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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Taika Waititi | $392,272,468 | 6 | $65,378,745 |
| 302 | Yoni Brenner | $392,175,148 | 3 | $130,725,049 |
| 303 | Kurt Wimmer | $391,417,169 | 11 | $35,583,379 |
| 304 | Richard Price | $389,559,418 | 12 | $32,463,285 |
| 305 | Ralph Wright | $387,843,000 | 4 | $96,960,750 |
| 306 | Patrick Casey | $386,996,779 | 3 | $128,998,926 |
| 307 | Josh Miller | $386,996,779 | 3 | $128,998,926 |
| 308 | Peter Baynham | $386,343,584 | 8 | $48,292,948 |
| 309 | John Gatins | $384,581,188 | 8 | $48,072,649 |
| 310 | John Fusco | $384,398,122 | 11 | $34,945,284 |
| 311 | Ivan Raimi | $382,053,066 | 3 | $127,351,022 |
| 312 | David Gordon Green | $381,190,564 | 5 | $76,238,113 |
| 313 | Will Beall | $381,062,710 | 3 | $127,020,903 |
| 314 | Mark Protosevich | $380,542,448 | 4 | $95,135,612 |
| 315 | Robert Gordon | $380,469,646 | 3 | $126,823,215 |
| 316 | Glenn Ficarra | $380,142,586 | 8 | $47,517,823 |
| 317 | John Requa | $380,142,586 | 8 | $47,517,823 |
| 318 | Mark O Keefe | $380,060,628 | 2 | $190,030,314 |
| 319 | Mike Reiss | $379,708,719 | 2 | $189,854,360 |
| 320 | Steven Conrad | $376,354,211 | 6 | $62,725,702 |
| 321 | Scot Armstrong | $376,148,799 | 4 | $94,037,200 |
| 322 | Zack Stentz | $374,983,989 | 4 | $93,745,997 |
| 323 | Ashley Edward Miller | $374,983,989 | 4 | $93,745,997 |
| 324 | Tom McGrath | $373,770,401 | 2 | $186,885,201 |
| 325 | Nia Vardalos | $373,279,613 | 5 | $74,655,923 |
| 326 | Justin Marks | $372,743,384 | 2 | $186,371,692 |
| 327 | Benedict Fitzgerald | $370,782,930 | 2 | $185,391,465 |
| 328 | Abby Kohn | $370,081,554 | 6 | $61,680,259 |
| 329 | Scott Z. Burns | $368,618,745 | 8 | $46,077,343 |
| 330 | Drew Goddard | $368,394,488 | 5 | $73,678,898 |
| 331 | Jim Kouf | $368,370,814 | 9 | $40,930,090 |
| 332 | Randi Mayem Singer | $368,075,410 | 4 | $92,018,853 |
| 333 | Ronald Bass | $367,816,190 | 7 | $52,545,170 |
| 334 | Jason Reitman | $367,204,607 | 8 | $45,900,576 |
| 335 | Dan Gilroy | $365,625,133 | 8 | $45,703,142 |
| 336 | Robert Rodat | $363,782,095 | 6 | $60,630,349 |
| 337 | Oren Uziel | $363,171,518 | 6 | $60,528,586 |
| 338 | John Collee | $362,957,606 | 9 | $40,328,623 |
| 339 | Steve Faber | $359,612,487 | 2 | $179,806,244 |
| 340 | Bruce Feirstein | $358,664,877 | 3 | $119,554,959 |
| 341 | Shay Hatten | $358,148,533 | 7 | $51,164,076 |
| 342 | Michael Brandt | $357,087,942 | 7 | $51,012,563 |
| 343 | Josh Cooley | $356,461,711 | 1 | $356,461,711 |
| 344 | Stuart Beattie | $355,025,941 | 8 | $44,378,243 |
| 345 | Kay Cannon | $354,194,853 | 5 | $70,838,971 |
| 346 | Timothy Hyde Harris | $354,145,143 | 5 | $70,829,029 |
| 347 | Ron Shelton | $353,743,189 | 10 | $35,374,319 |
| 348 | Zack Snyder | $353,587,492 | 6 | $58,931,249 |
| 349 | Brad Copeland | $352,869,975 | 5 | $70,573,995 |
| 350 | Ann Peacock | $351,715,431 | 5 | $70,343,086 |
| 351 | Christopher D. Ford | $351,375,911 | 6 | $58,562,652 |
| 352 | Ron J. Friedman | $349,413,954 | 5 | $69,882,791 |
| 353 | Steve Bencich | $349,413,954 | 5 | $69,882,791 |
| 354 | Barry Fanaro | $348,186,760 | 4 | $87,046,690 |
| 355 | Laeta Kalogridis | $348,141,372 | 5 | $69,628,274 |
| 356 | Ted Griffin | $345,396,881 | 5 | $69,079,376 |
| 357 | Maya Forbes | $344,524,392 | 9 | $38,280,488 |
| 358 | Stephen Sinclair | $344,456,114 | 1 | $344,456,114 |
| 359 | Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | $343,256,830 | 3 | $114,418,943 |
| 360 | Kevin James | $343,078,956 | 4 | $85,769,739 |
| 361 | Seth MacFarlane | $342,863,090 | 3 | $114,287,697 |
| 362 | Alec Sulkin | $342,863,090 | 3 | $114,287,697 |
| 363 | Chris Miller | $342,853,270 | 2 | $171,426,635 |
| 364 | Ed Decter | $341,103,274 | 5 | $68,220,655 |
| 365 | John J. Strauss | $341,103,274 | 5 | $68,220,655 |
| 366 | Steven Spielberg | $339,772,132 | 4 | $84,943,033 |
| 367 | Michael Mann | $339,758,105 | 9 | $37,750,901 |
| 368 | Peter Benchley | $339,364,262 | 3 | $113,121,421 |
| 369 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $338,599,642 | 4 | $84,649,911 |
| 370 | Peter Chiarelli | $338,490,952 | 3 | $112,830,317 |
| 371 | Christina Hodson | $337,789,904 | 6 | $56,298,317 |
| 372 | David Mamet | $337,479,750 | 14 | $24,105,696 |
| 373 | Gloria Katz | $337,474,665 | 5 | $67,494,933 |
| 374 | Josh Klausner | $337,448,191 | 2 | $168,724,096 |
| 375 | Andrew Lanham | $336,712,864 | 5 | $67,342,573 |
| 376 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $336,217,371 | 5 | $67,243,474 |
| 377 | Paul King | $335,517,481 | 4 | $83,879,370 |
| 378 | Don Payne | $335,482,657 | 3 | $111,827,552 |
| 379 | Jake Kasdan | $335,148,397 | 2 | $167,574,199 |
| 380 | Jon Watts | $334,770,535 | 4 | $83,692,634 |
| 381 | Nicole Perlman | $333,714,112 | 1 | $333,714,112 |
| 382 | Derek Kolstad | $333,651,781 | 5 | $66,730,356 |
| 383 | Larry Ferguson | $333,404,373 | 6 | $55,567,396 |
| 384 | Anthony McCarten | $332,348,683 | 6 | $55,391,447 |
| 385 | Willard Huyck | $332,298,242 | 5 | $66,459,648 |
| 386 | Derek Haas | $332,038,936 | 7 | $47,434,134 |
| 387 | Chris Columbus | $331,349,486 | 7 | $47,335,641 |
| 388 | Dan Scanlon | $330,043,474 | 2 | $165,021,737 |
| 389 | Chase Palmer | $328,831,924 | 2 | $164,415,962 |
| 390 | John Whittington | $328,689,056 | 3 | $109,563,019 |
| 391 | Bill Peet | $327,582,353 | 4 | $81,895,588 |
| 392 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $326,619,053 | 6 | $54,436,509 |
| 393 | David Franzoni | $323,560,086 | 6 | $53,926,681 |
| 394 | Peter Tolan | $323,530,690 | 7 | $46,218,670 |
| 395 | Alfonso Cuarón | $323,294,969 | 4 | $80,823,742 |
| 396 | Justin Lin | $322,934,350 | 3 | $107,644,783 |
| 397 | Aron Warner | $322,719,944 | 1 | $322,719,944 |
| 398 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $322,305,757 | 8 | $40,288,220 |
| 399 | Jonathan Hales | $321,676,740 | 2 | $160,838,370 |
| 400 | Will Fetters | $321,580,457 | 5 | $64,316,091 |
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.