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

Summary
News
Acting Credits
Technical Credits

Career Summary

		Movies	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
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

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,344	$32,622,971
Top Grossing Re-recording Mixer at the Domestic Box Office	21	$3,893,167,714
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)	3,579	$12,429,583
Top Grossing Sound Designer at the Domestic Box Office	3	$5,076,323,249
Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)	493	$77,868,585
Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	184	$224,668,838
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 501-600)	548	$182,356,009
Top Grossing Re-recording Mixer at the International Box Office	19	$5,402,110,122
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 4,701-4,800)	4,710	$1,311,760
Top Grossing Sound Designer at the International Box Office	3	$6,896,656,669
Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500)	495	$74,500,000
Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)	171	$292,146,098
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)	730	$214,978,980
Top Grossing Re-recording Mixer at the Worldwide Box Office	19	$9,295,277,836
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)	4,331	$13,741,343
Top Grossing Sound Designer at the Worldwide Box Office	3	$11,972,979,918
Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)	507	$152,368,585
Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)	178	$516,814,936

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.

More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

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. More...

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. More...

All Acting Credits

All Technical Credits

Release Date	Title	Role	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
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

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
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

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
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

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,344	$32,622,971
Top Grossing Re-recording Mixer at the Domestic Box Office	21	$3,893,167,714
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)	3,579	$12,429,583
Top Grossing Sound Designer at the Domestic Box Office	3	$5,076,323,249
Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)	493	$77,868,585
Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	184	$224,668,838
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 501-600)	548	$182,356,009
Top Grossing Re-recording Mixer at the International Box Office	19	$5,402,110,122
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 4,701-4,800)	4,710	$1,311,760
Top Grossing Sound Designer at the International Box Office	3	$6,896,656,669
Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500)	495	$74,500,000
Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)	171	$292,146,098
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)	730	$214,978,980
Top Grossing Re-recording Mixer at the Worldwide Box Office	19	$9,295,277,836
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)	4,331	$13,741,343
Top Grossing Sound Designer at the Worldwide Box Office	3	$11,972,979,918
Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)	507	$152,368,585
Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)	178	$516,814,936