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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | K.P. Saxena | $3,444,629 | 1 | $3,444,629 |
| 5,002 | Haidar Ali | $3,444,629 | 1 | $3,444,629 |
| 5,003 | Phil Berger | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 5,004 | Philippe Falardeau | $3,426,540 | 3 | $1,142,180 |
| 5,005 | Lars Ulrich | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,006 | Kirk Hammett | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,007 | Robert Trujillo | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,008 | Nimrod Antal | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,009 | James Hetfield | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,010 | Renny Harlin | $3,401,376 | 1 | $3,401,376 |
| 5,011 | Markus Selin | $3,401,376 | 1 | $3,401,376 |
| 5,012 | Atul Kulkarni | $3,401,324 | 1 | $3,401,324 |
| 5,013 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,400,020 | 1 | $3,400,020 |
| 5,014 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 1 | $3,400,000 |
| 5,015 | Ivan Tors | $3,400,000 | 1 | $3,400,000 |
| 5,016 | Philip Haas | $3,390,811 | 1 | $3,390,811 |
| 5,017 | Jeffrey Scott | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 5,018 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 5,019 | Eric Barrett | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 5,020 | Park Joo-suk | $3,354,293 | 2 | $1,677,147 |
| 5,021 | David Rosier | $3,351,734 | 2 | $1,675,867 |
| 5,022 | Matt Spicer | $3,349,321 | 3 | $1,116,440 |
| 5,023 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 5,024 | Johnathan McClain | $3,344,040 | 1 | $3,344,040 |
| 5,025 | Duncan Scott | $3,336,053 | 1 | $3,336,053 |
| 5,026 | Jerome Tonnerre | $3,335,713 | 3 | $1,111,904 |
| 5,027 | Lindsay Harrison | $3,333,306 | 1 | $3,333,306 |
| 5,028 | Francesca Archibugi | $3,331,488 | 3 | $1,110,496 |
| 5,029 | Bruno Nuytten | $3,331,297 | 1 | $3,331,297 |
| 5,030 | Veronika Franz | $3,326,738 | 4 | $831,685 |
| 5,031 | Diane Ruggiero | $3,322,127 | 1 | $3,322,127 |
| 5,032 | Darlene Craviotto | $3,319,344 | 1 | $3,319,344 |
| 5,033 | Severin Fiala | $3,317,103 | 2 | $1,658,552 |
| 5,034 | Pierre Falardeau | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 5,035 | Julien Poulin | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 5,036 | Darrel Campbell | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 5,037 | Noah Haidle | $3,310,031 | 1 | $3,310,031 |
| 5,038 | Betsy Israel | $3,300,609 | 1 | $3,300,609 |
| 5,039 | Edward Rugoff | $3,300,609 | 1 | $3,300,609 |
| 5,040 | Karen Sprecher | $3,287,435 | 1 | $3,287,435 |
| 5,041 | Euzhan Palcy | $3,282,890 | 1 | $3,282,890 |
| 5,042 | André P. Brink | $3,282,890 | 1 | $3,282,890 |
| 5,043 | Jerry Leichtling | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 5,044 | Rama Laurie Stagner | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 5,045 | Arlene Sarner | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 5,046 | Aubrey K. Rattan | $3,279,266 | 1 | $3,279,266 |
| 5,047 | Cory Finley | $3,276,008 | 2 | $1,638,004 |
| 5,048 | Steven Dietz | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,049 | Kirk Lynn | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,050 | Meg Ryan | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,051 | Charles Burnett | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,052 | John Eddie Johnson | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,053 | Ned Welsh | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,054 | Eileen Atkins | $3,263,672 | 1 | $3,263,672 |
| 5,055 | James F. Collier | $3,254,801 | 1 | $3,254,801 |
| 5,056 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $3,248,216 | 2 | $1,624,108 |
| 5,057 | Gary Marks | $3,229,654 | 2 | $1,614,827 |
| 5,058 | Fung Chih-chiang | $3,229,457 | 3 | $1,076,486 |
| 5,059 | Ho Miu kei | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,060 | Lu Zheng-yu | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,061 | Chan Hing ka | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,062 | Ivy Kong | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,063 | Kelvin Lee | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,064 | Stephen Amidon | $3,224,126 | 1 | $3,224,126 |
| 5,065 | Charles Bukowski | $3,221,000 | 1 | $3,221,000 |
| 5,066 | Don Hartman | $3,200,000 | 3 | $1,066,667 |
| 5,067 | Samuel Taylor | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,068 | Ishita Moitra | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,069 | Sumit Roy | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,070 | Alec Coppel | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,071 | Nacho Vigalondo | $3,197,331 | 5 | $639,466 |
| 5,072 | Rama Burshtein | $3,187,043 | 2 | $1,593,522 |
| 5,073 | Michael Sarnoski | $3,186,667 | 2 | $1,593,334 |
| 5,074 | Agustin Almodovar | $3,185,193 | 1 | $3,185,193 |
| 5,075 | Joachim Trier | $3,182,166 | 2 | $1,591,083 |
| 5,076 | Benoît Pelletier | $3,179,193 | 1 | $3,179,193 |
| 5,077 | Steven Peros | $3,176,936 | 2 | $1,588,468 |
| 5,078 | Youssef Delara | $3,172,267 | 2 | $1,586,134 |
| 5,079 | Philippe Claudel | $3,169,305 | 1 | $3,169,305 |
| 5,080 | Harun Farocki | $3,166,858 | 1 | $3,166,858 |
| 5,081 | G.M. Mercier | $3,163,362 | 2 | $1,581,681 |
| 5,082 | Rich Correll | $3,163,362 | 2 | $1,581,681 |
| 5,083 | Alex Holmes | $3,162,490 | 1 | $3,162,490 |
| 5,084 | Lee Blessing | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,085 | Jeanne Blake | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,086 | Terry Kahn | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,087 | Roger Rueff | $3,150,107 | 1 | $3,150,107 |
| 5,088 | Neil Burger | $3,149,935 | 2 | $1,574,968 |
| 5,089 | Kit Hesketh-Harvey | $3,147,950 | 1 | $3,147,950 |
| 5,090 | Jon Stewart | $3,128,941 | 2 | $1,564,471 |
| 5,091 | Herman Miller | $3,110,000 | 1 | $3,110,000 |
| 5,092 | Damian Szifron | $3,107,072 | 2 | $1,553,536 |
| 5,093 | Rashida Jones | $3,103,407 | 2 | $1,551,704 |
| 5,094 | Will McCormack | $3,103,407 | 1 | $3,103,407 |
| 5,095 | Ken Solarz | $3,102,550 | 1 | $3,102,550 |
| 5,096 | Bart Baker | $3,102,550 | 2 | $1,551,275 |
| 5,097 | Stephen Carpenter | $3,100,650 | 1 | $3,100,650 |
| 5,098 | Vincent R. Nebrida | $3,094,699 | 1 | $3,094,699 |
| 5,099 | Anatoli Nikiforov | $3,092,976 | 1 | $3,092,976 |
| 5,100 | Alexander Sokurov | $3,092,976 | 1 | $3,092,976 |
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.