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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Chris Columbus | $337,468,316 | 8 | $42,183,540 |
| 402 | Josh Klausner | $337,448,191 | 2 | $168,724,096 |
| 403 | Andrew Lanham | $336,712,864 | 5 | $67,342,573 |
| 404 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $336,217,371 | 5 | $67,243,474 |
| 405 | Paul King | $335,770,242 | 4 | $83,942,561 |
| 406 | Don Payne | $335,482,657 | 3 | $111,827,552 |
| 407 | Jake Kasdan | $335,148,397 | 2 | $167,574,199 |
| 408 | Jon Watts | $334,770,535 | 4 | $83,692,634 |
| 409 | Nicole Perlman | $333,714,112 | 1 | $333,714,112 |
| 410 | Derek Kolstad | $333,651,781 | 7 | $47,664,540 |
| 411 | Larry Ferguson | $333,404,373 | 6 | $55,567,396 |
| 412 | Anthony McCarten | $332,348,683 | 6 | $55,391,447 |
| 413 | Willard Huyck | $332,298,242 | 5 | $66,459,648 |
| 414 | Derek Haas | $332,038,936 | 7 | $47,434,134 |
| 415 | Paul Weitz | $331,456,824 | 11 | $30,132,439 |
| 416 | Dan Scanlon | $330,043,474 | 2 | $165,021,737 |
| 417 | John Milius | $329,749,999 | 6 | $54,958,333 |
| 418 | Chase Palmer | $328,831,924 | 3 | $109,610,641 |
| 419 | Kirsten Smith | $328,626,831 | 8 | $41,078,354 |
| 420 | Bill Peet | $327,582,353 | 4 | $81,895,588 |
| 421 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $326,619,053 | 6 | $54,436,509 |
| 422 | Zach Baylin | $324,083,279 | 6 | $54,013,880 |
| 423 | David Franzoni | $323,560,086 | 6 | $53,926,681 |
| 424 | Peter Tolan | $323,530,690 | 7 | $46,218,670 |
| 425 | Alfonso Cuarón | $323,294,969 | 4 | $80,823,742 |
| 426 | Justin Lin | $322,934,350 | 4 | $80,733,588 |
| 427 | Aron Warner | $322,719,944 | 1 | $322,719,944 |
| 428 | Jonathan Hales | $321,676,740 | 2 | $160,838,370 |
| 429 | Will Fetters | $321,580,457 | 5 | $64,316,091 |
| 430 | Mark Frost | $320,702,545 | 4 | $80,175,636 |
| 431 | Matt Damon | $319,078,198 | 4 | $79,769,550 |
| 432 | Delia Ephron | $317,187,809 | 5 | $63,437,562 |
| 433 | Mike Rich | $316,702,989 | 4 | $79,175,747 |
| 434 | Joshua Sternin | $315,086,421 | 4 | $78,771,605 |
| 435 | Jennifer Ventimilia | $315,086,421 | 4 | $78,771,605 |
| 436 | Craig Kyle | $315,058,289 | 2 | $157,529,145 |
| 437 | Justin Favreau | $312,433,331 | 1 | $312,433,331 |
| 438 | Boaz Yakin | $312,180,797 | 11 | $28,380,072 |
| 439 | Mark Andrews | $310,340,861 | 2 | $155,170,431 |
| 440 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $310,187,727 | 4 | $77,546,932 |
| 441 | Paul Fisher | $310,037,762 | 3 | $103,345,921 |
| 442 | Stirling Silliphant | $309,701,546 | 8 | $38,712,693 |
| 443 | George Nolfi | $309,447,454 | 6 | $51,574,576 |
| 444 | Nick Schenk | $309,329,831 | 5 | $61,865,966 |
| 445 | Edward Zwick | $308,003,318 | 8 | $38,500,415 |
| 446 | Jenny Bicks | $305,878,609 | 2 | $152,939,305 |
| 447 | T.S. Nowlin | $305,632,168 | 5 | $61,126,434 |
| 448 | Steve Martin | $305,242,185 | 9 | $33,915,798 |
| 449 | Lorne Cameron | $304,607,155 | 3 | $101,535,718 |
| 450 | Timothy Dowling | $303,855,841 | 6 | $50,642,640 |
| 451 | Leigh Brackett | $303,538,960 | 4 | $75,884,740 |
| 452 | Audrey Wells | $303,077,545 | 6 | $50,512,924 |
| 453 | Guy Busick | $301,265,580 | 7 | $43,037,940 |
| 454 | William Monahan | $300,676,112 | 9 | $33,408,457 |
| 455 | Eric Heisserer | $300,499,349 | 10 | $30,049,935 |
| 456 | Nat Mauldin | $300,010,772 | 5 | $60,002,154 |
| 457 | Jordan Roberts | $299,965,051 | 4 | $74,991,263 |
| 458 | Nick Bakay | $297,788,638 | 3 | $99,262,879 |
| 459 | Wesley Strick | $297,787,256 | 8 | $37,223,407 |
| 460 | Ken Nolan | $297,392,392 | 4 | $74,348,098 |
| 461 | J.F. Lawton | $297,011,712 | 5 | $59,402,342 |
| 462 | James Schamus | $295,900,982 | 8 | $36,987,623 |
| 463 | Reid Carolin | $293,579,963 | 5 | $58,715,993 |
| 464 | Michael Goldberg | $293,291,596 | 5 | $58,658,319 |
| 465 | Pat Proft | $293,213,110 | 8 | $36,651,639 |
| 466 | Seth Grahame-Smith | $292,996,672 | 6 | $48,832,779 |
| 467 | David Self | $292,000,049 | 4 | $73,000,012 |
| 468 | Graham Yost | $291,497,967 | 6 | $48,582,995 |
| 469 | Scott Beck | $291,047,752 | 7 | $41,578,250 |
| 470 | Bryan Woods | $291,047,752 | 7 | $41,578,250 |
| 471 | Chad Hayes | $290,744,776 | 7 | $41,534,968 |
| 472 | Carey Hayes | $290,744,776 | 7 | $41,534,968 |
| 473 | Wes Anderson | $290,147,112 | 14 | $20,724,794 |
| 474 | Richard Maibaum | $289,967,035 | 8 | $36,245,879 |
| 475 | Matt Lopez | $289,372,917 | 8 | $36,171,615 |
| 476 | Leo Benvenuti | $288,845,615 | 3 | $96,281,872 |
| 477 | Steve Rudnick | $288,845,615 | 3 | $96,281,872 |
| 478 | Michael LeSieur | $287,865,721 | 2 | $143,932,861 |
| 479 | Vance Gerry | $287,862,989 | 5 | $57,572,598 |
| 480 | Sam Hamm | $285,729,898 | 3 | $95,243,299 |
| 481 | Tony Kushner | $285,466,330 | 4 | $71,366,583 |
| 482 | Sheldon Turner | $281,460,604 | 6 | $46,910,101 |
| 483 | Rodo Sayagues | $281,408,860 | 4 | $70,352,215 |
| 484 | Andrew Kevin Walker | $280,367,636 | 10 | $28,036,764 |
| 485 | Harald Kloser | $279,957,028 | 3 | $93,319,009 |
| 486 | Julian Fellowes | $279,739,349 | 13 | $21,518,411 |
| 487 | Roger S.H. Schulman | $279,645,811 | 2 | $139,822,906 |
| 488 | Steven Rogers | $278,980,111 | 7 | $39,854,302 |
| 489 | Jeremy Slater | $278,724,456 | 7 | $39,817,779 |
| 490 | Vanessa Taylor | $278,343,341 | 7 | $39,763,334 |
| 491 | Mel Brooks | $278,188,868 | 6 | $46,364,811 |
| 492 | Anthony Minghella | $277,836,644 | 6 | $46,306,107 |
| 493 | Will McRobb | $277,335,277 | 2 | $138,667,639 |
| 494 | Chris Viscardi | $277,335,277 | 2 | $138,667,639 |
| 495 | Sam Harper | $277,312,879 | 3 | $92,437,626 |
| 496 | Gene Stupnitsky | $277,222,723 | 4 | $69,305,681 |
| 497 | Marc Silverstein | $276,127,901 | 5 | $55,225,580 |
| 498 | Jonas Cuaron | $276,094,741 | 3 | $92,031,580 |
| 499 | Andrew Barrer | $275,747,161 | 4 | $68,936,790 |
| 500 | Gabriel Ferrari | $275,747,161 | 3 | $91,915,720 |
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.