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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 | Evan Hunter | $11,403,529 | 1 | $11,403,529 |
| 3,902 | Phillip Borsos | $11,380,788 | 1 | $11,380,788 |
| 3,903 | Kim Morgan | $11,372,511 | 2 | $5,686,256 |
| 3,904 | Bernie Somers | $11,363,618 | 1 | $11,363,618 |
| 3,905 | Nat Bernstein | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 3,906 | Mitchel Katlin | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 3,907 | John Byrum | $11,334,235 | 2 | $5,667,118 |
| 3,908 | Marie Weiss | $11,325,885 | 1 | $11,325,885 |
| 3,909 | Brian Levant | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,910 | Lon Diamond | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 3,911 | Kimberly Simi | $11,304,403 | 1 | $11,304,403 |
| 3,912 | Barbara Shulgasser | $11,300,653 | 1 | $11,300,653 |
| 3,913 | Seth Greenland | $11,299,730 | 1 | $11,299,730 |
| 3,914 | Stacy Peralta | $11,273,517 | 1 | $11,273,517 |
| 3,915 | David Steven Cohen | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 3,916 | Drew Gitlin | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,917 | Mike Cheda | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 3,918 | Peyo | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 3,919 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | $11,177,674 | 3 | $3,725,891 |
| 3,920 | Robert Dozier | $11,170,588 | 1 | $11,170,588 |
| 3,921 | Jacob Koskoff | $11,162,366 | 2 | $5,581,183 |
| 3,922 | Jason Baumgardner | $11,144,348 | 2 | $5,572,174 |
| 3,923 | Tony Grisoni | $11,139,723 | 4 | $2,784,931 |
| 3,924 | Mario Correa | $11,136,084 | 1 | $11,136,084 |
| 3,925 | Seth M. Sherwood | $11,107,431 | 1 | $11,107,431 |
| 3,926 | David Z. Weinstein | $11,100,000 | 1 | $11,100,000 |
| 3,927 | Anna Thomas | $11,079,373 | 2 | $5,539,687 |
| 3,928 | Ralph Farquhar | $11,052,713 | 1 | $11,052,713 |
| 3,929 | Farhad Sajid | $11,027,150 | 5 | $2,205,430 |
| 3,930 | Evan Jones | $11,005,982 | 2 | $5,502,991 |
| 3,931 | Sean Stein | $11,005,304 | 1 | $11,005,304 |
| 3,932 | Mark Polish | $11,003,643 | 4 | $2,750,911 |
| 3,933 | Sam Simon | $11,000,863 | 1 | $11,000,863 |
| 3,934 | Michael Wadleigh | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 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 | Hyung-rae Shim | $10,977,721 | 1 | $10,977,721 |
| 3,939 | Alan J. Adler | $10,965,642 | 2 | $5,482,821 |
| 3,940 | William H. Arntz | $10,952,030 | 2 | $5,476,015 |
| 3,941 | Christophe Gans | $10,948,847 | 2 | $5,474,424 |
| 3,942 | Matthew Hoffman | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,943 | Betsy Chasse | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,944 | Mark Vicente | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,945 | Anne Rapp | $10,920,544 | 1 | $10,920,544 |
| 3,946 | Mark Richard | $10,915,744 | 1 | $10,915,744 |
| 3,947 | Ifor David Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,948 | Christopher Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,949 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $10,898,619 | 2 | $5,449,310 |
| 3,950 | Gong Geer | $10,898,619 | 2 | $5,449,310 |
| 3,951 | Tom Butterworth | $10,851,956 | 3 | $3,617,319 |
| 3,952 | Julius J. Epstein | $10,805,992 | 1 | $10,805,992 |
| 3,953 | Philip G. Epstein | $10,805,992 | 1 | $10,805,992 |
| 3,954 | Larry Levinson | $10,755,447 | 1 | $10,755,447 |
| 3,955 | Arthur Silver | $10,755,447 | 1 | $10,755,447 |
| 3,956 | Shayne Armstrong | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 3,957 | Shane Krause | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 3,958 | Paul Pepperman | $10,751,126 | 1 | $10,751,126 |
| 3,959 | James Agee | $10,750,000 | 1 | $10,750,000 |
| 3,960 | Everett Freeman | $10,738,000 | 2 | $5,369,000 |
| 3,961 | Ronald F. Maxwell | $10,731,997 | 1 | $10,731,997 |
| 3,962 | Misan Sagay | $10,726,630 | 2 | $5,363,315 |
| 3,963 | Dennis Lehane | $10,724,389 | 2 | $5,362,195 |
| 3,964 | Todd Farmer | $10,721,033 | 2 | $5,360,517 |
| 3,965 | Gabriel Ripstein | $10,712,623 | 4 | $2,678,156 |
| 3,966 | Peter Sellers | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,967 | Rudy Dochtermann | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,968 | Jim Moloney | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,969 | Alex Cox | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 3,970 | Tod Davies | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 3,971 | Michael Haneke | $10,679,498 | 3 | $3,559,833 |
| 3,972 | Joseph Minion | $10,673,287 | 1 | $10,673,287 |
| 3,973 | Pete Travis | $10,664,749 | 1 | $10,664,749 |
| 3,974 | Denys Arcand | $10,647,543 | 3 | $3,549,181 |
| 3,975 | Ian Lauzon | $10,644,453 | 1 | $10,644,453 |
| 3,976 | Ted Perkins | $10,631,509 | 2 | $5,315,755 |
| 3,977 | Henry Chaisson | $10,619,670 | 2 | $5,309,835 |
| 3,978 | Walter Murch | $10,618,813 | 1 | $10,618,813 |
| 3,979 | Timothy Bond | $10,609,514 | 1 | $10,609,514 |
| 3,980 | Peter Jobin | $10,609,514 | 1 | $10,609,514 |
| 3,981 | Jo Heims | $10,600,000 | 1 | $10,600,000 |
| 3,982 | Louis Saia | $10,577,073 | 2 | $5,288,537 |
| 3,983 | Lona Williams | $10,571,408 | 1 | $10,571,408 |
| 3,984 | Percy “Master P” Miller | $10,570,072 | 2 | $5,285,036 |
| 3,985 | Tom Matthews | $10,561,038 | 1 | $10,561,038 |
| 3,986 | Kausar Munir | $10,554,480 | 2 | $5,277,240 |
| 3,987 | Tim Metcalfe | $10,552,945 | 3 | $3,517,648 |
| 3,988 | Charles Beaumont | $10,548,570 | 2 | $5,274,285 |
| 3,989 | Reema Kagti | $10,534,396 | 4 | $2,633,599 |
| 3,990 | Jeff Burkhart | $10,530,000 | 1 | $10,530,000 |
| 3,991 | Sean Finegan | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 3,992 | Gregg Maxwell Parker | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 3,993 | Joan Harrison | $10,500,000 | 2 | $5,250,000 |
| 3,994 | Paul De Mielche | $10,499,000 | 1 | $10,499,000 |
| 3,995 | Joseph Fraley | $10,490,791 | 1 | $10,490,791 |
| 3,996 | Jacob Chase | $10,475,990 | 1 | $10,475,990 |
| 3,997 | Jackie Chan | $10,461,161 | 3 | $3,487,054 |
| 3,998 | Kevin Biegel | $10,458,331 | 1 | $10,458,331 |
| 3,999 | William Malone | $10,447,421 | 1 | $10,447,421 |
| 4,000 | Eliot Wald | $10,442,641 | 1 | $10,442,641 |
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.