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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | Adrian Hodges | $14,597,405 | 1 | $14,597,405 |
| 2,002 | Scott Shepherd | $14,448,589 | 1 | $14,448,589 |
| 2,003 | Laura Terruso | $14,444,999 | 1 | $14,444,999 |
| 2,004 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $14,431,633 | 2 | $7,215,817 |
| 2,005 | Quinton Peeples | $14,394,097 | 1 | $14,394,097 |
| 2,006 | Scott Hicks | $14,378,353 | 1 | $14,378,353 |
| 2,007 | Mark Medoff | $14,371,061 | 1 | $14,371,061 |
| 2,008 | Stephen Saint-Leger | $14,326,865 | 1 | $14,326,865 |
| 2,009 | James Mather | $14,326,865 | 1 | $14,326,865 |
| 2,010 | Cliff Dorfman | $14,313,803 | 2 | $7,156,902 |
| 2,011 | Barbara Marshall | $14,301,505 | 2 | $7,150,753 |
| 2,012 | Ellen Green | $14,276,095 | 1 | $14,276,095 |
| 2,013 | David Lee Miller | $14,276,095 | 2 | $7,138,048 |
| 2,014 | Clifford Green | $14,276,095 | 1 | $14,276,095 |
| 2,015 | Brin Hill | $14,198,909 | 2 | $7,099,455 |
| 2,016 | Trey Edward Shults | $14,129,939 | 2 | $7,064,970 |
| 2,017 | Harmony Korine | $14,124,286 | 2 | $7,062,143 |
| 2,018 | John Patus | $14,019,924 | 1 | $14,019,924 |
| 2,019 | Paul Lalonde | $14,019,924 | 1 | $14,019,924 |
| 2,020 | Gabrielle Allan | $14,011,084 | 1 | $14,011,084 |
| 2,021 | Jennifer Crittenden | $14,011,084 | 1 | $14,011,084 |
| 2,022 | Ramon Mendendez | $13,994,920 | 1 | $13,994,920 |
| 2,023 | Roddy Doyle | $13,955,001 | 1 | $13,955,001 |
| 2,024 | Eric Garcia | $13,942,007 | 1 | $13,942,007 |
| 2,025 | Garrett Lerner | $13,942,007 | 1 | $13,942,007 |
| 2,026 | Chuan Lu | $13,873,211 | 1 | $13,873,211 |
| 2,027 | David Fowler | $13,873,211 | 1 | $13,873,211 |
| 2,028 | Brian Leith | $13,873,211 | 1 | $13,873,211 |
| 2,029 | Phil Chapman | $13,873,211 | 1 | $13,873,211 |
| 2,030 | Iris Yamashita | $13,756,082 | 1 | $13,756,082 |
| 2,031 | Tim Meadows | $13,592,872 | 1 | $13,592,872 |
| 2,032 | Michael Thomas | $13,589,234 | 2 | $6,794,617 |
| 2,033 | Steve Adams | $13,573,839 | 3 | $4,524,613 |
| 2,034 | John Boorman | $13,532,950 | 2 | $6,766,475 |
| 2,035 | Arthur Wimperis | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 2,036 | George Froeschel | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 2,037 | James Hilton | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 2,038 | Claudine West | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 2,039 | Tim Lovestedt | $13,406,304 | 1 | $13,406,304 |
| 2,040 | Elaine Pope | $13,395,939 | 1 | $13,395,939 |
| 2,041 | Joey Gutierrez | $13,349,927 | 1 | $13,349,927 |
| 2,042 | Ed Yeager | $13,349,927 | 1 | $13,349,927 |
| 2,043 | Eric Toledano | $13,333,811 | 2 | $6,666,906 |
| 2,044 | Olivier Nakache | $13,333,811 | 2 | $6,666,906 |
| 2,045 | Jeff Nichols | $13,151,469 | 3 | $4,383,823 |
| 2,046 | Robbie Fox | $13,103,272 | 1 | $13,103,272 |
| 2,047 | Phil Sears | $13,090,630 | 1 | $13,090,630 |
| 2,048 | Blake T. Evans | $13,090,630 | 1 | $13,090,630 |
| 2,049 | Laura Jones | $13,038,660 | 1 | $13,038,660 |
| 2,050 | Alan Parker | $13,038,660 | 1 | $13,038,660 |
| 2,051 | Robert Caswell | $12,890,752 | 1 | $12,890,752 |
| 2,052 | Sally Robinson | $12,890,752 | 1 | $12,890,752 |
| 2,053 | Jesse Andrews | $12,871,330 | 2 | $6,435,665 |
| 2,054 | Jeff Baena | $12,865,028 | 3 | $4,288,343 |
| 2,055 | Scott McPherson | $12,803,305 | 1 | $12,803,305 |
| 2,056 | Jonathan Demme | $12,796,861 | 1 | $12,796,861 |
| 2,057 | Jenny Lumet | $12,796,861 | 1 | $12,796,861 |
| 2,058 | Benh Zeitlin | $12,795,746 | 1 | $12,795,746 |
| 2,059 | Lucy Alibar | $12,795,746 | 1 | $12,795,746 |
| 2,060 | Laura Lau | $12,739,737 | 1 | $12,739,737 |
| 2,061 | Andrea Nasfell | $12,733,499 | 2 | $6,366,750 |
| 2,062 | Phyllis Nagy | $12,711,491 | 1 | $12,711,491 |
| 2,063 | Michael Alen Lerner | $12,551,031 | 1 | $12,551,031 |
| 2,064 | Andy Lewis | $12,512,637 | 2 | $6,256,319 |
| 2,065 | George Seaton | $12,500,000 | 1 | $12,500,000 |
| 2,066 | Jody Lambert | $12,445,897 | 2 | $6,222,949 |
| 2,067 | Gary Rydstrom | $12,429,583 | 1 | $12,429,583 |
| 2,068 | Harley Peyton | $12,396,383 | 1 | $12,396,383 |
| 2,069 | Piyush Gupta | $12,391,761 | 2 | $6,195,881 |
| 2,070 | Shreyas Jain | $12,391,761 | 2 | $6,195,881 |
| 2,071 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $12,391,761 | 2 | $6,195,881 |
| 2,072 | Nitesh Tiwari | $12,391,761 | 4 | $3,097,940 |
| 2,073 | Alex Pastor | $12,279,691 | 2 | $6,139,846 |
| 2,074 | David Pastor | $12,279,691 | 2 | $6,139,846 |
| 2,075 | Mikko Alanne | $12,245,201 | 2 | $6,122,601 |
| 2,076 | Daniel Taplitz | $12,232,382 | 2 | $6,116,191 |
| 2,077 | Dan Futterman | $12,096,300 | 1 | $12,096,300 |
| 2,078 | Marc Behm | $12,066,667 | 1 | $12,066,667 |
| 2,079 | Charles Wood | $12,066,667 | 1 | $12,066,667 |
| 2,080 | Andrew Knauer | $12,059,494 | 2 | $6,029,747 |
| 2,081 | Neil Jordan | $12,017,369 | 1 | $12,017,369 |
| 2,082 | Kabir Khan | $11,945,817 | 4 | $2,986,454 |
| 2,083 | Mark Duplass | $11,942,885 | 6 | $1,990,481 |
| 2,084 | Jay Duplass | $11,942,885 | 4 | $2,985,721 |
| 2,085 | Jason Schwartzman | $11,902,715 | 1 | $11,902,715 |
| 2,086 | Moira Buffini | $11,888,303 | 3 | $3,962,768 |
| 2,087 | Brett Haley | $11,872,649 | 3 | $3,957,550 |
| 2,088 | Marc Basch | $11,872,649 | 3 | $3,957,550 |
| 2,089 | Bill Corbett | $11,803,254 | 1 | $11,803,254 |
| 2,090 | Robert Buckner | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
| 2,091 | Edmund Joseph | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
| 2,092 | Yunus Sajawal | $11,756,668 | 4 | $2,939,167 |
| 2,093 | Werner Herzog | $11,729,242 | 6 | $1,954,874 |
| 2,094 | Rich Alvarez | $11,686,940 | 1 | $11,686,940 |
| 2,095 | Monica Johnson | $11,614,954 | 1 | $11,614,954 |
| 2,096 | Albert Brooks | $11,614,954 | 1 | $11,614,954 |
| 2,097 | James Solomon | $11,538,204 | 1 | $11,538,204 |
| 2,098 | Bora Dagtekin | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 2,099 | Laurence Rosenthal | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 2,100 | Claudio Herrera | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
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.
