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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA


See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Story Creators - Top Worldwide Story Creators

This list shows the highest grossing Story Creators based on the domestic 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.

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Stan Lee
Best known as an Executive Producer based on credits in that role in 51 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,115,070 in 2021), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022), Spider-Man ($403,706,375 in 2002), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($390,532,085 in 2019), Spider-Man 2 ($373,524,485 in 2004), Thor: Love and Thunder ($343,256,830 in 2022)

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Jack Kirby
Best known as a Story Creator based on credits in that role in 14 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Thor: Love and Thunder ($343,256,830 in 2022), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216,648,740 in 2018), Thor ($181,030,624 in 2011), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505 in 2011)

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Steve Ditko
Best known as a Story Creator based on credits in that role in 9 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,115,070 in 2021), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022), Spider-Man ($403,706,375 in 2002), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($390,532,085 in 2019), Spider-Man 2 ($373,524,485 in 2004), Spider-Man 3 ($336,530,303 in 2007), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334,201,140 in 2017), The Amazing Spider-Man ($262,030,663 in 2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($202,853,933 in 2014)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Stan Lee $8,472,306,952 24 $353,012,790
2 Jack Kirby $4,962,836,079 14 $354,488,291
3 Steve Ditko $3,528,825,661 9 $392,091,740
4 Andrew Stanton $2,540,849,960 8 $317,606,245
5 J.K. Rowling $2,488,172,446 9 $276,463,605
6 John Lasseter $1,976,033,302 8 $247,004,163
7 George Lucas $1,909,718,484 10 $190,971,848
8 J.R.R. Tolkien $1,853,480,602 7 $264,782,943
9 Stephen King $1,710,318,557 57 $30,005,589
10 Suzanne Collins $1,617,889,120 5 $323,577,824
11 Pete Docter $1,602,745,030 7 $228,963,576
12 Stephenie Meyer $1,390,160,810 6 $231,693,468
13 David S. Goyer $1,387,447,187 5 $277,489,437
14 Michael Crichton $1,385,155,245 10 $138,515,525
15 Larry Lieber $1,371,973,651 5 $274,394,730
16 Rick Jaffa $1,361,403,150 3 $453,801,050
17 Amanda Silver $1,361,403,150 3 $453,801,050
18 Bruce Geller $1,327,133,487 7 $189,590,498
19 Jennifer Lee $1,219,594,835 3 $406,531,612
20 Gene Roddenberry $1,203,666,176 10 $120,366,618
21 Brenda Chapman $1,202,705,508 3 $400,901,836
22 James Wan $1,091,622,768 10 $109,162,277
23 Linda Woolverton $1,047,652,208 2 $523,826,104
24 Chris Van Allsburg $1,037,886,867 5 $207,577,373
25 Terry Rossio $1,029,429,458 9 $114,381,051
26 Dr Seuss $1,004,337,952 5 $200,867,590
27 James Cameron $949,792,949 3 $316,597,650
28 Ted Elliott $928,513,364 7 $132,644,766
29 Peter Craig $923,150,676 3 $307,716,892
30 Bob Peterson $902,386,845 3 $300,795,615
31 Chris Buck $878,326,587 2 $439,163,294
32 Bryan Singer $874,220,205 5 $174,844,041
33 Christopher Nolan $825,281,009 2 $412,640,505
34 Shane Salerno $754,403,635 2 $377,201,818
35 Josh Friedman $746,328,844 2 $373,164,422
36 Phil Johnston $738,636,652 4 $184,659,163
37 Jim Reardon $731,772,636 3 $243,924,212
38 Rich Moore $731,772,636 3 $243,924,212
39 Justin Marks $718,732,821 1 $718,732,821
40 William Steig $709,455,458 2 $354,727,729
41 Lowell Cunningham $700,132,003 4 $175,033,001
42 Ron Clements $689,450,553 4 $172,362,638
43 Rob Liefeld $687,662,444 2 $343,831,222
44 Fabian Nicieza $687,662,444 2 $343,831,222
45 Zak Penn $682,086,868 3 $227,362,289
46 Zack Snyder $677,980,205 4 $169,495,051
47 Phil Lord $673,557,988 4 $168,389,497
48 Gary Scott Thompson $643,645,345 3 $214,548,448
49 Dan Hageman $632,879,413 4 $158,219,853
50 Kevin Hageman $632,879,413 4 $158,219,853
51 Don Heck $631,037,457 2 $315,518,729
52 Lee Unkrich $625,464,895 2 $312,732,448
53 Mark Millar $603,091,004 7 $86,155,858
54 Nicole Perlman $570,935,185 2 $285,467,593
55 Michael Dougherty $566,978,721 4 $141,744,680
56 Rudyard Kipling $550,187,079 4 $137,546,770
57 Meg LeFauve $549,916,959 2 $274,958,480
58 Irene Mecchi $543,638,043 1 $543,638,043
59 Jonathan Roberts $543,638,043 1 $543,638,043
60 Josie Trinidad $542,359,959 2 $271,179,980
61 Byron Howard $537,409,700 3 $179,136,567
62 Gary Whitta $533,539,991 1 $533,539,991
63 John Knoll $533,539,991 1 $533,539,991
64 David Callaham $528,287,885 3 $176,095,962
65 Philip K. Dick $527,943,223 10 $52,794,322
66 Brian Lynch $519,531,269 2 $259,765,635
67 Matthew Fogel $513,992,687 3 $171,330,896
68 Nicholas Sparks $511,773,852 11 $46,524,896
69 John Logan $510,193,189 4 $127,548,297
70 Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont $504,014,165 2 $252,007,083
71 Jonah Hill $488,161,148 4 $122,040,287
72 Neal Purvis $487,895,842 3 $162,631,947
73 Robert Wade $487,895,842 3 $162,631,947
74 Erica Rivinoja $486,622,904 4 $121,655,726
75 Victoria Strouse $486,295,561 1 $486,295,561
76 Geneva Robertson $485,080,642 2 $242,540,321
77 Christopher Miller $483,384,793 3 $161,128,264
78 Robert Lopez $477,373,578 1 $477,373,578
79 Marc E. Smith $477,373,578 1 $477,373,578
80 Kristen Anderson-Lopez $477,373,578 1 $477,373,578
81 Stuart Beattie $474,687,607 3 $158,229,202
82 Shane Morris $466,296,318 2 $233,148,159
83 Pamela Ribon $449,848,755 2 $224,924,378
84 Alex Kurtzman $444,922,654 3 $148,307,551
85 Tom Clancy $444,481,205 6 $74,080,201
86 Charles Perrault $442,558,681 3 $147,519,560
87 Jared Bush $437,361,870 2 $218,680,935
88 Mario Puzo $434,250,745 7 $62,035,821
89 Rashida Jones $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
90 Martin Hynes $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
91 Will McCormack $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
92 Josh Cooley $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
93 Valerie LaPointe $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
94 Stephany Folsom $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
95 Ryan Fleck $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
96 Anna Boden $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
97 Roland Emmerich $426,199,379 3 $142,066,460
98 Sam Raimi $423,712,898 3 $141,237,633
99 Hans Christian Andersen $421,089,036 3 $140,363,012
100 Robert Ludlum $417,260,280 5 $83,452,056

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Stan Lee: By Edward Liu (Stan "The Man" Lee) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons