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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Albert S. Ruddy | $191,558,505 | 1 | $191,558,505 |
| 802 | Justin Theroux | $191,145,256 | 1 | $191,145,256 |
| 803 | Richard Lindheim | $190,376,181 | 1 | $190,376,181 |
| 804 | Bruce Jay Friedman | $190,368,285 | 2 | $95,184,143 |
| 805 | Ernestine Gilbreth Carey | $190,212,113 | 1 | $190,212,113 |
| 806 | Craig Titley | $190,212,113 | 1 | $190,212,113 |
| 807 | Frank Bunker Gilbreth | $190,212,113 | 1 | $190,212,113 |
| 808 | Tracy Oliver | $190,094,270 | 2 | $95,047,135 |
| 809 | Ken Daurio | $188,494,082 | 1 | $188,494,082 |
| 810 | Cinco Paul | $188,494,082 | 1 | $188,494,082 |
| 811 | James Thurber | $187,861,183 | 1 | $187,861,183 |
| 812 | Johnny Cash | $187,707,495 | 1 | $187,707,495 |
| 813 | Carlo Collodi | $187,583,142 | 7 | $26,797,592 |
| 814 | Takashi Shimizu | $187,281,115 | 1 | $187,281,115 |
| 815 | Nicholas Evans | $186,883,563 | 1 | $186,883,563 |
| 816 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | $186,450,317 | 1 | $186,450,317 |
| 817 | Kirk Wise | $186,049,020 | 1 | $186,049,020 |
| 818 | Jackie Zabel | $186,049,020 | 1 | $186,049,020 |
| 819 | Gary Trousdale | $186,049,020 | 1 | $186,049,020 |
| 820 | Joss Whedon | $186,049,020 | 1 | $186,049,020 |
| 821 | Bryce Zabel | $186,049,020 | 1 | $186,049,020 |
| 822 | Kay Cannon | $185,736,412 | 1 | $185,736,412 |
| 823 | Matthew Sand | $184,569,201 | 2 | $92,284,601 |
| 824 | Andrew Bergman | $184,012,400 | 3 | $61,337,467 |
| 825 | Steve Harvey | $183,401,697 | 2 | $91,700,849 |
| 826 | Max Allan Collins | $183,375,927 | 2 | $91,687,964 |
| 827 | Richard Piers Rayner | $183,354,514 | 1 | $183,354,514 |
| 828 | Jay Cocks | $183,124,621 | 1 | $183,124,621 |
| 829 | Roy Huggins | $183,015,237 | 1 | $183,015,237 |
| 830 | Brian Selznick | $182,996,646 | 2 | $91,498,323 |
| 831 | Patricia Highsmith | $182,826,120 | 5 | $36,565,224 |
| 832 | Douglas J. Eboch | $182,365,114 | 1 | $182,365,114 |
| 833 | John D. MacDonald | $182,291,969 | 1 | $182,291,969 |
| 834 | Cormac McCarthy | $182,193,969 | 3 | $60,731,323 |
| 835 | Paul Tamasy | $182,100,377 | 2 | $91,050,189 |
| 836 | Eric Johnson | $182,100,377 | 2 | $91,050,189 |
| 837 | Akira Toriyama | $181,148,979 | 2 | $90,574,490 |
| 838 | Greg Behrendt | $181,053,657 | 1 | $181,053,657 |
| 839 | Solomon Northup | $180,765,061 | 1 | $180,765,061 |
| 840 | Dan McDermott | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 841 | Shirley Jackson | $180,240,976 | 2 | $90,120,488 |
| 842 | Ian Fleming | $180,211,753 | 3 | $60,070,584 |
| 843 | Sam Fell | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 844 | Kevin O'Neill | $179,265,204 | 1 | $179,265,204 |
| 845 | Charles Murphy | $178,610,754 | 2 | $89,305,377 |
| 846 | Samuel W. Taylor | $177,993,801 | 1 | $177,993,801 |
| 847 | Bill Walsh | $177,993,801 | 1 | $177,993,801 |
| 848 | Michael R. Perry | $177,512,032 | 1 | $177,512,032 |
| 849 | Frank Lupo | $177,241,171 | 1 | $177,241,171 |
| 850 | Annie Proulx | $176,980,863 | 1 | $176,980,863 |
| 851 | Peter Tolan | $176,885,658 | 1 | $176,885,658 |
| 852 | Kenneth Lonergan | $176,885,658 | 1 | $176,885,658 |
| 853 | Tim Rice | $176,540,282 | 2 | $88,270,141 |
| 854 | Troy Kennedy Martin | $176,262,839 | 1 | $176,262,839 |
| 855 | Hawk Ostby | $176,038,324 | 1 | $176,038,324 |
| 856 | Scott Mitchell Rosenberg | $176,038,324 | 1 | $176,038,324 |
| 857 | Mark Fergus | $176,038,324 | 1 | $176,038,324 |
| 858 | Bragi Schut | $176,013,375 | 2 | $88,006,688 |
| 859 | David Grann | $175,958,591 | 5 | $35,191,718 |
| 860 | Robert Ben Garant | $175,863,783 | 1 | $175,863,783 |
| 861 | Thomas Lennon | $175,863,783 | 1 | $175,863,783 |
| 862 | Robert James Waller | $175,516,617 | 1 | $175,516,617 |
| 863 | Craig Mazin | $175,361,578 | 1 | $175,361,578 |
| 864 | Jerry Eeten | $175,361,578 | 1 | $175,361,578 |
| 865 | Alexandre Dumas | $174,931,728 | 3 | $58,310,576 |
| 866 | Dana Olsen | $174,463,257 | 1 | $174,463,257 |
| 867 | Paula Hawkins | $174,278,214 | 1 | $174,278,214 |
| 868 | Joel Cohen | $174,131,329 | 1 | $174,131,329 |
| 869 | Alec Sokolow | $174,131,329 | 1 | $174,131,329 |
| 870 | Susan Hill | $173,962,590 | 3 | $57,987,530 |
| 871 | Seton I. Miller | $173,768,975 | 2 | $86,884,488 |
| 872 | S.S. Field | $173,768,975 | 2 | $86,884,488 |
| 873 | Melisa Wallack | $173,613,482 | 1 | $173,613,482 |
| 874 | Darryl Quarles | $173,559,438 | 1 | $173,559,438 |
| 875 | Sam Dolnick | $173,453,994 | 1 | $173,453,994 |
| 876 | Clive Barker | $171,781,396 | 8 | $21,472,675 |
| 877 | C. Gaby Mitchell | $171,377,916 | 1 | $171,377,916 |
| 878 | Clarence Budington Kelland | $171,269,535 | 1 | $171,269,535 |
| 879 | Kevin Grevioux | $170,283,747 | 2 | $85,141,874 |
| 880 | Stevie Long | $170,200,225 | 1 | $170,200,225 |
| 881 | Ashleigh Powell | $170,024,300 | 1 | $170,024,300 |
| 882 | William Shakespeare | $169,690,203 | 23 | $7,377,835 |
| 883 | Chris (Story) Williams | $169,630,573 | 1 | $169,630,573 |
| 884 | Maria Belon | $169,590,606 | 1 | $169,590,606 |
| 885 | Kevin Williamson | $169,063,850 | 1 | $169,063,850 |
| 886 | Chris Marker | $168,841,459 | 1 | $168,841,459 |
| 887 | Matt R. Allen | $168,311,558 | 1 | $168,311,558 |
| 888 | Caleb Wilson | $168,311,558 | 1 | $168,311,558 |
| 889 | Masamune Shirow | $167,910,690 | 1 | $167,910,690 |
| 890 | Bret Witter | $167,489,035 | 3 | $55,829,678 |
| 891 | Gigi Levangie | $167,423,426 | 2 | $83,711,713 |
| 892 | Walter Kirn | $166,842,739 | 1 | $166,842,739 |
| 893 | David Benioff | $166,598,362 | 1 | $166,598,362 |
| 894 | Patty Jenkins | $166,360,232 | 1 | $166,360,232 |
| 895 | Johnny Knoxville | $166,006,694 | 2 | $83,003,347 |
| 896 | Ann Druyan | $165,900,000 | 1 | $165,900,000 |
| 897 | Carl Sagan | $165,900,000 | 1 | $165,900,000 |
| 898 | Jonathan Hales | $165,890,634 | 1 | $165,890,634 |
| 899 | Lorenzo Carcaterra | $165,600,852 | 1 | $165,600,852 |
| 900 | Meg Cabot | $165,334,774 | 1 | $165,334,774 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.