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Top Grossing Production Designer at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Production Designers based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
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 ($196,698,043 in 2004), Lincoln ($182,207,973 in 2012) |
2
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) |
3
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 ($382,088,758 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,871,467 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($302,854,063 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($297,414,693 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($293,108,509 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($291,147,424 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($263,581,232 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($250,853,809 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) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Carter | $4,910,103,095 | 21 | $233,814,433 |
| 2 | Charles Wood | $3,724,006,415 | 13 | $286,462,032 |
| 3 | Stuart Craig | $3,249,797,964 | 16 | $203,112,373 |
| 4 | Bill Brzeski | $3,021,115,357 | 18 | $167,839,742 |
| 5 | J. Michael Riva | $2,709,521,598 | 20 | $135,476,080 |
| 6 | Rick Heinrichs | $2,449,263,799 | 16 | $153,078,987 |
| 7 | Nathan Crowley | $2,423,656,085 | 15 | $161,577,072 |
| 8 | Grant Major | $2,178,799,298 | 17 | $128,164,665 |
| 9 | Philip Messina | $1,995,055,876 | 15 | $133,003,725 |
| 10 | Neil Spisak | $1,971,600,761 | 14 | $140,828,626 |
| 11 | Ed Verreaux | $1,908,802,168 | 13 | $146,830,936 |
| 12 | Owen Paterson | $1,852,788,528 | 11 | $168,435,321 |
| 13 | Perry Andelin Blake | $1,794,264,171 | 21 | $85,441,151 |
| 14 | Oliver Scholl | $1,755,049,846 | 9 | $195,005,538 |
| 15 | Sarah Greenwood | $1,733,254,357 | 12 | $144,437,863 |
| 16 | Gavin Bocquet | $1,689,943,230 | 12 | $140,828,603 |
| 17 | Nigel Phelps | $1,612,399,208 | 12 | $134,366,601 |
| 18 | Allan Cameron | $1,582,187,725 | 25 | $63,287,509 |
| 19 | Ralph Eggleston | $1,569,380,989 | 4 | $392,345,247 |
| 20 | Michael Corenblith | $1,560,311,008 | 18 | $86,683,945 |
| 21 | Mark Friedberg | $1,559,416,215 | 21 | $74,257,915 |
| 22 | Rusty Smith | $1,501,909,193 | 14 | $107,279,228 |
| 23 | Claude Pare | $1,498,568,909 | 8 | $187,321,114 |
| 24 | Dennis Gassner | $1,480,448,962 | 14 | $105,746,354 |
| 25 | Arthur Max | $1,467,766,215 | 17 | $86,339,189 |
| 26 | Scott Chambliss | $1,437,065,680 | 10 | $143,706,568 |
| 27 | Robert Stromberg | $1,409,667,525 | 4 | $352,416,881 |
| 28 | Bob Pauley | $1,383,275,295 | 4 | $345,818,824 |
| 29 | Peter Lamont | $1,382,410,164 | 6 | $230,401,694 |
| 30 | Andy Nicholson | $1,350,861,848 | 6 | $225,143,641 |
| 31 | Eric Guillon | $1,343,535,030 | 4 | $335,883,758 |
| 32 | Hannah Beachler | $1,321,408,726 | 11 | $120,128,066 |
| 33 | Darren Gilford | $1,302,661,883 | 5 | $260,532,377 |
| 34 | Guy Hendrix Dyas | $1,300,012,724 | 11 | $118,182,975 |
| 35 | Bo Welch | $1,298,218,585 | 10 | $129,821,859 |
| 36 | Nelson Coates | $1,291,305,529 | 34 | $37,979,574 |
| 37 | Jeffrey Beecroft | $1,286,535,076 | 13 | $98,964,237 |
| 38 | Dominic Watkins | $1,269,707,135 | 11 | $115,427,921 |
| 39 | James D. Bissell | $1,259,834,519 | 14 | $89,988,180 |
| 40 | James Chinlund | $1,222,781,840 | 5 | $244,556,368 |
| 41 | Jon Hutman | $1,198,432,828 | 17 | $70,496,049 |
| 42 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $1,195,247,500 | 7 | $170,749,643 |
| 43 | John Myhre | $1,190,385,583 | 10 | $119,038,558 |
| 44 | Norman Reynolds | $1,188,438,364 | 9 | $132,048,707 |
| 45 | Alex McDowell | $1,180,488,164 | 12 | $98,374,014 |
| 46 | Jefferson Sage | $1,174,961,233 | 15 | $78,330,749 |
| 47 | Wynn Thomas | $1,168,311,312 | 23 | $50,796,144 |
| 48 | Kirk M. Petruccelli | $1,117,956,109 | 17 | $65,762,124 |
| 49 | Peter Wenham | $1,115,739,424 | 7 | $159,391,346 |
| 50 | Linda Descenna | $1,090,086,785 | 9 | $121,120,754 |
| 51 | Clayton Hartley | $1,078,630,559 | 16 | $67,414,410 |
| 52 | Barry Robison | $1,062,769,499 | 13 | $81,751,500 |
| 53 | Jane Musky | $1,047,160,555 | 19 | $55,113,713 |
| 54 | Stephen Lineweaver | $1,031,414,775 | 15 | $68,760,985 |
| 55 | Dante Ferretti | $992,537,749 | 14 | $70,895,554 |
| 56 | David Wasco | $982,332,161 | 17 | $57,784,245 |
| 57 | Doug Chiang | $971,767,234 | 5 | $194,353,447 |
| 58 | Harley Jessup | $971,493,423 | 5 | $194,298,685 |
| 59 | Dan Hennah | $969,296,800 | 5 | $193,859,360 |
| 60 | Jeff Mann | $952,928,894 | 10 | $95,292,889 |
| 61 | Jennifer Spence | $946,619,387 | 14 | $67,615,671 |
| 62 | Beth Mickle | $933,457,663 | 18 | $51,858,759 |
| 63 | Dylan Cole | $930,216,829 | 2 | $465,108,415 |
| 64 | Naomi Shohan | $929,191,077 | 12 | $77,432,590 |
| 65 | Guillaume Aretos | $911,801,329 | 3 | $303,933,776 |
| 66 | William Sandell | $898,915,756 | 10 | $89,891,576 |
| 67 | Barry Chusid | $894,608,027 | 9 | $99,400,892 |
| 68 | Yarrow Cheney | $893,613,759 | 4 | $223,403,440 |
| 69 | Kristi Zea | $878,710,337 | 16 | $54,919,396 |
| 70 | Kevin Kavanaugh | $876,745,978 | 9 | $97,416,220 |
| 71 | Shepherd Frankel | $865,211,539 | 10 | $86,521,154 |
| 72 | James J. Murakami | $863,142,076 | 10 | $86,314,208 |
| 73 | Neil Lamont | $843,158,347 | 3 | $281,052,782 |
| 74 | Tom Sanders | $834,443,267 | 9 | $92,715,919 |
| 75 | William Cone | $805,634,841 | 4 | $201,408,710 |
| 76 | Jim Bissell | $799,987,424 | 10 | $79,998,742 |
| 77 | Jess Gonchor | $798,169,698 | 12 | $66,514,142 |
| 78 | Marcia Hinds | $796,590,033 | 17 | $46,858,237 |
| 79 | Larry Fulton | $785,351,050 | 5 | $157,070,210 |
| 80 | Bill Boes | $783,687,345 | 12 | $65,307,279 |
| 81 | Jeannine Oppewall | $783,335,391 | 19 | $41,228,178 |
| 82 | Paul Denham Austerberry | $775,019,898 | 10 | $77,501,990 |
| 83 | Ben Procter | $750,546,692 | 2 | $375,273,346 |
| 84 | Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin | $744,017,972 | 5 | $148,803,594 |
| 85 | Terence Marsh | $743,656,382 | 9 | $82,628,487 |
| 86 | David Gropman | $740,215,163 | 14 | $52,872,512 |
| 87 | Jan Roelfs | $739,218,379 | 12 | $61,601,532 |
| 88 | Steve Pilcher | $724,523,897 | 3 | $241,507,966 |
| 89 | Ida Random | $715,897,838 | 12 | $59,658,153 |
| 90 | Stuart Wurtzel | $715,746,485 | 12 | $59,645,540 |
| 91 | Andrew Laws | $710,118,728 | 12 | $59,176,561 |
| 92 | Sharon Seymour | $696,142,329 | 16 | $43,508,896 |
| 93 | Joseph Nemec III | $679,584,858 | 9 | $75,509,429 |
| 94 | Maher Ahmad | $670,268,812 | 15 | $44,684,587 |
| 95 | Martin Whist | $667,243,284 | 11 | $60,658,480 |
| 96 | David Scheunemann | $660,428,893 | 5 | $132,085,779 |
| 97 | Henry Bumstead | $655,678,465 | 12 | $54,639,872 |
| 98 | Jason Deamer | $652,980,194 | 1 | $652,980,194 |
| 99 | Richard Sherman | $650,353,235 | 7 | $92,907,605 |
| 100 | Sean Haworth | $649,072,881 | 5 | $129,814,576 |
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.