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Top Grossing Sound Designer at the International Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Screenwriters - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Sound Designers
This list shows the highest grossing Sound Designers based on the international 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 ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,633,438,619 in 2022), Titanic ($1,548,588,773 in 1997), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($651,576,067 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,863,913 in 2006), Coco ($586,054,355 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Armageddon ($353,021,818 in 1998) |
2
Randy Thom
| Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 43 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ice Age: Continental Drift ($718,443,294 in 2012), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($690,113,112 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($612,720,847 in 2002), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($595,021,234 in 2005), Shrek 2 ($494,027,731 in 2004), Ice Age: The Meltdown ($456,568,661 in 2006), How to Train Your Dragon 2 ($437,583,346 in 2014), Ratatouille ($420,104,041 in 2007), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($419,505,894 in 2008), The Croods ($385,900,000 in 2013) |
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 ($1,127,953,592 in 2015), Jurassic Park ($643,049,687 in 1993), Finding Nemo ($555,565,482 in 2003), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), Ready Player One ($441,365,481 in 2018), Brave ($317,324,350 in 2012), Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($311,897,419 in 1991), Wreck-It Ralph ($307,098,844 in 2012), Monsters, Inc. ($270,334,294 in 2001), Saving Private Ryan ($268,700,000 in 1998) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Boyes | $13,043,389,250 | 38 | $343,247,086 |
| 2 | Randy Thom | $10,101,957,129 | 43 | $234,929,236 |
| 3 | Gary Rydstrom | $6,896,656,669 | 29 | $237,815,747 |
| 4 | Shannon Mills | $6,276,644,965 | 20 | $313,832,248 |
| 5 | Nia Hansen | $5,600,493,432 | 9 | $622,277,048 |
| 6 | Richard King | $5,353,110,612 | 26 | $205,888,870 |
| 7 | Ben Burtt | $4,641,672,453 | 16 | $290,104,528 |
| 8 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $4,276,470,896 | 16 | $267,279,431 |
| 9 | Erik Aadahl | $4,166,842,140 | 19 | $219,307,481 |
| 10 | Peter Brown | $3,330,130,448 | 8 | $416,266,306 |
| 11 | Harry Cohen | $3,304,668,154 | 17 | $194,392,244 |
| 12 | Glenn Freemantle | $3,260,316,625 | 25 | $130,412,665 |
| 13 | Al Nelson | $3,175,539,720 | 10 | $317,553,972 |
| 14 | Stephen P. Robinson | $3,139,484,121 | 7 | $448,497,732 |
| 15 | Will Files | $2,838,485,124 | 11 | $258,044,102 |
| 16 | Tom Myers | $2,688,915,248 | 13 | $206,839,634 |
| 17 | Steve Boeddeker | $2,637,020,520 | 17 | $155,118,854 |
| 18 | Ren Klyce | $2,583,946,070 | 11 | $234,904,188 |
| 19 | Ann Scibelli | $2,501,798,891 | 16 | $156,362,431 |
| 20 | Craig Berkey | $2,383,276,632 | 16 | $148,954,790 |
| 21 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | $2,379,969,949 | 14 | $169,997,854 |
| 22 | Pete Horner | $2,301,279,805 | 6 | $383,546,634 |
| 23 | David Farmer | $2,271,981,069 | 8 | $283,997,634 |
| 24 | Cameron Frankley | $2,252,588,094 | 16 | $140,786,756 |
| 25 | Tim Chau | $2,166,317,184 | 53 | $40,873,909 |
| 26 | Eliot Connors | $1,987,085,553 | 4 | $496,771,388 |
| 27 | Tim Nielsen | $1,881,135,373 | 5 | $376,227,075 |
| 28 | Jason W. Jennings | $1,744,936,607 | 8 | $218,117,076 |
| 29 | Craig Henighan | $1,706,393,014 | 11 | $155,126,638 |
| 30 | Jon Title | $1,700,415,345 | 13 | $130,801,180 |
| 31 | Dane A. Davis | $1,697,519,610 | 17 | $99,854,095 |
| 32 | Dave Whitehead | $1,544,229,010 | 8 | $193,028,626 |
| 33 | Odin Benitez | $1,468,769,882 | 5 | $293,753,976 |
| 34 | Jeremy Peirson | $1,444,298,825 | 8 | $180,537,353 |
| 35 | Charles Maynes | $1,420,528,684 | 22 | $64,569,486 |
| 36 | Chuck Michael | $1,418,336,874 | 6 | $236,389,479 |
| 37 | Alan Rankin | $1,350,423,026 | 11 | $122,765,730 |
| 38 | James Boyle | $1,308,550,976 | 3 | $436,183,659 |
| 39 | Mark Mangini | $1,238,294,858 | 10 | $123,829,486 |
| 40 | Brandon Jones | $1,218,789,278 | 10 | $121,878,928 |
| 41 | Michael Fentum | $1,198,473,169 | 5 | $239,694,634 |
| 42 | Lee Gilmore | $1,193,771,019 | 5 | $238,754,204 |
| 43 | Warren Hendriks | $1,193,172,039 | 3 | $397,724,013 |
| 44 | Peter Staubli | $1,181,111,632 | 7 | $168,730,233 |
| 45 | Tony Lamberti | $1,176,260,286 | 6 | $196,043,381 |
| 46 | John Pospisil | $1,173,129,571 | 6 | $195,521,595 |
| 47 | Oliver Tarney | $1,166,399,255 | 6 | $194,399,876 |
| 48 | Tim Walston | $1,141,954,953 | 15 | $76,130,330 |
| 49 | John Marquis | $1,132,029,489 | 6 | $188,671,582 |
| 50 | Daniel Pagan | $1,125,706,219 | 4 | $281,426,555 |
| 51 | Tom Sayers | $1,105,581,687 | 5 | $221,116,337 |
| 52 | Oriol Tarrago | $1,084,671,165 | 7 | $154,953,024 |
| 53 | Joe Dzuban | $1,080,847,566 | 4 | $270,211,892 |
| 54 | David Acord | $1,080,248,249 | 5 | $216,049,650 |
| 55 | Steven Ticknor | $1,070,744,536 | 7 | $152,963,505 |
| 56 | Richard Beggs | $1,055,890,237 | 12 | $87,990,853 |
| 57 | Wayne Pashley | $1,034,311,023 | 6 | $172,385,171 |
| 58 | Ai-Ling Lee | $994,366,428 | 5 | $198,873,286 |
| 59 | Christopher Scarabosio | $970,412,072 | 9 | $107,823,564 |
| 60 | Lon Bender | $926,919,270 | 13 | $71,301,482 |
| 61 | Scott Hecker | $918,988,897 | 3 | $306,329,632 |
| 62 | Bill R. Dean | $917,981,129 | 7 | $131,140,161 |
| 63 | David C. Hughes | $842,202,544 | 2 | $421,101,272 |
| 64 | Erick Ocampo | $811,566,825 | 4 | $202,891,706 |
| 65 | Chris Diebold | $804,373,724 | 3 | $268,124,575 |
| 66 | Josh Gold | $803,562,584 | 3 | $267,854,195 |
| 67 | Niv Adiri | $799,945,774 | 2 | $399,972,887 |
| 68 | Stephen Hunter Flick | $795,393,390 | 4 | $198,848,348 |
| 69 | Luke Gibleon | $756,228,904 | 3 | $252,076,301 |
| 70 | Eric A. Norris | $750,773,666 | 5 | $150,154,733 |
| 71 | Eugene Gearty | $746,226,871 | 9 | $82,914,097 |
| 72 | Andy Sisul | $741,575,437 | 1 | $741,575,437 |
| 73 | Karen Triest | $714,973,483 | 7 | $102,139,069 |
| 74 | Tom Ozanich | $692,943,120 | 9 | $76,993,680 |
| 75 | Leslie Shatz | $676,668,973 | 14 | $48,333,498 |
| 76 | Andy Kennedy | $671,757,352 | 4 | $167,939,338 |
| 77 | Chris Terhune | $669,586,595 | 5 | $133,917,319 |
| 78 | Elliott L. Koretz | $647,572,343 | 8 | $80,946,543 |
| 79 | Robert Stambler | $646,904,706 | 2 | $323,452,353 |
| 80 | Ben Barker | $637,438,374 | 3 | $212,479,458 |
| 81 | Matthew Collinge | $637,239,897 | 7 | $91,034,271 |
| 82 | Stephen Robinson | $624,228,141 | 2 | $312,114,071 |
| 83 | Jon Johnson | $599,925,988 | 7 | $85,703,713 |
| 84 | Scott Martin Gershin | $586,164,945 | 8 | $73,270,618 |
| 85 | Peter Kurland | $561,192,631 | 2 | $280,596,316 |
| 86 | Martin Hernandez | $550,490,307 | 5 | $110,098,061 |
| 87 | Michael Babcock | $549,518,761 | 10 | $54,951,876 |
| 88 | Anne Scibelli | $546,354,565 | 1 | $546,354,565 |
| 89 | Martin Cantwell | $542,162,044 | 4 | $135,540,511 |
| 90 | Kyrsten Mate | $535,918,845 | 5 | $107,183,769 |
| 91 | Michael Payne | $531,057,473 | 6 | $88,509,579 |
| 92 | Ken McGill | $524,615,648 | 3 | $174,871,883 |
| 93 | Robert L. Sephton | $500,702,722 | 7 | $71,528,960 |
| 94 | Theo Green | $485,923,338 | 2 | $242,961,669 |
| 95 | Yann Delpuech | $484,574,983 | 3 | $161,524,994 |
| 96 | Jimmy Boyle | $460,810,917 | 4 | $115,202,729 |
| 97 | Aaron Glascock | $457,652,312 | 8 | $57,206,539 |
| 98 | Samson Neslund | $449,281,977 | 2 | $224,640,989 |
| 99 | Paul Hackner | $447,413,549 | 3 | $149,137,850 |
| 100 | Bruce Stambler | $427,629,718 | 4 | $106,907,430 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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.