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Top Grossing Music Editor at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Music Editors 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.

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Steve Durkee
Best known as a Music Editor based on credits in that role in 25 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Black Panther ($1,336,494,320 in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,107,522 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,482,778 in 2017)

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Kenneth Karman
Best known as a Music Editor based on credits in that role in 104 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Secret Life of Pets ($886,013,000 in 2016), Forrest Gump ($679,835,137 in 1994), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Godzilla ($529,076,069 in 2014), Mission: Impossible ($457,697,994 in 1996), The Mummy Returns ($435,040,395 in 2001), Cast Away ($427,230,516 in 2000), Back to the Future ($388,386,822 in 1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ($351,500,000 in 1988), Enchanted ($340,384,141 in 2007)

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Nashia Wachsman
Best known as a Music Editor based on credits in that role in 11 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Black Panther ($1,336,494,320 in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($676,343,174 in 2016), The Call of the Wild ($107,351,191 in 2020)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Steve Durkee $19,439,655,467 25 $777,586,219
2 Kenneth Karman $12,222,503,121 104 $117,524,068
3 Nashia Wachsman $11,895,195,623 11 $1,081,381,420
4 Jeanette Surga $8,212,058,399 51 $161,020,753
5 Ken Wannberg $7,755,855,306 26 $298,302,127
6 Joe E. Rand $6,567,646,105 27 $243,246,152
7 Joe Lisanti $5,696,519,124 12 $474,709,927
8 Paul Rabjohns $5,033,972,043 9 $559,330,227
9 Slamm Andrews $4,737,562,910 11 $430,687,537
10 Robb Boyd $4,655,512,492 8 $581,939,062
11 Peter Myles $4,342,029,387 15 $289,468,626
12 Jim Weidman $4,262,804,236 26 $163,954,009
13 Paul Apelgren $3,926,219,941 4 $981,554,985
14 Daniel Pinder $3,657,235,785 13 $281,325,830
15 Tom Carlson $3,274,653,613 15 $218,310,241
16 Bill Abbott $3,149,188,725 21 $149,961,368
17 Stephen M. Davis $3,086,463,387 5 $617,292,677
18 Will Kaplan $3,031,437,809 20 $151,571,890
19 Amanda Goodpaster $2,996,228,028 13 $230,479,079
20 David Olson $2,940,971,588 17 $172,998,329
21 Lise Richardson $2,768,305,389 11 $251,664,126
22 Matthew Llewellyn $2,747,520,378 2 $1,373,760,189
23 J. J. George $2,702,081,048 8 $337,760,131
24 Darrell Hall $2,693,553,971 12 $224,462,831
25 Peter Clarke $2,449,982,112 9 $272,220,235
26 Kyle Clausen $2,399,923,895 5 $479,984,779
27 Alex Levy $2,386,823,865 5 $477,364,773
28 Melissa Muik $2,386,129,559 8 $298,266,195
29 Tom Kramer $2,385,810,260 13 $183,523,866
30 Jim Henrikson $2,381,695,261 25 $95,267,810
31 Tanya Noel Hill $2,293,611,184 11 $208,510,108
32 Mark Willsher $2,286,473,295 4 $571,618,324
33 Dina Eaton $2,277,577,647 7 $325,368,235
34 Christopher Benstead $2,256,901,396 6 $376,150,233
35 Jon Mooney $2,139,584,995 46 $46,512,717
36 Adam Smalley $2,106,626,083 17 $123,919,181
37 Michael Connell $2,045,421,170 13 $157,340,090
38 John Finklea $2,042,151,186 9 $226,905,687
39 Suzana Peric $2,018,278,573 19 $106,225,188
40 Simon Changer $2,018,250,199 5 $403,650,040
41 Gerard McCann $1,982,984,667 7 $283,283,524
42 Allan Jenkins $1,960,884,141 7 $280,126,306
43 Angie Rubin $1,922,480,231 15 $128,165,349
44 Bob Badami $1,880,492,129 12 $156,707,677
45 Clint Bennett $1,858,409,784 7 $265,487,112
46 Joseph Bonn $1,829,025,787 4 $457,256,447
47 Dominick Certo $1,812,319,614 7 $258,902,802
48 Shie Rozow $1,800,653,249 7 $257,236,178
49 Jim Schultz $1,747,778,641 10 $174,777,864
50 Richard Whitfield $1,736,343,927 13 $133,564,917
51 Ramiro Belgardt $1,709,635,671 8 $213,704,459
52 Bill Bernstein $1,686,674,333 12 $140,556,194
53 Charles Martin Inouye $1,670,296,302 12 $139,191,359
54 Alex Gibson $1,654,083,274 11 $150,371,207
55 Brett Pierce $1,648,587,940 10 $164,858,794
56 Kenneth Hall $1,630,609,347 11 $148,237,213
57 Jeff Carson $1,572,594,567 19 $82,768,135
58 Ellen Segal $1,486,161,434 14 $106,154,388
59 Philip Tallman $1,473,272,639 10 $147,327,264
60 Christopher Brooks $1,459,453,731 9 $162,161,526
61 Todd Kasow $1,417,721,999 19 $74,616,947
62 Yann McCullough $1,385,072,176 6 $230,845,363
63 Julie Pearce $1,352,923,920 12 $112,743,660
64 Barbara McDermott $1,347,156,751 7 $192,450,964
65 Jack Dolman $1,343,059,080 6 $223,843,180
66 Michael Bauer $1,316,035,900 7 $188,005,129
67 Terry Wilson $1,306,649,675 11 $118,786,334
68 Erich Stratmann $1,274,613,288 8 $159,326,661
69 Ted Caplan $1,251,586,680 4 $312,896,670
70 Anele Onyekwere $1,250,617,358 2 $625,308,679
71 Sam Zeines $1,246,756,875 5 $249,351,375
72 Warren Brown $1,242,805,359 1 $1,242,805,359
73 Bryan Lawson $1,215,180,671 4 $303,795,168
74 David Metzner $1,201,160,567 6 $200,193,428
75 Tony Lewis $1,171,195,996 8 $146,399,500
76 Dan DiPrima $1,152,127,654 14 $82,294,832
77 Katrina Schiller $1,145,200,578 9 $127,244,509
78 Ronald J. Webb $1,141,838,122 5 $228,367,624
79 Jason Ruder $1,113,137,971 8 $139,142,246
80 Laura Perlman $1,103,100,433 17 $64,888,261
81 Thomas Drescher $1,094,052,775 12 $91,171,065
82 Graham Sutton $1,092,616,835 6 $182,102,806
83 Jim Harrison $1,074,477,827 9 $119,386,425
84 Nevin Seus $1,066,903,626 6 $177,817,271
85 Andrew Silver $1,062,071,924 11 $96,551,993
86 Nigel Scott $1,054,252,884 2 $527,126,442
87 Robin Whittaker $1,026,874,005 6 $171,145,668
88 Manish Raval $1,018,572,533 5 $203,714,507
89 Sheri Ozeki $989,323,731 2 $494,661,866
90 Todd Bozung $986,306,585 10 $98,630,659
91 Daryl Kell $963,165,968 7 $137,595,138
92 Del Spiva $960,780,409 12 $80,065,034
93 Shannon Erbe $943,333,643 7 $134,761,949
94 Zig Gron $867,130,036 3 $289,043,345
95 Scott Johnson $856,081,053 1 $856,081,053
96 Nicholas Fitzgerald $833,493,246 3 $277,831,082
97 Maarten Hofmeijer $832,581,298 7 $118,940,185
98 Erica Weis $827,938,738 7 $118,276,963
99 Adam Milo Smalley $807,550,637 7 $115,364,377
100 Zigmund Gron $805,968,024 4 $201,492,006

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.