Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Domestic Story Creators
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Story Creators - Top Worldwide Story Creators
This list shows the highest grossing Story Creators based on the domestic 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 | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Paula Hawkins | $75,395,035 | 1 | $75,395,035 |
| 1,002 | Nicholas Evans | $75,383,563 | 1 | $75,383,563 |
| 1,003 | Taylor Hackford | $75,305,995 | 1 | $75,305,995 |
| 1,004 | James L. White | $75,305,995 | 1 | $75,305,995 |
| 1,005 | Hugo Guinness | $75,200,394 | 2 | $37,600,197 |
| 1,006 | Court Crandall | $75,155,000 | 1 | $75,155,000 |
| 1,007 | Scot Armstrong | $75,155,000 | 1 | $75,155,000 |
| 1,008 | Christopher Paolini | $75,030,163 | 1 | $75,030,163 |
| 1,009 | Brian Selznick | $74,898,139 | 2 | $37,449,070 |
| 1,010 | Patrick Conroy | $74,787,599 | 1 | $74,787,599 |
| 1,011 | Tim Rice | $74,524,794 | 2 | $37,262,397 |
| 1,012 | Jack Paglen | $74,262,031 | 1 | $74,262,031 |
| 1,013 | Oliver Sacks | $74,260,175 | 3 | $24,753,392 |
| 1,014 | Ben Zook | $74,158,157 | 1 | $74,158,157 |
| 1,015 | Frederick Knott | $73,767,121 | 2 | $36,883,561 |
| 1,016 | Rob Schrab | $73,661,010 | 1 | $73,661,010 |
| 1,017 | Dan Harmon | $73,661,010 | 1 | $73,661,010 |
| 1,018 | Jack Barth | $73,286,650 | 1 | $73,286,650 |
| 1,019 | Lois Duncan | $73,178,547 | 2 | $36,589,274 |
| 1,020 | Nick Hornby | $72,806,366 | 4 | $18,201,592 |
| 1,021 | Martin Stellman | $72,708,161 | 1 | $72,708,161 |
| 1,022 | Brian Ward | $72,708,161 | 1 | $72,708,161 |
| 1,023 | Jack Bernstein | $72,217,396 | 1 | $72,217,396 |
| 1,024 | Josh Campbell | $72,082,999 | 1 | $72,082,999 |
| 1,025 | Matt Stuecken | $72,082,999 | 1 | $72,082,999 |
| 1,026 | Larry Levin | $72,013,010 | 1 | $72,013,010 |
| 1,027 | Jessie Nelson | $72,006,777 | 1 | $72,006,777 |
| 1,028 | Rick King | $72,000,868 | 2 | $36,000,434 |
| 1,029 | W. Peter Iliff | $72,000,868 | 2 | $36,000,434 |
| 1,030 | George Bernard Shaw | $72,000,000 | 1 | $72,000,000 |
| 1,031 | Barbara Muschietti | $71,628,180 | 1 | $71,628,180 |
| 1,032 | Andy Muschietti | $71,628,180 | 1 | $71,628,180 |
| 1,033 | Robert James Waller | $71,516,617 | 1 | $71,516,617 |
| 1,034 | Joanne Harris | $71,309,760 | 1 | $71,309,760 |
| 1,035 | Tony DiTerlizzi | $71,195,053 | 1 | $71,195,053 |
| 1,036 | Holly Black | $71,195,053 | 1 | $71,195,053 |
| 1,037 | Danny Rubin | $71,097,843 | 1 | $71,097,843 |
| 1,038 | Dennis Shryack | $71,079,915 | 1 | $71,079,915 |
| 1,039 | Kario Salem | $71,069,884 | 1 | $71,069,884 |
| 1,040 | Daniel E. Taylor | $71,069,884 | 1 | $71,069,884 |
| 1,041 | Kevin Grevioux | $71,045,980 | 2 | $35,522,990 |
| 1,042 | J. David Stem | $71,017,784 | 1 | $71,017,784 |
| 1,043 | Louis Venosta | $70,978,012 | 1 | $70,978,012 |
| 1,044 | Eric Lerner | $70,978,012 | 1 | $70,978,012 |
| 1,045 | Mike Samonek | $70,662,220 | 1 | $70,662,220 |
| 1,046 | Elizabeth Meriwether | $70,662,220 | 1 | $70,662,220 |
| 1,047 | Bragi Schut | $70,637,936 | 2 | $35,318,968 |
| 1,048 | Tony Rettenmaier | $70,592,228 | 1 | $70,592,228 |
| 1,049 | Terence Nance | $70,592,228 | 1 | $70,592,228 |
| 1,050 | Juel Taylor | $70,592,228 | 1 | $70,592,228 |
| 1,051 | Jim Marrs | $70,405,498 | 1 | $70,405,498 |
| 1,052 | Jim Garrison | $70,405,498 | 1 | $70,405,498 |
| 1,053 | Max Landis | $70,350,251 | 2 | $35,175,126 |
| 1,054 | John Singleton | $70,327,868 | 1 | $70,327,868 |
| 1,055 | William Jimeno | $70,278,893 | 1 | $70,278,893 |
| 1,056 | Allison Jimeno | $70,278,893 | 1 | $70,278,893 |
| 1,057 | John McLoughlin | $70,278,893 | 1 | $70,278,893 |
| 1,058 | Donna McLoughlin | $70,278,893 | 1 | $70,278,893 |
| 1,059 | Philip Pullman | $70,107,728 | 1 | $70,107,728 |
| 1,060 | Ron Kovic | $70,001,698 | 1 | $70,001,698 |
| 1,061 | Larry L. King | $69,701,637 | 1 | $69,701,637 |
| 1,062 | Peter Masterson | $69,701,637 | 1 | $69,701,637 |
| 1,063 | Patrick Braoude | $69,660,733 | 1 | $69,660,733 |
| 1,064 | Allen Irwin | $69,117,629 | 1 | $69,117,629 |
| 1,065 | Alvin Schwartz | $68,947,075 | 1 | $68,947,075 |
| 1,066 | Lynn Siefert | $68,856,263 | 1 | $68,856,263 |
| 1,067 | Michael Ritchie | $68,856,263 | 1 | $68,856,263 |
| 1,068 | Clive Cussler | $68,671,925 | 1 | $68,671,925 |
| 1,069 | John Bellairs | $68,549,695 | 1 | $68,549,695 |
| 1,070 | Jim Piddock | $68,352,976 | 2 | $34,176,488 |
| 1,071 | Diane Thomas | $68,275,764 | 1 | $68,275,764 |
| 1,072 | Mike Judge | $68,177,994 | 2 | $34,088,997 |
| 1,073 | Jerome Salle | $67,631,157 | 1 | $67,631,157 |
| 1,074 | Adele Lim | $67,620,821 | 2 | $33,810,411 |
| 1,075 | Louis Sachar | $67,383,924 | 1 | $67,383,924 |
| 1,076 | Maria Bello | $67,328,130 | 1 | $67,328,130 |
| 1,077 | Dana Stevens | $67,328,130 | 1 | $67,328,130 |
| 1,078 | David F. Sandberg | $67,268,835 | 1 | $67,268,835 |
| 1,079 | Ken Carter | $67,264,877 | 1 | $67,264,877 |
| 1,080 | Erik Skjoldjaerg | $67,263,182 | 1 | $67,263,182 |
| 1,081 | Judith Viorst | $66,954,149 | 1 | $66,954,149 |
| 1,082 | Brian Regan | $66,941,559 | 1 | $66,941,559 |
| 1,083 | Kristen Buckley | $66,941,559 | 1 | $66,941,559 |
| 1,084 | James Jones | $66,900,491 | 2 | $33,450,246 |
| 1,085 | William Peter Blatty | $66,826,602 | 2 | $33,413,301 |
| 1,086 | Chap Taylor | $66,790,248 | 1 | $66,790,248 |
| 1,087 | Cindy Davis | $66,757,013 | 1 | $66,757,013 |
| 1,088 | Lucas Martell | $66,757,013 | 1 | $66,757,013 |
| 1,089 | George Crile | $66,661,095 | 1 | $66,661,095 |
| 1,090 | Arnaldur Indridason | $66,528,000 | 1 | $66,528,000 |
| 1,091 | Oskar Jonasson | $66,528,000 | 1 | $66,528,000 |
| 1,092 | Jim Harrison | $66,502,573 | 1 | $66,502,573 |
| 1,093 | Jeffery Deaver | $66,488,090 | 1 | $66,488,090 |
| 1,094 | Kevin O'Neill | $66,465,204 | 1 | $66,465,204 |
| 1,095 | Daniel Wallace | $66,432,867 | 1 | $66,432,867 |
| 1,096 | Isaac Marion | $66,380,662 | 1 | $66,380,662 |
| 1,097 | Erich Kastner | $66,308,518 | 2 | $33,154,259 |
| 1,098 | Uma Thurman | $66,207,920 | 1 | $66,207,920 |
| 1,099 | Gordon Buford | $66,010,682 | 1 | $66,010,682 |
| 1,100 | John Byrne | $65,845,974 | 1 | $65,845,974 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.