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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Roland Kibbee | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 4,002 | Martin Amis | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 4,003 | Katherine Hilliker | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 4,004 | Rhet Topham | $8,955,917 | 2 | $4,477,959 |
| 4,005 | Mike Clattenburg | $8,936,791 | 3 | $2,978,930 |
| 4,006 | Robert Stitzel | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 4,007 | Philip Frank Messina | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 4,008 | Charles Beaumont | $8,920,615 | 1 | $8,920,615 |
| 4,009 | David P. Harmon | $8,920,615 | 1 | $8,920,615 |
| 4,010 | Anurag Kashyap | $8,905,612 | 5 | $1,781,122 |
| 4,011 | Regan Sean O'Byrne Macelwain | $8,891,623 | 1 | $8,891,623 |
| 4,012 | Brian Dannelly | $8,886,160 | 1 | $8,886,160 |
| 4,013 | Michael Urban | $8,886,160 | 1 | $8,886,160 |
| 4,014 | James C. Strouse | $8,871,677 | 5 | $1,774,335 |
| 4,015 | Trey Ellis | $8,864,699 | 1 | $8,864,699 |
| 4,016 | Paris Qualles | $8,864,699 | 1 | $8,864,699 |
| 4,017 | Richard Rothstein | $8,853,155 | 2 | $4,426,578 |
| 4,018 | David Chase | $8,848,195 | 3 | $2,949,398 |
| 4,019 | Rocky Russo | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,020 | Tobias Carlson | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,021 | Jonas Wittenmark | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,022 | Jack Kukoda | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,023 | Olle Sarri | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,024 | Jacob Fleisher | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,025 | Ricky Blitt | $8,840,453 | 2 | $4,420,227 |
| 4,026 | Bill O'Malley | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,027 | Elizabeth Shapiro | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,028 | Patrik Forsberg | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,029 | Matthew Portenoy | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,030 | Jeremy Sosenko | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,031 | Will Graham | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,032 | Greg Pritikin | $8,840,453 | 2 | $4,420,227 |
| 4,033 | Will Carlough | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,034 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,035 | Claes Kjellstrom | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 4,036 | Paul G. Hensler | $8,823,269 | 1 | $8,823,269 |
| 4,037 | Julian Barry | $8,818,672 | 2 | $4,409,336 |
| 4,038 | T.J. Fixman | $8,813,410 | 2 | $4,406,705 |
| 4,039 | Jeff Whitty | $8,803,865 | 1 | $8,803,865 |
| 4,040 | John William Corrington | $8,800,000 | 2 | $4,400,000 |
| 4,041 | Joyce Hooper Corrington | $8,800,000 | 2 | $4,400,000 |
| 4,042 | Sam Egan | $8,753,977 | 2 | $4,376,989 |
| 4,043 | Mark Lee | $8,751,228 | 1 | $8,751,228 |
| 4,044 | James McCausland | $8,750,000 | 1 | $8,750,000 |
| 4,045 | Christopher Zalla | $8,702,731 | 1 | $8,702,731 |
| 4,046 | Noel Black | $8,700,000 | 1 | $8,700,000 |
| 4,047 | Paul Gross | $8,693,620 | 3 | $2,897,873 |
| 4,048 | James Booth | $8,679,650 | 2 | $4,339,825 |
| 4,049 | Tod Carroll | $8,674,093 | 1 | $8,674,093 |
| 4,050 | Elan Mastai | $8,674,090 | 3 | $2,891,363 |
| 4,051 | Steve Kluger | $8,669,847 | 1 | $8,669,847 |
| 4,052 | Hussain Dalal | $8,651,845 | 4 | $2,162,961 |
| 4,053 | Matt Greenhalgh | $8,643,456 | 4 | $2,160,864 |
| 4,054 | Jesse Armstrong | $8,624,040 | 3 | $2,874,680 |
| 4,055 | Edmund Beloin | $8,600,000 | 2 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,056 | William Bigelow | $8,586,376 | 2 | $4,293,188 |
| 4,057 | Robert A. Heinlein | $8,579,626 | 1 | $8,579,626 |
| 4,058 | Ayan Mukherjee | $8,557,874 | 2 | $4,278,937 |
| 4,059 | Mark Young | $8,556,572 | 1 | $8,556,572 |
| 4,060 | Farhad Samji | $8,538,288 | 3 | $2,846,096 |
| 4,061 | Mark Jones | $8,533,294 | 1 | $8,533,294 |
| 4,062 | Robert Clouse | $8,527,743 | 1 | $8,527,743 |
| 4,063 | Will Forte | $8,525,600 | 1 | $8,525,600 |
| 4,064 | John L. Solomon | $8,525,600 | 1 | $8,525,600 |
| 4,065 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $8,515,029 | 3 | $2,838,343 |
| 4,066 | David Chocron | $8,500,000 | 2 | $4,250,000 |
| 4,067 | Adam Balsam | $8,462,347 | 1 | $8,462,347 |
| 4,068 | Randi Barnes | $8,462,347 | 1 | $8,462,347 |
| 4,069 | Larry Sulkis | $8,434,601 | 1 | $8,434,601 |
| 4,070 | Joshua Marston | $8,427,449 | 4 | $2,106,862 |
| 4,071 | Chris Bryant | $8,415,112 | 1 | $8,415,112 |
| 4,072 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 4,073 | Richard Sherman (Screenwriter) | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 4,074 | Steve James | $8,393,690 | 3 | $2,797,897 |
| 4,075 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 4,076 | Shell Danielson | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 4,077 | Paul Auster | $8,353,284 | 1 | $8,353,284 |
| 4,078 | Lasse Hallström | $8,345,266 | 2 | $4,172,633 |
| 4,079 | Reidar Jönsson | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 4,080 | Brasse Brännström | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 4,081 | Per Berglund | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 4,082 | Garry Williams | $8,341,909 | 2 | $4,170,955 |
| 4,083 | Jack Black | $8,334,575 | 1 | $8,334,575 |
| 4,084 | Kyle Gass | $8,334,575 | 1 | $8,334,575 |
| 4,085 | Liam Lynch | $8,334,575 | 1 | $8,334,575 |
| 4,086 | Barry Wong | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,087 | Joe Cheung | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,088 | Huang Yi | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,089 | Teddy Robin Kwan | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,090 | Steve Carpenter | $8,330,720 | 1 | $8,330,720 |
| 4,091 | Margaret Oberman | $8,330,720 | 1 | $8,330,720 |
| 4,092 | Nicholas Jarecki | $8,328,937 | 2 | $4,164,469 |
| 4,093 | Margery Doppelt | $8,316,206 | 1 | $8,316,206 |
| 4,094 | Roy Blount Jr. | $8,295,903 | 1 | $8,295,903 |
| 4,095 | Frank Hannah | $8,291,572 | 2 | $4,145,786 |
| 4,096 | Augusta Gore | $8,286,741 | 1 | $8,286,741 |
| 4,097 | Steven Katz | $8,279,017 | 1 | $8,279,017 |
| 4,098 | Bille August | $8,271,344 | 2 | $4,135,672 |
| 4,099 | James Higginson | $8,267,544 | 1 | $8,267,544 |
| 4,100 | James McBride | $8,255,690 | 2 | $4,127,845 |
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.