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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Michael Ventura | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 5,002 | Joe Goodman | $4,224,065 | 1 | $4,224,065 |
| 5,003 | Cunningham O'Keefe | $4,221,817 | 1 | $4,221,817 |
| 5,004 | Lazaro Gomez Carriles | $4,221,817 | 1 | $4,221,817 |
| 5,005 | Vijay Maurya | $4,216,437 | 1 | $4,216,437 |
| 5,006 | Jim Wynorski | $4,214,282 | 5 | $842,856 |
| 5,007 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 5,008 | Daniel Kwan | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 5,009 | Daniel Scheinert | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 5,010 | Dana Brown | $4,201,219 | 3 | $1,400,406 |
| 5,011 | Andrew Anastasios | $4,200,117 | 1 | $4,200,117 |
| 5,012 | Bruce Hendricks | $4,197,175 | 1 | $4,197,175 |
| 5,013 | Jack Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 5,014 | Robert Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 5,015 | Aditya Dhar | $4,185,663 | 1 | $4,185,663 |
| 5,016 | Dominik Moll | $4,183,223 | 3 | $1,394,408 |
| 5,017 | Sergio Arau | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 5,018 | Yareli Arizmendi | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 5,019 | Sergio Guerrero | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 5,020 | Eddie Huang | $4,178,620 | 1 | $4,178,620 |
| 5,021 | Jack Cummins | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 5,022 | Daniel Arthur Wray | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 5,023 | Gilles Marchand | $4,176,972 | 4 | $1,044,243 |
| 5,024 | Ayub Khan-Din | $4,170,647 | 1 | $4,170,647 |
| 5,025 | Steve Antin | $4,167,493 | 1 | $4,167,493 |
| 5,026 | Mark Haskell Smith | $4,166,918 | 2 | $2,083,459 |
| 5,027 | Alberto Bremer | $4,165,949 | 1 | $4,165,949 |
| 5,028 | Jimmy McGovern | $4,165,845 | 1 | $4,165,845 |
| 5,029 | Jay Baruchel | $4,164,911 | 3 | $1,388,304 |
| 5,030 | Robert Engels | $4,160,851 | 1 | $4,160,851 |
| 5,031 | Sandra Nettelbeck | $4,160,475 | 2 | $2,080,238 |
| 5,032 | Chuck Sklar | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 5,033 | Jeff Stilson | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 5,034 | Paul Marchand | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 5,035 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 5,036 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 5,037 | Xavier Beauvois | $4,131,982 | 2 | $2,065,991 |
| 5,038 | Jacques Fieschi | $4,131,351 | 6 | $688,559 |
| 5,039 | Gonzalo Maza | $4,129,911 | 2 | $2,064,956 |
| 5,040 | Wentworth Miller | $4,126,592 | 2 | $2,063,296 |
| 5,041 | Robert Carrington | $4,117,958 | 1 | $4,117,958 |
| 5,042 | Kelvin Lee | $4,109,803 | 2 | $2,054,902 |
| 5,043 | Mira Nair | $4,109,095 | 1 | $4,109,095 |
| 5,044 | Olivier Assayas | $4,106,972 | 8 | $513,372 |
| 5,045 | James Frey | $4,100,505 | 1 | $4,100,505 |
| 5,046 | James O’Hanlon | $4,100,000 | 2 | $2,050,000 |
| 5,047 | Harry Crane | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,048 | Nathaniel Curtis | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,049 | Rupert Walters | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,050 | Kay Van Riper | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 5,051 | Janice Lee Graham | $4,097,094 | 1 | $4,097,094 |
| 5,052 | Ross Schwartz | $4,078,607 | 1 | $4,078,607 |
| 5,053 | Jill Sprecher | $4,077,187 | 2 | $2,038,594 |
| 5,054 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 5,055 | John Kohn | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 5,056 | Harry Basil | $4,073,582 | 1 | $4,073,582 |
| 5,057 | Michael Berry Jr. | $4,070,343 | 3 | $1,356,781 |
| 5,058 | John Goldsmith | $4,068,087 | 1 | $4,068,087 |
| 5,059 | Karen Clark | $4,067,725 | 1 | $4,067,725 |
| 5,060 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,066,487 | 1 | $4,066,487 |
| 5,061 | Tedi Sarafian | $4,064,333 | 1 | $4,064,333 |
| 5,062 | Wolfgang Becker | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 5,063 | Bernd Lichtenberg | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 5,064 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,063,470 | 2 | $2,031,735 |
| 5,065 | Christian Petzold | $4,061,322 | 4 | $1,015,331 |
| 5,066 | Rita Rudner | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 5,067 | Martin Bergman | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 5,068 | John Turturro | $4,056,206 | 4 | $1,014,052 |
| 5,069 | Marleen Gorris | $4,047,426 | 1 | $4,047,426 |
| 5,070 | Peter Asmussen | $4,040,691 | 1 | $4,040,691 |
| 5,071 | Terri Hughes | $4,023,741 | 1 | $4,023,741 |
| 5,072 | Ron Milbauer | $4,023,741 | 1 | $4,023,741 |
| 5,073 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 5,074 | Alan Cumming | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 5,075 | Bob Rafelson | $4,011,793 | 1 | $4,011,793 |
| 5,076 | JoJo Henrickson | $4,011,254 | 1 | $4,011,254 |
| 5,077 | John Blumenthal | $4,010,647 | 1 | $4,010,647 |
| 5,078 | Ben Platt | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 5,079 | Noah Galvin | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 5,080 | Nick Lieberman | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 5,081 | Rebecca Miller | $4,009,744 | 2 | $2,004,872 |
| 5,082 | Brit Marling | $4,003,858 | 3 | $1,334,619 |
| 5,083 | Gabe Sherman | $4,001,910 | 1 | $4,001,910 |
| 5,084 | DeWitt Bodeen | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,085 | Gary Conway | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,086 | Irving Berlin | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,087 | Adam Shirk | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,088 | Kathryn Scola | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,089 | Donald P. Borchers | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,090 | Allison Louise Downe | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,091 | Lamar Trotti | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,092 | Arthur T. Horman | $4,000,000 | 2 | $2,000,000 |
| 5,093 | David O'Malley | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,094 | David Field | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 5,095 | Brian Cates | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 5,096 | Rene Gutteridge | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 5,097 | William C. Anderson | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 5,098 | George Gordon | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 5,099 | Mauricio Zacharias | $3,961,966 | 6 | $660,328 |
| 5,100 | Willard Carroll | $3,956,212 | 1 | $3,956,212 |
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.