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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,101-4,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,101 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $8,515,029 | 3 | $2,838,343 |
| 4,102 | David Chocron | $8,500,000 | 2 | $4,250,000 |
| 4,103 | Adam Balsam | $8,462,347 | 1 | $8,462,347 |
| 4,104 | Randi Barnes | $8,462,347 | 1 | $8,462,347 |
| 4,105 | Larry Sulkis | $8,434,601 | 1 | $8,434,601 |
| 4,106 | Joshua Marston | $8,427,449 | 4 | $2,106,862 |
| 4,107 | Chris Bryant | $8,415,112 | 1 | $8,415,112 |
| 4,108 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 4,109 | Richard Sherman (Screenwriter) | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 4,110 | Steve James | $8,393,690 | 3 | $2,797,897 |
| 4,111 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 4,112 | Shell Danielson | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 4,113 | Paul Auster | $8,353,284 | 1 | $8,353,284 |
| 4,114 | Brasse Brännström | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 4,115 | Per Berglund | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 4,116 | Lasse Hallström | $8,345,266 | 2 | $4,172,633 |
| 4,117 | Reidar Jönsson | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 4,118 | Garry Williams | $8,341,909 | 2 | $4,170,955 |
| 4,119 | Liam Lynch | $8,334,575 | 1 | $8,334,575 |
| 4,120 | Jack Black | $8,334,575 | 1 | $8,334,575 |
| 4,121 | Kyle Gass | $8,334,575 | 1 | $8,334,575 |
| 4,122 | Teddy Robin Kwan | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,123 | Barry Wong | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,124 | Joe Cheung | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,125 | Huang Yi | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 4,126 | Margaret Oberman | $8,330,720 | 1 | $8,330,720 |
| 4,127 | Steve Carpenter | $8,330,720 | 1 | $8,330,720 |
| 4,128 | Nicholas Jarecki | $8,328,937 | 2 | $4,164,469 |
| 4,129 | Margery Doppelt | $8,316,206 | 1 | $8,316,206 |
| 4,130 | Roy Blount Jr. | $8,295,903 | 1 | $8,295,903 |
| 4,131 | Frank Hannah | $8,291,572 | 2 | $4,145,786 |
| 4,132 | Augusta Gore | $8,286,741 | 1 | $8,286,741 |
| 4,133 | Steven Katz | $8,279,017 | 1 | $8,279,017 |
| 4,134 | Bille August | $8,271,344 | 2 | $4,135,672 |
| 4,135 | James Higginson | $8,267,544 | 1 | $8,267,544 |
| 4,136 | James McBride | $8,255,690 | 2 | $4,127,845 |
| 4,137 | Cary Bates | $8,251,071 | 1 | $8,251,071 |
| 4,138 | Sally Potter | $8,250,763 | 6 | $1,375,127 |
| 4,139 | Steven Bloom | $8,247,627 | 1 | $8,247,627 |
| 4,140 | George Swicord | $8,224,288 | 1 | $8,224,288 |
| 4,141 | Brian Moore | $8,211,952 | 1 | $8,211,952 |
| 4,142 | Lyle Kessler | $8,205,703 | 1 | $8,205,703 |
| 4,143 | Graeme Whifler | $8,205,290 | 1 | $8,205,290 |
| 4,144 | Bernd Eichinger | $8,201,503 | 3 | $2,733,834 |
| 4,145 | Brian McKay | $8,200,000 | 1 | $8,200,000 |
| 4,146 | Darnell Martin | $8,195,551 | 1 | $8,195,551 |
| 4,147 | Mark Rosman | $8,184,633 | 1 | $8,184,633 |
| 4,148 | K.V. Vijayendra Prasad | $8,178,001 | 1 | $8,178,001 |
| 4,149 | Asad Hussain | $8,178,001 | 1 | $8,178,001 |
| 4,150 | Richard Christian Matheson | $8,148,947 | 2 | $4,074,474 |
| 4,151 | Robert Adetuyi | $8,135,024 | 1 | $8,135,024 |
| 4,152 | Bear Aderhold | $8,130,530 | 2 | $4,065,265 |
| 4,153 | Thomas F.X. Sullivan | $8,130,530 | 2 | $4,065,265 |
| 4,154 | JP Miller | $8,123,077 | 1 | $8,123,077 |
| 4,155 | Wil Shriner | $8,117,637 | 1 | $8,117,637 |
| 4,156 | Joe Penhall | $8,114,270 | 2 | $4,057,135 |
| 4,157 | Ichiro Ohkouchi | $8,110,042 | 1 | $8,110,042 |
| 4,158 | Wallace C. Bennett | $8,103,330 | 1 | $8,103,330 |
| 4,159 | Patrick Million | $8,093,373 | 1 | $8,093,373 |
| 4,160 | Brian Patrick O'Toole | $8,088,406 | 2 | $4,044,203 |
| 4,161 | Ian Martin | $8,047,856 | 2 | $4,023,928 |
| 4,162 | David Schneider | $8,047,856 | 1 | $8,047,856 |
| 4,163 | Terence Marsh | $8,033,397 | 1 | $8,033,397 |
| 4,164 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $8,031,955 | 2 | $4,015,978 |
| 4,165 | Daniel Ferguson | $8,020,721 | 1 | $8,020,721 |
| 4,166 | Robert Lynn | $8,012,103 | 1 | $8,012,103 |
| 4,167 | Kyle Ward | $8,008,161 | 1 | $8,008,161 |
| 4,168 | Morgan Davis Foehl | $8,005,980 | 1 | $8,005,980 |
| 4,169 | Lee Christopher | $8,005,586 | 1 | $8,005,586 |
| 4,170 | Graham Weldon | $8,005,586 | 1 | $8,005,586 |
| 4,171 | Larry Strawther | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,172 | Herbert Fields | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,173 | Eli Tavor | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,174 | Elia Kazan | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,175 | Martha Hyer | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,176 | Tennessee Williams | $8,000,000 | 3 | $2,666,667 |
| 4,177 | Tomás Benitez | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,178 | T.Y. Drake | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,179 | Stuart Paton | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,180 | Richard L. Breen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,181 | Shepard Goldman | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,182 | Robert Ardrey | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,183 | Milt Rosen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,184 | Steven Long Mitchell | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,185 | James Warner Bellah | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,186 | Gary Murphy | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,187 | Craig W. Van Sickle | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,188 | Philip Dunne | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,189 | Willis Goldbeck | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,190 | Trevor Farrant | $7,983,086 | 1 | $7,983,086 |
| 4,191 | Edward Bunker | $7,936,012 | 1 | $7,936,012 |
| 4,192 | Paul Zindel | $7,936,012 | 2 | $3,968,006 |
| 4,193 | Jane Smiley | $7,928,412 | 1 | $7,928,412 |
| 4,194 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $7,900,288 | 3 | $2,633,429 |
| 4,195 | Tim Kring | $7,888,000 | 1 | $7,888,000 |
| 4,196 | Griff Du Rhone | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 4,197 | Erik Tarloff | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 4,198 | John Cotter | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 4,199 | John McNamara | $7,857,741 | 1 | $7,857,741 |
| 4,200 | Tony Hendra | $7,852,282 | 1 | $7,852,282 |
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.