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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Drew Pearce | $688,858,992 | 1 | $688,858,992 |
| 202 | Christopher McQuarrie | $688,858,992 | 1 | $688,858,992 |
| 203 | Jordan Kandell | $686,127,612 | 1 | $686,127,612 |
| 204 | Aaron Kandell | $686,127,612 | 1 | $686,127,612 |
| 205 | Chris Williams | $686,127,612 | 1 | $686,127,612 |
| 206 | Winston Groom | $685,382,377 | 2 | $342,691,189 |
| 207 | Sam Hamm | $678,173,215 | 2 | $339,086,608 |
| 208 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | $677,580,125 | 5 | $135,516,025 |
| 209 | C. Robert Cargill | $676,343,174 | 1 | $676,343,174 |
| 210 | Scott Derrickson | $676,343,174 | 1 | $676,343,174 |
| 211 | Evan Daugherty | $674,499,247 | 2 | $337,249,624 |
| 212 | Bob Gale | $670,934,127 | 3 | $223,644,709 |
| 213 | Robert Zemeckis | $670,934,127 | 3 | $223,644,709 |
| 214 | Agatha Christie | $668,197,533 | 10 | $66,819,753 |
| 215 | Joseph Kosinski | $657,664,898 | 2 | $328,832,449 |
| 216 | Chris Terrio | $655,945,209 | 1 | $655,945,209 |
| 217 | Andy Weir | $653,609,107 | 2 | $326,804,554 |
| 218 | Gerry Swallow | $651,899,282 | 1 | $651,899,282 |
| 219 | Peter Gaulke | $651,899,282 | 1 | $651,899,282 |
| 220 | Don Payne | $644,602,516 | 1 | $644,602,516 |
| 221 | Michael Bacall | $637,174,493 | 3 | $212,391,498 |
| 222 | Richard Curtis | $628,420,349 | 4 | $157,105,087 |
| 223 | Jan Pinkava | $626,549,695 | 1 | $626,549,695 |
| 224 | Jim Capobianco | $626,549,695 | 1 | $626,549,695 |
| 225 | Yann Martel | $619,310,368 | 1 | $619,310,368 |
| 226 | James Mangold | $614,202,315 | 1 | $614,202,315 |
| 227 | David James Kelly | $614,202,315 | 1 | $614,202,315 |
| 228 | Lionel Wigram | $606,955,947 | 2 | $303,477,974 |
| 229 | Luc Besson | $606,719,717 | 7 | $86,674,245 |
| 230 | Merian C. Cooper | $605,860,614 | 3 | $201,953,538 |
| 231 | Akiva Goldsman | $602,893,340 | 1 | $602,893,340 |
| 232 | Gary Dauberman | $593,679,228 | 2 | $296,839,614 |
| 233 | Ed Solomon | $593,028,292 | 3 | $197,676,097 |
| 234 | Walon Green | $590,548,063 | 2 | $295,274,032 |
| 235 | Mickey Rapkin | $588,995,955 | 3 | $196,331,985 |
| 236 | Ernest Cline | $580,129,347 | 2 | $290,064,674 |
| 237 | Milan Trenc | $579,446,407 | 1 | $579,446,407 |
| 238 | Joby Harold | $578,872,085 | 2 | $289,436,043 |
| 239 | Derek Haas | $578,827,067 | 2 | $289,413,534 |
| 240 | Michael Brandt | $578,827,067 | 2 | $289,413,534 |
| 241 | John Cleese | $573,068,425 | 1 | $573,068,425 |
| 242 | Simon Barrett | $568,721,707 | 1 | $568,721,707 |
| 243 | Adam Wingard | $568,721,707 | 1 | $568,721,707 |
| 244 | David Koepp | $561,589,403 | 3 | $187,196,468 |
| 245 | Jeff Pidgeon | $560,483,719 | 1 | $560,483,719 |
| 246 | Ralph Eggleston | $560,483,719 | 1 | $560,483,719 |
| 247 | Brad Lewis | $560,155,383 | 1 | $560,155,383 |
| 248 | Dan Fogelman | $560,155,383 | 1 | $560,155,383 |
| 249 | Robert Gordon | $556,871,128 | 2 | $278,435,564 |
| 250 | Thomas Harris | $556,555,700 | 2 | $278,277,850 |
| 251 | Seth MacFarlane | $556,016,627 | 1 | $556,016,627 |
| 252 | Will Davies | $554,987,477 | 1 | $554,987,477 |
| 253 | Hugh Lofting | $554,665,899 | 3 | $184,888,633 |
| 254 | Robert Roy Pool | $554,600,000 | 1 | $554,600,000 |
| 255 | Peter Benchley | $550,054,605 | 3 | $183,351,535 |
| 256 | Michael Lewis | $549,631,310 | 3 | $183,210,437 |
| 257 | Ronald D. Moore | $549,588,516 | 1 | $549,588,516 |
| 258 | Brannon Braga | $549,588,516 | 1 | $549,588,516 |
| 259 | Chris Kyle | $547,326,372 | 1 | $547,326,372 |
| 260 | Jim DeFelice | $547,326,372 | 2 | $273,663,186 |
| 261 | Scott McEwen | $547,326,372 | 1 | $547,326,372 |
| 262 | Matt Lopez | $544,559,039 | 3 | $181,519,680 |
| 263 | Simon Kinberg | $542,537,546 | 1 | $542,537,546 |
| 264 | Cathy Yuspa | $541,675,738 | 3 | $180,558,579 |
| 265 | Josh Goldsmith | $541,675,738 | 3 | $180,558,579 |
| 266 | Edgar Wright | $541,426,056 | 2 | $270,713,028 |
| 267 | Tab Murphy | $536,269,499 | 3 | $178,756,500 |
| 268 | K.V. Vijayendra Prasad | $535,792,778 | 3 | $178,597,593 |
| 269 | Ash Brannon | $535,506,764 | 2 | $267,753,382 |
| 270 | Patrick Hasburg | $534,146,305 | 2 | $267,073,153 |
| 271 | Michael Punke | $532,938,302 | 1 | $532,938,302 |
| 272 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $531,861,650 | 1 | $531,861,650 |
| 273 | Earl Richey Jones | $531,530,986 | 2 | $265,765,493 |
| 274 | Todd Jones | $531,530,986 | 2 | $265,765,493 |
| 275 | Marla Frazee | $527,909,949 | 1 | $527,909,949 |
| 276 | Steve Alten | $527,267,828 | 1 | $527,267,828 |
| 277 | Greg Berlanti | $524,805,575 | 2 | $262,402,788 |
| 278 | Jay Scherick | $524,411,306 | 2 | $262,205,653 |
| 279 | David Ronn | $524,411,306 | 2 | $262,205,653 |
| 280 | L. Frank Baum | $522,977,864 | 3 | $174,325,955 |
| 281 | Jim Thomas | $522,657,348 | 3 | $174,219,116 |
| 282 | Joe Cornish | $518,858,449 | 1 | $518,858,449 |
| 283 | Gale Anne Hurd | $515,361,524 | 1 | $515,361,524 |
| 284 | Leigh Whannell | $512,638,393 | 5 | $102,527,679 |
| 285 | Dennis Lehane | $512,417,264 | 4 | $128,104,316 |
| 286 | Roderick Thorp | $509,753,316 | 2 | $254,876,658 |
| 287 | John Carlin | $506,802,158 | 2 | $253,401,079 |
| 288 | Michael Robert Johnson | $498,438,212 | 1 | $498,438,212 |
| 289 | Menno Meyjes | $495,927,969 | 2 | $247,963,985 |
| 290 | Baz Luhrmann | $495,019,444 | 2 | $247,509,722 |
| 291 | Robert Carson | $494,804,054 | 2 | $247,402,027 |
| 292 | William A. Wellman | $494,804,054 | 2 | $247,402,027 |
| 293 | Desmond Davis | $493,214,888 | 1 | $493,214,888 |
| 294 | Beverley Cross | $493,214,888 | 1 | $493,214,888 |
| 295 | Michael Bond | $492,807,797 | 2 | $246,403,899 |
| 296 | David Dobkin | $492,468,173 | 4 | $123,117,043 |
| 297 | Michell Kapner | $490,359,051 | 1 | $490,359,051 |
| 298 | Ben Roberts | $486,899,363 | 2 | $243,449,682 |
| 299 | Guillermo del Toro | $486,807,848 | 3 | $162,269,283 |
| 300 | Tommy Swerdlow | $485,254,377 | 1 | $485,254,377 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.