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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,101 | Werner Herzog | $11,729,242 | 6 | $1,954,874 |
| 2,102 | Rich Alvarez | $11,686,940 | 1 | $11,686,940 |
| 2,103 | Albert Brooks | $11,614,954 | 1 | $11,614,954 |
| 2,104 | Monica Johnson | $11,614,954 | 1 | $11,614,954 |
| 2,105 | James Solomon | $11,538,204 | 1 | $11,538,204 |
| 2,106 | Laurence Rosenthal | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 2,107 | Claudio Herrera | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 2,108 | Sergio Adrian Sanchez | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 2,109 | Bora Dagtekin | $11,528,613 | 1 | $11,528,613 |
| 2,110 | Lee Sternthal | $11,494,838 | 1 | $11,494,838 |
| 2,111 | Brian Klugman | $11,494,838 | 1 | $11,494,838 |
| 2,112 | Mike Mills | $11,455,657 | 2 | $5,727,829 |
| 2,113 | Lucinda Coxon | $11,419,423 | 4 | $2,854,856 |
| 2,114 | Evan Hunter | $11,403,529 | 1 | $11,403,529 |
| 2,115 | Lorene Scafaria | $11,345,957 | 2 | $5,672,979 |
| 2,116 | Kimberly Simi | $11,304,403 | 1 | $11,304,403 |
| 2,117 | Cliff Ruby | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 2,118 | Elana Lesser | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 2,119 | David Steven Cohen | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 2,120 | Todd Robinson | $11,263,889 | 3 | $3,754,630 |
| 2,121 | Jacob Koskoff | $11,162,366 | 2 | $5,581,183 |
| 2,122 | Anne Rapp | $10,920,544 | 1 | $10,920,544 |
| 2,123 | Mark Richard | $10,915,744 | 1 | $10,915,744 |
| 2,124 | Kimberly Peirce | $10,915,744 | 1 | $10,915,744 |
| 2,125 | Burr Steers | $10,907,291 | 1 | $10,907,291 |
| 2,126 | Mike Judge | $10,823,158 | 1 | $10,823,158 |
| 2,127 | Greg McLean | $10,764,026 | 3 | $3,588,009 |
| 2,128 | Shayne Armstrong | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 2,129 | Shane Krause | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 2,130 | Tony Grisoni | $10,740,635 | 3 | $3,580,212 |
| 2,131 | Misan Sagay | $10,726,630 | 1 | $10,726,630 |
| 2,132 | Dennis Lehane | $10,724,389 | 1 | $10,724,389 |
| 2,133 | Todd Farmer | $10,721,033 | 1 | $10,721,033 |
| 2,134 | Gabriel Ripstein | $10,712,623 | 4 | $2,678,156 |
| 2,135 | Tod Davies | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 2,136 | Alex Cox | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 2,137 | Rand Ravich | $10,672,566 | 1 | $10,672,566 |
| 2,138 | Don MacPherson | $10,664,749 | 1 | $10,664,749 |
| 2,139 | Pete Travis | $10,664,749 | 1 | $10,664,749 |
| 2,140 | Tom Ford | $10,663,357 | 1 | $10,663,357 |
| 2,141 | Don McKellar | $10,610,274 | 2 | $5,305,137 |
| 2,142 | Kausar Munir | $10,554,480 | 2 | $5,277,240 |
| 2,143 | Sean Finegan | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 2,144 | Gregg Maxwell Parker | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 2,145 | Julius J. Epstein | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 2,146 | Philip G. Epstein | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 2,147 | Andrew Kurtzman | $10,442,641 | 1 | $10,442,641 |
| 2,148 | Eliot Wald | $10,442,641 | 1 | $10,442,641 |
| 2,149 | Robert Boris | $10,400,000 | 1 | $10,400,000 |
| 2,150 | Michael Dowse | $10,337,372 | 3 | $3,445,791 |
| 2,151 | Sam Peckinpah | $10,324,441 | 1 | $10,324,441 |
| 2,152 | Rod Lurie | $10,324,441 | 1 | $10,324,441 |
| 2,153 | David Zelag Goodman | $10,324,441 | 1 | $10,324,441 |
| 2,154 | Joy Todd | $10,278,549 | 1 | $10,278,549 |
| 2,155 | Elissa Matsueda | $10,230,620 | 2 | $5,115,310 |
| 2,156 | Joe Tiboni | $10,179,275 | 1 | $10,179,275 |
| 2,157 | Christopher Browne | $10,161,183 | 1 | $10,161,183 |
| 2,158 | Todd Edwards | $10,143,779 | 1 | $10,143,779 |
| 2,159 | Mike Disa | $10,143,779 | 2 | $5,071,890 |
| 2,160 | Tony Leech | $10,143,779 | 1 | $10,143,779 |
| 2,161 | Cory Edwards | $10,143,779 | 1 | $10,143,779 |
| 2,162 | Katie Wech | $10,130,219 | 2 | $5,065,110 |
| 2,163 | James Glickenhaus | $10,068,039 | 1 | $10,068,039 |
| 2,164 | Michael Koskoff | $10,051,659 | 1 | $10,051,659 |
| 2,165 | Cindy Davis | $10,049,886 | 1 | $10,049,886 |
| 2,166 | Donald H. Hewitt | $10,049,886 | 1 | $10,049,886 |
| 2,167 | Alan Bennett | $10,021,175 | 1 | $10,021,175 |
| 2,168 | Frank Sebastiano | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 2,169 | Norm MacDonald | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 2,170 | Francois Girard | $10,019,109 | 1 | $10,019,109 |
| 2,171 | Tom Patchett | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,172 | Jay Tarses | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,173 | Bernard Rose | $9,743,135 | 3 | $3,247,712 |
| 2,174 | Cami Delavigne | $9,737,892 | 1 | $9,737,892 |
| 2,175 | Joey Curtis | $9,737,892 | 2 | $4,868,946 |
| 2,176 | Lars Von Trier | $9,714,988 | 6 | $1,619,165 |
| 2,177 | Brandon Broussard | $9,669,521 | 1 | $9,669,521 |
| 2,178 | Larry Doyle | $9,652,000 | 1 | $9,652,000 |
| 2,179 | Parveez Shaikh | $9,598,043 | 5 | $1,919,609 |
| 2,180 | Eric Kirsten | $9,561,064 | 1 | $9,561,064 |
| 2,181 | Jorma Taccone | $9,496,130 | 1 | $9,496,130 |
| 2,182 | Andy Samberg | $9,496,130 | 1 | $9,496,130 |
| 2,183 | Akiva Schaffer | $9,496,130 | 1 | $9,496,130 |
| 2,184 | Alessandro Camon | $9,489,829 | 1 | $9,489,829 |
| 2,185 | Zheng Jun | $9,420,546 | 1 | $9,420,546 |
| 2,186 | Ash Brannon | $9,420,546 | 1 | $9,420,546 |
| 2,187 | Kurt Voelker | $9,420,546 | 1 | $9,420,546 |
| 2,188 | Max Werner | $9,409,538 | 1 | $9,409,538 |
| 2,189 | Jette Rinck | $9,369,329 | 1 | $9,369,329 |
| 2,190 | Peter Atkins | $9,321,492 | 1 | $9,321,492 |
| 2,191 | William Boyd | $9,289,349 | 1 | $9,289,349 |
| 2,192 | Bryan Forbes | $9,289,349 | 1 | $9,289,349 |
| 2,193 | Debra Granik | $9,283,218 | 4 | $2,320,805 |
| 2,194 | Anne Rosellini | $9,253,395 | 2 | $4,626,698 |
| 2,195 | Ilya Naishuller | $9,252,038 | 1 | $9,252,038 |
| 2,196 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $9,212,335 | 2 | $4,606,168 |
| 2,197 | Skip Hollandsworth | $9,204,489 | 1 | $9,204,489 |
| 2,198 | Nicole DeMasi | $9,097,072 | 1 | $9,097,072 |
| 2,199 | Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste | $9,080,818 | 1 | $9,080,818 |
| 2,200 | Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | $9,080,818 | 1 | $9,080,818 |
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.
