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Top Grossing Casting Director at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Casting Directors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Sarah Halley Finn
| Best known as a Casting Director based on credits in that role in 62 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,748,242,781 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Black Panther ($1,334,157,082 in 2018), Iron Man 3 ($1,214,630,956 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,298,674 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($952,224,986 in 2022) |
2
Jane Jenkins
| Best known as a Casting Director based on credits in that role in 120 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($963,637,834 in 2001), The Da Vinci Code ($767,820,459 in 2006), Transformers ($708,272,592 in 2007), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($618,638,999 in 1997), Casino Royale ($594,420,216 in 2006), Ghost ($517,599,988 in 1990), Angels & Demons ($490,875,846 in 2009), Mrs. Doubtfire ($441,286,003 in 1993), Die Another Day ($431,942,139 in 2002) |
3
Janet Hirshenson
| Best known as a Casting Director based on credits in that role in 115 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($963,637,834 in 2001), The Da Vinci Code ($767,820,459 in 2006), Transformers ($708,272,592 in 2007), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($618,638,999 in 1997), Casino Royale ($594,420,216 in 2006), Ghost ($517,599,988 in 1990), Angels & Demons ($490,875,846 in 2009), Mrs. Doubtfire ($441,286,003 in 1993), Die Another Day ($431,942,139 in 2002) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Halley Finn | $30,958,268,557 | 62 | $499,326,912 |
| 2 | Jane Jenkins | $14,186,208,174 | 120 | $118,218,401 |
| 3 | Janet Hirshenson | $14,138,556,016 | 115 | $122,943,965 |
| 4 | Francine Maisler | $14,099,578,456 | 90 | $156,661,983 |
| 5 | John Papsidera | $13,402,907,896 | 67 | $200,043,401 |
| 6 | Debra Zane | $12,744,509,524 | 45 | $283,211,323 |
| 7 | Nina Gold | $12,184,359,373 | 67 | $181,856,110 |
| 8 | Leslee Feldman | $12,079,795,027 | 30 | $402,659,834 |
| 9 | Denise Chamian | $11,666,510,197 | 55 | $212,118,367 |
| 10 | Kevin Reher | $11,137,059,456 | 16 | $696,066,216 |
| 11 | Mary Vernieu | $10,906,312,414 | 136 | $80,193,474 |
| 12 | Natalie Lyon | $9,569,523,512 | 14 | $683,537,394 |
| 13 | Ronna Kress | $8,935,717,504 | 54 | $165,476,250 |
| 14 | Deborah Aquila | $8,416,355,446 | 75 | $112,218,073 |
| 15 | Fiona Weir | $8,410,342,297 | 31 | $271,301,364 |
| 16 | Margery Simkin | $7,730,138,143 | 25 | $309,205,526 |
| 17 | Lucy Bevan | $7,582,806,716 | 34 | $223,023,727 |
| 18 | Mary Hidalgo | $7,467,531,692 | 21 | $355,596,747 |
| 19 | Tricia Wood | $7,113,077,573 | 64 | $111,141,837 |
| 20 | John Hubbard | $6,982,317,613 | 31 | $225,236,052 |
| 21 | Lucinda Syson | $6,844,281,728 | 31 | $220,783,282 |
| 22 | April Webster | $6,729,122,197 | 13 | $517,624,784 |
| 23 | Jeanne McCarthy | $6,610,721,808 | 67 | $98,667,490 |
| 24 | Mali Finn | $6,499,440,631 | 24 | $270,810,026 |
| 25 | Ellen Lewis | $5,922,283,473 | 38 | $155,849,565 |
| 26 | David Rubin | $5,913,160,481 | 33 | $179,186,681 |
| 27 | Avy Kaufman | $5,760,819,937 | 110 | $52,371,090 |
| 28 | Roger Mussenden | $5,723,181,828 | 27 | $211,969,697 |
| 29 | Rich Delia | $5,490,766,769 | 48 | $114,390,974 |
| 30 | Mindy Marin | $5,447,167,875 | 32 | $170,223,996 |
| 31 | Christian Kaplan | $5,392,278,418 | 14 | $385,162,744 |
| 32 | Anne McCarthy | $5,228,819,348 | 43 | $121,600,450 |
| 33 | Alyssa Weisberg | $5,203,152,166 | 11 | $473,013,833 |
| 34 | Christi Soper | $5,087,486,714 | 14 | $363,391,908 |
| 35 | Randi Hiller | $4,996,427,730 | 28 | $178,443,848 |
| 36 | Priscilla John | $4,845,329,739 | 16 | $302,833,109 |
| 37 | Allison Jones | $4,838,401,464 | 44 | $109,963,670 |
| 38 | Lindsay Graham | $4,662,411,424 | 41 | $113,717,352 |
| 39 | Jina Jay | $4,466,960,065 | 46 | $97,107,828 |
| 40 | Amanda Mackey | $4,454,958,967 | 54 | $82,499,240 |
| 41 | Victoria Burrows | $4,374,937,874 | 19 | $230,259,888 |
| 42 | Jamie Sparer Roberts | $4,347,857,063 | 7 | $621,122,438 |
| 43 | Victoria Thomas | $4,211,968,988 | 42 | $100,284,976 |
| 44 | Ellen Chenoweth | $4,113,152,165 | 34 | $120,975,064 |
| 45 | Susie Figgis | $4,074,402,004 | 20 | $203,720,100 |
| 46 | Kerry Barden | $3,991,660,460 | 96 | $41,579,796 |
| 47 | Juel Bestrop | $3,919,157,519 | 28 | $139,969,911 |
| 48 | Cathy Sandrich | $3,874,668,395 | 49 | $79,074,865 |
| 49 | Lora Kennedy | $3,578,493,265 | 14 | $255,606,662 |
| 50 | Douglas Aibel | $3,568,700,608 | 54 | $66,087,048 |
| 51 | Terri Taylor | $3,544,789,331 | 39 | $90,892,034 |
| 52 | Debbie McWilliams | $3,543,276,909 | 12 | $295,273,076 |
| 53 | Kathy Driscoll-Mohler | $3,476,251,724 | 16 | $217,265,733 |
| 54 | Billy Hopkins | $3,473,532,753 | 37 | $93,879,264 |
| 55 | Kathleen Chopin | $3,421,936,424 | 19 | $180,101,917 |
| 56 | Ruth Lambert | $3,419,065,297 | 14 | $244,218,950 |
| 57 | Kristy Carlson | $3,367,406,017 | 8 | $420,925,752 |
| 58 | Kate Dowd | $3,339,028,934 | 20 | $166,951,447 |
| 59 | Scot Boland | $3,219,546,005 | 14 | $229,967,572 |
| 60 | Nicole Abellera | $3,203,130,937 | 28 | $114,397,533 |
| 61 | Coreen Mayrs | $3,142,775,311 | 23 | $136,642,405 |
| 62 | Lisa Beach | $3,072,564,494 | 23 | $133,589,761 |
| 63 | Amy Hubbard | $3,035,281,686 | 12 | $252,940,141 |
| 64 | Joseph Middleton | $3,004,293,636 | 19 | $158,120,718 |
| 65 | Heike Brandstatter | $2,822,524,659 | 20 | $141,126,233 |
| 66 | Sarah Katzman | $2,714,457,411 | 18 | $150,803,190 |
| 67 | Liz Mullane | $2,709,216,221 | 7 | $387,030,889 |
| 68 | Ann Robinson | $2,671,157,373 | 6 | $445,192,896 |
| 69 | Mike Fenton | $2,629,696,648 | 28 | $93,917,737 |
| 70 | Mary Selway | $2,552,217,530 | 11 | $232,019,775 |
| 71 | Dianne Crittenden | $2,535,151,800 | 11 | $230,468,345 |
| 72 | Justine Baddeley | $2,529,052,095 | 17 | $148,767,770 |
| 73 | Sheila Jaffe | $2,477,934,768 | 34 | $72,880,434 |
| 74 | Bonnie Timmermann | $2,459,218,424 | 18 | $136,623,246 |
| 75 | Richard Hicks | $2,411,934,752 | 24 | $100,497,281 |
| 76 | Kim Davis-Wagner | $2,365,446,104 | 20 | $118,272,305 |
| 77 | Nikki Barrett | $2,292,486,896 | 34 | $67,426,085 |
| 78 | Matthew Jon Beck | $2,239,927,596 | 5 | $447,985,519 |
| 79 | Paul Schnee | $2,226,390,169 | 83 | $26,823,978 |
| 80 | Juliet Taylor | $2,121,917,349 | 20 | $106,095,867 |
| 81 | Kellie Roy | $2,094,018,019 | 24 | $87,250,751 |
| 82 | Carmen Cuba | $2,053,270,808 | 26 | $78,971,954 |
| 83 | Suzanne Smith | $2,015,659,179 | 23 | $87,637,356 |
| 84 | Christine King | $1,957,026,445 | 10 | $195,702,645 |
| 85 | Marci Liroff | $1,925,539,015 | 14 | $137,538,501 |
| 86 | Ros Hubbard | $1,907,024,006 | 21 | $90,810,667 |
| 87 | Dan Hubbard | $1,899,018,204 | 24 | $79,125,759 |
| 88 | Reg Poerscout-Edgerton | $1,855,910,487 | 19 | $97,679,499 |
| 89 | Ilene Starger | $1,846,254,028 | 9 | $205,139,336 |
| 90 | Laray Mayfield | $1,838,351,499 | 12 | $153,195,958 |
| 91 | Gail Stevens | $1,827,516,613 | 19 | $96,185,085 |
| 92 | Nancy Nayor | $1,785,283,856 | 40 | $44,632,096 |
| 93 | Robin D. Cook | $1,745,333,107 | 15 | $116,355,540 |
| 94 | Marcia Ross | $1,717,548,959 | 14 | $122,682,069 |
| 95 | Robin Gurland | $1,703,217,521 | 3 | $567,739,174 |
| 96 | Marisol Roncali | $1,656,445,378 | 14 | $118,317,527 |
| 97 | Nancy Foy | $1,643,252,349 | 15 | $109,550,157 |
| 98 | Shauna Wolifson | $1,631,851,387 | 3 | $543,950,462 |
| 99 | Joanna Colbert | $1,619,739,663 | 18 | $89,985,537 |
| 100 | Louis DiGiaimo | $1,612,699,692 | 13 | $124,053,822 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.