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Top Grossing Assistant Director at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Assistant Directors based on the domestic 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 ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Jurassic World ($653,406,625 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($402,111,870 in 2009), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($291,710,957 in 2005), Man of Steel ($291,045,518 in 2013), Hancock ($227,946,274 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: Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($620,181,382 in 2017), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($381,193,157 in 2011), Guardians of the Galaxy ($333,714,112 in 2014), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,871,467 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($302,089,278 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($296,837,581 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292,137,260 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($262,233,381 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($249,757,726 in 2004) |
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 ($623,357,910 in 2012), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($389,813,101 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($358,995,815 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334,580,976 in 2017), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($232,641,920 in 2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216,648,740 in 2018) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Castaldi | $5,682,736,091 | 21 | $270,606,481 |
| 2 | Jamie Christopher | $5,425,350,400 | 31 | $175,011,303 |
| 3 | Lars P. Winther | $5,291,466,628 | 32 | $165,358,332 |
| 4 | Terry Madden | $4,398,435,224 | 36 | $122,178,756 |
| 5 | Josh McLaglen | $4,140,002,812 | 41 | $100,975,678 |
| 6 | Will Dodds | $3,717,873,527 | 43 | $86,462,175 |
| 7 | Brett Robinson | $3,670,723,112 | 23 | $159,596,657 |
| 8 | Sallie Hard | $3,654,775,587 | 47 | $77,761,183 |
| 9 | Misha Bukowski | $3,222,146,951 | 31 | $103,940,224 |
| 10 | K.C. Hodenfield | $3,183,302,491 | 22 | $144,695,568 |
| 11 | Tommy Gormley | $3,011,122,848 | 33 | $91,246,147 |
| 12 | Eric Heffron | $2,890,916,501 | 21 | $137,662,691 |
| 13 | Josh Robertson | $2,638,891,055 | 15 | $175,926,070 |
| 14 | Vincent Lascoumes | $2,628,520,893 | 28 | $93,875,746 |
| 15 | Nilo Otero | $2,559,211,723 | 32 | $79,975,366 |
| 16 | Lee Cleary | $2,492,227,329 | 40 | $62,305,683 |
| 17 | Chris Carreras | $2,442,338,745 | 33 | $74,010,265 |
| 18 | Michael Lerman | $2,435,913,098 | 14 | $173,993,793 |
| 19 | Matt Rebenkoff | $2,402,521,479 | 19 | $126,448,499 |
| 20 | Cliff Lanning | $2,398,688,544 | 41 | $58,504,599 |
| 21 | Aldric La'auli Porter | $2,205,003,709 | 18 | $122,500,206 |
| 22 | K.C. Colwell | $2,186,704,110 | 46 | $47,537,046 |
| 23 | Jeffrey Wetzel | $2,182,223,326 | 23 | $94,879,275 |
| 24 | Christopher T. Sadler | $2,001,063,204 | 17 | $117,709,600 |
| 25 | Bruce G. Moriarty | $1,990,779,658 | 13 | $153,136,897 |
| 26 | Marty Eli Schwartz | $1,972,760,566 | 52 | $37,937,703 |
| 27 | Peter Kohn | $1,941,479,819 | 15 | $129,431,988 |
| 28 | Paul Barry | $1,940,837,868 | 41 | $47,337,509 |
| 29 | Ben Howard | $1,771,655,439 | 38 | $46,622,512 |
| 30 | Gerry Gavigan | $1,759,550,432 | 10 | $175,955,043 |
| 31 | David H. Venghaus, Jr. | $1,709,512,350 | 11 | $155,410,214 |
| 32 | Simon Warnock | $1,654,911,705 | 13 | $127,300,900 |
| 33 | John M. Morse | $1,504,441,675 | 21 | $71,640,080 |
| 34 | Daniel Silverberg | $1,426,450,511 | 16 | $89,153,157 |
| 35 | Joseph Reidy | $1,420,063,213 | 25 | $56,802,529 |
| 36 | John Saunders | $1,311,409,391 | 7 | $187,344,199 |
| 37 | Mike Topoozian | $1,291,628,791 | 20 | $64,581,440 |
| 38 | Katterli Frauenfelder | $1,289,976,270 | 15 | $85,998,418 |
| 39 | Adam Somner | $1,258,384,968 | 13 | $96,798,844 |
| 40 | David Tomblin | $1,253,776,080 | 8 | $156,722,010 |
| 41 | Toby Hefferman | $1,232,435,383 | 7 | $176,062,198 |
| 42 | Richard Graves | $1,210,832,377 | 12 | $100,902,698 |
| 43 | Alan B. Curtiss | $1,197,280,707 | 12 | $99,773,392 |
| 44 | David Sardi | $1,191,217,937 | 14 | $85,086,996 |
| 45 | Richard Whelan | $1,171,151,437 | 10 | $117,115,144 |
| 46 | John Rusk | $1,167,900,162 | 9 | $129,766,685 |
| 47 | Carolynne Cunningham | $1,158,575,562 | 7 | $165,510,795 |
| 48 | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | $1,133,266,062 | 8 | $141,658,258 |
| 49 | David McGiffert | $1,124,984,763 | 10 | $112,498,476 |
| 50 | William M. Connor | $1,098,270,674 | 14 | $78,447,905 |
| 51 | Geoff Hansen | $1,052,462,306 | 10 | $105,246,231 |
| 52 | Bruce Franklin | $950,045,955 | 11 | $86,367,814 |
| 53 | Michele Ziegler | $945,534,283 | 12 | $78,794,524 |
| 54 | Kim H. Winther | $936,928,320 | 10 | $93,692,832 |
| 55 | Michele Panelli-Venetis | $921,521,120 | 12 | $76,793,427 |
| 56 | Artist Robinson | $919,904,245 | 10 | $91,990,425 |
| 57 | James McTeigue | $905,494,726 | 4 | $226,373,682 |
| 58 | Max Keene | $898,162,937 | 10 | $89,816,294 |
| 59 | Jack Ravenscroft | $897,737,951 | 25 | $35,909,518 |
| 60 | William Paul Clark | $867,487,989 | 38 | $22,828,631 |
| 61 | Terry Needham | $857,370,852 | 12 | $71,447,571 |
| 62 | Jeff Okabayashi | $855,790,154 | 5 | $171,158,031 |
| 63 | Chris Newman | $827,149,567 | 8 | $103,393,696 |
| 64 | David M. Bernstein | $820,113,141 | 11 | $74,555,740 |
| 65 | Jonathan Watson | $809,673,601 | 9 | $89,963,733 |
| 66 | Donald L. Sparks | $781,428,906 | 14 | $55,816,350 |
| 67 | Luc Etienne | $777,177,551 | 7 | $111,025,364 |
| 68 | Maria Battle Campbell | $769,539,076 | 2 | $384,769,538 |
| 69 | Joey Coughlin | $762,161,976 | 4 | $190,540,494 |
| 70 | Nicholas Mastandrea | $744,785,382 | 14 | $53,198,956 |
| 71 | Josh King | $739,876,260 | 8 | $92,484,533 |
| 72 | Jim Brebner | $739,341,923 | 12 | $61,611,827 |
| 73 | Gregory Jacobs | $733,683,349 | 10 | $73,368,335 |
| 74 | Darin Rivetti | $725,147,868 | 10 | $72,514,787 |
| 75 | Penny Charter | $721,906,588 | 5 | $144,381,318 |
| 76 | David Webb | $720,692,759 | 15 | $48,046,184 |
| 77 | Albert Cho | $719,202,963 | 5 | $143,840,593 |
| 78 | Richard Cowan | $704,939,529 | 8 | $88,117,441 |
| 79 | Douglas Plasse | $703,703,790 | 3 | $234,567,930 |
| 80 | Jeremy Marks | $702,254,105 | 6 | $117,042,351 |
| 81 | Chris Soldo | $700,906,914 | 8 | $87,613,364 |
| 82 | Jason Roberts | $689,118,894 | 3 | $229,706,298 |
| 83 | Simeon Jones | $684,075,767 | 1 | $684,075,767 |
| 84 | James M. Freitag | $654,205,259 | 7 | $93,457,894 |
| 85 | Ellen H. Schwartz | $653,903,089 | 8 | $81,737,886 |
| 86 | Donald Murphy | $645,186,744 | 11 | $58,653,340 |
| 87 | James Bitonti | $645,076,738 | 5 | $129,015,348 |
| 88 | H.H. Cooper | $644,445,364 | 12 | $53,703,780 |
| 89 | John Wildermuth | $631,147,065 | 11 | $57,377,006 |
| 90 | Gareth Tandy | $628,934,105 | 4 | $157,233,526 |
| 91 | Matthew Sharp | $617,304,027 | 3 | $205,768,009 |
| 92 | Steve Danton | $611,097,554 | 13 | $47,007,504 |
| 93 | Mark Cotone | $604,601,121 | 11 | $54,963,738 |
| 94 | Lisa Satriano | $604,124,393 | 8 | $75,515,549 |
| 95 | Tom Rye | $599,531,495 | 5 | $119,906,299 |
| 96 | Amir R. Khan | $599,284,663 | 10 | $59,928,466 |
| 97 | Michael J. Moore | $598,821,544 | 7 | $85,545,935 |
| 98 | P.J. Voeten | $593,801,226 | 7 | $84,828,747 |
| 99 | Emma Horton | $588,049,005 | 5 | $117,609,801 |
| 100 | Myron Hoffert | $586,737,426 | 11 | $53,339,766 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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.