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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Story Creators based on the worldwide 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 | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
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1,901 | Christopher Buckley | $40,016,662 | 1 | $40,016,662 |
1,902 | Oscar Wilde | $40,008,392 | 3 | $13,336,131 |
1,903 | Sue Monk Kidd | $39,994,347 | 1 | $39,994,347 |
1,904 | Yoshiyuki Tomino | $39,818,754 | 2 | $19,909,377 |
1,905 | Alex Garland | $39,778,599 | 1 | $39,778,599 |
1,906 | Yasuhisa Hara | $39,761,926 | 1 | $39,761,926 |
1,907 | Darren Shan | $39,753,957 | 1 | $39,753,957 |
1,908 | Jonathan Nolan | $39,719,431 | 1 | $39,719,431 |
1,909 | Jules Bass | $39,686,769 | 1 | $39,686,769 |
1,910 | Paul Hogan | $39,393,111 | 1 | $39,393,111 |
1,911 | Janet Evanovich | $39,377,700 | 1 | $39,377,700 |
1,912 | Kwon Bi-young | $39,258,608 | 1 | $39,258,608 |
1,913 | George V. Higgins | $39,238,443 | 1 | $39,238,443 |
1,914 | Ken Wakui | $39,236,514 | 1 | $39,236,514 |
1,915 | Steven Pressfield | $39,235,486 | 1 | $39,235,486 |
1,916 | Althea Delmas Kaushal | $39,209,848 | 1 | $39,209,848 |
1,917 | Billy Ray | $39,178,189 | 1 | $39,178,189 |
1,918 | Isaac Bashevis Singer | $39,012,241 | 1 | $39,012,241 |
1,919 | Rosemary Sutcliff | $38,993,548 | 1 | $38,993,548 |
1,920 | Adolfo Martinez Perez | $38,959,900 | 1 | $38,959,900 |
1,921 | Roger Corman | $38,947,189 | 1 | $38,947,189 |
1,922 | Charles B. Griffith | $38,947,189 | 1 | $38,947,189 |
1,923 | Howard Ashman | $38,947,189 | 1 | $38,947,189 |
1,924 | Ben Hecht | $38,942,750 | 4 | $9,735,688 |
1,925 | Steven Baigelman | $38,875,737 | 2 | $19,437,869 |
1,926 | Sergey Lukyanenko | $38,870,910 | 1 | $38,870,910 |
1,927 | Kevin Costner | $38,835,702 | 2 | $19,417,851 |
1,928 | Mark Kasdan | $38,835,702 | 2 | $19,417,851 |
1,929 | Jon S. Baird | $38,835,702 | 2 | $19,417,851 |
1,930 | Gopimohan | $38,734,626 | 1 | $38,734,626 |
1,931 | Nisar Akhtar | $38,734,626 | 1 | $38,734,626 |
1,932 | Jessica Bruder | $38,728,987 | 1 | $38,728,987 |
1,933 | James Toback | $38,718,031 | 1 | $38,718,031 |
1,934 | Laura Zigman | $38,684,906 | 1 | $38,684,906 |
1,935 | Steve Lopez | $38,522,450 | 1 | $38,522,450 |
1,936 | Bob Israel | $38,435,947 | 1 | $38,435,947 |
1,937 | Douglas Tavolaro | $38,399,842 | 1 | $38,399,842 |
1,938 | Edir Macedo | $38,399,842 | 1 | $38,399,842 |
1,939 | Alexandra Bracken | $38,361,428 | 1 | $38,361,428 |
1,940 | Paul Zbyszewski | $38,329,114 | 1 | $38,329,114 |
1,941 | Mark Perez | $38,314,803 | 1 | $38,314,803 |
1,942 | Nikolai Gogol | $38,269,178 | 2 | $19,134,589 |
1,943 | Thomas Eidson | $38,253,433 | 1 | $38,253,433 |
1,944 | Kang Full | $38,242,892 | 1 | $38,242,892 |
1,945 | Dan Wakefield | $38,200,000 | 1 | $38,200,000 |
1,946 | Bill Kirstein | $38,198,351 | 1 | $38,198,351 |
1,947 | Keenan Flynn | $38,198,351 | 1 | $38,198,351 |
1,948 | Vera Chapman | $38,172,500 | 1 | $38,172,500 |
1,949 | Thierry Jonquet | $38,156,027 | 1 | $38,156,027 |
1,950 | Yasmina Reza | $38,112,154 | 1 | $38,112,154 |
1,951 | Alex Flinn | $38,028,230 | 1 | $38,028,230 |
1,952 | Ntozake Shange | $38,017,873 | 1 | $38,017,873 |
1,953 | Alexander Volkov | $37,938,360 | 1 | $37,938,360 |
1,954 | Jae-hyun Jang | $37,784,368 | 1 | $37,784,368 |
1,955 | David Pinner | $37,721,827 | 1 | $37,721,827 |
1,956 | Terry McMillan | $37,672,944 | 1 | $37,672,944 |
1,957 | Mark Twain | $37,605,061 | 4 | $9,401,265 |
1,958 | Henry Fielding | $37,600,000 | 1 | $37,600,000 |
1,959 | Chris Matheson | $37,540,012 | 1 | $37,540,012 |
1,960 | William Lindsay Gresham | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
1,961 | Lionel Bart | $37,402,877 | 1 | $37,402,877 |
1,962 | Kyril Bonfiglioli | $37,360,909 | 1 | $37,360,909 |
1,963 | Roberto Saviano | $37,339,594 | 1 | $37,339,594 |
1,964 | Jeff Wadlow | $37,163,054 | 2 | $18,581,527 |
1,965 | Bill Bryson | $37,119,358 | 1 | $37,119,358 |
1,966 | Pang Ho-cheung | $37,094,116 | 1 | $37,094,116 |
1,967 | Donald E. Stewart | $36,976,336 | 1 | $36,976,336 |
1,968 | John L Greene | $36,850,101 | 1 | $36,850,101 |
1,969 | James A. Michener | $36,817,924 | 1 | $36,817,924 |
1,970 | Joshua Logan | $36,817,924 | 1 | $36,817,924 |
1,971 | Michael Kalesniko | $36,766,293 | 1 | $36,766,293 |
1,972 | Christopher Reeve | $36,700,000 | 1 | $36,700,000 |
1,973 | Bob Ducsay | $36,470,465 | 1 | $36,470,465 |
1,974 | Elisa Bell | $36,470,465 | 1 | $36,470,465 |
1,975 | Florian Zeller | $36,427,155 | 1 | $36,427,155 |
1,976 | Emma Donoghue | $36,316,727 | 2 | $18,158,364 |
1,977 | Danny Lyon | $36,301,637 | 1 | $36,301,637 |
1,978 | Piers Paul Read | $36,299,670 | 1 | $36,299,670 |
1,979 | Kimberly Simi | $36,204,403 | 1 | $36,204,403 |
1,980 | Michael Cristofer | $36,204,403 | 1 | $36,204,403 |
1,981 | Ayumi Ishii | $36,187,592 | 1 | $36,187,592 |
1,982 | Jean-Claude Van Damme | $36,140,871 | 2 | $18,070,436 |
1,983 | Ryota Kosawa | $36,119,625 | 1 | $36,119,625 |
1,984 | Gerald Scaife | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
1,985 | Charles Parker | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
1,986 | Allen DeBevoise | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
1,987 | Lloyd C. Douglas | $36,010,887 | 2 | $18,005,444 |
1,988 | Ai Yazawa | $36,000,000 | 1 | $36,000,000 |
1,989 | Devery Freeman | $35,856,053 | 1 | $35,856,053 |
1,990 | Richard Landau | $35,841,901 | 1 | $35,841,901 |
1,991 | Jeb Rosebrook | $35,841,901 | 1 | $35,841,901 |
1,992 | Bob Barbash | $35,841,901 | 1 | $35,841,901 |
1,993 | Yoru Sumino | $35,840,900 | 1 | $35,840,900 |
1,994 | Callie Khouri | $35,752,851 | 1 | $35,752,851 |
1,995 | Tracey Scott Wilson | $35,752,851 | 1 | $35,752,851 |
1,996 | Nick Antosca | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
1,997 | Lynne Reid Banks | $35,627,222 | 1 | $35,627,222 |
1,998 | Grace Metalious | $35,596,178 | 2 | $17,798,089 |
1,999 | Walter Isaacson | $35,579,007 | 1 | $35,579,007 |
2,000 | Marcelo Rubens Paiva | $35,512,702 | 1 | $35,512,702 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.