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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 | Alex Theurer | $3,930,990 | 2 | $1,965,495 |
| 4,902 | J.D. Dillard | $3,930,990 | 4 | $982,748 |
| 4,903 | Ira Sachs | $3,929,984 | 5 | $785,997 |
| 4,904 | Cory Brusseau | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,905 | Martha Higareda | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,906 | Charlie Coffey | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,907 | Terrence E. McNally | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,908 | Julie Brown | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,909 | Seth W. Owen | $3,915,251 | 3 | $1,305,084 |
| 4,910 | Pa Ranjith | $3,903,095 | 1 | $3,903,095 |
| 4,911 | Kevin Rock | $3,902,679 | 1 | $3,902,679 |
| 4,912 | Lisa Joy | $3,900,193 | 1 | $3,900,193 |
| 4,913 | Thomas Baum | $3,900,000 | 1 | $3,900,000 |
| 4,914 | Robin Schiff | $3,887,852 | 1 | $3,887,852 |
| 4,915 | Erica Schmidt | $3,873,124 | 1 | $3,873,124 |
| 4,916 | Jean-Pol Fargeau | $3,845,672 | 3 | $1,281,891 |
| 4,917 | Marcel Pagnol | $3,842,487 | 2 | $1,921,244 |
| 4,918 | Tod Williams | $3,835,551 | 1 | $3,835,551 |
| 4,919 | Barry Gifford | $3,814,727 | 2 | $1,907,364 |
| 4,920 | Elango Kumaravel | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,921 | B. Jeyamohan | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,922 | Mani Ratnam | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,923 | Spencer Eastman | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 4,924 | Ernesto Foronda | $3,802,390 | 2 | $1,901,195 |
| 4,925 | Fabian Marquez | $3,802,390 | 1 | $3,802,390 |
| 4,926 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,802,260 | 1 | $3,802,260 |
| 4,927 | Guy Bolton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,928 | Louis Lantz | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,929 | Jack McGowan | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,930 | Frank Fenton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,931 | Carlo Carlei | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,932 | James Carrington | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,933 | Sandra Goldbacher | $3,794,031 | 1 | $3,794,031 |
| 4,934 | Martin Petit | $3,790,059 | 1 | $3,790,059 |
| 4,935 | Paul Apak Angilirq | $3,786,801 | 1 | $3,786,801 |
| 4,936 | Robin Campillo | $3,783,641 | 2 | $1,891,821 |
| 4,937 | Jim Britts | $3,777,210 | 1 | $3,777,210 |
| 4,938 | John Gatliff | $3,776,540 | 1 | $3,776,540 |
| 4,939 | Ilene Chaiken | $3,775,952 | 1 | $3,775,952 |
| 4,940 | Brian Azzarello | $3,775,000 | 1 | $3,775,000 |
| 4,941 | Alain DesRochers | $3,768,878 | 2 | $1,884,439 |
| 4,942 | Benoît Guichard | $3,768,878 | 1 | $3,768,878 |
| 4,943 | Laurent Cantet | $3,766,810 | 1 | $3,766,810 |
| 4,944 | François Bégaudeau | $3,766,810 | 1 | $3,766,810 |
| 4,945 | Takuma Takasaki | $3,766,668 | 1 | $3,766,668 |
| 4,946 | John Petro | $3,763,583 | 1 | $3,763,583 |
| 4,947 | Dilip Shukla | $3,763,223 | 2 | $1,881,612 |
| 4,948 | Shakun Batra | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 4,949 | Ayesha Devitre | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 4,950 | Matthew Ballen | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,951 | Simon Verhoeven | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,952 | Philip Koch | $3,759,078 | 1 | $3,759,078 |
| 4,953 | Andrew Solt | $3,753,977 | 1 | $3,753,977 |
| 4,954 | William Sachs | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 4,955 | Mark Buntzman | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 4,956 | John Bunzel | $3,730,409 | 1 | $3,730,409 |
| 4,957 | Paul Young | $3,730,409 | 1 | $3,730,409 |
| 4,958 | Paul Andersen | $3,708,478 | 1 | $3,708,478 |
| 4,959 | John Wilcox | $3,708,478 | 1 | $3,708,478 |
| 4,960 | Craig Lucas | $3,707,201 | 1 | $3,707,201 |
| 4,961 | John Furia, Jr. | $3,700,000 | 1 | $3,700,000 |
| 4,962 | Yang Yu | $3,695,533 | 1 | $3,695,533 |
| 4,963 | Clancy Carlile | $3,695,409 | 1 | $3,695,409 |
| 4,964 | Ty Roberts | $3,688,723 | 2 | $1,844,362 |
| 4,965 | Kevin Meyer | $3,688,723 | 1 | $3,688,723 |
| 4,966 | Lane Garrison | $3,688,723 | 3 | $1,229,574 |
| 4,967 | Tom Szollosi | $3,685,862 | 1 | $3,685,862 |
| 4,968 | Vincenzo Cerami | $3,681,811 | 1 | $3,681,811 |
| 4,969 | Roberto Benigni | $3,681,811 | 1 | $3,681,811 |
| 4,970 | Ann McElhinney | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 4,971 | Phelim McAleer | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 4,972 | Christophe Barratier | $3,675,360 | 3 | $1,225,120 |
| 4,973 | Philippe Lopes Curval | $3,675,360 | 2 | $1,837,680 |
| 4,974 | Josh Rabinowitz | $3,654,699 | 1 | $3,654,699 |
| 4,975 | Ilana Glazer | $3,654,699 | 2 | $1,827,350 |
| 4,976 | Rajan Agarwal | $3,650,315 | 3 | $1,216,772 |
| 4,977 | Jessica Parker | $3,649,422 | 1 | $3,649,422 |
| 4,978 | Abbas Tyrewala | $3,640,355 | 1 | $3,640,355 |
| 4,979 | Siddharth Anand | $3,640,355 | 1 | $3,640,355 |
| 4,980 | Hubert Selby Jr | $3,635,482 | 1 | $3,635,482 |
| 4,981 | Michael Winterbottom | $3,623,572 | 5 | $724,714 |
| 4,982 | Christopher B. Stokes | $3,621,917 | 3 | $1,207,306 |
| 4,983 | Marques Houston | $3,621,917 | 3 | $1,207,306 |
| 4,984 | Joel Don Humphreys | $3,603,615 | 1 | $3,603,615 |
| 4,985 | Gaby Chiappe | $3,603,484 | 2 | $1,801,742 |
| 4,986 | Justin Barber | $3,600,146 | 1 | $3,600,146 |
| 4,987 | Charles Walters | $3,600,000 | 1 | $3,600,000 |
| 4,988 | Farah Khan | $3,597,372 | 1 | $3,597,372 |
| 4,989 | Grace Cary Bickley | $3,591,460 | 1 | $3,591,460 |
| 4,990 | Max Joseph | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 4,991 | Meaghan Oppenheimer | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 4,992 | Adam Braff | $3,591,299 | 1 | $3,591,299 |
| 4,993 | Zoe Kazan | $3,590,722 | 2 | $1,795,361 |
| 4,994 | Terry Black | $3,588,626 | 1 | $3,588,626 |
| 4,995 | Theresa Pettengill | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 4,996 | Roberts Gannaway | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 4,997 | Eleonore Adlon | $3,587,303 | 1 | $3,587,303 |
| 4,998 | Percy Adlon | $3,587,303 | 1 | $3,587,303 |
| 4,999 | Robert Ménard | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 5,000 | Claire Wojas | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
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.