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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,101 | Kirk Lynn | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,102 | Charles Burnett | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,103 | John Eddie Johnson | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,104 | Ned Welsh | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,105 | Eileen Atkins | $3,263,672 | 1 | $3,263,672 |
| 5,106 | James F. Collier | $3,254,801 | 1 | $3,254,801 |
| 5,107 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $3,248,216 | 2 | $1,624,108 |
| 5,108 | Gary Marks | $3,229,654 | 2 | $1,614,827 |
| 5,109 | Lu Zheng-yu | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,110 | Chan Hing ka | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,111 | Ivy Kong | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,112 | Fung Chih-chiang | $3,229,457 | 3 | $1,076,486 |
| 5,113 | Ho Miu kei | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,114 | Chen Sicheng | $3,227,582 | 4 | $806,896 |
| 5,115 | Stephen Amidon | $3,224,126 | 1 | $3,224,126 |
| 5,116 | Charles Bukowski | $3,221,000 | 1 | $3,221,000 |
| 5,117 | Sumit Roy | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,118 | Alec Coppel | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,119 | Don Hartman | $3,200,000 | 3 | $1,066,667 |
| 5,120 | Samuel Taylor | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,121 | Ishita Moitra | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,122 | Nacho Vigalondo | $3,197,331 | 5 | $639,466 |
| 5,123 | Rama Burshtein | $3,187,043 | 2 | $1,593,522 |
| 5,124 | Michael Sarnoski | $3,186,667 | 2 | $1,593,334 |
| 5,125 | Agustin Almodovar | $3,185,193 | 1 | $3,185,193 |
| 5,126 | Joachim Trier | $3,182,166 | 3 | $1,060,722 |
| 5,127 | Benoît Pelletier | $3,179,193 | 1 | $3,179,193 |
| 5,128 | Steven Peros | $3,176,936 | 2 | $1,588,468 |
| 5,129 | Youssef Delara | $3,172,267 | 2 | $1,586,134 |
| 5,130 | Philippe Claudel | $3,169,305 | 1 | $3,169,305 |
| 5,131 | Harun Farocki | $3,166,858 | 1 | $3,166,858 |
| 5,132 | Rich Correll | $3,163,362 | 2 | $1,581,681 |
| 5,133 | G.M. Mercier | $3,163,362 | 2 | $1,581,681 |
| 5,134 | Alex Holmes | $3,162,490 | 1 | $3,162,490 |
| 5,135 | Jeanne Blake | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,136 | Terry Kahn | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,137 | Lee Blessing | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,138 | Roger Rueff | $3,150,107 | 1 | $3,150,107 |
| 5,139 | Neil Burger | $3,149,935 | 2 | $1,574,968 |
| 5,140 | Kit Hesketh-Harvey | $3,147,950 | 1 | $3,147,950 |
| 5,141 | Jon Stewart | $3,128,941 | 2 | $1,564,471 |
| 5,142 | Patrick Creadon | $3,121,270 | 1 | $3,121,270 |
| 5,143 | Christine O'Malley | $3,121,270 | 1 | $3,121,270 |
| 5,144 | Herman Miller | $3,110,000 | 1 | $3,110,000 |
| 5,145 | Damian Szifron | $3,107,072 | 2 | $1,553,536 |
| 5,146 | Will McCormack | $3,103,407 | 1 | $3,103,407 |
| 5,147 | Rashida Jones | $3,103,407 | 2 | $1,551,704 |
| 5,148 | Ken Solarz | $3,102,550 | 1 | $3,102,550 |
| 5,149 | Bart Baker | $3,102,550 | 2 | $1,551,275 |
| 5,150 | Stephen Carpenter | $3,100,650 | 1 | $3,100,650 |
| 5,151 | Vincent R. Nebrida | $3,094,699 | 1 | $3,094,699 |
| 5,152 | Anatoli Nikiforov | $3,092,976 | 1 | $3,092,976 |
| 5,153 | Alexander Sokurov | $3,092,976 | 1 | $3,092,976 |
| 5,154 | Imtiaz Ali | $3,092,608 | 2 | $1,546,304 |
| 5,155 | Harold Nebenzal | $3,088,086 | 2 | $1,544,043 |
| 5,156 | Maggie Greenwald | $3,085,564 | 2 | $1,542,782 |
| 5,157 | Darren Stein | $3,076,820 | 1 | $3,076,820 |
| 5,158 | Marina de Van | $3,076,425 | 2 | $1,538,213 |
| 5,159 | François Truffaut | $3,072,361 | 3 | $1,024,120 |
| 5,160 | Jon Molerio | $3,063,505 | 1 | $3,063,505 |
| 5,161 | Ricki Stern | $3,063,469 | 2 | $1,531,735 |
| 5,162 | Umberto Contarello | $3,061,734 | 4 | $765,434 |
| 5,163 | Paco Farias | $3,060,040 | 1 | $3,060,040 |
| 5,164 | Humberto G. Garcia | $3,060,040 | 1 | $3,060,040 |
| 5,165 | Jennifer C. Stetson | $3,060,040 | 1 | $3,060,040 |
| 5,166 | Eran Kolirin | $3,059,823 | 2 | $1,529,912 |
| 5,167 | Patrice Leconte | $3,058,380 | 2 | $1,529,190 |
| 5,168 | Claude Faraldo | $3,058,380 | 1 | $3,058,380 |
| 5,169 | Richard Lanni | $3,054,285 | 1 | $3,054,285 |
| 5,170 | Mike Stokey | $3,054,285 | 1 | $3,054,285 |
| 5,171 | Aditya Chopra | $3,047,539 | 2 | $1,523,770 |
| 5,172 | Devika Bhagat | $3,047,539 | 2 | $1,523,770 |
| 5,173 | Himanshu Sharma | $3,043,479 | 2 | $1,521,740 |
| 5,174 | Patrick Meyers | $3,042,892 | 1 | $3,042,892 |
| 5,175 | Scott Roberts | $3,042,892 | 1 | $3,042,892 |
| 5,176 | Roy Carlson | $3,038,499 | 2 | $1,519,250 |
| 5,177 | Ariel Dorfman | $3,038,495 | 1 | $3,038,495 |
| 5,178 | Kazuo Ishiguro | $3,037,858 | 1 | $3,037,858 |
| 5,179 | Luis Alfaro | $3,033,623 | 1 | $3,033,623 |
| 5,180 | Fina Torres | $3,033,623 | 1 | $3,033,623 |
| 5,181 | Jean-Claude Grumberg | $3,022,400 | 2 | $1,511,200 |
| 5,182 | Andrew Lauren | $3,020,784 | 1 | $3,020,784 |
| 5,183 | Charles E. Drew Jr. | $3,020,784 | 1 | $3,020,784 |
| 5,184 | Suzanne Schiffman | $3,017,110 | 2 | $1,508,555 |
| 5,185 | Glenn Close | $3,014,696 | 1 | $3,014,696 |
| 5,186 | John Banville | $3,014,696 | 1 | $3,014,696 |
| 5,187 | Gabriella Prekop | $3,014,696 | 1 | $3,014,696 |
| 5,188 | John Paul Tremblay | $3,012,677 | 2 | $1,506,339 |
| 5,189 | Mike Smith | $3,012,677 | 1 | $3,012,677 |
| 5,190 | Timm Hannebohm | $3,012,677 | 1 | $3,012,677 |
| 5,191 | Shia LaBeouf | $3,012,615 | 1 | $3,012,615 |
| 5,192 | Richard Maltby, Jr. | $3,005,605 | 1 | $3,005,605 |
| 5,193 | Donald Margulies | $3,002,883 | 1 | $3,002,883 |
| 5,194 | Sajid Nadiadwala | $3,001,831 | 2 | $1,500,916 |
| 5,195 | Wilfred H. Petitt | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,196 | Christopher Frank | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,197 | Dan Goldberg | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,198 | Melvin Levy | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,199 | Leslie Ray | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,200 | William Anthony McGuire | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
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.