Gary Rydstrom
Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 29 films, with $11,972,979,918 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #3) |
Best-known technical roles: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens (Sound Designer), Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens (Re-recording Mixer), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Supervising Sound Editor), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace (Re-recording Mixer), Finding Nemo (Sound Designer) |
Most productive collaborators: John Lasseter, Steven Spielberg, Andrew Stanton, Michael Kahn, Kathleen Kennedy |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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In Technical Roles | Sound Designer | 29 | $5,076,323,249 | $6,896,656,669 | $11,972,979,918 |
Re-recording Mixer | 22 | $3,893,167,714 | $5,402,110,122 | $9,295,277,836 | |
Director | 3 | $32,622,971 | $182,356,009 | $214,978,980 | |
Supervising Sound Editor | 2 | $224,668,838 | $292,146,098 | $516,814,936 | |
Additional Sound Re-recording Mixer | 1 | $174,480,468 | $206,928,188 | $381,408,656 | |
Sound Effects Editor | 1 | $77,868,585 | $74,500,000 | $152,368,585 | |
Screenwriter | 1 | $12,429,583 | $1,311,760 | $13,741,343 |
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
2015 Awards Season: Oscar Winners... And the Oscar Goes to Spotlight for Best Picture
February 28th, 2016
It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.
2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview
February 28th, 2016
It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.
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2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations
January 15th, 2016
The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in.
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2015 Preview: January
January 1st, 2015
2014 is over and for the most part, December was a soft ending to a weak year. This is bad news for two reasons. Firstly, it means the overall box office is still soft and it is unlikely that January will start strong. Secondly, last January was a great month, thanks in part to Frozen and other holdovers. The slump can't last forever and Taken 3 should help 2015 get off to a reasonably fast start and it even has a shot at $100 million. American Sniper got off to a really fast start in limited release, so it too could be a hit when it expands wide. By comparison, last January was led by Ride Along, but there were only two other films that didn't completely bomb. I want to say 2015 will start out on a winning note, but given the box office losing streak, it will likely pay to be pessimistic.
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All Acting Credits
All Technical Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Jun 30, 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial … | Supervising Sound Ed… Additional Sound Re-… |
$174,480,468 | $206,928,188 | $381,408,656 |
Sep 20, 2019 | Ad Astra | Supervising Sound Ed… Sound Designer Re-recording Mixer |
$50,188,370 | $85,217,910 | $135,406,280 |
Mar 29, 2018 | Ready Player One | Supervising Sound De… Re-recording Mixer |
$137,690,172 | $441,365,481 | $579,055,653 |
Dec 18, 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Forc… | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$936,662,225 | $1,127,953,592 | $2,064,615,817 |
Oct 16, 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Re-recording Mixer | $72,313,754 | $90,184,584 | $162,498,338 |
May 22, 2015 | Tomorrowland | Re-recording Mixer | $93,436,322 | $113,191,196 | $206,627,518 |
Jan 23, 2015 | Strange Magic | Director Screenwriter |
$12,429,583 | $1,311,760 | $13,741,343 |
Jul 2, 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Sound Designer | $89,302,115 | $170,700,000 | $260,002,115 |
Mar 15, 2013 | Kokuriko-zaka Kara | Director (English Language Version) | $1,000,878 | $48,740,662 | $49,741,540 |
Nov 2, 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Sound Designer | $189,412,677 | $307,098,844 | $496,511,521 |
Jun 22, 2012 | Brave | Sound Designer Re-recording Mixer |
$237,282,182 | $317,324,350 | $554,606,532 |
Feb 17, 2012 | Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ)… | Director U.S. Production | $19,192,510 | $132,303,587 | $151,496,097 |
Dec 16, 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost P… | Sound Designer Re-recording Mixer |
$209,397,903 | $485,315,327 | $694,713,230 |
Dec 25, 2003 | Peter Pan | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$48,417,850 | $46,837,635 | $95,255,485 |
Jun 20, 2003 | Hulk | Sound Designer | $132,177,234 | $112,854,445 | $245,031,679 |
May 30, 2003 | Finding Nemo | Sound Designer | $380,529,370 | $555,565,482 | $936,094,852 |
Oct 11, 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Re-recording Mixer | $17,791,031 | $6,800,000 | $24,591,031 |
Jun 21, 2002 | Minority Report | Sound Designer | $132,024,714 | $226,800,000 | $358,824,714 |
May 16, 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of… | Re-recording Mixer | $310,676,740 | $346,018,875 | $656,695,615 |
Nov 2, 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Sound Designer | $290,149,425 | $270,334,294 | $560,483,719 |
Jun 29, 2001 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | Sound Designer | $78,616,689 | $157,283,311 | $235,900,000 |
Jun 8, 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$84,052,762 | $101,996,258 | $186,049,020 |
Mar 2, 2001 | The Mexican | Re-recording Mixer | $66,808,615 | $78,429,635 | $145,238,250 |
Nov 3, 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$30,695,227 | $8,540,259 | $39,235,486 |
Nov 19, 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Sound Designer | $245,852,179 | $265,506,097 | $511,358,276 |
Jul 23, 1999 | The Haunting | Sound Designer | $91,188,905 | $89,000,000 | $180,188,905 |
May 19, 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phanto… | Re-recording Mixer | $474,544,677 | $552,500,000 | $1,027,044,677 |
Nov 20, 1998 | A Bug’s Life | Sound Designer | $162,798,565 | $200,296,754 | $363,095,319 |
Jul 24, 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Sound Designer | $216,335,085 | $268,700,000 | $485,035,085 |
May 15, 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Sound Designer | $75,383,563 | $111,500,000 | $186,883,563 |
Oct 18, 1996 | Sleepers | Re-recording Mixer | $53,300,852 | $112,300,000 | $165,600,852 |
May 21, 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Re-recording Mixer | $180,981,886 | $276,716,108 | $457,697,994 |
Dec 15, 1995 | Jumanji | Sound Designer | $100,458,310 | $162,300,000 | $262,758,310 |
Nov 22, 1995 | Toy Story | Sound Designer | $192,523,233 | $172,747,718 | $365,270,951 |
May 26, 1995 | Casper | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$100,732,217 | $181,971,806 | $282,704,023 |
Jun 11, 1993 | Jurassic Park | Sound Designer Re-recording Mixer |
$415,404,543 | $643,049,687 | $1,058,454,230 |
Oct 9, 1992 | A River Runs Through It | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$43,440,294 | $43,440,294 | |
Aug 14, 1992 | Single White Female | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$48,017,402 | $48,017,402 | |
Jul 2, 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Re-recording Mixer Sound Designer |
$203,464,105 | $311,897,419 | $515,361,524 |
May 24, 1991 | Backdraft | Re-recording Mixer Sound Effects Editor Sound Designer |
$77,868,585 | $74,500,000 | $152,368,585 |
Jun 21, 1985 | Cocoon | Sound Designer | $76,257,348 | $76,257,348 | |
Averages | $159,836,111 | $233,212,665 | $375,984,435 | ||
Totals | 41 | $6,553,280,565 | $8,862,081,264 | $15,415,361,829 |
Director Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jan 23, 2015 | Strange Magic | $5,504,441 | 3,020 | $12,429,583 | $13,741,343 | 90.5% |
Mar 15, 2013 | Kokuriko-zaka Kara | 48 | $1,000,878 | $49,741,540 | 2.0% | |
Feb 17, 2012 | Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ… | $6,446,395 | 2,958 | $19,192,510 | $151,496,097 | 12.7% |
Averages | $5,975,418 | 2,009 | $10,874,324 | $71,659,660 | 35.0% | |
Totals | 3 | $32,622,971 | $214,978,980 |
Writer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jan 23, 2015 | Strange Magic | $5,504,441 | 3,020 | $12,429,583 | $13,741,343 | 90.5% |
Averages | $5,504,441 | 3,020 | $12,429,583 | $13,741,343 | 90.5% | |
Totals | 1 | $12,429,583 | $13,741,343 |