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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 |
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1,001 | Youli Galperine | $15,752,575 | 1 | $15,752,575 |
1,002 | Yoko Kanno | $15,712,752 | 1 | $15,712,752 |
1,003 | Nima Fakhrara | $15,703,995 | 9 | $1,744,888 |
1,004 | Jeff Rona | $15,651,570 | 4 | $3,912,893 |
1,005 | Keiichi Suzuki | $15,648,814 | 3 | $5,216,271 |
1,006 | Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen | $15,416,292 | 2 | $7,708,146 |
1,007 | Otavio de Moraes | $15,400,333 | 1 | $15,400,333 |
1,008 | Isabella Summers | $15,223,071 | 4 | $3,805,768 |
1,009 | John Sousa | $15,198,912 | 1 | $15,198,912 |
1,010 | Anna Meredith | $15,095,131 | 2 | $7,547,566 |
1,011 | Jeehun Hwang | $15,069,476 | 3 | $5,023,159 |
1,012 | Romain Trouillet | $15,062,586 | 3 | $5,020,862 |
1,013 | Billy May | $15,000,000 | 1 | $15,000,000 |
1,014 | John Lennon | $14,975,293 | 3 | $4,991,764 |
1,015 | Paul McCartney | $14,975,293 | 3 | $4,991,764 |
1,016 | Gregoire Hetzel | $14,862,504 | 7 | $2,123,215 |
1,017 | Joachim Holbek | $14,851,654 | 1 | $14,851,654 |
1,018 | David Hentschel | $14,688,000 | 1 | $14,688,000 |
1,019 | Bryan Miller | $14,517,738 | 2 | $7,258,869 |
1,020 | Evan Wise | $14,365,639 | 1 | $14,365,639 |
1,021 | David S. Palmer | $14,314,407 | 1 | $14,314,407 |
1,022 | David Wilder Savage | $14,296,709 | 2 | $7,148,355 |
1,023 | Joan Valent | $14,278,957 | 3 | $4,759,652 |
1,024 | Sudeep Sen | $14,233,249 | 1 | $14,233,249 |
1,025 | Ola Flottum | $14,212,858 | 6 | $2,368,810 |
1,026 | Nicolas Bedos | $14,162,451 | 1 | $14,162,451 |
1,027 | Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen | $14,162,451 | 1 | $14,162,451 |
1,028 | David Bowie | $14,110,589 | 1 | $14,110,589 |
1,029 | Harry Allouche | $13,785,054 | 2 | $6,892,527 |
1,030 | Aureo Baqueiro | $13,725,819 | 1 | $13,725,819 |
1,031 | Ray Cooper | $13,711,903 | 1 | $13,711,903 |
1,032 | Joshua Moshier | $13,628,490 | 1 | $13,628,490 |
1,033 | Gene Lockhart | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
1,034 | Yu Peng | $13,482,888 | 1 | $13,482,888 |
1,035 | Jack Black | $13,434,575 | 1 | $13,434,575 |
1,036 | Kyle Gass | $13,434,575 | 1 | $13,434,575 |
1,037 | Cory Lerios | $13,431,806 | 1 | $13,431,806 |
1,038 | J.A.C Redford | $13,418,091 | 1 | $13,418,091 |
1,039 | Stevie Wonder | $13,290,368 | 1 | $13,290,368 |
1,040 | John Williams | $13,200,000 | 1 | $13,200,000 |
1,041 | Ken Thorne | $13,106,767 | 1 | $13,106,767 |
1,042 | Galt MacDermot | $13,100,000 | 1 | $13,100,000 |
1,043 | Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh III | $13,099,931 | 1 | $13,099,931 |
1,044 | Nick Chuba | $13,005,193 | 2 | $6,502,597 |
1,045 | Al Capps | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
1,046 | Miklós Rózsa | $13,000,000 | 3 | $4,333,333 |
1,047 | Matthew McCauley | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
1,048 | Charli XCX | $12,973,482 | 1 | $12,973,482 |
1,049 | Dave Crawford | $12,970,401 | 1 | $12,970,401 |
1,050 | George Stoll | $12,883,122 | 1 | $12,883,122 |
1,051 | Hiroyuki Sawano | $12,845,911 | 1 | $12,845,911 |
1,052 | Gary Clark | $12,657,072 | 1 | $12,657,072 |
1,053 | John Carney | $12,657,072 | 1 | $12,657,072 |
1,054 | Aaron Dessner | $12,643,390 | 7 | $1,806,199 |
1,055 | Michael Shrieve | $12,640,385 | 1 | $12,640,385 |
1,056 | Patrick Gleeson | $12,640,385 | 1 | $12,640,385 |
1,057 | Lee Jin-Hee | $12,634,067 | 1 | $12,634,067 |
1,058 | Dickson Hinchcliffe | $12,616,995 | 1 | $12,616,995 |
1,059 | Pasquale Catalano | $12,594,037 | 3 | $4,198,012 |
1,060 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $12,579,388 | 7 | $1,797,055 |
1,061 | Mark Adler | $12,519,957 | 10 | $1,251,996 |
1,062 | Lee Ju-noh | $12,478,635 | 1 | $12,478,635 |
1,063 | Federico Jusio | $12,444,779 | 1 | $12,444,779 |
1,064 | Glen Danzig | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
1,065 | Rick Rubin | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
1,066 | Roy Orbison | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
1,067 | Coby Brown | $12,382,122 | 1 | $12,382,122 |
1,068 | Brian Byrne | $12,330,660 | 4 | $3,082,665 |
1,069 | Osvaldo Golijov | $12,251,433 | 1 | $12,251,433 |
1,070 | Matt Morton | $12,128,495 | 2 | $6,064,248 |
1,071 | George Harrison | $12,066,667 | 1 | $12,066,667 |
1,072 | Neal Hefti | $12,000,000 | 2 | $6,000,000 |
1,073 | Johann Johannson | $11,995,000 | 1 | $11,995,000 |
1,074 | Peter Gregson | $11,909,398 | 2 | $5,954,699 |
1,075 | Michael Timmins | $11,850,575 | 2 | $5,925,288 |
1,076 | Rupert Christie | $11,800,370 | 1 | $11,800,370 |
1,077 | George M Cohan | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
1,078 | Ian Hultquist | $11,768,849 | 13 | $905,296 |
1,079 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $11,701,185 | 1 | $11,701,185 |
1,080 | Leoncio Lara | $11,693,872 | 3 | $3,897,957 |
1,081 | Sean Johnson | $11,665,791 | 1 | $11,665,791 |
1,082 | Elton John | $11,614,954 | 1 | $11,614,954 |
1,083 | Steffan Fantini | $11,541,446 | 3 | $3,847,149 |
1,084 | Matthew Compton | $11,449,881 | 4 | $2,862,470 |
1,085 | Rebel Rodriguez | $11,436,671 | 3 | $3,812,224 |
1,086 | Satoshi Hōno | $11,364,670 | 1 | $11,364,670 |
1,087 | Dennis Lambert | $11,332,205 | 2 | $5,666,103 |
1,088 | Claude Gaudette | $11,318,100 | 1 | $11,318,100 |
1,089 | Gary Go | $11,310,835 | 1 | $11,310,835 |
1,090 | Martin Dirkov | $11,278,180 | 5 | $2,255,636 |
1,091 | Laura Rossi | $11,210,717 | 1 | $11,210,717 |
1,092 | Jerome Kern | $11,000,000 | 2 | $5,500,000 |
1,093 | Bob Dylan | $11,000,000 | 2 | $5,500,000 |
1,094 | Kim Jun-Seok | $10,903,259 | 1 | $10,903,259 |
1,095 | Ute Engelhardt | $10,833,134 | 1 | $10,833,134 |
1,096 | Kim Kyeong Seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
1,097 | Nathan Lanier | $10,696,349 | 4 | $2,674,087 |
1,098 | Christian Henson | $10,642,317 | 9 | $1,182,480 |
1,099 | Rob D'Orlando | $10,617,289 | 1 | $10,617,289 |
1,100 | Emanuel D'Orlando | $10,617,289 | 1 | $10,617,289 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.