James Horner
Best known as a Composer based on credits in that role in 101 films, with $13,987,800,245 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #9) |
Best-known technical roles: Avatar (Composer), Titanic (Composer), The Amazing Spider-Man (Composer), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Composer), The Magnificent Seven (Composer) |
Born: August 14, 1953 |
Died: June 22, 2015 |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Technical Roles | Composer | 101 | $6,227,658,604 | $7,760,141,641 | $13,987,800,245 |
Song Writer | 6 | $234,448,475 | $140,831,145 | $375,279,620 |
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
Top Grossing Composer at the Domestic Box Office | 7 | $6,227,658,604 |
Top Grossing Composer at the International Box Office | 9 | $7,760,141,641 |
Top Grossing Composer at the Worldwide Box Office | 9 | $13,987,800,245 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Sep 23, 2016 | The Magnificent Seven | Composer | $93,432,655 | $68,689,987 | $162,122,642 |
Nov 13, 2015 | The 33 | Composer | $12,227,722 | $16,059,767 | $28,287,489 |
Sep 11, 2015 | Lang Tu Teng | Composer | $212,616 | $117,378,636 | $117,591,252 |
Jul 24, 2015 | Southpaw | Composer | $52,421,953 | $41,734,503 | $94,156,456 |
Apr 10, 2015 | Living in the Age of Airplanes | Composer | $8,011 | $8,011 | |
Mar 1, 2013 | Day of the Falcon | Composer | $435,220 | $435,220 | |
Jul 3, 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Composer | $262,030,663 | $495,859,604 | $757,890,267 |
Jun 1, 2012 | For Greater Glory: The True… | Composer | $5,669,081 | $4,357,174 | $10,026,255 |
Dec 18, 2009 | Avatar | Composer | $785,221,649 | $2,138,484,377 | $2,923,706,026 |
Feb 14, 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Composer | $71,195,053 | $91,644,614 | $162,839,667 |
Dec 8, 2006 | Apocalypto | Composer | $50,866,635 | $70,165,637 | $121,032,272 |
Sep 22, 2006 | All the King's Men | Composer | $7,221,458 | $2,300,000 | $9,521,458 |
Dec 25, 2005 | The New World | Composer | $12,712,093 | $13,472,307 | $26,184,400 |
Oct 28, 2005 | The Legend of Zorro | Composer | $45,575,336 | $95,900,000 | $141,475,336 |
Sep 23, 2005 | Flightplan | Composer | $89,706,988 | $124,685,916 | $214,392,904 |
Aug 5, 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Composer | $49,526 | $49,526 | |
Sep 24, 2004 | The Forgotten | Composer | $66,711,892 | $50,500,000 | $117,211,892 |
May 14, 2004 | Troy | Composer | $133,298,577 | $349,853,463 | $483,152,040 |
Apr 30, 2004 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Composer | $2,694,071 | $2,694,071 | |
Dec 19, 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Composer | $13,005,485 | $3,149,301 | $16,154,786 |
Nov 26, 2003 | The Missing | Composer | $26,900,336 | $11,353,097 | $38,253,433 |
Oct 24, 2003 | Beyond Borders | Composer | $4,426,297 | $7,000,793 | $11,427,090 |
Oct 24, 2003 | Radio | Composer Song Writer |
$52,333,738 | $959,890 | $53,293,628 |
Sep 20, 2002 | The Four Feathers | Composer | $18,306,166 | $11,576,479 | $29,882,645 |
Jun 14, 2002 | Windtalkers | Composer | $40,914,068 | $36,714,197 | $77,628,265 |
Dec 21, 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Composer | $170,708,996 | $146,959,062 | $317,668,058 |
Dec 14, 2001 | Iris | Composer | $5,580,479 | $112,462 | $5,692,941 |
Mar 16, 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Composer | $51,396,781 | $45,574,512 | $96,971,293 |
Nov 17, 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Composer | $261,939,550 | $85,096,578 | $347,036,128 |
Nov 10, 2000 | Little Nicky | Composer | $39,442,871 | $18,827,520 | $58,270,391 |
Jun 30, 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Composer | $182,618,434 | $146,093,000 | $328,711,434 |
Dec 17, 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Composer | $58,220,776 | $29,200,000 | $87,420,776 |
Dec 25, 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Composer | $50,632,037 | $50,632,037 | |
Jul 17, 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Composer | $93,828,745 | $139,871,255 | $233,700,000 |
May 8, 1998 | Deep Impact | Composer | $140,464,664 | $209,000,000 | $349,464,664 |
Dec 19, 1997 | Titanic | Composer | $674,460,013 | $1,548,588,773 | $2,223,048,786 |
Mar 26, 1997 | The Devil's Own | Composer | $42,885,593 | $98,014,407 | $140,900,000 |
Nov 8, 1996 | Ransom | Composer | $136,492,681 | $172,207,319 | $308,700,000 |
Oct 18, 1996 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birt… | Composer | $4,137,645 | $4,137,645 | |
Jul 12, 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Composer | $59,003,384 | $41,829,761 | $100,833,145 |
Dec 22, 1995 | Balto | Composer Song Writer |
$11,268,750 | $11,268,750 | |
Dec 15, 1995 | Jumanji | Composer | $100,458,310 | $162,300,000 | $262,758,310 |
Oct 13, 1995 | Jade | Composer | $9,812,870 | $9,812,870 | |
Jun 30, 1995 | Apollo 13 | Composer | $173,772,767 | $162,029,504 | $335,802,271 |
May 26, 1995 | Casper | Composer | $100,732,217 | $181,971,806 | $282,704,023 |
May 24, 1995 | Braveheart | Composer | $75,545,647 | $133,499,597 | $209,045,244 |
Dec 23, 1994 | Legends of the Fall | Composer | $66,502,573 | $94,000,000 | $160,502,573 |
Nov 23, 1994 | The Pagemaster | Composer | $12,039,526 | $12,039,526 | |
Aug 3, 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | Composer | $122,012,656 | $85,487,344 | $207,500,000 |
Dec 17, 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Composer | $100,768,056 | $87,227,803 | $187,995,859 |
Nov 24, 1993 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Composer Song Writer |
$9,315,576 | $9,315,576 | |
Aug 25, 1993 | The Man Without a Face | Composer | $24,760,338 | $24,760,338 | |
Aug 11, 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Composer | $7,266,393 | $7,266,393 | |
Jul 16, 1993 | Hocus Pocus | Composer | $49,030,064 | $1,046,929 | $50,076,993 |
Jun 18, 1993 | Once Upon a Forest | Composer | $5,274,950 | $5,274,950 | |
Apr 2, 1993 | Jack the Bear | Composer | $4,796,751 | $4,796,751 | |
Mar 12, 1993 | A Far Off Place | Composer | $12,890,752 | $12,890,752 | |
Mar 5, 1993 | Swing Kids | Composer | $5,632,086 | $5,632,086 | |
1993 | House of Cards | Composer | $322,871 | $322,871 | |
1993 | Bopha! | Composer | $212,483 | $212,483 | |
Sep 9, 1992 | Sneakers | Composer | $51,433,000 | $51,433,000 | |
Jun 26, 1992 | Unlawful Entry | Composer | $57,138,719 | $57,138,719 | |
Jun 5, 1992 | Patriot Games | Composer | $83,287,363 | $94,812,637 | $178,100,000 |
Apr 1, 1992 | Thunderheart | Composer | $22,660,758 | $22,660,758 | |
Nov 22, 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Go… | Composer Song Writer |
$20,218,664 | $20,218,664 | |
Jun 21, 1991 | The Rocketeer | Composer | $46,573,027 | $46,573,027 | |
Mar 15, 1991 | Class Action | Composer | $23,968,042 | $23,968,042 | |
Mar 1, 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been … | Composer | $3,603,615 | $3,603,615 | |
1991 | Once Around | Composer | $14,851,000 | $14,851,000 | |
Jun 8, 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | Composer | $80,047,413 | $72,700,000 | $152,747,413 |
Apr 6, 1990 | I Love You to Death | Composer | $15,600,149 | $15,600,149 | |
Dec 13, 1989 | Glory | Composer | $26,828,365 | $26,828,365 | |
Oct 27, 1989 | Dad | Composer | $19,738,015 | $19,738,015 | |
Sep 15, 1989 | In Country | Composer | $3,531,971 | $3,531,971 | |
Jun 23, 1989 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Composer | $130,724,172 | $91,975,828 | $222,700,000 |
Apr 21, 1989 | Field of Dreams | Composer | $64,431,625 | $64,431,625 | |
Nov 23, 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Composer | $18,924,919 | $18,924,919 | |
Nov 18, 1988 | The Land Before Time | Composer | $48,436,211 | $33,880,000 | $82,316,211 |
Aug 12, 1988 | Young Guns | Composer | $44,726,644 | $44,726,644 | |
Aug 5, 1988 | Vibes | Composer | $1,883,811 | $1,883,811 | |
Jun 17, 1988 | Red Heat | Composer | $34,994,648 | $34,994,648 | |
May 20, 1988 | Willow | Composer | $57,269,863 | $57,269,863 | |
Dec 18, 1987 | *batteries not included | Composer | $32,945,797 | $32,945,797 | |
Apr 17, 1987 | Project X | Composer | $18,532,286 | $18,532,286 | |
Nov 21, 1986 | An American Tail | Composer Song Writer |
$47,483,002 | $47,483,002 | |
Sep 24, 1986 | The Name of the Rose | Composer | $7,153,000 | $7,153,000 | |
Jul 18, 1986 | Aliens | Composer | $85,160,248 | $98,131,645 | $183,291,893 |
Apr 11, 1986 | Off Beat | Composer | $4,842,778 | $4,842,778 | |
Oct 4, 1985 | Commando | Composer | $35,073,978 | $4,935 | $35,078,913 |
Sep 27, 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Composer | $9,468,512 | $9,468,512 | |
Aug 16, 1985 | Volunteers | Composer | $19,875,740 | $19,875,740 | |
Jun 21, 1985 | Cocoon | Composer | $76,257,348 | $76,257,348 | |
Feb 8, 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Composer | $6,070,794 | $6,070,794 | |
Jun 1, 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search f… | Composer | $76,471,046 | $10,528,954 | $87,000,000 |
Dec 16, 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Composer | $27,900,000 | $27,900,000 | |
Dec 16, 1983 | Gorky Park | Composer | $15,900,000 | $15,900,000 | |
Sep 30, 1983 | Brainstorm | Composer | $8,921,050 | $8,921,050 | |
Jul 29, 1983 | Krull | Composer | $16,519,460 | $16,519,460 | |
Dec 8, 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Composer | $75,936,265 | $75,936,265 | |
Jun 4, 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of … | Composer | $78,912,963 | $16,887,037 | $95,800,000 |
Apr 24, 1981 | The Hand | Composer | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
Averages | $62,905,642 | $149,233,493 | $138,493,072 | ||
Totals | 101 | $6,227,658,604 | $7,760,141,641 | $13,987,800,245 |
Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
Top Grossing Composer at the Domestic Box Office | 7 | $6,227,658,604 |
Top Grossing Composer at the International Box Office | 9 | $7,760,141,641 |
Top Grossing Composer at the Worldwide Box Office | 9 | $13,987,800,245 |