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Top People in Technical Roles at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Technical Roles - Top International Technical Roles
This list shows the highest grossing technical roles of all people based on the worldwide 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
Hans Zimmer
| Best known as a Composer based on credits in that role in 99 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Dark Knight Rises ($1,084,439,099 in 2012), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,215,812 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,663,875 in 2011), The Dark Knight ($1,001,620,618 in 2008), The Lion King ($986,418,360 in 1994), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($963,420,425 in 2007), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($868,160,194 in 2016), Inception ($832,402,082 in 2010), The Da Vinci Code ($767,820,459 in 2006), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ($746,921,271 in 2012) |
2
Stan Lee
| Best known as an Executive Producer based on credits in that role in 46 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Infinity War ($2,019,451,862 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,408,218,722 in 2015), Black Panther ($1,346,912,686 in 2018), Iron Man 3 ($1,215,392,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,153,304,495 in 2016), Spider-Man 3 ($894,860,230 in 2007), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880,210,429 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($862,888,462 in 2017), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,650,283 in 2017), Spider-Man ($821,706,375 in 2002) |
3
John Williams
| Best known as a Composer based on credits in that role in 76 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,058,662,225 in 2015), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($1,318,092,040 in 2017), Jurassic Park ($1,038,812,584 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($1,027,044,677 in 1999), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($974,755,371 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($878,979,634 in 2002), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($848,998,877 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($796,688,549 in 2004), ET: The Extra-Terrestrial ($792,965,326 in 1982), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($786,635,413 in 2008) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Zimmer | $27,735,391,873 | 96 | $288,910,332 | Composer |
| 2 | Stan Lee | $25,766,980,124 | 45 | $572,599,558 | Executive Producer |
| 3 | John Williams | $24,650,252,139 | 74 | $333,111,515 | Composer |
| 4 | Sarah Halley Finn | $21,967,993,271 | 51 | $430,744,966 | Casting Director |
| 5 | Christopher Boyes | $20,155,403,778 | 42 | $479,890,566 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 6 | Andy Nelson | $20,152,018,979 | 64 | $314,875,297 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 7 | Tom Johnson | $19,141,949,433 | 51 | $375,332,342 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 8 | Dave Jordan | $18,317,728,333 | 41 | $446,773,862 | Music Supervisor |
| 9 | James Newton Howard | $17,371,715,618 | 113 | $153,731,997 | Composer |
| 10 | Louis D’Esposito | $17,181,983,948 | 21 | $818,189,712 | Executive Producer |
| 11 | Kevin Feige | $17,158,371,651 | 20 | $857,918,583 | Producer |
| 12 | Christopher Boyes | $17,022,955,822 | 36 | $472,859,884 | Sound Designer |
| 13 | John Lasseter | $16,609,909,647 | 27 | $615,181,839 | Executive Producer |
| 14 | Michael Giacchino | $16,387,551,292 | 35 | $468,215,751 | Composer |
| 15 | Michael Semanick | $16,314,825,252 | 49 | $332,955,617 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 16 | Bruce Berman | $16,161,401,244 | 89 | $181,588,778 | Executive Producer |
| 17 | Danny Elfman | $15,868,934,479 | 92 | $172,488,418 | Composer |
| 18 | Alan Silvestri | $15,446,046,800 | 88 | $175,523,259 | Composer |
| 19 | Randy Thom | $15,184,790,181 | 40 | $379,619,755 | Sound Designer |
| 20 | Jamie Christopher | $14,836,254,483 | 30 | $494,541,816 | Assistant Director |
| 21 | Victoria Alonso | $14,582,748,237 | 14 | $1,041,624,874 | Executive Producer |
| 22 | Jane Jenkins | $14,049,204,846 | 114 | $123,238,639 | Casting Director |
| 23 | Bob Weinstein | $14,021,639,058 | 208 | $67,411,726 | Executive Producer |
| 24 | Janet Hirshenson | $14,001,583,460 | 108 | $129,644,291 | Casting Director |
| 25 | James Horner | $13,816,147,342 | 101 | $136,793,538 | Composer |
| 26 | John Powell | $13,663,784,403 | 51 | $267,917,341 | Composer |
| 27 | Gary A. Rizzo | $13,540,234,656 | 32 | $423,132,333 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 28 | Harvey Weinstein | $13,524,695,077 | 207 | $65,336,691 | Executive Producer |
| 29 | Paul Massey | $13,433,929,560 | 54 | $248,776,473 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 30 | Steven Spielberg | $13,308,688,306 | 45 | $295,748,629 | Executive Producer |
| 31 | Steve Durkee | $13,117,775,576 | 20 | $655,888,779 | Music Editor |
| 32 | Stan Lee | $13,114,233,282 | 18 | $728,568,516 | Story Creator |
| 33 | Lora Hirschberg | $12,895,699,565 | 37 | $348,532,421 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 34 | Francine Maisler | $12,605,996,707 | 77 | $163,714,243 | Casting Director |
| 35 | Kenneth Karman | $12,129,676,732 | 102 | $118,918,399 | Music Editor |
| 36 | Lee Gilmore | $12,080,781,069 | 39 | $309,763,617 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 37 | Leslee Feldman | $12,044,476,962 | 29 | $415,326,792 | Casting Director |
| 38 | Randall Wilkins | $11,954,406,569 | 49 | $243,967,481 | Set Designer |
| 39 | Michael Kahn | $11,933,182,396 | 53 | $225,154,385 | Editor |
| 40 | Gary Rydstrom | $11,810,125,594 | 28 | $421,790,200 | Sound Designer |
| 41 | Richard Roberts | $11,792,864,278 | 24 | $491,369,345 | Set Decorator |
| 42 | Kathleen Kennedy | $11,769,359,096 | 33 | $356,647,245 | Producer |
| 43 | Debra Zane | $11,710,326,284 | 39 | $300,264,777 | Casting Director |
| 44 | Josh Gold | $11,628,758,718 | 20 | $581,437,936 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 45 | John Papsidera | $11,623,069,569 | 50 | $232,461,391 | Casting Director |
| 46 | Randy Thom | $11,607,933,002 | 33 | $351,755,546 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 47 | Gary Summers | $11,216,421,811 | 34 | $329,894,759 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 48 | Greg P. Russell | $11,172,673,610 | 43 | $259,829,619 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 49 | Josh McLaglen | $11,065,289,578 | 39 | $283,725,374 | Assistant Director |
| 50 | Brian Tyler | $11,020,081,708 | 46 | $239,566,994 | Composer |
| 51 | Will Dodds | $10,965,780,743 | 39 | $281,173,865 | Assistant Director |
| 52 | Shannon Mills | $10,943,857,732 | 14 | $781,704,124 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 53 | Rick Carter | $10,853,852,669 | 20 | $542,692,633 | Production Designer |
| 54 | Igor Meglic | $10,806,755,289 | 37 | $292,074,467 | Second Unit Camera |
| 55 | Howard Shore | $10,682,454,344 | 63 | $169,562,767 | Composer |
| 56 | Kevin Reher | $10,623,312,482 | 15 | $708,220,832 | Casting Director |
| 57 | Steven Spielberg | $10,538,311,154 | 32 | $329,322,224 | Director |
| 58 | David Heyman | $10,532,953,920 | 17 | $619,585,525 | Producer |
| 59 | Roger Guyett | $10,300,609,525 | 22 | $468,209,524 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 60 | Thomas Tull | $10,283,234,667 | 26 | $395,509,026 | Executive Producer |
| 61 | Christopher Boyes | $10,275,066,286 | 12 | $856,255,524 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 62 | Frank A. Montano | $10,156,909,941 | 46 | $220,802,390 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 63 | John Debney | $10,071,471,799 | 88 | $114,448,543 | Composer |
| 64 | Anna Behlmer | $10,047,368,681 | 54 | $186,062,383 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 65 | Jerry Bruckheimer | $10,020,039,168 | 29 | $345,518,592 | Producer |
| 66 | Easton Smith | $9,978,204,928 | 30 | $332,606,831 | Set Designer |
| 67 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $9,932,704,625 | 22 | $451,486,574 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 68 | Joe Letteri | $9,927,087,860 | 14 | $709,077,704 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 69 | Toby Emmerich | $9,837,659,908 | 51 | $192,895,292 | Executive Producer |
| 70 | D.M. Hemphill | $9,815,003,715 | 47 | $208,829,866 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 71 | Shannon Mills | $9,799,052,747 | 19 | $515,739,618 | Sound Designer |
| 72 | Denise Chamian | $9,742,354,799 | 45 | $216,496,773 | Casting Director |
| 73 | Chris Corbould | $9,623,815,724 | 20 | $481,190,786 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 74 | Andy Gill | $9,613,509,109 | 28 | $343,339,611 | Stunt Coordinator |
| 75 | Kevin O'Connell | $9,580,901,275 | 59 | $162,388,157 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 76 | Jany Temime | $9,551,806,673 | 16 | $596,987,917 | Costume Designer |
| 77 | Deborah L. Scott | $9,482,087,238 | 21 | $451,527,964 | Costume Designer |
| 78 | Neil Corbould | $9,416,934,798 | 25 | $376,677,392 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 79 | Spiro Razatos | $9,386,368,713 | 23 | $408,102,988 | Second Unit Director |
| 80 | John Knoll | $9,336,693,862 | 12 | $778,057,822 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 81 | Chris Jenkins | $9,253,542,989 | 54 | $171,361,907 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 82 | Matthew Wood | $9,245,421,145 | 14 | $660,387,225 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 83 | Frank Marshall | $9,231,483,050 | 32 | $288,483,845 | Producer |
| 84 | Harry Gregson-Williams | $9,204,092,627 | 48 | $191,751,930 | Composer |
| 85 | Chad Oman | $9,169,537,669 | 23 | $398,675,551 | Executive Producer |
| 86 | Stuart Craig | $9,158,976,879 | 13 | $704,536,683 | Production Designer |
| 87 | Christophe Beck | $9,145,680,251 | 68 | $134,495,298 | Composer |
| 88 | Neal H. Moritz | $9,136,612,045 | 32 | $285,519,126 | Producer |
| 89 | Gary Rydstrom | $9,134,264,748 | 21 | $434,964,988 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 90 | Scott Millan | $9,130,694,682 | 43 | $212,341,737 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 91 | Ben Burtt | $9,122,353,070 | 16 | $570,147,067 | Sound Designer |
| 92 | Natalie Lyon | $9,072,156,360 | 13 | $697,858,182 | Casting Director |
| 93 | Thomas Newman | $9,066,315,384 | 76 | $119,293,623 | Composer |
| 94 | Dennis Leonard | $8,939,690,193 | 15 | $595,979,346 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 95 | Nina Gold | $8,929,006,109 | 46 | $194,108,828 | Casting Director |
| 96 | Brian Smrz | $8,868,209,390 | 24 | $369,508,725 | Second Unit Director |
| 97 | Jeffrey Ford | $8,841,942,593 | 11 | $803,812,963 | Editor |
| 98 | Henry Jackman | $8,825,581,758 | 26 | $339,445,452 | Composer |
| 99 | Gregg Landaker | $8,732,343,070 | 36 | $242,565,085 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 100 | Dan Hegeman | $8,721,515,566 | 68 | $128,257,582 | Sound Effects Editor |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Hans Zimmer: Richard Yaussi [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Stan Lee: By Edward Liu (Stan "The Man" Lee) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
John Williams: TashTish at en.wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
