Carnage ($287,996,556 in 2021), Live Free or Die Hard ($247,758,744 in 2007) |
3
John Mahaffie
| Best known as a Second Unit Director based on credits in that role in 13 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Aquaman ($796,787,895 in 2018), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($575,665,289 in 2001), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($506,142,403 in 2014), Thor: The Dark World ($438,240,376 in 2013), Ant-Man ($338,656,286 in 2015), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($313,800,000 in 2010), Snow White and the Huntsman ($245,884,991 in 2012), Shazam! ($223,192,251 in 2019) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiro Razatos | $7,798,830,111 | 27 | $288,845,560 |
| 2 | Brian Smrz | $6,027,115,109 | 27 | $223,226,486 |
| 3 | John Mahaffie | $5,390,221,749 | 13 | $414,632,442 |
| 4 | Alexander Witt | $5,367,464,770 | 25 | $214,698,591 |
| 5 | Stephen Woolfenden | $4,777,933,176 | 10 | $477,793,318 |
| 6 | Jack Gill | $3,937,032,345 | 35 | $112,486,638 |
| 7 | Simon Crane | $3,714,155,271 | 17 | $218,479,722 |
| 8 | Ken Bates | $3,078,190,104 | 23 | $133,834,352 |
| 9 | Dan Bradley | $2,938,123,004 | 16 | $183,632,688 |
| 10 | Vic Armstrong | $2,823,766,894 | 18 | $156,875,939 |
| 11 | Peter MacDonald | $2,597,800,813 | 7 | $371,114,402 |
| 12 | Jeff Habberstad | $2,301,245,511 | 10 | $230,124,551 |
| 13 | Todd Hallowell | $2,294,267,768 | 17 | $134,956,928 |
| 14 | Robert Legato | $2,262,588,642 | 10 | $226,258,864 |
| 15 | Jonathan Taylor | $2,156,209,611 | 6 | $359,368,269 |
| 16 | G. A. Aguilar | $2,120,944,109 | 15 | $141,396,274 |
| 17 | George Marshall Ruge | $1,959,678,031 | 5 | $391,935,606 |
| 18 | Garrett Warren | $1,881,770,889 | 8 | $235,221,361 |
| 19 | Chad Stahelski | $1,745,604,251 | 5 | $349,120,850 |
| 20 | Roger Guyett | $1,571,335,874 | 4 | $392,833,969 |
| 21 | Steven Quale | $1,557,717,773 | 2 | $778,858,887 |
| 22 | Damon Caro | $1,548,317,255 | 4 | $387,079,314 |
| 23 | Jeffrey A. Lynch | $1,510,694,195 | 4 | $377,673,549 |
| 24 | David Ellis | $1,509,005,962 | 8 | $188,625,745 |
| 25 | Charles Gibson | $1,396,421,430 | 5 | $279,284,286 |
| 26 | Andy Serkis | $1,386,320,165 | 2 | $693,160,083 |
| 27 | Paul Jennings | $1,291,594,945 | 9 | $143,510,549 |
| 28 | Kimble Rendall | $1,276,800,120 | 6 | $212,800,020 |
| 29 | Wade Eastwood | $1,269,111,848 | 5 | $253,822,370 |
| 30 | Darrin Prescott | $1,196,349,669 | 6 | $199,391,612 |
| 31 | Marty Eli Schwartz | $1,163,550,606 | 2 | $581,775,303 |
| 32 | David Leitch | $1,070,058,682 | 4 | $267,514,671 |
| 33 | Gary Capo | $1,013,369,522 | 8 | $126,671,190 |
| 34 | Max Kleven | $986,538,098 | 7 | $140,934,014 |
| 35 | Phil Neilson | $965,443,170 | 7 | $137,920,453 |
| 36 | J.J. Perry | $866,169,349 | 4 | $216,542,337 |
| 37 | Gary Hymes | $792,219,091 | 3 | $264,073,030 |
| 38 | George Cottle | $788,720,139 | 2 | $394,360,070 |
| 39 | Terry J. Leonard | $776,436,370 | 8 | $97,054,546 |
| 40 | Mic Rodgers | $767,448,439 | 12 | $63,954,037 |
| 41 | Steve Starkey | $756,648,425 | 5 | $151,329,685 |
| 42 | E.J. Foerster | $745,138,006 | 10 | $74,513,801 |
| 43 | Tom Struthers | $736,740,779 | 3 | $245,580,260 |
| 44 | Eric Schwab | $712,165,935 | 6 | $118,694,323 |
| 45 | Guy Norris | $709,171,734 | 4 | $177,292,934 |
| 46 | Frank Marshall | $686,324,996 | 10 | $68,632,500 |
| 47 | Robert Alonzo | $659,187,788 | 3 | $219,729,263 |
| 48 | David H. Venghaus, Jr. | $655,220,816 | 2 | $327,610,408 |
| 49 | James Madigan | $652,559,362 | 3 | $217,519,787 |
| 50 | Philip Hardage | $651,576,067 | 1 | $651,576,067 |
| 51 | Mickey Gilbert | $642,905,252 | 5 | $128,581,050 |
| 52 | Luke Scott | $628,475,444 | 2 | $314,237,722 |
| 53 | Will Waring | $628,152,230 | 2 | $314,076,115 |
| 54 | Billy Burton | $624,131,784 | 5 | $124,826,357 |
| 55 | Geoff Murphy | $619,865,289 | 2 | $309,932,645 |
| 56 | Greg Rementer | $616,720,426 | 2 | $308,360,213 |
| 57 | Eric Brevig | $587,799,998 | 2 | $293,899,999 |
| 58 | Chris O’ Hara | $586,775,991 | 1 | $586,775,991 |
| 59 | David Lowery | $558,329,927 | 1 | $558,329,927 |
| 60 | Martin Kenzie | $552,903,920 | 4 | $138,225,980 |
| 61 | Roger Christian | $552,500,000 | 1 | $552,500,000 |
| 62 | Gary Powell | $547,535,153 | 2 | $273,767,577 |
| 63 | Thomas Robinson Harper | $546,959,922 | 3 | $182,319,974 |
| 64 | Mitchell Amundsen | $524,158,756 | 2 | $262,079,378 |
| 65 | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | $517,129,407 | 1 | $517,129,407 |
| 66 | Gary Davis | $516,059,493 | 4 | $129,014,873 |
| 67 | Kevin LaRosa | $511,231,623 | 1 | $511,231,623 |
| 68 | Dean Devlin | $511,231,623 | 1 | $511,231,623 |
| 69 | Glenn Randall | $511,052,418 | 2 | $255,526,209 |
| 70 | Brad Parker | $502,098,977 | 1 | $502,098,977 |
| 71 | Conrad Palmisano | $482,957,405 | 7 | $68,993,915 |
| 72 | Micky Moore | $448,152,646 | 6 | $74,692,108 |
| 73 | Ian Sharp | $447,387,500 | 2 | $223,693,750 |
| 74 | Mark Vargo | $427,726,857 | 3 | $142,575,619 |
| 75 | John Barry | $423,244,108 | 2 | $211,622,054 |
| 76 | Tanya Lapointe | $420,000,000 | 1 | $420,000,000 |
| 77 | Doug Lefler | $418,000,000 | 1 | $418,000,000 |
| 78 | Jake Morrison | $417,671,251 | 1 | $417,671,251 |
| 79 | David Koepp | $389,552,320 | 1 | $389,552,320 |
| 80 | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | $380,894,308 | 5 | $76,178,862 |
| 81 | Andrew Mondshein | $379,300,000 | 1 | $379,300,000 |
| 82 | Doug Coleman | $370,621,864 | 9 | $41,180,207 |
| 83 | Bruce A. Block | $363,268,900 | 5 | $72,653,780 |
| 84 | Greg Michael | $360,740,401 | 4 | $90,185,100 |
| 85 | Brick Mason | $354,225,397 | 3 | $118,075,132 |
| 86 | Allan Graf | $353,355,575 | 10 | $35,335,558 |
| 87 | Bruce Hendricks | $348,900,000 | 1 | $348,900,000 |
| 88 | Anne Bruning | $334,178,627 | 1 | $334,178,627 |
| 89 | Deuel Droogan | $334,178,627 | 1 | $334,178,627 |
| 90 | Kevin De La Noy | $334,178,627 | 1 | $334,178,627 |
| 91 | Randall William Cook | $332,437,332 | 1 | $332,437,332 |
| 92 | David Tomblin | $331,882,263 | 2 | $165,941,132 |
| 93 | Scott Ateah | $317,969,924 | 6 | $52,994,987 |
| 94 | David R. Ellis | $302,614,773 | 5 | $60,522,955 |
| 95 | Michelle Morris Gertz | $299,787,811 | 1 | $299,787,811 |
| 96 | Michael D. Moore | $294,965,835 | 2 | $147,482,918 |
| 97 | Pablo Helman | $293,800,000 | 1 | $293,800,000 |
| 98 | Josh Klausner | $293,614,848 | 3 | $97,871,616 |
| 99 | Tyler Spindel | $293,364,935 | 4 | $73,341,234 |
| 100 | Bruce Hunt | $291,980,811 | 1 | $291,980,811 |
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.