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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,901 | Peter Vanderwall | $932,609 | 2 | $466,305 |
| 5,902 | Manurishi Chadha | $930,058 | 1 | $930,058 |
| 5,903 | Nathan Zellner | $928,519 | 2 | $464,260 |
| 5,904 | A.R. Murugadoss | $926,294 | 3 | $308,765 |
| 5,905 | Michel Franco | $924,173 | 4 | $231,043 |
| 5,906 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $920,057 | 1 | $920,057 |
| 5,907 | Ben Hopkins | $918,415 | 1 | $918,415 |
| 5,908 | Todd Rosenberg | $913,935 | 2 | $456,968 |
| 5,909 | Woo Jin Cha (차우진) | $909,411 | 1 | $909,411 |
| 5,910 | Alice Rohrwacher | $906,876 | 4 | $226,719 |
| 5,911 | Mark St. Germain | $906,283 | 1 | $906,283 |
| 5,912 | Cecilia Frugiuele | $905,111 | 1 | $905,111 |
| 5,913 | Mohan Krishna Indraganti | $897,876 | 1 | $897,876 |
| 5,914 | Remo D'Souza | $892,133 | 2 | $446,067 |
| 5,915 | Billy Dickson | $890,303 | 1 | $890,303 |
| 5,916 | John Platten | $881,745 | 1 | $881,745 |
| 5,917 | Philippe Piazzo | $880,883 | 1 | $880,883 |
| 5,918 | Vipul Rawal | $880,000 | 1 | $880,000 |
| 5,919 | Mia Hansen-Love | $878,311 | 5 | $175,662 |
| 5,920 | Ofir Raul Graizer | $874,584 | 1 | $874,584 |
| 5,921 | Henry Bedwell | $870,063 | 1 | $870,063 |
| 5,922 | Carlos Enrique Taboada | $870,063 | 1 | $870,063 |
| 5,923 | Shane Carruth | $868,858 | 2 | $434,429 |
| 5,924 | Ennio Flaiano | $863,279 | 3 | $287,760 |
| 5,925 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $859,389 | 2 | $429,695 |
| 5,926 | Will Collins | $857,524 | 2 | $428,762 |
| 5,927 | P.G. Cuscheri | $855,894 | 1 | $855,894 |
| 5,928 | Charlie Day | $855,173 | 1 | $855,173 |
| 5,929 | Natalie Carter | $852,073 | 5 | $170,415 |
| 5,930 | James Manera | $851,690 | 1 | $851,690 |
| 5,931 | Harmon Kaslow | $851,690 | 1 | $851,690 |
| 5,932 | Mike Signorelli | $851,398 | 1 | $851,398 |
| 5,933 | Maaza Mengiste | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,934 | Priyanka Chopra | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,935 | Manjushree Thapa | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,936 | Mona Eltahawy | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,937 | Loung Ung | $849,484 | 2 | $424,742 |
| 5,938 | Aminatta Forna | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,939 | Marie Arana | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,940 | Zarghuna Kargar | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,941 | Edwidge Danticat | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,942 | Salman Rushdie | $849,045 | 1 | $849,045 |
| 5,943 | Olafur Egilsson | $847,495 | 2 | $423,748 |
| 5,944 | Angelina Jolie | $842,337 | 3 | $280,779 |
| 5,945 | Carolyn S. Briggs | $841,056 | 1 | $841,056 |
| 5,946 | Rodrigo Garcia | $837,849 | 3 | $279,283 |
| 5,947 | Eli Saslow | $837,849 | 1 | $837,849 |
| 5,948 | Federico Fellini | $836,559 | 3 | $278,853 |
| 5,949 | M.B. Traven | $836,536 | 1 | $836,536 |
| 5,950 | Ray Giarratana | $835,162 | 1 | $835,162 |
| 5,951 | Michael Nilon | $828,919 | 1 | $828,919 |
| 5,952 | Tullio Pinelli | $824,043 | 2 | $412,022 |
| 5,953 | Anil Ravipudi | $821,000 | 1 | $821,000 |
| 5,954 | Goran Stolevski | $820,640 | 2 | $410,320 |
| 5,955 | Alexandra Dean | $820,300 | 1 | $820,300 |
| 5,956 | Gu Shuyi | $820,000 | 1 | $820,000 |
| 5,957 | Janine Whetten Gilbert | $814,666 | 1 | $814,666 |
| 5,958 | Brit McAdams | $811,739 | 1 | $811,739 |
| 5,959 | Kevin Hanlon | $809,590 | 1 | $809,590 |
| 5,960 | Dan Carracino | $809,590 | 1 | $809,590 |
| 5,961 | Gia Coppola | $803,213 | 2 | $401,607 |
| 5,962 | Daisuke Tengan | $802,778 | 1 | $802,778 |
| 5,963 | Michael Pearce | $800,365 | 2 | $400,183 |
| 5,964 | Geremy Jasper | $800,148 | 1 | $800,148 |
| 5,965 | Davy Chou | $798,774 | 1 | $798,774 |
| 5,966 | Dave Christiano | $798,580 | 2 | $399,290 |
| 5,967 | James Richards | $795,755 | 1 | $795,755 |
| 5,968 | George Escobar | $795,755 | 2 | $397,878 |
| 5,969 | Elisabeth Bartel | $794,452 | 1 | $794,452 |
| 5,970 | Giulio Ricciarelli | $794,452 | 1 | $794,452 |
| 5,971 | Stanley Tong | $793,525 | 1 | $793,525 |
| 5,972 | Meg Kadsan | $793,352 | 1 | $793,352 |
| 5,973 | Christopher Durang | $790,000 | 1 | $790,000 |
| 5,974 | Nanni Moretti | $789,904 | 2 | $394,952 |
| 5,975 | Robin King | $789,226 | 1 | $789,226 |
| 5,976 | Robert Morgan | $789,226 | 1 | $789,226 |
| 5,977 | Na Hong-jin | $786,633 | 1 | $786,633 |
| 5,978 | Oscar Redding | $780,266 | 1 | $780,266 |
| 5,979 | Arshad Sayed | $778,566 | 2 | $389,283 |
| 5,980 | Melissa Leilani Larson | $777,139 | 2 | $388,570 |
| 5,981 | Sun Xiaohang | $774,961 | 1 | $774,961 |
| 5,982 | Xiaojun Yue (岳小军) | $774,961 | 1 | $774,961 |
| 5,983 | Wings Hauser | $773,490 | 1 | $773,490 |
| 5,984 | Doug Miles | $773,490 | 1 | $773,490 |
| 5,985 | R.J. Robertson | $773,490 | 2 | $386,745 |
| 5,986 | Sylvio Tabet | $773,490 | 1 | $773,490 |
| 5,987 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | $773,193 | 1 | $773,193 |
| 5,988 | Isabella Eklof | $771,930 | 1 | $771,930 |
| 5,989 | John Ajvide Lindqvist | $771,930 | 2 | $385,965 |
| 5,990 | Ali Abbasi | $771,930 | 1 | $771,930 |
| 5,991 | Dee Rees | $769,552 | 4 | $192,388 |
| 5,992 | Scarlett Amaris | $765,561 | 1 | $765,561 |
| 5,993 | Ed Alan | $765,218 | 1 | $765,218 |
| 5,994 | Roger Hedden | $764,083 | 1 | $764,083 |
| 5,995 | Amy Berg | $759,676 | 4 | $189,919 |
| 5,996 | Marcia Romano | $757,325 | 5 | $151,465 |
| 5,997 | Robert Budreau | $755,153 | 4 | $188,788 |
| 5,998 | Anusha Rizvi | $754,836 | 1 | $754,836 |
| 5,999 | Peter Carey | $752,856 | 1 | $752,856 |
| 6,000 | Gabe Polsky | $752,737 | 4 | $188,184 |
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.