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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Peter Abrahams | $18,582,965 | 1 | $18,582,965 |
| 1,902 | Brock Yates | $18,550,030 | 1 | $18,550,030 |
| 1,903 | Edward Khmara | $18,400,000 | 1 | $18,400,000 |
| 1,904 | Ronald Harwood | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 1,905 | Jon Krakauer | $18,354,356 | 1 | $18,354,356 |
| 1,906 | Sean Flynn | $18,340,051 | 1 | $18,340,051 |
| 1,907 | Aron Ralston | $18,335,230 | 1 | $18,335,230 |
| 1,908 | Laura Leedy Gansler | $18,324,242 | 1 | $18,324,242 |
| 1,909 | Clara Bingham | $18,324,242 | 1 | $18,324,242 |
| 1,910 | Tom Holland | $18,298,649 | 1 | $18,298,649 |
| 1,911 | Jason Harry Pagan | $18,297,124 | 1 | $18,297,124 |
| 1,912 | Andrew Deutschman | $18,297,124 | 1 | $18,297,124 |
| 1,913 | Brantley Aufill | $18,297,124 | 1 | $18,297,124 |
| 1,914 | Jerry B. Jenkins | $18,243,989 | 3 | $6,081,330 |
| 1,915 | Tim LaHaye | $18,243,989 | 3 | $6,081,330 |
| 1,916 | Jim Thompson | $18,243,046 | 4 | $4,560,762 |
| 1,917 | David Scarpa | $18,208,078 | 1 | $18,208,078 |
| 1,918 | Jymn Magon | $18,075,331 | 1 | $18,075,331 |
| 1,919 | André Aciman | $18,065,180 | 1 | $18,065,180 |
| 1,920 | Dan Greenburg | $18,064,851 | 1 | $18,064,851 |
| 1,921 | Borden Chase | $18,012,000 | 2 | $9,006,000 |
| 1,922 | Jean Hanff Korelitz | $18,007,317 | 1 | $18,007,317 |
| 1,923 | Dean Koontz | $17,956,588 | 3 | $5,985,529 |
| 1,924 | Alan Bennett | $17,852,965 | 2 | $8,926,483 |
| 1,925 | Norman Steinberg | $17,811,382 | 1 | $17,811,382 |
| 1,926 | Alan Uger | $17,811,382 | 1 | $17,811,382 |
| 1,927 | Walter Isaacson | $17,766,658 | 1 | $17,766,658 |
| 1,928 | Stephen Chbosky | $17,742,948 | 1 | $17,742,948 |
| 1,929 | Mitch Cullen | $17,737,646 | 1 | $17,737,646 |
| 1,930 | E.L. Doctorow | $17,730,757 | 3 | $5,910,252 |
| 1,931 | Joseph Delaney | $17,725,785 | 1 | $17,725,785 |
| 1,932 | Harold Robbins | $17,700,000 | 2 | $8,850,000 |
| 1,933 | Koyoharu Gotouge | $17,657,658 | 1 | $17,657,658 |
| 1,934 | Crockett Johnson | $17,640,924 | 1 | $17,640,924 |
| 1,935 | Giles Foden | $17,606,684 | 1 | $17,606,684 |
| 1,936 | Andrew Hyatt | $17,547,999 | 1 | $17,547,999 |
| 1,937 | T.J. Berden | $17,547,999 | 1 | $17,547,999 |
| 1,938 | Zoe Heller | $17,510,118 | 1 | $17,510,118 |
| 1,939 | Chris Radant | $17,468,887 | 1 | $17,468,887 |
| 1,940 | Dennis Palumbo | $17,458,105 | 1 | $17,458,105 |
| 1,941 | Diane Ackerman | $17,445,186 | 1 | $17,445,186 |
| 1,942 | Scott Smith | $17,432,844 | 1 | $17,432,844 |
| 1,943 | Kristina Laferne Roberts | $17,390,770 | 1 | $17,390,770 |
| 1,944 | Emily Spivey | $17,356,894 | 2 | $8,678,447 |
| 1,945 | Chris Bowman | $17,356,894 | 1 | $17,356,894 |
| 1,946 | Hubbel Palmer | $17,356,894 | 1 | $17,356,894 |
| 1,947 | Cornelia Funke | $17,303,424 | 1 | $17,303,424 |
| 1,948 | Robert Kirkman | $17,297,895 | 1 | $17,297,895 |
| 1,949 | Jeanette Walls | $17,273,059 | 1 | $17,273,059 |
| 1,950 | James Lee Barrett | $17,268,889 | 1 | $17,268,889 |
| 1,951 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 1,952 | Pat Jordan | $17,200,000 | 1 | $17,200,000 |
| 1,953 | Nicholas Searle | $17,156,058 | 1 | $17,156,058 |
| 1,954 | Michael Ende | $17,116,963 | 1 | $17,116,963 |
| 1,955 | David Westheimer | $17,111,111 | 1 | $17,111,111 |
| 1,956 | Tim Maltby | $17,062,499 | 1 | $17,062,499 |
| 1,957 | Patrick Ness | $17,028,731 | 2 | $8,514,366 |
| 1,958 | Doug Mahnke | $17,018,422 | 1 | $17,018,422 |
| 1,959 | John Arcudi | $17,018,422 | 1 | $17,018,422 |
| 1,960 | Chris Warner | $17,018,422 | 1 | $17,018,422 |
| 1,961 | John Campbell | $16,999,934 | 1 | $16,999,934 |
| 1,962 | Peter Filardi | $16,883,115 | 1 | $16,883,115 |
| 1,963 | Harry Goodridge | $16,774,699 | 1 | $16,774,699 |
| 1,964 | Lew Dietz | $16,774,699 | 1 | $16,774,699 |
| 1,965 | Spenser Cohen | $16,710,153 | 1 | $16,710,153 |
| 1,966 | Tad Daggerhart | $16,710,153 | 1 | $16,710,153 |
| 1,967 | S.S. Wilson | $16,667,084 | 1 | $16,667,084 |
| 1,968 | Brent Maddock | $16,667,084 | 1 | $16,667,084 |
| 1,969 | Ron Underwood | $16,667,084 | 1 | $16,667,084 |
| 1,970 | John Guy | $16,648,499 | 1 | $16,648,499 |
| 1,971 | Thomas Hunter | $16,647,800 | 1 | $16,647,800 |
| 1,972 | Peter Powell | $16,647,800 | 1 | $16,647,800 |
| 1,973 | David Ambrose | $16,647,800 | 1 | $16,647,800 |
| 1,974 | Gregory Hansen | $16,479,685 | 1 | $16,479,685 |
| 1,975 | David Marques | $16,397,335 | 1 | $16,397,335 |
| 1,976 | Heidi McLaughlin | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 1,977 | Mitchell Kapner | $16,323,969 | 1 | $16,323,969 |
| 1,978 | Brent Monahan | $16,298,046 | 1 | $16,298,046 |
| 1,979 | Donn Pearce | $16,217,773 | 1 | $16,217,773 |
| 1,980 | Jay McInerney | $16,118,077 | 1 | $16,118,077 |
| 1,981 | Elliott DiGuiseppi | $16,073,576 | 2 | $8,036,788 |
| 1,982 | Brian C. Brown | $16,073,576 | 2 | $8,036,788 |
| 1,983 | Chuck Barris | $16,007,718 | 1 | $16,007,718 |
| 1,984 | Philip Reeve | $15,951,040 | 1 | $15,951,040 |
| 1,985 | Wilbert Awdry | $15,911,332 | 1 | $15,911,332 |
| 1,986 | Nate Parker | $15,861,566 | 1 | $15,861,566 |
| 1,987 | Jean McGianni Celestin | $15,861,566 | 1 | $15,861,566 |
| 1,988 | Simon Kelton | $15,789,389 | 1 | $15,789,389 |
| 1,989 | Don Keith | $15,767,460 | 1 | $15,767,460 |
| 1,990 | George Wallace | $15,767,460 | 1 | $15,767,460 |
| 1,991 | Pam Brady | $15,753,600 | 1 | $15,753,600 |
| 1,992 | RZA | $15,634,090 | 1 | $15,634,090 |
| 1,993 | Robert Mazur | $15,436,808 | 1 | $15,436,808 |
| 1,994 | Tom Wolfe | $15,432,314 | 1 | $15,432,314 |
| 1,995 | C.D. Payne | $15,285,588 | 1 | $15,285,588 |
| 1,996 | Jack Finney | $15,074,191 | 1 | $15,074,191 |
| 1,997 | William P. Kennedy | $15,073,942 | 1 | $15,073,942 |
| 1,998 | H. Rider Haggard | $15,057,465 | 1 | $15,057,465 |
| 1,999 | O.V. Falck-Ytter | $15,024,232 | 1 | $15,024,232 |
| 2,000 | Steven Levenson | $15,002,646 | 1 | $15,002,646 |
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.