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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Callie Khouri | $32,878,589 | 1 | $32,878,589 |
| 1,902 | Sheila Burnford | $32,709,423 | 1 | $32,709,423 |
| 1,903 | Juan Jose Campanella | $32,608,019 | 1 | $32,608,019 |
| 1,904 | Austin Wright | $32,398,681 | 1 | $32,398,681 |
| 1,905 | Janice Fischer | $32,394,143 | 1 | $32,394,143 |
| 1,906 | James Jeremias | $32,394,143 | 1 | $32,394,143 |
| 1,907 | Mikael Lindnord | $32,213,747 | 1 | $32,213,747 |
| 1,908 | Ernest Hemingway | $32,181,033 | 5 | $6,436,207 |
| 1,909 | Susan Cooper | $31,852,619 | 1 | $31,852,619 |
| 1,910 | Yoshitoki Oima | $31,748,681 | 1 | $31,748,681 |
| 1,911 | Spike Lee | $31,739,045 | 1 | $31,739,045 |
| 1,912 | Kevin Costner | $31,499,251 | 2 | $15,749,626 |
| 1,913 | Mark Kasdan | $31,499,251 | 2 | $15,749,626 |
| 1,914 | Jon S. Baird | $31,499,251 | 2 | $15,749,626 |
| 1,915 | Robert Damon | $31,187,727 | 1 | $31,187,727 |
| 1,916 | Paolo Genovese | $31,166,312 | 1 | $31,166,312 |
| 1,917 | Tom Jankiewicz | $31,070,412 | 1 | $31,070,412 |
| 1,918 | J.G. Ballard | $31,031,147 | 3 | $10,343,716 |
| 1,919 | Anthony Burgess | $31,022,930 | 1 | $31,022,930 |
| 1,920 | Priscilla Presley | $30,977,065 | 1 | $30,977,065 |
| 1,921 | Sandra Harmon | $30,977,065 | 1 | $30,977,065 |
| 1,922 | Emily Spivey | $30,850,666 | 2 | $15,425,333 |
| 1,923 | Chris Bowman | $30,850,666 | 1 | $30,850,666 |
| 1,924 | Hubbel Palmer | $30,850,666 | 1 | $30,850,666 |
| 1,925 | Tiffany Paulsen | $30,703,845 | 1 | $30,703,845 |
| 1,926 | Elizabeth Hunter | $30,597,073 | 1 | $30,597,073 |
| 1,927 | Tim Maltby | $30,535,660 | 1 | $30,535,660 |
| 1,928 | David Lam | $30,463,603 | 1 | $30,463,603 |
| 1,929 | Ankur Chaudhry | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 1,930 | Brent Monahan | $30,443,277 | 1 | $30,443,277 |
| 1,931 | Ayub Khan-Din | $30,438,635 | 1 | $30,438,635 |
| 1,932 | Robert Eisele | $30,261,293 | 1 | $30,261,293 |
| 1,933 | Jeffrey Porro | $30,261,293 | 1 | $30,261,293 |
| 1,934 | Mitch Cullen | $30,247,787 | 1 | $30,247,787 |
| 1,935 | Ben Fountain | $30,230,402 | 1 | $30,230,402 |
| 1,936 | Karyn Bosnak | $30,163,785 | 1 | $30,163,785 |
| 1,937 | Scott Marshall Smith | $30,138,912 | 1 | $30,138,912 |
| 1,938 | David Zelon | $30,138,912 | 1 | $30,138,912 |
| 1,939 | Neil Hayes | $30,138,912 | 1 | $30,138,912 |
| 1,940 | Eric Jager | $30,080,003 | 1 | $30,080,003 |
| 1,941 | Ben Hecht | $29,942,422 | 3 | $9,980,807 |
| 1,942 | Nelson Mandela | $29,890,402 | 1 | $29,890,402 |
| 1,943 | Ludwig Bemelmans | $29,858,048 | 1 | $29,858,048 |
| 1,944 | Beverly Donofrio | $29,781,453 | 1 | $29,781,453 |
| 1,945 | Thomas Hardy | $29,721,410 | 1 | $29,721,410 |
| 1,946 | Mark Helprin | $29,575,033 | 1 | $29,575,033 |
| 1,947 | Wen Ruian | $29,567,632 | 1 | $29,567,632 |
| 1,948 | James Oliver Curwood | $29,564,471 | 1 | $29,564,471 |
| 1,949 | Friedrich Durrenmatt | $29,406,132 | 1 | $29,406,132 |
| 1,950 | Julie Taymor | $29,367,143 | 1 | $29,367,143 |
| 1,951 | Don Keith | $29,312,121 | 1 | $29,312,121 |
| 1,952 | George Wallace | $29,312,121 | 1 | $29,312,121 |
| 1,953 | Reema Kagti | $29,259,272 | 1 | $29,259,272 |
| 1,954 | Zoya Akhtar | $29,259,272 | 1 | $29,259,272 |
| 1,955 | Carolyn Starin | $29,227,561 | 1 | $29,227,561 |
| 1,956 | Tatiana de Rosnay | $29,102,806 | 3 | $9,700,935 |
| 1,957 | Chad Kultgen | $29,078,012 | 2 | $14,539,006 |
| 1,958 | Cornell Woolrich | $28,869,157 | 3 | $9,623,052 |
| 1,959 | Greg Sestero | $28,717,667 | 1 | $28,717,667 |
| 1,960 | Kazuki Takahashi | $28,715,003 | 1 | $28,715,003 |
| 1,961 | Tony Griffin | $28,607,015 | 1 | $28,607,015 |
| 1,962 | Guy Manos | $28,607,015 | 1 | $28,607,015 |
| 1,963 | Peter Barsoccnini | $28,607,015 | 1 | $28,607,015 |
| 1,964 | Haidar Ali | $28,594,629 | 1 | $28,594,629 |
| 1,965 | Alan Bennett | $28,570,667 | 2 | $14,285,334 |
| 1,966 | Jon Cleary | $28,416,459 | 1 | $28,416,459 |
| 1,967 | Paul Kengor | $28,396,545 | 1 | $28,396,545 |
| 1,968 | Hector Tobar | $28,287,489 | 1 | $28,287,489 |
| 1,969 | Jose Rivera | $28,287,489 | 1 | $28,287,489 |
| 1,970 | Peter Hewitt | $28,231,444 | 1 | $28,231,444 |
| 1,971 | William Osborne | $28,231,444 | 1 | $28,231,444 |
| 1,972 | S.E. Hinton | $28,224,172 | 2 | $14,112,086 |
| 1,973 | Serge Danot | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 1,974 | Martine Danot | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 1,975 | Don Holley | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 1,976 | Tori Tellem | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 1,977 | Michael M. Mooney | $27,945,225 | 1 | $27,945,225 |
| 1,978 | Robert B. Parker | $27,911,453 | 1 | $27,911,453 |
| 1,979 | Bob Brunner | $27,807,627 | 1 | $27,807,627 |
| 1,980 | Alexandra Rose | $27,807,627 | 1 | $27,807,627 |
| 1,981 | Blair Richwood | $27,807,627 | 1 | $27,807,627 |
| 1,982 | Mark Crowdy | $27,786,849 | 1 | $27,786,849 |
| 1,983 | John C Richards | $27,732,366 | 1 | $27,732,366 |
| 1,984 | Farley Mowat | $27,668,764 | 1 | $27,668,764 |
| 1,985 | Mike Jefferies | $27,610,873 | 1 | $27,610,873 |
| 1,986 | Adrian Butchart | $27,610,873 | 1 | $27,610,873 |
| 1,987 | John Campbell | $27,573,078 | 1 | $27,573,078 |
| 1,988 | Henry Kuttner | $27,519,694 | 1 | $27,519,694 |
| 1,989 | C. L. Moore | $27,519,694 | 1 | $27,519,694 |
| 1,990 | Todd Berger | $27,506,412 | 1 | $27,506,412 |
| 1,991 | Dee Robertson | $27,506,412 | 1 | $27,506,412 |
| 1,992 | Djordje Milićević | $27,453,000 | 1 | $27,453,000 |
| 1,993 | Jeff Maguire | $27,453,000 | 1 | $27,453,000 |
| 1,994 | Yabo Yablonsky | $27,453,000 | 1 | $27,453,000 |
| 1,995 | Zhang Haifan | $27,394,383 | 1 | $27,394,383 |
| 1,996 | Tyler Mitchell | $27,392,609 | 1 | $27,392,609 |
| 1,997 | Peter Maas | $27,301,609 | 1 | $27,301,609 |
| 1,998 | Daphne du Maurier | $27,272,591 | 4 | $6,818,148 |
| 1,999 | Cameron Crowe | $27,093,116 | 1 | $27,093,116 |
| 2,000 | Forrest Carter | $27,000,000 | 1 | $27,000,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.