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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Karen Blixen | $79,096,868 | 1 | $79,096,868 |
| 902 | John D. MacDonald | $79,091,969 | 1 | $79,091,969 |
| 903 | Tim Herlihy | $78,765,986 | 2 | $39,382,993 |
| 904 | Patrick Jean | $78,765,986 | 1 | $78,765,986 |
| 905 | Peter Handke | $78,750,909 | 1 | $78,750,909 |
| 906 | Wim Wenders | $78,750,909 | 1 | $78,750,909 |
| 907 | Richard Reitinger | $78,750,909 | 1 | $78,750,909 |
| 908 | Michael Ondaatje | $78,716,374 | 1 | $78,716,374 |
| 909 | Jaime Primak Sullivan | $78,687,120 | 2 | $39,343,560 |
| 910 | Brian Aldiss | $78,616,689 | 1 | $78,616,689 |
| 911 | Ian Watson | $78,616,689 | 1 | $78,616,689 |
| 912 | Heywood Gould | $78,222,753 | 1 | $78,222,753 |
| 913 | John Le Carre | $78,120,203 | 4 | $19,530,051 |
| 914 | Joseph L. Galloway | $78,120,196 | 1 | $78,120,196 |
| 915 | Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore | $78,120,196 | 1 | $78,120,196 |
| 916 | Bill Collage | $78,046,570 | 1 | $78,046,570 |
| 917 | Ted Griffin | $78,046,570 | 1 | $78,046,570 |
| 918 | Adam Cooper | $78,046,570 | 1 | $78,046,570 |
| 919 | Robert M. Edsel | $78,031,620 | 1 | $78,031,620 |
| 920 | A.J. Quinnell | $77,906,816 | 1 | $77,906,816 |
| 921 | Jay Cocks | $77,730,500 | 1 | $77,730,500 |
| 922 | Lawrence Konner | $77,673,346 | 2 | $38,836,673 |
| 923 | Mark Rosenthal | $77,673,346 | 2 | $38,836,673 |
| 924 | Herge | $77,591,831 | 1 | $77,591,831 |
| 925 | Maurice Sendak | $77,233,467 | 1 | $77,233,467 |
| 926 | Frank Lupo | $77,222,099 | 1 | $77,222,099 |
| 927 | Gary Goldman | $77,088,982 | 2 | $38,544,491 |
| 928 | Andrew Niccol | $77,073,959 | 1 | $77,073,959 |
| 929 | Sacha Gervasi | $77,073,959 | 1 | $77,073,959 |
| 930 | Lewis Carroll | $77,042,381 | 3 | $25,680,794 |
| 931 | David Grann | $76,749,744 | 5 | $15,349,949 |
| 932 | Albert Hackett | $76,578,911 | 1 | $76,578,911 |
| 933 | Francis Goodrich | $76,578,911 | 1 | $76,578,911 |
| 934 | Roman Coppola | $76,292,631 | 3 | $25,430,877 |
| 935 | David Saperstein | $76,257,348 | 1 | $76,257,348 |
| 936 | Hamish McColl | $76,223,578 | 1 | $76,223,578 |
| 937 | Michael Blodgett | $76,079,915 | 2 | $38,039,958 |
| 938 | Paul Haggis | $75,868,241 | 3 | $25,289,414 |
| 939 | Benjamin Mee | $75,624,550 | 1 | $75,624,550 |
| 940 | Steven Grant | $75,612,460 | 1 | $75,612,460 |
| 941 | Stan Chervin | $75,605,492 | 1 | $75,605,492 |
| 942 | Daniel Pyne | $75,530,832 | 1 | $75,530,832 |
| 943 | Paula Hawkins | $75,395,035 | 1 | $75,395,035 |
| 944 | Nicholas Evans | $75,383,563 | 1 | $75,383,563 |
| 945 | Taylor Hackford | $75,305,995 | 1 | $75,305,995 |
| 946 | James L. White | $75,305,995 | 1 | $75,305,995 |
| 947 | Hugo Guinness | $75,200,394 | 2 | $37,600,197 |
| 948 | Court Crandall | $75,155,000 | 1 | $75,155,000 |
| 949 | Scot Armstrong | $75,155,000 | 1 | $75,155,000 |
| 950 | Christopher Paolini | $75,030,163 | 1 | $75,030,163 |
| 951 | Brian Selznick | $74,898,139 | 2 | $37,449,070 |
| 952 | Patrick Conroy | $74,787,599 | 1 | $74,787,599 |
| 953 | Tim Rice | $74,524,794 | 2 | $37,262,397 |
| 954 | Larry Wilson | $74,493,906 | 1 | $74,493,906 |
| 955 | Michael McDowell | $74,493,906 | 1 | $74,493,906 |
| 956 | Jack Paglen | $74,262,031 | 1 | $74,262,031 |
| 957 | Oliver Sacks | $74,260,175 | 3 | $24,753,392 |
| 958 | Ben Zook | $74,158,157 | 1 | $74,158,157 |
| 959 | Dav Pilkey | $73,921,000 | 1 | $73,921,000 |
| 960 | Dan Harmon | $73,661,010 | 1 | $73,661,010 |
| 961 | Rob Schrab | $73,661,010 | 1 | $73,661,010 |
| 962 | Frederick Knott | $73,658,331 | 2 | $36,829,166 |
| 963 | Jack Barth | $73,286,650 | 1 | $73,286,650 |
| 964 | Lois Duncan | $73,178,547 | 2 | $36,589,274 |
| 965 | Nick Hornby | $72,806,366 | 4 | $18,201,592 |
| 966 | Martin Stellman | $72,708,161 | 1 | $72,708,161 |
| 967 | Brian Ward | $72,708,161 | 1 | $72,708,161 |
| 968 | Jack Bernstein | $72,217,396 | 1 | $72,217,396 |
| 969 | Josh Campbell | $72,082,999 | 1 | $72,082,999 |
| 970 | Matt Stuecken | $72,082,999 | 1 | $72,082,999 |
| 971 | Larry Levin | $72,013,010 | 1 | $72,013,010 |
| 972 | Jessie Nelson | $72,006,777 | 1 | $72,006,777 |
| 973 | Rick King | $72,000,868 | 2 | $36,000,434 |
| 974 | W. Peter Iliff | $72,000,868 | 2 | $36,000,434 |
| 975 | George Bernard Shaw | $72,000,000 | 1 | $72,000,000 |
| 976 | Andy Muschietti | $71,628,180 | 1 | $71,628,180 |
| 977 | Barbara Muschietti | $71,628,180 | 1 | $71,628,180 |
| 978 | Robert James Waller | $71,516,617 | 1 | $71,516,617 |
| 979 | Joanne Harris | $71,309,760 | 1 | $71,309,760 |
| 980 | Tony DiTerlizzi | $71,195,053 | 1 | $71,195,053 |
| 981 | Holly Black | $71,195,053 | 1 | $71,195,053 |
| 982 | Paul Gallico | $71,108,732 | 2 | $35,554,366 |
| 983 | Dennis Shryack | $71,079,915 | 1 | $71,079,915 |
| 984 | Daniel E. Taylor | $71,069,884 | 1 | $71,069,884 |
| 985 | Kario Salem | $71,069,884 | 1 | $71,069,884 |
| 986 | Kevin Grevioux | $71,045,980 | 2 | $35,522,990 |
| 987 | J. David Stem | $71,017,784 | 1 | $71,017,784 |
| 988 | Eric Lerner | $70,978,012 | 1 | $70,978,012 |
| 989 | Louis Venosta | $70,978,012 | 1 | $70,978,012 |
| 990 | Mike Samonek | $70,662,220 | 1 | $70,662,220 |
| 991 | Elizabeth Meriwether | $70,662,220 | 1 | $70,662,220 |
| 992 | Bragi Schut | $70,637,936 | 2 | $35,318,968 |
| 993 | Terence Nance | $70,592,228 | 1 | $70,592,228 |
| 994 | Juel Taylor | $70,592,228 | 1 | $70,592,228 |
| 995 | Tony Rettenmaier | $70,592,228 | 1 | $70,592,228 |
| 996 | Jim Garrison | $70,405,498 | 1 | $70,405,498 |
| 997 | Jim Marrs | $70,405,498 | 1 | $70,405,498 |
| 998 | Max Landis | $70,350,251 | 2 | $35,175,126 |
| 999 | John Singleton | $70,327,868 | 1 | $70,327,868 |
| 1,000 | John McLoughlin | $70,278,893 | 1 | $70,278,893 |
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.