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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Scott Turow | $86,303,188 | 1 | $86,303,188 |
| 902 | Aline Brosh McKenna | $86,103,234 | 1 | $86,103,234 |
| 903 | Steve Zissis | $86,103,234 | 1 | $86,103,234 |
| 904 | Anthony Leondis | $86,089,513 | 1 | $86,089,513 |
| 905 | Eric Siegel | $86,089,513 | 1 | $86,089,513 |
| 906 | Rosalind Wiseman | $86,047,227 | 1 | $86,047,227 |
| 907 | Yukito Kishiro | $85,838,210 | 1 | $85,838,210 |
| 908 | Michele Mulroney | $85,364,450 | 1 | $85,364,450 |
| 909 | Kieran Mulroney | $85,364,450 | 1 | $85,364,450 |
| 910 | Anthony Stacchi | $85,105,259 | 1 | $85,105,259 |
| 911 | John Carls | $85,105,259 | 1 | $85,105,259 |
| 912 | David Agosto | $85,028,192 | 1 | $85,028,192 |
| 913 | Tyger Williams | $84,758,962 | 2 | $42,379,481 |
| 914 | Michael R. Perry | $84,752,907 | 1 | $84,752,907 |
| 915 | Susan Hill | $84,444,457 | 3 | $28,148,152 |
| 916 | Munro Leaf | $84,410,380 | 1 | $84,410,380 |
| 917 | Ron Burch | $84,410,380 | 1 | $84,410,380 |
| 918 | David Kidd | $84,410,380 | 1 | $84,410,380 |
| 919 | Michael Connelly | $84,208,717 | 2 | $42,104,359 |
| 920 | Annie Proulx | $84,111,816 | 1 | $84,111,816 |
| 921 | Gary Trousdale | $84,052,762 | 1 | $84,052,762 |
| 922 | Joss Whedon | $84,052,762 | 1 | $84,052,762 |
| 923 | Bryce Zabel | $84,052,762 | 1 | $84,052,762 |
| 924 | Jackie Zabel | $84,052,762 | 1 | $84,052,762 |
| 925 | Kirk Wise | $84,052,762 | 1 | $84,052,762 |
| 926 | Chris Carter | $83,898,313 | 1 | $83,898,313 |
| 927 | Walter Kirn | $83,823,381 | 1 | $83,823,381 |
| 928 | Mick Garris | $83,682,847 | 2 | $41,841,424 |
| 929 | Dan Mazeau | $83,670,083 | 1 | $83,670,083 |
| 930 | Alex Cramer | $83,482,352 | 1 | $83,482,352 |
| 931 | Brent McCorkle | $83,482,352 | 1 | $83,482,352 |
| 932 | Alan Schoolcraft | $83,350,911 | 1 | $83,350,911 |
| 933 | Brent Simons | $83,350,911 | 1 | $83,350,911 |
| 934 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $83,240,103 | 1 | $83,240,103 |
| 935 | David Soren | $83,028,130 | 1 | $83,028,130 |
| 936 | Robb White | $82,759,937 | 3 | $27,586,646 |
| 937 | Robert Towne | $82,670,733 | 1 | $82,670,733 |
| 938 | Tom Cruise | $82,670,733 | 1 | $82,670,733 |
| 939 | Charles Leavitt | $82,398,674 | 2 | $41,199,337 |
| 940 | Bret Witter | $82,242,749 | 3 | $27,414,250 |
| 941 | Katherine Paterson | $82,234,139 | 2 | $41,117,070 |
| 942 | Guy Ritchie | $81,916,905 | 2 | $40,958,453 |
| 943 | Francis Veber | $81,671,748 | 2 | $40,835,874 |
| 944 | Richard Hooker | $81,600,000 | 1 | $81,600,000 |
| 945 | Richard Stark | $81,526,121 | 2 | $40,763,061 |
| 946 | Jim Cash | $81,377,984 | 3 | $27,125,995 |
| 947 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $81,377,984 | 3 | $27,125,995 |
| 948 | Fannie Flagg | $81,204,830 | 2 | $40,602,415 |
| 949 | Christian Gudegast | $80,962,638 | 2 | $40,481,319 |
| 950 | Paul Scheuring | $80,962,638 | 2 | $40,481,319 |
| 951 | Elizabeth Gilbert | $80,574,010 | 2 | $40,287,005 |
| 952 | Joseph Stein | $80,500,000 | 1 | $80,500,000 |
| 953 | Jonathan L. Davis | $80,270,227 | 1 | $80,270,227 |
| 954 | Sylvester Stallone | $80,268,902 | 2 | $40,134,451 |
| 955 | Steven Gould | $80,172,128 | 1 | $80,172,128 |
| 956 | Jenny Lumet | $80,101,125 | 1 | $80,101,125 |
| 957 | Fred Braughton | $80,047,413 | 1 | $80,047,413 |
| 958 | Gregory McDonald | $79,966,859 | 2 | $39,983,430 |
| 959 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | $79,957,634 | 1 | $79,957,634 |
| 960 | Michael Morpurgo | $79,904,392 | 4 | $19,976,098 |
| 961 | Nick Stafford | $79,883,359 | 1 | $79,883,359 |
| 962 | Dan Curtis | $79,727,149 | 1 | $79,727,149 |
| 963 | David N. Weiss | $79,574,356 | 2 | $39,787,178 |
| 964 | Stephen Sustarsic | $79,511,269 | 2 | $39,755,635 |
| 965 | Steve Pepoon | $79,511,269 | 2 | $39,755,635 |
| 966 | David Silverman | $79,511,269 | 2 | $39,755,635 |
| 967 | Alan Glynn | $79,249,455 | 1 | $79,249,455 |
| 968 | Karen Blixen | $79,096,868 | 1 | $79,096,868 |
| 969 | John D. MacDonald | $79,091,969 | 1 | $79,091,969 |
| 970 | Tim Herlihy | $78,765,986 | 2 | $39,382,993 |
| 971 | Patrick Jean | $78,765,986 | 1 | $78,765,986 |
| 972 | Wim Wenders | $78,750,909 | 1 | $78,750,909 |
| 973 | Richard Reitinger | $78,750,909 | 1 | $78,750,909 |
| 974 | Peter Handke | $78,750,909 | 1 | $78,750,909 |
| 975 | Michael Ondaatje | $78,716,374 | 1 | $78,716,374 |
| 976 | Jaime Primak Sullivan | $78,687,120 | 2 | $39,343,560 |
| 977 | Ian Watson | $78,616,689 | 1 | $78,616,689 |
| 978 | Brian Aldiss | $78,616,689 | 1 | $78,616,689 |
| 979 | Heywood Gould | $78,222,753 | 1 | $78,222,753 |
| 980 | John Le Carre | $78,120,203 | 4 | $19,530,051 |
| 981 | Joseph L. Galloway | $78,120,196 | 1 | $78,120,196 |
| 982 | Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore | $78,120,196 | 1 | $78,120,196 |
| 983 | Bill Collage | $78,046,570 | 1 | $78,046,570 |
| 984 | Ted Griffin | $78,046,570 | 1 | $78,046,570 |
| 985 | Adam Cooper | $78,046,570 | 1 | $78,046,570 |
| 986 | Robert M. Edsel | $78,031,620 | 1 | $78,031,620 |
| 987 | A.J. Quinnell | $77,906,816 | 1 | $77,906,816 |
| 988 | Jay Cocks | $77,730,500 | 1 | $77,730,500 |
| 989 | Lawrence Konner | $77,673,346 | 2 | $38,836,673 |
| 990 | Mark Rosenthal | $77,673,346 | 2 | $38,836,673 |
| 991 | Herge | $77,591,831 | 1 | $77,591,831 |
| 992 | Larry Wilson | $77,475,359 | 1 | $77,475,359 |
| 993 | Michael McDowell | $77,475,359 | 1 | $77,475,359 |
| 994 | Maurice Sendak | $77,233,467 | 1 | $77,233,467 |
| 995 | Frank Lupo | $77,222,099 | 1 | $77,222,099 |
| 996 | Gary Goldman | $77,088,982 | 2 | $38,544,491 |
| 997 | Sacha Gervasi | $77,073,959 | 1 | $77,073,959 |
| 998 | Andrew Niccol | $77,073,959 | 1 | $77,073,959 |
| 999 | Lewis Carroll | $77,042,381 | 4 | $19,260,595 |
| 1,000 | David Grann | $76,758,331 | 5 | $15,351,666 |
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.