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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 ($2,048,158,241 in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Moana 2 ($1,059,135,998 in 2024), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,482,778 in 2017), Inside Out ($848,469,454 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 ($2,322,902,023 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 ($950,697,998 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
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
| Best known as a Supervising Sound Editor based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,322,902,023 in 2022), Jurassic World ($1,671,063,641 in 2015), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($1,308,323,302 in 2018), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($886,686,817 in 2009), Ice Age: The Meltdown ($651,899,282 in 2006), F1: The Movie ($631,127,111 in 2025), Brave ($554,606,532 in 2012), The Simpsons Movie ($527,071,022 in 2007), Rio 2 ($492,846,291 in 2014) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shannon Mills | $15,079,031,019 | 18 | $837,723,946 |
| 2 | Christopher Boyes | $14,287,772,045 | 15 | $952,518,136 |
| 3 | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | $11,904,267,997 | 18 | $661,348,222 |
| 4 | Ethan Van der Ryn | $11,868,040,134 | 29 | $409,242,763 |
| 5 | Matthew Wood | $11,470,184,117 | 22 | $521,372,005 |
| 6 | Dennis Leonard | $10,271,174,894 | 18 | $570,620,827 |
| 7 | Richard King | $9,688,094,457 | 32 | $302,752,952 |
| 8 | Erik Aadahl | $9,557,268,968 | 23 | $415,533,433 |
| 9 | Daniel Laurie | $9,360,198,998 | 10 | $936,019,900 |
| 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 | $6,334,318,972 | 15 | $422,287,931 |
| 15 | Skip Lievsay | $5,909,323,801 | 31 | $190,623,348 |
| 16 | John A Larsen | $5,795,715,276 | 18 | $321,984,182 |
| 17 | Richard Hymns | $5,494,499,767 | 22 | $249,749,989 |
| 18 | Alan Robert Murray | $5,464,492,580 | 39 | $140,115,194 |
| 19 | James Mather | $5,434,844,814 | 13 | $418,064,986 |
| 20 | Tim Chau | $5,324,879,302 | 52 | $102,401,525 |
| 21 | Randy Thom | $5,096,084,147 | 11 | $463,280,377 |
| 22 | Al Nelson | $4,893,705,309 | 9 | $543,745,034 |
| 23 | Ben Burtt | $4,824,766,402 | 8 | $603,095,800 |
| 24 | David Acord | $4,748,396,201 | 5 | $949,679,240 |
| 25 | Glenn Freemantle | $4,730,809,864 | 23 | $205,687,385 |
| 26 | Will Files | $4,152,189,879 | 12 | $346,015,823 |
| 27 | Karen Baker Landers | $4,103,635,009 | 24 | $170,984,792 |
| 28 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | $4,039,643,683 | 12 | $336,636,974 |
| 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 | $3,509,184,456 | 16 | $219,324,029 |
| 36 | Geoffrey G. Rubay | $3,327,949,388 | 13 | $255,996,107 |
| 37 | Mark Mangini | $3,292,094,921 | 19 | $173,268,154 |
| 38 | Elmo Weber | $3,261,957,765 | 22 | $148,270,808 |
| 39 | Oliver Tarney | $3,187,245,464 | 15 | $212,483,031 |
| 40 | Eddy Joseph | $3,122,213,126 | 12 | $260,184,427 |
| 41 | Philip Stockton | $3,011,263,219 | 18 | $167,292,401 |
| 42 | Addison Teague | $2,992,494,285 | 5 | $598,498,857 |
| 43 | Bub Asman | $2,986,233,776 | 18 | $165,901,876 |
| 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 | $2,594,894,707 | 9 | $288,321,634 |
| 48 | Tim Nielsen | $2,522,603,820 | 5 | $504,520,764 |
| 49 | Odin Benitez | $2,373,330,272 | 12 | $197,777,523 |
| 50 | Douglas Murray | $2,362,667,460 | 6 | $393,777,910 |
| 51 | Peter Brown | $2,345,225,382 | 4 | $586,306,346 |
| 52 | Richard L. Anderson | $2,340,428,963 | 19 | $123,180,472 |
| 53 | Dick Bernstein | $2,322,902,023 | 1 | $2,322,902,023 |
| 54 | Brent Burge | $2,313,269,830 | 6 | $385,544,972 |
| 55 | Ron Bochar | $2,303,613,040 | 19 | $121,242,792 |
| 56 | David Evans | $2,297,428,421 | 8 | $287,178,553 |
| 57 | Paul Urmson | $2,296,318,661 | 22 | $104,378,121 |
| 58 | Scott Hecker | $2,276,667,368 | 9 | $252,963,041 |
| 59 | Eugene Gearty | $2,259,930,796 | 8 | $282,491,350 |
| 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 | $2,147,215,313 | 7 | $306,745,045 |
| 64 | Mike Wilhoit | $2,090,616,007 | 21 | $99,553,143 |
| 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 | $1,995,392,234 | 4 | $498,848,059 |
| 68 | Mildred Iatrou | $1,980,100,185 | 12 | $165,008,349 |
| 69 | Lon Bender | $1,888,274,914 | 15 | $125,884,994 |
| 70 | Bill R. Dean | $1,828,075,621 | 8 | $228,509,453 |
| 71 | Sean McCormack | $1,827,165,279 | 24 | $76,131,887 |
| 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 | $1,658,895,862 | 8 | $207,361,983 |
| 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 | $1,604,995,870 | 10 | $160,499,587 |
| 82 | Michael J. Benavente | $1,575,273,176 | 13 | $121,174,860 |
| 83 | Karen M. Baker | $1,562,808,411 | 5 | $312,561,682 |
| 84 | Nancy Nugent Title | $1,557,255,426 | 6 | $259,542,571 |
| 85 | George Anderson | $1,554,269,244 | 13 | $119,559,173 |
| 86 | Jonathan Null | $1,501,794,312 | 4 | $375,448,578 |
| 87 | Robert L. Sephton | $1,464,236,787 | 7 | $209,176,684 |
| 88 | Michael Babcock | $1,463,026,419 | 12 | $121,918,868 |
| 89 | Larry Blake | $1,429,261,837 | 10 | $142,926,184 |
| 90 | Gregory King | $1,422,499,609 | 13 | $109,423,047 |
| 91 | Jason W. Jennings | $1,408,940,943 | 3 | $469,646,981 |
| 92 | J. Paul Huntsman | $1,403,310,484 | 10 | $140,331,048 |
| 93 | John Marquis | $1,395,537,371 | 6 | $232,589,562 |
| 94 | Gloria S. Borders | $1,393,362,085 | 6 | $232,227,014 |
| 95 | Bruce Stambler | $1,370,803,769 | 10 | $137,080,377 |
| 96 | Victor Ray Ennis | $1,370,033,782 | 6 | $228,338,964 |
| 97 | Martin Evans | $1,308,424,937 | 7 | $186,917,848 |
| 98 | Dominic Gibbs | $1,300,536,155 | 10 | $130,053,616 |
| 99 | Kelly Oxford | $1,283,548,704 | 10 | $128,354,870 |
| 100 | Todd Toon | $1,275,344,963 | 12 | $106,278,747 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.