Order of credits

Credits 

Opening credits, in films, television shows, motion pictures are shown at the beginning of a show and list the most important members of the production.

Closing credits, in a television program, motion picture, or video game come at the end of a show and list all the cast and crew involved in the production. 

Example of credits:

The order of the credits are based on persons importance in the film and their status in the hierarchy.

These are the order of credits in GONE GIRL

The order of credits in Gone Girl:

1  Production Indent - Columbia Pictures

2  Distribution Indent -Metro Goldwyn-mayer pictures

3  Director - David Fincher

4  Cast - Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike 

5  Title - Gone Girl 

6  Neil Patrick Harris

7  Tyler Perry 

8  Carrie Coon

9  Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit 

10          David Clennon, Lisa Banes 

11          Casting Director - Larry Mayfield

12          Sound Design - Ren Klyce 

13          Music - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

14          Costume Design - Trish Summerville

15          Film Editor - Kirk Baxter

16          Production Design - Donald Graham Burt 

17          Director of Photography - Jeff Cronenweth 

18          Executive Producers - Leslie Dixon & Bruna Papandrea 

19          Producers - Arnon Milchan, Reese Witherspoon, Ceán Chaffin & Joshua Doren

20          Novel - Gillian Flynn

21          Screenplay - Gillian Flynn