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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 | Christopher McQuarrie | $688,858,992 | 1 | $688,858,992 |
| 202 | Aaron Kandell | $686,127,612 | 1 | $686,127,612 |
| 203 | Chris Williams | $686,127,612 | 1 | $686,127,612 |
| 204 | Jordan Kandell | $686,127,612 | 1 | $686,127,612 |
| 205 | Winston Groom | $685,382,377 | 2 | $342,691,189 |
| 206 | Sam Hamm | $678,173,215 | 2 | $339,086,608 |
| 207 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | $677,580,125 | 5 | $135,516,025 |
| 208 | Scott Derrickson | $676,343,174 | 1 | $676,343,174 |
| 209 | C. Robert Cargill | $676,343,174 | 1 | $676,343,174 |
| 210 | Evan Daugherty | $674,499,247 | 2 | $337,249,624 |
| 211 | Robert Zemeckis | $670,934,127 | 3 | $223,644,709 |
| 212 | Bob Gale | $670,934,127 | 3 | $223,644,709 |
| 213 | Agatha Christie | $668,197,533 | 10 | $66,819,753 |
| 214 | Joseph Kosinski | $657,813,236 | 2 | $328,906,618 |
| 215 | Chris Terrio | $655,945,209 | 1 | $655,945,209 |
| 216 | Andy Weir | $653,609,107 | 2 | $326,804,554 |
| 217 | Peter Gaulke | $651,899,282 | 1 | $651,899,282 |
| 218 | Gerry Swallow | $651,899,282 | 1 | $651,899,282 |
| 219 | Don Payne | $644,602,516 | 1 | $644,602,516 |
| 220 | Michael Bacall | $637,174,493 | 3 | $212,391,498 |
| 221 | Richard Curtis | $628,420,349 | 4 | $157,105,087 |
| 222 | Jan Pinkava | $626,549,695 | 1 | $626,549,695 |
| 223 | Jim Capobianco | $626,549,695 | 1 | $626,549,695 |
| 224 | Yann Martel | $619,310,368 | 1 | $619,310,368 |
| 225 | David James Kelly | $614,202,315 | 1 | $614,202,315 |
| 226 | James Mangold | $614,202,315 | 1 | $614,202,315 |
| 227 | Lionel Wigram | $606,955,947 | 2 | $303,477,974 |
| 228 | Luc Besson | $606,719,717 | 7 | $86,674,245 |
| 229 | Merian C. Cooper | $605,860,614 | 3 | $201,953,538 |
| 230 | Akiva Goldsman | $602,893,340 | 1 | $602,893,340 |
| 231 | Gary Dauberman | $593,679,228 | 2 | $296,839,614 |
| 232 | Ed Solomon | $593,028,292 | 3 | $197,676,097 |
| 233 | Walon Green | $590,548,063 | 2 | $295,274,032 |
| 234 | Mickey Rapkin | $588,995,955 | 3 | $196,331,985 |
| 235 | Ernest Cline | $580,129,347 | 2 | $290,064,674 |
| 236 | Milan Trenc | $579,446,407 | 1 | $579,446,407 |
| 237 | Joby Harold | $578,872,085 | 2 | $289,436,043 |
| 238 | Michael Brandt | $578,827,067 | 2 | $289,413,534 |
| 239 | Derek Haas | $578,827,067 | 2 | $289,413,534 |
| 240 | John Cleese | $573,068,425 | 1 | $573,068,425 |
| 241 | Adam Wingard | $568,721,707 | 1 | $568,721,707 |
| 242 | Simon Barrett | $568,721,707 | 1 | $568,721,707 |
| 243 | David Koepp | $561,589,403 | 3 | $187,196,468 |
| 244 | Ralph Eggleston | $560,483,719 | 1 | $560,483,719 |
| 245 | Jeff Pidgeon | $560,483,719 | 1 | $560,483,719 |
| 246 | Dan Fogelman | $560,155,383 | 1 | $560,155,383 |
| 247 | Brad Lewis | $560,155,383 | 1 | $560,155,383 |
| 248 | Robert Gordon | $556,871,128 | 2 | $278,435,564 |
| 249 | Thomas Harris | $556,555,700 | 2 | $278,277,850 |
| 250 | Seth MacFarlane | $556,016,627 | 1 | $556,016,627 |
| 251 | Will Davies | $554,987,477 | 1 | $554,987,477 |
| 252 | Hugh Lofting | $554,665,899 | 3 | $184,888,633 |
| 253 | Robert Roy Pool | $554,600,000 | 1 | $554,600,000 |
| 254 | Peter Benchley | $550,054,605 | 3 | $183,351,535 |
| 255 | Michael Lewis | $549,631,310 | 3 | $183,210,437 |
| 256 | Brannon Braga | $549,588,516 | 1 | $549,588,516 |
| 257 | Ronald D. Moore | $549,588,516 | 1 | $549,588,516 |
| 258 | Chris Kyle | $547,326,372 | 1 | $547,326,372 |
| 259 | Jim DeFelice | $547,326,372 | 2 | $273,663,186 |
| 260 | Scott McEwen | $547,326,372 | 1 | $547,326,372 |
| 261 | Matt Lopez | $544,559,039 | 3 | $181,519,680 |
| 262 | Simon Kinberg | $542,537,546 | 1 | $542,537,546 |
| 263 | Josh Goldsmith | $541,675,738 | 3 | $180,558,579 |
| 264 | Cathy Yuspa | $541,675,738 | 3 | $180,558,579 |
| 265 | Edgar Wright | $541,426,056 | 2 | $270,713,028 |
| 266 | Tab Murphy | $536,269,499 | 3 | $178,756,500 |
| 267 | K.V. Vijayendra Prasad | $535,792,778 | 3 | $178,597,593 |
| 268 | Ash Brannon | $535,506,764 | 2 | $267,753,382 |
| 269 | Patrick Hasburg | $534,146,305 | 2 | $267,073,153 |
| 270 | Michael Punke | $532,938,302 | 1 | $532,938,302 |
| 271 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $531,861,650 | 1 | $531,861,650 |
| 272 | Todd Jones | $531,530,986 | 2 | $265,765,493 |
| 273 | Earl Richey Jones | $531,530,986 | 2 | $265,765,493 |
| 274 | Marla Frazee | $527,909,949 | 1 | $527,909,949 |
| 275 | Steve Alten | $527,267,828 | 1 | $527,267,828 |
| 276 | Greg Berlanti | $524,805,575 | 2 | $262,402,788 |
| 277 | David Ronn | $524,411,306 | 2 | $262,205,653 |
| 278 | Jay Scherick | $524,411,306 | 2 | $262,205,653 |
| 279 | L. Frank Baum | $522,977,864 | 3 | $174,325,955 |
| 280 | Jim Thomas | $522,657,348 | 3 | $174,219,116 |
| 281 | Joe Cornish | $518,858,449 | 1 | $518,858,449 |
| 282 | Gale Anne Hurd | $515,361,524 | 1 | $515,361,524 |
| 283 | Leigh Whannell | $512,638,393 | 5 | $102,527,679 |
| 284 | Dennis Lehane | $512,417,264 | 4 | $128,104,316 |
| 285 | Roderick Thorp | $509,753,316 | 2 | $254,876,658 |
| 286 | John Carlin | $506,802,158 | 2 | $253,401,079 |
| 287 | Tom Hardy | $501,546,922 | 2 | $250,773,461 |
| 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 | Michael Bond | $494,968,883 | 2 | $247,484,442 |
| 292 | William A. Wellman | $494,804,054 | 2 | $247,402,027 |
| 293 | Robert Carson | $494,804,054 | 2 | $247,402,027 |
| 294 | Beverley Cross | $493,214,888 | 1 | $493,214,888 |
| 295 | Desmond Davis | $493,214,888 | 1 | $493,214,888 |
| 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.