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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Paul Haggis | $555,107,854 | 8 | $69,388,482 |
| 202 | Scott Silver | $551,305,281 | 5 | $110,261,056 |
| 203 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $543,377,314 | 11 | $49,397,938 |
| 204 | Jim Cash | $537,497,386 | 7 | $76,785,341 |
| 205 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $534,177,117 | 8 | $66,772,140 |
| 206 | Richard LaGravenese | $534,167,875 | 16 | $33,385,492 |
| 207 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $533,604,294 | 7 | $76,229,185 |
| 208 | Aaron Sorkin | $533,178,310 | 11 | $48,470,755 |
| 209 | Matthew Vaughn | $529,965,029 | 7 | $75,709,290 |
| 210 | Josh Appelbaum | $527,871,051 | 5 | $105,574,210 |
| 211 | Andre Nemec | $527,871,051 | 6 | $87,978,509 |
| 212 | Don Rhymer | $526,353,692 | 8 | $65,794,212 |
| 213 | Christopher L. Yost | $525,239,093 | 3 | $175,079,698 |
| 214 | Matt Ember | $525,228,484 | 5 | $105,045,697 |
| 215 | Mark L. Smith | $524,897,377 | 10 | $52,489,738 |
| 216 | Adam Sztykiel | $524,677,490 | 9 | $58,297,499 |
| 217 | David Twohy | $523,322,071 | 13 | $40,255,544 |
| 218 | Cormac Wibberley | $522,484,507 | 6 | $87,080,751 |
| 219 | Marianne Wibberley | $522,484,507 | 6 | $87,080,751 |
| 220 | Richard Curtis | $522,389,542 | 13 | $40,183,811 |
| 221 | Stephen Chbosky | $521,757,113 | 2 | $260,878,557 |
| 222 | William Goldman | $521,183,681 | 17 | $30,657,864 |
| 223 | Edgar Wright | $509,508,921 | 9 | $56,612,102 |
| 224 | Scott Derrickson | $506,526,125 | 8 | $63,315,766 |
| 225 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $505,970,993 | 6 | $84,328,499 |
| 226 | John Lee Hancock | $505,085,059 | 9 | $56,120,562 |
| 227 | Rob Letterman | $503,868,872 | 3 | $167,956,291 |
| 228 | Steve Koren | $503,000,077 | 5 | $100,600,015 |
| 229 | Robert Ben Garant | $498,752,696 | 7 | $71,250,385 |
| 230 | Evan Daugherty | $497,289,404 | 5 | $99,457,881 |
| 231 | Bob Gale | $493,008,576 | 7 | $70,429,797 |
| 232 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $492,347,323 | 4 | $123,086,831 |
| 233 | Will Ferrell | $490,563,420 | 6 | $81,760,570 |
| 234 | Bill Condon | $489,869,438 | 10 | $48,986,944 |
| 235 | J.K. Rowling | $489,444,320 | 3 | $163,148,107 |
| 236 | Warren Skaaren | $486,906,458 | 4 | $121,726,615 |
| 237 | Susannah Grant | $486,796,838 | 8 | $60,849,605 |
| 238 | Victoria Strouse | $486,295,561 | 3 | $162,098,520 |
| 239 | Geneva Robertson | $485,080,642 | 2 | $242,540,321 |
| 240 | Joel Cohen | $482,727,874 | 6 | $80,454,646 |
| 241 | Alec Sokolow | $482,727,874 | 7 | $68,961,125 |
| 242 | C. Robert Cargill | $475,949,003 | 7 | $67,992,715 |
| 243 | Jared Stern | $475,939,272 | 6 | $79,323,212 |
| 244 | Yoni Brenner | $474,768,753 | 4 | $118,692,188 |
| 245 | Max Borenstein | $474,145,144 | 6 | $79,024,191 |
| 246 | John Krasinski | $467,213,941 | 5 | $93,442,788 |
| 247 | Cameron Crowe | $466,152,872 | 10 | $46,615,287 |
| 248 | Paul Rudd | $464,151,858 | 3 | $154,717,286 |
| 249 | Jac Schaeffer | $462,246,877 | 2 | $231,123,439 |
| 250 | Herschel Weingrod | $461,553,579 | 7 | $65,936,226 |
| 251 | Michael Goldenberg | $461,418,925 | 5 | $92,283,785 |
| 252 | Chris Bowman | $461,313,238 | 3 | $153,771,079 |
| 253 | Hubbel Palmer | $461,313,238 | 3 | $153,771,079 |
| 254 | Baz Luhrmann | $461,273,671 | 6 | $76,878,945 |
| 255 | Gilbert Taylor | $460,998,007 | 1 | $460,998,007 |
| 256 | Dana Ledoux Miller | $460,405,297 | 1 | $460,405,297 |
| 257 | Carl Gottlieb | $458,013,826 | 5 | $91,602,765 |
| 258 | Ronald Bass | $455,523,586 | 8 | $56,940,448 |
| 259 | Mark Fergus | $455,210,449 | 4 | $113,802,612 |
| 260 | Hawk Ostby | $455,210,449 | 4 | $113,802,612 |
| 261 | Michael Bacall | $454,575,187 | 7 | $64,939,312 |
| 262 | James DeMonaco | $454,047,073 | 10 | $45,404,707 |
| 263 | James L. Brooks | $452,279,077 | 7 | $64,611,297 |
| 264 | Danny McBride | $452,174,374 | 8 | $56,521,797 |
| 265 | Leigh Whannell | $452,031,317 | 12 | $37,669,276 |
| 266 | Jim Herzfeld | $449,748,741 | 3 | $149,916,247 |
| 267 | David Sheffield | $448,446,156 | 6 | $74,741,026 |
| 268 | Mark Burton | $448,245,988 | 10 | $44,824,599 |
| 269 | Tab Murphy | $447,628,251 | 5 | $89,525,650 |
| 270 | Craig Pearce | $442,925,932 | 6 | $73,820,989 |
| 271 | David O. Russell | $441,880,838 | 10 | $44,188,084 |
| 272 | Phil Hay | $440,593,178 | 8 | $55,074,147 |
| 273 | Joe Carnahan | $439,653,559 | 12 | $36,637,797 |
| 274 | Allan Loeb | $438,893,406 | 12 | $36,574,451 |
| 275 | Kurt Johnstad | $438,781,762 | 8 | $54,847,720 |
| 276 | Anna Boden | $437,103,868 | 6 | $72,850,645 |
| 277 | Ryan Fleck | $437,103,868 | 6 | $72,850,645 |
| 278 | Emily Carmichael | $436,725,605 | 2 | $218,362,803 |
| 279 | James V. Hart | $434,594,163 | 7 | $62,084,880 |
| 280 | Stephany Folsom | $434,038,008 | 1 | $434,038,008 |
| 281 | Sam Raimi | $433,293,253 | 6 | $72,215,542 |
| 282 | Garth Jennings | $433,120,035 | 2 | $216,560,018 |
| 283 | John-Henry Butterworth | $432,846,374 | 6 | $72,141,062 |
| 284 | Christopher Landon | $430,787,752 | 14 | $30,770,554 |
| 285 | Dean Georgaris | $428,203,190 | 6 | $71,367,198 |
| 286 | Josh Friedman | $428,083,332 | 4 | $107,020,833 |
| 287 | Skip Woods | $427,203,391 | 6 | $71,200,565 |
| 288 | Fred Wolf | $427,066,282 | 10 | $42,706,628 |
| 289 | Justin Haythe | $426,468,747 | 7 | $60,924,107 |
| 290 | Chris Galletta | $425,264,695 | 3 | $141,754,898 |
| 291 | Randall Wallace | $425,014,317 | 7 | $60,716,331 |
| 292 | Charles Shyer | $424,222,617 | 8 | $53,027,827 |
| 293 | Gavin James | $423,949,195 | 1 | $423,949,195 |
| 294 | Neil Widener | $423,949,195 | 1 | $423,949,195 |
| 295 | Chris Kekaniokalani Bright | $423,778,855 | 1 | $423,778,855 |
| 296 | David Ronn | $423,227,552 | 5 | $84,645,510 |
| 297 | Jay Scherick | $423,227,552 | 5 | $84,645,510 |
| 298 | David Benioff | $422,784,217 | 7 | $60,397,745 |
| 299 | Marc Lawrence | $422,644,736 | 10 | $42,264,474 |
| 300 | Mel Gibson | $421,649,565 | 5 | $84,329,913 |
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.