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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
Hans Zimmer
| Best known as a Composer based on credits in that role in 113 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Lion King ($1,661,454,403 in 2019), Top Gun: Maverick ($1,454,001,110 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) |
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 ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 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 ($895,937,268 in 2007), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,852,749 in 2017) |
3
Kevin Feige
| Best known as a Producer based on credits in that role in 40 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,921,206,586 in 2021), 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) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Zimmer | $34,458,640,984 | 112 | $307,666,437 | Composer |
| 2 | Stan Lee | $32,585,932,379 | 51 | $638,939,851 | Executive Producer |
| 3 | Kevin Feige | $31,839,326,889 | 36 | $884,425,747 | Producer |
| 4 | Louis D’Esposito | $31,764,764,411 | 37 | $858,507,146 | Executive Producer |
| 5 | Sarah Halley Finn | $31,387,409,773 | 62 | $506,248,545 | Casting Director |
| 6 | Victoria Alonso | $27,414,111,051 | 28 | $979,075,395 | Executive Producer |
| 7 | Dave Jordan | $26,632,447,689 | 54 | $493,193,476 | Music Supervisor |
| 8 | John Williams | $25,973,003,983 | 77 | $337,311,740 | Composer |
| 9 | Christopher Boyes | $25,241,362,150 | 47 | $537,050,259 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 10 | Tom Johnson | $22,444,940,878 | 53 | $423,489,451 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 11 | Andy Nelson | $22,228,022,455 | 69 | $322,145,253 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 12 | Michael Giacchino | $21,911,319,454 | 44 | $497,984,533 | Composer |
| 13 | Christopher Boyes | $21,078,435,604 | 39 | $540,472,708 | Sound Designer |
| 14 | Stan Lee | $20,951,956,317 | 23 | $910,954,622 | Story Creator |
| 15 | Josh Gold | $19,499,835,590 | 26 | $749,993,677 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 16 | Steve Durkee | $19,366,101,018 | 25 | $774,644,041 | Music Editor |
| 17 | James Newton Howard | $19,364,512,162 | 123 | $157,435,058 | Composer |
| 18 | Alan Silvestri | $18,858,292,942 | 94 | $200,620,138 | Composer |
| 19 | Danny Elfman | $18,449,096,483 | 97 | $190,196,871 | Composer |
| 20 | John Lasseter | $17,691,788,154 | 28 | $631,849,577 | Executive Producer |
| 21 | Michael Semanick | $17,686,189,782 | 52 | $340,119,034 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 22 | Steven Spielberg | $17,608,457,780 | 55 | $320,153,778 | Executive Producer |
| 23 | Lee Gilmore | $17,524,200,160 | 55 | $318,621,821 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 24 | Bruce Berman | $17,512,177,204 | 92 | $190,349,752 | Executive Producer |
| 25 | Gary A. Rizzo | $17,268,115,862 | 41 | $421,173,558 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 26 | Juan Peralta | $16,640,683,152 | 29 | $573,816,660 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 27 | Randy Thom | $15,943,062,946 | 43 | $370,768,906 | Sound Designer |
| 28 | Brad Semenoff | $15,881,931,795 | 24 | $661,747,158 | Dialogue Editor |
| 29 | Chris Castaldi | $15,482,455,454 | 21 | $737,259,784 | Assistant Director |
| 30 | Jamie Christopher | $15,224,585,859 | 31 | $491,115,673 | Assistant Director |
| 31 | Shannon Mills | $15,081,097,237 | 18 | $837,838,735 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 32 | Lora Hirschberg | $15,058,434,307 | 42 | $358,534,150 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 33 | Francine Maisler | $14,993,737,020 | 92 | $162,975,402 | Casting Director |
| 34 | John Powell | $14,990,643,885 | 55 | $272,557,162 | Composer |
| 35 | Brian Tyler | $14,803,457,861 | 60 | $246,724,298 | Composer |
| 36 | Kevin O'Connell | $14,682,961,664 | 71 | $206,802,277 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 37 | Paul Massey | $14,657,471,673 | 58 | $252,715,029 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 38 | Christopher Boyes | $14,286,229,027 | 15 | $952,415,268 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 39 | Jane Jenkins | $14,189,149,702 | 115 | $123,383,910 | Casting Director |
| 40 | Bob Weinstein | $14,152,483,694 | 210 | $67,392,779 | Executive Producer |
| 41 | Janet Hirshenson | $14,141,036,148 | 109 | $129,734,277 | Casting Director |
| 42 | David Heyman | $14,015,348,164 | 24 | $583,972,840 | Producer |
| 43 | James Horner | $13,990,985,978 | 101 | $138,524,614 | Composer |
| 44 | Gary Summers | $13,807,890,699 | 36 | $383,552,519 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 45 | Richard Roberts | $13,770,583,194 | 27 | $510,021,600 | Set Decorator |
| 46 | Harvey Weinstein | $13,620,750,452 | 209 | $65,171,055 | Executive Producer |
| 47 | Jeffrey Ford | $13,500,886,696 | 14 | $964,349,050 | Editor |
| 48 | Andy Gill | $13,488,716,148 | 38 | $354,966,214 | Stunt Coordinator |
| 49 | Steve Durkee | $13,411,706,436 | 11 | $1,219,246,040 | Score Supervisor |
| 50 | Lars P. Winther | $13,395,628,940 | 32 | $418,613,404 | Assistant Director |
| 51 | John Papsidera | $13,386,290,292 | 63 | $212,480,798 | Casting Director |
| 52 | Robin Buday | $13,365,536,064 | 10 | $1,336,553,606 | Assistant Editor |
| 53 | Mitch Bell | $13,359,705,313 | 12 | $1,113,308,776 | Co-Producer |
| 54 | Kathleen Kennedy | $13,280,271,232 | 36 | $368,896,423 | Producer |
| 55 | Neil Corbould | $13,185,949,381 | 35 | $376,741,411 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 56 | Jerry Bruckheimer | $13,022,563,850 | 37 | $351,961,185 | Producer |
| 57 | Debra Zane | $12,742,373,981 | 45 | $283,163,866 | Casting Director |
| 58 | Frank A. Montano | $12,733,764,771 | 52 | $244,880,092 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 59 | Randall Wilkins | $12,501,688,510 | 52 | $240,417,087 | Set Designer |
| 60 | Terry Madden | $12,372,469,953 | 31 | $399,111,934 | Assistant Director |
| 61 | Neal H. Moritz | $12,370,674,138 | 45 | $274,903,870 | Producer |
| 62 | Nina Gold | $12,298,461,664 | 66 | $186,340,328 | Casting Director |
| 63 | Kenneth Karman | $12,232,625,575 | 103 | $118,763,355 | Music Editor |
| 64 | Easton Smith | $12,229,562,413 | 37 | $330,528,714 | Set Designer |
| 65 | Igor Meglic | $12,209,963,372 | 38 | $321,314,826 | Second Unit Camera |
| 66 | Jack Kirby | $12,158,343,299 | 14 | $868,453,093 | Story Creator |
| 67 | Rick Carter | $12,107,585,803 | 21 | $576,551,705 | Production Designer |
| 68 | Judianna Makovsky | $12,103,493,494 | 24 | $504,312,229 | Costume Designer |
| 69 | Greg P. Russell | $12,092,706,216 | 46 | $262,884,918 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 70 | Leslee Feldman | $12,079,101,210 | 30 | $402,636,707 | Casting Director |
| 71 | Christophe Beck | $12,036,230,495 | 74 | $162,651,763 | Composer |
| 72 | Nashia Wachsman | $12,021,156,272 | 12 | $1,001,763,023 | Music Editor |
| 73 | Brian Stultz | $12,014,901,234 | 11 | $1,092,263,749 | Art Director |
| 74 | Michael Kahn | $11,999,985,836 | 53 | $226,414,827 | Editor |
| 75 | Deborah L. Scott | $11,983,353,402 | 22 | $544,697,882 | Costume Designer |
| 76 | Gary Rydstrom | $11,968,681,823 | 29 | $412,713,166 | Sound Designer |
| 77 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $11,867,799,426 | 29 | $409,234,463 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 78 | Randy Thom | $11,750,199,154 | 35 | $335,719,976 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 79 | Chris Corbould | $11,670,643,372 | 25 | $466,825,735 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 80 | Denise Chamian | $11,666,287,513 | 52 | $224,351,683 | Casting Director |
| 81 | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | $11,570,566,411 | 18 | $642,809,245 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 82 | Frank Marshall | $11,529,606,024 | 40 | $288,240,151 | Producer |
| 83 | Matthew Wood | $11,470,190,359 | 22 | $521,372,289 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 84 | Thomas Tull | $11,461,281,293 | 29 | $395,216,596 | Executive Producer |
| 85 | Roger Guyett | $11,406,189,701 | 23 | $495,921,291 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 86 | Simon Chase | $11,366,832,984 | 31 | $366,672,032 | Dialogue Editor |
| 87 | Spiro Razatos | $11,329,381,340 | 27 | $419,606,716 | Second Unit Director |
| 88 | Will Dodds | $11,301,865,540 | 42 | $269,092,037 | Assistant Director |
| 89 | Brett Robinson | $11,260,137,696 | 23 | $489,571,204 | Assistant Director |
| 90 | Chad Oman | $11,258,957,107 | 26 | $433,036,812 | Executive Producer |
| 91 | Josh McLaglen | $11,237,489,456 | 39 | $288,140,755 | Assistant Director |
| 92 | Kevin Reher | $11,137,053,208 | 16 | $696,065,826 | Casting Director |
| 93 | Henry Jackman | $11,050,039,651 | 36 | $306,945,546 | Composer |
| 94 | Toby Emmerich | $11,033,018,477 | 63 | $175,127,277 | Executive Producer |
| 95 | Richard Brener | $10,996,472,139 | 71 | $154,879,889 | Executive Producer |
| 96 | Mary Vernieu | $10,921,476,893 | 121 | $90,260,140 | Casting Director |
| 97 | John Debney | $10,765,006,229 | 98 | $109,847,002 | Composer |
| 98 | Bria Kinter | $10,719,015,864 | 16 | $669,938,492 | Set Designer |
| 99 | Christopher Meledandri | $10,718,973,858 | 17 | $630,527,874 | Producer |
| 100 | Steven Spielberg | $10,709,310,008 | 34 | $314,979,706 | Director |
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
Kevin Feige: By Mingle Media TV [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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