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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 113 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 ($536,625,724 in 2008), The Dark Knight Rises ($448,139,099 in 2012), The Lion King ($423,981,226 in 1994), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($423,315,812 in 2006), 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 ($293,662,683 in 2010), Man of Steel ($291,045,518 in 2013) |
2
Kevin Feige
| Best known as a Producer based on credits in that role in 40 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,811,535 in 2021), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Deadpool & Wolverine ($636,745,858 in 2024), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($453,829,060 in 2022), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022) |
3
Louis D’Esposito
| Best known as an Executive Producer based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,811,535 in 2021), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Deadpool & Wolverine ($636,745,858 in 2024), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($453,829,060 in 2022), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Zimmer | $13,680,881,975 | 110 | $124,371,654 | Composer |
| 2 | Kevin Feige | $12,828,634,995 | 36 | $356,350,972 | Producer |
| 3 | Louis D’Esposito | $12,811,423,985 | 37 | $346,254,702 | Executive Producer |
| 4 | Stan Lee | $12,758,727,466 | 51 | $250,171,127 | Executive Producer |
| 5 | Sarah Halley Finn | $12,297,158,217 | 62 | $198,341,262 | Casting Director |
| 6 | John Williams | $12,015,063,616 | 77 | $156,039,787 | Composer |
| 7 | Dave Jordan | $10,823,925,051 | 54 | $200,443,057 | Music Supervisor |
| 8 | Victoria Alonso | $10,677,946,367 | 28 | $381,355,227 | Executive Producer |
| 9 | Christopher Boyes | $9,088,323,276 | 47 | $193,368,580 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 10 | James Newton Howard | $8,847,294,177 | 122 | $72,518,805 | Composer |
| 11 | Michael Giacchino | $8,749,672,358 | 43 | $203,480,753 | Composer |
| 12 | Danny Elfman | $8,721,924,866 | 97 | $89,916,751 | Composer |
| 13 | Tom Johnson | $8,626,494,926 | 53 | $162,764,055 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 14 | Stan Lee | $8,478,790,728 | 23 | $368,643,075 | Story Creator |
| 15 | Alan Silvestri | $8,436,724,986 | 94 | $89,752,393 | Composer |
| 16 | Andy Nelson | $8,161,772,557 | 69 | $118,286,559 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 17 | Christopher Boyes | $7,819,581,364 | 39 | $200,502,086 | Sound Designer |
| 18 | Bruce Berman | $7,607,879,431 | 92 | $82,694,342 | Executive Producer |
| 19 | Steve Durkee | $7,307,397,883 | 25 | $292,295,915 | Music Editor |
| 20 | Steven Spielberg | $7,209,842,207 | 55 | $131,088,040 | Executive Producer |
| 21 | Michael Semanick | $7,182,834,115 | 52 | $138,131,425 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 22 | Lee Gilmore | $6,994,665,631 | 54 | $129,530,845 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 23 | Josh Gold | $6,871,970,150 | 26 | $264,306,544 | Sound Effects Editor |
| 24 | Jane Jenkins | $6,840,069,547 | 115 | $59,478,866 | Casting Director |
| 25 | Bob Weinstein | $6,809,988,334 | 205 | $33,219,455 | Executive Producer |
| 26 | Gary A. Rizzo | $6,808,176,581 | 41 | $166,053,087 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 27 | Janet Hirshenson | $6,792,025,670 | 109 | $62,312,162 | Casting Director |
| 28 | John Lasseter | $6,723,410,501 | 28 | $240,121,804 | Executive Producer |
| 29 | Harvey Weinstein | $6,662,461,858 | 204 | $32,659,127 | Executive Producer |
| 30 | Kevin O'Connell | $6,605,088,208 | 71 | $93,029,411 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 31 | Juan Peralta | $6,260,007,014 | 29 | $215,862,311 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 32 | James Horner | $6,230,885,892 | 99 | $62,938,241 | Composer |
| 33 | Kenneth Karman | $6,219,789,634 | 103 | $60,386,307 | Music Editor |
| 34 | Kathleen Kennedy | $6,196,143,783 | 35 | $177,032,680 | Producer |
| 35 | Francine Maisler | $6,099,899,499 | 90 | $67,776,661 | Casting Director |
| 36 | Lora Hirschberg | $6,013,625,154 | 42 | $143,181,551 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 37 | John Powell | $5,970,517,995 | 55 | $108,554,873 | Composer |
| 38 | Randy Thom | $5,842,122,232 | 43 | $135,863,308 | Sound Designer |
| 39 | Brad Semenoff | $5,806,082,567 | 24 | $241,920,107 | Dialogue Editor |
| 40 | Paul Massey | $5,763,468,876 | 58 | $99,370,153 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 41 | John Debney | $5,760,930,232 | 95 | $60,641,371 | Composer |
| 42 | Chris Castaldi | $5,681,600,091 | 21 | $270,552,385 | Assistant Director |
| 43 | Mary Vernieu | $5,531,494,128 | 113 | $48,951,275 | Casting Director |
| 44 | Debra Zane | $5,454,914,584 | 45 | $121,220,324 | Casting Director |
| 45 | Jamie Christopher | $5,435,402,571 | 31 | $175,335,567 | Assistant Director |
| 46 | Randall Wilkins | $5,413,547,784 | 52 | $104,106,688 | Set Designer |
| 47 | Matthew Wood | $5,411,026,925 | 22 | $245,955,769 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 48 | Christophe Beck | $5,407,686,040 | 73 | $74,077,891 | Composer |
| 49 | Jerry Bruckheimer | $5,353,033,191 | 36 | $148,695,366 | Producer |
| 50 | Gary Summers | $5,347,649,828 | 36 | $148,545,829 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 51 | Lars P. Winther | $5,291,466,628 | 32 | $165,358,332 | Assistant Director |
| 52 | Easton Smith | $5,250,175,388 | 37 | $141,896,632 | Set Designer |
| 53 | Christopher Boyes | $5,193,284,632 | 15 | $346,218,975 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 54 | John Papsidera | $5,175,232,394 | 61 | $84,839,875 | Casting Director |
| 55 | Shannon Mills | $5,172,248,008 | 18 | $287,347,112 | Supervising Sound Editor |
| 56 | Michael Kahn | $5,171,817,939 | 53 | $97,581,471 | Editor |
| 57 | Toby Emmerich | $5,170,011,063 | 63 | $82,063,668 | Executive Producer |
| 58 | Gary Rydstrom | $5,076,427,879 | 29 | $175,049,237 | Sound Designer |
| 59 | Andy Gill | $5,064,987,704 | 38 | $133,289,150 | Stunt Coordinator |
| 60 | Frank Marshall | $5,044,924,848 | 38 | $132,761,180 | Producer |
| 61 | Richard Brener | $5,034,371,564 | 71 | $70,906,642 | Executive Producer |
| 62 | Jack Kirby | $4,962,836,079 | 14 | $354,488,291 | Story Creator |
| 63 | Steve Durkee | $4,952,267,754 | 11 | $450,206,159 | Score Supervisor |
| 64 | Brian Tyler | $4,945,434,693 | 60 | $82,423,912 | Composer |
| 65 | Mitch Bell | $4,945,180,386 | 12 | $412,098,366 | Co-Producer |
| 66 | Neil Corbould | $4,923,590,537 | 35 | $140,674,015 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 67 | Rick Carter | $4,910,103,095 | 21 | $233,814,433 | Production Designer |
| 68 | Denise Chamian | $4,908,900,906 | 50 | $98,178,018 | Casting Director |
| 69 | Jeffrey Ford | $4,895,010,446 | 14 | $349,643,603 | Editor |
| 70 | Richard Roberts | $4,883,579,198 | 27 | $180,873,304 | Set Decorator |
| 71 | Judianna Makovsky | $4,878,935,447 | 23 | $212,127,628 | Costume Designer |
| 72 | Frank A. Montano | $4,808,207,625 | 52 | $92,465,531 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 73 | Roger Guyett | $4,781,913,482 | 23 | $207,909,282 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 74 | Robin Buday | $4,753,187,319 | 10 | $475,318,732 | Assistant Editor |
| 75 | Thomas Tull | $4,733,641,307 | 29 | $163,229,011 | Executive Producer |
| 76 | Thomas Newman | $4,724,914,509 | 84 | $56,248,982 | Composer |
| 77 | Igor Meglic | $4,718,426,161 | 38 | $124,169,110 | Second Unit Camera |
| 78 | Neal H. Moritz | $4,707,631,854 | 45 | $104,614,041 | Producer |
| 79 | David Heyman | $4,666,114,441 | 22 | $212,096,111 | Producer |
| 80 | Greg P. Russell | $4,645,164,340 | 46 | $100,981,833 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 81 | Steven Spielberg | $4,636,662,927 | 34 | $136,372,439 | Director |
| 82 | Chris Corbould | $4,596,457,608 | 25 | $183,858,304 | Special Effects Supervisor |
| 83 | D.M. Hemphill | $4,553,167,067 | 49 | $92,921,777 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 84 | Chris Jenkins | $4,519,891,628 | 56 | $80,712,351 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 85 | Nashia Wachsman | $4,482,918,408 | 12 | $373,576,534 | Music Editor |
| 86 | Leslee Feldman | $4,479,111,473 | 30 | $149,303,716 | Casting Director |
| 87 | Nina Gold | $4,460,940,526 | 62 | $71,950,654 | Casting Director |
| 88 | Ben Burtt | $4,428,495,450 | 16 | $276,780,966 | Sound Designer |
| 89 | Kevin Reher | $4,416,188,130 | 16 | $276,011,758 | Casting Director |
| 90 | Anna Behlmer | $4,414,305,160 | 57 | $77,443,950 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 91 | Gary Bourgeois | $4,398,977,848 | 126 | $34,912,523 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 92 | Terry Madden | $4,398,435,224 | 31 | $141,885,007 | Assistant Director |
| 93 | Randy Thom | $4,392,028,664 | 35 | $125,486,533 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 94 | Chad Oman | $4,377,290,068 | 26 | $168,357,310 | Executive Producer |
| 95 | Howard Shore | $4,343,014,634 | 66 | $65,803,252 | Composer |
| 96 | Rick Kline | $4,268,004,990 | 46 | $92,782,717 | Re-recording Mixer |
| 97 | Christopher Meledandri | $4,230,569,611 | 17 | $248,857,036 | Producer |
| 98 | Randall Poster | $4,196,303,002 | 91 | $46,113,220 | Music Supervisor |
| 99 | Charles Roven | $4,171,460,517 | 24 | $173,810,855 | Producer |
| 100 | Josh McLaglen | $4,148,658,000 | 39 | $106,375,846 | Assistant Director |
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
Kevin Feige: By Mingle Media TV [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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