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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Craig McCracken | $11,411,644 | 1 | $11,411,644 |
| 3,902 | Evan Hunter | $11,403,529 | 1 | $11,403,529 |
| 3,903 | Phillip Borsos | $11,380,788 | 1 | $11,380,788 |
| 3,904 | Kim Morgan | $11,372,511 | 2 | $5,686,256 |
| 3,905 | Bernie Somers | $11,363,618 | 1 | $11,363,618 |
| 3,906 | Mitchel Katlin | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 3,907 | Nat Bernstein | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 3,908 | John Byrum | $11,334,235 | 2 | $5,667,118 |
| 3,909 | Marie Weiss | $11,325,885 | 1 | $11,325,885 |
| 3,910 | Brian Levant | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,911 | Lon Diamond | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,912 | Kimberly Simi | $11,304,403 | 1 | $11,304,403 |
| 3,913 | Barbara Shulgasser | $11,300,653 | 1 | $11,300,653 |
| 3,914 | Seth Greenland | $11,299,730 | 1 | $11,299,730 |
| 3,915 | Stacy Peralta | $11,273,517 | 1 | $11,273,517 |
| 3,916 | David Steven Cohen | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 3,917 | Drew Gitlin | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,918 | Mike Cheda | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,919 | Peyo | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 3,920 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | $11,177,674 | 3 | $3,725,891 |
| 3,921 | Robert Dozier | $11,170,588 | 1 | $11,170,588 |
| 3,922 | Jacob Koskoff | $11,162,366 | 2 | $5,581,183 |
| 3,923 | Jason Baumgardner | $11,144,348 | 2 | $5,572,174 |
| 3,924 | Tony Grisoni | $11,139,723 | 4 | $2,784,931 |
| 3,925 | Mario Correa | $11,136,084 | 1 | $11,136,084 |
| 3,926 | Seth M. Sherwood | $11,107,431 | 1 | $11,107,431 |
| 3,927 | David Z. Weinstein | $11,100,000 | 1 | $11,100,000 |
| 3,928 | Anna Thomas | $11,079,373 | 2 | $5,539,687 |
| 3,929 | Ralph Farquhar | $11,052,713 | 1 | $11,052,713 |
| 3,930 | Farhad Sajid | $11,027,150 | 5 | $2,205,430 |
| 3,931 | Evan Jones | $11,005,982 | 2 | $5,502,991 |
| 3,932 | Sean Stein | $11,005,304 | 1 | $11,005,304 |
| 3,933 | Mark Polish | $11,003,643 | 4 | $2,750,911 |
| 3,934 | Sam Simon | $11,000,863 | 1 | $11,000,863 |
| 3,935 | David Eyre | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,936 | Harry Behn | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,937 | Joseph W. Farnham | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,938 | Michael Wadleigh | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,939 | Hyung-rae Shim | $10,977,721 | 1 | $10,977,721 |
| 3,940 | Alan J. Adler | $10,965,642 | 2 | $5,482,821 |
| 3,941 | William H. Arntz | $10,952,030 | 2 | $5,476,015 |
| 3,942 | Christophe Gans | $10,948,847 | 2 | $5,474,424 |
| 3,943 | Matthew Hoffman | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,944 | Betsy Chasse | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,945 | Mark Vicente | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,946 | Anne Rapp | $10,920,544 | 1 | $10,920,544 |
| 3,947 | Mark Richard | $10,915,744 | 1 | $10,915,744 |
| 3,948 | Christopher Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,949 | Ifor David Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,950 | Gong Geer | $10,898,619 | 2 | $5,449,310 |
| 3,951 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $10,898,619 | 2 | $5,449,310 |
| 3,952 | Tom Butterworth | $10,851,956 | 3 | $3,617,319 |
| 3,953 | Julius J. Epstein | $10,805,992 | 1 | $10,805,992 |
| 3,954 | Philip G. Epstein | $10,805,992 | 1 | $10,805,992 |
| 3,955 | Arthur Silver | $10,755,447 | 1 | $10,755,447 |
| 3,956 | Larry Levinson | $10,755,447 | 1 | $10,755,447 |
| 3,957 | Shane Krause | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 3,958 | Shayne Armstrong | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 3,959 | Paul Pepperman | $10,751,126 | 1 | $10,751,126 |
| 3,960 | James Agee | $10,750,000 | 1 | $10,750,000 |
| 3,961 | Everett Freeman | $10,738,000 | 2 | $5,369,000 |
| 3,962 | Ronald F. Maxwell | $10,731,997 | 1 | $10,731,997 |
| 3,963 | Misan Sagay | $10,726,630 | 2 | $5,363,315 |
| 3,964 | Dennis Lehane | $10,724,389 | 2 | $5,362,195 |
| 3,965 | Todd Farmer | $10,721,033 | 2 | $5,360,517 |
| 3,966 | Gabriel Ripstein | $10,712,623 | 4 | $2,678,156 |
| 3,967 | Rudy Dochtermann | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,968 | Jim Moloney | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,969 | Peter Sellers | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,970 | Tod Davies | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 3,971 | Alex Cox | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 3,972 | Michael Haneke | $10,679,498 | 3 | $3,559,833 |
| 3,973 | Joseph Minion | $10,673,287 | 1 | $10,673,287 |
| 3,974 | Pete Travis | $10,664,749 | 1 | $10,664,749 |
| 3,975 | Denys Arcand | $10,647,543 | 3 | $3,549,181 |
| 3,976 | Ian Lauzon | $10,644,453 | 1 | $10,644,453 |
| 3,977 | Ted Perkins | $10,631,509 | 2 | $5,315,755 |
| 3,978 | Henry Chaisson | $10,619,670 | 2 | $5,309,835 |
| 3,979 | Walter Murch | $10,618,813 | 1 | $10,618,813 |
| 3,980 | Timothy Bond | $10,609,514 | 1 | $10,609,514 |
| 3,981 | Peter Jobin | $10,609,514 | 1 | $10,609,514 |
| 3,982 | Jo Heims | $10,600,000 | 1 | $10,600,000 |
| 3,983 | Louis Saia | $10,577,073 | 2 | $5,288,537 |
| 3,984 | Lona Williams | $10,571,408 | 1 | $10,571,408 |
| 3,985 | Percy “Master P” Miller | $10,570,072 | 2 | $5,285,036 |
| 3,986 | Tom Matthews | $10,561,038 | 1 | $10,561,038 |
| 3,987 | Kausar Munir | $10,554,480 | 2 | $5,277,240 |
| 3,988 | Tim Metcalfe | $10,552,945 | 3 | $3,517,648 |
| 3,989 | Charles Beaumont | $10,548,570 | 2 | $5,274,285 |
| 3,990 | Reema Kagti | $10,534,396 | 4 | $2,633,599 |
| 3,991 | Jeff Burkhart | $10,530,000 | 1 | $10,530,000 |
| 3,992 | Sean Finegan | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 3,993 | Gregg Maxwell Parker | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 3,994 | Joan Harrison | $10,500,000 | 2 | $5,250,000 |
| 3,995 | Paul De Mielche | $10,499,000 | 1 | $10,499,000 |
| 3,996 | Joseph Fraley | $10,490,791 | 1 | $10,490,791 |
| 3,997 | Jacob Chase | $10,475,990 | 1 | $10,475,990 |
| 3,998 | Jackie Chan | $10,461,161 | 3 | $3,487,054 |
| 3,999 | Kevin Biegel | $10,458,331 | 1 | $10,458,331 |
| 4,000 | William Malone | $10,447,421 | 1 | $10,447,421 |
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.