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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Patty Jenkins | $166,360,232 | 1 | $166,360,232 |
| 902 | Johnny Knoxville | $166,006,694 | 2 | $83,003,347 |
| 903 | Ann Druyan | $165,900,000 | 1 | $165,900,000 |
| 904 | Carl Sagan | $165,900,000 | 1 | $165,900,000 |
| 905 | Jonathan Hales | $165,890,634 | 1 | $165,890,634 |
| 906 | Lorenzo Carcaterra | $165,600,852 | 1 | $165,600,852 |
| 907 | Meg Cabot | $165,334,774 | 1 | $165,334,774 |
| 908 | Charles Frazier | $165,173,909 | 1 | $165,173,909 |
| 909 | Cindy Davis | $165,124,093 | 1 | $165,124,093 |
| 910 | Lucas Martell | $165,124,093 | 1 | $165,124,093 |
| 911 | Anthony Yerkovich | $164,920,076 | 1 | $164,920,076 |
| 912 | John Ridley | $164,807,608 | 3 | $54,935,869 |
| 913 | William Davies | $164,640,401 | 1 | $164,640,401 |
| 914 | Allison Jimeno | $163,295,654 | 1 | $163,295,654 |
| 915 | John McLoughlin | $163,295,654 | 1 | $163,295,654 |
| 916 | Donna McLoughlin | $163,295,654 | 1 | $163,295,654 |
| 917 | William Jimeno | $163,295,654 | 1 | $163,295,654 |
| 918 | Caspian Tredwell-Owen | $163,018,913 | 1 | $163,018,913 |
| 919 | Holly Black | $162,839,667 | 1 | $162,839,667 |
| 920 | Tony DiTerlizzi | $162,839,667 | 1 | $162,839,667 |
| 921 | Martin Stellman | $162,753,837 | 1 | $162,753,837 |
| 922 | Brian Ward | $162,753,837 | 1 | $162,753,837 |
| 923 | Cecelia Ahern | $161,916,198 | 2 | $80,958,099 |
| 924 | Joe Hill | $161,692,312 | 4 | $40,423,078 |
| 925 | Alice Walker | $161,538,855 | 2 | $80,769,428 |
| 926 | Arthur Golden | $161,510,853 | 1 | $161,510,853 |
| 927 | Fax Bahr | $160,903,019 | 1 | $160,903,019 |
| 928 | Adam Small | $160,903,019 | 1 | $160,903,019 |
| 929 | Spike Jonze | $160,903,019 | 1 | $160,903,019 |
| 930 | Jeff Tremaine | $160,903,019 | 1 | $160,903,019 |
| 931 | Jim Harrison | $160,502,573 | 1 | $160,502,573 |
| 932 | John Hlavin | $160,379,930 | 1 | $160,379,930 |
| 933 | Bruce Cameron | $160,019,710 | 2 | $80,009,855 |
| 934 | Mark Bowden | $159,691,085 | 1 | $159,691,085 |
| 935 | Michael Schiffer | $159,387,195 | 1 | $159,387,195 |
| 936 | Richard P. Henrick | $159,387,195 | 1 | $159,387,195 |
| 937 | Chuck Pfarrer | $159,356,941 | 1 | $159,356,941 |
| 938 | Kenneth Ross | $159,356,941 | 1 | $159,356,941 |
| 939 | Robert Reneau | $159,055,768 | 1 | $159,055,768 |
| 940 | Robert M. Edsel | $158,702,748 | 1 | $158,702,748 |
| 941 | Gaston Leroux | $157,723,797 | 3 | $52,574,599 |
| 942 | Robert Towne | $157,670,733 | 1 | $157,670,733 |
| 943 | Tom Cruise | $157,670,733 | 1 | $157,670,733 |
| 944 | Roman Coppola | $157,588,944 | 3 | $52,529,648 |
| 945 | Marcus Gautessen | $156,974,557 | 1 | $156,974,557 |
| 946 | Michael Morpurgo | $156,954,863 | 3 | $52,318,288 |
| 947 | Nick Stafford | $156,815,529 | 1 | $156,815,529 |
| 948 | Bobs Gannaway | $156,399,644 | 1 | $156,399,644 |
| 949 | Tom Eyen | $155,620,350 | 1 | $155,620,350 |
| 950 | Alan Glynn | $155,564,919 | 1 | $155,564,919 |
| 951 | Michael Ritchie | $155,008,909 | 1 | $155,008,909 |
| 952 | Lynn Siefert | $155,008,909 | 1 | $155,008,909 |
| 953 | Max Landis | $154,806,157 | 2 | $77,403,079 |
| 954 | Jack Barth | $154,783,324 | 1 | $154,783,324 |
| 955 | Jeff Bushell | $154,218,168 | 1 | $154,218,168 |
| 956 | Greg Coolidge | $153,733,800 | 1 | $153,733,800 |
| 957 | Uma Thurman | $153,535,982 | 1 | $153,535,982 |
| 958 | Hugh Wheeler | $153,329,844 | 1 | $153,329,844 |
| 959 | Andrew Neiderman | $153,007,424 | 1 | $153,007,424 |
| 960 | Fred Braughton | $152,747,413 | 1 | $152,747,413 |
| 961 | Chuck Hogan | $152,566,881 | 1 | $152,566,881 |
| 962 | Joanne Harris | $152,500,343 | 1 | $152,500,343 |
| 963 | John Godey | $152,364,370 | 1 | $152,364,370 |
| 964 | Walter Hamada | $151,716,815 | 1 | $151,716,815 |
| 965 | Albert Hughes | $151,476,594 | 3 | $50,492,198 |
| 966 | Jeffery Deaver | $151,463,090 | 1 | $151,463,090 |
| 967 | Billy Frolick | $151,403,419 | 1 | $151,403,419 |
| 968 | Beatrix Potter | $150,572,678 | 1 | $150,572,678 |
| 969 | Ben Zook | $150,519,217 | 1 | $150,519,217 |
| 970 | Jessica Pressler | $150,467,919 | 1 | $150,467,919 |
| 971 | Hideaki Anno | $150,460,695 | 2 | $75,230,348 |
| 972 | Ted Griffin | $150,422,946 | 1 | $150,422,946 |
| 973 | Adam Cooper | $150,422,946 | 1 | $150,422,946 |
| 974 | Bill Collage | $150,422,946 | 1 | $150,422,946 |
| 975 | Marcus Luttrell | $149,804,632 | 1 | $149,804,632 |
| 976 | Patrick Robinson | $149,804,632 | 1 | $149,804,632 |
| 977 | Ali Abbas Zafar | $149,510,157 | 2 | $74,755,079 |
| 978 | Elizabeth Meriwether | $149,228,078 | 1 | $149,228,078 |
| 979 | Mike Samonek | $149,228,078 | 1 | $149,228,078 |
| 980 | Saroo Brierley | $149,117,900 | 1 | $149,117,900 |
| 981 | David F. Sandberg | $148,806,510 | 1 | $148,806,510 |
| 982 | John Irving | $148,310,812 | 5 | $29,662,162 |
| 983 | Andy Muschietti | $148,095,566 | 1 | $148,095,566 |
| 984 | Barbara Muschietti | $148,095,566 | 1 | $148,095,566 |
| 985 | Becky Johnston | $147,474,138 | 1 | $147,474,138 |
| 986 | Sara Gay Forden | $147,474,138 | 1 | $147,474,138 |
| 987 | Harley Peyton | $146,595,891 | 1 | $146,595,891 |
| 988 | Keith Merryman | $146,595,891 | 1 | $146,595,891 |
| 989 | David A. Newman | $146,595,891 | 1 | $146,595,891 |
| 990 | Nichole Millard | $146,590,987 | 1 | $146,590,987 |
| 991 | Kathryn Price | $146,590,987 | 1 | $146,590,987 |
| 992 | Pittacus Lore | $146,195,159 | 1 | $146,195,159 |
| 993 | Xu Lei | $145,974,597 | 1 | $145,974,597 |
| 994 | Jason Matthews | $145,951,861 | 1 | $145,951,861 |
| 995 | Stephen Leather | $145,374,099 | 1 | $145,374,099 |
| 996 | Delia Owens | $144,353,965 | 1 | $144,353,965 |
| 997 | Chen Kuo-fu | $144,245,656 | 3 | $48,081,885 |
| 998 | Gordon Buford | $144,110,682 | 1 | $144,110,682 |
| 999 | Tony Rettenmaier | $143,315,849 | 1 | $143,315,849 |
| 1,000 | Terence Nance | $143,315,849 | 1 | $143,315,849 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.