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Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA


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

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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: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Alice in Wonderland ($1,025,491,110 in 2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), The Martian ($653,609,107 in 2015), Prometheus ($402,448,265 in 2012), Exodus: Gods and Kings ($268,314,513 in 2014), Alien: Covenant ($238,521,247 in 2017), Napoleon ($218,039,159 in 2023)

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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 ($1,121,386,981 in 2003), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($1,014,938,545 in 2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($959,358,436 in 2013), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ($940,323,039 in 2014), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($919,148,764 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($891,210,039 in 2001), I am Legend ($585,532,684 in 2007), King Kong ($550,517,357 in 2005), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($470,986,200 in 2011), The Last Airbender ($319,713,881 in 2010)

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John Schwartzman
Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 28 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic World ($1,669,963,641 in 2015), The Amazing Spider-Man ($757,890,267 in 2012), Armageddon ($554,600,000 in 1998), Meet the Fockers ($516,567,575 in 2004), National Treasure: Book of Secrets ($457,325,804 in 2007), Pearl Harbor ($449,239,853 in 2001), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($402,231,063 in 2009), Fifty Shades Darker ($381,367,046 in 2017), Fifty Shades Freed ($371,985,018 in 2018), The Rock ($336,069,511 in 1996)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Dariusz Wolski $7,910,702,509 26 $304,257,789
2 Andrew Lesnie $7,899,065,101 13 $607,620,392
3 John Schwartzman $7,364,741,269 28 $263,026,474
4 Trent Opaloch $7,307,221,092 7 $1,043,888,727
5 Russell Carpenter $7,232,662,097 19 $380,666,426
6 Stephen F. Windon $6,780,208,783 11 $616,382,617
7 Mauro Fiore $6,730,322,084 22 $305,923,731
8 Don Burgess $6,695,556,849 27 $247,983,587
9 Jeremy Lasky $6,429,389,492 9 $714,376,610
10 Bill Pope $6,411,010,762 20 $320,550,538
11 Dan Mindel $6,339,985,919 14 $452,856,137
12 Janusz Kaminski $6,331,500,700 24 $263,812,529
13 Ben Davis $5,991,595,315 22 $272,345,242
14 Dean Semler $5,879,323,697 35 $167,980,677
15 Dean Cundey $5,245,773,148 28 $187,349,041
16 Robert Richardson $5,136,900,075 34 $151,085,296
17 David Tattersall $5,080,453,998 26 $195,402,077
18 Matthew Libatique $4,937,935,852 21 $235,139,802
19 Amir Mokri $4,770,319,440 19 $251,069,444
20 John Mathieson $4,509,413,897 21 $214,733,995
21 Philippe Rousselot $4,388,327,924 20 $219,416,396
22 Roger Deakins $4,370,181,998 29 $150,695,931
23 Seamus McGarvey $4,187,885,660 20 $209,394,283
24 Guillermo Navarro $4,105,857,763 15 $273,723,851
25 Newton Thomas Sigel $4,033,350,965 18 $224,075,054
26 Hoyte Van Hoytema $3,926,327,647 10 $392,632,765
27 John Seale $3,907,265,271 16 $244,204,079
28 Lawrence Sher $3,832,161,607 14 $273,725,829
29 Wally Pfister $3,809,345,268 9 $423,260,585
30 Caleb Deschanel $3,718,697,994 17 $218,746,941
31 Greig Fraser $3,716,174,002 13 $285,859,539
32 Oliver Wood $3,661,039,251 24 $152,543,302
33 Robert Elswit $3,628,543,284 28 $129,590,832
34 Claudio Miranda $3,465,376,527 9 $385,041,836
35 Tom Stern $3,433,892,158 19 $180,731,166
36 John Toll $3,413,715,701 18 $189,650,872
37 Javier Aguirresarobe $3,392,555,986 19 $178,555,578
38 Patrick Lin $3,286,288,776 4 $821,572,194
39 Roger Pratt $3,154,682,214 8 $394,335,277
40 Rodrigo Prieto $3,111,317,045 14 $222,236,932
41 Donald M. McAlpine $3,096,652,810 15 $206,443,521
42 Dion Beebe $3,077,279,168 16 $192,329,948
43 Salvatore Totino $3,031,280,102 16 $189,455,006
44 Dante Spinotti $3,004,369,311 21 $143,065,205
45 Tobias Schliessler $2,935,335,226 13 $225,795,017
46 Larry Fong $2,929,404,022 10 $292,940,402
47 Sharon Calahan $2,904,226,780 6 $484,037,797
48 Phedon Papamichael $2,865,152,814 22 $130,234,219
49 Henry Braham $2,834,006,800 6 $472,334,467
50 Jonathan Sela $2,773,123,887 9 $308,124,876
51 Scott Beattie $2,726,243,058 2 $1,363,121,529
52 Renato Falcao $2,680,506,365 6 $446,751,061
53 Phil Meheux $2,625,204,692 10 $262,520,469
54 Eduardo Serra $2,578,987,583 5 $515,797,517
55 Robert Yeoman $2,572,966,611 21 $122,522,220
56 Ben Seresin $2,557,562,464 9 $284,173,607
57 Julio Macat $2,551,875,412 17 $150,110,318
58 Gyula Pados $2,514,542,632 8 $314,317,829
59 Steve Yedlin $2,372,509,185 11 $215,682,653
60 Emmanuel Lubezki $2,337,008,124 16 $146,063,008
61 Stephen Goldblatt $2,309,184,585 18 $128,288,033
62 Simon Duggan $2,258,360,770 9 $250,928,974
63 Richard A. Harris $2,223,048,786 1 $2,223,048,786
64 Conrad Buff $2,223,048,786 1 $2,223,048,786
65 James Cameron $2,223,048,786 1 $2,223,048,786
66 Mitchell Amundsen $2,200,496,281 13 $169,268,945
67 Paul Cameron $2,176,030,070 13 $167,386,928
68 Florian Ballhaus $2,167,480,369 16 $135,467,523
69 Michael Seresin $2,163,426,224 9 $240,380,692
70 Haris Zambarloukos $2,157,349,841 10 $215,734,984
71 George Richmond $2,146,184,639 9 $238,464,960
72 Bojan Bazelli $2,098,032,222 15 $139,868,815
73 Michael Ballhaus $2,051,109,703 13 $157,777,669
74 Stuart Dryburgh $2,041,481,163 16 $127,592,573
75 Barry Peterson $2,005,959,132 15 $133,730,609
76 Linus Sandgren $1,999,168,821 10 $199,916,882
77 Andrew Dunn $1,933,056,223 20 $96,652,811
78 Adam Greenberg $1,874,121,779 12 $156,176,815
79 Karl Walter Lindenlaub $1,863,958,479 13 $143,381,421
80 Michael Barrett $1,824,609,206 17 $107,329,953
81 Jo Willems $1,822,339,566 6 $303,723,261
82 Ueli Steiger $1,784,186,367 11 $162,198,761
83 Peter Deming $1,762,539,584 19 $92,765,241
84 Oscar Faura $1,752,857,023 5 $350,571,405
85 Peter Andrews $1,745,158,042 15 $116,343,869
86 Shelly Johnson $1,734,901,755 15 $115,660,117
87 Bruno Delbonnel $1,714,424,918 11 $155,856,811
88 Matt Aspbury $1,659,993,372 3 $553,331,124
89 Kramer Morgenthau $1,648,765,603 8 $206,095,700
90 Peter Menzies $1,632,091,596 8 $204,011,450
91 Tak Fujimoto $1,626,808,164 8 $203,351,021
92 Allen Daviau $1,611,070,294 8 $201,383,787
93 Mahyar Abousaeedi $1,576,576,396 2 $788,288,198
94 Theo Van de Sande $1,565,524,524 14 $111,823,180
95 Jean-Claude Kalache $1,557,872,384 2 $778,936,192
96 Douglas Slocombe $1,538,077,140 6 $256,346,190
97 Jack N. Green $1,504,367,662 12 $125,363,972
98 Gabriel Beristain $1,480,951,906 10 $148,095,191
99 Matthew F. Leonetti $1,420,068,898 12 $118,339,075
100 Dan Laustsen $1,411,148,316 9 $156,794,257

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.