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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,501 | Albert Leon | $5,867,786 | 1 | $5,867,786 |
| 4,502 | Steven Haft | $5,857,534 | 1 | $5,857,534 |
| 4,503 | Ron Friedman | $5,849,647 | 1 | $5,849,647 |
| 4,504 | Kristoffer Borgli | $5,848,349 | 2 | $2,924,175 |
| 4,505 | Oscar Torres | $5,842,961 | 2 | $2,921,481 |
| 4,506 | Chetan Bhagat | $5,833,397 | 3 | $1,944,466 |
| 4,507 | Brandon Cronenberg | $5,831,286 | 3 | $1,943,762 |
| 4,508 | Joseph Cedar | $5,822,319 | 2 | $2,911,160 |
| 4,509 | Irving Ravetch | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,510 | Harriet Frank, Jr. | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,511 | Nick Cuse | $5,812,500 | 1 | $5,812,500 |
| 4,512 | Steve Armour | $5,802,208 | 1 | $5,802,208 |
| 4,513 | Zach Braff | $5,801,764 | 2 | $2,900,882 |
| 4,514 | Bryan Thompson | $5,801,249 | 1 | $5,801,249 |
| 4,515 | Jules Furthman | $5,800,000 | 2 | $2,900,000 |
| 4,516 | Paolo Sorrentino | $5,797,012 | 7 | $828,145 |
| 4,517 | Robert Henny | $5,794,979 | 3 | $1,931,660 |
| 4,518 | Camille Thomasson | $5,781,086 | 1 | $5,781,086 |
| 4,519 | Bill Forsyth | $5,775,073 | 2 | $2,887,537 |
| 4,520 | Zdeněk Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 1 | $5,770,254 |
| 4,521 | Michael Auerbach | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 4,522 | Dean Koontz | $5,755,333 | 1 | $5,755,333 |
| 4,523 | Lu Wei | $5,751,265 | 2 | $2,875,633 |
| 4,524 | Sir David Attenborough | $5,751,141 | 3 | $1,917,047 |
| 4,525 | Ryan Grassby | $5,748,590 | 2 | $2,874,295 |
| 4,526 | Kevin Coughlin | $5,748,590 | 2 | $2,874,295 |
| 4,527 | Scott Yagemann | $5,747,802 | 1 | $5,747,802 |
| 4,528 | Steven Baigelman | $5,735,336 | 2 | $2,867,668 |
| 4,529 | Michael Mason | $5,728,940 | 1 | $5,728,940 |
| 4,530 | John Varley | $5,725,353 | 1 | $5,725,353 |
| 4,531 | Nick Drake | $5,716,885 | 1 | $5,716,885 |
| 4,532 | Sergei Bodrov | $5,705,761 | 1 | $5,705,761 |
| 4,533 | Arif Aliev | $5,705,761 | 1 | $5,705,761 |
| 4,534 | Miguel Tejada-Flores | $5,701,359 | 2 | $2,850,680 |
| 4,535 | Barry Glasser | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 4,536 | Malcolm Bradbury | $5,682,429 | 1 | $5,682,429 |
| 4,537 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $5,678,518 | 8 | $709,815 |
| 4,538 | Susan Coyne | $5,676,110 | 1 | $5,676,110 |
| 4,539 | Myron Goble | $5,672,903 | 1 | $5,672,903 |
| 4,540 | Michael Love | $5,669,081 | 1 | $5,669,081 |
| 4,541 | Sngmoo Lee | $5,666,340 | 1 | $5,666,340 |
| 4,542 | Bill Rubenstein | $5,656,641 | 1 | $5,656,641 |
| 4,543 | Peter Crabbe | $5,646,500 | 2 | $2,823,250 |
| 4,544 | James Gibson | $5,644,575 | 1 | $5,644,575 |
| 4,545 | Joshua Enck | $5,644,104 | 1 | $5,644,104 |
| 4,546 | Jeff Bender | $5,644,104 | 1 | $5,644,104 |
| 4,547 | Martin Pasko | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 4,548 | Paul Dini | $5,635,204 | 2 | $2,817,602 |
| 4,549 | Michael Reaves | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 4,550 | Alice Johnson Boher | $5,611,123 | 1 | $5,611,123 |
| 4,551 | Eleanor Coppola | $5,608,745 | 2 | $2,804,373 |
| 4,552 | John Aglialoro | $5,604,043 | 2 | $2,802,022 |
| 4,553 | Gilbert Adler | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 4,554 | A.L. Katz | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 4,555 | Richard Eyre | $5,580,479 | 1 | $5,580,479 |
| 4,556 | Alex Gibney | $5,577,555 | 12 | $464,796 |
| 4,557 | Agnieszka Holland | $5,575,738 | 2 | $2,787,869 |
| 4,558 | Shashank Khaitan | $5,573,270 | 3 | $1,857,757 |
| 4,559 | Sandy Howard | $5,568,880 | 1 | $5,568,880 |
| 4,560 | Kenneth Peter | $5,568,880 | 1 | $5,568,880 |
| 4,561 | Joan Tewkesbury | $5,563,663 | 1 | $5,563,663 |
| 4,562 | Marc Rocco | $5,561,581 | 2 | $2,780,791 |
| 4,563 | Pik Kwan Lee | $5,538,649 | 1 | $5,538,649 |
| 4,564 | Dallas Jenkins | $5,525,069 | 2 | $2,762,535 |
| 4,565 | Ryan Swanson | $5,525,069 | 1 | $5,525,069 |
| 4,566 | Tyler Thompson | $5,525,069 | 1 | $5,525,069 |
| 4,567 | Matt Maiellaro | $5,520,368 | 2 | $2,760,184 |
| 4,568 | Dave Willis | $5,520,368 | 2 | $2,760,184 |
| 4,569 | Mac Gudgeon | $5,519,569 | 2 | $2,759,785 |
| 4,570 | Talbot Jennings | $5,500,000 | 2 | $2,750,000 |
| 4,571 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | $5,488,570 | 1 | $5,488,570 |
| 4,572 | Millicent Shelton | $5,485,295 | 1 | $5,485,295 |
| 4,573 | Will Berson | $5,478,009 | 1 | $5,478,009 |
| 4,574 | Shaka King | $5,478,009 | 2 | $2,739,005 |
| 4,575 | Tom Perrotta | $5,463,019 | 1 | $5,463,019 |
| 4,576 | Mark Burnell | $5,437,971 | 1 | $5,437,971 |
| 4,577 | William Mosley-Payne | $5,435,488 | 1 | $5,435,488 |
| 4,578 | Stieg Larsson | $5,427,684 | 1 | $5,427,684 |
| 4,579 | David Coggeshall | $5,413,227 | 5 | $1,082,645 |
| 4,580 | Bruce Franklin Singer | $5,410,972 | 2 | $2,705,486 |
| 4,581 | Gore Vidal | $5,406,879 | 1 | $5,406,879 |
| 4,582 | Brock Norman Brock | $5,372,472 | 2 | $2,686,236 |
| 4,583 | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | $5,363,000 | 1 | $5,363,000 |
| 4,584 | Theresa Preston | $5,355,847 | 1 | $5,355,847 |
| 4,585 | Mona Fastvold | $5,339,476 | 4 | $1,334,869 |
| 4,586 | Laure de Clermont | $5,336,840 | 1 | $5,336,840 |
| 4,587 | Mamoru Hosoda | $5,321,750 | 3 | $1,773,917 |
| 4,588 | Franco Arcalli | $5,321,508 | 1 | $5,321,508 |
| 4,589 | Franco Ferrini | $5,321,508 | 2 | $2,660,754 |
| 4,590 | Leonardo Benvenuti | $5,321,508 | 1 | $5,321,508 |
| 4,591 | Piero De Bernardi | $5,321,508 | 1 | $5,321,508 |
| 4,592 | Enrico Medioli | $5,321,508 | 1 | $5,321,508 |
| 4,593 | Jacob Lentz | $5,314,136 | 1 | $5,314,136 |
| 4,594 | Ivan Cotroneo | $5,312,382 | 2 | $2,656,191 |
| 4,595 | Silvio Soldini | $5,311,177 | 1 | $5,311,177 |
| 4,596 | Doriana Leondeff | $5,311,177 | 2 | $2,655,589 |
| 4,597 | Steve Schmidt | $5,303,000 | 1 | $5,303,000 |
| 4,598 | Kim Krizan | $5,274,005 | 1 | $5,274,005 |
| 4,599 | Randall Badat | $5,270,563 | 1 | $5,270,563 |
| 4,600 | Nick Dear | $5,269,757 | 2 | $2,634,879 |
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.