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Top Grossing Sound Designer at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Sound Designers 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
Christopher Boyes
Best known as a Re-recording Mixer based on credits in that role in 46 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,317,514,386 in 2022), Titanic ($2,223,048,786 in 1997), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Coco ($796,514,370 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003)

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Randy Thom
Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 43 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Shrek 2 ($935,454,538 in 2004), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($886,686,817 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($885,222,986 in 2005), Ice Age: Continental Drift ($879,765,137 in 2012), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($874,954,228 in 2002), Forrest Gump ($679,835,137 in 1994), Ice Age: The Meltdown ($651,899,282 in 2006), Ratatouille ($626,549,695 in 2007), How to Train Your Dragon 2 ($614,586,270 in 2014), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($599,680,774 in 2008)

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Gary Rydstrom
Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 29 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,064,615,817 in 2015), Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Finding Nemo ($936,094,852 in 2003), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($694,713,230 in 2011), Ready Player One ($579,055,653 in 2018), Monsters, Inc. ($560,483,719 in 2001), Brave ($554,606,532 in 2012), Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($515,361,524 in 1991), Toy Story 2 ($511,358,276 in 1999), Wreck-It Ralph ($496,511,521 in 2012)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Christopher Boyes $20,662,470,613 38 $543,749,227
2 Randy Thom $15,893,279,948 43 $369,611,162
3 Gary Rydstrom $11,972,979,918 29 $412,861,376
4 Shannon Mills $9,939,087,009 20 $496,954,350
5 Ben Burtt $9,057,137,909 16 $566,071,119
6 Richard King $8,914,928,442 26 $342,881,863
7 Nia Hansen $8,475,166,934 9 $941,685,215
8 Ethan Van der Ryn $5,938,157,734 15 $395,877,182
9 Erik Aadahl $5,878,338,358 18 $326,574,353
10 Tim Chau $5,473,261,993 53 $103,269,094
11 Al Nelson $4,931,502,690 10 $493,150,269
12 Harry Cohen $4,909,070,687 17 $288,768,864
13 Peter Brown $4,717,932,998 8 $589,741,625
14 Ren Klyce $4,669,969,448 11 $424,542,677
15 Glenn Freemantle $4,656,556,278 25 $186,262,251
16 Steve Boeddeker $4,533,270,753 17 $266,662,985
17 Tom Myers $4,413,146,561 13 $339,472,812
18 Stephen P. Robinson $4,217,320,175 7 $602,474,311
19 Will Files $4,180,458,049 11 $380,041,641
20 Craig Berkey $4,029,086,655 16 $251,817,916
21 Ann Scibelli $3,850,517,540 15 $256,701,169
22 Paul N. J. Ottosson $3,777,451,403 14 $269,817,957
23 Cameron Frankley $3,722,569,700 16 $232,660,606
24 Pete Horner $3,539,359,002 6 $589,893,167
25 David Farmer $3,447,228,669 8 $430,903,584
26 Craig Henighan $3,208,725,105 11 $291,702,282
27 Dane A. Davis $2,856,732,829 17 $168,043,108
28 Jason W. Jennings $2,830,191,494 8 $353,773,937
29 Eliot Connors $2,754,474,690 4 $688,618,673
30 Jeremy Peirson $2,669,027,271 8 $333,628,409
31 Tim Nielsen $2,666,873,881 5 $533,374,776
32 Jon Title $2,559,757,162 13 $196,904,397
33 Charles Maynes $2,553,238,781 22 $116,056,308
34 Odin Benitez $2,337,984,626 5 $467,596,925
35 Chuck Michael $2,325,433,202 6 $387,572,200
36 Dave Whitehead $2,220,806,072 8 $277,600,759
37 Alan Rankin $2,210,413,336 11 $200,946,667
38 Tim Walston $2,028,799,939 15 $135,253,329
39 Tony Lamberti $2,028,718,775 6 $338,119,796
40 Wayne Pashley $2,011,657,016 6 $335,276,169
41 John Pospisil $2,009,869,261 6 $334,978,210
42 Mark Mangini $1,988,704,909 10 $198,870,491
43 Michael Fentum $1,970,024,400 5 $394,004,880
44 Brandon Jones $1,952,638,223 10 $195,263,822
45 Lon Bender $1,949,746,796 13 $149,980,523
46 David Acord $1,917,105,625 5 $383,421,125
47 Richard Beggs $1,908,122,431 12 $159,010,203
48 Lee Gilmore $1,876,606,233 5 $375,321,247
49 James Boyle $1,840,958,839 3 $613,652,946
50 Oliver Tarney $1,810,910,035 6 $301,818,339
51 Steven Ticknor $1,771,477,134 7 $253,068,162
52 John Marquis $1,768,957,916 6 $294,826,319
53 Warren Hendriks $1,706,047,213 3 $568,682,404
54 Joe Dzuban $1,705,843,036 4 $426,460,759
55 Peter Staubli $1,701,276,525 6 $283,546,088
56 Daniel Pagan $1,692,554,935 4 $423,138,734
57 Ai-Ling Lee $1,679,195,713 5 $335,839,143
58 Scott Hecker $1,558,006,708 3 $519,335,569
59 Tom Sayers $1,554,444,088 5 $310,888,818
60 Christopher Scarabosio $1,549,154,087 9 $172,128,232
61 Oriol Tarrago $1,525,197,768 7 $217,885,395
62 Tom Ozanich $1,496,230,622 9 $166,247,847
63 Bill R. Dean $1,477,118,240 7 $211,016,891
64 Stephen Hunter Flick $1,462,677,779 4 $365,669,445
65 Erick Ocampo $1,425,472,170 4 $356,368,043
66 Chris Terhune $1,367,769,531 5 $273,553,906
67 Eric A. Norris $1,356,849,268 5 $271,369,854
68 David C. Hughes $1,288,921,831 2 $644,460,916
69 Chris Diebold $1,288,108,166 3 $429,369,389
70 Leslie Shatz $1,245,857,029 14 $88,989,788
71 Elliott L. Koretz $1,215,300,337 8 $151,912,542
72 Karen Triest $1,209,132,250 7 $172,733,179
73 Michael Babcock $1,181,998,073 10 $118,199,807
74 Niv Adiri $1,160,626,410 2 $580,313,205
75 Eugene Gearty $1,154,031,317 9 $128,225,702
76 Andy Sisul $1,132,107,522 1 $1,132,107,522
77 Luke Gibleon $1,114,490,474 3 $371,496,825
78 Scott Martin Gershin $1,017,608,706 8 $127,201,088
79 Andy Kennedy $1,006,071,641 4 $251,517,910
80 Michael Payne $1,004,196,140 6 $167,366,023
81 Josh Gold $1,001,194,920 3 $333,731,640
82 Stephen Robinson $989,323,731 2 $494,661,866
83 Jon Johnson $981,027,798 7 $140,146,828
84 Ken McGill $944,027,737 3 $314,675,912
85 Matthew Collinge $937,382,626 7 $133,911,804
86 Bruce Stambler $901,197,848 4 $225,299,462
87 Ben Barker $893,943,399 3 $297,981,133
88 Robert Stambler $881,468,144 2 $440,734,072
89 Aaron Glascock $867,453,880 8 $108,431,735
90 Robert L. Sephton $855,753,837 7 $122,250,548
91 Yann Delpuech $835,752,592 3 $278,584,197
92 Martin Hernandez $832,253,765 5 $166,450,753
93 Samson Neslund $831,627,809 2 $415,813,905
94 Susan Dudeck $821,706,375 1 $821,706,375
95 Martin Cantwell $808,232,252 4 $202,058,063
96 Paul Hackner $803,983,378 3 $267,994,459
97 Wayne Lemmer $781,947,691 1 $781,947,691
98 Peter Kurland $775,541,113 2 $387,770,557
99 Kyrsten Mate $730,844,958 5 $146,168,992
100 Anne Scibelli $719,360,510 1 $719,360,510

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.