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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 Scott Silver $551,305,281 5 $110,261,056
202 Jonathan Hensleigh $543,377,314 11 $49,397,938
203 Richard LaGravenese $539,103,536 16 $33,693,971
204 Jim Cash $537,497,386 7 $76,785,341
205 Bruce Joel Rubin $534,158,298 8 $66,769,787
206 David Lindsay-Abaire $533,604,294 7 $76,229,185
207 Aaron Sorkin $533,178,310 10 $53,317,831
208 Matthew Vaughn $529,965,029 7 $75,709,290
209 Josh Appelbaum $527,871,051 5 $105,574,210
210 Andre Nemec $527,871,051 6 $87,978,509
211 Don Rhymer $526,353,692 8 $65,794,212
212 Christopher L. Yost $525,239,093 3 $175,079,698
213 Matt Ember $525,228,484 5 $105,045,697
214 Mark L. Smith $524,897,377 10 $52,489,738
215 Adam Sztykiel $524,677,490 9 $58,297,499
216 David Twohy $523,322,071 13 $40,255,544
217 Cormac Wibberley $522,484,507 6 $87,080,751
218 Marianne Wibberley $522,484,507 6 $87,080,751
219 Richard Curtis $522,389,542 13 $40,183,811
220 Stephen Chbosky $521,757,113 2 $260,878,557
221 William Goldman $521,183,681 17 $30,657,864
222 Jack Epps, Jr. $505,970,993 6 $84,328,499
223 John Lee Hancock $505,085,059 9 $56,120,562
224 Rob Letterman $503,868,872 3 $167,956,291
225 Steve Koren $503,000,077 5 $100,600,015
226 Robert Ben Garant $498,752,696 7 $71,250,385
227 Evan Daugherty $497,289,404 5 $99,457,881
228 Cary Joji Fukunaga $492,347,323 4 $123,086,831
229 Will Ferrell $490,563,420 6 $81,760,570
230 J.K. Rowling $489,444,320 3 $163,148,107
231 Warren Skaaren $488,369,151 4 $122,092,288
232 Bill Condon $488,241,502 10 $48,824,150
233 Susannah Grant $486,796,838 8 $60,849,605
234 Victoria Strouse $486,295,561 3 $162,098,520
235 Geneva Robertson $485,080,642 2 $242,540,321
236 Bob Gale $483,655,031 7 $69,093,576
237 Joel Cohen $476,009,082 6 $79,334,847
238 Alec Sokolow $476,009,082 7 $68,001,297
239 Jared Stern $475,939,272 6 $79,323,212
240 Max Borenstein $474,145,144 6 $79,024,191
241 Winnie Holzman $473,231,120 1 $473,231,120
242 Edgar Wright $472,917,618 9 $52,546,402
243 John Krasinski $467,213,941 4 $116,803,485
244 Cameron Crowe $466,152,872 10 $46,615,287
245 Paul Rudd $464,151,858 3 $154,717,286
246 Jac Schaeffer $462,246,877 2 $231,123,439
247 Herschel Weingrod $461,553,579 7 $65,936,226
248 Michael Goldenberg $461,418,925 5 $92,283,785
249 Chris Bowman $461,313,238 3 $153,771,079
250 Hubbel Palmer $461,313,238 3 $153,771,079
251 Baz Luhrmann $461,273,671 6 $76,878,945
252 Gilbert Taylor $460,998,007 1 $460,998,007
253 Dana Ledoux Miller $460,405,297 1 $460,405,297
254 Ronald Bass $455,523,586 8 $56,940,448
255 Mark Fergus $455,210,449 4 $113,802,612
256 Hawk Ostby $455,210,449 4 $113,802,612
257 James DeMonaco $452,470,090 10 $45,247,009
258 James L. Brooks $452,279,077 6 $75,379,846
259 Danny McBride $452,174,374 8 $56,521,797
260 Leigh Whannell $452,031,317 12 $37,669,276
261 Jim Herzfeld $449,748,741 3 $149,916,247
262 David Sheffield $448,446,156 6 $74,741,026
263 Mark Burton $448,245,988 10 $44,824,599
264 Tab Murphy $447,628,251 5 $89,525,650
265 Carl Gottlieb $445,194,151 5 $89,038,830
266 Craig Pearce $442,925,932 6 $73,820,989
267 David O. Russell $441,880,838 10 $44,188,084
268 Phil Hay $440,593,178 8 $55,074,147
269 Joe Carnahan $439,653,559 12 $36,637,797
270 Allan Loeb $438,893,406 12 $36,574,451
271 Kurt Johnstad $438,781,762 7 $62,683,109
272 Ryan Fleck $437,103,868 6 $72,850,645
273 Anna Boden $437,103,868 6 $72,850,645
274 Emily Carmichael $436,725,605 2 $218,362,803
275 James V. Hart $434,594,163 7 $62,084,880
276 Stephany Folsom $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
277 Garth Jennings $433,120,035 2 $216,560,018
278 Sam Raimi $432,893,253 6 $72,148,876
279 John-Henry Butterworth $432,846,374 6 $72,141,062
280 Christopher Landon $430,787,752 14 $30,770,554
281 Scott Derrickson $429,170,130 7 $61,310,019
282 Dean Georgaris $428,203,190 6 $71,367,198
283 Josh Friedman $428,083,332 3 $142,694,444
284 Skip Woods $427,203,391 6 $71,200,565
285 Fred Wolf $427,066,282 10 $42,706,628
286 Justin Haythe $426,468,747 7 $60,924,107
287 Chris Galletta $425,264,695 3 $141,754,898
288 Randall Wallace $425,014,317 6 $70,835,720
289 Charles Shyer $424,222,617 8 $53,027,827
290 Neil Widener $423,949,195 1 $423,949,195
291 Gavin James $423,949,195 1 $423,949,195
292 David Ronn $423,227,552 5 $84,645,510
293 Jay Scherick $423,227,552 5 $84,645,510
294 David Benioff $422,784,217 7 $60,397,745
295 Marc Lawrence $422,644,736 10 $42,264,474
296 Mel Gibson $421,649,565 5 $84,329,913
297 Robert Smigel $418,031,995 4 $104,507,999
298 Michael Bacall $417,983,884 7 $59,711,983
299 Shay Hatten $415,416,099 8 $51,927,012
300 Dan Harris $415,069,694 2 $207,534,847

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.