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Top Grossing Music Editor 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 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 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 Music Editors - Top Worldwide Music Editors
This list shows the highest grossing Music Editors based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Steve Durkee
| Best known as a Music Editor based on credits in that role in 25 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($391,362,492 in 2019), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($389,813,101 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($333,714,112 in 2014) |
2
Kenneth Karman
| Best known as a Music Editor based on credits in that role in 104 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Secret Life of Pets ($369,094,830 in 2016), Forrest Gump ($330,151,138 in 1994), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($305,410,819 in 2003), Cast Away ($233,632,142 in 2000), Back to the Future ($215,612,287 in 1985), The Mummy Returns ($202,007,640 in 2001), Godzilla ($200,676,069 in 2014), The Polar Express ($196,698,043 in 2004), Mission: Impossible ($180,981,886 in 1996), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ($154,112,492 in 1988) |
3
Nashia Wachsman
| Best known as a Music Editor based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($389,813,101 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($333,714,112 in 2014), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($232,641,920 in 2016), The Marvels ($84,500,223 in 2023) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Durkee | $7,307,397,883 | 25 | $292,295,915 |
| 2 | Kenneth Karman | $6,219,789,634 | 104 | $59,805,670 |
| 3 | Nashia Wachsman | $4,482,918,408 | 12 | $373,576,534 |
| 4 | Ken Wannberg | $3,852,237,474 | 26 | $148,162,980 |
| 5 | Jeanette Surga | $3,517,609,476 | 51 | $68,972,735 |
| 6 | Joe E. Rand | $2,891,728,121 | 27 | $107,101,042 |
| 7 | Jim Weidman | $1,853,884,675 | 26 | $71,303,257 |
| 8 | Joe Lisanti | $1,795,765,970 | 12 | $149,647,164 |
| 9 | Bill Abbott | $1,696,848,763 | 22 | $77,129,489 |
| 10 | Paul Apelgren | $1,488,221,807 | 4 | $372,055,452 |
| 11 | Will Kaplan | $1,450,636,107 | 20 | $72,531,805 |
| 12 | Peter Myles | $1,447,025,087 | 15 | $96,468,339 |
| 13 | Slamm Andrews | $1,401,712,878 | 11 | $127,428,443 |
| 14 | Daniel Pinder | $1,359,594,869 | 13 | $104,584,221 |
| 15 | Jim Henrikson | $1,348,763,368 | 25 | $53,950,535 |
| 16 | Robb Boyd | $1,338,572,740 | 8 | $167,321,593 |
| 17 | Stephen M. Davis | $1,295,698,538 | 5 | $259,139,708 |
| 18 | Paul Rabjohns | $1,294,492,824 | 9 | $143,832,536 |
| 19 | Amanda Goodpaster | $1,233,932,783 | 13 | $94,917,906 |
| 20 | Bob Badami | $1,201,352,295 | 12 | $100,112,691 |
| 21 | Dominick Certo | $1,196,352,415 | 8 | $149,544,052 |
| 22 | Tom Carlson | $1,179,790,687 | 15 | $78,652,712 |
| 23 | Lise Richardson | $1,158,387,191 | 11 | $105,307,926 |
| 24 | David Olson | $1,138,396,199 | 17 | $66,964,482 |
| 25 | J. J. George | $1,132,895,124 | 8 | $141,611,891 |
| 26 | Suzana Peric | $1,069,165,170 | 19 | $56,271,851 |
| 27 | Melissa Muik | $1,059,548,010 | 8 | $132,443,501 |
| 28 | Darrell Hall | $1,054,404,742 | 12 | $87,867,062 |
| 29 | Kenneth Hall | $1,013,747,121 | 11 | $92,158,829 |
| 30 | Alex Levy | $964,078,985 | 5 | $192,815,797 |
| 31 | Tom Kramer | $959,090,025 | 13 | $73,776,156 |
| 32 | Christopher Benstead | $951,415,527 | 6 | $158,569,255 |
| 33 | Tanya Noel Hill | $931,846,527 | 11 | $84,713,321 |
| 34 | Jon Mooney | $926,417,733 | 46 | $20,139,516 |
| 35 | Brett Pierce | $914,146,358 | 10 | $91,414,636 |
| 36 | Michael Connell | $879,917,744 | 13 | $67,685,980 |
| 37 | Ramiro Belgardt | $854,931,180 | 8 | $106,866,398 |
| 38 | Dina Eaton | $853,974,485 | 7 | $121,996,355 |
| 39 | Jim Schultz | $848,634,710 | 10 | $84,863,471 |
| 40 | Gerard McCann | $840,857,334 | 7 | $120,122,476 |
| 41 | Laura Perlman | $837,003,345 | 17 | $49,235,491 |
| 42 | Adam Smalley | $831,330,675 | 17 | $48,901,804 |
| 43 | Charles Martin Inouye | $825,023,688 | 13 | $63,463,361 |
| 44 | Angie Rubin | $824,112,387 | 15 | $54,940,826 |
| 45 | John Finklea | $809,504,105 | 9 | $89,944,901 |
| 46 | Peter Clarke | $777,543,592 | 9 | $86,393,732 |
| 47 | Simon Changer | $776,117,613 | 5 | $155,223,523 |
| 48 | Richard Whitfield | $764,329,272 | 13 | $58,794,559 |
| 49 | Jeff Carson | $739,654,846 | 21 | $35,221,659 |
| 50 | Ellen Segal | $703,476,446 | 14 | $50,248,318 |
| 51 | Joseph Bonn | $699,456,412 | 4 | $174,864,103 |
| 52 | Alex Gibson | $691,848,397 | 11 | $62,895,309 |
| 53 | Todd Kasow | $672,161,834 | 19 | $35,376,939 |
| 54 | Dan DiPrima | $660,272,297 | 14 | $47,162,307 |
| 55 | Shie Rozow | $659,237,723 | 7 | $94,176,818 |
| 56 | Mark Willsher | $651,180,024 | 4 | $162,795,006 |
| 57 | Kyle Clausen | $649,620,056 | 5 | $129,924,011 |
| 58 | Ted Caplan | $639,740,042 | 5 | $127,948,008 |
| 59 | Sam Zeines | $632,340,803 | 5 | $126,468,161 |
| 60 | Ronald J. Webb | $628,686,365 | 5 | $125,737,273 |
| 61 | Clint Bennett | $618,042,307 | 7 | $88,291,758 |
| 62 | Bill Bernstein | $613,081,091 | 12 | $51,090,091 |
| 63 | Barbara McDermott | $609,386,537 | 7 | $87,055,220 |
| 64 | Stephanie Lowry | $609,167,821 | 8 | $76,145,978 |
| 65 | Warren Brown | $608,581,744 | 1 | $608,581,744 |
| 66 | Christopher Brooks | $604,649,552 | 9 | $67,183,284 |
| 67 | Allan Jenkins | $603,949,808 | 7 | $86,278,544 |
| 68 | Todd Bozung | $599,431,556 | 10 | $59,943,156 |
| 69 | Bryan Lawson | $598,714,778 | 4 | $149,678,695 |
| 70 | Philip Tallman | $588,453,790 | 10 | $58,845,379 |
| 71 | David Metzner | $586,973,969 | 6 | $97,828,995 |
| 72 | Erich Stratmann | $586,093,975 | 8 | $73,261,747 |
| 73 | Matthew Llewellyn | $578,771,785 | 2 | $289,385,893 |
| 74 | Jamieson Shaw | $574,995,651 | 2 | $287,497,826 |
| 75 | Terry Wilson | $569,455,968 | 11 | $51,768,724 |
| 76 | Jason Ruder | $554,959,104 | 9 | $61,662,123 |
| 77 | Thomas Drescher | $554,154,530 | 12 | $46,179,544 |
| 78 | Kathy Durning | $545,039,654 | 8 | $68,129,957 |
| 79 | Katrina Schiller | $524,147,337 | 9 | $58,238,593 |
| 80 | Andrew Silver | $490,818,050 | 11 | $44,619,823 |
| 81 | Julie Pearce | $477,833,594 | 12 | $39,819,466 |
| 82 | Bunny Andrews | $477,686,512 | 7 | $68,240,930 |
| 83 | Stephanie McNally | $469,074,602 | 2 | $234,537,301 |
| 84 | Nevin Seus | $466,281,784 | 6 | $77,713,631 |
| 85 | Daryl Kell | $462,220,023 | 7 | $66,031,432 |
| 86 | Erica Weis | $457,331,591 | 7 | $65,333,084 |
| 87 | Michael Bauer | $452,682,637 | 7 | $64,668,948 |
| 88 | Curtis Roush | $449,993,829 | 6 | $74,998,972 |
| 89 | Shannon Erbe | $448,876,687 | 7 | $64,125,241 |
| 90 | Manish Raval | $442,668,399 | 5 | $88,533,680 |
| 91 | Donald Harris | $439,599,185 | 6 | $73,266,531 |
| 92 | Jack Dolman | $433,084,615 | 6 | $72,180,769 |
| 93 | Richard Ford | $431,028,135 | 10 | $43,102,814 |
| 94 | Jim Harrison | $430,982,734 | 11 | $39,180,249 |
| 95 | Anele Onyekwere | $427,706,350 | 2 | $213,853,175 |
| 96 | Rose Mackenzie-Peterson | $423,579,498 | 1 | $423,579,498 |
| 97 | Daniel Waldman | $418,909,779 | 4 | $104,727,445 |
| 98 | Tony Lewis | $411,804,541 | 8 | $51,475,568 |
| 99 | Chris McGeary | $409,629,951 | 11 | $37,239,086 |
| 100 | Brian Richards | $400,737,967 | 8 | $50,092,246 |
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.