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James Vanderbilt

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James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing the films Zodiac (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He also co-wrote and produced Scream (2022) and its 2023 sequel. Vanderbilt also contributed as a producer for several films, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and Ready or Not (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Vanderbilt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Ready or Not: Here I Come

Strongest genre

Biggest hit

Standout efficiency

Ready or Not · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$241M

Combined reported budget

$152M

Gross / budget

1.6x

Bankability Index

24 / 100

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