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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Chris Nash | $4,229,999 | 1 | $4,229,999 |
| 5,002 | Big Boy Medlin | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 5,003 | Michael Ventura | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 5,004 | Joe Goodman | $4,224,065 | 1 | $4,224,065 |
| 5,005 | Cunningham O'Keefe | $4,221,817 | 1 | $4,221,817 |
| 5,006 | Lazaro Gomez Carriles | $4,221,817 | 1 | $4,221,817 |
| 5,007 | Vijay Maurya | $4,216,437 | 1 | $4,216,437 |
| 5,008 | Jim Wynorski | $4,214,282 | 5 | $842,856 |
| 5,009 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 5,010 | Daniel Scheinert | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 5,011 | Daniel Kwan | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 5,012 | Dana Brown | $4,201,219 | 3 | $1,400,406 |
| 5,013 | Andrew Anastasios | $4,200,117 | 1 | $4,200,117 |
| 5,014 | Bruce Hendricks | $4,197,175 | 1 | $4,197,175 |
| 5,015 | Robert Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 5,016 | Jack Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 5,017 | Aditya Dhar | $4,185,663 | 1 | $4,185,663 |
| 5,018 | Dominik Moll | $4,183,223 | 3 | $1,394,408 |
| 5,019 | Sergio Guerrero | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 5,020 | Sergio Arau | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 5,021 | Yareli Arizmendi | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 5,022 | Eddie Huang | $4,178,620 | 1 | $4,178,620 |
| 5,023 | Jack Cummins | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 5,024 | Daniel Arthur Wray | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 5,025 | Gilles Marchand | $4,176,972 | 4 | $1,044,243 |
| 5,026 | Ayub Khan-Din | $4,170,647 | 1 | $4,170,647 |
| 5,027 | Steve Antin | $4,167,493 | 1 | $4,167,493 |
| 5,028 | Mark Haskell Smith | $4,166,918 | 2 | $2,083,459 |
| 5,029 | Alberto Bremer | $4,165,949 | 1 | $4,165,949 |
| 5,030 | Jimmy McGovern | $4,165,845 | 1 | $4,165,845 |
| 5,031 | Jay Baruchel | $4,164,911 | 3 | $1,388,304 |
| 5,032 | Robert Engels | $4,160,851 | 1 | $4,160,851 |
| 5,033 | Sandra Nettelbeck | $4,160,475 | 2 | $2,080,238 |
| 5,034 | Chuck Sklar | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 5,035 | Jeff Stilson | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 5,036 | Paul Marchand | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 5,037 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 5,038 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 5,039 | Xavier Beauvois | $4,131,982 | 2 | $2,065,991 |
| 5,040 | Jacques Fieschi | $4,131,351 | 6 | $688,559 |
| 5,041 | Gonzalo Maza | $4,129,911 | 2 | $2,064,956 |
| 5,042 | Wentworth Miller | $4,126,592 | 2 | $2,063,296 |
| 5,043 | Robert Carrington | $4,117,958 | 1 | $4,117,958 |
| 5,044 | Kelvin Lee | $4,109,803 | 2 | $2,054,902 |
| 5,045 | Mira Nair | $4,109,095 | 1 | $4,109,095 |
| 5,046 | Olivier Assayas | $4,106,972 | 8 | $513,372 |
| 5,047 | James Frey | $4,100,505 | 1 | $4,100,505 |
| 5,048 | Harry Crane | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,049 | Rupert Walters | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,050 | Nathaniel Curtis | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,051 | James O’Hanlon | $4,100,000 | 2 | $2,050,000 |
| 5,052 | Kay Van Riper | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,053 | Janice Lee Graham | $4,097,094 | 1 | $4,097,094 |
| 5,054 | Ross Schwartz | $4,078,607 | 1 | $4,078,607 |
| 5,055 | Jill Sprecher | $4,077,187 | 2 | $2,038,594 |
| 5,056 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 5,057 | John Kohn | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 5,058 | Harry Basil | $4,073,582 | 1 | $4,073,582 |
| 5,059 | Michael Berry Jr. | $4,070,343 | 3 | $1,356,781 |
| 5,060 | John Goldsmith | $4,068,087 | 1 | $4,068,087 |
| 5,061 | Karen Clark | $4,067,725 | 1 | $4,067,725 |
| 5,062 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,066,487 | 1 | $4,066,487 |
| 5,063 | Tedi Sarafian | $4,064,333 | 1 | $4,064,333 |
| 5,064 | Wolfgang Becker | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 5,065 | Bernd Lichtenberg | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 5,066 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,063,470 | 2 | $2,031,735 |
| 5,067 | Christian Petzold | $4,061,322 | 4 | $1,015,331 |
| 5,068 | Rita Rudner | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 5,069 | Martin Bergman | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 5,070 | John Turturro | $4,056,206 | 4 | $1,014,052 |
| 5,071 | Marleen Gorris | $4,047,426 | 1 | $4,047,426 |
| 5,072 | Peter Asmussen | $4,040,691 | 1 | $4,040,691 |
| 5,073 | Terri Hughes | $4,023,741 | 1 | $4,023,741 |
| 5,074 | Ron Milbauer | $4,023,741 | 1 | $4,023,741 |
| 5,075 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 5,076 | Alan Cumming | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 5,077 | Bob Rafelson | $4,011,793 | 1 | $4,011,793 |
| 5,078 | JoJo Henrickson | $4,011,254 | 1 | $4,011,254 |
| 5,079 | John Blumenthal | $4,010,647 | 1 | $4,010,647 |
| 5,080 | Nick Lieberman | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 5,081 | Ben Platt | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 5,082 | Noah Galvin | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 5,083 | Rebecca Miller | $4,009,744 | 2 | $2,004,872 |
| 5,084 | Brit Marling | $4,003,858 | 3 | $1,334,619 |
| 5,085 | Gabe Sherman | $4,001,910 | 1 | $4,001,910 |
| 5,086 | David O'Malley | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,087 | David Field | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,088 | Arthur T. Horman | $4,000,000 | 2 | $2,000,000 |
| 5,089 | DeWitt Bodeen | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,090 | Gary Conway | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,091 | Irving Berlin | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,092 | Adam Shirk | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,093 | Kathryn Scola | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,094 | Donald P. Borchers | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,095 | Allison Louise Downe | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,096 | Lamar Trotti | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,097 | Brian Cates | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 5,098 | Rene Gutteridge | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 5,099 | William C. Anderson | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 5,100 | George Gordon | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
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.