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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | Akira Toriyama | $38,385,118 | 2 | $19,192,559 |
| 1,402 | Walter Hamada | $38,362,475 | 1 | $38,362,475 |
| 1,403 | Colm Toibin | $38,322,743 | 1 | $38,322,743 |
| 1,404 | Robert L. Stevenson | $38,120,554 | 1 | $38,120,554 |
| 1,405 | Jorge Saralegui | $37,948,765 | 1 | $37,948,765 |
| 1,406 | Heinrich Harrer | $37,945,884 | 1 | $37,945,884 |
| 1,407 | Cheryl Strayed | $37,880,356 | 1 | $37,880,356 |
| 1,408 | Henry James | $37,782,903 | 8 | $4,722,863 |
| 1,409 | Sue Monk Kidd | $37,780,486 | 1 | $37,780,486 |
| 1,410 | Jonathan Gems | $37,771,017 | 1 | $37,771,017 |
| 1,411 | Topps | $37,771,017 | 1 | $37,771,017 |
| 1,412 | Ntozake Shange | $37,729,698 | 1 | $37,729,698 |
| 1,413 | Martin Sixsmith | $37,709,979 | 1 | $37,709,979 |
| 1,414 | Terry McMillan | $37,672,944 | 1 | $37,672,944 |
| 1,415 | Chris Matheson | $37,537,675 | 1 | $37,537,675 |
| 1,416 | T. E. Lawrence | $37,495,385 | 1 | $37,495,385 |
| 1,417 | Patrick J. Clifton | $37,485,528 | 1 | $37,485,528 |
| 1,418 | Beth Rigazio | $37,485,528 | 1 | $37,485,528 |
| 1,419 | Lionel Bart | $37,402,877 | 1 | $37,402,877 |
| 1,420 | Matt Bondurant | $37,397,291 | 1 | $37,397,291 |
| 1,421 | Mark Gibson | $37,384,046 | 1 | $37,384,046 |
| 1,422 | Philip Halprin | $37,384,046 | 1 | $37,384,046 |
| 1,423 | Lorne Cameron | $37,361,412 | 1 | $37,361,412 |
| 1,424 | David Hoselton | $37,361,412 | 1 | $37,361,412 |
| 1,425 | William Nicholson | $37,361,412 | 2 | $18,680,706 |
| 1,426 | Mark Twain | $37,264,499 | 4 | $9,316,125 |
| 1,427 | Michael Diliberti | $37,053,924 | 1 | $37,053,924 |
| 1,428 | Matthew Sullivan | $37,053,924 | 1 | $37,053,924 |
| 1,429 | Chuck Palahniuk | $37,030,102 | 1 | $37,030,102 |
| 1,430 | Paul Abbott | $37,017,955 | 1 | $37,017,955 |
| 1,431 | Tonino Benacquista | $36,918,811 | 1 | $36,918,811 |
| 1,432 | Paul Aiello | $36,880,033 | 1 | $36,880,033 |
| 1,433 | Eric Garcia | $36,873,198 | 1 | $36,873,198 |
| 1,434 | John L Greene | $36,850,101 | 1 | $36,850,101 |
| 1,435 | Bruce A Taylor | $36,793,804 | 1 | $36,793,804 |
| 1,436 | Roderick Taylor | $36,793,804 | 1 | $36,793,804 |
| 1,437 | Joe Ansolabehere | $36,696,761 | 1 | $36,696,761 |
| 1,438 | Mark Perez | $36,580,083 | 1 | $36,580,083 |
| 1,439 | Robert Harling | $36,489,888 | 1 | $36,489,888 |
| 1,440 | Ivan Atkinson | $36,471,796 | 1 | $36,471,796 |
| 1,441 | Marn Davies | $36,471,796 | 1 | $36,471,796 |
| 1,442 | Bob Ducsay | $36,470,465 | 1 | $36,470,465 |
| 1,443 | Elisa Bell | $36,470,465 | 1 | $36,470,465 |
| 1,444 | Dan Sterling | $36,421,446 | 2 | $18,210,723 |
| 1,445 | Phil de Blasi | $36,343,858 | 1 | $36,343,858 |
| 1,446 | Byron Willinger | $36,343,858 | 1 | $36,343,858 |
| 1,447 | Piers Paul Read | $36,299,670 | 1 | $36,299,670 |
| 1,448 | Jeffrey E. Stern | $36,276,286 | 1 | $36,276,286 |
| 1,449 | Spencer Stone | $36,276,286 | 1 | $36,276,286 |
| 1,450 | Anthony Sadler | $36,276,286 | 1 | $36,276,286 |
| 1,451 | Alek Skarlatos | $36,276,286 | 1 | $36,276,286 |
| 1,452 | Mitch Flynn | $36,249,674 | 1 | $36,249,674 |
| 1,453 | Jean-Claude Van Damme | $36,140,871 | 2 | $18,070,436 |
| 1,454 | Lea Carpenter | $36,108,758 | 1 | $36,108,758 |
| 1,455 | Graham Roland | $36,108,758 | 1 | $36,108,758 |
| 1,456 | Gerald Scaife | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
| 1,457 | Charles Parker | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
| 1,458 | Allen DeBevoise | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
| 1,459 | Joe Lidster | $36,076,121 | 1 | $36,076,121 |
| 1,460 | Delia Ephron | $36,037,909 | 1 | $36,037,909 |
| 1,461 | James Siegel | $36,020,063 | 1 | $36,020,063 |
| 1,462 | Bryan Stevenson | $36,001,502 | 1 | $36,001,502 |
| 1,463 | Jane Hawking | $35,893,537 | 1 | $35,893,537 |
| 1,464 | Devery Freeman | $35,856,053 | 1 | $35,856,053 |
| 1,465 | Caspian Tredwell-Owen | $35,818,913 | 1 | $35,818,913 |
| 1,466 | Lynne Reid Banks | $35,627,222 | 1 | $35,627,222 |
| 1,467 | Martin Booth | $35,606,376 | 1 | $35,606,376 |
| 1,468 | Grace Metalious | $35,596,178 | 2 | $17,798,089 |
| 1,469 | P.D. James | $35,552,383 | 1 | $35,552,383 |
| 1,470 | Rajiv Chandrasekaran | $35,497,337 | 1 | $35,497,337 |
| 1,471 | Frank Oz | $35,417,038 | 1 | $35,417,038 |
| 1,472 | Lew Wallace | $35,410,477 | 2 | $17,705,239 |
| 1,473 | Paul Tremblay | $35,397,980 | 1 | $35,397,980 |
| 1,474 | Robert Ramsey | $35,327,628 | 1 | $35,327,628 |
| 1,475 | John Romano | $35,327,628 | 1 | $35,327,628 |
| 1,476 | Lenny Ripps | $35,287,788 | 1 | $35,287,788 |
| 1,477 | Ed Davis | $35,243,581 | 1 | $35,243,581 |
| 1,478 | Louis Nowra | $35,168,966 | 1 | $35,168,966 |
| 1,479 | Emma Thompson | $35,150,750 | 1 | $35,150,750 |
| 1,480 | Greg Wise | $35,150,750 | 1 | $35,150,750 |
| 1,481 | Joseph Loeb III | $35,073,978 | 1 | $35,073,978 |
| 1,482 | Matthew Weisman | $35,073,978 | 1 | $35,073,978 |
| 1,483 | James Sallis | $35,060,689 | 1 | $35,060,689 |
| 1,484 | Rick Yancey | $34,912,982 | 1 | $34,912,982 |
| 1,485 | Rachel Talalay | $34,872,033 | 1 | $34,872,033 |
| 1,486 | Ernest R. May | $34,566,746 | 1 | $34,566,746 |
| 1,487 | Philip D. Zelikow | $34,566,746 | 1 | $34,566,746 |
| 1,488 | Alasdair Gray | $34,553,225 | 1 | $34,553,225 |
| 1,489 | Jeanne Marie Laskas | $34,531,832 | 1 | $34,531,832 |
| 1,490 | Robert Louis Stevenson | $34,477,012 | 4 | $8,619,253 |
| 1,491 | Stephen Leather | $34,393,507 | 1 | $34,393,507 |
| 1,492 | Pierre Bismuth | $34,366,518 | 1 | $34,366,518 |
| 1,493 | Charlie Kaufman | $34,366,518 | 1 | $34,366,518 |
| 1,494 | Michel Gondry | $34,366,518 | 1 | $34,366,518 |
| 1,495 | Debra Sullivan | $34,341,945 | 1 | $34,341,945 |
| 1,496 | Adam Marcus | $34,341,945 | 1 | $34,341,945 |
| 1,497 | Guillermo Arriaga | $34,333,006 | 2 | $17,166,503 |
| 1,498 | Robert Lewis Stevenson | $34,327,391 | 1 | $34,327,391 |
| 1,499 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | $34,302,837 | 1 | $34,302,837 |
| 1,500 | Jonathan Tropper | $34,296,320 | 1 | $34,296,320 |
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.