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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,301 | Adam Anders | $6,820,796 | 1 | $6,820,796 |
| 4,302 | Deborah Amelon | $6,813,570 | 1 | $6,813,570 |
| 4,303 | Erica Oyama | $6,809,080 | 2 | $3,404,540 |
| 4,304 | Mel Goldberg | $6,800,000 | 1 | $6,800,000 |
| 4,305 | Leonard Freeman | $6,800,000 | 2 | $3,400,000 |
| 4,306 | Franklin Coen | $6,800,000 | 1 | $6,800,000 |
| 4,307 | Frank Davis | $6,800,000 | 1 | $6,800,000 |
| 4,308 | Charles Dance | $6,759,422 | 1 | $6,759,422 |
| 4,309 | Lorraine Richard | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 4,310 | Antonine Maillet | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 4,311 | Charles Binamé | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 4,312 | Pierre Billon | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 4,313 | Dorota Kobiela | $6,735,118 | 1 | $6,735,118 |
| 4,314 | Gareth Evans | $6,730,926 | 4 | $1,682,732 |
| 4,315 | Troy Neighbors | $6,730,578 | 1 | $6,730,578 |
| 4,316 | Steven Feinberg | $6,730,578 | 1 | $6,730,578 |
| 4,317 | Sherman Alexie | $6,719,300 | 1 | $6,719,300 |
| 4,318 | Iain Morris | $6,713,826 | 1 | $6,713,826 |
| 4,319 | Mike Birbiglia | $6,684,049 | 2 | $3,342,025 |
| 4,320 | Raymond De Felitta | $6,671,283 | 2 | $3,335,642 |
| 4,321 | Gus Van Sant | $6,657,078 | 3 | $2,219,026 |
| 4,322 | Larry Ketron | $6,640,346 | 1 | $6,640,346 |
| 4,323 | Hanif Kureishi | $6,634,762 | 3 | $2,211,587 |
| 4,324 | Ulf Rydberg | $6,627,694 | 2 | $3,313,847 |
| 4,325 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $6,625,140 | 2 | $3,312,570 |
| 4,326 | Chuck Barris | $6,621,520 | 1 | $6,621,520 |
| 4,327 | John Groves | $6,609,870 | 1 | $6,609,870 |
| 4,328 | Francois Ozon | $6,600,063 | 12 | $550,005 |
| 4,329 | Bill Murray | $6,600,000 | 1 | $6,600,000 |
| 4,330 | Xu Haofeng | $6,594,959 | 2 | $3,297,480 |
| 4,331 | Nick Shafir | $6,573,799 | 1 | $6,573,799 |
| 4,332 | Jeffrey Ellis | $6,561,653 | 1 | $6,561,653 |
| 4,333 | Mallika Dutt Gharde | $6,557,047 | 1 | $6,557,047 |
| 4,334 | Virgil Williams | $6,545,174 | 3 | $2,181,725 |
| 4,335 | Susan Shiliday | $6,543,194 | 1 | $6,543,194 |
| 4,336 | Paula Milne | $6,543,194 | 2 | $3,271,597 |
| 4,337 | Brian Baugh | $6,531,195 | 3 | $2,177,065 |
| 4,338 | Oliver Daly | $6,501,381 | 1 | $6,501,381 |
| 4,339 | Ian Masters | $6,500,000 | 1 | $6,500,000 |
| 4,340 | Cheri Steinkellner | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 4,341 | Bill Steinkellner | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 4,342 | Rob Reiner | $6,491,414 | 2 | $3,245,707 |
| 4,343 | Alejandro Montalvo | $6,485,961 | 1 | $6,485,961 |
| 4,344 | Pepe Portillo | $6,485,961 | 2 | $3,242,981 |
| 4,345 | Michael Vickerman | $6,478,079 | 2 | $3,239,040 |
| 4,346 | Betsy Nowrasteh | $6,469,813 | 1 | $6,469,813 |
| 4,347 | Peter S. Beagle | $6,455,330 | 1 | $6,455,330 |
| 4,348 | Michael Patrick Goodman | $6,454,953 | 1 | $6,454,953 |
| 4,349 | Hugh Kelley | $6,448,817 | 1 | $6,448,817 |
| 4,350 | Guillaume Canet | $6,446,860 | 3 | $2,148,953 |
| 4,351 | Graham Greene | $6,432,468 | 3 | $2,144,156 |
| 4,352 | Sajid Samji | $6,429,128 | 2 | $3,214,564 |
| 4,353 | Jake McEntire | $6,424,420 | 1 | $6,424,420 |
| 4,354 | Alexander Foard | $6,423,605 | 1 | $6,423,605 |
| 4,355 | Ron Hall | $6,423,605 | 1 | $6,423,605 |
| 4,356 | Michael Carney | $6,423,605 | 1 | $6,423,605 |
| 4,357 | Tom Engelman | $6,419,876 | 1 | $6,419,876 |
| 4,358 | Billy Kimball | $6,417,135 | 1 | $6,417,135 |
| 4,359 | Davis Guggenheim | $6,417,135 | 1 | $6,417,135 |
| 4,360 | Terence Davies | $6,416,798 | 6 | $1,069,466 |
| 4,361 | Eduardo Sacheri | $6,391,436 | 3 | $2,130,479 |
| 4,362 | Juan Jose Campanella | $6,391,436 | 2 | $3,195,718 |
| 4,363 | Edui Tijerina | $6,382,924 | 1 | $6,382,924 |
| 4,364 | Kelly Fremon | $6,382,178 | 1 | $6,382,178 |
| 4,365 | Paul Provenza | $6,377,461 | 1 | $6,377,461 |
| 4,366 | Peter Adam Golden | $6,377,461 | 1 | $6,377,461 |
| 4,367 | Richard Nelson | $6,376,145 | 1 | $6,376,145 |
| 4,368 | Craig Johnson | $6,355,023 | 3 | $2,118,341 |
| 4,369 | Guillaume Laurant | $6,344,664 | 3 | $2,114,888 |
| 4,370 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $6,344,664 | 2 | $3,172,332 |
| 4,371 | Steven-Charles Jaffe | $6,342,668 | 1 | $6,342,668 |
| 4,372 | William Richert | $6,341,645 | 2 | $3,170,823 |
| 4,373 | Dean Fleischer-Camp | $6,333,703 | 1 | $6,333,703 |
| 4,374 | Nick Paley | $6,333,703 | 1 | $6,333,703 |
| 4,375 | Jenny Slate | $6,333,703 | 1 | $6,333,703 |
| 4,376 | Marilyn Goldin | $6,331,297 | 2 | $3,165,649 |
| 4,377 | Amy Spies | $6,326,051 | 1 | $6,326,051 |
| 4,378 | Belinda Haas | $6,323,972 | 2 | $3,161,986 |
| 4,379 | Richard Tanne | $6,304,223 | 2 | $3,152,112 |
| 4,380 | Massy Tadjedin | $6,301,131 | 1 | $6,301,131 |
| 4,381 | Venable Herndon | $6,300,000 | 1 | $6,300,000 |
| 4,382 | Arthur Penn | $6,300,000 | 1 | $6,300,000 |
| 4,383 | Garry Shandling | $6,291,602 | 1 | $6,291,602 |
| 4,384 | Jamie Uys | $6,291,444 | 2 | $3,145,722 |
| 4,385 | Ron Cutler | $6,281,089 | 2 | $3,140,545 |
| 4,386 | Sheryl Longin | $6,276,869 | 1 | $6,276,869 |
| 4,387 | Terry Zwigoff | $6,217,849 | 1 | $6,217,849 |
| 4,388 | Rod Browning | $6,216,067 | 1 | $6,216,067 |
| 4,389 | Paul Mayersberg | $6,201,143 | 2 | $3,100,572 |
| 4,390 | Christine Olsen | $6,199,600 | 1 | $6,199,600 |
| 4,391 | Philippe Lefebvre | $6,198,883 | 1 | $6,198,883 |
| 4,392 | Mary Sweeney | $6,197,866 | 1 | $6,197,866 |
| 4,393 | John Roach | $6,197,866 | 1 | $6,197,866 |
| 4,394 | Elgin James | $6,196,549 | 2 | $3,098,275 |
| 4,395 | Mark Nutter | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,396 | Thomas R. Wolfe | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,397 | Boyd Hale | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,398 | Caroline Link | $6,173,485 | 2 | $3,086,743 |
| 4,399 | Sherry White | $6,170,998 | 1 | $6,170,998 |
| 4,400 | George Arthur Bloom | $6,159,851 | 2 | $3,079,926 |
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.