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Top Grossing Editor at the International Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Editors - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - 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 Editors
This list shows the highest grossing Editors based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Jeffrey Ford
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,859,130,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,342,759 in 2018), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,106,395,051 in 2021), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($805,638,684 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Captain America: The First Avenger ($193,915,271 in 2011), Public Enemies ($115,178,089 in 2009) |
2
Michael Kahn
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 53 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic Park ($643,049,687 in 1993), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($469,534,294 in 2008), Ready Player One ($445,800,000 in 2018), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($389,552,320 in 1997), War of the Worlds ($372,556,181 in 2005), The Adventures of Tintin ($296,402,120 in 2011), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($277,000,000 in 1989), Saving Private Ryan ($268,700,000 in 1998), Twister ($254,011,615 in 1996), Prince of Persia: Sands of Time ($245,600,000 in 2010) |
3
Stephen Rivkin
| Best known as an Editor based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,634,092,522 in 2022), 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), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($348,900,000 in 2003), Alita: Battle Angel ($316,061,830 in 2019), Fantastic Four ($111,731,639 in 2015), Swordfish ($77,307,444 in 2001), Nine Months ($68,825,698 in 1995), Stealth ($44,300,000 in 2005) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Ford | $8,605,674,737 | 14 | $614,691,053 |
| 2 | Michael Kahn | $6,833,803,706 | 53 | $128,939,693 |
| 3 | Stephen Rivkin | $6,098,559,920 | 16 | $381,159,995 |
| 4 | David Brenner | $5,948,531,356 | 16 | $371,783,210 |
| 5 | Matthew Schmidt | $5,253,854,596 | 8 | $656,731,825 |
| 6 | Christian Wagner | $5,081,562,992 | 22 | $230,980,136 |
| 7 | Lee Smith | $4,942,989,946 | 22 | $224,681,361 |
| 8 | Paul Rubell | $4,935,571,778 | 19 | $259,766,936 |
| 9 | Chris Lebenzon | $4,893,406,098 | 31 | $157,851,810 |
| 10 | Mark Day | $4,666,034,572 | 16 | $291,627,161 |
| 11 | Maryann Brandon | $4,384,626,395 | 13 | $337,278,953 |
| 12 | Roger Barton | $4,363,012,797 | 14 | $311,643,771 |
| 13 | John Refoua | $4,266,145,707 | 10 | $426,614,571 |
| 14 | Craig Wood | $4,144,100,721 | 18 | $230,227,818 |
| 15 | Jabez Olssen | $4,120,566,652 | 10 | $412,056,665 |
| 16 | Dan Lebental | $3,872,521,609 | 29 | $133,535,228 |
| 17 | Leigh Folsom-Boyd | $3,807,591,389 | 6 | $634,598,565 |
| 18 | James Cameron | $3,772,576,899 | 3 | $1,257,525,633 |
| 19 | Eddie Hamilton | $3,538,211,606 | 13 | $272,170,124 |
| 20 | William Hoy | $3,538,045,499 | 23 | $153,828,065 |
| 21 | Pietro Scalia | $3,488,588,608 | 28 | $124,592,450 |
| 22 | William Goldenberg | $3,256,672,498 | 25 | $130,266,900 |
| 23 | Bob Ducsay | $3,159,791,622 | 15 | $210,652,775 |
| 24 | Kelly Matsumoto | $3,058,826,512 | 9 | $339,869,612 |
| 25 | Joel Negron | $2,930,350,893 | 14 | $209,310,778 |
| 26 | Conrad Buff | $2,882,279,004 | 24 | $120,094,959 |
| 27 | Fred Raskin | $2,708,470,910 | 12 | $225,705,909 |
| 28 | Dylan Highsmith | $2,679,542,588 | 6 | $446,590,431 |
| 29 | Richard Pearson | $2,584,669,069 | 15 | $172,311,271 |
| 30 | Mark Livolsi | $2,564,006,241 | 15 | $170,933,749 |
| 31 | Mark Goldblatt | $2,531,832,302 | 19 | $133,254,332 |
| 32 | Mark Helfrich | $2,493,352,640 | 19 | $131,229,086 |
| 33 | Jeff Draheim | $2,445,282,317 | 4 | $611,320,579 |
| 34 | Wyatt Smith | $2,427,837,537 | 10 | $242,783,754 |
| 35 | Richard Francis-Bruce | $2,394,923,255 | 17 | $140,877,839 |
| 36 | Mary Jo Markey | $2,315,927,350 | 10 | $231,592,735 |
| 37 | Bob Murawski | $2,308,995,782 | 11 | $209,908,707 |
| 38 | Claire Dodgson | $2,293,514,398 | 4 | $573,378,600 |
| 39 | Stuart Baird | $2,264,297,530 | 15 | $150,953,169 |
| 40 | Dean Zimmerman | $2,251,503,080 | 14 | $160,821,649 |
| 41 | Paul Hirsch | $2,229,124,060 | 12 | $185,760,338 |
| 42 | Stephen Schaffer | $2,222,714,941 | 6 | $370,452,490 |
| 43 | Gregory Perler | $2,213,291,419 | 8 | $276,661,427 |
| 44 | Peter S. Elliot | $2,212,325,264 | 13 | $170,178,866 |
| 45 | John Ottman | $2,199,506,329 | 7 | $314,215,190 |
| 46 | Kirk Morri | $2,194,096,843 | 8 | $274,262,105 |
| 47 | Stephen Mirrione | $2,179,694,459 | 18 | $121,094,137 |
| 48 | Don Zimmerman | $2,160,606,794 | 18 | $120,033,711 |
| 49 | Harry Hitner | $2,074,968,326 | 5 | $414,993,665 |
| 50 | Elliot Graham | $2,042,825,401 | 7 | $291,832,200 |
| 51 | Michael Tronick | $2,036,095,261 | 24 | $84,837,303 |
| 52 | Nick Fletcher | $1,982,972,511 | 8 | $247,871,564 |
| 53 | Lin Qiuying | $1,977,692,995 | 1 | $1,977,692,995 |
| 54 | Joel Cox | $1,972,802,345 | 27 | $73,066,754 |
| 55 | Debra Neil-Fisher | $1,966,223,943 | 13 | $151,247,996 |
| 56 | James Herbert | $1,936,767,670 | 12 | $161,397,306 |
| 57 | Arthur Schmidt | $1,921,183,402 | 13 | $147,783,339 |
| 58 | Lisa Lassek | $1,920,301,606 | 6 | $320,050,268 |
| 59 | John Carnochan | $1,912,588,264 | 8 | $239,073,533 |
| 60 | Martin Walsh | $1,910,880,426 | 13 | $146,990,802 |
| 61 | Jim May | $1,874,792,363 | 11 | $170,435,669 |
| 62 | Kevin Stitt | $1,853,581,082 | 16 | $115,848,818 |
| 63 | Virginia Katz | $1,842,726,414 | 10 | $184,272,641 |
| 64 | David Ian Salter | $1,790,257,835 | 5 | $358,051,567 |
| 65 | Ken Schretzmann | $1,766,656,027 | 5 | $353,331,205 |
| 66 | Greg D'Auria | $1,760,835,893 | 5 | $352,167,179 |
| 67 | John Gilroy | $1,708,311,061 | 11 | $155,301,006 |
| 68 | Alan Edward Bell | $1,697,325,292 | 10 | $169,732,529 |
| 69 | Mick Audsley | $1,667,089,065 | 13 | $128,237,620 |
| 70 | Sim Evan-Jones | $1,633,392,460 | 9 | $181,488,051 |
| 71 | Dan Hanley | $1,628,929,949 | 12 | $135,744,162 |
| 72 | Joe Hutshing | $1,606,296,121 | 17 | $94,488,007 |
| 73 | Craig Alpert | $1,583,075,050 | 18 | $87,948,614 |
| 74 | Christopher Rouse | $1,567,853,470 | 10 | $156,785,347 |
| 75 | Mike Hill | $1,541,819,208 | 12 | $128,484,934 |
| 76 | Jennifer Lame | $1,498,140,468 | 10 | $149,814,047 |
| 77 | Jason Ballantine | $1,461,266,147 | 11 | $132,842,377 |
| 78 | Glen Scantlebury | $1,452,407,049 | 11 | $132,037,004 |
| 79 | H. Lee Peterson | $1,440,128,243 | 5 | $288,025,649 |
| 80 | Sabrina Plisco | $1,437,043,720 | 10 | $143,704,372 |
| 81 | Michael McCusker | $1,395,756,100 | 13 | $107,365,854 |
| 82 | Ben Burtt | $1,393,960,473 | 4 | $348,490,118 |
| 83 | Gary D. Roach | $1,382,663,999 | 14 | $98,761,714 |
| 84 | Jeff Groth | $1,327,389,266 | 9 | $147,487,696 |
| 85 | Tim Mertens | $1,326,234,979 | 4 | $331,558,745 |
| 86 | Jeremy Milton | $1,321,947,400 | 5 | $264,389,480 |
| 87 | Michael Andrews | $1,310,410,078 | 5 | $262,082,016 |
| 88 | John Wright | $1,303,376,648 | 11 | $118,488,786 |
| 89 | Mark Sanger | $1,293,055,821 | 7 | $184,722,260 |
| 90 | Joe Walker | $1,272,731,175 | 11 | $115,702,834 |
| 91 | Zach Staenberg | $1,259,826,790 | 10 | $125,982,679 |
| 92 | Debbie Berman | $1,247,050,600 | 4 | $311,762,650 |
| 93 | Julian Clarke | $1,246,484,238 | 10 | $124,648,424 |
| 94 | Colby Parker, Jr | $1,235,776,954 | 11 | $112,343,359 |
| 95 | Peter Honess | $1,230,484,753 | 12 | $102,540,396 |
| 96 | Michael P. Shawver | $1,199,797,971 | 7 | $171,399,710 |
| 97 | Mike Sale | $1,198,619,449 | 13 | $92,201,496 |
| 98 | Darren Holmes | $1,182,632,225 | 4 | $295,658,056 |
| 99 | Axel Geddes | $1,175,849,771 | 2 | $587,924,886 |
| 100 | James Thomas | $1,150,484,467 | 11 | $104,589,497 |
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.