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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,901 | J.D. Dillard | $3,930,990 | 4 | $982,748 |
| 4,902 | Ira Sachs | $3,929,984 | 5 | $785,997 |
| 4,903 | Martha Higareda | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,904 | Cory Brusseau | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,905 | Terrence E. McNally | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,906 | Julie Brown | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,907 | Charlie Coffey | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,908 | Seth W. Owen | $3,915,251 | 3 | $1,305,084 |
| 4,909 | Pa Ranjith | $3,903,095 | 1 | $3,903,095 |
| 4,910 | Kevin Rock | $3,902,679 | 1 | $3,902,679 |
| 4,911 | Lisa Joy | $3,900,193 | 1 | $3,900,193 |
| 4,912 | Thomas Baum | $3,900,000 | 1 | $3,900,000 |
| 4,913 | Robin Schiff | $3,887,852 | 1 | $3,887,852 |
| 4,914 | Erica Schmidt | $3,873,124 | 1 | $3,873,124 |
| 4,915 | Jean-Pol Fargeau | $3,845,672 | 3 | $1,281,891 |
| 4,916 | Marcel Pagnol | $3,842,487 | 2 | $1,921,244 |
| 4,917 | Tod Williams | $3,835,551 | 1 | $3,835,551 |
| 4,918 | Barry Gifford | $3,814,727 | 2 | $1,907,364 |
| 4,919 | B. Jeyamohan | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,920 | Mani Ratnam | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,921 | Elango Kumaravel | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,922 | Spencer Eastman | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 4,923 | Ernesto Foronda | $3,802,390 | 2 | $1,901,195 |
| 4,924 | Fabian Marquez | $3,802,390 | 1 | $3,802,390 |
| 4,925 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,802,260 | 1 | $3,802,260 |
| 4,926 | Guy Bolton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,927 | Louis Lantz | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,928 | Jack McGowan | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,929 | Frank Fenton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,930 | James Carrington | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,931 | Carlo Carlei | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,932 | Sandra Goldbacher | $3,794,031 | 1 | $3,794,031 |
| 4,933 | Martin Petit | $3,790,059 | 1 | $3,790,059 |
| 4,934 | Paul Apak Angilirq | $3,786,801 | 1 | $3,786,801 |
| 4,935 | Robin Campillo | $3,783,641 | 2 | $1,891,821 |
| 4,936 | Jim Britts | $3,777,210 | 1 | $3,777,210 |
| 4,937 | John Gatliff | $3,776,540 | 1 | $3,776,540 |
| 4,938 | Ilene Chaiken | $3,775,952 | 1 | $3,775,952 |
| 4,939 | Brian Azzarello | $3,775,000 | 1 | $3,775,000 |
| 4,940 | Benoît Guichard | $3,768,878 | 1 | $3,768,878 |
| 4,941 | Alain DesRochers | $3,768,878 | 2 | $1,884,439 |
| 4,942 | Laurent Cantet | $3,766,810 | 1 | $3,766,810 |
| 4,943 | François Bégaudeau | $3,766,810 | 1 | $3,766,810 |
| 4,944 | Takuma Takasaki | $3,766,668 | 1 | $3,766,668 |
| 4,945 | John Petro | $3,763,583 | 1 | $3,763,583 |
| 4,946 | Dilip Shukla | $3,763,223 | 2 | $1,881,612 |
| 4,947 | Ayesha Devitre | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 4,948 | Shakun Batra | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 4,949 | Matthew Ballen | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,950 | Simon Verhoeven | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,951 | Philip Koch | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,952 | Andrew Solt | $3,753,977 | 1 | $3,753,977 |
| 4,953 | Mark Buntzman | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 4,954 | William Sachs | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 4,955 | John Bunzel | $3,730,409 | 1 | $3,730,409 |
| 4,956 | Paul Young | $3,730,409 | 1 | $3,730,409 |
| 4,957 | Paul Andersen | $3,708,478 | 1 | $3,708,478 |
| 4,958 | John Wilcox | $3,708,478 | 1 | $3,708,478 |
| 4,959 | Craig Lucas | $3,707,201 | 1 | $3,707,201 |
| 4,960 | John Furia, Jr. | $3,700,000 | 1 | $3,700,000 |
| 4,961 | Yang Yu | $3,695,533 | 1 | $3,695,533 |
| 4,962 | Clancy Carlile | $3,695,409 | 1 | $3,695,409 |
| 4,963 | Ty Roberts | $3,688,723 | 2 | $1,844,362 |
| 4,964 | Kevin Meyer | $3,688,723 | 1 | $3,688,723 |
| 4,965 | Lane Garrison | $3,688,723 | 3 | $1,229,574 |
| 4,966 | Tom Szollosi | $3,685,862 | 1 | $3,685,862 |
| 4,967 | Roberto Benigni | $3,681,811 | 1 | $3,681,811 |
| 4,968 | Vincenzo Cerami | $3,681,811 | 1 | $3,681,811 |
| 4,969 | Ann McElhinney | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 4,970 | Phelim McAleer | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 4,971 | Christophe Barratier | $3,675,360 | 3 | $1,225,120 |
| 4,972 | Philippe Lopes Curval | $3,675,360 | 2 | $1,837,680 |
| 4,973 | Rajan Agarwal | $3,650,315 | 3 | $1,216,772 |
| 4,974 | Jessica Parker | $3,649,422 | 1 | $3,649,422 |
| 4,975 | Siddharth Anand | $3,640,355 | 1 | $3,640,355 |
| 4,976 | Abbas Tyrewala | $3,640,355 | 1 | $3,640,355 |
| 4,977 | Hubert Selby Jr | $3,635,482 | 1 | $3,635,482 |
| 4,978 | Michael Winterbottom | $3,623,572 | 5 | $724,714 |
| 4,979 | Marques Houston | $3,621,917 | 3 | $1,207,306 |
| 4,980 | Christopher B. Stokes | $3,621,917 | 3 | $1,207,306 |
| 4,981 | Joel Don Humphreys | $3,603,615 | 1 | $3,603,615 |
| 4,982 | Gaby Chiappe | $3,603,484 | 2 | $1,801,742 |
| 4,983 | Justin Barber | $3,600,146 | 1 | $3,600,146 |
| 4,984 | Charles Walters | $3,600,000 | 1 | $3,600,000 |
| 4,985 | Farah Khan | $3,597,372 | 1 | $3,597,372 |
| 4,986 | Grace Cary Bickley | $3,591,460 | 1 | $3,591,460 |
| 4,987 | Max Joseph | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 4,988 | Meaghan Oppenheimer | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 4,989 | Adam Braff | $3,591,299 | 1 | $3,591,299 |
| 4,990 | Zoe Kazan | $3,590,722 | 2 | $1,795,361 |
| 4,991 | Terry Black | $3,588,626 | 1 | $3,588,626 |
| 4,992 | Roberts Gannaway | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 4,993 | Theresa Pettengill | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 4,994 | Eleonore Adlon | $3,587,303 | 1 | $3,587,303 |
| 4,995 | Percy Adlon | $3,587,303 | 1 | $3,587,303 |
| 4,996 | Michel Cote | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 4,997 | Robert Ménard | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 4,998 | Claire Wojas | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 4,999 | Paolo Sodi | $3,574,915 | 1 | $3,574,915 |
| 5,000 | Luis Puenzo | $3,574,256 | 1 | $3,574,256 |
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.