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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 ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,093,721,184 in 2021), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($806,400,000 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 ($441,365,481 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 ($1,633,438,619 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 | $8,624,702,558 | 14 | $616,050,183 |
| 2 | Michael Kahn | $6,823,733,378 | 53 | $128,749,686 |
| 3 | Stephen Rivkin | $6,097,906,017 | 16 | $381,119,126 |
| 4 | David Brenner | $5,940,533,264 | 16 | $371,283,329 |
| 5 | Christian Wagner | $5,110,166,893 | 21 | $243,341,281 |
| 6 | Paul Rubell | $4,982,096,460 | 19 | $262,215,603 |
| 7 | Lee Smith | $4,947,424,945 | 21 | $235,591,664 |
| 8 | Chris Lebenzon | $4,890,919,681 | 30 | $163,030,656 |
| 9 | Mark Day | $4,647,676,825 | 15 | $309,845,122 |
| 10 | Matthew Schmidt | $4,617,000,017 | 5 | $923,400,003 |
| 11 | Maryann Brandon | $4,388,853,962 | 13 | $337,604,151 |
| 12 | Roger Barton | $4,339,227,181 | 14 | $309,944,799 |
| 13 | John Refoua | $4,262,887,653 | 10 | $426,288,765 |
| 14 | Craig Wood | $4,109,115,603 | 17 | $241,712,683 |
| 15 | Dan Lebental | $3,869,277,861 | 29 | $133,423,375 |
| 16 | Leigh Folsom-Boyd | $3,797,130,053 | 6 | $632,855,009 |
| 17 | James Cameron | $3,771,922,996 | 3 | $1,257,307,665 |
| 18 | Pietro Scalia | $3,488,311,438 | 28 | $124,582,551 |
| 19 | William Hoy | $3,269,350,479 | 22 | $148,606,840 |
| 20 | William Goldenberg | $3,255,668,375 | 25 | $130,226,735 |
| 21 | Eddie Hamilton | $3,157,456,759 | 12 | $263,121,397 |
| 22 | Bob Ducsay | $3,119,925,395 | 14 | $222,851,814 |
| 23 | Kelly Matsumoto | $3,057,042,769 | 9 | $339,671,419 |
| 24 | Joel Negron | $2,918,685,877 | 13 | $224,514,298 |
| 25 | Conrad Buff | $2,882,295,629 | 24 | $120,095,651 |
| 26 | Dylan Highsmith | $2,681,655,728 | 5 | $536,331,146 |
| 27 | Fred Raskin | $2,647,373,310 | 10 | $264,737,331 |
| 28 | Mark Livolsi | $2,548,631,811 | 14 | $182,045,129 |
| 29 | Richard Pearson | $2,527,349,326 | 14 | $180,524,952 |
| 30 | Mark Goldblatt | $2,514,448,927 | 18 | $139,691,607 |
| 31 | Jabez Olssen | $2,484,494,300 | 6 | $414,082,383 |
| 32 | Jeff Draheim | $2,450,672,593 | 4 | $612,668,148 |
| 33 | Richard Francis-Bruce | $2,395,985,856 | 17 | $140,940,344 |
| 34 | Mark Helfrich | $2,389,836,884 | 17 | $140,578,640 |
| 35 | Mary Jo Markey | $2,318,761,360 | 10 | $231,876,136 |
| 36 | Bob Murawski | $2,305,777,667 | 11 | $209,616,152 |
| 37 | Claire Dodgson | $2,293,514,398 | 4 | $573,378,600 |
| 38 | Stuart Baird | $2,262,824,228 | 15 | $150,854,949 |
| 39 | Dean Zimmerman | $2,232,082,594 | 14 | $159,434,471 |
| 40 | Paul Hirsch | $2,229,124,060 | 12 | $185,760,338 |
| 41 | Stephen Schaffer | $2,222,714,941 | 6 | $370,452,490 |
| 42 | Gregory Perler | $2,213,291,419 | 8 | $276,661,427 |
| 43 | Peter S. Elliot | $2,208,919,993 | 12 | $184,076,666 |
| 44 | John Ottman | $2,199,506,329 | 7 | $314,215,190 |
| 45 | Kirk Morri | $2,177,808,250 | 8 | $272,226,031 |
| 46 | Don Zimmerman | $2,160,606,794 | 18 | $120,033,711 |
| 47 | Harry Hitner | $2,074,968,326 | 5 | $414,993,665 |
| 48 | Wyatt Smith | $2,054,646,715 | 9 | $228,294,079 |
| 49 | Elliot Graham | $2,042,825,401 | 7 | $291,832,200 |
| 50 | Michael Tronick | $2,031,166,885 | 24 | $84,631,954 |
| 51 | Nick Fletcher | $1,982,972,511 | 8 | $247,871,564 |
| 52 | Debra Neil-Fisher | $1,945,390,688 | 12 | $162,115,891 |
| 53 | James Herbert | $1,930,102,763 | 11 | $175,463,888 |
| 54 | Arthur Schmidt | $1,921,183,402 | 13 | $147,783,339 |
| 55 | Lisa Lassek | $1,920,301,606 | 6 | $320,050,268 |
| 56 | John Carnochan | $1,913,637,652 | 8 | $239,204,707 |
| 57 | Joel Cox | $1,903,907,630 | 25 | $76,156,305 |
| 58 | Martin Walsh | $1,888,994,637 | 13 | $145,307,280 |
| 59 | Jim May | $1,875,941,176 | 11 | $170,540,107 |
| 60 | Kevin Stitt | $1,853,581,082 | 16 | $115,848,818 |
| 61 | Virginia Katz | $1,853,556,608 | 10 | $185,355,661 |
| 62 | David Ian Salter | $1,790,257,835 | 5 | $358,051,567 |
| 63 | Ken Schretzmann | $1,767,461,258 | 5 | $353,492,252 |
| 64 | Greg D'Auria | $1,760,748,860 | 5 | $352,149,772 |
| 65 | Stephen Mirrione | $1,738,952,693 | 17 | $102,291,335 |
| 66 | Alan Edward Bell | $1,695,330,321 | 9 | $188,370,036 |
| 67 | Mick Audsley | $1,667,333,742 | 12 | $138,944,479 |
| 68 | Sim Evan-Jones | $1,633,392,460 | 9 | $181,488,051 |
| 69 | Dan Hanley | $1,624,302,500 | 12 | $135,358,542 |
| 70 | Joe Hutshing | $1,606,296,121 | 17 | $94,488,007 |
| 71 | Christopher Rouse | $1,567,853,470 | 10 | $156,785,347 |
| 72 | Mike Hill | $1,537,191,759 | 12 | $128,099,313 |
| 73 | Jennifer Lame | $1,487,663,142 | 10 | $148,766,314 |
| 74 | Glen Scantlebury | $1,447,784,701 | 11 | $131,616,791 |
| 75 | H. Lee Peterson | $1,440,128,243 | 5 | $288,025,649 |
| 76 | Sabrina Plisco | $1,402,119,034 | 10 | $140,211,903 |
| 77 | Michael McCusker | $1,395,756,100 | 13 | $107,365,854 |
| 78 | Gary D. Roach | $1,382,363,999 | 14 | $98,740,286 |
| 79 | Ben Burtt | $1,374,175,081 | 4 | $343,543,770 |
| 80 | Tim Mertens | $1,327,413,686 | 4 | $331,853,422 |
| 81 | Craig Alpert | $1,318,610,566 | 17 | $77,565,327 |
| 82 | Michael Andrews | $1,310,410,078 | 5 | $262,082,016 |
| 83 | John Wright | $1,303,376,648 | 11 | $118,488,786 |
| 84 | Jeremy Milton | $1,270,646,998 | 4 | $317,661,750 |
| 85 | Joe Walker | $1,268,225,946 | 11 | $115,293,268 |
| 86 | Zach Staenberg | $1,259,826,790 | 10 | $125,982,679 |
| 87 | Debbie Berman | $1,247,692,990 | 4 | $311,923,248 |
| 88 | Julian Clarke | $1,246,202,619 | 10 | $124,620,262 |
| 89 | Colby Parker, Jr | $1,235,776,954 | 11 | $112,343,359 |
| 90 | Peter Honess | $1,230,640,877 | 12 | $102,553,406 |
| 91 | Mike Sale | $1,190,896,415 | 12 | $99,241,368 |
| 92 | Darren Holmes | $1,183,322,271 | 4 | $295,830,568 |
| 93 | John Gilroy | $1,183,312,382 | 10 | $118,331,238 |
| 94 | Axel Geddes | $1,177,490,520 | 2 | $588,745,260 |
| 95 | Mark Sanger | $1,170,411,801 | 6 | $195,068,634 |
| 96 | Jeff Groth | $1,160,498,315 | 9 | $128,944,257 |
| 97 | Tu Yiran | $1,136,059,019 | 6 | $189,343,170 |
| 98 | Steven Rosenblum | $1,126,786,429 | 19 | $59,304,549 |
| 99 | Nancy Richardson | $1,111,841,777 | 12 | $92,653,481 |
| 100 | Jason Ballantine | $1,111,576,155 | 9 | $123,508,462 |
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.