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Top Grossing Production Designer at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA


See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Production Designers - Top Worldwide Production Designers

This list shows the highest grossing Production Designers based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.

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Rick Carter
Best known as a Production Designer based on credits in that role in 21 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($936,662,225 in 2015), Avatar ($785,221,649 in 2009), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($515,202,542 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($415,404,543 in 1993), Forrest Gump ($330,151,138 in 1994), War of the Worlds ($234,280,354 in 2005), Cast Away ($233,632,142 in 2000), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($229,086,679 in 1997), The Polar Express ($188,042,855 in 2004), Lincoln ($182,207,973 in 2012)

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Charles Wood
Best known as a Production Designer based on credits in that role in 13 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022), Guardians of the Galaxy ($333,714,112 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($232,641,920 in 2016), Thor: The Dark World ($206,362,140 in 2013), Black Widow ($183,651,655 in 2021), The Italian Job ($106,126,012 in 2003), Wrath of the Titans ($83,670,083 in 2012)

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Stuart Craig
Best known as a Production Designer based on credits in that role in 16 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($381,193,157 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,871,467 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($302,089,278 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($296,837,581 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292,137,260 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($290,201,752 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($262,233,381 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($249,757,726 in 2004), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ($234,037,575 in 2016), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ($159,555,901 in 2018)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Rick Carter $4,894,155,846 21 $233,055,040
2 Charles Wood $3,724,006,415 13 $286,462,032
3 Stuart Craig $3,243,199,611 16 $202,699,976
4 Bill Brzeski $2,968,467,961 17 $174,615,762
5 J. Michael Riva $2,638,106,241 19 $138,847,697
6 Rick Heinrichs $2,449,076,279 16 $153,067,267
7 Nathan Crowley $2,404,691,923 15 $160,312,795
8 Neil Spisak $1,959,492,019 13 $150,730,155
9 Philip Messina $1,945,865,636 13 $149,681,972
10 Ed Verreaux $1,907,702,168 13 $146,746,321
11 Owen Paterson $1,852,477,627 10 $185,247,763
12 Perry Andelin Blake $1,793,826,386 20 $89,691,319
13 Oliver Scholl $1,754,670,010 9 $194,963,334
14 Grant Major $1,746,098,970 16 $109,131,186
15 Sarah Greenwood $1,681,748,827 10 $168,174,883
16 Gavin Bocquet $1,642,805,522 12 $136,900,460
17 Nigel Phelps $1,612,399,208 11 $146,581,746
18 Allan Cameron $1,576,209,005 25 $63,048,360
19 Ralph Eggleston $1,569,380,989 4 $392,345,247
20 Michael Corenblith $1,558,971,561 18 $86,609,531
21 Rusty Smith $1,498,876,404 14 $107,062,600
22 Claude Pare $1,497,738,502 8 $187,217,313
23 Dennis Gassner $1,480,348,352 14 $105,739,168
24 Scott Chambliss $1,435,589,452 9 $159,509,939
25 Robert Stromberg $1,409,667,525 4 $352,416,881
26 Bob Pauley $1,383,275,295 4 $345,818,824
27 Peter Lamont $1,382,410,164 6 $230,401,694
28 Andy Nicholson $1,350,861,848 6 $225,143,641
29 Eric Guillon $1,343,535,030 4 $335,883,758
30 Hannah Beachler $1,321,408,726 11 $120,128,066
31 Darren Gilford $1,302,661,883 5 $260,532,377
32 Guy Hendrix Dyas $1,298,926,236 11 $118,084,203
33 Bo Welch $1,295,091,362 10 $129,509,136
34 Arthur Max $1,294,416,420 17 $76,142,142
35 Nelson Coates $1,291,305,529 34 $37,979,574
36 Jeffrey Beecroft $1,286,535,076 13 $98,964,237
37 James D. Bissell $1,259,834,519 14 $89,988,180
38 Mark Friedberg $1,244,371,825 18 $69,131,768
39 James Chinlund $1,211,393,092 4 $302,848,273
40 Jon Hutman $1,198,432,828 17 $70,496,049
41 Patrick Tatopoulos $1,195,247,500 7 $170,749,643
42 John Myhre $1,190,385,583 10 $119,038,558
43 Norman Reynolds $1,188,438,364 9 $132,048,707
44 Alex McDowell $1,180,488,164 12 $98,374,014
45 Jefferson Sage $1,174,961,233 15 $78,330,749
46 Wynn Thomas $1,168,311,312 23 $50,796,144
47 Kirk M. Petruccelli $1,117,956,109 17 $65,762,124
48 Peter Wenham $1,115,739,424 7 $159,391,346
49 Linda Descenna $1,090,086,785 9 $121,120,754
50 Clayton Hartley $1,078,630,559 16 $67,414,410
51 Barry Robison $1,062,769,499 13 $81,751,500
52 Jane Musky $1,043,996,074 18 $57,999,782
53 Stephen Lineweaver $1,031,414,775 15 $68,760,985
54 Dominic Watkins $1,006,749,035 10 $100,674,904
55 Dante Ferretti $992,460,945 14 $70,890,068
56 David Wasco $982,332,161 17 $57,784,245
57 Dan Hennah $969,296,800 5 $193,859,360
58 Doug Chiang $963,112,046 5 $192,622,409
59 Jeff Mann $952,928,894 10 $95,292,889
60 Jennifer Spence $946,619,387 14 $67,615,671
61 Naomi Shohan $929,191,077 12 $77,432,590
62 Dylan Cole $925,483,095 2 $462,741,548
63 Guillaume Aretos $913,407,255 3 $304,469,085
64 Harley Jessup $898,505,969 4 $224,626,492
65 William Sandell $897,208,770 10 $89,720,877
66 Barry Chusid $894,608,027 8 $111,826,003
67 Yarrow Cheney $893,613,759 4 $223,403,440
68 Kristi Zea $877,722,492 15 $58,514,833
69 Kevin Kavanaugh $876,745,978 9 $97,416,220
70 Shepherd Frankel $865,211,539 9 $96,134,615
71 James J. Murakami $863,142,076 10 $86,314,208
72 Neil Lamont $843,158,347 3 $281,052,782
73 Tom Sanders $834,443,267 9 $92,715,919
74 William Cone $805,634,841 4 $201,408,710
75 Jim Bissell $799,987,424 10 $79,998,742
76 Jess Gonchor $798,169,698 12 $66,514,142
77 Marcia Hinds $796,590,033 17 $46,858,237
78 Larry Fulton $785,351,050 5 $157,070,210
79 Bill Boes $781,365,544 11 $71,033,231
80 Jeannine Oppewall $775,942,045 18 $43,107,891
81 Paul Denham Austerberry $775,019,898 10 $77,501,990
82 Ben Procter $745,812,958 2 $372,906,479
83 Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin $744,017,972 5 $148,803,594
84 David Gropman $740,215,163 14 $52,872,512
85 Jan Roelfs $739,218,379 12 $61,601,532
86 Terence Marsh $730,554,584 8 $91,319,323
87 Steve Pilcher $724,523,897 3 $241,507,966
88 Stuart Wurtzel $715,746,485 12 $59,645,540
89 Andrew Laws $710,118,728 12 $59,176,561
90 Sharon Seymour $696,142,329 16 $43,508,896
91 Joseph Nemec III $676,054,061 8 $84,506,758
92 Martin Whist $667,243,284 11 $60,658,480
93 Maher Ahmad $660,614,522 14 $47,186,752
94 David Scheunemann $660,428,893 5 $132,085,779
95 Richard Sherman $650,353,235 7 $92,907,605
96 Sean Haworth $649,072,881 5 $129,814,576
97 Kevin Thompson $641,201,761 12 $53,433,480
98 Henry Bumstead $641,196,859 11 $58,290,624
99 Adam Stockhausen $638,678,920 11 $58,061,720
100 David James $633,276,842 4 $158,319,211

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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.