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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,201 | David Obst | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 3,202 | Boots Riley | $17,493,096 | 1 | $17,493,096 |
| 3,203 | Michael Weller | $17,468,158 | 1 | $17,468,158 |
| 3,204 | Samuel D. Hunter | $17,453,440 | 1 | $17,453,440 |
| 3,205 | Neal Brennan | $17,416,667 | 2 | $8,708,334 |
| 3,206 | Taylor Allen | $17,395,521 | 1 | $17,395,521 |
| 3,207 | Andrew Logan | $17,395,521 | 1 | $17,395,521 |
| 3,208 | Christina Welsh | $17,390,770 | 1 | $17,390,770 |
| 3,209 | Ernie Barbarash | $17,390,770 | 1 | $17,390,770 |
| 3,210 | Norman Vance Jr. | $17,380,866 | 1 | $17,380,866 |
| 3,211 | J.C. Chandor | $17,366,390 | 4 | $4,341,598 |
| 3,212 | Emily Spivey | $17,356,894 | 2 | $8,678,447 |
| 3,213 | Damon Daniels | $17,321,573 | 1 | $17,321,573 |
| 3,214 | Gerald Petievich | $17,307,019 | 1 | $17,307,019 |
| 3,215 | Samir Foco | $17,303,424 | 1 | $17,303,424 |
| 3,216 | Ryan Ridley | $17,297,895 | 1 | $17,297,895 |
| 3,217 | Mark Blackwell | $17,292,381 | 1 | $17,292,381 |
| 3,218 | Ellory Elkayem | $17,266,505 | 1 | $17,266,505 |
| 3,219 | Jesse Alexander | $17,266,505 | 1 | $17,266,505 |
| 3,220 | Henri-Georges Clouzot | $17,263,027 | 2 | $8,631,514 |
| 3,221 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 3,222 | Carol Heikkinen | $17,200,925 | 1 | $17,200,925 |
| 3,223 | Lou Illar | $17,180,393 | 1 | $17,180,393 |
| 3,224 | Harry Colomby | $17,124,395 | 1 | $17,124,395 |
| 3,225 | Jeff Harris | $17,124,395 | 1 | $17,124,395 |
| 3,226 | Karin Howard | $17,116,963 | 1 | $17,116,963 |
| 3,227 | Joseph Landon | $17,111,111 | 1 | $17,111,111 |
| 3,228 | Xin Huo | $17,104,669 | 2 | $8,552,335 |
| 3,229 | Kan-Cheung Tsang | $17,104,669 | 1 | $17,104,669 |
| 3,230 | Man Keung Chan | $17,104,669 | 1 | $17,104,669 |
| 3,231 | Andrew Scheinman | $17,080,339 | 2 | $8,540,170 |
| 3,232 | Steven M Altiere | $17,062,499 | 1 | $17,062,499 |
| 3,233 | Malcolm T Goldman | $17,062,499 | 1 | $17,062,499 |
| 3,234 | Daniel R Altiere | $17,062,499 | 1 | $17,062,499 |
| 3,235 | Hideki Sonoda | $17,052,128 | 1 | $17,052,128 |
| 3,236 | Patrick Ness | $17,028,731 | 3 | $5,676,244 |
| 3,237 | Lance Khazei | $17,018,422 | 1 | $17,018,422 |
| 3,238 | Doug Taylor | $17,010,170 | 4 | $4,252,543 |
| 3,239 | Vincenzo Natali | $17,010,170 | 2 | $8,505,085 |
| 3,240 | Menahem Golan | $17,005,599 | 1 | $17,005,599 |
| 3,241 | Richard Robinson | $17,000,000 | 1 | $17,000,000 |
| 3,242 | Thomas Rickman | $17,000,000 | 1 | $17,000,000 |
| 3,243 | Denise DeClue | $17,000,000 | 1 | $17,000,000 |
| 3,244 | Tim Kazurinsky | $17,000,000 | 1 | $17,000,000 |
| 3,245 | Alan Caillou | $17,000,000 | 1 | $17,000,000 |
| 3,246 | Susan Minot | $16,979,976 | 2 | $8,489,988 |
| 3,247 | Cormac McCarthy | $16,973,715 | 1 | $16,973,715 |
| 3,248 | Mark Monroe | $16,965,313 | 25 | $678,613 |
| 3,249 | Danilo Bach | $16,947,763 | 2 | $8,473,882 |
| 3,250 | Samantha Adams | $16,941,552 | 1 | $16,941,552 |
| 3,251 | Barbara Williams | $16,941,552 | 1 | $16,941,552 |
| 3,252 | Marc Fafard | $16,933,791 | 1 | $16,933,791 |
| 3,253 | Yunus Sajawal | $16,858,797 | 5 | $3,371,759 |
| 3,254 | Gail Morgan Hickman | $16,827,941 | 2 | $8,413,971 |
| 3,255 | Pierce Gardner | $16,779,636 | 1 | $16,779,636 |
| 3,256 | Max Adams | $16,777,064 | 4 | $4,194,266 |
| 3,257 | Dana Baratta | $16,774,699 | 1 | $16,774,699 |
| 3,258 | Mark Christpher | $16,757,163 | 1 | $16,757,163 |
| 3,259 | Sidney Sheldon | $16,750,000 | 2 | $8,375,000 |
| 3,260 | Kenneth Rance | $16,734,283 | 1 | $16,734,283 |
| 3,261 | Michael Hirst | $16,714,970 | 3 | $5,571,657 |
| 3,262 | Tad Daggerhart | $16,710,153 | 2 | $8,355,077 |
| 3,263 | Sandra Tsing Loh | $16,655,224 | 1 | $16,655,224 |
| 3,264 | Beau Willinon | $16,648,499 | 1 | $16,648,499 |
| 3,265 | Gerry Davis | $16,647,800 | 1 | $16,647,800 |
| 3,266 | Thomas Hunter | $16,647,800 | 1 | $16,647,800 |
| 3,267 | Peter Powell | $16,647,800 | 1 | $16,647,800 |
| 3,268 | Steven Hager | $16,595,791 | 1 | $16,595,791 |
| 3,269 | David Gilbert | $16,595,791 | 1 | $16,595,791 |
| 3,270 | Paul Golding | $16,595,791 | 1 | $16,595,791 |
| 3,271 | Greg Mottola | $16,582,867 | 2 | $8,291,434 |
| 3,272 | Janet Kovalcik | $16,559,100 | 1 | $16,559,100 |
| 3,273 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $16,543,166 | 5 | $3,308,633 |
| 3,274 | Gregory Hansen | $16,479,685 | 1 | $16,479,685 |
| 3,275 | Erik Hansen | $16,479,685 | 1 | $16,479,685 |
| 3,276 | David Preston | $16,478,265 | 1 | $16,478,265 |
| 3,277 | Edith Rey | $16,478,265 | 1 | $16,478,265 |
| 3,278 | Fred Segal | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 3,279 | Harry Chandlee | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 3,280 | Abem Finkel | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
| 3,281 | Martin Ranshoff | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 3,282 | Sam Cowan | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 3,283 | David Marques | $16,397,797 | 2 | $8,198,899 |
| 3,284 | Javier Fesser | $16,397,335 | 1 | $16,397,335 |
| 3,285 | Mark Rizzo | $16,397,335 | 1 | $16,397,335 |
| 3,286 | Michel Gondry | $16,387,378 | 6 | $2,731,230 |
| 3,287 | Bethany Ashton Wolf | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 3,288 | Franco Amurri | $16,344,520 | 1 | $16,344,520 |
| 3,289 | Jeph Loeb | $16,337,355 | 1 | $16,337,355 |
| 3,290 | Arthur Conan Doyle | $16,324,573 | 1 | $16,324,573 |
| 3,291 | Courtney Solomon | $16,298,046 | 1 | $16,298,046 |
| 3,292 | Joshua Michael Stern | $16,289,867 | 1 | $16,289,867 |
| 3,293 | John Guare | $16,284,090 | 2 | $8,142,045 |
| 3,294 | Stephen Volk | $16,236,373 | 2 | $8,118,187 |
| 3,295 | Donn Pearce | $16,217,773 | 1 | $16,217,773 |
| 3,296 | Jonathan Glazer | $16,196,607 | 3 | $5,398,869 |
| 3,297 | James Glickenhaus | $16,191,588 | 2 | $8,095,794 |
| 3,298 | Nate Parker | $16,143,898 | 4 | $4,035,975 |
| 3,299 | Matthew Whitely | $16,131,410 | 1 | $16,131,410 |
| 3,300 | Jay McInerney | $16,118,077 | 1 | $16,118,077 |
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.