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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Michael Green | $805,190,342 | 9 | $89,465,594 |
| 102 | David Ayer | $804,462,935 | 10 | $80,446,294 |
| 103 | Greta Gerwig | $799,860,478 | 5 | $159,972,096 |
| 104 | Andy Wachowski | $783,865,578 | 7 | $111,980,797 |
| 105 | Daniel Gerson | $781,165,582 | 3 | $260,388,527 |
| 106 | Sean Anders | $771,704,959 | 11 | $70,154,996 |
| 107 | John Morris | $771,704,959 | 11 | $70,154,996 |
| 108 | Harold Ramis | $768,957,571 | 10 | $76,895,757 |
| 109 | Robert Towne | $767,106,954 | 10 | $76,710,695 |
| 110 | Joel Coen | $766,100,838 | 26 | $29,465,417 |
| 111 | Art Marcum | $759,339,943 | 8 | $94,917,493 |
| 112 | Matt Holloway | $759,339,943 | 8 | $94,917,493 |
| 113 | Lana Wachowski | $757,620,000 | 8 | $94,702,500 |
| 114 | Damon Lindelof | $757,579,838 | 6 | $126,263,306 |
| 115 | Nancy Meyers | $757,101,887 | 12 | $63,091,824 |
| 116 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $754,511,651 | 10 | $75,451,165 |
| 117 | David Leslie Johnson | $748,976,336 | 7 | $106,996,619 |
| 118 | Jonathan Goldstein | $746,504,985 | 8 | $93,313,123 |
| 119 | John Francis Daley | $746,504,985 | 8 | $93,313,123 |
| 120 | Allison Schroeder | $746,195,907 | 4 | $186,548,977 |
| 121 | Phil Johnston | $745,497,754 | 5 | $149,099,551 |
| 122 | James Mangold | $743,710,510 | 10 | $74,371,051 |
| 123 | Danny Strong | $735,870,176 | 5 | $147,174,035 |
| 124 | Jon Vitti | $727,585,966 | 5 | $145,517,193 |
| 125 | David Magee | $723,375,473 | 11 | $65,761,407 |
| 126 | Peter Farrelly | $717,476,075 | 14 | $51,248,291 |
| 127 | James Vanderbilt | $714,123,863 | 12 | $59,510,322 |
| 128 | Jez Butterworth | $706,348,183 | 10 | $70,634,818 |
| 129 | Darren Lemke | $702,637,725 | 9 | $78,070,858 |
| 130 | Brian Helgeland | $701,486,457 | 17 | $41,263,909 |
| 131 | Dean DeBlois | $701,155,188 | 5 | $140,231,038 |
| 132 | Judd Apatow | $693,648,523 | 12 | $57,804,044 |
| 133 | Etan Cohen | $688,150,483 | 8 | $86,018,810 |
| 134 | Jared Bush | $686,118,914 | 3 | $228,706,305 |
| 135 | Craig Mazin | $681,971,495 | 8 | $85,246,437 |
| 136 | Kelly Marcel | $676,528,765 | 6 | $112,754,794 |
| 137 | Michael Crichton | $670,174,160 | 6 | $111,695,693 |
| 138 | Zak Penn | $665,942,000 | 7 | $95,134,571 |
| 139 | Ed Solomon | $663,572,476 | 11 | $60,324,771 |
| 140 | Simon Beaufoy | $661,810,010 | 10 | $66,181,001 |
| 141 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $660,854,004 | 12 | $55,071,167 |
| 142 | Jason Fuchs | $654,180,846 | 6 | $109,030,141 |
| 143 | Shane Black | $652,940,926 | 9 | $72,548,992 |
| 144 | Jon Lucas | $652,313,499 | 9 | $72,479,278 |
| 145 | Scott Moore | $652,313,499 | 9 | $72,479,278 |
| 146 | Steven E. de Souza | $651,872,642 | 15 | $43,458,176 |
| 147 | Dean Devlin | $650,893,664 | 5 | $130,178,733 |
| 148 | Pete Docter | $650,412,029 | 3 | $216,804,010 |
| 149 | Stephen Sommers | $647,680,700 | 8 | $80,960,088 |
| 150 | Oliver Stone | $646,351,096 | 15 | $43,090,073 |
| 151 | Evan Goldberg | $643,619,574 | 10 | $64,361,957 |
| 152 | Bobby Farrelly | $639,773,011 | 10 | $63,977,301 |
| 153 | Robert Rodriguez | $637,059,322 | 19 | $33,529,438 |
| 154 | Tommy Swerdlow | $635,480,089 | 6 | $105,913,348 |
| 155 | Jane Goldman | $634,364,780 | 9 | $70,484,976 |
| 156 | Jon Spaihts | $630,861,690 | 5 | $126,172,338 |
| 157 | Seth Rogen | $629,281,042 | 9 | $69,920,116 |
| 158 | Robert Zemeckis | $623,497,332 | 12 | $51,958,111 |
| 159 | Woody Allen | $620,774,566 | 49 | $12,668,869 |
| 160 | Jonathan Roberts | $613,544,014 | 6 | $102,257,336 |
| 161 | Thomas Lennon | $611,759,576 | 6 | $101,959,929 |
| 162 | Richard Wenk | $610,610,236 | 13 | $46,970,018 |
| 163 | William Nicholson | $609,083,980 | 12 | $50,756,998 |
| 164 | Erich Hoeber | $604,570,284 | 11 | $54,960,935 |
| 165 | Jon Hoeber | $604,570,284 | 11 | $54,960,935 |
| 166 | Ethan Coen | $599,886,048 | 25 | $23,995,442 |
| 167 | Eric Pearson | $599,626,038 | 4 | $149,906,510 |
| 168 | Eric Darnell | $590,161,883 | 3 | $196,720,628 |
| 169 | Drew Pearce | $589,657,344 | 3 | $196,552,448 |
| 170 | Melissa Mathison | $589,142,717 | 6 | $98,190,453 |
| 171 | Dana Fox | $581,462,799 | 7 | $83,066,114 |
| 172 | Robert L. Baird | $575,426,537 | 3 | $191,808,846 |
| 173 | Jeffrey Boam | $572,497,758 | 7 | $81,785,394 |
| 174 | Ron Clements | $570,527,252 | 5 | $114,105,450 |
| 175 | John Musker | $570,527,252 | 5 | $114,105,450 |
| 176 | David Hayter | $570,339,210 | 5 | $114,067,842 |
| 177 | Michael Dougherty | $568,295,307 | 4 | $142,073,827 |
| 178 | Leslie Dixon | $566,797,841 | 8 | $70,849,730 |
| 179 | Guy Ritchie | $563,944,218 | 12 | $46,995,352 |
| 180 | Nora Ephron | $559,064,067 | 8 | $69,883,008 |
| 181 | Jordan Peele | $555,978,018 | 6 | $92,663,003 |
| 182 | Paul Haggis | $555,107,854 | 8 | $69,388,482 |
| 183 | Chris Sanders | $550,521,184 | 4 | $137,630,296 |
| 184 | Steve Oedekerk | $550,427,156 | 8 | $68,803,395 |
| 185 | George Miller | $545,470,670 | 10 | $54,547,067 |
| 186 | Mike White | $544,079,522 | 11 | $49,461,775 |
| 187 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $543,377,314 | 10 | $54,337,731 |
| 188 | Jim Cash | $537,497,386 | 7 | $76,785,341 |
| 189 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $534,158,298 | 8 | $66,769,787 |
| 190 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $533,604,294 | 7 | $76,229,185 |
| 191 | Aaron Sorkin | $533,178,310 | 10 | $53,317,831 |
| 192 | Matthew Vaughn | $529,965,029 | 7 | $75,709,290 |
| 193 | Matt Reeves | $528,360,680 | 3 | $176,120,227 |
| 194 | Josh Appelbaum | $527,871,051 | 4 | $131,967,763 |
| 195 | Andre Nemec | $527,871,051 | 5 | $105,574,210 |
| 196 | Don Rhymer | $526,353,692 | 8 | $65,794,212 |
| 197 | Christopher L. Yost | $525,239,093 | 3 | $175,079,698 |
| 198 | Matt Ember | $525,228,484 | 5 | $105,045,697 |
| 199 | David Twohy | $523,229,166 | 13 | $40,248,397 |
| 200 | Marianne Wibberley | $522,484,507 | 6 | $87,080,751 |
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.