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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,401 | Sidney Buchman | $15,000,000 | 4 | $3,750,000 |
| 3,402 | Scott Lawrence Alexander | $15,000,000 | 1 | $15,000,000 |
| 3,403 | Terence Rattigan | $15,000,000 | 1 | $15,000,000 |
| 3,404 | Patrick Read Johnson | $15,000,000 | 2 | $7,500,000 |
| 3,405 | Marion Hargrove | $14,953,846 | 1 | $14,953,846 |
| 3,406 | Hal Barwood | $14,918,117 | 3 | $4,972,706 |
| 3,407 | Joel Hopkins | $14,889,042 | 2 | $7,444,521 |
| 3,408 | Cliff Ruby | $14,857,352 | 2 | $7,428,676 |
| 3,409 | Elana Lesser | $14,857,352 | 2 | $7,428,676 |
| 3,410 | Roger Waters | $14,844,106 | 2 | $7,422,053 |
| 3,411 | Noe Debre | $14,841,006 | 5 | $2,968,201 |
| 3,412 | Brian Sieve | $14,836,174 | 1 | $14,836,174 |
| 3,413 | Jay Basu | $14,828,555 | 2 | $7,414,278 |
| 3,414 | Curtis Burch | $14,796,494 | 1 | $14,796,494 |
| 3,415 | David W. Rintels | $14,789,113 | 1 | $14,789,113 |
| 3,416 | Cynthia Carle | $14,765,099 | 1 | $14,765,099 |
| 3,417 | Christopher Reed | $14,765,099 | 1 | $14,765,099 |
| 3,418 | John K. Swensson | $14,760,451 | 1 | $14,760,451 |
| 3,419 | Dale Dye | $14,760,451 | 1 | $14,760,451 |
| 3,420 | Michael Showalter | $14,737,101 | 4 | $3,684,275 |
| 3,421 | Willy Russell | $14,688,000 | 1 | $14,688,000 |
| 3,422 | Emma Donoghue | $14,677,674 | 3 | $4,892,558 |
| 3,423 | Roy Frumkes | $14,675,167 | 2 | $7,337,584 |
| 3,424 | Rocco Simonelli | $14,675,167 | 1 | $14,675,167 |
| 3,425 | Arne Sultan | $14,662,035 | 1 | $14,662,035 |
| 3,426 | Bill Dana | $14,662,035 | 1 | $14,662,035 |
| 3,427 | Leonard B. Stern | $14,662,035 | 1 | $14,662,035 |
| 3,428 | George Goldsmith | $14,600,000 | 1 | $14,600,000 |
| 3,429 | Adrian Hodges | $14,597,405 | 1 | $14,597,405 |
| 3,430 | Brent Michael Goldberg | $14,589,444 | 1 | $14,589,444 |
| 3,431 | Leonard Schrader | $14,582,182 | 1 | $14,582,182 |
| 3,432 | Ali Abbas Zafar | $14,535,118 | 5 | $2,907,024 |
| 3,433 | Glenn A. Bruce | $14,533,681 | 1 | $14,533,681 |
| 3,434 | Robert Kurtz | $14,523,101 | 1 | $14,523,101 |
| 3,435 | Jeff Hand | $14,523,101 | 1 | $14,523,101 |
| 3,436 | Seaman Jacobs | $14,504,277 | 1 | $14,504,277 |
| 3,437 | Melissa Miller | $14,504,277 | 1 | $14,504,277 |
| 3,438 | Josh Greenfeld | $14,504,277 | 1 | $14,504,277 |
| 3,439 | Hal Goldman | $14,504,277 | 1 | $14,504,277 |
| 3,440 | Fred S. Fox | $14,504,277 | 1 | $14,504,277 |
| 3,441 | Steve Haberman | $14,492,664 | 2 | $7,246,332 |
| 3,442 | Clancy Sigal | $14,481,231 | 1 | $14,481,231 |
| 3,443 | Max Eggers | $14,476,086 | 2 | $7,238,043 |
| 3,444 | Bob Fosse | $14,472,990 | 2 | $7,236,495 |
| 3,445 | Scott Shepherd | $14,448,589 | 1 | $14,448,589 |
| 3,446 | Laura Terruso | $14,444,999 | 3 | $4,815,000 |
| 3,447 | Liam O'Brien | $14,400,000 | 1 | $14,400,000 |
| 3,448 | Piyush Gupta | $14,396,161 | 3 | $4,798,720 |
| 3,449 | Nitesh Tiwari | $14,396,161 | 5 | $2,879,232 |
| 3,450 | John Mortimer | $14,395,874 | 1 | $14,395,874 |
| 3,451 | Quinton Peeples | $14,394,097 | 1 | $14,394,097 |
| 3,452 | Scott Hicks | $14,378,353 | 1 | $14,378,353 |
| 3,453 | Robert Gittler | $14,363,400 | 1 | $14,363,400 |
| 3,454 | Robert Collector | $14,358,033 | 1 | $14,358,033 |
| 3,455 | Max D. Adams | $14,351,432 | 1 | $14,351,432 |
| 3,456 | Stephen Saint-Leger | $14,326,865 | 1 | $14,326,865 |
| 3,457 | James Mather | $14,326,865 | 1 | $14,326,865 |
| 3,458 | Charles Purpura | $14,323,917 | 2 | $7,161,959 |
| 3,459 | Cliff Dorfman | $14,313,803 | 2 | $7,156,902 |
| 3,460 | Barbara Marshall | $14,301,505 | 2 | $7,150,753 |
| 3,461 | Allan G. Scott | $14,300,000 | 1 | $14,300,000 |
| 3,462 | Arthur Sheekman | $14,300,000 | 1 | $14,300,000 |
| 3,463 | Rasmus Heisterberg | $14,296,753 | 3 | $4,765,584 |
| 3,464 | Jorge Semprún | $14,296,444 | 2 | $7,148,222 |
| 3,465 | Ron Bass | $14,279,575 | 3 | $4,759,858 |
| 3,466 | David Chisholm | $14,278,900 | 2 | $7,139,450 |
| 3,467 | David Lee Miller | $14,276,095 | 2 | $7,138,048 |
| 3,468 | Guy Thomas | $14,258,005 | 2 | $7,129,003 |
| 3,469 | Derek Harvie | $14,249,005 | 1 | $14,249,005 |
| 3,470 | Tom Green | $14,249,005 | 2 | $7,124,503 |
| 3,471 | Ang Lee | $14,227,403 | 2 | $7,113,702 |
| 3,472 | Todd Robinson | $14,213,101 | 4 | $3,553,275 |
| 3,473 | Hal Dresner | $14,200,000 | 1 | $14,200,000 |
| 3,474 | Warren B. Murphy | $14,200,000 | 1 | $14,200,000 |
| 3,475 | Rod Whitaker | $14,200,000 | 1 | $14,200,000 |
| 3,476 | Brin Hill | $14,198,909 | 2 | $7,099,455 |
| 3,477 | Jesse Andrews | $14,195,632 | 3 | $4,731,877 |
| 3,478 | Martin Quatermass | $14,182,000 | 1 | $14,182,000 |
| 3,479 | Jeff Franklin | $14,171,431 | 2 | $7,085,716 |
| 3,480 | Steve Allrich | $14,163,574 | 1 | $14,163,574 |
| 3,481 | Coke Sams | $14,143,280 | 1 | $14,143,280 |
| 3,482 | Victoria Arch | $14,140,215 | 2 | $7,070,108 |
| 3,483 | William Gray | $14,134,246 | 2 | $7,067,123 |
| 3,484 | Lars Von Trier | $14,131,496 | 7 | $2,018,785 |
| 3,485 | Neena Beber | $14,108,518 | 1 | $14,108,518 |
| 3,486 | Ben Zelig | $14,100,000 | 1 | $14,100,000 |
| 3,487 | Suzanne O'Malley | $14,049,540 | 1 | $14,049,540 |
| 3,488 | Shane Connaughton | $14,041,353 | 1 | $14,041,353 |
| 3,489 | Aaron Paul | $14,026,509 | 1 | $14,026,509 |
| 3,490 | Emily Foxler | $14,018,364 | 1 | $14,018,364 |
| 3,491 | Gabrielle Allan | $14,011,084 | 1 | $14,011,084 |
| 3,492 | Jennifer Crittenden | $14,011,084 | 1 | $14,011,084 |
| 3,493 | Morton S. Fine | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 3,494 | Pierre Uytterhoeven | $14,000,000 | 2 | $7,000,000 |
| 3,495 | Eleanore Griffin | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 3,496 | Thomas McGuane | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 3,497 | Ramon Mendendez | $13,994,920 | 1 | $13,994,920 |
| 3,498 | Richard Shepard | $13,989,437 | 4 | $3,497,359 |
| 3,499 | Martin Hynes | $13,973,532 | 3 | $4,657,844 |
| 3,500 | Roddy Doyle | $13,961,840 | 2 | $6,980,920 |
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.