Writers

Writers are commissioned to create a screenplay from an existing property (such as a novel) or draft a script from scratch. The screenplay maps out the plot, conjures up the characters, and gives them words to say and things to do. Studios will often hire a succession of writers to rework a screenplay before production begins. Writers in these rankings worked on at least two top-grossing films since 2002.

Rank Writer Score Films With smoking With brands
1 Seth Rogen 1058 2 1 0
Evan Goldberg 1058 2 1 0
2 Todd Phillips 1042 2 2 1
3 Shane Black 909 2 2 1
4 Gary Dauberman 855 5 2 3
5 Steven Knight 648 3 3 1
6 Derek Kolstad 324 3 3 0
7 Justin Haythe 245 2 2 0
8 Paul Wernick 201 4 3 0
Rhett Reese 201 4 3 0
9 Matt Cook 192 3 2 3
10 David Scarpa 191 2 1 0
11 Peter Straughan 187 2 2 0
12 Richard Wenk 186 2 2 1
13 Christian Gudegast 170 2 1 0
14 Guy Ritchie 160 2 2 0
15 Fede Alvarez 158 3 3 0
16 Hossein Amini 137 2 2 0
17 Michael Green 122 2 2 0
18 Robert Eggers 113 3 1 0
19 Taylor Sheridan 72 3 3 2
20 James Wan 70 2 1 0
21 Marn Davies 68 2 2 0
Jordan Peele 68 4 2 0
Ivan Atkinson 68 2 2 0
22 Ari Aster 65 2 1 0
23 Tyler Perry 54 2 2 0
24 Kenya Barris 46 2 1 0
25 Peter Craig 37 2 2 0
Guy Busick 37 2 2 0
26 Rodo Sayagues 36 2 2 0
Anthony Tambakis 36 2 1 0
27 Joe Carnahan 32 2 1 0
Christina Hodson 32 2 2 0
28 Josh Safdie 28 2 2 0
Ronald Bronstein 28 2 2 0
29 Brendan O'Brien 24 3 2 0
Andrew Jay Cohen 24 3 2 0
Danny McBride 24 2 1 1
30 Alex Garland 22 2 0 0
31 Chad St. John 17 2 1 0
32 Andrea Berloff 16 2 2 0
Jeff Buhler 16 2 2 0
Mike White 16 2 2 0
Justin Malen 16 2 1 0
Dan Mazer 16 2 1 0
33 Pete Goldfinger 10 2 1 0
Josh Stolberg 10 2 1 0
34 Niall Leonard 9 2 1 0
35 Susanna Fogel 8 2 1 0
36 Billy Ray 7 3 2 0
Deon Taylor 7 2 0 0
37 Jon Lucas 6 3 1 0
Scott Moore 6 3 1 0
38 Jim Jarmusch 3 2 2 0
Akela Cooper 3 2 0 0
39 Leigh Whannell 0 2 0 0
James DeMonaco 0 2 0 0