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Top Grossing Assistant Director at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Assistant Directors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Chris Castaldi
| Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 21 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Jurassic World ($1,669,963,641 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($836,519,699 in 2009), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($794,861,794 in 2017), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($720,539,572 in 2005), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($694,713,230 in 2011), Man of Steel ($667,999,518 in 2013), Hancock ($624,234,272 in 2008) |
2
Jamie Christopher
| Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 31 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($1,331,635,141 in 2017), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($1,312,443,850 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($963,642,575 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($944,256,548 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($937,034,773 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($926,069,091 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($874,954,228 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($783,221,274 in 2004), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014) |
3
Lars P. Winther
| Best known as an Assistant Director based on credits in that role in 32 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($1,215,392,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,271,291 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($845,468,744 in 2023), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($676,343,174 in 2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($623,144,660 in 2018) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Castaldi | $15,554,193,537 | 21 | $740,675,883 |
| 2 | Jamie Christopher | $15,215,501,119 | 31 | $490,822,617 |
| 3 | Lars P. Winther | $13,381,664,200 | 32 | $418,177,006 |
| 4 | Terry Madden | $12,372,469,953 | 36 | $343,679,721 |
| 5 | Will Dodds | $11,294,525,579 | 43 | $262,663,386 |
| 6 | Brett Robinson | $11,230,727,181 | 23 | $488,292,486 |
| 7 | Josh McLaglen | $11,228,833,684 | 41 | $273,873,992 |
| 8 | Sallie Hard | $9,352,493,235 | 47 | $198,989,218 |
| 9 | K.C. Hodenfield | $7,905,497,710 | 22 | $359,340,805 |
| 10 | Tommy Gormley | $7,744,750,641 | 33 | $234,689,413 |
| 11 | Josh Robertson | $7,439,238,888 | 15 | $495,949,259 |
| 12 | Misha Bukowski | $7,432,937,404 | 31 | $239,772,174 |
| 13 | Cliff Lanning | $7,279,047,913 | 41 | $177,537,754 |
| 14 | Michael Lerman | $7,274,223,790 | 13 | $559,555,676 |
| 15 | Chris Carreras | $6,903,337,756 | 33 | $209,192,053 |
| 16 | Vincent Lascoumes | $6,410,048,622 | 28 | $228,930,308 |
| 17 | Nilo Otero | $6,406,581,856 | 32 | $200,205,683 |
| 18 | Eric Heffron | $6,351,023,424 | 21 | $302,429,687 |
| 19 | Ben Howard | $5,106,789,281 | 38 | $134,389,192 |
| 20 | Lee Cleary | $4,960,903,573 | 40 | $124,022,589 |
| 21 | Simon Warnock | $4,902,063,065 | 13 | $377,081,774 |
| 22 | Paul Barry | $4,881,873,406 | 41 | $119,070,083 |
| 23 | Peter Kohn | $4,867,502,356 | 15 | $324,500,157 |
| 24 | Jeffrey Wetzel | $4,666,576,865 | 23 | $202,894,646 |
| 25 | Bruce G. Moriarty | $4,653,365,254 | 13 | $357,951,173 |
| 26 | K.C. Colwell | $4,543,611,159 | 46 | $98,774,156 |
| 27 | Gerry Gavigan | $4,517,875,512 | 10 | $451,787,551 |
| 28 | Christopher T. Sadler | $4,410,517,852 | 17 | $259,442,227 |
| 29 | Matt Rebenkoff | $4,227,915,505 | 19 | $222,521,869 |
| 30 | David H. Venghaus, Jr. | $4,200,058,104 | 11 | $381,823,464 |
| 31 | Marty Eli Schwartz | $4,168,916,241 | 52 | $80,171,466 |
| 32 | Aldric La'auli Porter | $3,882,908,620 | 18 | $215,717,146 |
| 33 | John M. Morse | $3,779,580,879 | 21 | $179,980,042 |
| 34 | Carolynne Cunningham | $3,617,040,708 | 7 | $516,720,101 |
| 35 | William M. Connor | $3,393,460,585 | 14 | $242,390,042 |
| 36 | Adam Somner | $3,352,493,004 | 13 | $257,884,077 |
| 37 | Richard Whelan | $3,245,132,020 | 10 | $324,513,202 |
| 38 | Toby Hefferman | $3,180,781,777 | 7 | $454,397,397 |
| 39 | Joseph Reidy | $3,080,301,075 | 25 | $123,212,043 |
| 40 | Richard Graves | $2,908,096,576 | 12 | $242,341,381 |
| 41 | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | $2,903,193,815 | 8 | $362,899,227 |
| 42 | David Sardi | $2,854,233,390 | 14 | $203,873,814 |
| 43 | Jack Ravenscroft | $2,788,334,223 | 25 | $111,533,369 |
| 44 | John Rusk | $2,672,329,340 | 9 | $296,925,482 |
| 45 | Max Keene | $2,590,767,017 | 10 | $259,076,702 |
| 46 | Maria Battle Campbell | $2,581,394,727 | 2 | $1,290,697,364 |
| 47 | Mike Topoozian | $2,518,203,530 | 20 | $125,910,177 |
| 48 | John Saunders | $2,493,814,191 | 7 | $356,259,170 |
| 49 | Daniel Silverberg | $2,476,105,862 | 16 | $154,756,616 |
| 50 | Alan B. Curtiss | $2,393,734,161 | 12 | $199,477,847 |
| 51 | David McGiffert | $2,357,468,558 | 10 | $235,746,856 |
| 52 | Albert Cho | $2,349,560,594 | 5 | $469,912,119 |
| 53 | Geoff Hansen | $2,318,991,210 | 10 | $231,899,121 |
| 54 | Simeon Jones | $2,317,514,386 | 1 | $2,317,514,386 |
| 55 | James McTeigue | $2,288,547,002 | 4 | $572,136,751 |
| 56 | David Tomblin | $2,261,686,304 | 8 | $282,710,788 |
| 57 | Joey Coughlin | $2,215,523,368 | 4 | $553,880,842 |
| 58 | Terry Needham | $2,203,871,875 | 12 | $183,655,990 |
| 59 | Kim H. Winther | $2,197,921,799 | 10 | $219,792,180 |
| 60 | Jeff Okabayashi | $2,161,389,386 | 5 | $432,277,877 |
| 61 | Chris Newman | $2,118,888,315 | 8 | $264,861,039 |
| 62 | Bruce Franklin | $2,110,774,359 | 11 | $191,888,578 |
| 63 | Katterli Frauenfelder | $1,986,403,677 | 14 | $141,885,977 |
| 64 | William Paul Clark | $1,903,950,184 | 38 | $50,103,952 |
| 65 | Artist Robinson | $1,878,067,723 | 10 | $187,806,772 |
| 66 | Jeff Bilger | $1,828,465,514 | 2 | $914,232,757 |
| 67 | Douglas Plasse | $1,810,294,216 | 3 | $603,431,405 |
| 68 | Terence Madden | $1,794,492,359 | 2 | $897,246,180 |
| 69 | Tom Brewster | $1,780,562,861 | 2 | $890,281,431 |
| 70 | Gareth Tandy | $1,764,379,190 | 4 | $441,094,798 |
| 71 | Jason Roberts | $1,725,393,669 | 3 | $575,131,223 |
| 72 | Rhys Summerhayes | $1,721,876,706 | 4 | $430,469,177 |
| 73 | Michele Panelli-Venetis | $1,720,969,446 | 12 | $143,414,121 |
| 74 | Guy Campbell | $1,692,486,178 | 4 | $423,121,545 |
| 75 | Luc Etienne | $1,679,277,495 | 7 | $239,896,785 |
| 76 | Michele Ziegler | $1,667,914,167 | 12 | $138,992,847 |
| 77 | Samar Pollitt | $1,654,054,395 | 3 | $551,351,465 |
| 78 | Tom Rye | $1,639,376,906 | 5 | $327,875,381 |
| 79 | Gregory Jacobs | $1,635,797,359 | 10 | $163,579,736 |
| 80 | Penny Charter | $1,635,678,556 | 5 | $327,135,711 |
| 81 | Matthew Sharp | $1,598,425,146 | 3 | $532,808,382 |
| 82 | Jeremy Marks | $1,579,171,220 | 6 | $263,195,203 |
| 83 | Donald L. Sparks | $1,535,450,428 | 14 | $109,675,031 |
| 84 | John Wildermuth | $1,496,617,143 | 11 | $136,056,104 |
| 85 | Darin Rivetti | $1,481,334,962 | 10 | $148,133,496 |
| 86 | Bethan Mowat | $1,476,268,546 | 4 | $369,067,137 |
| 87 | Richard Cowan | $1,462,359,269 | 8 | $182,794,909 |
| 88 | James Bitonti | $1,444,522,049 | 5 | $288,904,410 |
| 89 | David M. Bernstein | $1,440,078,869 | 11 | $130,916,261 |
| 90 | Nicholas Mastandrea | $1,434,323,187 | 14 | $102,451,656 |
| 91 | H.H. Cooper | $1,421,593,768 | 12 | $118,466,147 |
| 92 | Jonathan Watson | $1,416,436,819 | 9 | $157,381,869 |
| 93 | Jim Brebner | $1,415,205,734 | 12 | $117,933,811 |
| 94 | Jack Boem | $1,401,673,826 | 4 | $350,418,457 |
| 95 | Mark Cotone | $1,398,391,635 | 11 | $127,126,512 |
| 96 | Danielle Blake | $1,389,594,067 | 3 | $463,198,022 |
| 97 | Benita Allen | $1,367,745,586 | 10 | $136,774,559 |
| 98 | Chris Soldo | $1,344,037,806 | 8 | $168,004,726 |
| 99 | Colin Fletcher | $1,333,967,728 | 3 | $444,655,909 |
| 100 | Christophe Le Chanu | $1,307,145,903 | 9 | $145,238,434 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.