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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Meg Kadsan | $793,352 | 1 | $793,352 |
| 3,002 | Nanni Moretti | $789,904 | 2 | $394,952 |
| 3,003 | Jill Sprecher | $789,752 | 1 | $789,752 |
| 3,004 | Karen L. Sprecher | $789,752 | 1 | $789,752 |
| 3,005 | Na Hong-jin | $786,633 | 1 | $786,633 |
| 3,006 | Sun Xiaohang | $774,961 | 1 | $774,961 |
| 3,007 | Yue XiaoJun | $774,961 | 1 | $774,961 |
| 3,008 | Michael Pearce | $772,658 | 1 | $772,658 |
| 3,009 | Dee Rees | $769,552 | 3 | $256,517 |
| 3,010 | Gia Coppola | $767,732 | 1 | $767,732 |
| 3,011 | Roger Hedden | $764,083 | 1 | $764,083 |
| 3,012 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $759,898 | 1 | $759,898 |
| 3,013 | Krzysztof Piesiewicz | $759,898 | 1 | $759,898 |
| 3,014 | Amy Berg | $759,676 | 4 | $189,919 |
| 3,015 | Robert Budreau | $755,153 | 2 | $377,577 |
| 3,016 | Anusha Rizvi | $754,836 | 1 | $754,836 |
| 3,017 | Jean-Luc Godard | $754,751 | 6 | $125,792 |
| 3,018 | Andy Weiss | $754,301 | 1 | $754,301 |
| 3,019 | Steve Buscemi | $749,741 | 1 | $749,741 |
| 3,020 | Michael Buster | $744,046 | 1 | $744,046 |
| 3,021 | Heather Ravarino | $744,046 | 1 | $744,046 |
| 3,022 | David Cronenberg | $743,636 | 3 | $247,879 |
| 3,023 | Ran Ping | $743,194 | 2 | $371,597 |
| 3,024 | Jacques Fieschi | $736,087 | 4 | $184,022 |
| 3,025 | Louis Pepe | $734,514 | 1 | $734,514 |
| 3,026 | Keith Fulton | $734,514 | 1 | $734,514 |
| 3,027 | Jack Ng | $732,834 | 3 | $244,278 |
| 3,028 | Maclain Nelson | $731,549 | 1 | $731,549 |
| 3,029 | Dominique Abel | $729,996 | 2 | $364,998 |
| 3,030 | Fiona Gordon | $729,996 | 2 | $364,998 |
| 3,031 | Martha Stephens | $727,430 | 1 | $727,430 |
| 3,032 | John Davies | $725,205 | 2 | $362,603 |
| 3,033 | Ana Lily Amirpour | $724,883 | 2 | $362,442 |
| 3,034 | Jalil Lespert | $723,593 | 1 | $723,593 |
| 3,035 | Marie-Pierre Huster | $723,593 | 1 | $723,593 |
| 3,036 | Pamela Katz | $717,205 | 1 | $717,205 |
| 3,037 | Margarethe Von Trotta | $717,205 | 1 | $717,205 |
| 3,038 | Su Lun | $714,790 | 1 | $714,790 |
| 3,039 | Ian McEwan | $712,747 | 1 | $712,747 |
| 3,040 | Yin Yiyi | $709,982 | 1 | $709,982 |
| 3,041 | Ran Jianan | $709,982 | 1 | $709,982 |
| 3,042 | Elvis Man | $709,982 | 1 | $709,982 |
| 3,043 | Simon Burke | $708,972 | 1 | $708,972 |
| 3,044 | Marko King | $706,547 | 1 | $706,547 |
| 3,045 | Mary King | $706,547 | 1 | $706,547 |
| 3,046 | Jonathan Watters | $706,547 | 1 | $706,547 |
| 3,047 | Cheryl Edwards | $706,547 | 1 | $706,547 |
| 3,048 | Leila Conners Petersen | $703,464 | 1 | $703,464 |
| 3,049 | Nadia Conners | $703,464 | 1 | $703,464 |
| 3,050 | Chris Bergoch | $702,354 | 1 | $702,354 |
| 3,051 | Jonas Pate | $699,062 | 1 | $699,062 |
| 3,052 | Josh Pate | $699,062 | 1 | $699,062 |
| 3,053 | Suo Jieun min | $696,717 | 1 | $696,717 |
| 3,054 | Gabe Polsky | $694,647 | 1 | $694,647 |
| 3,055 | Morgan Spurlock | $691,536 | 3 | $230,512 |
| 3,056 | Jeremy Chilnick | $691,536 | 3 | $230,512 |
| 3,057 | Ernest Cline | $687,609 | 1 | $687,609 |
| 3,058 | Adam Goldberg | $687,609 | 2 | $343,805 |
| 3,059 | Thomas Vinterberg | $687,185 | 1 | $687,185 |
| 3,060 | George Green | $687,081 | 1 | $687,081 |
| 3,061 | Susan McMartin | $685,780 | 1 | $685,780 |
| 3,062 | Suresh Nair | $682,210 | 4 | $170,553 |
| 3,063 | Tsui Hark | $680,736 | 5 | $136,147 |
| 3,064 | Rich Christiano | $680,113 | 1 | $680,113 |
| 3,065 | Lee Daniels | $677,200 | 1 | $677,200 |
| 3,066 | Pete Dexter | $677,200 | 1 | $677,200 |
| 3,067 | Marshall Curry | $676,822 | 3 | $225,607 |
| 3,068 | Emmanuelle Bercot | $672,915 | 4 | $168,229 |
| 3,069 | Matthew Miele | $670,262 | 4 | $167,566 |
| 3,070 | Andrea Arnold | $663,247 | 1 | $663,247 |
| 3,071 | Sophie Sartain | $657,475 | 2 | $328,738 |
| 3,072 | Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh | $655,871 | 1 | $655,871 |
| 3,073 | Patrick deWitt | $655,802 | 1 | $655,802 |
| 3,074 | Daniel Clowes | $653,951 | 1 | $653,951 |
| 3,075 | Anjum Rajabali | $651,096 | 2 | $325,548 |
| 3,076 | Prakash Jha | $651,096 | 2 | $325,548 |
| 3,077 | Tim Talbott | $649,690 | 1 | $649,690 |
| 3,078 | Liu Zhenyun | $649,273 | 2 | $324,637 |
| 3,079 | Ana Sofia Clerici | $647,701 | 1 | $647,701 |
| 3,080 | Jon Ronson | $645,186 | 1 | $645,186 |
| 3,081 | Leos Carax | $641,054 | 1 | $641,054 |
| 3,082 | Venita Coelho | $638,144 | 1 | $638,144 |
| 3,083 | Todd Solondz | $636,803 | 2 | $318,402 |
| 3,084 | Dereck Joubert | $635,325 | 1 | $635,325 |
| 3,085 | Alexia Landeau | $633,210 | 1 | $633,210 |
| 3,086 | Chu Tien wen | $632,542 | 1 | $632,542 |
| 3,087 | Hsieh Hai meng | $632,542 | 1 | $632,542 |
| 3,088 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | $632,542 | 1 | $632,542 |
| 3,089 | Eliot Laurence | $625,727 | 1 | $625,727 |
| 3,090 | Alain Corneau | $625,518 | 3 | $208,506 |
| 3,091 | David Zellner | $623,383 | 2 | $311,692 |
| 3,092 | Nathan Zellner | $623,383 | 2 | $311,692 |
| 3,093 | Homi Adajania | $623,229 | 1 | $623,229 |
| 3,094 | Kersi Khambatta | $623,229 | 1 | $623,229 |
| 3,095 | Rob Epstein | $617,334 | 1 | $617,334 |
| 3,096 | Jeffrey Friedman | $617,334 | 1 | $617,334 |
| 3,097 | Melissa Rauch | $615,816 | 1 | $615,816 |
| 3,098 | Winston Rauch | $615,816 | 1 | $615,816 |
| 3,099 | Aki Kaurismaki | $611,709 | 1 | $611,709 |
| 3,100 | David Chase | $610,792 | 1 | $610,792 |
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.
