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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Gary Whitta | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 102 | John Musker | $1,048,924,990 | 3 | $349,641,663 |
| 103 | Tim Powers | $1,045,713,802 | 1 | $1,045,713,802 |
| 104 | Chris Sanders | $1,033,634,660 | 3 | $344,544,887 |
| 105 | Stuart Beattie | $1,031,355,126 | 3 | $343,785,042 |
| 106 | Xu Zhonglin | $1,030,021,716 | 3 | $343,340,572 |
| 107 | Sam Raimi | $1,027,890,052 | 3 | $342,630,017 |
| 108 | Victoria Strouse | $1,025,006,125 | 1 | $1,025,006,125 |
| 109 | Colin Trevorrow | $1,004,004,592 | 1 | $1,004,004,592 |
| 110 | Derek Connolly | $1,004,004,592 | 1 | $1,004,004,592 |
| 111 | Seth Grahame-Smith | $984,638,550 | 5 | $196,927,710 |
| 112 | Frank Miller | $984,120,746 | 4 | $246,030,187 |
| 113 | J. Michael Straczynski | $981,188,268 | 2 | $490,594,134 |
| 114 | Carlos Saldanha | $980,363,532 | 2 | $490,181,766 |
| 115 | Catherine Johnson | $977,920,743 | 2 | $488,960,372 |
| 116 | Kai Bird | $976,968,205 | 1 | $976,968,205 |
| 117 | Martin J. Sherwin | $976,968,205 | 1 | $976,968,205 |
| 118 | Chris McKenna | $961,632,807 | 1 | $961,632,807 |
| 119 | Erica Rivinoja | $958,699,257 | 4 | $239,674,814 |
| 120 | Cyrus Voris | $954,369,537 | 2 | $477,184,769 |
| 121 | Ethan Reiff | $954,369,537 | 2 | $477,184,769 |
| 122 | David Leslie Johnson | $939,382,088 | 3 | $313,127,363 |
| 123 | Dan Harris | $933,618,738 | 2 | $466,809,369 |
| 124 | Christopher Miller | $932,100,112 | 3 | $310,700,037 |
| 125 | Chris Morgan | $927,378,925 | 3 | $309,126,308 |
| 126 | James Dashner | $924,764,559 | 3 | $308,254,853 |
| 127 | Peter Morgan | $907,541,842 | 2 | $453,770,921 |
| 128 | Todd Durham | $906,619,469 | 2 | $453,309,735 |
| 129 | Ivan Raimi | $895,937,268 | 1 | $895,937,268 |
| 130 | Jason Carter Eaton | $886,686,817 | 1 | $886,686,817 |
| 131 | Stephen Sommers | $886,498,186 | 3 | $295,499,395 |
| 132 | Paul King | $881,382,088 | 3 | $293,794,029 |
| 133 | Michael Berg | $879,765,137 | 1 | $879,765,137 |
| 134 | Lori Forte | $879,765,137 | 1 | $879,765,137 |
| 135 | Anthony McCarten | $879,088,897 | 2 | $439,544,449 |
| 136 | H.G. Wells | $872,514,802 | 8 | $109,064,350 |
| 137 | Dan Abnett | $869,087,963 | 1 | $869,087,963 |
| 138 | Andy Lanning | $869,087,963 | 1 | $869,087,963 |
| 139 | Matthew Vaughn | $868,988,075 | 2 | $434,494,038 |
| 140 | Roald Dahl | $867,255,575 | 13 | $66,711,967 |
| 141 | Max Brooks | $866,348,502 | 2 | $433,174,251 |
| 142 | Kevin Jarre | $859,438,535 | 3 | $286,479,512 |
| 143 | Jeff Pinkner | $856,081,053 | 1 | $856,081,053 |
| 144 | David Michelinie | $856,081,053 | 1 | $856,081,053 |
| 145 | Scott Rosenberg | $856,081,053 | 1 | $856,081,053 |
| 146 | Todd McFarlane | $856,081,053 | 1 | $856,081,053 |
| 147 | Ronnie del Carmen | $850,309,035 | 1 | $850,309,035 |
| 148 | Roberto Orci | $849,747,928 | 2 | $424,873,964 |
| 149 | Brad Bird | $833,177,213 | 2 | $416,588,607 |
| 150 | Zach Shields | $832,750,026 | 2 | $416,375,013 |
| 151 | Michael Chabon | $829,310,612 | 2 | $414,655,306 |
| 152 | Dan Gilroy | $824,952,400 | 2 | $412,476,200 |
| 153 | Joe Ranft | $824,725,877 | 2 | $412,362,939 |
| 154 | Peter Sohn | $818,600,774 | 2 | $409,300,387 |
| 155 | Jason Fuchs | $817,691,766 | 1 | $817,691,766 |
| 156 | Allan Heinberg | $817,691,766 | 1 | $817,691,766 |
| 157 | Robert Ludlum | $812,214,415 | 5 | $162,442,883 |
| 158 | Hans Christian Andersen | $803,267,404 | 3 | $267,755,801 |
| 159 | Don Hall | $802,331,540 | 2 | $401,165,770 |
| 160 | Jonah Hill | $792,915,716 | 4 | $198,228,929 |
| 161 | George Clayton Johnson | $791,972,994 | 3 | $263,990,998 |
| 162 | Kirk DeMicco | $787,834,663 | 2 | $393,917,332 |
| 163 | Jeff Nathanson | $786,635,413 | 1 | $786,635,413 |
| 164 | Tom Clancy | $779,600,000 | 6 | $129,933,333 |
| 165 | John Grisham | $777,004,348 | 6 | $129,500,725 |
| 166 | Derek Kolstad | $767,005,957 | 2 | $383,502,979 |
| 167 | Jack Golden Russell | $762,472,994 | 2 | $381,236,497 |
| 168 | Victor Hugo | $760,792,452 | 3 | $253,597,484 |
| 169 | Dean Devlin | $760,169,424 | 2 | $380,084,712 |
| 170 | Sergio Pablos | $758,951,488 | 3 | $252,983,829 |
| 171 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $758,929,771 | 1 | $758,929,771 |
| 172 | James Vanderbilt | $758,576,824 | 2 | $379,288,412 |
| 173 | Nicholas Sparks | $756,133,814 | 11 | $68,739,438 |
| 174 | John Gatins | $755,241,678 | 2 | $377,620,839 |
| 175 | Jill Culton | $752,415,877 | 2 | $376,207,939 |
| 176 | Jane Goldman | $747,862,775 | 1 | $747,862,775 |
| 177 | Helen Fielding | $743,787,987 | 4 | $185,946,997 |
| 178 | Robert L. Baird | $743,455,810 | 1 | $743,455,810 |
| 179 | Dan Scanlon | $743,455,810 | 1 | $743,455,810 |
| 180 | Daniel Gerson | $743,455,810 | 1 | $743,455,810 |
| 181 | Veronica Roth | $743,113,364 | 4 | $185,778,341 |
| 182 | Qiao Yi | $742,718,496 | 1 | $742,718,496 |
| 183 | Yunyun Wei | $742,718,496 | 1 | $742,718,496 |
| 184 | Oren Peli | $738,645,817 | 6 | $123,107,636 |
| 185 | Mario Puzo | $733,967,983 | 7 | $104,852,569 |
| 186 | Tom McCarthy | $731,463,377 | 1 | $731,463,377 |
| 187 | Christina Hodson | $731,282,151 | 2 | $365,641,076 |
| 188 | Kelly Marcel | $727,356,985 | 3 | $242,452,328 |
| 189 | Tony Gilroy | $724,399,316 | 2 | $362,199,658 |
| 190 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $724,000,000 | 2 | $362,000,000 |
| 191 | C.S. Lewis | $720,539,572 | 1 | $720,539,572 |
| 192 | Daniel Casey | $719,360,068 | 1 | $719,360,068 |
| 193 | Alfredo Botello | $719,360,068 | 1 | $719,360,068 |
| 194 | Justin Lin | $719,360,068 | 1 | $719,360,068 |
| 195 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | $712,683,675 | 4 | $178,170,919 |
| 196 | Dave Gibbons | $712,663,274 | 3 | $237,554,425 |
| 197 | Stephen J. Cannell | $711,387,476 | 3 | $237,129,159 |
| 198 | John Rogers | $708,272,592 | 1 | $708,272,592 |
| 199 | Tom DeSanto | $703,220,997 | 2 | $351,610,499 |
| 200 | Christopher McQuarrie | $688,858,992 | 1 | $688,858,992 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.