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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 | Van Dyke Parks | $10,005,969 | 1 | $10,005,969 |
| 1,002 | Jay Chattaway | $10,000,000 | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,003 | Lee Ji-soo | $9,984,618 | 2 | $4,992,309 |
| 1,004 | Eduardo Cruz | $9,969,629 | 2 | $4,984,815 |
| 1,005 | Antony Partos | $9,949,722 | 6 | $1,658,287 |
| 1,006 | Philippe Sarde | $9,872,275 | 8 | $1,234,034 |
| 1,007 | A.C. Newman | $9,814,566 | 1 | $9,814,566 |
| 1,008 | Olivier Daviaud | $9,765,361 | 1 | $9,765,361 |
| 1,009 | Marcello De Francisci | $9,752,585 | 4 | $2,438,146 |
| 1,010 | Jack Livesey | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,011 | Tonino Baliardo | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,012 | Shoji Mitsui | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,013 | Ilhan Ersahin | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,014 | On Ge | $9,683,567 | 1 | $9,683,567 |
| 1,015 | Milo Coello | $9,602,581 | 1 | $9,602,581 |
| 1,016 | Joselo Higareda | $9,602,581 | 1 | $9,602,581 |
| 1,017 | Rodrigo Amarante | $9,596,449 | 1 | $9,596,449 |
| 1,018 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $9,573,725 | 1 | $9,573,725 |
| 1,019 | James Johnzen | $9,533,964 | 1 | $9,533,964 |
| 1,020 | Ernst Reijeger | $9,461,777 | 3 | $3,153,926 |
| 1,021 | David Robbins | $9,446,477 | 5 | $1,889,295 |
| 1,022 | Mike Shinoda | $9,297,407 | 1 | $9,297,407 |
| 1,023 | Jun Miyake | $9,287,303 | 2 | $4,643,652 |
| 1,024 | Ryan Adams | $9,271,825 | 1 | $9,271,825 |
| 1,025 | David Euverte | $9,261,711 | 1 | $9,261,711 |
| 1,026 | Jérôme Bensussan | $9,261,711 | 1 | $9,261,711 |
| 1,027 | Franz Waxman | $9,172,000 | 2 | $4,586,000 |
| 1,028 | Ronan Maillard | $9,092,352 | 1 | $9,092,352 |
| 1,029 | Michel Ochowiak | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 1,030 | Jose Ojeda | $9,037,427 | 1 | $9,037,427 |
| 1,031 | Alex Weston | $9,026,137 | 3 | $3,008,712 |
| 1,032 | Patrick O'Hearn | $9,011,574 | 2 | $4,505,787 |
| 1,033 | Leslie Bricusse | $9,000,000 | 2 | $4,500,000 |
| 1,034 | Phillip Klein | $8,938,559 | 2 | $4,469,280 |
| 1,035 | Ryan Miller | $8,924,138 | 5 | $1,784,828 |
| 1,036 | Lyn Murray | $8,752,085 | 1 | $8,752,085 |
| 1,037 | The Phoenix Foundation | $8,661,393 | 1 | $8,661,393 |
| 1,038 | Michael Masser | $8,645,411 | 1 | $8,645,411 |
| 1,039 | Ding Wei | $8,593,154 | 1 | $8,593,154 |
| 1,040 | Jonathan Goldsmith | $8,354,048 | 10 | $835,405 |
| 1,041 | Kim Jin-sung | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 1,042 | Fredrika Stahl | $8,338,539 | 1 | $8,338,539 |
| 1,043 | George Gershwin | $8,301,051 | 2 | $4,150,526 |
| 1,044 | James Edward Barker | $8,262,669 | 8 | $1,032,834 |
| 1,045 | Michael Hoenig | $8,248,527 | 1 | $8,248,527 |
| 1,046 | Peter Scherer | $8,244,071 | 2 | $4,122,036 |
| 1,047 | Nicolas Jaar | $8,141,405 | 3 | $2,713,802 |
| 1,048 | Plan 9 | $8,137,272 | 1 | $8,137,272 |
| 1,049 | Kim Da-won | $8,127,489 | 1 | $8,127,489 |
| 1,050 | Arthur B. Rubenstein | $8,087,783 | 1 | $8,087,783 |
| 1,051 | Thom Yorke | $8,075,343 | 1 | $8,075,343 |
| 1,052 | Julia Holter | $8,062,847 | 3 | $2,687,616 |
| 1,053 | Pascal Andreacchio | $8,033,866 | 1 | $8,033,866 |
| 1,054 | Spencer Creaghan | $8,023,159 | 1 | $8,023,159 |
| 1,055 | Cy Coleman | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 1,056 | Robin Coudert | $7,952,306 | 2 | $3,976,153 |
| 1,057 | Jim Williams | $7,902,785 | 6 | $1,317,131 |
| 1,058 | An Wei | $7,900,000 | 1 | $7,900,000 |
| 1,059 | Adam Cork | $7,887,353 | 2 | $3,943,677 |
| 1,060 | Dave Alvin | $7,736,103 | 1 | $7,736,103 |
| 1,061 | J.D. Souther | $7,736,103 | 1 | $7,736,103 |
| 1,062 | Doc Pomus | $7,736,103 | 1 | $7,736,103 |
| 1,063 | Mathias Duplessy | $7,723,229 | 1 | $7,723,229 |
| 1,064 | Devante Swing | $7,683,267 | 1 | $7,683,267 |
| 1,065 | Magnus Beite | $7,677,556 | 3 | $2,559,185 |
| 1,066 | Leo Ko | $7,672,010 | 1 | $7,672,010 |
| 1,067 | Duncan Thum | $7,661,188 | 3 | $2,553,729 |
| 1,068 | Andrew Hewitt | $7,659,312 | 6 | $1,276,552 |
| 1,069 | Joseph LoDuca | $7,654,486 | 5 | $1,530,897 |
| 1,070 | Lo Tayu | $7,633,397 | 1 | $7,633,397 |
| 1,071 | Keith Chan Fai-young | $7,633,397 | 1 | $7,633,397 |
| 1,072 | Yuji Ohno | $7,545,778 | 1 | $7,545,778 |
| 1,073 | Raphael Saadiq | $7,454,184 | 1 | $7,454,184 |
| 1,074 | Yoshihiro Ike | $7,381,654 | 2 | $3,690,827 |
| 1,075 | Stefan Will | $7,363,140 | 3 | $2,454,380 |
| 1,076 | Tom Hodge | $7,362,618 | 2 | $3,681,309 |
| 1,077 | Tanishk Bagchi | $7,344,585 | 3 | $2,448,195 |
| 1,078 | Zacarias M. De La Riva | $7,304,069 | 5 | $1,460,814 |
| 1,079 | Christopher Nightingale | $7,280,777 | 1 | $7,280,777 |
| 1,080 | Marc Vanocur | $7,241,309 | 1 | $7,241,309 |
| 1,081 | Andre Mergenthaler | $7,228,641 | 2 | $3,614,321 |
| 1,082 | Sean Philip Johnson | $7,206,741 | 1 | $7,206,741 |
| 1,083 | Dana Kaproff | $7,206,220 | 1 | $7,206,220 |
| 1,084 | Nils Frahm | $7,153,369 | 2 | $3,576,685 |
| 1,085 | Michael Rohatyn | $7,091,326 | 1 | $7,091,326 |
| 1,086 | Craig Harris | $7,053,949 | 1 | $7,053,949 |
| 1,087 | Nicklas Schmidt | $6,999,221 | 1 | $6,999,221 |
| 1,088 | Chirantan Bhatt | $6,952,492 | 1 | $6,952,492 |
| 1,089 | David Michael Frank | $6,950,596 | 2 | $3,475,298 |
| 1,090 | Sam Cardon | $6,904,936 | 2 | $3,452,468 |
| 1,091 | David Buttolph | $6,900,534 | 2 | $3,450,267 |
| 1,092 | Dascha Dauenhauer | $6,891,136 | 2 | $3,445,568 |
| 1,093 | Pascal Sangla | $6,830,360 | 2 | $3,415,180 |
| 1,094 | David Laflèche | $6,824,619 | 1 | $6,824,619 |
| 1,095 | Sven Faulconer | $6,820,000 | 1 | $6,820,000 |
| 1,096 | Amine Bouhafa | $6,819,252 | 2 | $3,409,626 |
| 1,097 | Michael Price | $6,675,027 | 5 | $1,335,005 |
| 1,098 | Stephen James Taylor | $6,612,968 | 2 | $3,306,484 |
| 1,099 | Nitin Sawhney | $6,570,954 | 5 | $1,314,191 |
| 1,100 | Simon Waskow | $6,540,806 | 2 | $3,270,403 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.