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Top Grossing Supervising Sound Editor at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Supervising Sound Editors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Shannon Mills
| Best known as a Sound Designer based on credits in that role in 20 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Moana 2 ($1,059,161,122 in 2024), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,482,778 in 2017), Inside Out ($850,309,035 in 2015), The Amazing Spider-Man ($758,576,824 in 2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($676,343,174 in 2016) |
2
Christopher Boyes
| Best known as a Re-recording Mixer based on credits in that role in 47 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,320,250,281 in 2022), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), The Jungle Book ($951,806,722 in 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010) |
3
Ethan Van der Ryn
| Best known as a Supervising Sound Editor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1,123,794,079 in 2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction ($1,104,054,072 in 2014), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($894,291,662 in 2001), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($836,519,699 in 2009), Kung Fu Panda 2 ($664,837,547 in 2011), Kung Fu Panda ($632,203,486 in 2008), King Kong ($556,906,378 in 2005), World War Z ($531,861,650 in 2013), The Meg ($527,267,828 in 2018), Kung Fu Panda 3 ($520,189,225 in 2016) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shannon Mills | $15,081,775,874 | 18 | $837,876,437 |
| 2 | Christopher Boyes | $14,287,659,272 | 15 | $952,510,618 |
| 3 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $11,859,240,064 | 29 | $408,939,313 |
| 4 | Matthew Wood | $11,470,188,846 | 22 | $521,372,220 |
| 5 | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | $11,270,489,144 | 17 | $662,969,950 |
| 6 | Dennis Leonard | $10,271,174,894 | 18 | $570,620,827 |
| 7 | Richard King | $9,669,671,933 | 32 | $302,177,248 |
| 8 | Erik Aadahl | $9,550,120,411 | 23 | $415,222,627 |
| 9 | Daniel Laurie | $9,360,400,511 | 10 | $936,040,051 |
| 10 | Per Hallberg | $7,639,818,470 | 29 | $263,442,016 |
| 11 | Wylie Stateman | $7,533,872,447 | 39 | $193,176,217 |
| 12 | George Watters II | $6,846,239,668 | 20 | $342,311,983 |
| 13 | Mark P. Stoeckinger | $6,625,886,084 | 29 | $228,478,830 |
| 14 | Frank Eulner | $6,335,427,696 | 15 | $422,361,846 |
| 15 | Skip Lievsay | $5,902,004,855 | 30 | $196,733,495 |
| 16 | John A Larsen | $5,795,715,276 | 18 | $321,984,182 |
| 17 | Richard Hymns | $5,482,596,824 | 22 | $249,208,947 |
| 18 | Alan Robert Murray | $5,452,001,894 | 39 | $139,794,920 |
| 19 | James Mather | $5,429,193,005 | 13 | $417,630,231 |
| 20 | Tim Chau | $5,324,879,302 | 52 | $102,401,525 |
| 21 | Randy Thom | $5,096,774,193 | 11 | $463,343,108 |
| 22 | Ben Burtt | $4,824,764,889 | 8 | $603,095,611 |
| 23 | David Acord | $4,748,396,201 | 5 | $949,679,240 |
| 24 | Glenn Freemantle | $4,710,855,076 | 23 | $204,819,786 |
| 25 | Al Nelson | $4,260,378,198 | 8 | $532,547,275 |
| 26 | Will Files | $4,150,522,032 | 12 | $345,876,836 |
| 27 | Karen Baker Landers | $4,103,635,009 | 24 | $170,984,792 |
| 28 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | $4,038,130,211 | 12 | $336,510,851 |
| 29 | Dane A. Davis | $3,677,377,765 | 19 | $193,546,198 |
| 30 | Charles L. Campbell | $3,672,542,188 | 18 | $204,030,122 |
| 31 | Steve Orlando | $3,651,278,415 | 5 | $730,255,683 |
| 32 | Andrew DeCristofaro | $3,634,801,644 | 26 | $139,800,063 |
| 33 | Kami Asgar | $3,592,482,587 | 27 | $133,054,911 |
| 34 | Michael Silvers | $3,559,482,209 | 9 | $395,498,023 |
| 35 | Craig Henighan | $3,508,368,876 | 16 | $219,273,055 |
| 36 | Geoffrey G. Rubay | $3,328,178,115 | 13 | $256,013,701 |
| 37 | Mark Mangini | $3,286,493,692 | 19 | $172,973,352 |
| 38 | Elmo Weber | $3,261,957,765 | 22 | $148,270,808 |
| 39 | Oliver Tarney | $3,175,580,448 | 15 | $211,705,363 |
| 40 | Eddy Joseph | $3,122,213,126 | 12 | $260,184,427 |
| 41 | Philip Stockton | $3,010,195,164 | 18 | $167,233,065 |
| 42 | Addison Teague | $2,999,461,288 | 5 | $599,892,258 |
| 43 | Bub Asman | $2,980,888,299 | 18 | $165,604,906 |
| 44 | Dennis Drummond | $2,826,129,806 | 18 | $157,007,211 |
| 45 | Craig Berkey | $2,801,001,659 | 11 | $254,636,514 |
| 46 | Michael Hilkene | $2,676,976,532 | 14 | $191,212,609 |
| 47 | Wayne Pashley | $2,593,753,437 | 9 | $288,194,826 |
| 48 | Tim Nielsen | $2,522,603,820 | 5 | $504,520,764 |
| 49 | Odin Benitez | $2,373,661,087 | 12 | $197,805,091 |
| 50 | Douglas Murray | $2,361,014,937 | 6 | $393,502,490 |
| 51 | Richard L. Anderson | $2,340,421,425 | 19 | $123,180,075 |
| 52 | Peter Brown | $2,328,213,277 | 4 | $582,053,319 |
| 53 | Dick Bernstein | $2,320,250,281 | 1 | $2,320,250,281 |
| 54 | Brent Burge | $2,313,169,830 | 6 | $385,528,305 |
| 55 | Ron Bochar | $2,303,691,858 | 19 | $121,246,940 |
| 56 | David Evans | $2,297,628,600 | 8 | $287,203,575 |
| 57 | Paul Urmson | $2,291,885,884 | 22 | $104,176,631 |
| 58 | Scott Hecker | $2,276,076,553 | 9 | $252,897,395 |
| 59 | Eugene Gearty | $2,258,862,741 | 8 | $282,357,843 |
| 60 | Mark Ulano | $2,223,048,786 | 1 | $2,223,048,786 |
| 61 | Ren Klyce | $2,219,334,244 | 6 | $369,889,041 |
| 62 | Steven Ticknor | $2,149,478,864 | 14 | $153,534,205 |
| 63 | Joe Dzuban | $2,119,029,532 | 7 | $302,718,505 |
| 64 | Mike Wilhoit | $2,090,576,959 | 21 | $99,551,284 |
| 65 | Chic Ciccolini | $2,084,218,610 | 10 | $208,421,861 |
| 66 | Becky Sullivan | $2,018,381,098 | 16 | $126,148,819 |
| 67 | Coya Elliott | $1,996,822,479 | 4 | $499,205,620 |
| 68 | Mildred Iatrou | $1,980,100,185 | 12 | $165,008,349 |
| 69 | Lon Bender | $1,888,274,914 | 15 | $125,884,994 |
| 70 | Sean McCormack | $1,827,165,279 | 24 | $76,131,887 |
| 71 | Bill R. Dean | $1,820,123,980 | 8 | $227,515,498 |
| 72 | Brian Chumney | $1,809,036,689 | 6 | $301,506,115 |
| 73 | Steve Boeddeker | $1,785,275,803 | 5 | $357,055,161 |
| 74 | Tom Bellfort | $1,764,785,263 | 6 | $294,130,877 |
| 75 | John Leveque | $1,663,099,874 | 10 | $166,309,987 |
| 76 | Louis L. Edemann | $1,659,503,915 | 11 | $150,863,992 |
| 77 | Donald Sylvester | $1,658,976,821 | 8 | $207,372,103 |
| 78 | Curt Schulkey | $1,646,325,956 | 12 | $137,193,830 |
| 79 | Chris Ward | $1,640,700,266 | 4 | $410,175,067 |
| 80 | Jon Johnson | $1,605,150,058 | 39 | $41,157,694 |
| 81 | Julian Slater | $1,604,777,828 | 10 | $160,477,783 |
| 82 | Michael J. Benavente | $1,567,774,980 | 13 | $120,598,075 |
| 83 | Karen M. Baker | $1,562,808,411 | 5 | $312,561,682 |
| 84 | George Anderson | $1,554,186,244 | 13 | $119,552,788 |
| 85 | Nancy Nugent Title | $1,550,505,012 | 6 | $258,417,502 |
| 86 | Jonathan Null | $1,502,484,358 | 4 | $375,621,090 |
| 87 | Robert L. Sephton | $1,464,236,787 | 7 | $209,176,684 |
| 88 | Michael Babcock | $1,459,004,664 | 12 | $121,583,722 |
| 89 | Larry Blake | $1,429,261,837 | 10 | $142,926,184 |
| 90 | Gregory King | $1,422,499,609 | 13 | $109,423,047 |
| 91 | J. Paul Huntsman | $1,403,310,484 | 10 | $140,331,048 |
| 92 | John Marquis | $1,394,318,599 | 6 | $232,386,433 |
| 93 | Gloria S. Borders | $1,393,362,085 | 6 | $232,227,014 |
| 94 | Jason W. Jennings | $1,381,787,021 | 3 | $460,595,674 |
| 95 | Bruce Stambler | $1,370,803,769 | 10 | $137,080,377 |
| 96 | Victor Ray Ennis | $1,366,917,654 | 6 | $227,819,609 |
| 97 | Martin Evans | $1,308,424,937 | 7 | $186,917,848 |
| 98 | Dominic Gibbs | $1,289,518,123 | 10 | $128,951,812 |
| 99 | Kelly Oxford | $1,283,548,704 | 10 | $128,354,870 |
| 100 | Todd Toon | $1,274,575,320 | 12 | $106,214,610 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.