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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,301-5,400)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,301 | Melanie Wistar | $2,859,955 | 1 | $2,859,955 |
| 5,302 | Bill Apablasa | $2,859,811 | 1 | $2,859,811 |
| 5,303 | Ann Marie Allison | $2,854,289 | 2 | $1,427,145 |
| 5,304 | Jenna Milly | $2,854,289 | 2 | $1,427,145 |
| 5,305 | Jenny Wingfield | $2,853,801 | 1 | $2,853,801 |
| 5,306 | Bart Layton | $2,853,526 | 1 | $2,853,526 |
| 5,307 | Patrick Doughtie | $2,848,587 | 1 | $2,848,587 |
| 5,308 | Art D’Alessandro | $2,848,587 | 1 | $2,848,587 |
| 5,309 | Joe Augustyn | $2,847,907 | 1 | $2,847,907 |
| 5,310 | Jennifer Dornbush | $2,846,258 | 1 | $2,846,258 |
| 5,311 | Harold Cronk | $2,846,258 | 1 | $2,846,258 |
| 5,312 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $2,834,367 | 3 | $944,789 |
| 5,313 | Luc Dardenne | $2,834,367 | 3 | $944,789 |
| 5,314 | Kim Hanmin | $2,830,989 | 1 | $2,830,989 |
| 5,315 | François Dupeyron | $2,824,365 | 1 | $2,824,365 |
| 5,316 | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | $2,824,365 | 1 | $2,824,365 |
| 5,317 | Nathaniel Kahn | $2,822,522 | 1 | $2,822,522 |
| 5,318 | Tim John | $2,821,705 | 2 | $1,410,853 |
| 5,319 | Antonio Margheriti | $2,810,199 | 1 | $2,810,199 |
| 5,320 | Jaime Bayly | $2,808,241 | 1 | $2,808,241 |
| 5,321 | Abi Damaris Corbin | $2,806,359 | 1 | $2,806,359 |
| 5,322 | Kwame Kwei-Armah | $2,806,359 | 2 | $1,403,180 |
| 5,323 | Anurag Basu | $2,804,874 | 2 | $1,402,437 |
| 5,324 | Sarah Y. Mason | $2,800,000 | 2 | $1,400,000 |
| 5,325 | James Gleason | $2,800,000 | 1 | $2,800,000 |
| 5,326 | Earl Baldwin | $2,800,000 | 1 | $2,800,000 |
| 5,327 | Gene Nelson | $2,800,000 | 1 | $2,800,000 |
| 5,328 | Gerald Drayson Adams | $2,800,000 | 1 | $2,800,000 |
| 5,329 | Norman Houston | $2,800,000 | 1 | $2,800,000 |
| 5,330 | Alan Spencer | $2,786,807 | 1 | $2,786,807 |
| 5,331 | Pierre Szalowski | $2,779,545 | 1 | $2,779,545 |
| 5,332 | Darren Doane | $2,778,297 | 1 | $2,778,297 |
| 5,333 | Cheston Hervey | $2,778,297 | 1 | $2,778,297 |
| 5,334 | Paulina Lagudi Ulrich | $2,769,000 | 1 | $2,769,000 |
| 5,335 | Kristen Lazarian | $2,769,000 | 2 | $1,384,500 |
| 5,336 | Bart Davis | $2,766,716 | 1 | $2,766,716 |
| 5,337 | Amy Fox | $2,763,868 | 2 | $1,381,934 |
| 5,338 | Larry Anderson | $2,732,684 | 1 | $2,732,684 |
| 5,339 | Peter Foldy | $2,732,684 | 1 | $2,732,684 |
| 5,340 | Abhishek Varman | $2,729,336 | 1 | $2,729,336 |
| 5,341 | Margaret Nagle | $2,722,209 | 1 | $2,722,209 |
| 5,342 | Wu Jing | $2,721,100 | 1 | $2,721,100 |
| 5,343 | Dong Qun | $2,721,100 | 1 | $2,721,100 |
| 5,344 | Liu Yi | $2,721,100 | 1 | $2,721,100 |
| 5,345 | Roger Michell | $2,716,368 | 1 | $2,716,368 |
| 5,346 | Gal Uchovsky | $2,712,736 | 1 | $2,712,736 |
| 5,347 | Matty Rich | $2,712,293 | 1 | $2,712,293 |
| 5,348 | Dan Rush | $2,712,131 | 1 | $2,712,131 |
| 5,349 | Sanjeev Dutta | $2,708,085 | 2 | $1,354,043 |
| 5,350 | Tamar Simon Hoffs | $2,700,000 | 1 | $2,700,000 |
| 5,351 | M.L. Kessler | $2,700,000 | 1 | $2,700,000 |
| 5,352 | Bill Pryor | $2,694,071 | 1 | $2,694,071 |
| 5,353 | Joseph Tura | $2,686,800 | 1 | $2,686,800 |
| 5,354 | Ian McKellen | $2,684,904 | 1 | $2,684,904 |
| 5,355 | Zal Batmanglij | $2,682,664 | 2 | $1,341,332 |
| 5,356 | Lai yin Leuong | $2,679,437 | 1 | $2,679,437 |
| 5,357 | James Foley | $2,678,414 | 1 | $2,678,414 |
| 5,358 | Robert Redlin | $2,678,414 | 1 | $2,678,414 |
| 5,359 | Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson | $2,676,410 | 1 | $2,676,410 |
| 5,360 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | $2,676,410 | 1 | $2,676,410 |
| 5,361 | Julio Medem | $2,675,499 | 2 | $1,337,750 |
| 5,362 | Ron Fricke | $2,672,413 | 1 | $2,672,413 |
| 5,363 | Mark Magidson | $2,672,413 | 1 | $2,672,413 |
| 5,364 | Siva Koratala | $2,663,090 | 1 | $2,663,090 |
| 5,365 | Julia Bacha | $2,657,969 | 2 | $1,328,985 |
| 5,366 | Tran Anh Hung | $2,655,074 | 1 | $2,655,074 |
| 5,367 | Sam Shepard | $2,653,421 | 5 | $530,684 |
| 5,368 | Richard Wesley | $2,650,866 | 1 | $2,650,866 |
| 5,369 | Timothy March | $2,650,866 | 1 | $2,650,866 |
| 5,370 | Abel Gance | $2,645,504 | 1 | $2,645,504 |
| 5,371 | Mike Figgis | $2,642,718 | 1 | $2,642,718 |
| 5,372 | Mark McKinney | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,373 | Scott Thompson | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,374 | Norm Hiscock | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,375 | Bruce McCulloch | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,376 | Kevin McDonald | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,377 | Richard Dutcher | $2,637,726 | 1 | $2,637,726 |
| 5,378 | Tony Spiridakis | $2,634,620 | 2 | $1,317,310 |
| 5,379 | Aidan Hill | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 5,380 | Patti Defilippis | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 5,381 | Fred Pellerin | $2,626,308 | 1 | $2,626,308 |
| 5,382 | Sujeeth | $2,626,284 | 1 | $2,626,284 |
| 5,383 | Arend Remmers | $2,626,127 | 1 | $2,626,127 |
| 5,384 | Edward di Lorenzo | $2,625,716 | 1 | $2,625,716 |
| 5,385 | Taylor Hackford | $2,625,716 | 1 | $2,625,716 |
| 5,386 | Joseph Hayes | $2,624,629 | 1 | $2,624,629 |
| 5,387 | Hal Hopper | $2,620,000 | 1 | $2,620,000 |
| 5,388 | James Griffith | $2,620,000 | 1 | $2,620,000 |
| 5,389 | Walter Campbell | $2,614,251 | 1 | $2,614,251 |
| 5,390 | Don Cheadle | $2,610,896 | 1 | $2,610,896 |
| 5,391 | Nicolas Lopez | $2,610,767 | 3 | $870,256 |
| 5,392 | Hiram Martinez | $2,609,412 | 1 | $2,609,412 |
| 5,393 | Rajat Arora | $2,603,629 | 3 | $867,876 |
| 5,394 | Ni Zhen | $2,603,061 | 1 | $2,603,061 |
| 5,395 | Allen Weiss | $2,600,000 | 1 | $2,600,000 |
| 5,396 | Riley Stearns | $2,596,126 | 3 | $865,375 |
| 5,397 | Christine Taylor | $2,595,644 | 1 | $2,595,644 |
| 5,398 | Julius Lewis | $2,595,644 | 1 | $2,595,644 |
| 5,399 | Jehane Noujaim | $2,589,616 | 1 | $2,589,616 |
| 5,400 | Ty Manns | $2,587,072 | 1 | $2,587,072 |
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.