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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Shawn Wayans | $202,488,602 | 3 | $67,496,201 |
| 702 | Bill Wittiff | $202,349,939 | 2 | $101,174,970 |
| 703 | Bill Kelly | $202,173,101 | 3 | $67,391,034 |
| 704 | James Lee Barrett | $201,186,677 | 6 | $33,531,113 |
| 705 | Tom Shadyac | $201,031,415 | 2 | $100,515,708 |
| 706 | Ben Falcone | $200,662,903 | 5 | $40,132,581 |
| 707 | Melissa McCarthy | $200,662,903 | 3 | $66,887,634 |
| 708 | Dan Hernandez | $200,594,499 | 4 | $50,148,625 |
| 709 | Benji Samit | $200,594,499 | 4 | $50,148,625 |
| 710 | Peter Glanz | $200,500,001 | 3 | $66,833,334 |
| 711 | Dalan Musson | $200,500,001 | 2 | $100,250,001 |
| 712 | Wayne Powers | $200,158,376 | 4 | $50,039,594 |
| 713 | Donna Powers | $200,158,376 | 3 | $66,719,459 |
| 714 | Nick Cassavetes | $199,083,260 | 6 | $33,180,543 |
| 715 | Bill Dubuque | $198,902,799 | 7 | $28,414,686 |
| 716 | Sidney Howard | $198,680,470 | 2 | $99,340,235 |
| 717 | Michael Schiffer | $197,572,568 | 4 | $49,393,142 |
| 718 | Paul Attanasio | $197,494,611 | 3 | $65,831,537 |
| 719 | Amy Heckerling | $196,723,746 | 3 | $65,574,582 |
| 720 | Bob Barlen | $196,655,428 | 6 | $32,775,905 |
| 721 | Cal Brunker | $196,655,428 | 6 | $32,775,905 |
| 722 | Michael Moore | $196,627,470 | 9 | $21,847,497 |
| 723 | Mike Berg | $196,573,705 | 1 | $196,573,705 |
| 724 | Mark Levin | $196,431,765 | 4 | $49,107,941 |
| 725 | Alejandro Amenábar | $195,817,498 | 5 | $39,163,500 |
| 726 | Robin Swicord | $195,449,823 | 6 | $32,574,971 |
| 727 | Charles Lederer | $195,417,150 | 4 | $48,854,288 |
| 728 | Jim Hecht | $195,330,621 | 3 | $65,110,207 |
| 729 | Larry Gross | $195,134,115 | 8 | $24,391,764 |
| 730 | Gene Quintano | $194,928,500 | 10 | $19,492,850 |
| 731 | Buddy Johnson | $194,902,322 | 2 | $97,451,161 |
| 732 | Leslie Newman | $194,168,641 | 2 | $97,084,321 |
| 733 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $193,955,439 | 6 | $32,325,907 |
| 734 | Chris Bremner | $193,573,217 | 3 | $64,524,406 |
| 735 | David Seidler | $193,291,954 | 4 | $48,322,989 |
| 736 | Katherine Fugate | $193,196,174 | 3 | $64,398,725 |
| 737 | Zach Cregger | $192,392,988 | 3 | $64,130,996 |
| 738 | Ken Kaufman | $192,299,284 | 5 | $38,459,857 |
| 739 | Alejandro Monteverde | $192,271,419 | 2 | $96,135,710 |
| 740 | Robert Getchell | $192,052,882 | 7 | $27,436,126 |
| 741 | Peter Berg | $190,522,864 | 5 | $38,104,573 |
| 742 | Kenya Barris | $190,498,781 | 7 | $27,214,112 |
| 743 | Joanna Calo | $190,274,328 | 1 | $190,274,328 |
| 744 | Sung-Jin Lee | $190,274,328 | 1 | $190,274,328 |
| 745 | Tom S. Parker | $190,089,329 | 4 | $47,522,332 |
| 746 | Jim Jennewein | $190,089,329 | 4 | $47,522,332 |
| 747 | James Orr | $189,239,189 | 2 | $94,619,595 |
| 748 | Blake Edwards | $188,599,411 | 15 | $12,573,294 |
| 749 | Anthony Hines | $188,560,488 | 4 | $47,140,122 |
| 750 | Jeremy Leven | $188,173,934 | 6 | $31,362,322 |
| 751 | Amy Holden Jones | $187,269,845 | 5 | $37,453,969 |
| 752 | Jessie Nelson | $187,098,520 | 6 | $31,183,087 |
| 753 | Delores Taylor | $187,000,000 | 2 | $93,500,000 |
| 754 | Tom Laughlin | $187,000,000 | 2 | $93,500,000 |
| 755 | Buck Henry | $186,897,308 | 7 | $26,699,615 |
| 756 | Michele Mulroney | $186,848,418 | 2 | $93,424,209 |
| 757 | Kieran Mulroney | $186,848,418 | 2 | $93,424,209 |
| 758 | Juel Taylor | $186,308,117 | 5 | $37,261,623 |
| 759 | Harve Bennett | $186,184,178 | 2 | $93,092,089 |
| 760 | Jerry Juhl | $185,874,935 | 5 | $37,174,987 |
| 761 | Marc Guggenheim | $185,160,726 | 2 | $92,580,363 |
| 762 | Ben Stiller | $184,536,256 | 4 | $46,134,064 |
| 763 | Michael Blake | $184,208,842 | 1 | $184,208,842 |
| 764 | Scott Teems | $183,898,367 | 4 | $45,974,592 |
| 765 | Gary Goldman | $183,670,303 | 5 | $36,734,061 |
| 766 | Harry Brown | $183,417,150 | 1 | $183,417,150 |
| 767 | Jay Lavender | $183,163,486 | 2 | $91,581,743 |
| 768 | Jim Thomas | $183,144,747 | 4 | $45,786,187 |
| 769 | Matt Selman | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 770 | Ian Maxstone-Graham | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 771 | John Swartzwelder | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 772 | George Meyer | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 773 | David Mirkin | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 774 | Matt Groening | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 775 | Mike Scully | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 776 | Al Jean | $183,135,014 | 1 | $183,135,014 |
| 777 | Jason Keller | $183,098,214 | 3 | $61,032,738 |
| 778 | Doug Richardson | $182,961,720 | 4 | $45,740,430 |
| 779 | John Singleton | $182,702,967 | 4 | $45,675,742 |
| 780 | Brian Koppleman | $182,674,935 | 4 | $45,668,734 |
| 781 | Annie Mumolo | $182,618,022 | 3 | $60,872,674 |
| 782 | Noah Oppenheim | $182,572,307 | 4 | $45,643,077 |
| 783 | Douglas Kenney | $181,446,344 | 2 | $90,723,172 |
| 784 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $181,174,049 | 4 | $45,293,512 |
| 785 | Tom Stoppard | $180,690,184 | 9 | $20,076,687 |
| 786 | Adam Rifkin | $180,639,245 | 9 | $20,071,027 |
| 787 | Juliet Snowden | $179,944,232 | 3 | $59,981,411 |
| 788 | Stiles White | $179,944,232 | 3 | $59,981,411 |
| 789 | Jason Headley | $179,862,333 | 3 | $59,954,111 |
| 790 | Chloé Zhao | $179,783,736 | 5 | $35,956,747 |
| 791 | Harry Elfont | $179,416,394 | 7 | $25,630,913 |
| 792 | Deborah Kaplan | $179,416,394 | 7 | $25,630,913 |
| 793 | Peter Morgan | $179,280,291 | 7 | $25,611,470 |
| 794 | Daniel Casey | $178,724,041 | 4 | $44,681,010 |
| 795 | Alec Berg | $178,386,728 | 3 | $59,462,243 |
| 796 | David Mandel | $178,386,728 | 3 | $59,462,243 |
| 797 | Paul Tamasy | $178,035,323 | 8 | $22,254,415 |
| 798 | William Davies | $177,984,643 | 6 | $29,664,107 |
| 799 | Justin Theroux | $177,882,619 | 3 | $59,294,206 |
| 800 | Kevin Bisch | $177,784,257 | 1 | $177,784,257 |
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.