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Top People in Technical Roles at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top International Technical Roles - Top Worldwide Technical Roles
This list shows the highest grossing technical roles of all people based on the domestic 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 111 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Top Gun: Maverick ($718,732,821 in 2022), The Lion King ($543,638,043 in 2019), The Dark Knight ($534,235,491 in 2008), The Dark Knight Rises ($448,139,099 in 2012), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($423,315,812 in 2006), The Lion King ($421,785,283 in 1994), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($330,360,194 in 2016), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($309,420,425 in 2007), Inception ($292,576,195 in 2010), Man of Steel ($291,045,518 in 2013) |
2
Stan Lee
| Best known as an Executive Producer based on credits in that role in 51 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Spider-Man ($404,652,858 in 2002), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($391,362,492 in 2019), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($389,813,101 in 2017) |
3
Sarah Halley Finn
| Best known as a Casting Director based on credits in that role in 62 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022), Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($391,362,492 in 2019) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Zimmer | $13,290,819,583 | 108 | $123,063,144 | Composer |
| 2 | Stan Lee | $12,758,727,466 | 51 | $250,171,127 | Executive Producer |
| 3 | Sarah Halley Finn | $12,096,202,894 | 61 | $198,298,408 | Casting Director |
| 4 | John Williams | $11,977,815,923 | 77 | $155,556,051 | Composer |
| 5 | Louis D’Esposito | $11,974,178,126 | 35 | $342,119,375 | Executive Producer |
| 6 | Kevin Feige | $11,801,475,866 | 33 | $357,620,481 | Producer |
| 7 | Victoria Alonso | $10,677,946,367 | 28 | $381,355,227 | Executive Producer |
| 8 | Dave Jordan | $10,623,425,050 | 53 | $200,441,982 | Music Supervisor |
| 9 | Christopher Boyes | $8,887,859,275 | 46 | $193,214,332 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 10 | James Newton Howard | $8,837,569,004 | 121 | $73,037,760 | Composer |
| 11 | Michael Giacchino | $8,749,441,038 | 43 | $203,475,373 | Composer |
| 12 | Tom Johnson | $8,575,708,275 | 53 | $161,805,817 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 13 | Stan Lee | $8,478,790,728 | 23 | $368,643,075 | Story Creator |
| 14 | Danny Elfman | $8,416,755,787 | 96 | $87,674,539 | Composer |
| 15 | Alan Silvestri | $8,369,007,797 | 91 | $91,967,119 | Composer |
| 16 | Andy Nelson | $8,127,259,576 | 69 | $117,786,371 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 17 | Christopher Boyes | $7,619,081,363 | 38 | $200,502,141 | Sound Designer |
| 18 | Bruce Berman | $7,606,261,745 | 92 | $82,676,758 | Executive Producer |
| 19 | Steve Durkee | $7,307,397,883 | 25 | $292,295,915 | Music Editor |
| 20 | Michael Semanick | $7,181,738,032 | 52 | $138,110,347 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 21 | Josh Gold | $6,871,699,406 | 26 | $264,296,131 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 22 | Jane Jenkins | $6,836,088,144 | 115 | $59,444,245 | Casting Director |
| 23 | Bob Weinstein | $6,809,915,076 | 205 | $33,219,098 | Executive Producer |
| 24 | Janet Hirshenson | $6,788,505,256 | 109 | $62,279,865 | Casting Director |
| 25 | John Lasseter | $6,723,410,501 | 28 | $240,121,804 | Executive Producer |
| 26 | Steven Spielberg | $6,713,122,114 | 52 | $129,098,502 | Executive Producer |
| 27 | Gary A. Rizzo | $6,674,453,509 | 40 | $166,861,338 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 28 | Harvey Weinstein | $6,662,461,858 | 204 | $32,659,127 | Executive Producer |
| 29 | Kevin O'Connell | $6,600,778,705 | 71 | $92,968,714 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 30 | James Horner | $6,228,345,161 | 99 | $62,912,577 | Composer |
| 31 | Kenneth Karman | $6,209,769,126 | 103 | $60,289,021 | Music Editor |
| 32 | Kathleen Kennedy | $6,192,612,986 | 35 | $176,931,800 | Producer |
| 33 | Juan Peralta | $6,147,031,582 | 28 | $219,536,842 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 34 | Lee Gilmore | $5,841,325,014 | 48 | $121,694,271 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 35 | Lora Hirschberg | $5,809,648,432 | 41 | $141,698,742 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 36 | Randy Thom | $5,791,322,912 | 43 | $134,681,928 | Sound Designer |
| 37 | John Powell | $5,743,611,526 | 54 | $106,363,176 | Composer |
| 38 | John Debney | $5,737,335,783 | 95 | $60,393,008 | Composer |
| 39 | Francine Maisler | $5,735,289,585 | 87 | $65,922,869 | Casting Director |
| 40 | Brad Semenoff | $5,693,405,300 | 23 | $247,539,361 | Dialogue Editor |
| 41 | Paul Massey | $5,687,849,868 | 57 | $99,786,840 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 42 | Chris Castaldi | $5,681,636,091 | 21 | $270,554,100 | Assistant Director |
| 43 | Mary Vernieu | $5,534,008,024 | 113 | $48,973,522 | Casting Director |
| 44 | Debra Zane | $5,454,785,319 | 45 | $121,217,452 | Casting Director |
| 45 | Jamie Christopher | $5,425,350,400 | 31 | $175,011,303 | Assistant Director |
| 46 | Randall Wilkins | $5,413,583,784 | 52 | $104,107,380 | Set Designer |
| 47 | Christophe Beck | $5,407,686,040 | 73 | $74,077,891 | Composer |
| 48 | Matthew Wood | $5,376,919,211 | 22 | $244,405,419 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 49 | Gary Summers | $5,347,545,198 | 36 | $148,542,922 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 50 | Lars P. Winther | $5,291,466,628 | 32 | $165,358,332 | Assistant Director |
| 51 | Jerry Bruckheimer | $5,213,226,406 | 35 | $148,949,326 | Producer |
| 52 | Michael Kahn | $5,162,256,461 | 53 | $97,401,065 | Editor |
| 53 | Toby Emmerich | $5,157,238,836 | 62 | $83,181,272 | Executive Producer |
| 54 | John Papsidera | $5,156,701,047 | 61 | $84,536,083 | Casting Director |
| 55 | Easton Smith | $5,152,958,274 | 36 | $143,137,730 | Set Designer |
| 56 | Gary Rydstrom | $5,076,323,249 | 29 | $175,045,629 | Sound Designer |
| 57 | Andy Gill | $5,064,987,704 | 38 | $133,289,150 | Stunt Coordinator |
| 58 | Richard Brener | $5,034,371,564 | 71 | $70,906,642 | Executive Producer |
| 59 | Christopher Boyes | $4,992,784,631 | 14 | $356,627,474 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 60 | Jack Kirby | $4,962,836,079 | 14 | $354,488,291 | Story Creator |
| 61 | Steve Durkee | $4,952,267,754 | 11 | $450,206,159 | Score Supervisor |
| 62 | Brian Tyler | $4,945,434,693 | 60 | $82,423,912 | Composer |
| 63 | Denise Chamian | $4,908,799,920 | 50 | $98,175,998 | Casting Director |
| 64 | Rick Carter | $4,901,447,907 | 21 | $233,402,281 | Production Designer |
| 65 | Jeffrey Ford | $4,895,010,446 | 14 | $349,643,603 | Editor |
| 66 | Judianna Makovsky | $4,878,935,447 | 23 | $212,127,628 | Costume Designer |
| 67 | Richard Roberts | $4,848,428,047 | 27 | $179,571,409 | Set Decorator |
| 68 | Frank A. Montano | $4,807,954,919 | 52 | $92,460,672 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 69 | Robin Buday | $4,753,187,319 | 10 | $475,318,732 | Assistant Editor |
| 70 | Mitch Bell | $4,744,680,385 | 11 | $431,334,580 | Co-Producer |
| 71 | Roger Guyett | $4,743,178,888 | 23 | $206,225,169 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 72 | Igor Meglic | $4,718,426,161 | 38 | $124,169,110 | Second Unit Camera |
| 73 | Thomas Tull | $4,716,818,443 | 29 | $162,648,912 | Executive Producer |
| 74 | Thomas Newman | $4,712,834,251 | 82 | $57,473,588 | Composer |
| 75 | Shannon Mills | $4,711,842,711 | 17 | $277,167,218 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 76 | David Heyman | $4,658,716,272 | 22 | $211,759,831 | Producer |
| 77 | Steven Spielberg | $4,635,966,882 | 34 | $136,351,967 | Director |
| 78 | Frank Marshall | $4,617,592,780 | 36 | $128,266,466 | Producer |
| 79 | Chris Corbould | $4,588,504,593 | 25 | $183,540,184 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 80 | D.M. Hemphill | $4,553,167,067 | 49 | $92,921,777 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 81 | Chris Jenkins | $4,519,164,256 | 56 | $80,699,362 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 82 | Nashia Wachsman | $4,482,918,408 | 12 | $373,576,534 | Music Editor |
| 83 | Leslee Feldman | $4,479,805,290 | 30 | $149,326,843 | Casting Director |
| 84 | Neal H. Moritz | $4,471,516,754 | 44 | $101,625,381 | Producer |
| 85 | Ben Burtt | $4,428,495,450 | 16 | $276,780,966 | Sound Designer |
| 86 | Nina Gold | $4,428,068,949 | 61 | $72,591,294 | Casting Director |
| 87 | Kevin Reher | $4,416,188,130 | 16 | $276,011,758 | Casting Director |
| 88 | Anna Behlmer | $4,411,845,412 | 56 | $78,782,954 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 89 | Neil Corbould | $4,400,123,455 | 32 | $137,503,858 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 90 | Terry Madden | $4,398,435,224 | 31 | $141,885,007 | Assistant Director |
| 91 | Greg P. Russell | $4,390,596,647 | 45 | $97,568,814 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 92 | Chad Oman | $4,377,290,068 | 26 | $168,357,310 | Executive Producer |
| 93 | Randy Thom | $4,350,842,873 | 35 | $124,309,796 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 94 | Howard Shore | $4,331,939,616 | 65 | $66,645,225 | Composer |
| 95 | Rick Kline | $4,266,657,139 | 46 | $92,753,416 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 96 | Charles Roven | $4,168,853,929 | 24 | $173,702,247 | Producer |
| 97 | Josh McLaglen | $4,140,002,812 | 39 | $106,153,918 | Assistant Director |
| 98 | Dan Hegeman | $4,138,763,942 | 68 | $60,864,176 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 99 | Randall Poster | $4,136,830,550 | 89 | $46,481,242 | Music Supervisor |
| 100 | Deborah L. Scott | $4,116,885,305 | 22 | $187,131,150 | Costume Designer |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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.
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
