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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 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.