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Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Cinematographers based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
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: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Alice in Wonderland ($1,025,491,110 in 2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), The Martian ($653,609,107 in 2015), Prometheus ($402,448,265 in 2012), Exodus: Gods and Kings ($268,314,513 in 2014), Alien: Covenant ($238,521,247 in 2017), Napoleon ($217,917,156 in 2023) |
2
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 ($1,123,837,908 in 2003), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($1,014,938,545 in 2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($959,358,436 in 2013), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ($940,323,039 in 2014), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($921,715,176 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($894,316,394 in 2001), I am Legend ($585,532,684 in 2007), King Kong ($550,517,357 in 2005), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($470,986,200 in 2011), The Last Airbender ($319,713,881 in 2010) |
3
John Schwartzman
| Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic World ($1,669,963,641 in 2015), The Amazing Spider-Man ($758,576,824 in 2012), Armageddon ($554,600,000 in 1998), Meet the Fockers ($516,567,575 in 2004), National Treasure: Book of Secrets ($457,325,804 in 2007), Pearl Harbor ($449,239,853 in 2001), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($402,231,063 in 2009), Fifty Shades Darker ($381,367,046 in 2017), Fifty Shades Freed ($371,985,018 in 2018), The Rock ($336,069,511 in 1996) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dariusz Wolski | $7,910,695,579 | 27 | $292,988,725 |
| 2 | Andrew Lesnie | $7,907,188,795 | 13 | $608,245,292 |
| 3 | John Schwartzman | $7,365,260,408 | 29 | $253,974,497 |
| 4 | Trent Opaloch | $7,266,551,588 | 7 | $1,038,078,798 |
| 5 | Russell Carpenter | $7,232,662,097 | 19 | $380,666,426 |
| 6 | Stephen F. Windon | $6,780,174,016 | 11 | $616,379,456 |
| 7 | Mauro Fiore | $6,733,789,372 | 22 | $306,081,335 |
| 8 | Don Burgess | $6,696,084,557 | 27 | $248,003,132 |
| 9 | Jeremy Lasky | $6,429,389,492 | 9 | $714,376,610 |
| 10 | Bill Pope | $6,413,278,370 | 20 | $320,663,919 |
| 11 | Dan Mindel | $6,340,662,329 | 14 | $452,904,452 |
| 12 | Janusz Kaminski | $6,338,792,761 | 24 | $264,116,365 |
| 13 | Ben Davis | $6,008,886,063 | 22 | $273,131,185 |
| 14 | Dean Semler | $5,879,323,697 | 35 | $167,980,677 |
| 15 | Dean Cundey | $5,245,773,148 | 28 | $187,349,041 |
| 16 | Robert Richardson | $5,136,900,075 | 34 | $151,085,296 |
| 17 | David Tattersall | $5,093,483,992 | 26 | $195,903,230 |
| 18 | Matthew Libatique | $4,937,935,852 | 21 | $235,139,802 |
| 19 | Amir Mokri | $4,770,319,440 | 19 | $251,069,444 |
| 20 | John Mathieson | $4,509,413,897 | 22 | $204,973,359 |
| 21 | Philippe Rousselot | $4,388,327,924 | 20 | $219,416,396 |
| 22 | Roger Deakins | $4,370,624,676 | 29 | $150,711,196 |
| 23 | Seamus McGarvey | $4,187,505,601 | 20 | $209,375,280 |
| 24 | Guillermo Navarro | $4,105,857,763 | 15 | $273,723,851 |
| 25 | Newton Thomas Sigel | $4,033,216,919 | 18 | $224,067,607 |
| 26 | Hoyte Van Hoytema | $3,940,321,172 | 10 | $394,032,117 |
| 27 | Greig Fraser | $3,931,014,095 | 13 | $302,385,700 |
| 28 | John Seale | $3,905,700,139 | 16 | $244,106,259 |
| 29 | Lawrence Sher | $3,832,161,607 | 14 | $273,725,829 |
| 30 | Wally Pfister | $3,817,794,336 | 9 | $424,199,371 |
| 31 | Caleb Deschanel | $3,718,697,994 | 17 | $218,746,941 |
| 32 | Oliver Wood | $3,661,039,251 | 24 | $152,543,302 |
| 33 | Robert Elswit | $3,636,105,427 | 28 | $129,860,908 |
| 34 | Claudio Miranda | $3,462,525,326 | 9 | $384,725,036 |
| 35 | Tom Stern | $3,436,444,570 | 19 | $180,865,504 |
| 36 | John Toll | $3,414,958,718 | 18 | $189,719,929 |
| 37 | Javier Aguirresarobe | $3,392,555,986 | 19 | $178,555,578 |
| 38 | Patrick Lin | $3,286,288,776 | 4 | $821,572,194 |
| 39 | Roger Pratt | $3,154,682,214 | 8 | $394,335,277 |
| 40 | Ben Seresin | $3,108,875,828 | 9 | $345,430,648 |
| 41 | Rodrigo Prieto | $3,108,704,445 | 14 | $222,050,318 |
| 42 | Donald M. McAlpine | $3,096,652,810 | 15 | $206,443,521 |
| 43 | Dion Beebe | $3,073,984,636 | 16 | $192,124,040 |
| 44 | Salvatore Totino | $3,031,788,413 | 16 | $189,486,776 |
| 45 | Dante Spinotti | $3,004,369,311 | 21 | $143,065,205 |
| 46 | Jonathan Sela | $2,946,875,919 | 9 | $327,430,658 |
| 47 | Tobias Schliessler | $2,935,335,226 | 13 | $225,795,017 |
| 48 | Larry Fong | $2,929,404,022 | 10 | $292,940,402 |
| 49 | Sharon Calahan | $2,904,226,780 | 6 | $484,037,797 |
| 50 | Gyula Pados | $2,900,708,320 | 9 | $322,300,924 |
| 51 | Phedon Papamichael | $2,867,553,895 | 23 | $124,676,256 |
| 52 | Henry Braham | $2,834,006,800 | 6 | $472,334,467 |
| 53 | Scott Beattie | $2,725,869,170 | 2 | $1,362,934,585 |
| 54 | Renato Falcao | $2,680,506,365 | 6 | $446,751,061 |
| 55 | Phil Meheux | $2,625,204,692 | 10 | $262,520,469 |
| 56 | Robert Yeoman | $2,572,972,190 | 21 | $122,522,485 |
| 57 | Eduardo Serra | $2,571,547,813 | 5 | $514,309,563 |
| 58 | Julio Macat | $2,551,875,412 | 17 | $150,110,318 |
| 59 | Simon Duggan | $2,432,745,728 | 10 | $243,274,573 |
| 60 | Steve Yedlin | $2,372,509,185 | 11 | $215,682,653 |
| 61 | Emmanuel Lubezki | $2,336,641,653 | 16 | $146,040,103 |
| 62 | Stephen Goldblatt | $2,309,184,585 | 18 | $128,288,033 |
| 63 | James Cameron | $2,223,048,786 | 1 | $2,223,048,786 |
| 64 | Richard A. Harris | $2,223,048,786 | 1 | $2,223,048,786 |
| 65 | Conrad Buff | $2,223,048,786 | 1 | $2,223,048,786 |
| 66 | Mitchell Amundsen | $2,200,496,281 | 13 | $169,268,945 |
| 67 | Paul Cameron | $2,176,030,070 | 13 | $167,386,928 |
| 68 | Florian Ballhaus | $2,167,480,369 | 16 | $135,467,523 |
| 69 | Michael Seresin | $2,163,426,224 | 9 | $240,380,692 |
| 70 | Haris Zambarloukos | $2,155,962,870 | 11 | $195,996,625 |
| 71 | George Richmond | $2,147,115,343 | 9 | $238,568,371 |
| 72 | Bojan Bazelli | $2,098,032,222 | 15 | $139,868,815 |
| 73 | Michael Ballhaus | $2,051,109,703 | 13 | $157,777,669 |
| 74 | Stuart Dryburgh | $2,041,481,163 | 16 | $127,592,573 |
| 75 | Barry Peterson | $2,005,959,132 | 15 | $133,730,609 |
| 76 | Linus Sandgren | $1,999,168,821 | 10 | $199,916,882 |
| 77 | Andrew Dunn | $1,933,056,223 | 20 | $96,652,811 |
| 78 | Adam Greenberg | $1,874,121,779 | 12 | $156,176,815 |
| 79 | Karl Walter Lindenlaub | $1,863,958,479 | 13 | $143,381,421 |
| 80 | Michael Barrett | $1,824,609,206 | 17 | $107,329,953 |
| 81 | Jo Willems | $1,822,339,566 | 6 | $303,723,261 |
| 82 | Ueli Steiger | $1,784,186,367 | 11 | $162,198,761 |
| 83 | Peter Deming | $1,765,467,077 | 19 | $92,919,320 |
| 84 | Oscar Faura | $1,753,376,717 | 6 | $292,229,453 |
| 85 | Peter Andrews | $1,745,158,042 | 15 | $116,343,869 |
| 86 | Shelly Johnson | $1,734,901,755 | 15 | $115,660,117 |
| 87 | Bruno Delbonnel | $1,711,082,940 | 11 | $155,552,995 |
| 88 | Matt Aspbury | $1,659,928,053 | 3 | $553,309,351 |
| 89 | Kramer Morgenthau | $1,648,765,603 | 8 | $206,095,700 |
| 90 | Peter Menzies | $1,632,091,596 | 8 | $204,011,450 |
| 91 | Tak Fujimoto | $1,626,808,164 | 8 | $203,351,021 |
| 92 | Allen Daviau | $1,611,070,294 | 8 | $201,383,787 |
| 93 | Mahyar Abousaeedi | $1,576,576,396 | 2 | $788,288,198 |
| 94 | Theo Van de Sande | $1,565,524,524 | 14 | $111,823,180 |
| 95 | Jean-Claude Kalache | $1,557,647,701 | 2 | $778,823,851 |
| 96 | Douglas Slocombe | $1,538,077,140 | 6 | $256,346,190 |
| 97 | Jack N. Green | $1,504,367,662 | 12 | $125,363,972 |
| 98 | Gabriel Beristain | $1,480,951,906 | 10 | $148,095,191 |
| 99 | Matthew F. Leonetti | $1,420,068,898 | 12 | $118,339,075 |
| 100 | Dan Laustsen | $1,411,139,379 | 9 | $156,793,264 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.