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Top Grossing Sound Designer at the International Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - 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 Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - 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 Sound Designers
This list shows the highest grossing Sound Designers based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
1
Christopher Boyes
| Best known as a Re-recording Mixer based on credits in that role in 42 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,018,394,847 in 2009), Titanic ($1,548,844,451 in 1997), The Avengers ($896,200,000 in 2012), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($654,000,000 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,900,000 in 2006), Coco ($590,394,184 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,879,223 in 2014), Armageddon ($353,021,818 in 1998), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($329,542,879 in 2003), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010) |
2
Randy Thom
| Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 40 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ice Age: Continental Drift ($718,443,294 in 2012), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($663,128,152 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($616,991,754 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($606,898,042 in 2005), Shrek 2 ($495,781,885 in 2004), Ice Age: The Meltdown ($456,568,661 in 2006), How to Train Your Dragon 2 ($437,583,346 in 2014), Ratatouille ($420,104,041 in 2007), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($419,505,894 in 2008), The Croods ($385,900,000 in 2013) |
3
Gary Rydstrom
| Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 28 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($1,122,000,000 in 2015), Jurassic Park ($643,104,279 in 1993), Finding Nemo ($555,900,000 in 2003), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), Ready Player One ($442,863,518 in 2018), Brave ($317,324,350 in 2012), Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($311,955,722 in 1991), Wreck-It Ralph ($307,098,844 in 2012), Monsters, Inc. ($270,334,294 in 2001), Saving Private Ryan ($268,700,000 in 1998) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Boyes | $10,558,519,067 | 36 | $293,292,196 |
| 2 | Randy Thom | $9,633,989,717 | 40 | $240,849,743 |
| 3 | Gary Rydstrom | $6,807,475,937 | 28 | $243,124,141 |
| 4 | Shannon Mills | $6,194,648,984 | 19 | $326,034,157 |
| 5 | Richard King | $4,844,562,109 | 24 | $201,856,755 |
| 6 | Ben Burtt | $4,719,958,973 | 16 | $294,997,436 |
| 7 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $3,440,581,070 | 12 | $286,715,089 |
| 8 | Erik Aadahl | $3,334,951,366 | 15 | $222,330,091 |
| 9 | Tom Myers | $2,579,832,015 | 12 | $214,986,001 |
| 10 | Al Nelson | $2,497,482,540 | 8 | $312,185,318 |
| 11 | Glenn Freemantle | $2,455,912,863 | 22 | $111,632,403 |
| 12 | Steve Boeddeker | $2,395,233,668 | 16 | $149,702,104 |
| 13 | Craig Berkey | $2,366,263,118 | 16 | $147,891,445 |
| 14 | Harry Cohen | $2,262,391,634 | 14 | $161,599,402 |
| 15 | Cameron Frankley | $2,248,999,351 | 16 | $140,562,459 |
| 16 | David Farmer | $2,227,426,334 | 7 | $318,203,762 |
| 17 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | $2,189,112,827 | 12 | $182,426,069 |
| 18 | Tim Chau | $2,063,780,133 | 52 | $39,688,079 |
| 19 | Peter Brown | $1,990,443,476 | 6 | $331,740,579 |
| 20 | Ren Klyce | $1,875,845,638 | 10 | $187,584,564 |
| 21 | Tim Nielsen | $1,861,746,751 | 5 | $372,349,350 |
| 22 | Pete Horner | $1,845,368,810 | 5 | $369,073,762 |
| 23 | Will Files | $1,759,978,322 | 7 | $251,425,475 |
| 24 | Dave Whitehead | $1,475,581,232 | 7 | $210,797,319 |
| 25 | Odin Benitez | $1,469,004,008 | 5 | $293,800,802 |
| 26 | Jeremy Peirson | $1,424,898,726 | 7 | $203,556,961 |
| 27 | Charles Maynes | $1,420,225,363 | 22 | $64,555,698 |
| 28 | Dane A. Davis | $1,345,751,325 | 14 | $96,125,095 |
| 29 | Craig Henighan | $1,328,602,691 | 10 | $132,860,269 |
| 30 | Ann Scibelli | $1,327,684,227 | 11 | $120,698,566 |
| 31 | James Boyle | $1,315,601,885 | 3 | $438,533,962 |
| 32 | Jon Title | $1,303,262,487 | 9 | $144,806,943 |
| 33 | Jason W. Jennings | $1,286,451,137 | 6 | $214,408,523 |
| 34 | Stephen P. Robinson | $1,152,125,840 | 3 | $384,041,947 |
| 35 | Daniel Pagan | $1,101,699,592 | 3 | $367,233,197 |
| 36 | Tom Sayers | $1,097,896,680 | 5 | $219,579,336 |
| 37 | Richard Beggs | $1,063,128,073 | 12 | $88,594,006 |
| 38 | Ai-Ling Lee | $1,006,155,699 | 5 | $201,231,140 |
| 39 | Michael Fentum | $978,831,914 | 3 | $326,277,305 |
| 40 | Christopher Scarabosio | $957,363,786 | 8 | $119,670,473 |
| 41 | Oliver Tarney | $946,758,000 | 4 | $236,689,500 |
| 42 | Chuck Michael | $935,576,311 | 5 | $187,115,262 |
| 43 | Mark Mangini | $918,132,061 | 9 | $102,014,673 |
| 44 | Scott Hecker | $914,754,000 | 2 | $457,377,000 |
| 45 | Peter Staubli | $901,074,532 | 4 | $225,268,633 |
| 46 | Wayne Pashley | $893,862,091 | 5 | $178,772,418 |
| 47 | Lon Bender | $871,058,266 | 9 | $96,784,252 |
| 48 | David C. Hughes | $843,607,453 | 2 | $421,803,727 |
| 49 | Warren Hendriks | $825,258,540 | 2 | $412,629,270 |
| 50 | Lee Gilmore | $797,371,371 | 4 | $199,342,843 |
| 51 | Stephen Hunter Flick | $795,393,390 | 4 | $198,848,348 |
| 52 | Niv Adiri | $792,260,767 | 2 | $396,130,384 |
| 53 | Eric A. Norris | $747,865,773 | 5 | $149,573,155 |
| 54 | Nia Hansen | $745,220,146 | 1 | $745,220,146 |
| 55 | Eugene Gearty | $727,514,119 | 8 | $90,939,265 |
| 56 | Andy Kennedy | $659,664,946 | 3 | $219,888,315 |
| 57 | Karen Triest | $651,428,532 | 6 | $108,571,422 |
| 58 | Tim Walston | $646,014,057 | 13 | $49,693,389 |
| 59 | Leslie Shatz | $644,194,208 | 13 | $49,553,401 |
| 60 | Elliott L. Koretz | $642,413,693 | 7 | $91,773,385 |
| 61 | Tom Ozanich | $636,001,070 | 6 | $106,000,178 |
| 62 | Ben Barker | $629,296,978 | 3 | $209,765,659 |
| 63 | Stephen Robinson | $628,132,129 | 2 | $314,066,065 |
| 64 | John Pospisil | $627,456,824 | 4 | $156,864,206 |
| 65 | Oriol Tarrago | $626,158,468 | 6 | $104,359,745 |
| 66 | Jon Johnson | $599,659,771 | 7 | $85,665,682 |
| 67 | John Marquis | $595,653,511 | 3 | $198,551,170 |
| 68 | Peter Kurland | $561,192,631 | 2 | $280,596,316 |
| 69 | David Acord | $552,315,432 | 3 | $184,105,144 |
| 70 | Martin Hernandez | $550,791,355 | 5 | $110,158,271 |
| 71 | Matthew Collinge | $520,878,597 | 6 | $86,813,100 |
| 72 | Scott Martin Gershin | $517,764,945 | 7 | $73,966,421 |
| 73 | Martin Cantwell | $505,675,306 | 2 | $252,837,653 |
| 74 | Robert L. Sephton | $500,768,431 | 7 | $71,538,347 |
| 75 | Yann Delpuech | $484,282,128 | 3 | $161,427,376 |
| 76 | Alan Rankin | $466,480,812 | 8 | $58,310,102 |
| 77 | Wayne Lemmer | $437,958,540 | 1 | $437,958,540 |
| 78 | Bruce Stambler | $431,400,088 | 4 | $107,850,022 |
| 79 | Jimmy Boyle | $431,172,542 | 3 | $143,724,181 |
| 80 | Jeremy Bowker | $423,154,953 | 4 | $105,788,738 |
| 81 | Glynna Grimala | $420,132,129 | 1 | $420,132,129 |
| 82 | Susen Dudeck | $418,000,000 | 1 | $418,000,000 |
| 83 | Paul Hackner | $396,340,750 | 2 | $198,170,375 |
| 84 | Michael Kirchberger | $379,300,000 | 1 | $379,300,000 |
| 85 | Michael Babcock | $378,227,825 | 7 | $54,032,546 |
| 86 | Michael Kamper | $352,950,000 | 2 | $176,475,000 |
| 87 | Tim Gedemer | $350,924,626 | 2 | $175,462,313 |
| 88 | Dror Mohar | $349,755,035 | 6 | $58,292,506 |
| 89 | Frank A. Montano | $349,312,609 | 1 | $349,312,609 |
| 90 | Jon Taylor | $349,312,609 | 1 | $349,312,609 |
| 91 | Kinson Tsang | $335,855,021 | 3 | $111,951,674 |
| 92 | Hammond Peek | $332,437,332 | 1 | $332,437,332 |
| 93 | Tobias Poppe | $331,513,801 | 3 | $110,504,600 |
| 94 | Stuart Wilson | $329,154,939 | 1 | $329,154,939 |
| 95 | Tod A. Maitland | $329,139,674 | 1 | $329,139,674 |
| 96 | Brandon Jones | $324,230,281 | 4 | $81,057,570 |
| 97 | Nigel Stone | $313,800,000 | 1 | $313,800,000 |
| 98 | Brian Cox | $313,800,000 | 1 | $313,800,000 |
| 99 | Danny Sheehan | $310,633,924 | 2 | $155,316,962 |
| 100 | Koji Kasamatsu | $293,769,342 | 3 | $97,923,114 |
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.
