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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
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.
Best known as an Executive Producer based on credits in that role in 51 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,115,070 in 2021), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022), Spider-Man ($404,652,858 in 2002), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($390,532,085 in 2019), Spider-Man 2 ($374,715,055 in 2004), Thor: Love and Thunder ($343,256,830 in 2022) |
Best known as a Story Creator based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Black Panther ($700,059,566 in 2018), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Thor: Love and Thunder ($343,256,830 in 2022), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216,648,740 in 2018), Thor ($181,030,624 in 2011), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505 in 2011) |
Best known as a Story Creator based on credits in that role in 9 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,115,070 in 2021), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607 in 2022), Spider-Man ($404,652,858 in 2002), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($390,532,085 in 2019), Spider-Man 2 ($374,715,055 in 2004), Spider-Man 3 ($337,607,351 in 2007), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334,201,140 in 2017), The Amazing Spider-Man ($262,717,220 in 2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($202,853,933 in 2014) |
Complete List
Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stan Lee | $8,476,207,610 | 24 | $353,175,317 |
2 | Jack Kirby | $4,962,836,079 | 14 | $354,488,291 |
3 | Steve Ditko | $3,532,726,319 | 9 | $392,525,147 |
4 | Andrew Stanton | $2,540,849,960 | 8 | $317,606,245 |
5 | J.K. Rowling | $2,488,172,446 | 9 | $276,463,605 |
6 | John Lasseter | $1,976,033,302 | 8 | $247,004,163 |
7 | George Lucas | $1,909,718,484 | 10 | $190,971,848 |
8 | J.R.R. Tolkien | $1,853,480,602 | 7 | $264,782,943 |
9 | Stephen King | $1,710,318,557 | 57 | $30,005,589 |
10 | Suzanne Collins | $1,617,889,120 | 5 | $323,577,824 |
11 | Pete Docter | $1,602,745,030 | 7 | $228,963,576 |
12 | Stephenie Meyer | $1,390,160,810 | 6 | $231,693,468 |
13 | David S. Goyer | $1,387,447,187 | 5 | $277,489,437 |
14 | Michael Crichton | $1,385,155,245 | 10 | $138,515,525 |
15 | Larry Lieber | $1,371,973,651 | 5 | $274,394,730 |
16 | Rick Jaffa | $1,361,403,150 | 3 | $453,801,050 |
17 | Amanda Silver | $1,361,403,150 | 3 | $453,801,050 |
18 | Bruce Geller | $1,327,133,487 | 7 | $189,590,498 |
19 | Jennifer Lee | $1,219,594,835 | 3 | $406,531,612 |
20 | Terry Rossio | $1,219,325,001 | 9 | $135,480,556 |
21 | Gene Roddenberry | $1,203,666,176 | 10 | $120,366,618 |
22 | Brenda Chapman | $1,202,705,508 | 3 | $400,901,836 |
23 | James Wan | $1,091,622,768 | 10 | $109,162,277 |
24 | Linda Woolverton | $1,047,652,208 | 2 | $523,826,104 |
25 | Chris Van Allsburg | $1,037,886,867 | 5 | $207,577,373 |
26 | Dr Seuss | $1,004,337,952 | 5 | $200,867,590 |
27 | James Cameron | $949,792,949 | 3 | $316,597,650 |
28 | Ted Elliott | $928,513,364 | 7 | $132,644,766 |
29 | Peter Craig | $923,150,676 | 3 | $307,716,892 |
30 | Bob Peterson | $902,386,845 | 3 | $300,795,615 |
31 | Chris Buck | $878,326,587 | 2 | $439,163,294 |
32 | Bryan Singer | $874,220,205 | 5 | $174,844,041 |
33 | Christopher Nolan | $825,281,009 | 2 | $412,640,505 |
34 | Shane Salerno | $754,403,635 | 2 | $377,201,818 |
35 | Josh Friedman | $746,328,844 | 2 | $373,164,422 |
36 | Phil Johnston | $738,636,652 | 4 | $184,659,163 |
37 | Jim Reardon | $731,772,636 | 3 | $243,924,212 |
38 | Rich Moore | $731,772,636 | 3 | $243,924,212 |
39 | Justin Marks | $718,732,821 | 1 | $718,732,821 |
40 | William Steig | $709,455,458 | 2 | $354,727,729 |
41 | Lowell Cunningham | $700,132,003 | 4 | $175,033,001 |
42 | Ron Clements | $689,450,553 | 4 | $172,362,638 |
43 | Rob Liefeld | $687,662,444 | 2 | $343,831,222 |
44 | Fabian Nicieza | $687,662,444 | 2 | $343,831,222 |
45 | Zak Penn | $682,086,868 | 3 | $227,362,289 |
46 | Zack Snyder | $677,980,205 | 4 | $169,495,051 |
47 | Phil Lord | $673,557,988 | 4 | $168,389,497 |
48 | Gary Scott Thompson | $643,645,345 | 3 | $214,548,448 |
49 | Dan Hageman | $632,879,413 | 4 | $158,219,853 |
50 | Kevin Hageman | $632,879,413 | 4 | $158,219,853 |
51 | Don Heck | $631,037,457 | 2 | $315,518,729 |
52 | Lee Unkrich | $625,464,895 | 2 | $312,732,448 |
53 | Mark Millar | $603,091,004 | 7 | $86,155,858 |
54 | Nicole Perlman | $570,935,185 | 2 | $285,467,593 |
55 | Michael Dougherty | $566,978,721 | 4 | $141,744,680 |
56 | Rudyard Kipling | $550,187,079 | 4 | $137,546,770 |
57 | Meg LeFauve | $549,916,959 | 2 | $274,958,480 |
58 | Jonathan Roberts | $543,638,043 | 1 | $543,638,043 |
59 | Irene Mecchi | $543,638,043 | 1 | $543,638,043 |
60 | Josie Trinidad | $542,359,959 | 2 | $271,179,980 |
61 | Byron Howard | $537,409,700 | 3 | $179,136,567 |
62 | John Knoll | $533,539,991 | 1 | $533,539,991 |
63 | Gary Whitta | $533,539,991 | 1 | $533,539,991 |
64 | David Callaham | $528,287,885 | 3 | $176,095,962 |
65 | Philip K. Dick | $527,943,223 | 10 | $52,794,322 |
66 | Brian Lynch | $519,531,269 | 2 | $259,765,635 |
67 | Matthew Fogel | $513,992,687 | 3 | $171,330,896 |
68 | Nicholas Sparks | $511,773,852 | 11 | $46,524,896 |
69 | John Logan | $510,193,189 | 4 | $127,548,297 |
70 | Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont | $504,014,165 | 2 | $252,007,083 |
71 | Jonah Hill | $488,161,148 | 4 | $122,040,287 |
72 | Neal Purvis | $487,895,842 | 3 | $162,631,947 |
73 | Robert Wade | $487,895,842 | 3 | $162,631,947 |
74 | Erica Rivinoja | $486,622,904 | 4 | $121,655,726 |
75 | Victoria Strouse | $486,295,561 | 1 | $486,295,561 |
76 | Geneva Robertson | $485,080,642 | 2 | $242,540,321 |
77 | Christopher Miller | $483,384,793 | 3 | $161,128,264 |
78 | Kristen Anderson-Lopez | $477,373,578 | 1 | $477,373,578 |
79 | Robert Lopez | $477,373,578 | 1 | $477,373,578 |
80 | Marc E. Smith | $477,373,578 | 1 | $477,373,578 |
81 | Stuart Beattie | $474,687,607 | 3 | $158,229,202 |
82 | Shane Morris | $466,296,318 | 2 | $233,148,159 |
83 | Pamela Ribon | $449,848,755 | 2 | $224,924,378 |
84 | Alex Kurtzman | $444,922,654 | 3 | $148,307,551 |
85 | Tom Clancy | $444,481,205 | 6 | $74,080,201 |
86 | Charles Perrault | $442,558,681 | 3 | $147,519,560 |
87 | Jared Bush | $437,361,870 | 2 | $218,680,935 |
88 | Mario Puzo | $434,250,745 | 7 | $62,035,821 |
89 | Stephany Folsom | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
90 | Rashida Jones | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
91 | Martin Hynes | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
92 | Will McCormack | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
93 | Josh Cooley | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
94 | Valerie LaPointe | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
95 | Ryan Fleck | $426,829,839 | 1 | $426,829,839 |
96 | Anna Boden | $426,829,839 | 1 | $426,829,839 |
97 | Roland Emmerich | $426,199,379 | 3 | $142,066,460 |
98 | Sam Raimi | $424,789,946 | 3 | $141,596,649 |
99 | Hans Christian Andersen | $421,089,036 | 3 | $140,363,012 |
100 | Robert Ludlum | $417,260,280 | 5 | $83,452,056 |
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.
Image attributions
Stan Lee: By Edward Liu (Stan "The Man" Lee) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons