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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Evan Daugherty | $212,558,470 | 2 | $106,279,235 |
| 202 | John Gatins | $211,621,319 | 2 | $105,810,660 |
| 203 | Lynn Varley | $210,614,939 | 1 | $210,614,939 |
| 204 | Michael Robert Johnson | $209,028,679 | 1 | $209,028,679 |
| 205 | Tom Wheeler | $208,542,059 | 2 | $104,271,030 |
| 206 | Jan Pinkava | $206,445,654 | 1 | $206,445,654 |
| 207 | Jim Capobianco | $206,445,654 | 1 | $206,445,654 |
| 208 | Don Payne | $206,362,140 | 1 | $206,362,140 |
| 209 | William Joyce | $205,340,853 | 2 | $102,670,427 |
| 210 | Thomas Meehan | $204,783,111 | 2 | $102,391,556 |
| 211 | Todd Phillips | $203,660,958 | 2 | $101,830,479 |
| 212 | James Cameron | $203,464,105 | 1 | $203,464,105 |
| 213 | Gale Anne Hurd | $203,464,105 | 1 | $203,464,105 |
| 214 | John O'Brien | $203,128,183 | 3 | $67,709,394 |
| 215 | Isaac Asimov | $203,021,799 | 2 | $101,510,900 |
| 216 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $202,359,711 | 1 | $202,359,711 |
| 217 | J. Michael Straczynski | $202,359,711 | 1 | $202,359,711 |
| 218 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $201,578,182 | 1 | $201,578,182 |
| 219 | Robert Roy Pool | $201,578,182 | 1 | $201,578,182 |
| 220 | Greg Berlanti | $200,271,255 | 2 | $100,135,628 |
| 221 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | $199,701,740 | 4 | $49,925,435 |
| 222 | Margaret Mitchell | $198,680,470 | 1 | $198,680,470 |
| 223 | Rob Letterman | $198,351,526 | 1 | $198,351,526 |
| 224 | Conrad Vernon | $198,351,526 | 1 | $198,351,526 |
| 225 | Judd Apatow | $197,891,380 | 2 | $98,945,690 |
| 226 | Menno Meyjes | $197,171,806 | 1 | $197,171,806 |
| 227 | Jason Carter Eaton | $196,573,705 | 1 | $196,573,705 |
| 228 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $195,424,504 | 3 | $65,141,501 |
| 229 | Peter Gaulke | $195,330,621 | 1 | $195,330,621 |
| 230 | Gerry Swallow | $195,330,621 | 1 | $195,330,621 |
| 231 | Nick Schenk | $195,214,690 | 2 | $97,607,345 |
| 232 | Christopher McQuarrie | $195,042,377 | 1 | $195,042,377 |
| 233 | Drew Pearce | $195,042,377 | 1 | $195,042,377 |
| 234 | John Ranft | $191,796,233 | 1 | $191,796,233 |
| 235 | Brad Lewis | $191,450,875 | 1 | $191,450,875 |
| 236 | Dan Fogelman | $191,450,875 | 1 | $191,450,875 |
| 237 | Michael Green | $190,863,203 | 2 | $95,431,602 |
| 238 | Steven Spielberg | $190,520,824 | 4 | $47,630,206 |
| 239 | Robert Gordon | $190,418,803 | 1 | $190,418,803 |
| 240 | Peter Baynham | $188,560,488 | 2 | $94,280,244 |
| 241 | Anthony Hines | $188,560,488 | 2 | $94,280,244 |
| 242 | Aaron Sorkin | $187,378,814 | 2 | $93,689,407 |
| 243 | Kirk DeMicco | $187,168,425 | 1 | $187,168,425 |
| 244 | John Cleese | $187,168,425 | 1 | $187,168,425 |
| 245 | Scott Beck | $186,590,823 | 1 | $186,590,823 |
| 246 | Bryan Woods | $186,590,823 | 1 | $186,590,823 |
| 247 | James Wan | $186,056,455 | 4 | $46,514,114 |
| 248 | David Dobkin | $185,100,912 | 4 | $46,275,228 |
| 249 | Michael Blake | $184,208,842 | 1 | $184,208,842 |
| 250 | Janet Scott Batchler | $184,031,112 | 1 | $184,031,112 |
| 251 | Lee Batchler | $184,031,112 | 1 | $184,031,112 |
| 252 | Dugan Dugan | $183,875,760 | 1 | $183,875,760 |
| 253 | David Twohy | $183,875,760 | 1 | $183,875,760 |
| 254 | Michael Punke | $183,637,894 | 1 | $183,637,894 |
| 255 | Diane Drake | $182,805,123 | 1 | $182,805,123 |
| 256 | Sebastian Junger | $182,618,434 | 1 | $182,618,434 |
| 257 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | $182,207,973 | 1 | $182,207,973 |
| 258 | Steven Zaillian | $180,981,886 | 1 | $180,981,886 |
| 259 | John August | $180,541,477 | 2 | $90,270,739 |
| 260 | James Patterson | $180,482,132 | 5 | $36,096,426 |
| 261 | Edgar Wright | $180,202,163 | 1 | $180,202,163 |
| 262 | Joe Cornish | $180,202,163 | 1 | $180,202,163 |
| 263 | Pierre Boulle | $180,011,740 | 1 | $180,011,740 |
| 264 | Ben Mezrich | $178,122,059 | 2 | $89,061,030 |
| 265 | Adam Rex | $177,397,510 | 1 | $177,397,510 |
| 266 | Adam McKay | $177,319,199 | 2 | $88,659,600 |
| 267 | Cressida Cowell | $177,002,924 | 1 | $177,002,924 |
| 268 | Timothy Dowling | $176,829,240 | 3 | $58,943,080 |
| 269 | Joe Simon | $176,654,505 | 1 | $176,654,505 |
| 270 | Ed Decter | $176,484,651 | 1 | $176,484,651 |
| 271 | John J. Strauss | $176,484,651 | 1 | $176,484,651 |
| 272 | Marla Frazee | $175,003,033 | 1 | $175,003,033 |
| 273 | Jenny Bicks | $174,073,082 | 1 | $174,073,082 |
| 274 | Jim Lovell | $173,772,767 | 1 | $173,772,767 |
| 275 | Agatha Christie | $173,179,737 | 6 | $28,863,290 |
| 276 | James V. Hart | $173,172,440 | 2 | $86,586,220 |
| 277 | Oren Aviv | $173,005,002 | 1 | $173,005,002 |
| 278 | Charles Segars | $173,005,002 | 1 | $173,005,002 |
| 279 | Barry Morrow | $172,825,435 | 1 | $172,825,435 |
| 280 | Marianne Wibberley | $172,102,007 | 2 | $86,051,004 |
| 281 | Cormac Wibberley | $172,102,007 | 2 | $86,051,004 |
| 282 | Edward Kitsis | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 283 | Adam Horowitz | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 284 | Brian Klugman | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 285 | Lee Sternthal | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 286 | John Carlin | $172,020,767 | 2 | $86,010,384 |
| 287 | Peter Lord | $171,459,587 | 2 | $85,729,794 |
| 288 | Charles Portis | $171,243,005 | 1 | $171,243,005 |
| 289 | Sylvia Nasar | $170,708,996 | 1 | $170,708,996 |
| 290 | Bob Fosse | $170,687,518 | 1 | $170,687,518 |
| 291 | Fred Ebb | $170,687,518 | 1 | $170,687,518 |
| 292 | Dallas Watkins | $170,687,518 | 1 | $170,687,518 |
| 293 | Kathryn Stockett | $169,705,587 | 1 | $169,705,587 |
| 294 | Margot Lee Shetterly | $169,607,287 | 1 | $169,607,287 |
| 295 | Gillian Flynn | $167,975,777 | 2 | $83,987,889 |
| 296 | Ira Levin | $166,921,671 | 6 | $27,820,279 |
| 297 | Greg Glienna | $166,225,040 | 1 | $166,225,040 |
| 298 | Mary Ruth Clarke | $166,225,040 | 1 | $166,225,040 |
| 299 | Ed Solomon | $165,889,868 | 2 | $82,944,934 |
| 300 | Pen Densham | $165,493,908 | 1 | $165,493,908 |
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.
