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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
Dave Jordan
| Best known as a Music Supervisor based on credits in that role in 68 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,158,241 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Deadpool & Wolverine ($1,338,071,348 in 2024), Black Panther ($1,334,157,082 in 2018), Iron Man 3 ($1,214,630,956 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,298,674 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019) |
2
Hans Zimmer
| Best known as a Composer based on credits in that role in 116 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Lion King ($1,661,454,403 in 2019), Top Gun: Maverick ($1,452,163,362 in 2022), The Dark Knight Rises ($1,082,228,107 in 2012), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), The Dark Knight ($1,010,086,005 in 2008), The Lion King ($988,389,726 in 1994), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($874,360,194 in 2016), Inception ($826,873,382 in 2010) |
3
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 ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,158,241 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Black Panther ($1,334,157,082 in 2018), Iron Man 3 ($1,214,630,956 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,298,674 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Spider-Man 3 ($896,337,268 in 2007), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,852,749 in 2017) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Jordan | $34,829,270,909 | 68 | $512,195,160 | Music Supervisor |
| 2 | Hans Zimmer | $34,787,824,292 | 113 | $307,856,852 | Composer |
| 3 | Stan Lee | $32,588,521,843 | 51 | $638,990,624 | Executive Producer |
| 4 | Kevin Feige | $32,366,627,238 | 37 | $874,773,709 | Producer |
| 5 | Louis D’Esposito | $32,291,628,395 | 38 | $849,779,695 | Executive Producer |
| 6 | Sarah Halley Finn | $31,385,780,536 | 62 | $506,222,267 | Casting Director |
| 7 | Victoria Alonso | $27,420,338,113 | 28 | $979,297,790 | Executive Producer |
| 8 | John Williams | $25,625,860,261 | 76 | $337,182,372 | Composer |
| 9 | Christopher Boyes | $25,244,644,803 | 47 | $537,120,102 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 10 | Tom Johnson | $22,442,899,784 | 53 | $423,450,939 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 11 | Michael Giacchino | $22,424,024,463 | 45 | $498,311,655 | Composer |
| 12 | Andy Nelson | $22,228,022,455 | 69 | $322,145,253 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 13 | Stan Lee | $21,475,182,703 | 24 | $894,799,279 | Story Creator |
| 14 | Christopher Boyes | $21,080,826,017 | 39 | $540,534,000 | Sound Designer |
| 15 | Josh Gold | $19,501,595,773 | 26 | $750,061,376 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 16 | Steve Durkee | $19,365,899,505 | 25 | $774,635,980 | Music Editor |
| 17 | James Newton Howard | $19,357,175,460 | 122 | $158,665,373 | Composer |
| 18 | Alan Silvestri | $18,821,266,074 | 93 | $202,379,205 | Composer |
| 19 | Danny Elfman | $18,450,967,163 | 97 | $190,216,156 | Composer |
| 20 | Steven Spielberg | $18,158,371,057 | 55 | $330,152,201 | Executive Producer |
| 21 | Michael Semanick | $17,684,121,433 | 52 | $340,079,258 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 22 | John Lasseter | $17,681,591,871 | 28 | $631,485,424 | Executive Producer |
| 23 | Gary A. Rizzo | $17,596,787,475 | 41 | $429,189,938 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 24 | Lee Gilmore | $17,516,518,947 | 55 | $318,482,163 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 25 | Bruce Berman | $17,511,250,370 | 92 | $190,339,678 | Executive Producer |
| 26 | Juan Peralta | $16,980,420,104 | 29 | $585,531,728 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 27 | Brad Semenoff | $16,211,937,213 | 24 | $675,497,384 | Dialogue Editor |
| 28 | Randy Thom | $15,942,372,900 | 43 | $370,752,858 | Sound Designer |
| 29 | Chris Castaldi | $15,483,389,941 | 21 | $737,304,283 | Assistant Director |
| 30 | Jamie Christopher | $15,224,583,859 | 31 | $491,115,608 | Assistant Director |
| 31 | John Powell | $15,104,815,850 | 55 | $274,633,015 | Composer |
| 32 | Shannon Mills | $15,079,031,019 | 18 | $837,723,946 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 33 | Lora Hirschberg | $15,057,323,583 | 42 | $358,507,704 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 34 | Francine Maisler | $14,994,231,079 | 92 | $162,980,773 | Casting Director |
| 35 | Brian Tyler | $14,853,153,397 | 60 | $247,552,557 | Composer |
| 36 | Kevin O'Connell | $14,684,065,565 | 71 | $206,817,825 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 37 | Paul Massey | $14,657,427,962 | 58 | $252,714,275 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 38 | Christopher Boyes | $14,287,772,045 | 15 | $952,518,136 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 39 | Jane Jenkins | $14,190,012,743 | 115 | $123,391,415 | Casting Director |
| 40 | Bob Weinstein | $14,153,087,329 | 210 | $67,395,654 | Executive Producer |
| 41 | Janet Hirshenson | $14,141,902,498 | 109 | $129,742,225 | Casting Director |
| 42 | David Heyman | $14,015,448,164 | 24 | $583,977,007 | Producer |
| 43 | James Horner | $13,999,306,354 | 101 | $138,606,994 | Composer |
| 44 | Mitch Bell | $13,880,138,722 | 13 | $1,067,702,979 | Co-Producer |
| 45 | Gary Summers | $13,818,009,450 | 36 | $383,833,596 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 46 | Richard Roberts | $13,770,481,469 | 27 | $510,017,832 | Set Decorator |
| 47 | Neil Corbould | $13,734,841,724 | 35 | $392,424,049 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 48 | Harvey Weinstein | $13,621,354,087 | 209 | $65,173,943 | Executive Producer |
| 49 | Andy Gill | $13,538,315,512 | 38 | $356,271,461 | Stunt Coordinator |
| 50 | Jeffrey Ford | $13,500,685,183 | 14 | $964,334,656 | Editor |
| 51 | Steve Durkee | $13,411,504,923 | 11 | $1,219,227,720 | Score Supervisor |
| 52 | Lars P. Winther | $13,395,626,940 | 32 | $418,613,342 | Assistant Director |
| 53 | John Papsidera | $13,388,891,526 | 64 | $209,201,430 | Casting Director |
| 54 | Robin Buday | $13,365,334,551 | 10 | $1,336,533,455 | Assistant Editor |
| 55 | Jerry Bruckheimer | $13,349,791,606 | 37 | $360,805,179 | Producer |
| 56 | Kathleen Kennedy | $13,280,271,232 | 36 | $368,896,423 | Producer |
| 57 | Frank A. Montano | $12,783,047,135 | 52 | $245,827,830 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 58 | Debra Zane | $12,743,098,353 | 45 | $283,179,963 | Casting Director |
| 59 | Judianna Makovsky | $12,719,876,446 | 25 | $508,795,058 | Costume Designer |
| 60 | Jack Kirby | $12,678,778,708 | 15 | $845,251,914 | Story Creator |
| 61 | Nashia Wachsman | $12,548,022,256 | 13 | $965,232,481 | Music Editor |
| 62 | Randall Wilkins | $12,502,824,510 | 52 | $240,438,933 | Set Designer |
| 63 | Neal H. Moritz | $12,484,606,537 | 47 | $265,629,926 | Producer |
| 64 | Terry Madden | $12,372,469,953 | 31 | $399,111,934 | Assistant Director |
| 65 | Nina Gold | $12,352,493,306 | 67 | $184,365,572 | Casting Director |
| 66 | Igor Meglic | $12,259,562,736 | 38 | $322,620,072 | Second Unit Camera |
| 67 | Kenneth Karman | $12,240,975,395 | 103 | $118,844,421 | Music Editor |
| 68 | Easton Smith | $12,230,934,546 | 37 | $330,565,799 | Set Designer |
| 69 | Rick Carter | $12,107,585,803 | 21 | $576,551,705 | Production Designer |
| 70 | Greg P. Russell | $12,093,812,199 | 46 | $262,908,961 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 71 | Spiro Razatos | $12,093,355,818 | 28 | $431,905,565 | Second Unit Director |
| 72 | Leslee Feldman | $12,078,411,164 | 30 | $402,613,705 | Casting Director |
| 73 | Frank Marshall | $12,064,788,154 | 40 | $301,619,704 | Producer |
| 74 | Brian Stultz | $12,064,299,085 | 11 | $1,096,754,462 | Art Director |
| 75 | Christophe Beck | $12,035,897,680 | 74 | $162,647,266 | Composer |
| 76 | Michael Kahn | $12,007,460,460 | 53 | $226,555,858 | Editor |
| 77 | Gary Rydstrom | $11,986,330,338 | 29 | $413,321,736 | Sound Designer |
| 78 | Deborah L. Scott | $11,986,114,767 | 22 | $544,823,399 | Costume Designer |
| 79 | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | $11,903,429,228 | 18 | $661,301,624 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 80 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $11,868,040,134 | 29 | $409,242,763 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 81 | Randy Thom | $11,750,199,154 | 35 | $335,719,976 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 82 | Chris Corbould | $11,670,643,372 | 25 | $466,825,735 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 83 | Denise Chamian | $11,664,449,765 | 52 | $224,316,342 | Casting Director |
| 84 | Matthew Wood | $11,470,184,117 | 22 | $521,372,005 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 85 | Thomas Tull | $11,461,810,961 | 29 | $395,234,861 | Executive Producer |
| 86 | Roger Guyett | $11,406,189,701 | 23 | $495,921,291 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 87 | Simon Chase | $11,364,989,723 | 31 | $366,612,572 | Dialogue Editor |
| 88 | Bria Kinter | $11,335,666,850 | 17 | $666,803,932 | Set Designer |
| 89 | Brett Robinson | $11,309,737,060 | 23 | $491,727,698 | Assistant Director |
| 90 | Will Dodds | $11,301,865,540 | 42 | $269,092,037 | Assistant Director |
| 91 | Chad Oman | $11,257,119,359 | 26 | $432,966,129 | Executive Producer |
| 92 | Josh McLaglen | $11,236,050,877 | 39 | $288,103,869 | Assistant Director |
| 93 | Henry Jackman | $11,170,352,551 | 37 | $301,901,420 | Composer |
| 94 | Kevin Reher | $11,134,952,298 | 16 | $695,934,519 | Casting Director |
| 95 | Toby Emmerich | $11,033,018,477 | 63 | $175,127,277 | Executive Producer |
| 96 | Richard Brener | $10,996,472,139 | 71 | $154,879,889 | Executive Producer |
| 97 | Mary Vernieu | $10,921,476,893 | 121 | $90,260,140 | Casting Director |
| 98 | John Debney | $10,764,613,350 | 98 | $109,842,993 | Composer |
| 99 | Steven Spielberg | $10,722,123,483 | 34 | $315,356,573 | Director |
| 100 | Christopher Meledandri | $10,720,719,243 | 17 | $630,630,544 | Producer |
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
