David Lindsay-Abaire

Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 7 films, with $1,227,094,298 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #201)
Best-known technical roles: Oz the Great and Powerful (Screenwriter), Rise of the Guardians (Screenwriter), Robots (Screenwriter), Robots (Story Creator), Poltergeist (Screenwriter)
Most productive collaborators: Sam Raimi, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michell Kapner, Rachel Weisz
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
In Technical RolesScreenwriter7$533,604,294$693,490,004$1,227,094,298
Story Creator1$128,200,012$132,436,259$260,636,271

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 190 $533,604,294
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 535 $128,200,012
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300) 216 $693,490,004
Top Grossing Story Creator at the International Box Office (Rank 601-700) 652 $132,436,259
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300) 201 $1,227,094,298
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) 601 $260,636,271

See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.


2015 Preview: May

May 1st, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

April is over and there was good news and bad news. Good news: Furious 7 crushed the competition, and broke records along the way. Bad news: Furious 7 crushed the competition and no other April release will earn as much in total as Furious 7 earned during its opening day. Fortunately, Furious 7 was so strong that it carried April of 2015 to a draw when compared to April of 2014. May has a lot of similarities to April. The Avengers: Age of Ultron is expected to break records during its opening weekend and even the low end has it earning more than $1 billion worldwide. Unfortunately, no other film is going to come close to that figure. There are five other films with a potential to reach $100 million at the box office. The keyword there is "potential". There's a chance less than half of those five films will get to that milestone. And like last April, last May had much better depth with five films that reached $100 million, including four that surpassed $200 million. Age of Ultron will earn more than the combined totals of Maleficent, last month's winner, and X-Men: Days of Future Past, which placed second for the month. I am a little concerned about the lack of depth this month and this could cause May to lose in the month-over-month comparison in the end. More...

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Release
Date		TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
Apr 29, 2016The Family Fang Screenwriter $262,921$341,681$604,602
May 22, 2015Poltergeist Screenwriter $47,425,125$48,266,607$95,691,732
Mar 8, 2013Oz the Great and Powerful Screenwriter $234,770,996$255,588,055$490,359,051
Nov 21, 2012Rise of the Guardians Screenwriter $103,412,758$203,528,912$306,941,670
Dec 17, 2010Rabbit Hole Screenwriter $2,229,058$3,975,976$6,205,034
Jan 23, 2009Inkheart Screenwriter $17,303,424$49,352,514$66,655,938
Mar 11, 2005Robots Screenwriter
Story Creator		 $128,200,012$132,436,259$260,636,271
 
Averages $76,229,185$99,070,001$175,299,185
Totals 7 $533,604,294$693,490,004$1,227,094,298


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Release
Date		TitleOpening
Weekend		Maximum
Theaters		Domestic
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office		Domestic
Share
Apr 29, 2016The Family Fang $14,50652$262,921$604,60243.5%
May 22, 2015Poltergeist $22,620,3863,242$47,425,125$95,691,73249.6%
Mar 8, 2013Oz the Great and Powerful $79,110,4533,912$234,770,996$490,359,05147.9%
Nov 21, 2012Rise of the Guardians $23,773,4653,672$103,412,758$306,941,67033.7%
Dec 17, 2010Rabbit Hole $53,778131$2,229,058$6,205,03435.9%
Jan 23, 2009Inkheart $7,601,3792,655$17,303,424$66,655,93826.0%
Mar 11, 2005Robots $36,045,3013,776$128,200,012$260,636,27149.2%
 
Averages $24,174,1812,491$76,229,185$175,299,18540.8%
Totals 7 $533,604,294$1,227,094,298

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 190 $533,604,294
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 535 $128,200,012
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300) 216 $693,490,004
Top Grossing Story Creator at the International Box Office (Rank 601-700) 652 $132,436,259
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300) 201 $1,227,094,298
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) 601 $260,636,271