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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900)BETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters 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
801 Walter Hill $159,972,109 10 $15,997,211
802 Christopher Roach $159,594,957 5 $31,918,991
803 Jeff Fradley $159,366,015 1 $159,366,015
804 Josann McGibbon $159,046,427 4 $39,761,607
805 Sara Parriott $159,046,427 3 $53,015,476
806 Michael Petroni $159,043,665 5 $31,808,733
807 Gregory Allen Howard $158,801,906 3 $52,933,969
808 Pamela Pettler $158,770,015 3 $52,923,338
809 Tina Fey $158,451,475 2 $79,225,738
810 Scott Marshall Smith $157,678,621 5 $31,535,724
811 Darnell Metayer $157,341,749 1 $157,341,749
812 Josh Peters $157,341,749 1 $157,341,749
813 Patrick Melton $157,300,448 8 $19,662,556
814 Marcus Dunstan $157,300,448 8 $19,662,556
815 Eddie Murphy $156,530,869 2 $78,265,435
816 George Clooney $156,270,550 4 $39,067,638
817 Grant Heslov $156,270,550 5 $31,254,110
818 Peter Hedges $156,246,011 8 $19,530,751
819 Amy Schumer $156,064,878 2 $78,032,439
820 Kate Boutilier $156,012,707 3 $52,004,236
821 Mark Heyman $155,483,269 3 $51,827,756
822 Clark Gregg $155,464,351 2 $77,732,176
823 Ann Biderman $155,400,247 3 $51,800,082
824 Gary Whitta $155,357,156 2 $77,678,578
825 George A. Romero $155,100,039 20 $7,755,002
826 Tony McNamara $155,027,873 4 $38,756,968
827 Dana Olsen $155,003,536 3 $51,667,845
828 Justin Zackham $154,658,669 4 $38,664,667
829 Rich Wilkes $154,507,124 4 $38,626,781
830 Kat Likkel $154,426,697 1 $154,426,697
831 Brenda Hsueh $154,426,697 2 $77,213,349
832 John Hoberg $154,426,697 1 $154,426,697
833 Vince Vaughn $153,878,424 3 $51,292,808
834 Brendan McCarthy $153,636,354 1 $153,636,354
835 Alex Garland $153,317,787 9 $17,035,310
836 Zach Shields $153,225,613 2 $76,612,807
837 Marc Klein $152,624,944 6 $25,437,491
838 Paul Thomas Anderson $152,573,986 9 $16,952,665
839 Nicholas Kazan $152,321,857 5 $30,464,371
840 Robert Benton $152,291,074 3 $50,763,691
841 Jeremy Doner $151,920,183 2 $75,960,092
842 Peter Goldfinger $151,846,029 5 $30,369,206
843 Sandor Stern $151,665,889 2 $75,832,945
844 Sam Bromell $151,416,153 1 $151,416,153
845 Gene Quintano $151,349,337 8 $18,918,667
846 Karl Gajdusek $151,318,543 6 $25,219,757
847 Darryl Quarles $150,982,244 2 $75,491,122
848 Michael Schiffer $150,956,501 3 $50,318,834
849 Jon Favreau $150,444,293 4 $37,611,073
850 Brian Burns $150,357,137 1 $150,357,137
851 Brian Duffield $150,054,657 7 $21,436,380
852 Jeffrey M. Howard $149,440,312 2 $74,720,156
853 Steven Knight $149,303,973 16 $9,331,498
854 Alain Boublil $149,260,140 1 $149,260,140
855 Claude-Michel Schönberg $149,260,140 1 $149,260,140
856 Herbert Kretzmer $149,260,140 1 $149,260,140
857 Todd Komarnicki $148,830,855 6 $24,805,143
858 David Weisberg $148,778,207 2 $74,389,104
859 Douglas S. Cook $148,778,207 2 $74,389,104
860 Rafe Judkins $148,648,820 2 $74,324,410
861 Larry Stuckey $148,438,600 1 $148,438,600
862 Alan Schoolcraft $148,415,853 2 $74,207,927
863 Brent Simons $148,415,853 2 $74,207,927
864 Lorene Scafaria $147,796,848 5 $29,559,370
865 Jim Taylor $147,619,929 3 $49,206,643
866 Jeff Arch $147,303,955 2 $73,651,978
867 Terri Tatchell $147,215,503 2 $73,607,752
868 Billy Crystal $146,926,036 5 $29,385,207
869 Alan Jay Lerner $146,581,356 6 $24,430,226
870 Takeshi Shudo $146,543,713 3 $48,847,904
871 Claude Zidi $146,282,411 1 $146,282,411
872 Simon Michael $146,282,411 1 $146,282,411
873 Didier Kamika $146,282,411 1 $146,282,411
874 Zach Dean $146,192,366 5 $29,238,473
875 David Marconi $145,943,343 2 $72,971,672
876 Norman Steinberg $145,433,571 3 $48,477,857
877 Terry Gilliam $145,274,380 9 $16,141,598
878 Jeff Wadlow $144,727,404 9 $16,080,823
879 Catherine Johnson $144,540,088 1 $144,540,088
880 Eric Bergquist $144,512,310 1 $144,512,310
881 Larry Levin $144,156,605 1 $144,156,605
882 C. Jay Cox $143,948,355 2 $71,974,178
883 Greg Taylor $143,143,756 4 $35,785,939
884 Rob Edwards $142,521,453 3 $47,507,151
885 Mario Puzo $142,469,089 2 $71,234,545
886 Eric Johnson $141,884,301 4 $35,471,075
887 Douglas Kenney $141,600,000 1 $141,600,000
888 Lem Dobbs $141,584,597 7 $20,226,371
889 Philip Lazebnik $141,579,773 2 $70,789,887
890 Carl Binder $141,579,773 1 $141,579,773
891 William D. Wittliff $141,517,428 6 $23,586,238
892 Tina Gordon Chism $141,357,693 5 $28,271,539
893 Jim Kauf $141,186,864 1 $141,186,864
894 Ross Lamanna $141,186,864 2 $70,593,432
895 Tim Cahill $141,178,599 2 $70,589,300
896 David Sheffield $140,987,150 3 $46,995,717
897 Barry W. Blaustein $140,987,150 3 $46,995,717
898 J. Mills Goodloe $140,923,284 5 $28,184,657
899 Kyle Hunter $140,706,083 2 $70,353,042
900 Ariel Shaffir $140,706,083 2 $70,353,042

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.