| Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 5 films, with $926,773,409 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #292) |
| Best-known technical roles: The Martian (Screenwriter), The Martian (Executive Producer), 10 Cloverfield Lane (Executive Producer), Cloverfield (Screenwriter), The Cabin in the Woods (Director) |
| Most productive collaborators: Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, Jessica Chastain, Andy Weir, Kristen Wiig |
| Born: February 26, 1975 (49 years old) |
| Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Technical Roles | Screenwriter | 5 | $368,394,488 | $558,378,921 | $926,773,409 |
| Executive Producer | 3 | $300,516,662 | $461,378,867 | $761,895,529 | |
| Director | 2 | $59,912,392 | $41,949,684 | $101,862,076 | |
| Producer | 1 | $17,839,115 | $13,339,827 | $31,178,942 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
January 15th, 2019
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Bad Times at the El Royale was a film I was really hoping would do well at the box office. It has a great cast, I’m a fan of the the writer / director, and I love Film Noir. However, it wasn’t to be. It only managed seventh place during its opening weekend and quickly left theaters. Did it deserve better? Or did it fail to live up to its potential in terms of quality as well?
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October 1st, 2018
September turned out to be a solid month. The Nun beat expectations to become a $100 million hit, while there were also several midlevel hits in the mix. Granted, it lost ground when compared to last September, but last September broke records, and this September held on better than expected. Hopefully this means October will be able to continue 2018’s winning ways. There are several potential $100 million hits, starting with Venom and A Star is Born, which open the first weekend. Meanwhile, both First Man and Halloween could break the century mark later in the month. By comparison, last October, no movie topped $100 million, with Blade Runner 2049 coming the closest. 2018 should extend its lead over 2017 during the full month, potentially by a significant margin.
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June 11th, 2016
I previously reviewed The Martian when it first came out on the home market all of five months ago… Let’s just state for the record that five months is far too short of a time between a release and a special edition. Anything less than a year feels more like a cash grab than something special. That said, is the Extended Edition of this film worth checking out? Is it worth picking up? Is it worth a double-dip?
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February 28th, 2016
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It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.
If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD.
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February 20th, 2016
With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. The Best Adapted Screenplay category is about as competitive as the Best Original Screenplay, which is to say it isn't competitive at all.
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January 15th, 2016
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The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in.
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January 6th, 2016
The Writers Guild of America nominees were announced and there are only a few surprises here. Additionally, one of these three races seems too close to call at this point.
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October 1st, 2015
September ended on a record note with the debut of Hotel Transylvania 2. Additionally, there was great depth and 2015's lead over 2014 grew to nearly $500 million. How do things look going forward? The month starts out with The Martian, which should have no trouble becoming the biggest hit of the month and might even top $200 million. On the other hand, no other film is expected to get to $100 million. There's only one or two that will even come close. Fortunately, last October was very similar with one $100 million hit, Gone Girl, while two other films came close, Annabelle and Fury. It looks like it will be up to the depth films from both years to determine which year comes out on top.
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June 2nd, 2013
May ended on a mixed note, but there was still enough to celebrate. Of the seven films I thought had a legitimate shot at $100 million, four have already gotten there, one more is a sure thing, and another has a good shot as well. Only one, After Earth, will definitely fail to get to that milestone. (Although Now You See Me might get there instead.) Looking forward to June, there are four weekends, each with two wide releases, for a total of eight films. Of those eight, six have a legitimate shot at $100 million. One, Monsters University, should have no trouble getting to $200 million, and another, Man of Steel, should top $300 million. It is hard to compare this June with last June, because last June there were five weekends. Taking that into account and ignoring the first week, which lines up with the final week of May, there were eight wide releases. Of those eight, five hit $100 million, including three $200 million movies. There were no $300 million movies, so if the two big hits this month do as well as expected, 2013 could come out ahead.
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| Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Project Hail Mary | Screenwriter | |||
| Oct 12, 2018 | Bad Times at the El Royale | Director Producer Screenwriter |
$17,839,115 | $13,339,827 | $31,178,942 |
| Mar 11, 2016 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Executive Producer | $72,082,999 | $36,203,423 | $108,286,422 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | The Martian | Screenwriter Executive Producer |
$228,433,663 | $425,175,444 | $653,609,107 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Screenwriter Director |
$42,073,277 | $28,609,857 | $70,683,134 |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Cloverfield | Screenwriter | $80,048,433 | $91,253,793 | $171,302,226 |
| Averages | $88,095,497 | $118,916,469 | $207,011,966 | ||
| Totals | 6 | $440,477,487 | $594,582,344 | $1,035,059,831 | |
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2018 | Bad Times at the El Ro… | $7,132,647 | 2,808 | $17,839,115 | $31,178,942 | 57.2% |
| Apr 13, 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | $14,743,614 | 3,572 | $42,073,277 | $70,683,134 | 59.5% |
| Averages | $10,938,131 | 3,190 | $29,956,196 | $50,931,038 | 58.4% | |
| Totals | 2 | $59,912,392 | $101,862,076 | |||
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2018 | Bad Times at the El Ro… | $7,132,647 | 2,808 | $17,839,115 | $31,178,942 | 57.2% |
| Averages | $7,132,647 | 2,808 | $17,839,115 | $31,178,942 | 57.2% | |
| Totals | 1 | $17,839,115 | $31,178,942 | |||
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Project Hail Mary | |||||
| Oct 12, 2018 | Bad Times at the El Ro… | $7,132,647 | 2,808 | $17,839,115 | $31,178,942 | 57.2% |
| Oct 2, 2015 | The Martian | $54,308,575 | 3,854 | $228,433,663 | $653,609,107 | 34.9% |
| Apr 13, 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | $14,743,614 | 3,572 | $42,073,277 | $70,683,134 | 59.5% |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Cloverfield | $40,058,229 | 3,411 | $80,048,433 | $171,302,226 | 46.7% |
| Averages | $29,060,766 | 3,411 | $92,098,622 | $231,693,352 | 49.6% | |
| Totals | 5 | $368,394,488 | $926,773,409 | |||
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