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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 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.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Jared Bush | $437,361,870 | 2 | $218,680,935 |
| 102 | Mario Puzo | $434,250,745 | 7 | $62,035,821 |
| 103 | Josh Cooley | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 104 | Valerie LaPointe | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 105 | Stephany Folsom | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 106 | Rashida Jones | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 107 | Martin Hynes | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 108 | Will McCormack | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 109 | Josh Miller | $426,988,004 | 2 | $213,494,002 |
| 110 | Patrick Casey | $426,988,004 | 2 | $213,494,002 |
| 111 | Ryan Fleck | $426,829,839 | 1 | $426,829,839 |
| 112 | Anna Boden | $426,829,839 | 1 | $426,829,839 |
| 113 | Roland Emmerich | $426,199,379 | 3 | $142,066,460 |
| 114 | Ian Fleming | $424,924,713 | 11 | $38,629,519 |
| 115 | Sam Raimi | $424,789,946 | 3 | $141,596,649 |
| 116 | Allison Schroeder | $423,949,195 | 1 | $423,949,195 |
| 117 | Hans Christian Andersen | $421,089,036 | 3 | $140,363,012 |
| 118 | Robert Ludlum | $417,260,280 | 5 | $83,452,056 |
| 119 | Sam Hamm | $415,631,022 | 2 | $207,815,511 |
| 120 | Allan Heinberg | $412,563,408 | 1 | $412,563,408 |
| 121 | Jason Fuchs | $412,563,408 | 1 | $412,563,408 |
| 122 | Dean DeBlois | $408,667,017 | 1 | $408,667,017 |
| 123 | Stephen J. Cannell | $407,389,103 | 3 | $135,796,368 |
| 124 | Joe Ranft | $406,881,547 | 2 | $203,440,774 |
| 125 | Frank Miller | $405,056,614 | 4 | $101,264,154 |
| 126 | Chris McKenna | $404,508,916 | 1 | $404,508,916 |
| 127 | Stephen Sommers | $402,319,523 | 3 | $134,106,508 |
| 128 | Michael Lewis | $401,824,837 | 3 | $133,941,612 |
| 129 | Tom Wheeler | $394,632,594 | 3 | $131,544,198 |
| 130 | Michael Chabon | $394,104,509 | 2 | $197,052,255 |
| 131 | John Musker | $391,278,497 | 3 | $130,426,166 |
| 132 | Dan Abnett | $389,813,101 | 1 | $389,813,101 |
| 133 | Andy Lanning | $389,813,101 | 1 | $389,813,101 |
| 134 | Dan Brown | $385,255,558 | 3 | $128,418,519 |
| 135 | Michael Bacall | $384,898,869 | 3 | $128,299,623 |
| 136 | J. Michael Straczynski | $383,737,335 | 2 | $191,868,668 |
| 137 | H.G. Wells | $383,561,935 | 8 | $47,945,242 |
| 138 | Geoff Johns | $381,862,843 | 2 | $190,931,422 |
| 139 | E.L. James | $381,009,000 | 4 | $95,252,250 |
| 140 | Derek Connolly | $376,851,080 | 1 | $376,851,080 |
| 141 | Colin Trevorrow | $376,851,080 | 2 | $188,425,540 |
| 142 | Jill Culton | $375,254,684 | 2 | $187,627,342 |
| 143 | Tom DeSanto | $372,249,411 | 2 | $186,124,706 |
| 144 | Roberto Orci | $364,821,529 | 2 | $182,410,765 |
| 145 | Roald Dahl | $359,403,775 | 14 | $25,671,698 |
| 146 | Derek Kolstad | $358,148,533 | 2 | $179,074,267 |
| 147 | Ronnie del Carmen | $356,461,711 | 1 | $356,461,711 |
| 148 | Dan Harris | $355,562,489 | 2 | $177,781,245 |
| 149 | Kevin Jarre | $354,839,050 | 3 | $118,279,683 |
| 150 | Mickey Rapkin | $354,194,853 | 3 | $118,064,951 |
| 151 | Tom Hardy | $353,306,248 | 2 | $176,653,124 |
| 152 | Chris Kyle | $350,126,372 | 1 | $350,126,372 |
| 153 | Scott McEwen | $350,126,372 | 1 | $350,126,372 |
| 154 | Jim DeFelice | $350,126,372 | 2 | $175,063,186 |
| 155 | Veronica Roth | $347,311,018 | 4 | $86,827,755 |
| 156 | Tony Gilroy | $340,674,940 | 2 | $170,337,470 |
| 157 | Paul King | $340,575,705 | 3 | $113,525,235 |
| 158 | Peter Benchley | $340,060,307 | 3 | $113,353,436 |
| 159 | Ivan Raimi | $337,607,351 | 1 | $337,607,351 |
| 160 | Sergio Pablos | $335,996,808 | 3 | $111,998,936 |
| 161 | Will Beall | $335,061,807 | 2 | $167,530,904 |
| 162 | Jon Spaihts | $334,186,539 | 3 | $111,395,513 |
| 163 | Winston Groom | $333,552,462 | 2 | $166,776,231 |
| 164 | Patrick Hasburg | $330,167,004 | 2 | $165,083,502 |
| 165 | Kai Bird | $330,078,895 | 1 | $330,078,895 |
| 166 | Martin J. Sherwin | $330,078,895 | 1 | $330,078,895 |
| 167 | George Clayton Johnson | $330,061,615 | 3 | $110,020,538 |
| 168 | Seth Rogen | $325,449,219 | 5 | $65,089,844 |
| 169 | Ethan Reiff | $321,214,694 | 2 | $160,607,347 |
| 170 | Cyrus Voris | $321,214,694 | 2 | $160,607,347 |
| 171 | John Rogers | $319,246,193 | 1 | $319,246,193 |
| 172 | Jeff Nathanson | $317,101,119 | 1 | $317,101,119 |
| 173 | Todd Durham | $315,813,140 | 2 | $157,906,570 |
| 174 | Oren Peli | $311,561,185 | 6 | $51,926,864 |
| 175 | Don Hall | $303,480,076 | 2 | $151,740,038 |
| 176 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | $301,903,729 | 4 | $75,475,932 |
| 177 | Jack Golden Russell | $300,561,615 | 2 | $150,280,808 |
| 178 | Brad Bird | $299,881,976 | 2 | $149,940,988 |
| 179 | Cathy Yuspa | $294,556,749 | 3 | $98,185,583 |
| 180 | Josh Goldsmith | $294,556,749 | 3 | $98,185,583 |
| 181 | Tom McCarthy | $293,004,164 | 1 | $293,004,164 |
| 182 | Evan Goldberg | $292,587,115 | 4 | $73,146,779 |
| 183 | Charles Dickens | $291,953,095 | 16 | $18,247,068 |
| 184 | C.S. Lewis | $291,710,957 | 1 | $291,710,957 |
| 185 | Jeff Pidgeon | $290,149,425 | 1 | $290,149,425 |
| 186 | Ralph Eggleston | $290,149,425 | 1 | $290,149,425 |
| 187 | Thomas Meehan | $281,240,646 | 4 | $70,310,162 |
| 188 | William A. Wellman | $278,418,764 | 2 | $139,209,382 |
| 189 | Robert Carson | $278,418,764 | 2 | $139,209,382 |
| 190 | Peter Sohn | $277,513,817 | 2 | $138,756,909 |
| 191 | Carlos Saldanha | $275,158,244 | 2 | $137,579,122 |
| 192 | P.L. Travers | $274,230,583 | 2 | $137,115,292 |
| 193 | David Leslie Johnson | $273,782,359 | 3 | $91,260,786 |
| 194 | Merian C. Cooper | $273,423,282 | 3 | $91,141,094 |
| 195 | Dave Gibbons | $272,947,896 | 3 | $90,982,632 |
| 196 | Matthew Vaughn | $271,097,907 | 2 | $135,548,954 |
| 197 | Robert L. Baird | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 198 | Dan Scanlon | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 199 | Daniel Gerson | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 200 | L. Frank Baum | $267,389,809 | 4 | $66,847,452 |
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.