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Top Grossing Production Designer at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Production Designers based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Rick Carter
| Best known as a Production Designer based on credits in that role in 21 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,056,046,835 in 2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($1,069,951,814 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Forrest Gump ($679,835,137 in 1994), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($618,638,999 in 1997), War of the Worlds ($606,836,535 in 2005), Cast Away ($427,230,516 in 2000), Back to the Future Part II ($331,971,868 in 1989), The Polar Express ($320,838,625 in 2004) |
2
Charles Wood
| Best known as a Production Designer based on credits in that role in 13 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($952,224,986 in 2022), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($676,343,174 in 2016), Thor: The Dark World ($644,602,516 in 2013), Black Widow ($379,751,131 in 2021), Wrath of the Titans ($305,270,083 in 2012), Men in Black: International ($254,310,003 in 2019) |
3
Stuart Craig
| Best known as a Production Designer based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($1,311,412,625 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($962,575,067 in 2001), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($943,476,160 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($937,444,235 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($926,055,796 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($885,923,981 in 2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($876,145,955 in 2002), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ($811,724,385 in 2016), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($784,234,714 in 2004), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ($648,455,339 in 2018) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Carter | $12,107,585,803 | 21 | $576,551,705 |
| 2 | Charles Wood | $10,512,885,332 | 13 | $808,683,487 |
| 3 | Stuart Craig | $10,487,449,136 | 16 | $655,465,571 |
| 4 | Bill Brzeski | $8,676,689,804 | 17 | $510,393,518 |
| 5 | Nathan Crowley | $5,962,744,027 | 15 | $397,516,268 |
| 6 | Grant Major | $5,895,561,213 | 17 | $346,797,718 |
| 7 | Rick Heinrichs | $5,786,603,584 | 16 | $361,662,724 |
| 8 | J. Michael Riva | $5,659,333,973 | 20 | $282,966,699 |
| 9 | Oliver Scholl | $4,875,341,483 | 9 | $541,704,609 |
| 10 | Owen Paterson | $4,866,368,396 | 10 | $486,636,840 |
| 11 | Neil Spisak | $4,741,917,175 | 14 | $338,708,370 |
| 12 | Robert Stromberg | $4,639,202,867 | 4 | $1,159,800,717 |
| 13 | Nigel Phelps | $4,395,290,091 | 12 | $366,274,174 |
| 14 | Peter Lamont | $4,332,871,734 | 6 | $722,145,289 |
| 15 | Gavin Bocquet | $4,282,416,539 | 12 | $356,868,045 |
| 16 | Philip Messina | $4,281,834,041 | 15 | $285,455,603 |
| 17 | Sarah Greenwood | $4,254,155,789 | 12 | $354,512,982 |
| 18 | Mark Friedberg | $4,116,030,698 | 20 | $205,801,535 |
| 19 | Ed Verreaux | $4,112,848,830 | 13 | $316,372,987 |
| 20 | Arthur Max | $4,007,348,483 | 17 | $235,726,381 |
| 21 | Dennis Gassner | $3,994,648,327 | 14 | $285,332,023 |
| 22 | Jeffrey Beecroft | $3,840,538,564 | 13 | $295,426,043 |
| 23 | Allan Cameron | $3,739,987,074 | 25 | $149,599,483 |
| 24 | Claude Pare | $3,716,199,110 | 8 | $464,524,889 |
| 25 | Andy Nicholson | $3,703,808,825 | 6 | $617,301,471 |
| 26 | Eric Guillon | $3,649,565,776 | 4 | $912,391,444 |
| 27 | Ralph Eggleston | $3,561,717,271 | 4 | $890,429,318 |
| 28 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $3,452,531,197 | 7 | $493,218,742 |
| 29 | John Myhre | $3,250,169,470 | 10 | $325,016,947 |
| 30 | Guy Hendrix Dyas | $3,226,891,458 | 11 | $293,353,769 |
| 31 | Dan Hennah | $3,187,189,775 | 5 | $637,437,955 |
| 32 | Scott Chambliss | $3,183,444,937 | 10 | $318,344,494 |
| 33 | Bob Pauley | $3,162,171,014 | 4 | $790,542,754 |
| 34 | Dylan Cole | $3,078,787,016 | 2 | $1,539,393,508 |
| 35 | Barry Chusid | $3,027,172,320 | 9 | $336,352,480 |
| 36 | James Chinlund | $3,012,066,795 | 4 | $753,016,699 |
| 37 | Darren Gilford | $2,982,404,757 | 5 | $596,480,951 |
| 38 | Bo Welch | $2,862,311,855 | 10 | $286,231,186 |
| 39 | Perry Andelin Blake | $2,814,207,296 | 20 | $140,710,365 |
| 40 | Jon Hutman | $2,791,824,777 | 17 | $164,224,987 |
| 41 | Peter Wenham | $2,791,508,592 | 7 | $398,786,942 |
| 42 | Alex McDowell | $2,750,423,102 | 12 | $229,201,925 |
| 43 | Harley Jessup | $2,543,585,962 | 4 | $635,896,491 |
| 44 | Kirk M. Petruccelli | $2,518,904,485 | 17 | $148,170,852 |
| 45 | Dominic Watkins | $2,492,555,362 | 10 | $249,255,536 |
| 46 | Hannah Beachler | $2,478,672,700 | 11 | $225,333,882 |
| 47 | David Wasco | $2,469,060,410 | 17 | $145,238,848 |
| 48 | Ben Procter | $2,448,233,564 | 2 | $1,224,116,782 |
| 49 | Jennifer Spence | $2,431,239,304 | 14 | $173,659,950 |
| 50 | James D. Bissell | $2,406,219,536 | 14 | $171,872,824 |
| 51 | Jan Roelfs | $2,396,636,722 | 12 | $199,719,727 |
| 52 | Jim Bissell | $2,374,866,451 | 10 | $237,486,645 |
| 53 | Michael Corenblith | $2,354,993,028 | 18 | $130,832,946 |
| 54 | Dante Ferretti | $2,314,868,713 | 14 | $165,347,765 |
| 55 | Nelson Coates | $2,302,349,409 | 34 | $67,716,159 |
| 56 | Guillaume Aretos | $2,296,167,025 | 3 | $765,389,008 |
| 57 | Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin | $2,294,859,727 | 5 | $458,971,945 |
| 58 | Rusty Smith | $2,268,952,874 | 14 | $162,068,062 |
| 59 | Jeff Mann | $2,211,587,612 | 10 | $221,158,761 |
| 60 | Bill Boes | $2,126,256,277 | 12 | $177,188,023 |
| 61 | Barry Robison | $2,125,606,133 | 13 | $163,508,164 |
| 62 | Norman Reynolds | $2,072,382,714 | 9 | $230,264,746 |
| 63 | Gary Freeman | $2,061,703,641 | 7 | $294,529,092 |
| 64 | Jane Musky | $1,983,852,124 | 18 | $110,214,007 |
| 65 | Jefferson Sage | $1,982,011,204 | 15 | $132,134,080 |
| 66 | Naomi Shohan | $1,978,849,961 | 12 | $164,904,163 |
| 67 | Tom Sanders | $1,957,977,917 | 9 | $217,553,102 |
| 68 | Yarrow Cheney | $1,942,074,535 | 4 | $485,518,634 |
| 69 | Doug Chiang | $1,926,262,255 | 5 | $385,252,451 |
| 70 | Stephen Lineweaver | $1,918,895,335 | 15 | $127,926,356 |
| 71 | Raymond Zibach | $1,897,998,142 | 4 | $474,499,536 |
| 72 | David Scheunemann | $1,897,539,883 | 5 | $379,507,977 |
| 73 | Kevin Kavanaugh | $1,862,393,692 | 9 | $206,932,632 |
| 74 | Neil Lamont | $1,855,385,787 | 3 | $618,461,929 |
| 75 | Wynn Thomas | $1,844,591,724 | 23 | $80,199,640 |
| 76 | Paul Denham Austerberry | $1,832,779,872 | 10 | $183,277,987 |
| 77 | William Sandell | $1,823,670,752 | 10 | $182,367,075 |
| 78 | Kristi Zea | $1,813,711,258 | 16 | $113,356,954 |
| 79 | Linda Descenna | $1,774,458,997 | 9 | $197,162,111 |
| 80 | William Cone | $1,719,625,522 | 4 | $429,906,381 |
| 81 | Clayton Hartley | $1,712,235,527 | 16 | $107,014,720 |
| 82 | Adam Stockhausen | $1,703,796,403 | 12 | $141,983,034 |
| 83 | Steve Pilcher | $1,699,681,487 | 3 | $566,560,496 |
| 84 | Jason Deamer | $1,698,831,782 | 1 | $1,698,831,782 |
| 85 | Jess Gonchor | $1,688,859,982 | 12 | $140,738,332 |
| 86 | Shepherd Frankel | $1,682,249,394 | 10 | $168,224,939 |
| 87 | James J. Murakami | $1,673,249,547 | 10 | $167,324,955 |
| 88 | Richard Sherman | $1,656,860,276 | 7 | $236,694,325 |
| 89 | Roger Ford | $1,643,101,407 | 6 | $273,850,235 |
| 90 | David Gropman | $1,598,653,450 | 14 | $114,189,532 |
| 91 | David Womersley | $1,580,133,291 | 2 | $790,066,646 |
| 92 | Larry Fulton | $1,562,951,020 | 5 | $312,590,204 |
| 93 | Sean Haworth | $1,561,188,114 | 5 | $312,237,623 |
| 94 | Martin Whist | $1,556,482,919 | 11 | $141,498,447 |
| 95 | Stuart Wurtzel | $1,532,082,181 | 12 | $127,673,515 |
| 96 | David James | $1,501,290,967 | 4 | $375,322,742 |
| 97 | Ricky Nierva | $1,474,919,187 | 2 | $737,459,594 |
| 98 | Joseph Nemec III | $1,464,174,672 | 9 | $162,686,075 |
| 99 | Jeannine Oppewall | $1,444,814,493 | 19 | $76,042,868 |
| 100 | Andrew Laws | $1,430,802,774 | 12 | $119,233,565 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.