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Top Grossing Sound Designer at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Sound Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Designers
This list shows the highest grossing Sound Designers 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
Christopher Boyes
| Best known as a Re-recording Mixer based on credits in that role in 46 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($785,221,649 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($684,075,767 in 2022), Titanic ($674,460,013 in 1997), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($423,315,812 in 2006), Guardians of the Galaxy ($333,714,112 in 2014), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($309,420,425 in 2007) |
2
Randy Thom
| Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 43 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Shrek 2 ($441,426,807 in 2004), Forrest Gump ($330,151,138 in 1994), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($290,201,752 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($262,233,381 in 2002), Cast Away ($233,632,142 in 2000), How to Train Your Dragon ($217,581,232 in 2010), Ratatouille ($206,445,654 in 2007), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($196,573,705 in 2009), Ice Age: The Meltdown ($195,330,621 in 2006), The Polar Express ($188,042,855 in 2004) |
3
Gary Rydstrom
| Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($936,662,225 in 2015), Jurassic Park ($415,404,543 in 1993), Finding Nemo ($380,529,370 in 2003), Monsters, Inc. ($290,149,425 in 2001), Toy Story 2 ($245,852,179 in 1999), Brave ($237,282,182 in 2012), Saving Private Ryan ($216,335,085 in 1998), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($209,397,903 in 2011), Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($203,464,105 in 1991), Toy Story ($192,523,233 in 1995) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Boyes | $7,619,081,363 | 38 | $200,502,141 |
| 2 | Randy Thom | $5,791,322,912 | 43 | $134,681,928 |
| 3 | Gary Rydstrom | $5,076,323,249 | 29 | $175,045,629 |
| 4 | Ben Burtt | $4,415,465,456 | 16 | $275,966,591 |
| 5 | Shannon Mills | $3,662,535,564 | 20 | $183,126,778 |
| 6 | Richard King | $3,561,788,290 | 26 | $136,991,857 |
| 7 | Tim Chau | $3,306,944,809 | 53 | $62,395,185 |
| 8 | Nia Hansen | $2,874,752,832 | 9 | $319,416,981 |
| 9 | Erik Aadahl | $2,229,977,045 | 19 | $117,367,213 |
| 10 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $2,180,167,665 | 16 | $136,260,479 |
| 11 | Ren Klyce | $2,086,070,708 | 11 | $189,642,792 |
| 12 | Steve Boeddeker | $1,896,250,233 | 17 | $111,544,131 |
| 13 | Al Nelson | $1,755,962,970 | 10 | $175,596,297 |
| 14 | Tom Myers | $1,724,231,313 | 13 | $132,633,178 |
| 15 | Craig Berkey | $1,645,810,023 | 16 | $102,863,126 |
| 16 | Harry Cohen | $1,604,402,533 | 17 | $94,376,620 |
| 17 | Craig Henighan | $1,502,332,091 | 11 | $136,575,645 |
| 18 | Cameron Frankley | $1,469,981,606 | 16 | $91,873,850 |
| 19 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | $1,397,481,454 | 14 | $99,820,104 |
| 20 | Glenn Freemantle | $1,396,239,653 | 25 | $55,849,586 |
| 21 | Peter Brown | $1,387,802,550 | 8 | $173,475,319 |
| 22 | Ann Scibelli | $1,349,012,541 | 15 | $89,934,169 |
| 23 | Will Files | $1,341,972,925 | 11 | $121,997,539 |
| 24 | Pete Horner | $1,238,079,197 | 6 | $206,346,533 |
| 25 | Jeremy Peirson | $1,224,728,446 | 8 | $153,091,056 |
| 26 | David Farmer | $1,175,247,600 | 8 | $146,905,950 |
| 27 | Dane A. Davis | $1,159,213,219 | 17 | $68,189,013 |
| 28 | Charles Maynes | $1,133,391,461 | 22 | $51,517,794 |
| 29 | Jason W. Jennings | $1,085,254,887 | 8 | $135,656,861 |
| 30 | Stephen P. Robinson | $1,077,836,054 | 7 | $153,976,579 |
| 31 | Lon Bender | $1,022,827,526 | 13 | $78,679,040 |
| 32 | Wayne Pashley | $977,345,993 | 6 | $162,890,999 |
| 33 | Chuck Michael | $907,096,328 | 6 | $151,182,721 |
| 34 | Tim Walston | $886,844,986 | 15 | $59,122,999 |
| 35 | Odin Benitez | $868,840,856 | 5 | $173,768,171 |
| 36 | Alan Rankin | $859,990,310 | 11 | $78,180,937 |
| 37 | Jon Title | $859,341,817 | 13 | $66,103,217 |
| 38 | Tony Lamberti | $852,458,489 | 6 | $142,076,415 |
| 39 | Richard Beggs | $852,232,194 | 12 | $71,019,350 |
| 40 | David Acord | $836,857,543 | 5 | $167,371,509 |
| 41 | John Pospisil | $836,739,690 | 6 | $139,456,615 |
| 42 | Tom Ozanich | $803,287,502 | 9 | $89,254,167 |
| 43 | Tim Nielsen | $785,738,508 | 5 | $157,147,702 |
| 44 | Michael Fentum | $771,551,231 | 5 | $154,310,246 |
| 45 | Eliot Connors | $767,389,137 | 4 | $191,847,284 |
| 46 | Mark Mangini | $749,317,223 | 10 | $74,931,722 |
| 47 | Brandon Jones | $733,848,945 | 10 | $73,384,895 |
| 48 | Steven Ticknor | $700,732,598 | 7 | $100,104,657 |
| 49 | Chris Terhune | $698,182,936 | 5 | $139,636,587 |
| 50 | Warren Hendriks | $692,993,666 | 3 | $230,997,889 |
| 51 | Ai-Ling Lee | $684,829,285 | 5 | $136,965,857 |
| 52 | Lee Gilmore | $682,835,214 | 5 | $136,567,043 |
| 53 | Dave Whitehead | $676,577,062 | 8 | $84,572,133 |
| 54 | Stephen Hunter Flick | $667,965,753 | 4 | $166,991,438 |
| 55 | Oliver Tarney | $644,510,780 | 6 | $107,418,463 |
| 56 | Scott Hecker | $639,017,811 | 3 | $213,005,937 |
| 57 | John Marquis | $636,928,427 | 6 | $106,154,738 |
| 58 | Michael Babcock | $632,479,312 | 10 | $63,247,931 |
| 59 | Joe Dzuban | $624,995,470 | 4 | $156,248,868 |
| 60 | Erick Ocampo | $613,905,345 | 4 | $153,476,336 |
| 61 | Eric A. Norris | $606,075,602 | 5 | $121,215,120 |
| 62 | Christopher Scarabosio | $578,742,015 | 9 | $64,304,668 |
| 63 | Leslie Shatz | $569,188,056 | 14 | $40,656,290 |
| 64 | Elliott L. Koretz | $567,727,994 | 8 | $70,965,999 |
| 65 | Daniel Pagan | $566,848,716 | 4 | $141,712,179 |
| 66 | Bill R. Dean | $559,137,111 | 7 | $79,876,730 |
| 67 | James Boyle | $529,822,787 | 3 | $176,607,596 |
| 68 | Peter Staubli | $520,458,785 | 6 | $86,743,131 |
| 69 | Karen Triest | $494,158,767 | 7 | $70,594,110 |
| 70 | Chris Diebold | $483,734,442 | 3 | $161,244,814 |
| 71 | Bruce Stambler | $473,568,130 | 4 | $118,392,033 |
| 72 | Michael Payne | $473,138,667 | 6 | $78,856,445 |
| 73 | Tom Sayers | $448,862,401 | 5 | $89,772,480 |
| 74 | David C. Hughes | $446,719,287 | 2 | $223,359,644 |
| 75 | Oriol Tarrago | $440,526,603 | 7 | $62,932,372 |
| 76 | Scott Martin Gershin | $431,443,761 | 8 | $53,930,470 |
| 77 | Ken McGill | $419,403,152 | 3 | $139,801,051 |
| 78 | Aaron Glascock | $409,801,568 | 8 | $51,225,196 |
| 79 | Eugene Gearty | $407,804,446 | 9 | $45,311,605 |
| 80 | Susan Dudeck | $404,387,739 | 1 | $404,387,739 |
| 81 | Andy Sisul | $390,532,085 | 1 | $390,532,085 |
| 82 | Samson Neslund | $382,345,832 | 2 | $191,172,916 |
| 83 | Jon Johnson | $381,101,810 | 7 | $54,443,116 |
| 84 | Josh Gold | $377,750,828 | 3 | $125,916,943 |
| 85 | Kyrsten Mate | $375,044,605 | 5 | $75,008,921 |
| 86 | Stephen Robinson | $365,095,590 | 2 | $182,547,795 |
| 87 | Wayne Lemmer | $363,070,709 | 1 | $363,070,709 |
| 88 | Niv Adiri | $360,680,636 | 2 | $180,340,318 |
| 89 | Luke Gibleon | $358,261,570 | 3 | $119,420,523 |
| 90 | Paul Hackner | $356,569,829 | 3 | $118,856,610 |
| 91 | Robert L. Sephton | $355,051,115 | 7 | $50,721,588 |
| 92 | Yann Delpuech | $351,177,609 | 3 | $117,059,203 |
| 93 | Roland Thai | $342,235,489 | 4 | $85,558,872 |
| 94 | Andy Kennedy | $331,729,213 | 4 | $82,932,303 |
| 95 | Elmo Weber | $316,432,725 | 4 | $79,108,181 |
| 96 | Hector Gika | $309,528,370 | 7 | $44,218,339 |
| 97 | Wylie Stateman | $301,425,274 | 6 | $50,237,546 |
| 98 | Matthew Collinge | $300,142,729 | 7 | $42,877,533 |
| 99 | Michael Kirchberger | $293,506,292 | 1 | $293,506,292 |
| 100 | Martyn Zub | $289,241,165 | 4 | $72,310,291 |
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.