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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,701 | Mel Friedman | $11,806,119 | 1 | $11,806,119 |
| 3,702 | Bill Corbett | $11,803,254 | 1 | $11,803,254 |
| 3,703 | Edmund Joseph | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
| 3,704 | Bill Ewing | $11,748,661 | 1 | $11,748,661 |
| 3,705 | Jim Hanon | $11,748,661 | 2 | $5,874,331 |
| 3,706 | Sang-ok Shin | $11,744,960 | 1 | $11,744,960 |
| 3,707 | James Clavell | $11,744,471 | 2 | $5,872,236 |
| 3,708 | William Riley Burnett | $11,744,471 | 2 | $5,872,236 |
| 3,709 | Thomas Pope | $11,721,041 | 1 | $11,721,041 |
| 3,710 | Jean Dorst | $11,689,053 | 1 | $11,689,053 |
| 3,711 | Rich Alvarez | $11,686,940 | 1 | $11,686,940 |
| 3,712 | Asghar Farhadi | $11,672,834 | 6 | $1,945,472 |
| 3,713 | Kelly Masterson | $11,648,540 | 3 | $3,882,847 |
| 3,714 | Shem Bitterman | $11,645,423 | 2 | $5,822,712 |
| 3,715 | Dominique Othenin-Girard | $11,642,254 | 1 | $11,642,254 |
| 3,716 | Michael Jacobs | $11,642,254 | 1 | $11,642,254 |
| 3,717 | D.J. Caruso | $11,637,487 | 3 | $3,879,162 |
| 3,718 | Joshua Weigel | $11,636,149 | 1 | $11,636,149 |
| 3,719 | Rebekah Weigel | $11,636,149 | 1 | $11,636,149 |
| 3,720 | Mitchell Kriegman | $11,634,458 | 1 | $11,634,458 |
| 3,721 | Billy Eichner | $11,628,165 | 2 | $5,814,083 |
| 3,722 | Sarah Polley | $11,607,022 | 3 | $3,869,007 |
| 3,723 | John Esposito | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 3,724 | Man-Ming Tong | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 3,725 | Kai-Chi Yuen | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 3,726 | David Roach | $11,546,538 | 2 | $5,773,269 |
| 3,727 | Allan Moyle | $11,541,758 | 1 | $11,541,758 |
| 3,728 | Andy Bienen | $11,540,607 | 1 | $11,540,607 |
| 3,729 | Laurie B. Turner | $11,540,112 | 1 | $11,540,112 |
| 3,730 | Ramsey Gbelawoe | $11,540,112 | 1 | $11,540,112 |
| 3,731 | Jeffrey Brian Holmes | $11,540,112 | 1 | $11,540,112 |
| 3,732 | James Solomon | $11,538,204 | 1 | $11,538,204 |
| 3,733 | Jim Piddock | $11,537,433 | 2 | $5,768,717 |
| 3,734 | Yahoo Serious | $11,536,599 | 1 | $11,536,599 |
| 3,735 | Jonathan Brett | $11,532,774 | 1 | $11,532,774 |
| 3,736 | Bora Dagtekin | $11,528,613 | 2 | $5,764,307 |
| 3,737 | Laurence Rosenthal | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 3,738 | Andy Burg | $11,509,600 | 1 | $11,509,600 |
| 3,739 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 3,740 | Per Høst | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 3,741 | Charlie Fletcher | $11,497,497 | 1 | $11,497,497 |
| 3,742 | Brian Klugman | $11,494,838 | 1 | $11,494,838 |
| 3,743 | Lee Sternthal | $11,494,838 | 1 | $11,494,838 |
| 3,744 | Wolfgang Petersen | $11,487,676 | 1 | $11,487,676 |
| 3,745 | Stephen Gray | $11,478,326 | 1 | $11,478,326 |
| 3,746 | Kriss Turner | $11,468,568 | 1 | $11,468,568 |
| 3,747 | Amy Rardin | $11,449,638 | 2 | $5,724,819 |
| 3,748 | Jessica O'Toole | $11,449,638 | 2 | $5,724,819 |
| 3,749 | Sarah Delappe | $11,446,602 | 1 | $11,446,602 |
| 3,750 | Martin Sherman | $11,441,775 | 2 | $5,720,888 |
| 3,751 | Craig McCracken | $11,411,644 | 1 | $11,411,644 |
| 3,752 | Charlie Bean | $11,411,644 | 1 | $11,411,644 |
| 3,753 | Lauren Faust | $11,411,644 | 1 | $11,411,644 |
| 3,754 | Paul Rudish | $11,411,644 | 1 | $11,411,644 |
| 3,755 | Don Shank | $11,411,644 | 1 | $11,411,644 |
| 3,756 | Evan Hunter | $11,403,529 | 1 | $11,403,529 |
| 3,757 | Phillip Borsos | $11,380,788 | 1 | $11,380,788 |
| 3,758 | Kim Morgan | $11,372,511 | 2 | $5,686,256 |
| 3,759 | Bernie Somers | $11,363,618 | 1 | $11,363,618 |
| 3,760 | Mitchel Katlin | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 3,761 | Nat Bernstein | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 3,762 | John Byrum | $11,334,235 | 2 | $5,667,118 |
| 3,763 | Marie Weiss | $11,325,885 | 1 | $11,325,885 |
| 3,764 | Floyd Mutrux | $11,318,100 | 1 | $11,318,100 |
| 3,765 | Brian Levant | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,766 | Lon Diamond | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,767 | Kimberly Simi | $11,304,403 | 1 | $11,304,403 |
| 3,768 | Barbara Shulgasser | $11,300,653 | 1 | $11,300,653 |
| 3,769 | Seth Greenland | $11,299,730 | 1 | $11,299,730 |
| 3,770 | Stacy Peralta | $11,273,517 | 1 | $11,273,517 |
| 3,771 | David Steven Cohen | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 3,772 | Mike Cheda | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,773 | Drew Gitlin | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,774 | Peyo | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 3,775 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | $11,177,674 | 3 | $3,725,891 |
| 3,776 | Robert Dozier | $11,170,588 | 1 | $11,170,588 |
| 3,777 | Jacob Koskoff | $11,162,366 | 2 | $5,581,183 |
| 3,778 | Jason Baumgardner | $11,144,348 | 2 | $5,572,174 |
| 3,779 | Mario Correa | $11,136,084 | 1 | $11,136,084 |
| 3,780 | Tony Grisoni | $11,132,598 | 4 | $2,783,150 |
| 3,781 | Seth M. Sherwood | $11,107,431 | 1 | $11,107,431 |
| 3,782 | David Z. Weinstein | $11,100,000 | 1 | $11,100,000 |
| 3,783 | Anna Thomas | $11,079,373 | 2 | $5,539,687 |
| 3,784 | Helen Deutsch | $11,070,559 | 1 | $11,070,559 |
| 3,785 | Ralph Farquhar | $11,052,713 | 1 | $11,052,713 |
| 3,786 | Evan Jones | $11,005,982 | 2 | $5,502,991 |
| 3,787 | Sean Stein | $11,005,304 | 1 | $11,005,304 |
| 3,788 | Mark Polish | $11,003,643 | 4 | $2,750,911 |
| 3,789 | Sam Simon | $11,000,863 | 1 | $11,000,863 |
| 3,790 | Harry Behn | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,791 | Joseph W. Farnham | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,792 | James Wong | $11,000,000 | 2 | $5,500,000 |
| 3,793 | Michael Wadleigh | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,794 | David Eyre | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,795 | Hyung-rae Shim | $10,977,721 | 1 | $10,977,721 |
| 3,796 | Alan J. Adler | $10,965,642 | 2 | $5,482,821 |
| 3,797 | William H. Arntz | $10,952,030 | 2 | $5,476,015 |
| 3,798 | Celine Song | $10,950,663 | 2 | $5,475,332 |
| 3,799 | Christophe Gans | $10,948,847 | 2 | $5,474,424 |
| 3,800 | Matthew Hoffman | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
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.