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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Chris Columbus | $331,349,486 | 7 | $47,335,641 |
| 402 | Dan Scanlon | $330,043,474 | 2 | $165,021,737 |
| 403 | Chase Palmer | $328,831,924 | 2 | $164,415,962 |
| 404 | John Whittington | $328,689,056 | 4 | $82,172,264 |
| 405 | Bill Peet | $327,582,353 | 4 | $81,895,588 |
| 406 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $326,619,053 | 6 | $54,436,509 |
| 407 | David Franzoni | $323,560,086 | 6 | $53,926,681 |
| 408 | Peter Tolan | $323,530,690 | 7 | $46,218,670 |
| 409 | Alfonso Cuarón | $323,294,969 | 4 | $80,823,742 |
| 410 | Justin Lin | $322,934,350 | 3 | $107,644,783 |
| 411 | Aron Warner | $322,719,944 | 1 | $322,719,944 |
| 412 | Zach Baylin | $321,984,332 | 6 | $53,664,055 |
| 413 | Jonathan Hales | $321,676,740 | 2 | $160,838,370 |
| 414 | Will Fetters | $321,580,457 | 5 | $64,316,091 |
| 415 | Mark Frost | $320,702,545 | 4 | $80,175,636 |
| 416 | Matt Damon | $319,078,198 | 4 | $79,769,550 |
| 417 | Delia Ephron | $317,187,809 | 5 | $63,437,562 |
| 418 | Mike Rich | $316,702,989 | 4 | $79,175,747 |
| 419 | Joshua Sternin | $315,086,421 | 4 | $78,771,605 |
| 420 | Jennifer Ventimilia | $315,086,421 | 4 | $78,771,605 |
| 421 | Craig Kyle | $315,058,289 | 2 | $157,529,145 |
| 422 | Justin Favreau | $312,433,331 | 1 | $312,433,331 |
| 423 | Boaz Yakin | $312,150,705 | 10 | $31,215,071 |
| 424 | Mark Andrews | $310,340,861 | 2 | $155,170,431 |
| 425 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $310,187,727 | 4 | $77,546,932 |
| 426 | Paul Fisher | $310,037,762 | 3 | $103,345,921 |
| 427 | George Nolfi | $309,447,454 | 6 | $51,574,576 |
| 428 | Nick Schenk | $309,329,831 | 5 | $61,865,966 |
| 429 | Edward Zwick | $308,003,318 | 8 | $38,500,415 |
| 430 | Jenny Bicks | $305,878,609 | 2 | $152,939,305 |
| 431 | T.S. Nowlin | $305,632,168 | 5 | $61,126,434 |
| 432 | Steve Martin | $305,242,185 | 9 | $33,915,798 |
| 433 | Lorne Cameron | $304,607,155 | 3 | $101,535,718 |
| 434 | Timothy Dowling | $303,855,841 | 6 | $50,642,640 |
| 435 | Leigh Brackett | $303,538,960 | 4 | $75,884,740 |
| 436 | Audrey Wells | $303,077,545 | 6 | $50,512,924 |
| 437 | William Monahan | $300,546,847 | 9 | $33,394,094 |
| 438 | Eric Heisserer | $300,499,349 | 10 | $30,049,935 |
| 439 | Jordan Roberts | $299,965,051 | 4 | $74,991,263 |
| 440 | Nat Mauldin | $297,805,286 | 4 | $74,451,322 |
| 441 | Nick Bakay | $297,788,638 | 3 | $99,262,879 |
| 442 | Wesley Strick | $297,787,256 | 8 | $37,223,407 |
| 443 | J.F. Lawton | $297,011,712 | 5 | $59,402,342 |
| 444 | James Schamus | $293,823,414 | 7 | $41,974,773 |
| 445 | Reid Carolin | $293,579,963 | 5 | $58,715,993 |
| 446 | Michael Goldberg | $293,291,596 | 5 | $58,658,319 |
| 447 | Seth Grahame-Smith | $292,996,672 | 6 | $48,832,779 |
| 448 | David Self | $292,000,049 | 4 | $73,000,012 |
| 449 | Graham Yost | $291,497,967 | 6 | $48,582,995 |
| 450 | Lawrence Konner | $290,837,741 | 8 | $36,354,718 |
| 451 | Chad Hayes | $290,744,776 | 7 | $41,534,968 |
| 452 | Carey Hayes | $290,744,776 | 7 | $41,534,968 |
| 453 | Kirsten Smith | $290,448,865 | 7 | $41,492,695 |
| 454 | Wes Anderson | $290,147,112 | 13 | $22,319,009 |
| 455 | Richard Maibaum | $289,967,035 | 8 | $36,245,879 |
| 456 | Matt Lopez | $289,372,917 | 7 | $41,338,988 |
| 457 | Steve Rudnick | $288,845,615 | 3 | $96,281,872 |
| 458 | Leo Benvenuti | $288,845,615 | 3 | $96,281,872 |
| 459 | Vance Gerry | $287,862,989 | 5 | $57,572,598 |
| 460 | Michael LeSieur | $287,603,556 | 2 | $143,801,778 |
| 461 | Tony Kushner | $285,466,330 | 4 | $71,366,583 |
| 462 | John Milius | $285,069,526 | 5 | $57,013,905 |
| 463 | Sam Hamm | $284,267,205 | 3 | $94,755,735 |
| 464 | Mark Rosenthal | $282,600,338 | 7 | $40,371,477 |
| 465 | Sheldon Turner | $281,460,604 | 5 | $56,292,121 |
| 466 | Rodo Sayagues | $280,186,330 | 4 | $70,046,583 |
| 467 | Harald Kloser | $279,957,028 | 3 | $93,319,009 |
| 468 | Julian Fellowes | $279,739,349 | 13 | $21,518,411 |
| 469 | Andrew Kevin Walker | $279,585,122 | 9 | $31,065,014 |
| 470 | Roger S.H. Schulman | $279,297,401 | 2 | $139,648,701 |
| 471 | Steven Rogers | $278,980,111 | 7 | $39,854,302 |
| 472 | Vanessa Taylor | $278,343,341 | 6 | $46,390,557 |
| 473 | Jeremy Slater | $278,269,134 | 6 | $46,378,189 |
| 474 | Anthony Minghella | $277,836,644 | 6 | $46,306,107 |
| 475 | Mel Brooks | $277,810,679 | 6 | $46,301,780 |
| 476 | Chris Viscardi | $277,335,277 | 2 | $138,667,639 |
| 477 | Will McRobb | $277,335,277 | 2 | $138,667,639 |
| 478 | Gene Stupnitsky | $277,222,723 | 4 | $69,305,681 |
| 479 | Len Blum | $276,339,423 | 6 | $46,056,571 |
| 480 | Marc Silverstein | $276,127,901 | 5 | $55,225,580 |
| 481 | Jonas Cuaron | $276,094,741 | 3 | $92,031,580 |
| 482 | Joe Cornish | $275,608,959 | 5 | $55,121,792 |
| 483 | Andrew Niccol | $275,342,085 | 9 | $30,593,565 |
| 484 | Erdman Penner | $274,764,608 | 5 | $54,952,922 |
| 485 | William Peter Blatty | $273,336,924 | 4 | $68,334,231 |
| 486 | Ben Affleck | $272,152,415 | 5 | $54,430,483 |
| 487 | Joe Ranft | $272,014,443 | 2 | $136,007,222 |
| 488 | Marlon Wayans | $271,546,712 | 7 | $38,792,387 |
| 489 | Hossein Amini | $271,459,509 | 11 | $24,678,137 |
| 490 | Ryan Engle | $271,457,513 | 7 | $38,779,645 |
| 491 | Mark Steven Johnson | $271,244,903 | 4 | $67,811,226 |
| 492 | Michael Finch | $270,867,049 | 5 | $54,173,410 |
| 493 | William Wisher | $270,850,916 | 3 | $90,283,639 |
| 494 | Chris Henchy | $270,688,770 | 4 | $67,672,193 |
| 495 | Bill Walsh | $270,314,930 | 6 | $45,052,488 |
| 496 | Katrin Benedikt | $269,804,832 | 5 | $53,960,966 |
| 497 | Creighton Rothenberger | $269,804,832 | 5 | $53,960,966 |
| 498 | Tom Wheeler | $269,020,002 | 3 | $89,673,334 |
| 499 | Damien Chazelle | $268,739,455 | 8 | $33,592,432 |
| 500 | Don Roos | $268,520,330 | 7 | $38,360,047 |
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.