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Top Grossing Composer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Composers based on the worldwide 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.
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Al Capps | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 1,002 | Miklós Rózsa | $13,000,000 | 3 | $4,333,333 |
| 1,003 | Matthew McCauley | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 1,004 | Charli XCX | $12,973,482 | 1 | $12,973,482 |
| 1,005 | Dave Crawford | $12,970,401 | 1 | $12,970,401 |
| 1,006 | George Stoll | $12,883,122 | 1 | $12,883,122 |
| 1,007 | Hiroyuki Sawano | $12,845,911 | 1 | $12,845,911 |
| 1,008 | Nick Chuba | $12,796,028 | 2 | $6,398,014 |
| 1,009 | Gary Clark | $12,657,072 | 1 | $12,657,072 |
| 1,010 | John Carney | $12,657,072 | 1 | $12,657,072 |
| 1,011 | Aaron Dessner | $12,644,891 | 7 | $1,806,413 |
| 1,012 | Michael Shrieve | $12,640,385 | 1 | $12,640,385 |
| 1,013 | Patrick Gleeson | $12,640,385 | 1 | $12,640,385 |
| 1,014 | Lee Jin-Hee | $12,634,067 | 1 | $12,634,067 |
| 1,015 | Dickson Hinchcliffe | $12,616,995 | 1 | $12,616,995 |
| 1,016 | Pasquale Catalano | $12,594,037 | 3 | $4,198,012 |
| 1,017 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $12,579,388 | 7 | $1,797,055 |
| 1,018 | Mark Adler | $12,519,957 | 10 | $1,251,996 |
| 1,019 | Lee Ju-noh | $12,478,635 | 1 | $12,478,635 |
| 1,020 | Glen Danzig | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
| 1,021 | Rick Rubin | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
| 1,022 | Roy Orbison | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
| 1,023 | Coby Brown | $12,382,122 | 1 | $12,382,122 |
| 1,024 | Brian Byrne | $12,330,660 | 4 | $3,082,665 |
| 1,025 | Osvaldo Golijov | $12,251,433 | 1 | $12,251,433 |
| 1,026 | Matt Morton | $12,128,495 | 2 | $6,064,248 |
| 1,027 | George Harrison | $12,066,667 | 1 | $12,066,667 |
| 1,028 | Neal Hefti | $12,000,000 | 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 1,029 | Johann Johannson | $11,995,000 | 1 | $11,995,000 |
| 1,030 | Peter Gregson | $11,909,398 | 2 | $5,954,699 |
| 1,031 | Michael Timmins | $11,850,575 | 2 | $5,925,288 |
| 1,032 | Rupert Christie | $11,800,370 | 1 | $11,800,370 |
| 1,033 | George M Cohan | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
| 1,034 | Ian Hultquist | $11,768,849 | 13 | $905,296 |
| 1,035 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $11,701,185 | 1 | $11,701,185 |
| 1,036 | Leoncio Lara | $11,693,872 | 3 | $3,897,957 |
| 1,037 | Sean Johnson | $11,665,791 | 1 | $11,665,791 |
| 1,038 | Elton John | $11,614,954 | 1 | $11,614,954 |
| 1,039 | Steffan Fantini | $11,541,446 | 3 | $3,847,149 |
| 1,040 | Matthew Compton | $11,449,881 | 4 | $2,862,470 |
| 1,041 | Rebel Rodriguez | $11,436,671 | 3 | $3,812,224 |
| 1,042 | Dennis Lambert | $11,332,205 | 2 | $5,666,103 |
| 1,043 | Claude Gaudette | $11,318,100 | 1 | $11,318,100 |
| 1,044 | Gary Go | $11,310,835 | 1 | $11,310,835 |
| 1,045 | Martin Dirkov | $11,278,180 | 5 | $2,255,636 |
| 1,046 | Laura Rossi | $11,210,717 | 1 | $11,210,717 |
| 1,047 | Satoshi Hōno | $11,043,179 | 1 | $11,043,179 |
| 1,048 | Jerome Kern | $11,000,000 | 2 | $5,500,000 |
| 1,049 | Bob Dylan | $11,000,000 | 2 | $5,500,000 |
| 1,050 | Kim Jun-Seok | $10,903,259 | 1 | $10,903,259 |
| 1,051 | Ute Engelhardt | $10,833,134 | 1 | $10,833,134 |
| 1,052 | Kim Kyeong Seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 1,053 | Nathan Lanier | $10,696,349 | 4 | $2,674,087 |
| 1,054 | Christian Henson | $10,642,317 | 9 | $1,182,480 |
| 1,055 | Rob D'Orlando | $10,617,289 | 1 | $10,617,289 |
| 1,056 | Emanuel D'Orlando | $10,617,289 | 1 | $10,617,289 |
| 1,057 | Reza Safinia | $10,582,305 | 4 | $2,645,576 |
| 1,058 | Mark Fantini | $10,537,341 | 1 | $10,537,341 |
| 1,059 | Mark Goldenberg | $10,490,791 | 1 | $10,490,791 |
| 1,060 | Jo Seong-woo | $10,447,579 | 1 | $10,447,579 |
| 1,061 | Alex Ebert | $10,386,814 | 1 | $10,386,814 |
| 1,062 | Martin Bulloch | $10,383,524 | 1 | $10,383,524 |
| 1,063 | Barry Burns | $10,383,524 | 1 | $10,383,524 |
| 1,064 | Stuart Braithwaite | $10,383,524 | 1 | $10,383,524 |
| 1,065 | Dominic Aitchison | $10,383,524 | 1 | $10,383,524 |
| 1,066 | Alfonso Vilallonga | $10,353,488 | 1 | $10,353,488 |
| 1,067 | Ron Mael | $10,319,915 | 1 | $10,319,915 |
| 1,068 | Russell Mael | $10,319,915 | 1 | $10,319,915 |
| 1,069 | Rupert Hine | $10,297,601 | 1 | $10,297,601 |
| 1,070 | Sophie Hunger | $10,245,743 | 1 | $10,245,743 |
| 1,071 | Kurt Farquhar | $10,182,050 | 2 | $5,091,025 |
| 1,072 | Zack Ryan | $10,156,882 | 2 | $5,078,441 |
| 1,073 | Segal | $10,153,415 | 1 | $10,153,415 |
| 1,074 | Alexi Murdoch | $10,108,016 | 1 | $10,108,016 |
| 1,075 | John Corigliano | $10,019,109 | 1 | $10,019,109 |
| 1,076 | Van Dyke Parks | $10,005,969 | 1 | $10,005,969 |
| 1,077 | Ian Fraser | $10,000,000 | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,078 | Jay Chattaway | $10,000,000 | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,079 | Lee Ji-soo | $9,984,618 | 2 | $4,992,309 |
| 1,080 | Eduardo Cruz | $9,969,629 | 2 | $4,984,815 |
| 1,081 | Antony Partos | $9,949,722 | 6 | $1,658,287 |
| 1,082 | A.C. Newman | $9,814,566 | 1 | $9,814,566 |
| 1,083 | Olivier Daviaud | $9,765,361 | 1 | $9,765,361 |
| 1,084 | Marcello De Francisci | $9,752,585 | 4 | $2,438,146 |
| 1,085 | Jack Livesey | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,086 | Tonino Baliardo | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,087 | Shoji Mitsui | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,088 | Ilhan Ersahin | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,089 | On Ge | $9,683,567 | 1 | $9,683,567 |
| 1,090 | Milo Coello | $9,602,581 | 1 | $9,602,581 |
| 1,091 | Joselo Higareda | $9,602,581 | 1 | $9,602,581 |
| 1,092 | Rodrigo Amarante | $9,596,449 | 1 | $9,596,449 |
| 1,093 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $9,573,725 | 1 | $9,573,725 |
| 1,094 | James Johnzen | $9,533,964 | 1 | $9,533,964 |
| 1,095 | Ernst Reijeger | $9,461,777 | 3 | $3,153,926 |
| 1,096 | Lorenz Dangel | $9,457,606 | 6 | $1,576,268 |
| 1,097 | David Robbins | $9,446,477 | 5 | $1,889,295 |
| 1,098 | Mike Shinoda | $9,297,407 | 1 | $9,297,407 |
| 1,099 | Jun Miyake | $9,287,303 | 2 | $4,643,652 |
| 1,100 | Ryan Adams | $9,271,825 | 1 | $9,271,825 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.