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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Herbert Baker | $10,000,000 | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 3,902 | Ronald Alexander | $9,996,178 | 1 | $9,996,178 |
| 3,903 | Colin Cairnes | $9,956,622 | 2 | $4,978,311 |
| 3,904 | Cameron Cairnes | $9,956,622 | 2 | $4,978,311 |
| 3,905 | Andrew Haigh | $9,948,258 | 4 | $2,487,065 |
| 3,906 | David Hines | $9,917,242 | 1 | $9,917,242 |
| 3,907 | Eric Luke | $9,873,000 | 1 | $9,873,000 |
| 3,908 | Jerome Kass | $9,851,679 | 1 | $9,851,679 |
| 3,909 | Michael Kennedy | $9,842,673 | 2 | $4,921,337 |
| 3,910 | Guillermo Amoedo | $9,803,058 | 5 | $1,960,612 |
| 3,911 | Ernest Thompson | $9,769,504 | 2 | $4,884,752 |
| 3,912 | Jeramey Kraatz | $9,767,647 | 1 | $9,767,647 |
| 3,913 | Charles Robert Carner | $9,746,906 | 3 | $3,248,969 |
| 3,914 | Joey Curtis | $9,737,892 | 2 | $4,868,946 |
| 3,915 | Cami Delavigne | $9,737,892 | 1 | $9,737,892 |
| 3,916 | Kelley Sane | $9,736,045 | 1 | $9,736,045 |
| 3,917 | Kathleen Rowell | $9,733,563 | 2 | $4,866,782 |
| 3,918 | Leslie Stevens | $9,719,499 | 2 | $4,859,750 |
| 3,919 | Casey T. Mitchell | $9,697,739 | 1 | $9,697,739 |
| 3,920 | Ezra Litwak | $9,689,816 | 1 | $9,689,816 |
| 3,921 | Marjorie Schwartz Nielsen | $9,689,816 | 1 | $9,689,816 |
| 3,922 | Brandon Broussard | $9,669,521 | 2 | $4,834,761 |
| 3,923 | Hype Williams | $9,639,390 | 1 | $9,639,390 |
| 3,924 | Jeff Nimoy | $9,628,751 | 1 | $9,628,751 |
| 3,925 | Bob Buchholz | $9,628,751 | 1 | $9,628,751 |
| 3,926 | Anthony Maras | $9,619,500 | 2 | $4,809,750 |
| 3,927 | Budd Schulberg | $9,600,000 | 1 | $9,600,000 |
| 3,928 | Parveez Shaikh | $9,598,043 | 5 | $1,919,609 |
| 3,929 | Nick May | $9,591,094 | 1 | $9,591,094 |
| 3,930 | Mark Chappell | $9,586,237 | 1 | $9,586,237 |
| 3,931 | Dalene Young | $9,574,155 | 1 | $9,574,155 |
| 3,932 | Eric Kirsten | $9,561,064 | 1 | $9,561,064 |
| 3,933 | Ian Mackenzie Jeffers | $9,534,258 | 1 | $9,534,258 |
| 3,934 | Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) | $9,517,251 | 3 | $3,172,417 |
| 3,935 | Andy Samberg | $9,496,130 | 1 | $9,496,130 |
| 3,936 | Akiva Schaffer | $9,496,130 | 1 | $9,496,130 |
| 3,937 | Alessandro Camon | $9,489,829 | 2 | $4,744,915 |
| 3,938 | Farhan Akhtar | $9,484,511 | 3 | $3,161,504 |
| 3,939 | Julian Schnabel | $9,478,785 | 3 | $3,159,595 |
| 3,940 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 1 | $9,466,655 |
| 3,941 | Vendela Vida | $9,451,946 | 1 | $9,451,946 |
| 3,942 | Irwin Winkler | $9,445,090 | 2 | $4,722,545 |
| 3,943 | Max Werner | $9,426,841 | 2 | $4,713,421 |
| 3,944 | Zheng Jun | $9,420,546 | 1 | $9,420,546 |
| 3,945 | Kurt Voelker | $9,420,546 | 1 | $9,420,546 |
| 3,946 | John Hopkins | $9,419,316 | 2 | $4,709,658 |
| 3,947 | John Michael McDonagh | $9,386,961 | 4 | $2,346,740 |
| 3,948 | Jette Rinck | $9,369,329 | 1 | $9,369,329 |
| 3,949 | Chinonye Chukwu | $9,364,918 | 2 | $4,682,459 |
| 3,950 | B.W.L. Norton | $9,346,141 | 2 | $4,673,071 |
| 3,951 | William Boyd | $9,289,349 | 1 | $9,289,349 |
| 3,952 | Bryan Forbes | $9,289,349 | 2 | $4,644,675 |
| 3,953 | Walter Doniger | $9,286,314 | 1 | $9,286,314 |
| 3,954 | Steve Galluccio | $9,282,750 | 2 | $4,641,375 |
| 3,955 | Edward Norton | $9,277,736 | 1 | $9,277,736 |
| 3,956 | David S. Olivas | $9,270,920 | 1 | $9,270,920 |
| 3,957 | Warren Miller | $9,254,954 | 3 | $3,084,985 |
| 3,958 | Iain Johnstone | $9,254,184 | 1 | $9,254,184 |
| 3,959 | Ilya Naishuller | $9,252,038 | 1 | $9,252,038 |
| 3,960 | Francine Rivers | $9,214,020 | 1 | $9,214,020 |
| 3,961 | Ken Wiederhorn | $9,205,924 | 1 | $9,205,924 |
| 3,962 | Skip Hollandsworth | $9,204,489 | 1 | $9,204,489 |
| 3,963 | Richard Di Lello | $9,200,000 | 1 | $9,200,000 |
| 3,964 | David Scearce | $9,176,000 | 2 | $4,588,000 |
| 3,965 | Terry Southern | $9,164,370 | 1 | $9,164,370 |
| 3,966 | Peter George | $9,164,370 | 1 | $9,164,370 |
| 3,967 | Jane Campion | $9,162,092 | 3 | $3,054,031 |
| 3,968 | Armistead Maupin | $9,146,560 | 2 | $4,573,280 |
| 3,969 | Scott McGehee | $9,116,025 | 2 | $4,558,013 |
| 3,970 | David Siegel | $9,116,025 | 2 | $4,558,013 |
| 3,971 | Gregory Poppen | $9,109,322 | 1 | $9,109,322 |
| 3,972 | Nicole DeMasi | $9,097,072 | 1 | $9,097,072 |
| 3,973 | Jonas Frykberg | $9,081,782 | 1 | $9,081,782 |
| 3,974 | Victor Nunez | $9,054,736 | 1 | $9,054,736 |
| 3,975 | Mitch Davis | $9,053,994 | 5 | $1,810,799 |
| 3,976 | José Luis Navarro | $9,023,199 | 1 | $9,023,199 |
| 3,977 | Don Petersen | $9,023,199 | 1 | $9,023,199 |
| 3,978 | Duncan Tucker | $9,015,303 | 1 | $9,015,303 |
| 3,979 | David Rich | $9,015,164 | 1 | $9,015,164 |
| 3,980 | Borden Chase | $9,012,000 | 3 | $3,004,000 |
| 3,981 | Charles Schnee | $9,012,000 | 3 | $3,004,000 |
| 3,982 | Stephen Glover | $9,011,251 | 2 | $4,505,626 |
| 3,983 | Jamal Olori | $9,011,251 | 1 | $9,011,251 |
| 3,984 | Keith Beauchamp | $9,000,202 | 1 | $9,000,202 |
| 3,985 | Michael J.P. Reilly | $9,000,202 | 1 | $9,000,202 |
| 3,986 | June Mathis | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,987 | Oscar Millard | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,988 | Carey Wilson | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,989 | Roger Ebert | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,990 | Bess Meredyth | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,991 | John Derek | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,992 | Leslie Bricusse | $9,000,000 | 3 | $3,000,000 |
| 3,993 | H. H. Caldwell | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,994 | Roland Kibbee | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,995 | Martin Amis | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,996 | Katherine Hilliker | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 3,997 | Rhet Topham | $8,955,917 | 2 | $4,477,959 |
| 3,998 | Mike Clattenburg | $8,936,791 | 3 | $2,978,930 |
| 3,999 | Robert Stitzel | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 4,000 | Philip Frank Messina | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
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.