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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)BETA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Eliot Wald | $10,442,641 | 1 | $10,442,641 |
| 4,002 | John Toles-Bey | $10,438,504 | 1 | $10,438,504 |
| 4,003 | Bobby Crawford | $10,438,504 | 1 | $10,438,504 |
| 4,004 | Anthony Fabian | $10,433,915 | 1 | $10,433,915 |
| 4,005 | April Wolfe | $10,429,730 | 2 | $5,214,865 |
| 4,006 | Sophia Takal | $10,429,730 | 2 | $5,214,865 |
| 4,007 | Sam Schreiber | $10,411,980 | 1 | $10,411,980 |
| 4,008 | George Butler | $10,407,978 | 1 | $10,407,978 |
| 4,009 | Robert Andrus | $10,407,978 | 1 | $10,407,978 |
| 4,010 | Allison McGourty | $10,403,808 | 1 | $10,403,808 |
| 4,011 | Karan Johar | $10,402,426 | 3 | $3,467,475 |
| 4,012 | Holly Gent Palmo | $10,388,359 | 2 | $5,194,180 |
| 4,013 | Vincent Palmo Jr. | $10,388,359 | 2 | $5,194,180 |
| 4,014 | Zoya Akhtar | $10,386,193 | 3 | $3,462,064 |
| 4,015 | Clark Walker | $10,341,093 | 1 | $10,341,093 |
| 4,016 | Teddy Chan | $10,340,393 | 2 | $5,170,197 |
| 4,017 | Michael Dowse | $10,337,372 | 3 | $3,445,791 |
| 4,018 | Travis Milloy | $10,330,853 | 1 | $10,330,853 |
| 4,019 | Sam Peckinpah | $10,324,441 | 1 | $10,324,441 |
| 4,020 | Carrie Mungo | $10,317,779 | 1 | $10,317,779 |
| 4,021 | Leroy Douglas | $10,317,779 | 1 | $10,317,779 |
| 4,022 | N. Richard Nash | $10,310,734 | 2 | $5,155,367 |
| 4,023 | Ryan Grassby | $10,306,106 | 2 | $5,153,053 |
| 4,024 | Kevin Coughlin | $10,306,106 | 2 | $5,153,053 |
| 4,025 | Troy Duffy | $10,303,658 | 3 | $3,434,553 |
| 4,026 | Isabelle Sobelman | $10,299,782 | 1 | $10,299,782 |
| 4,027 | Olivier Dahan | $10,299,782 | 2 | $5,149,891 |
| 4,028 | C.J. Koch | $10,278,575 | 1 | $10,278,575 |
| 4,029 | Joy Todd | $10,278,549 | 1 | $10,278,549 |
| 4,030 | Chris Dowling | $10,249,628 | 7 | $1,464,233 |
| 4,031 | Cynthia Cidre | $10,230,578 | 2 | $5,115,289 |
| 4,032 | Jacqueline Zambrano | $10,223,896 | 1 | $10,223,896 |
| 4,033 | Ward Kimball | $10,218,316 | 1 | $10,218,316 |
| 4,034 | Joe Ma | $10,211,278 | 1 | $10,211,278 |
| 4,035 | Koan Hui | $10,211,278 | 1 | $10,211,278 |
| 4,036 | Robin Bissell | $10,205,616 | 2 | $5,102,808 |
| 4,037 | Dave Parker | $10,199,354 | 1 | $10,199,354 |
| 4,038 | Mark A. Altman | $10,199,354 | 1 | $10,199,354 |
| 4,039 | Joe Jarvis | $10,198,766 | 1 | $10,198,766 |
| 4,040 | Joe Tiboni | $10,179,275 | 1 | $10,179,275 |
| 4,041 | Daniel Clowes | $10,168,937 | 4 | $2,542,234 |
| 4,042 | Christopher Browne | $10,161,183 | 1 | $10,161,183 |
| 4,043 | Mike Disa | $10,143,779 | 2 | $5,071,890 |
| 4,044 | John Pomeroy | $10,140,325 | 1 | $10,140,325 |
| 4,045 | Will Finn | $10,140,325 | 1 | $10,140,325 |
| 4,046 | Katie Wech | $10,130,219 | 2 | $5,065,110 |
| 4,047 | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | $10,128,314 | 1 | $10,128,314 |
| 4,048 | Kathleen McGhee-Anderson | $10,128,314 | 1 | $10,128,314 |
| 4,049 | David Henry Hwang | $10,103,647 | 2 | $5,051,824 |
| 4,050 | Paul Dubov | $10,095,200 | 1 | $10,095,200 |
| 4,051 | Gwen Bagni | $10,095,200 | 1 | $10,095,200 |
| 4,052 | Armando Iannucci | $10,077,580 | 3 | $3,359,193 |
| 4,053 | James B Harris | $10,058,318 | 1 | $10,058,318 |
| 4,054 | Jeffrey Blitz | $10,055,868 | 3 | $3,351,956 |
| 4,055 | Eleanor Catton | $10,055,355 | 1 | $10,055,355 |
| 4,056 | Michael Koskoff | $10,051,659 | 1 | $10,051,659 |
| 4,057 | Cindy Davis | $10,049,886 | 1 | $10,049,886 |
| 4,058 | Donald H. Hewitt | $10,049,886 | 1 | $10,049,886 |
| 4,059 | Beau Bauman | $10,047,674 | 1 | $10,047,674 |
| 4,060 | Hiroshi Kashiwabara | $10,037,390 | 1 | $10,037,390 |
| 4,061 | Wataru Mimura | $10,037,390 | 1 | $10,037,390 |
| 4,062 | Albert Pyun | $10,030,875 | 1 | $10,030,875 |
| 4,063 | Blair Cobbs | $10,027,047 | 1 | $10,027,047 |
| 4,064 | Frank Sebastiano | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 4,065 | Norm MacDonald | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 4,066 | Francois Girard | $10,019,109 | 1 | $10,019,109 |
| 4,067 | Leslie Caveny | $10,011,996 | 1 | $10,011,996 |
| 4,068 | Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste | $10,007,972 | 2 | $5,003,986 |
| 4,069 | Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | $10,007,972 | 2 | $5,003,986 |
| 4,070 | Colin Cairnes | $10,007,388 | 2 | $5,003,694 |
| 4,071 | Cameron Cairnes | $10,007,388 | 2 | $5,003,694 |
| 4,072 | Luther Davis | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,073 | Joseph Walsh | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,074 | Sy Bartlett | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,075 | C.A. Rosenberg | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,076 | Ruth Rose | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,077 | Robert Wilder | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,078 | Mark Feldberg | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,079 | Joe Spinell | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,080 | D.W. Griffith | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,081 | Mitchell Klebanoff | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,082 | Bernard Gordon | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,083 | Frank E. Woods | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,084 | Herbert Baker | $10,000,000 | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 4,085 | Abby Mann | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 4,086 | Ronald Alexander | $9,996,178 | 1 | $9,996,178 |
| 4,087 | Andrew Haigh | $9,948,258 | 4 | $2,487,065 |
| 4,088 | David Hines | $9,917,242 | 1 | $9,917,242 |
| 4,089 | Eric Luke | $9,873,000 | 1 | $9,873,000 |
| 4,090 | Jerome Kass | $9,851,679 | 1 | $9,851,679 |
| 4,091 | Guillermo Amoedo | $9,803,058 | 5 | $1,960,612 |
| 4,092 | Ernest Thompson | $9,769,504 | 2 | $4,884,752 |
| 4,093 | Jeramey Kraatz | $9,767,647 | 1 | $9,767,647 |
| 4,094 | Charles Robert Carner | $9,746,906 | 3 | $3,248,969 |
| 4,095 | Joey Curtis | $9,737,892 | 2 | $4,868,946 |
| 4,096 | Cami Delavigne | $9,737,892 | 1 | $9,737,892 |
| 4,097 | Kelley Sane | $9,736,045 | 1 | $9,736,045 |
| 4,098 | Kathleen Rowell | $9,733,563 | 2 | $4,866,782 |
| 4,099 | Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) | $9,727,958 | 4 | $2,431,990 |
| 4,100 | Leslie Stevens | $9,719,499 | 2 | $4,859,750 |
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.