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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600)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
501 Joe Cornish $275,608,959 5 $55,121,792
502 Andrew Niccol $275,342,085 9 $30,593,565
503 Erdman Penner $274,764,608 5 $54,952,922
504 Neil Simon $274,638,404 12 $22,886,534
505 Stephen Mazur $273,509,589 4 $68,377,397
506 Paul Guay $273,509,589 3 $91,169,863
507 William Peter Blatty $273,400,696 4 $68,350,174
508 Ben Affleck $272,152,415 5 $54,430,483
509 Joe Ranft $272,014,443 2 $136,007,222
510 Marlon Wayans $271,546,712 8 $33,943,339
511 Hossein Amini $271,459,509 12 $22,621,626
512 Ryan Engle $271,457,513 8 $33,932,189
513 Francis Ford Coppola $271,375,347 10 $27,137,535
514 Michael Finch $270,867,049 5 $54,173,410
515 William Wisher $270,850,916 3 $90,283,639
516 Chris Henchy $270,688,770 4 $67,672,193
517 Bill Walsh $270,314,930 6 $45,052,488
518 Katrin Benedikt $269,804,832 5 $53,960,966
519 Creighton Rothenberger $269,804,832 5 $53,960,966
520 Tom Wheeler $269,020,002 3 $89,673,334
521 Damien Chazelle $268,909,495 8 $33,613,687
522 Don Roos $268,520,330 7 $38,360,047
523 Ol Parker $268,372,825 6 $44,728,804
524 Rita Hsiao $267,737,286 2 $133,868,643
525 Reid Carolin $267,546,330 4 $66,886,583
526 Kenneth Lonergan $267,539,599 6 $44,589,933
527 Dan Mazer $267,502,444 6 $44,583,741
528 David Berenbaum $267,313,757 3 $89,104,586
529 Larry Clemmons $266,574,297 4 $66,643,574
530 Simon Pegg $266,349,669 6 $44,391,612
531 Matt Lieberman $266,131,603 8 $33,266,450
532 David Weisberg $265,513,438 3 $88,504,479
533 Douglas S. Cook $265,513,438 3 $88,504,479
534 Travis Beacham $265,069,285 2 $132,534,643
535 Toni Myers $264,653,034 4 $66,163,259
536 Andrea Berloff $264,440,414 7 $37,777,202
537 Warren Coleman $262,006,783 2 $131,003,392
538 Bob Shaw $261,910,666 2 $130,955,333
539 Simon Farnaby $260,295,469 5 $52,059,094
540 Michael G. Wilson $258,879,975 5 $51,775,995
541 Theodore Melfi $258,763,540 5 $51,752,708
542 Carlton Cuse $256,219,065 2 $128,109,533
543 Peter Buchman $256,196,278 2 $128,098,139
544 Paul Feig $255,831,510 4 $63,957,878
545 Kirk DeMicco $255,800,493 5 $51,160,099
546 Sacha Baron Cohen $255,074,726 5 $51,014,945
547 Wallace Wolodarsky $253,857,639 4 $63,464,410
548 Scott Neustadter $253,194,884 9 $28,132,765
549 David Zucker $252,555,469 7 $36,079,353
550 Bill Collage $252,474,629 7 $36,067,804
551 Adam Cooper $252,474,629 7 $36,067,804
552 Gil Kenan $252,248,480 4 $63,062,120
553 Tracy Keenan Wynn $251,809,419 3 $83,936,473
554 John Patrick Shanley $251,484,573 7 $35,926,368
555 William Osborne $250,929,338 7 $35,847,048
556 Jeffrey Nachmanoff $250,409,084 4 $62,602,271
557 Adam Cozad $250,328,976 5 $50,065,795
558 Adam Herz $249,451,025 2 $124,725,513
559 Dan O’Bannon $249,301,114 6 $41,550,186
560 Daniel Waters $249,250,541 5 $49,850,108
561 Akela Cooper $249,173,099 5 $49,834,620
562 Dana Stevens $248,595,300 7 $35,513,614
563 Michael Patrick King $247,994,950 3 $82,664,983
564 Ben Queen $247,940,028 2 $123,970,014
565 Lee Hall $247,658,622 6 $41,276,437
566 Daniel Pyne $247,338,891 6 $41,223,149
567 Andrew Bergman $247,072,471 7 $35,296,067
568 Anthony Peckham $246,520,043 2 $123,260,022
569 Pamela Ribon $246,111,993 2 $123,055,997
570 Jason Friedberg $246,105,852 6 $41,017,642
571 Aaron Seltzer $246,105,852 6 $41,017,642
572 Doug Chamberlin $245,852,179 1 $245,852,179
573 Chris Webb $245,852,179 1 $245,852,179
574 Anne-Marie Martin $245,219,182 1 $245,219,182
575 Terence Winter $244,912,249 4 $61,228,062
576 John Lasseter $244,082,982 1 $244,082,982
577 Phil Lorin $244,082,982 1 $244,082,982
578 Michael Tolkin $243,816,893 5 $48,763,379
579 Gerry Swallow $243,089,328 5 $48,617,866
580 Fede Álvarez $241,997,559 4 $60,499,390
581 Peter Gaulke $240,851,200 6 $40,141,867
582 Alex Garland $240,741,178 12 $20,061,765
583 David Hoselton $240,355,617 2 $120,177,809
584 Neill Blomkamp $240,336,954 5 $48,067,391
585 Josh Goldsmith $239,944,846 2 $119,972,423
586 Cathy Yuspa $239,944,846 2 $119,972,423
587 William Steig $238,736,787 1 $238,736,787
588 Robert Harling $238,505,997 4 $59,626,499
589 Jeff Schaffer $238,441,258 4 $59,610,315
590 Marshall Herskovitz $238,424,330 5 $47,684,866
591 Brenda Chapman $237,282,182 2 $118,641,091
592 Steve Purcell $237,282,182 1 $237,282,182
593 Elaine May $237,235,734 4 $59,308,934
594 Henry Gayden $237,028,317 4 $59,257,079
595 Simon Barrett $237,002,355 11 $21,545,669
596 Geoff Rodkey $236,996,847 4 $59,249,212
597 Don DaGradi $236,308,953 4 $59,077,238
598 Michell Kapner $234,770,996 1 $234,770,996
599 Rob Lieber $234,602,341 4 $58,650,585
600 Billy Frolick $233,722,892 3 $77,907,631

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.