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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Frank Butler | $19,500,000 | 6 | $3,250,000 |
| 3,002 | Claude Binyon | $19,500,000 | 2 | $9,750,000 |
| 3,003 | George Webster | $19,478,106 | 1 | $19,478,106 |
| 3,004 | George Melrod | $19,478,106 | 1 | $19,478,106 |
| 3,005 | Deborah Dean Davis | $19,474,589 | 1 | $19,474,589 |
| 3,006 | Daryl G. Nickens | $19,438,638 | 1 | $19,438,638 |
| 3,007 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $19,429,696 | 4 | $4,857,424 |
| 3,008 | Ken Scarborough | $19,421,271 | 1 | $19,421,271 |
| 3,009 | Larry Brothers | $19,397,847 | 1 | $19,397,847 |
| 3,010 | Richard Starzak | $19,375,982 | 1 | $19,375,982 |
| 3,011 | Hank Nelken | $19,351,569 | 1 | $19,351,569 |
| 3,012 | Greg DePaul | $19,351,569 | 1 | $19,351,569 |
| 3,013 | James Ferguson | $19,306,362 | 1 | $19,306,362 |
| 3,014 | Robert Shallcross | $19,306,362 | 1 | $19,306,362 |
| 3,015 | Victor Colicchio | $19,288,130 | 1 | $19,288,130 |
| 3,016 | Michael Imperioli | $19,288,130 | 1 | $19,288,130 |
| 3,017 | Bradley Allenstein | $19,266,125 | 2 | $9,633,063 |
| 3,018 | Gustin Nash | $19,235,882 | 2 | $9,617,941 |
| 3,019 | Tsui Hark | $19,224,445 | 7 | $2,746,349 |
| 3,020 | Jordan Cahan | $19,219,250 | 1 | $19,219,250 |
| 3,021 | Frank Deese | $19,214,194 | 1 | $19,214,194 |
| 3,022 | David Toney | $19,194,572 | 1 | $19,194,572 |
| 3,023 | Robert Boris | $19,193,000 | 2 | $9,596,500 |
| 3,024 | Meg Tilly | $19,174,421 | 1 | $19,174,421 |
| 3,025 | Jeffrey Lieber | $19,161,999 | 1 | $19,161,999 |
| 3,026 | Mark Herman | $19,121,399 | 4 | $4,780,350 |
| 3,027 | Abby Aron | $19,084,280 | 1 | $19,084,280 |
| 3,028 | Mike Slee | $19,084,280 | 2 | $9,542,140 |
| 3,029 | Julie Delpy | $19,047,514 | 7 | $2,721,073 |
| 3,030 | Brian Taggert | $19,036,666 | 2 | $9,518,333 |
| 3,031 | Ken Sanzel | $19,035,741 | 1 | $19,035,741 |
| 3,032 | Tracy Hotchne | $19,032,000 | 1 | $19,032,000 |
| 3,033 | Frank Perry | $19,032,000 | 1 | $19,032,000 |
| 3,034 | Frank Yablans | $19,032,000 | 1 | $19,032,000 |
| 3,035 | William Reilly | $19,018,321 | 1 | $19,018,321 |
| 3,036 | Claude Kerven | $19,018,321 | 1 | $19,018,321 |
| 3,037 | Luciano Vincenzoni | $19,017,854 | 2 | $9,508,927 |
| 3,038 | William Ford Gibson | $19,006,201 | 1 | $19,006,201 |
| 3,039 | Leigh Chapman | $19,000,000 | 1 | $19,000,000 |
| 3,040 | Crash Leyland | $18,994,653 | 1 | $18,994,653 |
| 3,041 | Stephen McPherson | $18,924,919 | 1 | $18,924,919 |
| 3,042 | Tom Sierchio | $18,899,204 | 2 | $9,449,602 |
| 3,043 | Wim Wenders | $18,898,231 | 8 | $2,362,279 |
| 3,044 | Christian Ford | $18,880,508 | 1 | $18,880,508 |
| 3,045 | Roger Soffer | $18,880,508 | 1 | $18,880,508 |
| 3,046 | Will Hayes | $18,877,153 | 1 | $18,877,153 |
| 3,047 | Jesse Studenberg | $18,877,153 | 1 | $18,877,153 |
| 3,048 | Bill Naughton | $18,871,300 | 1 | $18,871,300 |
| 3,049 | Andrew Dominik | $18,854,690 | 3 | $6,284,897 |
| 3,050 | Daniel Giat | $18,848,538 | 1 | $18,848,538 |
| 3,051 | Michelle Gallagher | $18,844,784 | 1 | $18,844,784 |
| 3,052 | Pat McCormick | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 3,053 | Harry Hurwitz | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 3,054 | Martin Smith | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 3,055 | Pat Bradley | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 3,056 | Fred Bauer | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 3,057 | Angela Workman | $18,793,391 | 2 | $9,396,696 |
| 3,058 | Ron Koslow | $18,777,694 | 3 | $6,259,231 |
| 3,059 | Clarence Greene | $18,750,000 | 2 | $9,375,000 |
| 3,060 | Russell Rouse | $18,750,000 | 2 | $9,375,000 |
| 3,061 | Charlie Gale | $18,704,280 | 2 | $9,352,140 |
| 3,062 | Stephan Blinn | $18,658,243 | 2 | $9,329,122 |
| 3,063 | Hollis Barton | $18,658,243 | 2 | $9,329,122 |
| 3,064 | Enrique Urbizu | $18,653,746 | 1 | $18,653,746 |
| 3,065 | John Brownjohn | $18,653,746 | 1 | $18,653,746 |
| 3,066 | Lance Anderson | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 3,067 | Pablo F. Fenjves | $18,620,000 | 1 | $18,620,000 |
| 3,068 | Arthur Julian | $18,607,492 | 1 | $18,607,492 |
| 3,069 | Martin Roth | $18,607,492 | 1 | $18,607,492 |
| 3,070 | Frances Goodrich | $18,597,691 | 4 | $4,649,423 |
| 3,071 | Phoef Sutton | $18,582,965 | 1 | $18,582,965 |
| 3,072 | Barry Clark | $18,571,938 | 1 | $18,571,938 |
| 3,073 | David Clark | $18,571,938 | 1 | $18,571,938 |
| 3,074 | Michael Burton | $18,564,613 | 1 | $18,564,613 |
| 3,075 | Matt MacManus | $18,564,613 | 1 | $18,564,613 |
| 3,076 | Jack Baran | $18,557,462 | 2 | $9,278,731 |
| 3,077 | Simon Moore | $18,552,460 | 1 | $18,552,460 |
| 3,078 | Lawrence Lasker | $18,532,286 | 1 | $18,532,286 |
| 3,079 | Elmore Leonard | $18,481,380 | 3 | $6,160,460 |
| 3,080 | Ricky Gervais | $18,451,251 | 4 | $4,612,813 |
| 3,081 | Matthew Robinson | $18,451,251 | 3 | $6,150,417 |
| 3,082 | Thomas Bidegain | $18,449,552 | 9 | $2,049,950 |
| 3,083 | Sergio Leone | $18,443,016 | 4 | $4,610,754 |
| 3,084 | Prakash Kapadia | $18,403,107 | 3 | $6,134,369 |
| 3,085 | Danny Boyle | $18,335,230 | 1 | $18,335,230 |
| 3,086 | Mark Lamprell | $18,319,860 | 1 | $18,319,860 |
| 3,087 | Anna Halberg | $18,314,000 | 1 | $18,314,000 |
| 3,088 | Bruce Cohn | $18,300,000 | 1 | $18,300,000 |
| 3,089 | Adam Robitel | $18,297,124 | 1 | $18,297,124 |
| 3,090 | Gavin Heffernan | $18,297,124 | 1 | $18,297,124 |
| 3,091 | Sy Richardson | $18,290,000 | 1 | $18,290,000 |
| 3,092 | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | $18,260,742 | 5 | $3,652,148 |
| 3,093 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 4 | $4,543,982 |
| 3,094 | John Briley | $18,150,868 | 4 | $4,537,717 |
| 3,095 | Carey Van Dyke | $18,119,640 | 2 | $9,059,820 |
| 3,096 | Shane Van Dyke | $18,119,640 | 2 | $9,059,820 |
| 3,097 | Jonathan Demme | $18,099,861 | 2 | $9,049,931 |
| 3,098 | Carole Eastman | $18,099,091 | 1 | $18,099,091 |
| 3,099 | John Boorman | $18,070,136 | 4 | $4,517,534 |
| 3,100 | Rocco Urbisci | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
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.