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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
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.