Carter Burwell

Best known as a Composer based on credits in that role in 88 films, with $6,008,943,298 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #26)
Best-known technical roles: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (Composer), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (Composer), The Blind Side (Composer), Thor: The Dark World (Composer), Twilight (Composer)
Most productive collaborators: Kristen Stewart, Tricia Wood, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Deborah Aquila
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
In Technical RolesComposer88$3,025,674,710$2,983,268,588$6,008,943,298
Song Writer1$54,956,941$104,400,000$159,356,941
Score Producer1$16,649,539$8,743,697$25,393,236

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top Grossing Composer at the Domestic Box Office 23 $3,025,674,710
Top Grossing Composer at the International Box Office 31 $2,983,268,588
Top Grossing Composer at the Worldwide Box Office 26 $6,008,943,298

See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.


2017 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 11th, 2017

The Shape of Water

The Golden Globes nominations are the second major Awards Season set to come out. Sort of. (WGA announced the nominations for TV, radio, etc., but not their theatrical nods.) It is still very early in the year, so it is hard to say if there are any real snubs, or if there are any real favorites. The Shape of Water led the way with seven nominations, while The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri were right behind with six a piece. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Winners... And the Oscar Goes to Spotlight for Best Picture

February 28th, 2016

Spotlight

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

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2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

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Release
Date		TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
Feb 23, 2024Drive-Away Dolls Composer $5,028,215$2,899,942$7,928,157
Oct 21, 2022The Banshees of Inisherin Music by $10,582,266$41,762,458$52,344,724
Nov 15, 2019The Good Liar Composer $17,156,058$16,053,878$33,209,936
Apr 12, 2019Missing Link Composer
Score Producer		 $16,649,539$8,743,697$25,393,236
Nov 8, 2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Composer
Nov 10, 2017Three Billboards Outside Eb… Composer $54,513,740$106,644,611$161,158,351
Jan 20, 2017The Founder Composer $12,786,053$11,449,721$24,235,774
Apr 29, 2016The Family Fang Composer $262,921$341,681$604,602
Feb 5, 2016Hail, Caesar! Composer $30,080,225$34,139,971$64,220,196
Jan 29, 2016The Finest Hours Composer $27,569,558$21,683,203$49,252,761
Dec 30, 2015Anomalisa Composer $3,759,286$1,946,882$5,706,168
Nov 20, 2015Carol Composer $12,711,491$29,337,366$42,048,857
Nov 20, 2015Legend Composer $1,872,994$40,407,450$42,280,444
Jul 17, 2015Mr. Holmes Composer $17,737,646$12,510,141$30,247,787
Nov 8, 2013Thor: The Dark World Composer $206,362,140$438,240,376$644,602,516
Oct 18, 2013The Fifth Estate Composer $3,254,172$2,900,000$6,154,172
Nov 16, 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking… Composer $292,324,737$537,400,000$829,724,737
Oct 12, 2012Seven Psychopaths Composer $15,024,049$18,011,687$33,035,736
Nov 18, 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking… Music $281,287,133$403,149,619$684,436,752
Dec 22, 2010True Grit Composer $171,243,005$81,033,923$252,276,928
Jul 9, 2010The Kids Are All Right Composer $20,811,365$15,464,104$36,275,469
Jun 29, 2010The Twilight Saga: Twilight… Composer $2,385,237$2,385,237
Nov 20, 2009The Blind Side Composer $255,959,475$49,746,319$305,705,794
Oct 16, 2009Where the Wild Things Are Composer $77,233,467$21,890,189$99,123,656
Oct 2, 2009A Serious Man Composer $9,228,788$21,131,782$30,360,570
Nov 21, 2008Twilight Composer $192,769,854$209,508,710$402,278,564
Sep 12, 2008Burn After Reading Composer $60,355,347$107,812,451$168,167,798
Feb 8, 2008In Bruges Composer $7,800,825$26,726,270$34,527,095
Nov 9, 2007No Country for Old Men Composer $74,273,505$89,762,248$164,035,753
Oct 26, 2007Before the Devil Knows You'… Composer $7,085,511$17,823,577$24,909,088
Apr 6, 2007The Hoax Composer $7,164,995$7,164,995
Nov 10, 2006FUR: An Imaginary Portrait … Composer $223,202$2,057,887$2,281,089
Nov 12, 2004Kinsey Composer $10,214,647$7,228,882$17,443,529
Apr 9, 2004The Alamo Composer $22,406,362$1,505,000$23,911,362
Mar 26, 2004The Ladykillers Music $39,692,139$37,700,000$77,392,139
Oct 10, 2003Intolerable Cruelty Composer $35,327,628$86,000,000$121,327,628
Dec 6, 2002Adaptation Composer $22,498,520$10,033,236$32,531,756
Aug 23, 2002S1m0ne Composer $9,680,913$9,680,913
Mar 29, 2002The Rookie Composer $75,600,072$4,891,444$80,491,516
Oct 31, 2001The Man Who Wasn't There Composer $7,494,849$14,000,000$21,494,849
May 11, 2001A Knight’s Tale Composer $56,083,966$44,538,620$100,622,586
Dec 22, 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou? Composer $45,506,619$30,257,195$75,763,814
Dec 22, 2000Before Night Falls Music Composed by $4,221,817$4,281,642$8,503,459
Oct 27, 2000Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Composer $26,421,314$21,300,000$47,721,314
May 12, 2000Hamlet Composer $1,577,287$842,382$2,419,669
Mar 3, 2000What Planet Are You From? Composer $6,291,602$6,291,602
Oct 29, 1999Being John Malkovich Composer $22,858,926$9,523,455$32,382,381
Oct 1, 1999Three Kings Composer $60,652,036$47,100,000$107,752,036
Oct 1, 1999Mystery, Alaska Composer $8,891,623$8,891,623
Jun 18, 1999The General's Daughter Composer $102,705,852$47,000,000$149,705,852
Mar 12, 1999The Corruptor Composer $15,164,492$15,164,492
Dec 30, 1998The Hi-Lo Country Composer $166,082$166,082
Nov 6, 1998Gods and Monsters Composer $6,451,628$6,451,628
Nov 6, 1998Velvet Goldmine Composer $1,053,788$3,259,856$4,313,644
Apr 3, 1998The Spanish Prisoner Composer $10,162,034$3,673,096$13,835,130
Mar 6, 1998The Big Lebowski Composer $18,718,818$28,690,764$47,409,582
Nov 14, 1997The Jackal Composer $54,956,941$104,400,000$159,356,941
Oct 3, 1997The Locusts Composer $37,888$37,888
Aug 8, 1997Conspiracy Theory Composer $76,118,990$66,664,728$142,783,718
Aug 1, 1997Picture Perfect Composer $31,301,775$31,301,775
Oct 11, 1996The Chamber Composer $14,407,578$14,407,578
Jul 26, 1996Joe's Apartment Composer $4,616,355$4,616,355
Apr 12, 1996Fear Composer $20,694,623$20,694,623
Mar 15, 1996The Celluloid Closet Composer $1,310,167$1,310,167
Mar 8, 1996Fargo Composer $24,567,751$26,635,756$51,203,507
Nov 22, 1995Two Bits Composer $5,000$5,000
Apr 7, 1995A Goofy Movie Composer $35,336,439$35,336,439
Apr 7, 1995Rob Roy Composer $31,390,587$31,390,587
Jan 20, 1995Bad Company Composer $3,523,909$3,523,909
Aug 5, 1994Airheads Composer $5,021,868$5,021,868
Jul 29, 1994It Could Happen To You Composer $37,784,369$37,784,369
Mar 11, 1994The Hudsucker Proxy Composer $2,816,518$12,121,631$14,938,149
Dec 10, 1993Wayne's World 2 Composer $47,965,000$47,965,000
Dec 3, 1993A Dangerous Woman Composer $1,497,222$1,497,222
Sep 3, 1993Kalifornia Composer $2,395,231$2,395,231
Apr 9, 1993This Boy's Life Composer $4,104,962$4,104,962
Oct 30, 1992Waterland Composer $1,090,872$1,090,872
Aug 26, 1992Storyville Composer $422,503$422,503
Jul 31, 1992Buffy the Vampire Slayer Composer $14,231,669$14,231,669
Aug 21, 1991Barton Fink Composer $5,726,463$5,726,463
Aug 2, 1991Doc Hollywood Composer $54,751,779$54,751,779
Sep 22, 1990Miller's Crossing Composer $4,693,759$27$4,693,786
Apr 21, 1989Checking Out Composer $31,000$31,000
Jul 13, 1988It Takes Two Composer $344,375$344,375
1988Pass the Ammo Composer $169,785$169,785
Mar 13, 1987Raising Arizona Composer $22,847,000$767$22,847,767
Jul 2, 1986Psycho III Composer $14,481,606$14,481,606
Jan 18, 1985Blood Simple Composer $1,690,913$1,039,964$2,730,877
 
Averages $34,777,870$55,245,715$69,068,314
Totals 88 $3,025,674,710$2,983,268,588$6,008,943,298

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top Grossing Composer at the Domestic Box Office 23 $3,025,674,710
Top Grossing Composer at the International Box Office 31 $2,983,268,588
Top Grossing Composer at the Worldwide Box Office 26 $6,008,943,298