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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Tyler Perry | $815,018,870 | 22 | $37,046,312 |
| 102 | Steve Oedekerk | $814,256,143 | 10 | $81,425,614 |
| 103 | Lowell Ganz | $807,934,269 | 14 | $57,709,591 |
| 104 | Babaloo Mandel | $807,934,269 | 14 | $57,709,591 |
| 105 | Michael Green | $805,190,342 | 10 | $80,519,034 |
| 106 | David Ayer | $804,462,935 | 10 | $80,446,294 |
| 107 | Greta Gerwig | $799,860,478 | 5 | $159,972,096 |
| 108 | Andy Wachowski | $783,865,578 | 7 | $111,980,797 |
| 109 | Brian Helgeland | $783,012,578 | 19 | $41,211,188 |
| 110 | Daniel Gerson | $781,165,582 | 3 | $260,388,527 |
| 111 | Sean Anders | $771,704,959 | 11 | $70,154,996 |
| 112 | John Morris | $771,704,959 | 11 | $70,154,996 |
| 113 | Robert Towne | $767,106,954 | 10 | $76,710,695 |
| 114 | Kelly Marcel | $766,378,961 | 6 | $127,729,827 |
| 115 | Joel Coen | $766,100,838 | 26 | $29,465,417 |
| 116 | Art Marcum | $759,339,943 | 8 | $94,917,493 |
| 117 | Matt Holloway | $759,339,943 | 8 | $94,917,493 |
| 118 | Lana Wachowski | $757,620,000 | 8 | $94,702,500 |
| 119 | Damon Lindelof | $757,579,838 | 6 | $126,263,306 |
| 120 | Nancy Meyers | $757,101,887 | 12 | $63,091,824 |
| 121 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $754,511,651 | 10 | $75,451,165 |
| 122 | David Leslie Johnson | $748,976,336 | 8 | $93,622,042 |
| 123 | John Francis Daley | $746,884,821 | 8 | $93,360,603 |
| 124 | Jonathan Goldstein | $746,884,821 | 8 | $93,360,603 |
| 125 | Allison Schroeder | $746,195,907 | 4 | $186,548,977 |
| 126 | Phil Johnston | $745,497,754 | 6 | $124,249,626 |
| 127 | James Mangold | $743,710,510 | 10 | $74,371,051 |
| 128 | Danny Strong | $735,870,176 | 5 | $147,174,035 |
| 129 | Jon Vitti | $727,585,966 | 5 | $145,517,193 |
| 130 | David Magee | $723,375,473 | 11 | $65,761,407 |
| 131 | Peter Farrelly | $717,476,075 | 14 | $51,248,291 |
| 132 | James Vanderbilt | $714,810,420 | 13 | $54,985,417 |
| 133 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $711,873,116 | 13 | $54,759,470 |
| 134 | Jez Butterworth | $706,348,183 | 10 | $70,634,818 |
| 135 | Darren Lemke | $702,637,725 | 9 | $78,070,858 |
| 136 | Dean DeBlois | $701,155,188 | 5 | $140,231,038 |
| 137 | Craig Mazin | $697,454,163 | 9 | $77,494,907 |
| 138 | Judd Apatow | $693,648,523 | 12 | $57,804,044 |
| 139 | Etan Cohen | $688,150,483 | 7 | $98,307,212 |
| 140 | Jared Bush | $686,118,914 | 4 | $171,529,729 |
| 141 | Leslie Dixon | $677,020,279 | 9 | $75,224,475 |
| 142 | Chris Sanders | $671,895,079 | 4 | $167,973,770 |
| 143 | Michael Crichton | $670,174,160 | 6 | $111,695,693 |
| 144 | Zak Penn | $665,942,000 | 7 | $95,134,571 |
| 145 | Ed Solomon | $663,572,476 | 11 | $60,324,771 |
| 146 | Simon Beaufoy | $661,810,010 | 10 | $66,181,001 |
| 147 | Nora Ephron | $654,409,137 | 9 | $72,712,126 |
| 148 | Jason Fuchs | $654,180,846 | 6 | $109,030,141 |
| 149 | Dave Holstein | $652,980,194 | 1 | $652,980,194 |
| 150 | Shane Black | $652,940,926 | 9 | $72,548,992 |
| 151 | Jon Lucas | $652,313,499 | 9 | $72,479,278 |
| 152 | Scott Moore | $652,313,499 | 9 | $72,479,278 |
| 153 | Steven E. de Souza | $651,872,642 | 15 | $43,458,176 |
| 154 | Dean Devlin | $650,893,664 | 5 | $130,178,733 |
| 155 | Pete Docter | $650,412,029 | 3 | $216,804,010 |
| 156 | Stephen Sommers | $649,259,930 | 8 | $81,157,491 |
| 157 | Oliver Stone | $646,351,096 | 15 | $43,090,073 |
| 158 | Evan Goldberg | $643,619,574 | 10 | $64,361,957 |
| 159 | Jon Spaihts | $640,067,465 | 5 | $128,013,493 |
| 160 | Bobby Farrelly | $639,773,011 | 10 | $63,977,301 |
| 161 | Robert Rodriguez | $637,059,322 | 19 | $33,529,438 |
| 162 | Zeb Wells | $636,888,566 | 2 | $318,444,283 |
| 163 | Ryan Reynolds | $636,730,798 | 1 | $636,730,798 |
| 164 | Shawn Levy | $636,730,798 | 2 | $318,365,399 |
| 165 | Tommy Swerdlow | $635,480,089 | 6 | $105,913,348 |
| 166 | Jane Goldman | $634,364,780 | 9 | $70,484,976 |
| 167 | Seth Rogen | $629,281,042 | 9 | $69,920,116 |
| 168 | Robert Zemeckis | $628,372,527 | 12 | $52,364,377 |
| 169 | Mike Myers | $626,974,979 | 5 | $125,394,996 |
| 170 | Woody Allen | $620,774,566 | 49 | $12,668,869 |
| 171 | Jonathan Roberts | $615,739,957 | 6 | $102,623,326 |
| 172 | George Miller | $612,946,461 | 10 | $61,294,646 |
| 173 | Thomas Lennon | $611,759,576 | 6 | $101,959,929 |
| 174 | Richard Wenk | $610,610,236 | 13 | $46,970,018 |
| 175 | Miles Millar | $610,581,924 | 6 | $101,763,654 |
| 176 | William Nicholson | $609,083,980 | 12 | $50,756,998 |
| 177 | Jon Hoeber | $604,570,284 | 11 | $54,960,935 |
| 178 | Erich Hoeber | $604,570,284 | 11 | $54,960,935 |
| 179 | Ethan Coen | $599,886,048 | 25 | $23,995,442 |
| 180 | Eric Pearson | $599,626,038 | 4 | $149,906,510 |
| 181 | Eric Darnell | $590,161,883 | 3 | $196,720,628 |
| 182 | Drew Pearce | $589,657,344 | 3 | $196,552,448 |
| 183 | Melissa Mathison | $589,142,717 | 6 | $98,190,453 |
| 184 | Guy Ritchie | $584,479,271 | 12 | $48,706,606 |
| 185 | Dana Fox | $581,462,799 | 8 | $72,682,850 |
| 186 | Matt Reeves | $578,384,763 | 4 | $144,596,191 |
| 187 | Robert L. Baird | $575,426,537 | 3 | $191,808,846 |
| 188 | Dan Aykroyd | $573,521,957 | 8 | $71,690,245 |
| 189 | Jeffrey Boam | $572,497,758 | 7 | $81,785,394 |
| 190 | Ron Clements | $570,527,252 | 5 | $114,105,450 |
| 191 | John Musker | $570,527,252 | 5 | $114,105,450 |
| 192 | David Hayter | $570,339,210 | 5 | $114,067,842 |
| 193 | Michael Dougherty | $568,295,307 | 4 | $142,073,827 |
| 194 | David Reynolds | $562,116,490 | 3 | $187,372,163 |
| 195 | Jordan Peele | $555,978,018 | 6 | $92,663,003 |
| 196 | Alfred Gough | $555,481,487 | 5 | $111,096,297 |
| 197 | Paul Haggis | $555,107,854 | 8 | $69,388,482 |
| 198 | Scott Silver | $551,206,911 | 5 | $110,241,382 |
| 199 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $543,377,314 | 10 | $54,337,731 |
| 200 | Jim Cash | $537,497,386 | 7 | $76,785,341 |
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.