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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 | Drago Sumonja | $955,925 | 1 | $955,925 |
| 5,902 | Logan Sparks | $955,925 | 1 | $955,925 |
| 5,903 | Aviva Kempner | $953,449 | 2 | $476,725 |
| 5,904 | Agnès Varda | $952,432 | 3 | $317,477 |
| 5,905 | J.R. | $952,432 | 1 | $952,432 |
| 5,906 | Desiree Akhavan | $952,023 | 2 | $476,012 |
| 5,907 | Marc Shmuger | $951,548 | 1 | $951,548 |
| 5,908 | Mark Malone | $951,548 | 1 | $951,548 |
| 5,909 | Kemp Powers | $946,154 | 2 | $473,077 |
| 5,910 | Elisabeth Holm | $940,854 | 1 | $940,854 |
| 5,911 | Nisar Akhtar | $934,951 | 1 | $934,951 |
| 5,912 | Rich Christiano | $934,588 | 2 | $467,294 |
| 5,913 | Peter Vanderwall | $932,609 | 2 | $466,305 |
| 5,914 | Alice Rohrwacher | $931,071 | 4 | $232,768 |
| 5,915 | Manurishi Chadha | $930,058 | 1 | $930,058 |
| 5,916 | Nathan Zellner | $928,519 | 2 | $464,260 |
| 5,917 | A.R. Murugadoss | $926,294 | 3 | $308,765 |
| 5,918 | Michel Franco | $924,173 | 4 | $231,043 |
| 5,919 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $920,057 | 1 | $920,057 |
| 5,920 | Ben Hopkins | $918,415 | 1 | $918,415 |
| 5,921 | Todd Rosenberg | $913,935 | 2 | $456,968 |
| 5,922 | Woo Jin Cha (차우진) | $909,411 | 1 | $909,411 |
| 5,923 | Mark St. Germain | $906,283 | 1 | $906,283 |
| 5,924 | Cecilia Frugiuele | $905,111 | 1 | $905,111 |
| 5,925 | Mohan Krishna Indraganti | $897,876 | 1 | $897,876 |
| 5,926 | Remo D'Souza | $892,133 | 2 | $446,067 |
| 5,927 | Billy Dickson | $890,303 | 1 | $890,303 |
| 5,928 | John Platten | $881,745 | 1 | $881,745 |
| 5,929 | Philippe Piazzo | $880,883 | 1 | $880,883 |
| 5,930 | Vipul Rawal | $880,000 | 1 | $880,000 |
| 5,931 | Mia Hansen-Love | $878,311 | 5 | $175,662 |
| 5,932 | Ofir Raul Graizer | $874,584 | 1 | $874,584 |
| 5,933 | Henry Bedwell | $870,063 | 1 | $870,063 |
| 5,934 | Carlos Enrique Taboada | $870,063 | 1 | $870,063 |
| 5,935 | Shane Carruth | $868,858 | 2 | $434,429 |
| 5,936 | Ennio Flaiano | $863,279 | 3 | $287,760 |
| 5,937 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $859,389 | 2 | $429,695 |
| 5,938 | Will Collins | $857,524 | 2 | $428,762 |
| 5,939 | P.G. Cuscheri | $855,894 | 1 | $855,894 |
| 5,940 | Charlie Day | $855,173 | 1 | $855,173 |
| 5,941 | Natalie Carter | $852,073 | 5 | $170,415 |
| 5,942 | James Manera | $851,690 | 1 | $851,690 |
| 5,943 | Harmon Kaslow | $851,690 | 1 | $851,690 |
| 5,944 | Mike Signorelli | $851,398 | 1 | $851,398 |
| 5,945 | Edwidge Danticat | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,946 | Maaza Mengiste | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,947 | Priyanka Chopra | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,948 | Manjushree Thapa | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,949 | Mona Eltahawy | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,950 | Loung Ung | $849,484 | 2 | $424,742 |
| 5,951 | Aminatta Forna | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,952 | Marie Arana | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,953 | Zarghuna Kargar | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 5,954 | Salman Rushdie | $849,045 | 1 | $849,045 |
| 5,955 | Olafur Egilsson | $847,495 | 2 | $423,748 |
| 5,956 | Angelina Jolie | $842,337 | 3 | $280,779 |
| 5,957 | Carolyn S. Briggs | $841,056 | 1 | $841,056 |
| 5,958 | Eli Saslow | $837,849 | 1 | $837,849 |
| 5,959 | Rodrigo Garcia | $837,849 | 3 | $279,283 |
| 5,960 | Federico Fellini | $836,559 | 3 | $278,853 |
| 5,961 | M.B. Traven | $836,536 | 1 | $836,536 |
| 5,962 | Ray Giarratana | $835,162 | 1 | $835,162 |
| 5,963 | Michael Nilon | $828,919 | 1 | $828,919 |
| 5,964 | Tullio Pinelli | $824,043 | 2 | $412,022 |
| 5,965 | Anil Ravipudi | $821,000 | 1 | $821,000 |
| 5,966 | Goran Stolevski | $820,640 | 2 | $410,320 |
| 5,967 | Alexandra Dean | $820,300 | 1 | $820,300 |
| 5,968 | Gu Shuyi | $820,000 | 1 | $820,000 |
| 5,969 | Janine Whetten Gilbert | $814,666 | 1 | $814,666 |
| 5,970 | Brit McAdams | $811,739 | 1 | $811,739 |
| 5,971 | Kevin Hanlon | $809,590 | 1 | $809,590 |
| 5,972 | Dan Carracino | $809,590 | 1 | $809,590 |
| 5,973 | Gia Coppola | $803,213 | 2 | $401,607 |
| 5,974 | Daisuke Tengan | $802,778 | 1 | $802,778 |
| 5,975 | Michael Pearce | $800,365 | 2 | $400,183 |
| 5,976 | Geremy Jasper | $800,148 | 1 | $800,148 |
| 5,977 | Davy Chou | $798,774 | 1 | $798,774 |
| 5,978 | Dave Christiano | $798,580 | 2 | $399,290 |
| 5,979 | George Escobar | $795,755 | 2 | $397,878 |
| 5,980 | James Richards | $795,755 | 1 | $795,755 |
| 5,981 | Elisabeth Bartel | $794,452 | 1 | $794,452 |
| 5,982 | Giulio Ricciarelli | $794,452 | 1 | $794,452 |
| 5,983 | Meg Kadsan | $793,352 | 1 | $793,352 |
| 5,984 | John Ajvide Lindqvist | $791,585 | 2 | $395,793 |
| 5,985 | Christopher Durang | $790,000 | 1 | $790,000 |
| 5,986 | Nanni Moretti | $789,904 | 2 | $394,952 |
| 5,987 | Robin King | $789,226 | 1 | $789,226 |
| 5,988 | Robert Morgan | $789,226 | 1 | $789,226 |
| 5,989 | Na Hong-jin | $786,633 | 1 | $786,633 |
| 5,990 | Oscar Redding | $780,266 | 1 | $780,266 |
| 5,991 | Arshad Sayed | $778,566 | 2 | $389,283 |
| 5,992 | Melissa Leilani Larson | $777,139 | 2 | $388,570 |
| 5,993 | Sun Xiaohang | $774,961 | 1 | $774,961 |
| 5,994 | Xiaojun Yue (岳小军) | $774,961 | 1 | $774,961 |
| 5,995 | Sylvio Tabet | $773,490 | 1 | $773,490 |
| 5,996 | Wings Hauser | $773,490 | 1 | $773,490 |
| 5,997 | Doug Miles | $773,490 | 1 | $773,490 |
| 5,998 | R.J. Robertson | $773,490 | 2 | $386,745 |
| 5,999 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | $773,193 | 1 | $773,193 |
| 6,000 | Ali Abbasi | $771,930 | 1 | $771,930 |
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.