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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box OfficeBETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Stephen McFeely
| Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($291,710,957 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Thor: The Dark World ($206,362,140 in 2013), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505 in 2011), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ($141,621,490 in 2008), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($104,386,950 in 2010), Pain & Gain ($49,875,291 in 2013) |
2
Christopher Markus
| Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($291,710,957 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Thor: The Dark World ($206,362,140 in 2013), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505 in 2011), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ($141,621,490 in 2008), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($104,386,950 in 2010), Pain & Gain ($49,875,291 in 2013) |
3
David Koepp
| Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 34 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Jurassic Park ($415,404,543 in 1993), Spider-Man ($405,930,363 in 2002), Jurassic World Rebirth ($339,640,400 in 2025), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($317,101,119 in 2008), War of the Worlds ($234,280,354 in 2005), The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($229,086,679 in 1997), Mission: Impossible ($180,981,886 in 1996), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ($174,480,468 in 2023), Angels & Demons ($133,375,846 in 2009), The Mummy ($80,101,125 in 2017) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen McFeely | $3,175,631,122 | 12 | $264,635,927 |
| 2 | Christopher Markus | $3,175,631,122 | 12 | $264,635,927 |
| 3 | David Koepp | $2,972,756,330 | 34 | $87,434,010 |
| 4 | James Cameron | $2,920,352,391 | 14 | $208,596,599 |
| 5 | Steve Kloves | $2,516,779,259 | 13 | $193,598,405 |
| 6 | Andrew Stanton | $2,495,771,976 | 9 | $277,307,997 |
| 7 | Ehren Kruger | $2,363,887,497 | 17 | $139,052,206 |
| 8 | Chris McKenna | $2,357,191,645 | 9 | $261,910,183 |
| 9 | Christopher Nolan | $2,345,252,326 | 11 | $213,204,757 |
| 10 | Erik Sommers | $2,337,663,043 | 8 | $292,207,880 |
| 11 | Terry Rossio | $2,328,293,646 | 19 | $122,541,771 |
| 12 | Lawrence Kasdan | $2,299,330,209 | 14 | $164,237,872 |
| 13 | Fran Walsh | $2,159,976,753 | 12 | $179,998,063 |
| 14 | Peter Jackson | $2,159,976,753 | 11 | $196,361,523 |
| 15 | Ken Daurio | $2,137,922,144 | 9 | $237,546,905 |
| 16 | George Lucas | $2,105,650,547 | 6 | $350,941,758 |
| 17 | Ted Elliott | $2,063,146,047 | 12 | $171,928,837 |
| 18 | J.J. Abrams | $1,955,927,093 | 7 | $279,418,156 |
| 19 | Amanda Silver | $1,932,608,673 | 8 | $241,576,084 |
| 20 | Philippa Boyens | $1,922,297,007 | 10 | $192,229,701 |
| 21 | Chris Morgan | $1,889,107,329 | 14 | $134,936,238 |
| 22 | Akiva Goldsman | $1,852,197,065 | 21 | $88,199,860 |
| 23 | Christopher McQuarrie | $1,788,927,844 | 12 | $149,077,320 |
| 24 | Cinco Paul | $1,776,917,939 | 8 | $222,114,742 |
| 25 | James Gunn | $1,757,141,908 | 13 | $135,164,762 |
| 26 | Michael Arndt | $1,752,248,971 | 6 | $292,041,495 |
| 27 | Alex Kurtzman | $1,739,093,035 | 10 | $173,909,304 |
| 28 | Roberto Orci | $1,739,093,035 | 10 | $173,909,304 |
| 29 | Rick Jaffa | $1,724,063,084 | 7 | $246,294,726 |
| 30 | Ryan Coogler | $1,714,582,333 | 6 | $285,763,722 |
| 31 | Jeff Nathanson | $1,706,931,093 | 12 | $142,244,258 |
| 32 | Rhett Reese | $1,628,796,154 | 15 | $108,586,410 |
| 33 | Paul Wernick | $1,625,873,800 | 14 | $116,133,843 |
| 34 | M. Night Shyamalan | $1,610,621,730 | 16 | $100,663,858 |
| 35 | Glenn Berger | $1,590,830,286 | 12 | $132,569,191 |
| 36 | Jonathan Aibel | $1,590,830,286 | 12 | $132,569,191 |
| 37 | Tony Gilroy | $1,522,275,937 | 17 | $89,545,643 |
| 38 | Colin Trevorrow | $1,447,977,465 | 4 | $361,994,366 |
| 39 | John Logan | $1,444,559,766 | 19 | $76,029,461 |
| 40 | Linda Woolverton | $1,438,718,139 | 8 | $179,839,767 |
| 41 | Joss Whedon | $1,438,308,961 | 9 | $159,812,107 |
| 42 | Melissa Rosenberg | $1,434,787,817 | 7 | $204,969,688 |
| 43 | Sylvester Stallone | $1,419,575,112 | 23 | $61,720,657 |
| 44 | Peter Craig | $1,330,896,520 | 9 | $147,877,391 |
| 45 | Robert Wade | $1,322,357,364 | 9 | $146,928,596 |
| 46 | Neal Purvis | $1,317,945,194 | 8 | $164,743,149 |
| 47 | Guillermo del Toro | $1,317,612,623 | 19 | $69,348,033 |
| 48 | David S. Goyer | $1,281,471,419 | 14 | $91,533,673 |
| 49 | Scott Rosenberg | $1,259,643,670 | 12 | $104,970,306 |
| 50 | Derek Connolly | $1,252,612,854 | 7 | $178,944,693 |
| 51 | Jonathan Nolan | $1,241,080,277 | 4 | $310,270,069 |
| 52 | Simon Kinberg | $1,237,260,143 | 12 | $103,105,012 |
| 53 | Jennifer Lee | $1,232,191,693 | 6 | $205,365,282 |
| 54 | Brad Bird | $1,226,385,601 | 7 | $175,197,943 |
| 55 | Jeff Pinkner | $1,223,996,220 | 8 | $152,999,528 |
| 56 | Eric Roth | $1,220,377,759 | 19 | $64,230,408 |
| 57 | Chris Terrio | $1,211,770,939 | 5 | $242,354,188 |
| 58 | John Hughes | $1,198,831,057 | 19 | $63,096,371 |
| 59 | Joe Robert Cole | $1,153,888,626 | 5 | $230,777,725 |
| 60 | Jared Bush | $1,146,524,211 | 5 | $229,304,842 |
| 61 | Chris Weitz | $1,137,517,293 | 10 | $113,751,729 |
| 62 | Meg LeFauve | $1,132,529,025 | 4 | $283,132,256 |
| 63 | Dana Fox | $1,086,420,914 | 12 | $90,535,076 |
| 64 | Todd Phillips | $1,085,152,335 | 10 | $108,515,234 |
| 65 | Roland Emmerich | $1,083,891,331 | 8 | $135,486,416 |
| 66 | David N. Weiss | $1,082,158,606 | 11 | $98,378,055 |
| 67 | Phil Lord | $1,060,807,863 | 6 | $176,801,311 |
| 68 | Christopher Miller | $1,060,807,863 | 7 | $151,543,980 |
| 69 | Alvin Sargent | $1,057,285,393 | 9 | $117,476,155 |
| 70 | Adam Sandler | $1,055,176,573 | 15 | $70,345,105 |
| 71 | J. David Stem | $1,044,280,344 | 9 | $116,031,149 |
| 72 | Harold Ramis | $1,006,598,653 | 13 | $77,430,666 |
| 73 | Matthew Fogel | $983,399,439 | 4 | $245,849,860 |
| 74 | Brian Lynch | $972,440,325 | 5 | $194,488,065 |
| 75 | William Broyles Jr. | $968,925,371 | 7 | $138,417,910 |
| 76 | John August | $966,033,075 | 11 | $87,821,189 |
| 77 | John Hamburg | $965,601,591 | 11 | $87,781,963 |
| 78 | Dean DeBlois | $964,384,032 | 5 | $192,876,806 |
| 79 | Luc Besson | $950,976,249 | 38 | $25,025,691 |
| 80 | Robert Mark Kamen | $939,180,210 | 16 | $58,698,763 |
| 81 | Gary Dauberman | $938,565,018 | 10 | $93,856,502 |
| 82 | Michael McCullers | $937,235,764 | 7 | $133,890,823 |
| 83 | David Leslie Johnson | $926,497,919 | 9 | $102,944,213 |
| 84 | Noah Baumbach | $919,996,983 | 15 | $61,333,132 |
| 85 | Tim Herlihy | $918,568,824 | 12 | $76,547,402 |
| 86 | Eric Warren Singer | $912,621,855 | 9 | $101,402,428 |
| 87 | Billy Ray | $911,989,085 | 16 | $56,999,318 |
| 88 | Mike White | $905,408,322 | 11 | $82,309,847 |
| 89 | Steven Zaillian | $895,093,623 | 16 | $55,943,351 |
| 90 | Nicholas Stoller | $887,829,110 | 17 | $52,225,242 |
| 91 | Andrew Adamson | $885,667,904 | 5 | $177,133,581 |
| 92 | Adam McKay | $877,750,548 | 10 | $87,775,055 |
| 93 | Irene Mecchi | $872,943,943 | 5 | $174,588,789 |
| 94 | David Callaham | $871,450,767 | 10 | $87,145,077 |
| 95 | Rian Johnson | $869,107,390 | 6 | $144,851,232 |
| 96 | Scott Frank | $866,938,989 | 12 | $72,244,916 |
| 97 | Mark Bomback | $866,196,007 | 11 | $78,745,092 |
| 98 | Jeffrey Price | $857,368,033 | 5 | $171,473,607 |
| 99 | Peter S. Seaman | $857,368,033 | 5 | $171,473,607 |
| 100 | Joe Stillman | $856,289,649 | 5 | $171,257,930 |
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.