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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
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201 | Stephen Chbosky | $521,757,113 | 2 | $260,878,557 |
202 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $505,970,993 | 6 | $84,328,499 |
203 | Mike Myers | $505,277,656 | 4 | $126,319,414 |
204 | Rob Letterman | $503,868,872 | 3 | $167,956,291 |
205 | Steve Koren | $503,000,077 | 5 | $100,600,015 |
206 | Robert Ben Garant | $498,752,696 | 7 | $71,250,385 |
207 | Richard LaGravenese | $497,836,067 | 15 | $33,189,071 |
208 | Evan Daugherty | $497,289,404 | 5 | $99,457,881 |
209 | Scott Silver | $493,004,994 | 5 | $98,600,999 |
210 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $492,347,323 | 4 | $123,086,831 |
211 | Will Ferrell | $490,563,420 | 6 | $81,760,570 |
212 | J.K. Rowling | $489,444,320 | 3 | $163,148,107 |
213 | Bill Condon | $488,241,502 | 10 | $48,824,150 |
214 | Susannah Grant | $486,796,838 | 8 | $60,849,605 |
215 | Victoria Strouse | $486,295,561 | 3 | $162,098,520 |
216 | Geneva Robertson | $485,080,642 | 2 | $242,540,321 |
217 | Bob Gale | $483,179,196 | 7 | $69,025,599 |
218 | John Lee Hancock | $482,678,697 | 7 | $68,954,100 |
219 | Meg LeFauve | $479,548,831 | 4 | $119,887,208 |
220 | Adam Sztykiel | $478,664,756 | 7 | $68,380,679 |
221 | Jared Stern | $475,939,272 | 6 | $79,323,212 |
222 | Max Borenstein | $474,145,144 | 6 | $79,024,191 |
223 | Edgar Wright | $471,865,302 | 8 | $58,983,163 |
224 | David Reynolds | $470,159,943 | 3 | $156,719,981 |
225 | Cameron Crowe | $466,152,872 | 10 | $46,615,287 |
226 | Paul Rudd | $464,151,858 | 3 | $154,717,286 |
227 | Jac Schaeffer | $462,246,877 | 2 | $231,123,439 |
228 | Herschel Weingrod | $461,553,579 | 7 | $65,936,226 |
229 | Baz Luhrmann | $461,273,671 | 6 | $76,878,945 |
230 | Dan Aykroyd | $461,027,219 | 7 | $65,861,031 |
231 | Gilbert Taylor | $460,998,007 | 1 | $460,998,007 |
232 | Michael Goldenberg | $460,447,676 | 5 | $92,089,535 |
233 | Mark Fergus | $455,210,449 | 4 | $113,802,612 |
234 | Hawk Ostby | $455,210,449 | 4 | $113,802,612 |
235 | James DeMonaco | $452,470,090 | 10 | $45,247,009 |
236 | Danny McBride | $452,174,374 | 8 | $56,521,797 |
237 | Richard Curtis | $450,758,111 | 12 | $37,563,176 |
238 | Jim Herzfeld | $449,748,741 | 3 | $149,916,247 |
239 | Carl Gottlieb | $444,498,106 | 5 | $88,899,621 |
240 | Craig Pearce | $442,925,932 | 6 | $73,820,989 |
241 | David O. Russell | $441,880,838 | 9 | $49,097,871 |
242 | Tab Murphy | $440,619,709 | 4 | $110,154,927 |
243 | Phil Hay | $440,593,178 | 8 | $55,074,147 |
244 | Allan Loeb | $438,893,406 | 11 | $39,899,401 |
245 | Kurt Johnstad | $438,781,762 | 6 | $73,130,294 |
246 | Ryan Fleck | $437,103,868 | 5 | $87,420,774 |
247 | Anna Boden | $437,103,868 | 5 | $87,420,774 |
248 | Emily Carmichael | $436,725,605 | 2 | $218,362,803 |
249 | Joe Carnahan | $435,720,075 | 11 | $39,610,916 |
250 | Joel Cohen | $434,932,217 | 5 | $86,986,443 |
251 | Alec Sokolow | $434,932,217 | 6 | $72,488,703 |
252 | James V. Hart | $434,594,163 | 7 | $62,084,880 |
253 | Stephany Folsom | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
254 | Garth Jennings | $433,120,035 | 2 | $216,560,018 |
255 | John-Henry Butterworth | $432,846,374 | 6 | $72,141,062 |
256 | Sam Raimi | $431,816,205 | 6 | $71,969,368 |
257 | Leigh Whannell | $431,324,037 | 12 | $35,943,670 |
258 | Scott Derrickson | $429,170,130 | 6 | $71,528,355 |
259 | Dean Georgaris | $428,203,190 | 6 | $71,367,198 |
260 | Skip Woods | $427,203,391 | 6 | $71,200,565 |
261 | Fred Wolf | $427,066,282 | 10 | $42,706,628 |
262 | Justin Haythe | $426,468,747 | 7 | $60,924,107 |
263 | Randall Wallace | $425,014,317 | 5 | $85,002,863 |
264 | Charles Shyer | $424,222,617 | 8 | $53,027,827 |
265 | David Ronn | $423,227,552 | 5 | $84,645,510 |
266 | Jay Scherick | $423,227,552 | 5 | $84,645,510 |
267 | David Benioff | $422,784,217 | 7 | $60,397,745 |
268 | Marc Lawrence | $422,644,736 | 10 | $42,264,474 |
269 | Mel Gibson | $421,649,565 | 4 | $105,412,391 |
270 | Robert Smigel | $418,031,995 | 4 | $104,507,999 |
271 | Michael Bacall | $417,850,179 | 6 | $69,641,697 |
272 | Dan Harris | $415,069,694 | 2 | $207,534,847 |
273 | Peter Ackerman | $414,618,186 | 3 | $138,206,062 |
274 | James L. Brooks | $414,079,077 | 5 | $82,815,815 |
275 | Michael Waldron | $411,331,607 | 1 | $411,331,607 |
276 | Bob Fisher | $409,928,610 | 4 | $102,482,153 |
277 | Suzanne Collins | $408,010,692 | 1 | $408,010,692 |
278 | Matt Manfredi | $406,974,323 | 7 | $58,139,189 |
279 | Jason Hall | $404,034,316 | 3 | $134,678,105 |
280 | Aline Brosh McKenna | $403,755,732 | 7 | $57,679,390 |
281 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $403,299,354 | 9 | $44,811,039 |
282 | Will Gluck | $402,831,226 | 6 | $67,138,538 |
283 | Mark Burton | $402,475,676 | 8 | $50,309,460 |
284 | Michael J. Wilson | $401,862,413 | 3 | $133,954,138 |
285 | Michael Berg | $401,772,256 | 3 | $133,924,085 |
286 | Jeb Stuart | $401,757,726 | 9 | $44,639,747 |
287 | Katie Dippold | $401,437,626 | 5 | $80,287,525 |
288 | C. Robert Cargill | $398,593,008 | 5 | $79,718,602 |
289 | Kiel Murray | $398,074,252 | 4 | $99,518,563 |
290 | Noni White | $396,575,638 | 4 | $99,143,910 |
291 | Bob Tzudiker | $396,575,638 | 4 | $99,143,910 |
292 | Brendan O'Brien | $395,860,596 | 8 | $49,482,575 |
293 | Tom J. Astle | $394,909,276 | 4 | $98,727,319 |
294 | Taika Waititi | $392,272,468 | 7 | $56,038,924 |
295 | Yoni Brenner | $392,175,148 | 3 | $130,725,049 |
296 | Kurt Wimmer | $391,080,778 | 11 | $35,552,798 |
297 | Richard Price | $389,559,418 | 12 | $32,463,285 |
298 | Ralph Wright | $387,843,000 | 4 | $96,960,750 |
299 | Josh Miller | $386,996,779 | 3 | $128,998,926 |
300 | Patrick Casey | $386,996,779 | 3 | $128,998,926 |
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.