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Darren Lemke

10 credited titles on WatchWise

Darren Lemke (born 1969 or 1970) is an American screenwriter who has been active in the film industry since the late 1990s. With his work on the films Shrek Forever After (2010), Turbo (2013), Goosebumps (2015), Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), Shazam! (2019), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), The Hollywood Reporter called Lemke "a known player in the family feature space". Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren Lemke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Darren Lemke in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$1.2B · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Kung Fu Panda 4

$1.8B

Standout efficiency

21.2x

Kung Fu Panda 4 · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$1.4B

Combined reported budget

$251M

Gross / budget

5.8x

Bankability Index

66 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.