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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - 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 Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - 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.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Josie Trinidad | $341,268,248 | 1 | $341,268,248 |
| 102 | Tony Gilroy | $340,674,940 | 2 | $170,337,470 |
| 103 | Ivan Raimi | $336,530,303 | 1 | $336,530,303 |
| 104 | Jon Spaihts | $334,186,539 | 3 | $111,395,513 |
| 105 | Chris Sanders | $332,939,952 | 2 | $166,469,976 |
| 106 | Patrick Hasburg | $330,167,004 | 2 | $165,083,502 |
| 107 | Winston Groom | $330,151,138 | 1 | $330,151,138 |
| 108 | George Clayton Johnson | $330,061,615 | 3 | $110,020,538 |
| 109 | Neal Purvis | $327,004,835 | 2 | $163,502,418 |
| 110 | Robert Wade | $327,004,835 | 2 | $163,502,418 |
| 111 | Seth Rogen | $325,449,219 | 5 | $65,089,844 |
| 112 | Cyrus Voris | $320,921,739 | 2 | $160,460,870 |
| 113 | Ethan Reiff | $320,921,739 | 2 | $160,460,870 |
| 114 | John Rogers | $319,246,193 | 1 | $319,246,193 |
| 115 | Jeff Nathanson | $317,101,119 | 1 | $317,101,119 |
| 116 | Christopher L. Yost | $315,058,289 | 1 | $315,058,289 |
| 117 | Stephany Folsom | $315,058,289 | 1 | $315,058,289 |
| 118 | Craig Kyle | $315,058,289 | 1 | $315,058,289 |
| 119 | Oren Peli | $311,561,185 | 6 | $51,926,864 |
| 120 | Seth Grahame-Smith | $303,903,963 | 4 | $75,975,991 |
| 121 | David Callaham | $303,744,593 | 2 | $151,872,297 |
| 122 | Jack Golden Russell | $300,561,615 | 2 | $150,280,808 |
| 123 | Brad Bird | $299,881,976 | 2 | $149,940,988 |
| 124 | Thomas McCarthy | $293,004,164 | 1 | $293,004,164 |
| 125 | Evan Goldberg | $292,587,115 | 4 | $73,146,779 |
| 126 | C.S. Lewis | $291,710,957 | 1 | $291,710,957 |
| 127 | Jeff Pidgeon | $289,423,425 | 1 | $289,423,425 |
| 128 | Ralph Eggleston | $289,423,425 | 1 | $289,423,425 |
| 129 | Roald Dahl | $282,945,765 | 3 | $94,315,255 |
| 130 | Carlos Saldanha | $275,158,244 | 2 | $137,579,122 |
| 131 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | $272,349,745 | 2 | $136,174,873 |
| 132 | Daniel Gerson | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 133 | Robert L. Baird | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 134 | Dan Scanlon | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 135 | Dan O’Bannon | $266,285,683 | 3 | $88,761,894 |
| 136 | Ronald Shusett | $266,285,683 | 3 | $88,761,894 |
| 137 | James Vanderbilt | $262,030,663 | 1 | $262,030,663 |
| 138 | Peter Benchley | $260,000,000 | 1 | $260,000,000 |
| 139 | Thomas Harris | $258,047,686 | 2 | $129,023,843 |
| 140 | Ash Brannon | $255,272,725 | 2 | $127,636,363 |
| 141 | Lionel Wigram | $254,473,788 | 2 | $127,236,894 |
| 142 | Dan Gilroy | $253,516,121 | 2 | $126,758,061 |
| 143 | Sergio Pablos | $251,513,985 | 2 | $125,756,993 |
| 144 | Milan Trenc | $250,863,268 | 1 | $250,863,268 |
| 145 | Victor Hugo | $248,948,621 | 3 | $82,982,874 |
| 146 | Dennis Lehane | $248,826,898 | 4 | $62,206,725 |
| 147 | Don Hall | $248,757,044 | 1 | $248,757,044 |
| 148 | Pamela Ribon | $248,757,044 | 1 | $248,757,044 |
| 149 | Aaron Kandell | $248,757,044 | 1 | $248,757,044 |
| 150 | Chris Williams | $248,757,044 | 1 | $248,757,044 |
| 151 | Jordan Kandell | $248,757,044 | 1 | $248,757,044 |
| 152 | Stephen Hillenburg | $248,410,641 | 2 | $124,205,321 |
| 153 | Max Brooks | $247,516,816 | 2 | $123,758,408 |
| 154 | Ron Mita | $245,077,609 | 2 | $122,538,805 |
| 155 | Jim McClain | $245,077,609 | 2 | $122,538,805 |
| 156 | Jorgen Klubien | $244,082,982 | 1 | $244,082,982 |
| 157 | James Dashner | $242,157,497 | 3 | $80,719,166 |
| 158 | Nia Vardalos | $241,438,208 | 1 | $241,438,208 |
| 159 | Tim Powers | $241,063,875 | 1 | $241,063,875 |
| 160 | Bob Gale | $240,680,285 | 3 | $80,226,762 |
| 161 | Robert Zemeckis | $240,680,285 | 3 | $80,226,762 |
| 162 | Matt Lopez | $240,425,561 | 3 | $80,141,854 |
| 163 | Josh Goldsmith | $239,944,846 | 2 | $119,972,423 |
| 164 | Cathy Yuspa | $239,944,846 | 2 | $119,972,423 |
| 165 | Dean Devlin | $239,458,580 | 2 | $119,729,290 |
| 166 | Walon Green | $239,043,625 | 2 | $119,521,813 |
| 167 | David Koepp | $236,573,295 | 2 | $118,286,648 |
| 168 | Laura Hillenbrand | $235,915,749 | 3 | $78,638,583 |
| 169 | Dave Gibbons | $235,771,523 | 2 | $117,885,762 |
| 170 | Michell Kapner | $234,770,996 | 1 | $234,770,996 |
| 171 | L. Frank Baum | $234,770,996 | 1 | $234,770,996 |
| 172 | Danilo Bach | $234,760,478 | 1 | $234,760,478 |
| 173 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $234,760,478 | 1 | $234,760,478 |
| 174 | H.G. Wells | $234,280,354 | 2 | $117,140,177 |
| 175 | Jane Goldman | $233,921,534 | 1 | $233,921,534 |
| 176 | Matthew Vaughn | $233,921,534 | 1 | $233,921,534 |
| 177 | C. Robert Cargill | $232,641,920 | 1 | $232,641,920 |
| 178 | Scott Derrickson | $232,641,920 | 1 | $232,641,920 |
| 179 | Koji Suzuki | $230,508,844 | 3 | $76,836,281 |
| 180 | Chris Terrio | $229,024,295 | 1 | $229,024,295 |
| 181 | Andy Weir | $228,433,663 | 1 | $228,433,663 |
| 182 | David James Kelly | $226,277,068 | 1 | $226,277,068 |
| 183 | James Mangold | $226,277,068 | 1 | $226,277,068 |
| 184 | Ben Roberts | $226,119,873 | 2 | $113,059,937 |
| 185 | Philip Kaufman | $225,686,079 | 1 | $225,686,079 |
| 186 | Mark Dindal | $224,683,238 | 2 | $112,341,619 |
| 187 | Quentin Tarantino | $224,419,448 | 3 | $74,806,483 |
| 188 | Eddie Murphy | $223,825,908 | 2 | $111,912,954 |
| 189 | E.B. White | $223,000,932 | 2 | $111,500,466 |
| 190 | Gregory Poirier | $219,961,501 | 1 | $219,961,501 |
| 191 | Anne Fine | $219,195,051 | 1 | $219,195,051 |
| 192 | Seth MacFarlane | $218,665,740 | 1 | $218,665,740 |
| 193 | Merian C. Cooper | $218,080,025 | 1 | $218,080,025 |
| 194 | Jon Vitti | $217,326,974 | 1 | $217,326,974 |
| 195 | Ronald D. Moore | $215,409,889 | 1 | $215,409,889 |
| 196 | Brannon Braga | $215,409,889 | 1 | $215,409,889 |
| 197 | David Hayter | $214,949,694 | 1 | $214,949,694 |
| 198 | Jim Kouf | $214,017,077 | 2 | $107,008,539 |
| 199 | Jules Verne | $213,908,529 | 7 | $30,558,361 |
| 200 | David Franzoni | $213,271,609 | 2 | $106,635,805 |
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.
