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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Frank W. Abagnale | $164,606,800 | 1 | $164,606,800 |
| 402 | Steve Franks | $163,479,795 | 1 | $163,479,795 |
| 403 | Earl Richey Jones | $163,422,102 | 2 | $81,711,051 |
| 404 | Todd Jones | $163,422,102 | 2 | $81,711,051 |
| 405 | Vince Vaughn | $163,376,039 | 2 | $81,688,020 |
| 406 | Beverley Cross | $163,214,888 | 1 | $163,214,888 |
| 407 | Desmond Davis | $163,214,888 | 1 | $163,214,888 |
| 408 | Paul Tibbitt | $162,994,032 | 1 | $162,994,032 |
| 409 | Daniel Waters | $162,833,635 | 1 | $162,833,635 |
| 410 | Alan Wenkus | $161,529,601 | 2 | $80,764,801 |
| 411 | Lori Forte | $161,321,843 | 1 | $161,321,843 |
| 412 | Michael Berg | $161,321,843 | 1 | $161,321,843 |
| 413 | S. Leigh Savidge | $161,197,785 | 1 | $161,197,785 |
| 414 | Gary Ross | $161,028,747 | 2 | $80,514,374 |
| 415 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $160,891,007 | 1 | $160,891,007 |
| 416 | Adam Wingard | $160,362,286 | 1 | $160,362,286 |
| 417 | Simon Barrett | $160,362,286 | 1 | $160,362,286 |
| 418 | Albert S. Ruddy | $158,119,460 | 1 | $158,119,460 |
| 419 | Steve Moore | $157,793,873 | 2 | $78,896,937 |
| 420 | Andrew Bergman | $157,752,009 | 3 | $52,584,003 |
| 421 | Rick Riordan | $157,327,857 | 2 | $78,663,929 |
| 422 | John Green | $156,872,654 | 3 | $52,290,885 |
| 423 | James Dearden | $156,645,693 | 1 | $156,645,693 |
| 424 | Steve Harvey | $156,575,892 | 2 | $78,287,946 |
| 425 | Zach Baylin | $156,248,615 | 1 | $156,248,615 |
| 426 | Tracy Oliver | $155,968,996 | 2 | $77,984,498 |
| 427 | Ben Stiller | $155,687,563 | 2 | $77,843,782 |
| 428 | Lloyd Fonvielle | $155,559,305 | 1 | $155,559,305 |
| 429 | Sarah Kernochan | $155,464,351 | 1 | $155,464,351 |
| 430 | Clark Gregg | $155,464,351 | 1 | $155,464,351 |
| 431 | Simon Kinberg | $155,442,489 | 1 | $155,442,489 |
| 432 | Andre Fabrizio | $155,190,832 | 1 | $155,190,832 |
| 433 | Jeremy Passmore | $155,190,832 | 1 | $155,190,832 |
| 434 | Eyal Podell | $155,089,540 | 2 | $77,544,770 |
| 435 | Alice Walker | $154,648,663 | 2 | $77,324,332 |
| 436 | Kat Likkel | $154,426,697 | 1 | $154,426,697 |
| 437 | Brenda Hsueh | $154,426,697 | 1 | $154,426,697 |
| 438 | John Hoberg | $154,426,697 | 1 | $154,426,697 |
| 439 | Gary K. Wolf | $154,112,492 | 1 | $154,112,492 |
| 440 | Richard Curtis | $153,937,102 | 4 | $38,484,276 |
| 441 | Ol Parker | $153,713,201 | 2 | $76,856,601 |
| 442 | Joseph Barbera | $153,635,662 | 3 | $51,211,887 |
| 443 | William Hanna | $153,635,662 | 3 | $51,211,887 |
| 444 | Dodie Smith | $153,044,793 | 2 | $76,522,397 |
| 445 | Brian Fee | $152,901,115 | 1 | $152,901,115 |
| 446 | Ben Queen | $152,901,115 | 1 | $152,901,115 |
| 447 | Jonathan E. Stewart | $152,901,115 | 1 | $152,901,115 |
| 448 | Jay Anson | $151,665,889 | 2 | $75,832,945 |
| 449 | Shane Black | $151,489,823 | 2 | $75,744,912 |
| 450 | Jeremy Doner | $151,416,153 | 1 | $151,416,153 |
| 451 | Bob Fisher | $150,394,119 | 1 | $150,394,119 |
| 452 | Steve Faber | $150,394,119 | 1 | $150,394,119 |
| 453 | Brian Burns | $150,357,137 | 1 | $150,357,137 |
| 454 | Michael B. Gordon | $150,201,498 | 1 | $150,201,498 |
| 455 | Elmore Leonard | $149,730,872 | 8 | $18,716,359 |
| 456 | Jeffrey M. Howard | $149,440,312 | 2 | $74,720,156 |
| 457 | Will Davies | $149,260,504 | 1 | $149,260,504 |
| 458 | Rafe Judkins | $148,648,820 | 1 | $148,648,820 |
| 459 | Audrey Wells | $148,536,084 | 2 | $74,268,042 |
| 460 | Mark Andrus | $148,478,011 | 1 | $148,478,011 |
| 461 | Dave Johannson | $148,095,302 | 1 | $148,095,302 |
| 462 | Scott Teems | $147,694,357 | 2 | $73,847,179 |
| 463 | Warren B. Murphy | $147,253,986 | 1 | $147,253,986 |
| 464 | Mark Frost | $147,253,027 | 2 | $73,626,514 |
| 465 | Satoshi Tajiri | $146,543,713 | 3 | $48,847,904 |
| 466 | Sheldon Turner | $146,408,305 | 1 | $146,408,305 |
| 467 | Clive Barker | $146,118,165 | 8 | $18,264,771 |
| 468 | Steve Alten | $145,443,742 | 1 | $145,443,742 |
| 469 | Jeff Vintar | $144,801,023 | 1 | $144,801,023 |
| 470 | Benji Samit | $144,105,346 | 1 | $144,105,346 |
| 471 | Dan Hernandez | $144,105,346 | 1 | $144,105,346 |
| 472 | Ken Kaufman | $143,668,311 | 2 | $71,834,156 |
| 473 | Andy Riley | $143,210,541 | 2 | $71,605,271 |
| 474 | Kevin Cecil | $143,210,541 | 2 | $71,605,271 |
| 475 | John Grogan | $143,153,751 | 1 | $143,153,751 |
| 476 | Vikas Swarup | $141,330,703 | 1 | $141,330,703 |
| 477 | Ross Lamanna | $141,186,864 | 1 | $141,186,864 |
| 478 | Liz Tuccillo | $140,797,166 | 2 | $70,398,583 |
| 479 | C C Beck | $140,371,656 | 1 | $140,371,656 |
| 480 | Bill Parker | $140,371,656 | 1 | $140,371,656 |
| 481 | Lee Child | $138,767,812 | 2 | $69,383,906 |
| 482 | Frank Bunker Gilbreth | $138,614,544 | 1 | $138,614,544 |
| 483 | Ernestine Gilbreth Carey | $138,614,544 | 1 | $138,614,544 |
| 484 | Craig Titley | $138,614,544 | 1 | $138,614,544 |
| 485 | Ron Shelton | $138,540,870 | 1 | $138,540,870 |
| 486 | Matt Damon | $138,433,435 | 1 | $138,433,435 |
| 487 | Ernest Cline | $138,377,781 | 2 | $69,188,891 |
| 488 | Thom Enriquez | $137,748,063 | 1 | $137,748,063 |
| 489 | John Harrison | $137,748,063 | 1 | $137,748,063 |
| 490 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $137,748,063 | 1 | $137,748,063 |
| 491 | Ralph Zondag | $137,748,063 | 1 | $137,748,063 |
| 492 | Frank Herbert | $137,435,301 | 3 | $45,811,767 |
| 493 | Eric Roth | $136,665,936 | 3 | $45,555,312 |
| 494 | James Schamus | $136,624,248 | 2 | $68,312,124 |
| 495 | Cyril Hume | $136,492,681 | 1 | $136,492,681 |
| 496 | Richard Maibaum | $136,492,681 | 1 | $136,492,681 |
| 497 | Alexander Ignon | $136,492,681 | 1 | $136,492,681 |
| 498 | Joshuah Bearman | $136,025,503 | 1 | $136,025,503 |
| 499 | Antonio Mendez Esparza | $136,025,503 | 1 | $136,025,503 |
| 500 | Helen Fielding | $135,843,381 | 4 | $33,960,845 |
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.