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Top Grossing Visual Effects Supervisor at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Visual Effects Supervisors based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Roger Guyett
| Best known as a Visual Effects Supervisor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($936,662,225 in 2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($515,202,542 in 2019), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($423,315,812 in 2006), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($414,378,291 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,871,467 in 2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($309,420,425 in 2007), Star Trek ($257,730,019 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($250,853,809 in 2004), Twister ($245,219,182 in 1996), Star Trek Into Darkness ($228,778,661 in 2013) |
2
Kelly Port
| Best known as a Visual Effects Supervisor based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,811,535 in 2021), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Beauty and the Beast ($504,014,165 in 2017), Star Trek ($257,730,019 in 2009), Maleficent ($241,407,328 in 2014), Thor ($181,030,624 in 2011), Gran Torino ($148,095,302 in 2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief ($88,768,303 in 2010), The A-Team ($77,222,099 in 2010) |
3
John Knoll
| Best known as a Visual Effects Supervisor based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($785,221,649 in 2009), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($533,539,991 in 2016), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($487,574,671 in 1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($423,315,812 in 2006), Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones ($310,676,740 in 2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($305,410,819 in 2003), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($209,397,903 in 2011), Mission: Impossible ($180,981,886 in 1996), Rango ($123,477,607 in 2011), Pacific Rim ($101,854,397 in 2013) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Guyett | $4,781,913,482 | 23 | $207,909,282 |
| 2 | Kelly Port | $3,998,685,869 | 16 | $249,917,867 |
| 3 | John Knoll | $3,599,165,147 | 12 | $299,930,429 |
| 4 | Joe Letteri | $3,035,822,184 | 14 | $216,844,442 |
| 5 | Robert Legato | $2,818,959,573 | 11 | $256,269,052 |
| 6 | Sheena Duggal | $2,782,260,861 | 20 | $139,113,043 |
| 7 | Janek Sirrs | $2,748,988,948 | 8 | $343,623,619 |
| 8 | Dan Lemmon | $2,468,349,208 | 7 | $352,621,315 |
| 9 | Dan DeLeeuw | $2,316,109,035 | 6 | $386,018,173 |
| 10 | Guy Williams | $2,008,695,069 | 4 | $502,173,767 |
| 11 | Christopher Townsend | $2,001,122,838 | 7 | $285,874,691 |
| 12 | Jerome Chen | $1,981,027,618 | 12 | $165,085,635 |
| 13 | Dennis Muren | $1,976,771,340 | 11 | $179,706,485 |
| 14 | Kelvin McIlwain | $1,856,042,205 | 11 | $168,731,110 |
| 15 | Christopher Waegner | $1,828,436,962 | 6 | $304,739,494 |
| 16 | Geoffrey Baumann | $1,796,546,149 | 4 | $449,136,537 |
| 17 | Tim Burke | $1,777,698,244 | 7 | $253,956,892 |
| 18 | Ken Ralston | $1,751,461,389 | 10 | $175,146,139 |
| 19 | Eric Saindon | $1,677,819,678 | 5 | $335,563,936 |
| 20 | Charles Gibson | $1,675,901,896 | 9 | $186,211,322 |
| 21 | Scott Edelstein | $1,673,184,535 | 2 | $836,592,268 |
| 22 | Nick Davis | $1,650,712,128 | 9 | $183,412,459 |
| 23 | Scott Farrar | $1,563,545,930 | 10 | $156,354,593 |
| 24 | John Bruno | $1,480,369,004 | 6 | $246,728,167 |
| 25 | Pablo Helman | $1,429,574,536 | 9 | $158,841,615 |
| 26 | Ben Snow | $1,404,136,589 | 6 | $234,022,765 |
| 27 | Adam Valdez | $1,403,614,187 | 4 | $350,903,547 |
| 28 | Stephen Rosenbaum | $1,344,646,406 | 6 | $224,107,734 |
| 29 | Bill Westenhofer | $1,301,067,172 | 8 | $162,633,397 |
| 30 | Jason Smith | $1,279,778,178 | 6 | $213,296,363 |
| 31 | Patrick Tubach | $1,203,187,791 | 4 | $300,796,948 |
| 32 | Eric Brevig | $1,199,828,854 | 7 | $171,404,122 |
| 33 | Jeff White | $1,173,837,819 | 4 | $293,459,455 |
| 34 | Jake Morrison | $1,161,866,938 | 5 | $232,373,388 |
| 35 | Paul Franklin | $1,158,538,753 | 4 | $289,634,688 |
| 36 | Michael J. Wassel | $1,138,887,643 | 7 | $162,698,235 |
| 37 | John 'DJ' DesJardin | $1,091,644,231 | 8 | $136,455,529 |
| 38 | Dan Sudick | $1,087,807,754 | 2 | $543,903,877 |
| 39 | Stefen Fangmeier | $1,071,770,592 | 8 | $133,971,324 |
| 40 | Russell Earl | $1,065,566,619 | 3 | $355,188,873 |
| 41 | John Nelson | $1,059,246,314 | 10 | $105,924,631 |
| 42 | Ken Bielenberg | $1,055,809,972 | 4 | $263,952,493 |
| 43 | Scott Squires | $980,471,122 | 5 | $196,094,224 |
| 44 | Stephane Ceretti | $974,992,691 | 5 | $194,998,538 |
| 45 | Dan Glass | $970,539,543 | 11 | $88,230,868 |
| 46 | Jim Rygiel | $964,350,180 | 6 | $160,725,030 |
| 47 | Angus Bickerton | $951,074,883 | 8 | $118,884,360 |
| 48 | Patrick Ledda | $945,592,683 | 7 | $135,084,669 |
| 49 | Paul Kavanagh | $936,662,225 | 1 | $936,662,225 |
| 50 | Jim Mitchell | $928,261,016 | 6 | $154,710,169 |
| 51 | Scott Stokdyk | $866,743,323 | 5 | $173,348,665 |
| 52 | Nicholas Brooks | $866,396,939 | 5 | $173,279,388 |
| 53 | Tim Alexander | $866,186,347 | 3 | $288,728,782 |
| 54 | Steve Begg | $847,933,991 | 6 | $141,322,332 |
| 55 | Chris Corbould | $844,700,700 | 3 | $281,566,900 |
| 56 | Steve Goldberg | $834,983,781 | 4 | $208,745,945 |
| 57 | Erik Nash | $809,983,409 | 5 | $161,996,682 |
| 58 | Richard Stammers | $809,085,736 | 5 | $161,817,147 |
| 59 | Steven Quale | $785,221,649 | 1 | $785,221,649 |
| 60 | Volker Engel | $784,843,786 | 5 | $156,968,757 |
| 61 | Michael Fink | $784,810,708 | 6 | $130,801,785 |
| 62 | Carey Villegas | $777,908,230 | 5 | $155,581,646 |
| 63 | Bruce Jones | $754,704,699 | 13 | $58,054,208 |
| 64 | Bill George | $753,177,653 | 5 | $150,635,531 |
| 65 | Jon Farhat | $753,060,452 | 7 | $107,580,065 |
| 66 | Michael Owens | $749,796,167 | 7 | $107,113,738 |
| 67 | Paul Linden | $740,847,609 | 13 | $56,988,278 |
| 68 | Dominic Tuohy | $728,970,054 | 2 | $364,485,027 |
| 69 | Jonathan Fawkner | $723,527,213 | 2 | $361,763,607 |
| 70 | Philippe Gluckman | $716,767,313 | 3 | $238,922,438 |
| 71 | Richard Edlund | $689,640,182 | 6 | $114,940,030 |
| 72 | David Vickery | $656,399,610 | 2 | $328,199,805 |
| 73 | Sudeep Rangaswamy | $652,980,194 | 1 | $652,980,194 |
| 74 | Michael Brazelton | $642,380,469 | 4 | $160,595,117 |
| 75 | Charley Henley | $639,414,507 | 3 | $213,138,169 |
| 76 | Scott Kersavage | $626,774,547 | 3 | $208,924,849 |
| 77 | Kevin Mack | $626,577,046 | 6 | $104,429,508 |
| 78 | Neal Scanlan | $620,181,382 | 1 | $620,181,382 |
| 79 | Ben Morris | $620,181,382 | 1 | $620,181,382 |
| 80 | Mike Mulholland | $620,181,382 | 1 | $620,181,382 |
| 81 | Peter Chiang | $617,215,364 | 10 | $61,721,536 |
| 82 | Christian Manz | $612,996,317 | 6 | $102,166,053 |
| 83 | John Gaeta | $595,128,887 | 3 | $198,376,296 |
| 84 | John Dykstra | $591,777,344 | 3 | $197,259,115 |
| 85 | Paul Lambert | $586,740,031 | 6 | $97,790,005 |
| 86 | Tom Wood | $576,708,815 | 5 | $115,341,763 |
| 87 | Grady Cofer | $573,695,981 | 5 | $114,739,196 |
| 88 | Adrian de Wet | $570,111,789 | 2 | $285,055,895 |
| 89 | Dean Wright | $553,446,186 | 4 | $138,361,547 |
| 90 | Boyd Shermis | $552,828,102 | 6 | $92,138,017 |
| 91 | Andrew Jackson | $551,450,736 | 5 | $110,290,147 |
| 92 | Patrick McClung | $551,152,529 | 5 | $110,230,506 |
| 93 | Andrew R. Jones | $543,638,043 | 1 | $543,638,043 |
| 94 | Elliot Newman | $543,638,043 | 1 | $543,638,043 |
| 95 | Richard Yuricich | $538,398,609 | 5 | $107,679,722 |
| 96 | Eric Barba | $533,747,004 | 6 | $88,957,834 |
| 97 | Mohen Leo | $533,539,991 | 1 | $533,539,991 |
| 98 | Michael J. McAlister | $532,684,964 | 6 | $88,780,827 |
| 99 | Chas Jarrett | $521,986,373 | 5 | $104,397,275 |
| 100 | Richard Hollander | $516,547,998 | 5 | $103,309,600 |
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.