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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,501 | Harry Essex | $13,333,333 | 3 | $4,444,444 |
| 3,502 | William H. Wright | $13,333,333 | 1 | $13,333,333 |
| 3,503 | Masanori Hata | $13,299,749 | 1 | $13,299,749 |
| 3,504 | Mandy Nelson | $13,276,953 | 1 | $13,276,953 |
| 3,505 | Stephen Kay | $13,260,050 | 1 | $13,260,050 |
| 3,506 | John Semper | $13,226,469 | 1 | $13,226,469 |
| 3,507 | Cynthia Friedlob | $13,226,469 | 1 | $13,226,469 |
| 3,508 | Sebastian Lelio | $13,221,736 | 5 | $2,644,347 |
| 3,509 | Josephine Coyle | $13,208,023 | 1 | $13,208,023 |
| 3,510 | Mitch Markowitz | $13,204,459 | 1 | $13,204,459 |
| 3,511 | Peter Barnes | $13,200,170 | 1 | $13,200,170 |
| 3,512 | R.S. Allen | $13,195,200 | 2 | $6,597,600 |
| 3,513 | Harvey Bullock | $13,195,200 | 2 | $6,597,600 |
| 3,514 | Stephen Herek | $13,167,232 | 1 | $13,167,232 |
| 3,515 | Sally Benson | $13,142,967 | 2 | $6,571,484 |
| 3,516 | George Franklin | $13,110,874 | 1 | $13,110,874 |
| 3,517 | Brent Hanley | $13,110,448 | 1 | $13,110,448 |
| 3,518 | Robbie Fox | $13,103,272 | 3 | $4,367,757 |
| 3,519 | John M. Crowther | $13,102,025 | 1 | $13,102,025 |
| 3,520 | R. Lance Hill | $13,102,025 | 1 | $13,102,025 |
| 3,521 | Phil Sears | $13,090,630 | 1 | $13,090,630 |
| 3,522 | Blake T. Evans | $13,090,630 | 1 | $13,090,630 |
| 3,523 | David E. Kelley | $13,029,268 | 2 | $6,514,634 |
| 3,524 | Joie Lee | $13,024,170 | 1 | $13,024,170 |
| 3,525 | Cinque Lee | $13,024,170 | 1 | $13,024,170 |
| 3,526 | Ken Cheng | $13,013,690 | 2 | $6,506,845 |
| 3,527 | Bill Maher | $13,011,160 | 1 | $13,011,160 |
| 3,528 | Shawn Lawrence Otto | $13,005,485 | 1 | $13,005,485 |
| 3,529 | Vadim Perelman | $13,005,485 | 1 | $13,005,485 |
| 3,530 | Willis Hall | $13,003,278 | 2 | $6,501,639 |
| 3,531 | Keith Waterhouse | $13,003,278 | 2 | $6,501,639 |
| 3,532 | Joel Oliansky | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 3,533 | Michael Nankin | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 3,534 | James Ashmore Creelman | $13,000,000 | 2 | $6,500,000 |
| 3,535 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $12,974,481 | 3 | $4,324,827 |
| 3,536 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $12,958,932 | 3 | $4,319,644 |
| 3,537 | Benh Zeitlin | $12,939,264 | 2 | $6,469,632 |
| 3,538 | Werner Herzog | $12,926,012 | 10 | $1,292,601 |
| 3,539 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | $12,897,789 | 1 | $12,897,789 |
| 3,540 | Teresa Hsiao | $12,897,789 | 1 | $12,897,789 |
| 3,541 | Sally Robinson | $12,890,752 | 1 | $12,890,752 |
| 3,542 | Keith Thompson | $12,884,782 | 2 | $6,442,391 |
| 3,543 | Ron Maxwell | $12,882,934 | 1 | $12,882,934 |
| 3,544 | Jeff Baena | $12,865,028 | 5 | $2,573,006 |
| 3,545 | William Mickelberry | $12,857,351 | 1 | $12,857,351 |
| 3,546 | Dan Vining | $12,857,351 | 1 | $12,857,351 |
| 3,547 | Brendan Hood | $12,840,842 | 1 | $12,840,842 |
| 3,548 | John Herman Shaner | $12,835,544 | 1 | $12,835,544 |
| 3,549 | Danny Jacobson | $12,834,849 | 1 | $12,834,849 |
| 3,550 | Susan McMartin | $12,824,345 | 2 | $6,412,173 |
| 3,551 | Scott McPherson | $12,803,305 | 1 | $12,803,305 |
| 3,552 | Michael Davis | $12,796,824 | 1 | $12,796,824 |
| 3,553 | Nunnally Johnson | $12,775,000 | 2 | $6,387,500 |
| 3,554 | Brooklyn El-Omar | $12,768,073 | 1 | $12,768,073 |
| 3,555 | Arne Olsen | $12,748,572 | 3 | $4,249,524 |
| 3,556 | Laura Lau | $12,739,737 | 1 | $12,739,737 |
| 3,557 | Fibe Ma | $12,716,953 | 1 | $12,716,953 |
| 3,558 | Phyllis Nagy | $12,711,491 | 3 | $4,237,164 |
| 3,559 | Leo McCarey | $12,705,882 | 1 | $12,705,882 |
| 3,560 | Bella Spewack | $12,705,882 | 1 | $12,705,882 |
| 3,561 | Sam Spewack | $12,705,882 | 1 | $12,705,882 |
| 3,562 | Chad Hodge | $12,695,691 | 2 | $6,347,846 |
| 3,563 | Bryan Barber | $12,669,914 | 1 | $12,669,914 |
| 3,564 | Debra Granik | $12,607,430 | 4 | $3,151,858 |
| 3,565 | Robert E. Thompson | $12,600,000 | 1 | $12,600,000 |
| 3,566 | Lee David Zlotoff | $12,592,203 | 1 | $12,592,203 |
| 3,567 | Ligiah Villalobos | $12,590,147 | 2 | $6,295,074 |
| 3,568 | Anne Rosellini | $12,577,607 | 2 | $6,288,804 |
| 3,569 | Theodore Witcher | $12,554,569 | 1 | $12,554,569 |
| 3,570 | Michael Alen Lerner | $12,551,031 | 1 | $12,551,031 |
| 3,571 | David Himmelstein | $12,529,915 | 3 | $4,176,638 |
| 3,572 | Andy Lewis | $12,512,637 | 2 | $6,256,319 |
| 3,573 | George Seaton | $12,500,000 | 1 | $12,500,000 |
| 3,574 | Walter Reisch | $12,500,000 | 2 | $6,250,000 |
| 3,575 | Daniel Taplitz | $12,472,858 | 3 | $4,157,619 |
| 3,576 | Stanley Tucci | $12,469,235 | 2 | $6,234,618 |
| 3,577 | Harley Peyton | $12,453,635 | 2 | $6,226,818 |
| 3,578 | Jody Lambert | $12,445,897 | 2 | $6,222,949 |
| 3,579 | Gary Rydstrom | $12,429,583 | 1 | $12,429,583 |
| 3,580 | Richard Burridge | $12,423,831 | 1 | $12,423,831 |
| 3,581 | Ian Abrams | $12,416,686 | 1 | $12,416,686 |
| 3,582 | Abraham Polonsky | $12,408,066 | 2 | $6,204,033 |
| 3,583 | Michael Cunningham | $12,406,646 | 1 | $12,406,646 |
| 3,584 | Shreyas Jain | $12,391,761 | 2 | $6,195,881 |
| 3,585 | Jon Bernstein | $12,391,612 | 2 | $6,195,806 |
| 3,586 | Robert Wise | $12,376,563 | 1 | $12,376,563 |
| 3,587 | Brian Doyle-Murray | $12,308,521 | 1 | $12,308,521 |
| 3,588 | Jim Carabatsos | $12,303,904 | 1 | $12,303,904 |
| 3,589 | Alex Pastor | $12,279,691 | 2 | $6,139,846 |
| 3,590 | David Pastor | $12,279,691 | 2 | $6,139,846 |
| 3,591 | Wendy Goldman | $12,277,096 | 1 | $12,277,096 |
| 3,592 | Judy Toll | $12,277,096 | 1 | $12,277,096 |
| 3,593 | Mikko Alanne | $12,245,201 | 3 | $4,081,734 |
| 3,594 | Frank Capra | $12,241,691 | 1 | $12,241,691 |
| 3,595 | Todd Field | $12,236,669 | 2 | $6,118,335 |
| 3,596 | Michael Radford | $12,236,137 | 4 | $3,059,034 |
| 3,597 | Daniel Kunka | $12,234,694 | 2 | $6,117,347 |
| 3,598 | B.J. Nelson | $12,232,628 | 1 | $12,232,628 |
| 3,599 | Morgan Spurlock | $12,220,904 | 5 | $2,444,181 |
| 3,600 | Tom Nursall | $12,214,338 | 2 | $6,107,169 |
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.