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Top Grossing Sound Effects Editor at the Worldwide Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Sound Effects Editors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Josh Gold
| Best known as a Sound Effects Editor based on credits in that role in 26 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,320,250,281 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Iron Man 3 ($1,214,630,956 in 2013), Minions ($1,157,271,759 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($1,055,083,596 in 2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Doctor Strange ($676,343,174 in 2016), Thor: The Dark World ($644,602,516 in 2013) |
2
Lee Gilmore
| Best known as a Sound Effects Editor based on credits in that role in 58 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Deadpool & Wolverine ($1,338,071,348 in 2024), Zootopia ($1,025,485,003 in 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($864,808,014 in 2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ($766,575,131 in 2014), The Amazing Spider-Man ($758,576,824 in 2012), 2012 ($757,677,748 in 2009), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($709,672,746 in 2014), Moana ($684,654,985 in 2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($623,144,660 in 2018) |
3
Steve Orlando
| Best known as a Sound Effects Editor based on credits in that role in 15 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Incredibles 2 ($1,242,805,359 in 2018), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,482,778 in 2017), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ($746,921,271 in 2012), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($623,144,660 in 2018), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($432,224,634 in 2021), Black Widow ($379,751,131 in 2021), Gone Girl ($367,128,535 in 2014), The Angry Birds Movie 2 ($152,255,188 in 2019) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Gold | $19,499,835,590 | 26 | $749,993,677 |
| 2 | Lee Gilmore | $17,524,200,160 | 58 | $302,141,382 |
| 3 | Steve Orlando | $9,815,800,888 | 15 | $654,386,726 |
| 4 | Jed Loughran | $9,097,144,168 | 21 | $433,197,341 |
| 5 | Dan Hegeman | $8,850,625,550 | 69 | $128,269,936 |
| 6 | Shannon Mills | $8,167,261,805 | 17 | $480,427,165 |
| 7 | Samson Neslund | $7,820,623,106 | 13 | $601,586,393 |
| 8 | Ben Burtt | $7,273,585,620 | 12 | $606,132,135 |
| 9 | Teresa Eckton | $6,865,978,026 | 17 | $403,881,060 |
| 10 | Hector Gika | $6,006,129,803 | 37 | $162,327,833 |
| 11 | Ken Fischer | $5,397,748,872 | 19 | $284,092,046 |
| 12 | Scott Guitteau | $4,832,197,329 | 10 | $483,219,733 |
| 13 | Bruce Tanis | $4,576,575,982 | 30 | $152,552,533 |
| 14 | Pascal Garneau | $4,106,189,764 | 10 | $410,618,976 |
| 15 | Mac Smith | $3,868,334,209 | 9 | $429,814,912 |
| 16 | Greg ten Bosch | $3,567,267,623 | 16 | $222,954,226 |
| 17 | Adam Kopald | $3,458,907,007 | 20 | $172,945,350 |
| 18 | Charles Maynes | $3,458,597,589 | 46 | $75,186,904 |
| 19 | Luke Dunn Gielmuda | $3,452,740,308 | 8 | $431,592,539 |
| 20 | Matt Cavanaugh | $3,382,663,907 | 19 | $178,034,942 |
| 21 | Christopher Assells | $3,313,743,456 | 21 | $157,797,307 |
| 22 | Nia Hansen | $3,174,334,612 | 9 | $352,703,846 |
| 23 | Dino DiMuro | $3,126,420,745 | 13 | $240,493,903 |
| 24 | Jeremy Bowker | $2,974,977,144 | 5 | $594,995,429 |
| 25 | Andy Kennedy | $2,954,137,942 | 5 | $590,827,588 |
| 26 | J.R. Grubbs | $2,937,597,627 | 15 | $195,839,842 |
| 27 | Tim Walston | $2,887,215,344 | 13 | $222,093,488 |
| 28 | Randy Torres | $2,838,927,085 | 9 | $315,436,343 |
| 29 | Jason King | $2,705,340,619 | 21 | $128,825,744 |
| 30 | Ando Johnson | $2,685,497,028 | 13 | $206,576,694 |
| 31 | Ken McGill | $2,657,332,108 | 5 | $531,466,422 |
| 32 | Mark Larry | $2,632,053,476 | 12 | $219,337,790 |
| 33 | Steve Mann | $2,594,659,393 | 22 | $117,939,063 |
| 34 | Michael Mitchell | $2,570,349,894 | 8 | $321,293,737 |
| 35 | Casey Genton | $2,501,419,769 | 7 | $357,345,681 |
| 36 | Jay Wilkinson | $2,496,269,079 | 13 | $192,020,698 |
| 37 | Ann Scibelli | $2,452,094,757 | 9 | $272,454,973 |
| 38 | Frank Eulner | $2,451,296,084 | 7 | $350,185,155 |
| 39 | Roland N. Thai | $2,327,766,156 | 9 | $258,640,684 |
| 40 | Phil Barrie | $2,277,966,652 | 7 | $325,423,807 |
| 41 | David Hughes | $2,231,784,477 | 10 | $223,178,448 |
| 42 | Alan Rankin | $2,113,075,565 | 8 | $264,134,446 |
| 43 | David Chrastka | $2,048,255,777 | 3 | $682,751,926 |
| 44 | Benjamin L. Cook | $2,046,778,098 | 10 | $204,677,810 |
| 45 | Dan Kenyon | $2,042,619,711 | 6 | $340,436,619 |
| 46 | Chris Diebold | $2,007,765,538 | 10 | $200,776,554 |
| 47 | Stephen P. Robinson | $1,997,079,975 | 7 | $285,297,139 |
| 48 | Chris Terhune | $1,966,461,654 | 6 | $327,743,609 |
| 49 | Jon Title | $1,922,424,405 | 10 | $192,242,441 |
| 50 | Tim Holland | $1,904,904,640 | 5 | $380,980,928 |
| 51 | Jon Borland | $1,901,554,235 | 3 | $633,851,412 |
| 52 | D. Chris Smith | $1,870,147,508 | 8 | $233,768,439 |
| 53 | Robert Shoup | $1,840,526,099 | 10 | $184,052,610 |
| 54 | Ryan Collins | $1,833,381,399 | 13 | $141,029,338 |
| 55 | Glynna Grimala | $1,819,813,864 | 2 | $909,906,932 |
| 56 | James Harrison | $1,802,519,818 | 6 | $300,419,970 |
| 57 | David Werntz | $1,801,795,069 | 8 | $225,224,384 |
| 58 | Paul Berolzheimer | $1,747,461,901 | 6 | $291,243,650 |
| 59 | Martin Cantwell | $1,744,568,551 | 7 | $249,224,079 |
| 60 | Dino R. Dimuro | $1,743,283,050 | 13 | $134,098,696 |
| 61 | Randy Kelley | $1,715,618,125 | 14 | $122,544,152 |
| 62 | Addison Teague | $1,691,991,409 | 4 | $422,997,852 |
| 63 | Ben Meechan | $1,668,274,454 | 5 | $333,654,891 |
| 64 | David C. Hughes | $1,645,086,108 | 8 | $205,635,764 |
| 65 | Matt Yocum | $1,629,310,059 | 7 | $232,758,580 |
| 66 | Steve Bissinger | $1,619,917,311 | 5 | $323,983,462 |
| 67 | Doug Jackson | $1,612,189,064 | 16 | $100,761,817 |
| 68 | Jamie Hardt | $1,607,192,689 | 10 | $160,719,269 |
| 69 | Kris Fenske | $1,606,147,421 | 4 | $401,536,855 |
| 70 | Samir Foco | $1,534,390,007 | 3 | $511,463,336 |
| 71 | Kyrsten Mate | $1,525,178,987 | 8 | $190,647,373 |
| 72 | Larry Oatfield | $1,505,864,393 | 6 | $250,977,399 |
| 73 | Michael Payne | $1,499,618,576 | 14 | $107,115,613 |
| 74 | Michael W. Mitchell | $1,469,238,247 | 11 | $133,567,113 |
| 75 | John Joseph Thomas | $1,463,713,779 | 20 | $73,185,689 |
| 76 | P.K. Hooker | $1,453,159,049 | 4 | $363,289,762 |
| 77 | Wyatt Sprague | $1,425,130,921 | 20 | $71,256,546 |
| 78 | Hayden Collow | $1,424,404,207 | 9 | $158,267,134 |
| 79 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $1,414,289,785 | 6 | $235,714,964 |
| 80 | Scott Wolfs | $1,401,736,236 | 3 | $467,245,412 |
| 81 | Christopher Scarabosio | $1,399,206,008 | 5 | $279,841,202 |
| 82 | Jeff Sawyer | $1,396,547,324 | 13 | $107,426,717 |
| 83 | Justin Davey | $1,387,063,127 | 6 | $231,177,188 |
| 84 | Dustin Cawood | $1,368,513,931 | 3 | $456,171,310 |
| 85 | Peter Staubli | $1,359,368,953 | 11 | $123,578,996 |
| 86 | Ai-Ling Lee | $1,331,096,931 | 9 | $147,899,659 |
| 87 | Christopher Barnett | $1,308,323,302 | 1 | $1,308,323,302 |
| 88 | Marti Albert | $1,308,323,302 | 1 | $1,308,323,302 |
| 89 | Stuart McCowan | $1,308,323,302 | 1 | $1,308,323,302 |
| 90 | Christopher S. Aud | $1,302,632,185 | 8 | $162,829,023 |
| 91 | Samuel C. Crutcher | $1,285,574,788 | 6 | $214,262,465 |
| 92 | David Grimaldi | $1,263,926,702 | 5 | $252,785,340 |
| 93 | Suhail Kafity | $1,254,199,849 | 9 | $139,355,539 |
| 94 | Karen Triest | $1,234,689,669 | 4 | $308,672,417 |
| 95 | Richard Hymns | $1,229,746,788 | 2 | $614,873,394 |
| 96 | John Marquis | $1,224,174,909 | 3 | $408,058,303 |
| 97 | Glenn Hoskinson | $1,218,319,291 | 9 | $135,368,810 |
| 98 | Jessie Pariseau | $1,195,727,701 | 3 | $398,575,900 |
| 99 | Rob Malone | $1,191,658,950 | 5 | $238,331,790 |
| 100 | Donald Flick | $1,182,999,988 | 8 | $147,874,999 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.