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Top Grossing Production Designer at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Production Designers based on the worldwide 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: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,064,615,817 in 2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($1,072,767,997 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Forrest Gump ($679,835,137 in 1994), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($618,638,999 in 1997), War of the Worlds ($606,836,535 in 2005), Cast Away ($427,230,516 in 2000), Back to the Future Part II ($331,971,868 in 1989), The Polar Express ($312,183,437 in 2004)

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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 ($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), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($952,224,986 in 2022), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($676,343,174 in 2016), Thor: The Dark World ($644,602,516 in 2013), Black Widow ($379,751,131 in 2021), Wrath of the Titans ($305,270,083 in 2012), Men in Black: International ($254,310,003 in 2019)

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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 ($1,312,443,850 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($963,656,743 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($951,738,451 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($939,619,849 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($929,411,069 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($885,222,986 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($874,954,228 in 2002), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ($811,724,385 in 2016), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($783,221,274 in 2004), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ($648,455,339 in 2018)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Rick Carter $12,103,023,719 21 $576,334,463
2 Charles Wood $10,584,293,695 13 $814,176,438
3 Stuart Craig $10,497,863,383 16 $656,116,461
4 Bill Brzeski $8,776,525,133 17 $516,266,184
5 Nathan Crowley $5,948,463,826 15 $396,564,255
6 Rick Heinrichs $5,795,471,770 16 $362,216,986
7 J. Michael Riva $5,588,612,346 19 $294,137,492
8 Grant Major $4,951,049,632 16 $309,440,602
9 Oliver Scholl $4,873,232,651 9 $541,470,295
10 Owen Paterson $4,866,060,732 10 $486,606,073
11 Neil Spisak $4,727,618,000 13 $363,662,923
12 Robert Stromberg $4,639,202,867 4 $1,159,800,717
13 Nigel Phelps $4,395,290,091 11 $399,571,826
14 Peter Lamont $4,332,871,734 6 $722,145,289
15 Gavin Bocquet $4,209,056,167 12 $350,754,681
16 Philip Messina $4,182,492,224 13 $321,730,171
17 Ed Verreaux $4,111,748,830 13 $316,288,372
18 Sarah Greenwood $4,069,791,378 10 $406,979,138
19 Dennis Gassner $3,999,629,395 14 $285,687,814
20 Jeffrey Beecroft $3,841,002,334 13 $295,461,718
21 Allan Cameron $3,734,008,398 25 $149,360,336
22 Claude Pare $3,716,007,958 8 $464,500,995
23 Andy Nicholson $3,703,808,825 6 $617,301,471
24 Eric Guillon $3,649,565,776 4 $912,391,444
25 Ralph Eggleston $3,561,974,579 4 $890,493,645
26 Arthur Max $3,546,056,293 17 $208,591,547
27 Patrick Tatopoulos $3,452,531,197 7 $493,218,742
28 John Myhre $3,253,464,002 10 $325,346,400
29 Guy Hendrix Dyas $3,225,811,646 11 $293,255,604
30 Dan Hennah $3,187,189,775 5 $637,437,955
31 Mark Friedberg $3,185,752,844 18 $176,986,269
32 Scott Chambliss $3,183,444,937 9 $353,716,104
33 Bob Pauley $3,163,811,763 4 $790,952,941
34 Dylan Cole $3,076,051,121 2 $1,538,025,561
35 Barry Chusid $3,008,840,027 8 $376,105,003
36 James Chinlund $3,007,156,894 4 $751,789,224
37 Darren Gilford $2,988,321,938 5 $597,664,388
38 Bo Welch $2,859,175,554 10 $285,917,555
39 Perry Andelin Blake $2,813,769,511 20 $140,688,476
40 Jon Hutman $2,791,824,777 17 $164,224,987
41 Peter Wenham $2,791,508,592 7 $398,786,942
42 Alex McDowell $2,750,507,280 12 $229,208,940
43 Harley Jessup $2,543,703,167 4 $635,925,792
44 Kirk M. Petruccelli $2,518,932,155 17 $148,172,480
45 Dominic Watkins $2,492,555,362 10 $249,255,536
46 Hannah Beachler $2,474,767,877 11 $224,978,898
47 Ben Procter $2,445,497,669 2 $1,222,748,835
48 Jennifer Spence $2,424,601,295 14 $173,185,807
49 James D. Bissell $2,406,219,536 14 $171,872,824
50 David Wasco $2,398,291,315 17 $141,075,960
51 Jan Roelfs $2,396,637,164 12 $199,719,764
52 Jim Bissell $2,374,866,451 10 $237,486,645
53 Michael Corenblith $2,353,566,842 18 $130,753,713
54 Dante Ferretti $2,314,808,641 14 $165,343,474
55 Nelson Coates $2,299,873,489 34 $67,643,338
56 Guillaume Aretos $2,297,772,951 3 $765,924,317
57 Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin $2,294,859,727 5 $458,971,945
58 Rusty Smith $2,265,920,085 14 $161,851,435
59 Jeff Mann $2,211,587,612 10 $221,158,761
60 Barry Robison $2,123,629,122 13 $163,356,086
61 Bill Boes $2,122,929,673 11 $192,993,607
62 Norman Reynolds $2,072,382,714 9 $230,264,746
63 Gary Freeman $2,062,651,482 7 $294,664,497
64 Jane Musky $1,983,852,124 18 $110,214,007
65 Jefferson Sage $1,981,781,233 15 $132,118,749
66 Naomi Shohan $1,973,468,965 12 $164,455,747
67 Tom Sanders $1,957,977,917 9 $217,553,102
68 Yarrow Cheney $1,942,074,535 4 $485,518,634
69 Stephen Lineweaver $1,918,895,335 15 $127,926,356
70 Doug Chiang $1,917,607,067 5 $383,521,413
71 Raymond Zibach $1,898,686,787 4 $474,671,697
72 David Scheunemann $1,897,539,883 5 $379,507,977
73 Kevin Kavanaugh $1,862,393,692 9 $206,932,632
74 Neil Lamont $1,852,795,088 3 $617,598,363
75 Wynn Thomas $1,843,196,820 23 $80,138,992
76 Paul Denham Austerberry $1,826,462,899 10 $182,646,290
77 William Sandell $1,822,004,774 10 $182,200,477
78 Kristi Zea $1,811,863,550 15 $120,790,903
79 Linda Descenna $1,774,458,997 9 $197,162,111
80 William Cone $1,719,625,522 4 $429,906,381
81 Clayton Hartley $1,712,235,527 16 $107,014,720
82 Adam Stockhausen $1,699,988,525 11 $154,544,411
83 Steve Pilcher $1,699,635,849 3 $566,545,283
84 Jess Gonchor $1,688,859,982 12 $140,738,332
85 Shepherd Frankel $1,682,249,394 9 $186,916,599
86 James J. Murakami $1,672,949,547 10 $167,294,955
87 Richard Sherman $1,659,125,084 7 $237,017,869
88 Roger Ford $1,631,711,472 6 $271,951,912
89 David Gropman $1,598,653,450 14 $114,189,532
90 David Womersley $1,584,633,565 2 $792,316,783
91 Larry Fulton $1,562,951,020 5 $312,590,204
92 Sean Haworth $1,561,651,884 5 $312,330,377
93 Martin Whist $1,556,482,919 11 $141,498,447
94 Stuart Wurtzel $1,532,082,181 12 $127,673,515
95 David James $1,501,290,967 4 $375,322,742
96 Ricky Nierva $1,474,919,187 2 $737,459,594
97 Joseph Nemec III $1,460,641,878 8 $182,580,235
98 Jeannine Oppewall $1,437,421,147 18 $79,856,730
99 Andrew Laws $1,430,802,774 12 $119,233,565
100 Lilly Kilvert $1,414,796,543 8 $176,849,568

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.