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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.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Gary Ross | $855,163,212 | 7 | $122,166,173 |
| 102 | James Mangold | $843,286,905 | 10 | $84,328,691 |
| 103 | David Ayer | $841,463,646 | 11 | $76,496,695 |
| 104 | Quentin Tarantino | $840,284,719 | 16 | $52,517,795 |
| 105 | Bob Peterson | $826,434,649 | 4 | $206,608,662 |
| 106 | Dan Fogelman | $826,097,350 | 11 | $75,099,759 |
| 107 | Kelly Marcel | $816,284,647 | 6 | $136,047,441 |
| 108 | Tyler Perry | $815,018,870 | 25 | $32,600,755 |
| 109 | Steve Oedekerk | $814,256,143 | 10 | $81,425,614 |
| 110 | Lowell Ganz | $807,934,269 | 14 | $57,709,591 |
| 111 | Babaloo Mandel | $807,934,269 | 14 | $57,709,591 |
| 112 | Michael Green | $805,190,342 | 9 | $89,465,594 |
| 113 | Greta Gerwig | $800,407,533 | 5 | $160,081,507 |
| 114 | Winnie Holzman | $795,490,975 | 2 | $397,745,488 |
| 115 | Eric Pearson | $789,900,366 | 4 | $197,475,092 |
| 116 | Art Marcum | $784,366,253 | 8 | $98,045,782 |
| 117 | Matt Holloway | $784,366,253 | 8 | $98,045,782 |
| 118 | Andy Wachowski | $784,176,479 | 7 | $112,025,211 |
| 119 | Brian Helgeland | $783,012,578 | 19 | $41,211,188 |
| 120 | Daniel Gerson | $781,165,582 | 3 | $260,388,527 |
| 121 | James Vanderbilt | $776,435,335 | 14 | $55,459,667 |
| 122 | Sean Anders | $771,704,959 | 11 | $70,154,996 |
| 123 | John Morris | $771,704,959 | 11 | $70,154,996 |
| 124 | Etan Cohen | $770,744,088 | 8 | $96,343,011 |
| 125 | Robert Towne | $767,106,954 | 10 | $76,710,695 |
| 126 | Joel Coen | $766,288,358 | 26 | $29,472,629 |
| 127 | Lana Wachowski | $757,930,901 | 8 | $94,741,363 |
| 128 | Damon Lindelof | $757,579,838 | 6 | $126,263,306 |
| 129 | Nancy Meyers | $757,101,887 | 12 | $63,091,824 |
| 130 | John Whittington | $755,677,060 | 6 | $125,946,177 |
| 131 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $754,511,651 | 10 | $75,451,165 |
| 132 | John Francis Daley | $746,884,821 | 9 | $82,987,202 |
| 133 | Jonathan Goldstein | $746,884,821 | 9 | $82,987,202 |
| 134 | Allison Schroeder | $746,195,907 | 4 | $186,548,977 |
| 135 | Phil Johnston | $745,497,754 | 6 | $124,249,626 |
| 136 | Danny Strong | $735,870,176 | 6 | $122,645,029 |
| 137 | Jon Vitti | $727,585,966 | 5 | $145,517,193 |
| 138 | David Magee | $723,375,473 | 12 | $60,281,289 |
| 139 | Peter Farrelly | $717,566,877 | 15 | $47,837,792 |
| 140 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $712,110,261 | 13 | $54,777,712 |
| 141 | Jez Butterworth | $706,348,183 | 10 | $70,634,818 |
| 142 | Darren Lemke | $702,637,725 | 10 | $70,263,773 |
| 143 | Craig Mazin | $697,454,163 | 9 | $77,494,907 |
| 144 | Chris Sanders | $694,693,873 | 5 | $138,938,775 |
| 145 | Judd Apatow | $693,718,523 | 12 | $57,809,877 |
| 146 | Leslie Dixon | $677,020,279 | 9 | $75,224,475 |
| 147 | Michael Crichton | $673,704,957 | 6 | $112,284,160 |
| 148 | Zak Penn | $665,942,000 | 7 | $95,134,571 |
| 149 | Ed Solomon | $663,572,476 | 12 | $55,297,706 |
| 150 | Simon Beaufoy | $661,810,010 | 10 | $66,181,001 |
| 151 | Nora Ephron | $654,409,137 | 9 | $72,712,126 |
| 152 | Robert Zemeckis | $654,219,170 | 12 | $54,518,264 |
| 153 | Jason Fuchs | $654,180,846 | 6 | $109,030,141 |
| 154 | Stephen Sommers | $653,659,420 | 8 | $81,707,428 |
| 155 | Dave Holstein | $652,980,194 | 1 | $652,980,194 |
| 156 | Shane Black | $652,940,926 | 9 | $72,548,992 |
| 157 | Jon Lucas | $652,313,499 | 9 | $72,479,278 |
| 158 | Scott Moore | $652,313,499 | 9 | $72,479,278 |
| 159 | Steven E. de Souza | $651,009,393 | 15 | $43,400,626 |
| 160 | Dean Devlin | $650,893,664 | 5 | $130,178,733 |
| 161 | Pete Docter | $650,412,029 | 3 | $216,804,010 |
| 162 | Oliver Stone | $646,351,096 | 15 | $43,090,073 |
| 163 | Evan Goldberg | $643,619,574 | 10 | $64,361,957 |
| 164 | Jon Spaihts | $641,675,609 | 6 | $106,945,935 |
| 165 | Bobby Farrelly | $639,863,813 | 10 | $63,986,381 |
| 166 | Robert Rodriguez | $637,059,322 | 19 | $33,529,438 |
| 167 | Zeb Wells | $636,903,626 | 2 | $318,451,813 |
| 168 | Shawn Levy | $636,745,858 | 2 | $318,372,929 |
| 169 | Ryan Reynolds | $636,745,858 | 2 | $318,372,929 |
| 170 | Tommy Swerdlow | $635,742,254 | 6 | $105,957,042 |
| 171 | Richard Wenk | $635,636,546 | 13 | $48,895,119 |
| 172 | Jane Goldman | $634,364,780 | 10 | $63,436,478 |
| 173 | Seth Rogen | $629,281,042 | 9 | $69,920,116 |
| 174 | Mike Myers | $626,974,979 | 5 | $125,394,996 |
| 175 | Patrick Casey | $623,111,879 | 5 | $124,622,376 |
| 176 | Josh Miller | $623,111,879 | 5 | $124,622,376 |
| 177 | Woody Allen | $620,774,566 | 49 | $12,668,869 |
| 178 | Jonathan Roberts | $615,739,957 | 6 | $102,623,326 |
| 179 | George Miller | $613,808,785 | 10 | $61,380,879 |
| 180 | Miles Millar | $612,584,400 | 6 | $102,097,400 |
| 181 | Thomas Lennon | $611,759,576 | 6 | $101,959,929 |
| 182 | William Nicholson | $609,083,980 | 12 | $50,756,998 |
| 183 | Ethan Coen | $605,884,078 | 25 | $24,235,363 |
| 184 | Jon Hoeber | $604,570,284 | 12 | $50,380,857 |
| 185 | Erich Hoeber | $604,570,284 | 12 | $50,380,857 |
| 186 | Eric Darnell | $590,161,883 | 3 | $196,720,628 |
| 187 | Drew Pearce | $589,657,344 | 3 | $196,552,448 |
| 188 | Melissa Mathison | $589,142,717 | 6 | $98,190,453 |
| 189 | Guy Ritchie | $584,511,647 | 14 | $41,750,832 |
| 190 | Matt Reeves | $578,652,083 | 4 | $144,663,021 |
| 191 | Robert L. Baird | $575,426,537 | 3 | $191,808,846 |
| 192 | Dan Aykroyd | $573,521,957 | 8 | $71,690,245 |
| 193 | Jeffrey Boam | $572,497,758 | 7 | $81,785,394 |
| 194 | Ron Clements | $570,527,252 | 5 | $114,105,450 |
| 195 | John Musker | $570,527,252 | 5 | $114,105,450 |
| 196 | David Hayter | $570,339,210 | 5 | $114,067,842 |
| 197 | Michael Dougherty | $568,295,307 | 4 | $142,073,827 |
| 198 | David Reynolds | $562,116,490 | 3 | $187,372,163 |
| 199 | Alfred Gough | $557,483,963 | 5 | $111,496,793 |
| 200 | Jordan Peele | $555,978,018 | 6 | $92,663,003 |
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.