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Top Grossing Cinematographer at the International Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - 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 Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - 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 Cinematographers
This list shows the highest grossing Cinematographers based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
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 ($742,364,991 in 2003), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($711,934,977 in 2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($701,116,914 in 2013), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ($685,203,251 in 2014), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($576,599,780 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($575,665,289 in 2001), King Kong ($332,437,332 in 2005), I am Legend ($329,139,674 in 2007), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($294,226,015 in 2011), The Last Airbender ($187,941,694 in 2010) |
2
Dariusz Wolski
| Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 27 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($804,642,000 in 2011), Alice in Wonderland ($691,300,000 in 2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($651,576,067 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,863,913 in 2006), The Martian ($425,175,444 in 2015), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($348,900,000 in 2003), Prometheus ($275,971,181 in 2012), Exodus: Gods and Kings ($203,300,000 in 2014), Alien: Covenant ($164,259,216 in 2017), Napoleon ($156,392,781 in 2023) |
3
Stephen F. Windon
| Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 11 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), Fast X ($568,441,270 in 2023), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), F9: The Fast Saga ($546,354,123 in 2021), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), G.I. Joe: Retaliation ($253,217,645 in 2013), Star Trek Beyond ($176,825,368 in 2016), Sonic The Hedgehog ($156,469,654 in 2020), Deep Blue Sea ($91,400,000 in 1999) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Lesnie | $5,214,264,743 | 13 | $401,097,288 |
| 2 | Dariusz Wolski | $5,048,310,730 | 27 | $186,974,471 |
| 3 | Stephen F. Windon | $4,932,472,998 | 11 | $448,406,636 |
| 4 | Trent Opaloch | $4,821,266,179 | 7 | $688,752,311 |
| 5 | Russell Carpenter | $4,754,440,223 | 19 | $250,233,696 |
| 6 | Mauro Fiore | $4,290,398,596 | 22 | $195,018,118 |
| 7 | John Schwartzman | $4,236,644,746 | 30 | $141,221,492 |
| 8 | Bill Pope | $3,913,048,568 | 20 | $195,652,428 |
| 9 | Ben Davis | $3,858,920,677 | 22 | $175,405,485 |
| 10 | Janusz Kaminski | $3,731,898,807 | 24 | $155,495,784 |
| 11 | Jeremy Lasky | $3,608,427,613 | 9 | $400,936,401 |
| 12 | Dan Mindel | $3,591,474,752 | 14 | $256,533,911 |
| 13 | Don Burgess | $3,588,923,994 | 27 | $132,923,111 |
| 14 | Amir Mokri | $3,017,261,774 | 19 | $158,803,251 |
| 15 | David Tattersall | $2,938,051,938 | 26 | $113,001,998 |
| 16 | Dean Cundey | $2,923,976,149 | 28 | $104,427,720 |
| 17 | Dean Semler | $2,883,411,857 | 35 | $82,383,196 |
| 18 | Matthew Libatique | $2,861,888,356 | 21 | $136,280,398 |
| 19 | John Mathieson | $2,812,052,014 | 22 | $127,820,546 |
| 20 | Robert Richardson | $2,766,187,882 | 34 | $81,358,467 |
| 21 | Hoyte Van Hoytema | $2,656,994,075 | 10 | $265,699,408 |
| 22 | Philippe Rousselot | $2,616,793,722 | 20 | $130,839,686 |
| 23 | Seamus McGarvey | $2,512,893,581 | 20 | $125,644,679 |
| 24 | Roger Deakins | $2,501,827,560 | 29 | $86,269,916 |
| 25 | Guillermo Navarro | $2,477,843,856 | 15 | $165,189,590 |
| 26 | Newton Thomas Sigel | $2,473,108,865 | 18 | $137,394,937 |
| 27 | John Seale | $2,282,119,573 | 16 | $142,632,473 |
| 28 | Robert Elswit | $2,226,775,894 | 28 | $79,527,711 |
| 29 | Lawrence Sher | $2,219,644,731 | 14 | $158,546,052 |
| 30 | Greig Fraser | $2,183,940,615 | 13 | $167,995,432 |
| 31 | John Toll | $2,094,033,547 | 18 | $116,335,197 |
| 32 | Roger Pratt | $2,049,998,641 | 8 | $256,249,830 |
| 33 | Caleb Deschanel | $2,049,109,276 | 17 | $120,535,840 |
| 34 | Claudio Miranda | $2,029,587,409 | 9 | $225,509,712 |
| 35 | Wally Pfister | $2,009,870,333 | 9 | $223,318,926 |
| 36 | Jonathan Sela | $1,992,686,644 | 9 | $221,409,627 |
| 37 | Ben Seresin | $1,962,262,707 | 9 | $218,029,190 |
| 38 | Patrick Lin | $1,941,343,801 | 4 | $485,335,950 |
| 39 | Renato Falcao | $1,921,918,805 | 6 | $320,319,801 |
| 40 | Javier Aguirresarobe | $1,901,530,687 | 19 | $100,080,562 |
| 41 | Salvatore Totino | $1,854,181,567 | 16 | $115,886,348 |
| 42 | Scott Beattie | $1,847,542,583 | 2 | $923,771,292 |
| 43 | Rodrigo Prieto | $1,824,037,532 | 14 | $130,288,395 |
| 44 | Gyula Pados | $1,778,931,763 | 9 | $197,659,085 |
| 45 | Phil Meheux | $1,776,344,073 | 10 | $177,634,407 |
| 46 | Larry Fong | $1,775,910,110 | 10 | $177,591,011 |
| 47 | Eduardo Serra | $1,755,676,148 | 5 | $351,135,230 |
| 48 | Sharon Calahan | $1,723,958,747 | 6 | $287,326,458 |
| 49 | Henry Braham | $1,723,367,081 | 6 | $287,227,847 |
| 50 | Tom Stern | $1,717,245,294 | 19 | $90,381,331 |
| 51 | Dante Spinotti | $1,704,562,219 | 21 | $81,169,629 |
| 52 | Tobias Schliessler | $1,658,389,546 | 13 | $127,568,427 |
| 53 | Dion Beebe | $1,644,509,989 | 16 | $102,781,874 |
| 54 | Oliver Wood | $1,643,151,571 | 24 | $68,464,649 |
| 55 | Simon Duggan | $1,590,678,147 | 10 | $159,067,815 |
| 56 | Donald M. McAlpine | $1,590,256,092 | 15 | $106,017,073 |
| 57 | James Cameron | $1,548,588,773 | 1 | $1,548,588,773 |
| 58 | Richard A. Harris | $1,548,588,773 | 1 | $1,548,588,773 |
| 59 | Conrad Buff | $1,548,588,773 | 1 | $1,548,588,773 |
| 60 | George Richmond | $1,485,525,712 | 9 | $165,058,412 |
| 61 | Haris Zambarloukos | $1,442,437,290 | 11 | $131,130,663 |
| 62 | Michael Seresin | $1,434,086,830 | 9 | $159,342,981 |
| 63 | Paul Cameron | $1,421,709,603 | 13 | $109,362,277 |
| 64 | Phedon Papamichael | $1,406,648,501 | 23 | $61,158,630 |
| 65 | Steve Yedlin | $1,320,523,846 | 11 | $120,047,622 |
| 66 | Linus Sandgren | $1,302,401,534 | 10 | $130,240,153 |
| 67 | Emmanuel Lubezki | $1,289,503,006 | 16 | $80,593,938 |
| 68 | Robert Yeoman | $1,236,893,528 | 21 | $58,899,692 |
| 69 | Stuart Dryburgh | $1,225,892,992 | 16 | $76,618,312 |
| 70 | Oscar Faura | $1,221,771,109 | 6 | $203,628,518 |
| 71 | Bojan Bazelli | $1,181,590,155 | 15 | $78,772,677 |
| 72 | Matt Aspbury | $1,180,033,555 | 3 | $393,344,518 |
| 73 | Florian Ballhaus | $1,179,382,849 | 16 | $73,711,428 |
| 74 | Bruno Delbonnel | $1,132,355,316 | 11 | $102,941,392 |
| 75 | Mitchell Amundsen | $1,129,841,308 | 13 | $86,910,870 |
| 76 | Kramer Morgenthau | $1,035,466,510 | 8 | $129,433,314 |
| 77 | Jo Willems | $1,033,078,469 | 6 | $172,179,745 |
| 78 | Michael Ballhaus | $1,031,145,832 | 13 | $79,318,910 |
| 79 | Andrew Dunn | $1,027,566,051 | 20 | $51,378,303 |
| 80 | Karl Walter Lindenlaub | $1,018,915,813 | 13 | $78,378,139 |
| 81 | Zhao Xiaoding | $1,014,902,214 | 3 | $338,300,738 |
| 82 | Julio Macat | $1,004,868,160 | 17 | $59,109,892 |
| 83 | Stephen Goldblatt | $984,482,640 | 18 | $54,693,480 |
| 84 | Jean-Claude Kalache | $969,182,996 | 2 | $484,591,498 |
| 85 | Peter Menzies | $955,074,610 | 8 | $119,384,326 |
| 86 | Ueli Steiger | $947,983,393 | 11 | $86,180,308 |
| 87 | Peter Andrews | $947,555,518 | 15 | $63,170,368 |
| 88 | Shelly Johnson | $944,482,075 | 15 | $62,965,472 |
| 89 | Adam Greenberg | $930,183,675 | 12 | $77,515,306 |
| 90 | Michael Barrett | $924,312,275 | 17 | $54,371,310 |
| 91 | Danny Cohen | $901,853,588 | 12 | $75,154,466 |
| 92 | Thierry Arbogast | $882,900,841 | 15 | $58,860,056 |
| 93 | Peter Deming | $880,354,657 | 19 | $46,334,456 |
| 94 | Slawomir Idziak | $878,032,441 | 6 | $146,338,740 |
| 95 | Alan Stewart | $874,881,826 | 4 | $218,720,457 |
| 96 | Barry Peterson | $865,112,177 | 15 | $57,674,145 |
| 97 | Rob Dressel | $863,207,041 | 2 | $431,603,521 |
| 98 | Mahyar Abousaeedi | $844,907,532 | 2 | $422,453,766 |
| 99 | Tak Fujimoto | $826,207,508 | 8 | $103,275,939 |
| 100 | Matthew J. Lloyd | $801,185,738 | 9 | $89,020,638 |
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.