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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,901 | Steven Whitestone | $3,939,728 | 1 | $3,939,728 |
| 4,902 | J.D. Dillard | $3,930,990 | 4 | $982,748 |
| 4,903 | Alex Theurer | $3,930,990 | 2 | $1,965,495 |
| 4,904 | Ira Sachs | $3,929,984 | 5 | $785,997 |
| 4,905 | Martha Higareda | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,906 | Cory Brusseau | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,907 | Julie Brown | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,908 | Charlie Coffey | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,909 | Terrence E. McNally | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,910 | Seth W. Owen | $3,915,251 | 3 | $1,305,084 |
| 4,911 | Pa Ranjith | $3,903,095 | 1 | $3,903,095 |
| 4,912 | Kevin Rock | $3,902,679 | 1 | $3,902,679 |
| 4,913 | Lisa Joy | $3,900,193 | 1 | $3,900,193 |
| 4,914 | Thomas Baum | $3,900,000 | 1 | $3,900,000 |
| 4,915 | Robin Schiff | $3,887,852 | 1 | $3,887,852 |
| 4,916 | Erica Schmidt | $3,873,124 | 1 | $3,873,124 |
| 4,917 | Jean-Pol Fargeau | $3,845,672 | 3 | $1,281,891 |
| 4,918 | Marcel Pagnol | $3,842,487 | 2 | $1,921,244 |
| 4,919 | Tod Williams | $3,835,551 | 1 | $3,835,551 |
| 4,920 | Barry Gifford | $3,814,727 | 2 | $1,907,364 |
| 4,921 | Mani Ratnam | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,922 | Elango Kumaravel | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,923 | B. Jeyamohan | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,924 | Spencer Eastman | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 4,925 | Ernesto Foronda | $3,802,390 | 2 | $1,901,195 |
| 4,926 | Fabian Marquez | $3,802,390 | 1 | $3,802,390 |
| 4,927 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,802,260 | 1 | $3,802,260 |
| 4,928 | Jack McGowan | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,929 | Frank Fenton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,930 | Guy Bolton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,931 | Louis Lantz | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,932 | Carlo Carlei | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,933 | James Carrington | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,934 | Sandra Goldbacher | $3,794,031 | 1 | $3,794,031 |
| 4,935 | Martin Petit | $3,790,059 | 1 | $3,790,059 |
| 4,936 | Josh Margolin | $3,787,667 | 2 | $1,893,834 |
| 4,937 | Paul Apak Angilirq | $3,786,801 | 1 | $3,786,801 |
| 4,938 | Robin Campillo | $3,783,641 | 2 | $1,891,821 |
| 4,939 | Jim Britts | $3,777,210 | 1 | $3,777,210 |
| 4,940 | John Gatliff | $3,776,540 | 1 | $3,776,540 |
| 4,941 | Ilene Chaiken | $3,775,952 | 1 | $3,775,952 |
| 4,942 | Brian Azzarello | $3,775,000 | 1 | $3,775,000 |
| 4,943 | Alain DesRochers | $3,768,878 | 2 | $1,884,439 |
| 4,944 | Benoît Guichard | $3,768,878 | 1 | $3,768,878 |
| 4,945 | Laurent Cantet | $3,766,810 | 1 | $3,766,810 |
| 4,946 | François Bégaudeau | $3,766,810 | 1 | $3,766,810 |
| 4,947 | Takuma Takasaki | $3,766,668 | 1 | $3,766,668 |
| 4,948 | John Petro | $3,763,583 | 1 | $3,763,583 |
| 4,949 | Dilip Shukla | $3,763,223 | 2 | $1,881,612 |
| 4,950 | Ayesha Devitre | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 4,951 | Shakun Batra | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 4,952 | Philip Koch | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,953 | Matthew Ballen | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,954 | Simon Verhoeven | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,955 | Andrew Solt | $3,753,977 | 1 | $3,753,977 |
| 4,956 | Mark Buntzman | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 4,957 | William Sachs | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 4,958 | Paul Young | $3,730,409 | 1 | $3,730,409 |
| 4,959 | John Bunzel | $3,730,409 | 1 | $3,730,409 |
| 4,960 | Paul Andersen | $3,708,478 | 1 | $3,708,478 |
| 4,961 | John Wilcox | $3,708,478 | 1 | $3,708,478 |
| 4,962 | Craig Lucas | $3,707,201 | 1 | $3,707,201 |
| 4,963 | Ilana Glazer | $3,701,921 | 2 | $1,850,961 |
| 4,964 | Josh Rabinowitz | $3,701,921 | 1 | $3,701,921 |
| 4,965 | John Furia, Jr. | $3,700,000 | 1 | $3,700,000 |
| 4,966 | Yang Yu | $3,695,533 | 1 | $3,695,533 |
| 4,967 | Clancy Carlile | $3,695,409 | 1 | $3,695,409 |
| 4,968 | Lane Garrison | $3,688,723 | 3 | $1,229,574 |
| 4,969 | Ty Roberts | $3,688,723 | 2 | $1,844,362 |
| 4,970 | Kevin Meyer | $3,688,723 | 1 | $3,688,723 |
| 4,971 | Tom Szollosi | $3,685,862 | 1 | $3,685,862 |
| 4,972 | Vincenzo Cerami | $3,681,811 | 1 | $3,681,811 |
| 4,973 | Roberto Benigni | $3,681,811 | 1 | $3,681,811 |
| 4,974 | Phelim McAleer | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 4,975 | Ann McElhinney | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 4,976 | Christophe Barratier | $3,675,360 | 3 | $1,225,120 |
| 4,977 | Philippe Lopes Curval | $3,675,360 | 2 | $1,837,680 |
| 4,978 | Mark Alexandre Fortin | $3,669,531 | 1 | $3,669,531 |
| 4,979 | Joshua John Miller | $3,669,531 | 1 | $3,669,531 |
| 4,980 | Rajan Agarwal | $3,650,315 | 3 | $1,216,772 |
| 4,981 | Jessica Parker | $3,649,422 | 1 | $3,649,422 |
| 4,982 | Abbas Tyrewala | $3,640,355 | 1 | $3,640,355 |
| 4,983 | Siddharth Anand | $3,640,355 | 1 | $3,640,355 |
| 4,984 | Hubert Selby Jr | $3,635,482 | 1 | $3,635,482 |
| 4,985 | Michael Winterbottom | $3,623,572 | 5 | $724,714 |
| 4,986 | Marques Houston | $3,621,917 | 3 | $1,207,306 |
| 4,987 | Christopher B. Stokes | $3,621,917 | 3 | $1,207,306 |
| 4,988 | Joel Don Humphreys | $3,603,615 | 1 | $3,603,615 |
| 4,989 | Gaby Chiappe | $3,603,484 | 2 | $1,801,742 |
| 4,990 | Justin Barber | $3,600,146 | 1 | $3,600,146 |
| 4,991 | Charles Walters | $3,600,000 | 1 | $3,600,000 |
| 4,992 | Farah Khan | $3,597,372 | 1 | $3,597,372 |
| 4,993 | Grace Cary Bickley | $3,591,460 | 1 | $3,591,460 |
| 4,994 | Meaghan Oppenheimer | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 4,995 | Max Joseph | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 4,996 | Adam Braff | $3,591,299 | 1 | $3,591,299 |
| 4,997 | Zoe Kazan | $3,590,722 | 2 | $1,795,361 |
| 4,998 | Terry Black | $3,588,626 | 1 | $3,588,626 |
| 4,999 | Theresa Pettengill | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 5,000 | Roberts Gannaway | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
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.