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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Olivia Milch | $140,218,711 | 1 | $140,218,711 |
| 902 | Greg Brooker | $140,015,224 | 1 | $140,015,224 |
| 903 | David Newman | $139,996,371 | 2 | $69,998,186 |
| 904 | John Ridley | $139,989,832 | 7 | $19,998,547 |
| 905 | Caleb Wilson | $139,846,072 | 2 | $69,923,036 |
| 906 | Matt R. Allen | $139,846,072 | 2 | $69,923,036 |
| 907 | Jerry Stahl | $138,862,875 | 3 | $46,287,625 |
| 908 | Kevin Wade | $138,582,899 | 2 | $69,291,450 |
| 909 | Karen Leigh Hopkins | $138,439,143 | 7 | $19,777,020 |
| 910 | Patrick Massett | $138,371,221 | 3 | $46,123,740 |
| 911 | John Zinman | $138,371,221 | 3 | $46,123,740 |
| 912 | John Harrison | $137,748,063 | 1 | $137,748,063 |
| 913 | Sherri Stoner | $137,582,318 | 2 | $68,791,159 |
| 914 | Deanna Oliver | $137,582,318 | 2 | $68,791,159 |
| 915 | David Seltzer | $137,537,306 | 6 | $22,922,884 |
| 916 | Richard Pryor | $137,534,150 | 2 | $68,767,075 |
| 917 | Scott Cawthon | $137,275,620 | 1 | $137,275,620 |
| 918 | Emma Tammi | $137,275,620 | 1 | $137,275,620 |
| 919 | Seth Cuddeback | $137,275,620 | 1 | $137,275,620 |
| 920 | Bob Schooley | $137,118,001 | 3 | $45,706,000 |
| 921 | Mark McCorkle | $137,118,001 | 3 | $45,706,000 |
| 922 | Leon Capetanos | $136,950,533 | 5 | $27,390,107 |
| 923 | Bo Goldman | $136,923,665 | 4 | $34,230,916 |
| 924 | Peter Weir | $136,728,426 | 4 | $34,182,107 |
| 925 | Fede Álvarez | $136,684,468 | 3 | $45,561,489 |
| 926 | John Eskow | $136,479,076 | 3 | $45,493,025 |
| 927 | J. Michael Straczynski | $136,183,724 | 4 | $34,045,931 |
| 928 | Emma Thompson | $135,767,476 | 5 | $27,153,495 |
| 929 | David Dorfman | $135,560,942 | 1 | $135,560,942 |
| 930 | Ron Anderson | $135,386,665 | 1 | $135,386,665 |
| 931 | Ed Naha | $135,266,518 | 2 | $67,633,259 |
| 932 | Bobby Herbeck | $135,265,915 | 1 | $135,265,915 |
| 933 | Menno Meyjes | $134,963,647 | 3 | $44,987,882 |
| 934 | Mike Cerrone | $134,909,223 | 2 | $67,454,612 |
| 935 | Bob Clark | $134,595,778 | 4 | $33,648,945 |
| 936 | Leslie Newman | $134,218,018 | 1 | $134,218,018 |
| 937 | Jason Mantzoukas | $134,202,565 | 1 | $134,202,565 |
| 938 | Mark Rosner | $134,069,511 | 1 | $134,069,511 |
| 939 | Christian Gudegast | $133,971,882 | 4 | $33,492,971 |
| 940 | Deborah Kaplan | $133,403,660 | 6 | $22,233,943 |
| 941 | Harry Elfont | $133,403,660 | 6 | $22,233,943 |
| 942 | Bill Dubuque | $133,379,433 | 7 | $19,054,205 |
| 943 | John Sayles | $133,365,982 | 16 | $8,335,374 |
| 944 | Bruce A. Evans | $133,081,768 | 5 | $26,616,354 |
| 945 | Raynold Gideon | $133,081,768 | 5 | $26,616,354 |
| 946 | Chris Matheson | $133,021,205 | 6 | $22,170,201 |
| 947 | Geoff Rodkey | $132,848,066 | 3 | $44,282,689 |
| 948 | Darren Aronofsky | $132,779,540 | 5 | $26,555,908 |
| 949 | Jason Filardi | $132,675,402 | 1 | $132,675,402 |
| 950 | Alex Garland | $132,483,465 | 9 | $14,720,385 |
| 951 | Jack Thorne | $132,436,156 | 11 | $12,039,651 |
| 952 | John Turman | $132,177,234 | 1 | $132,177,234 |
| 953 | PJ Torokvei | $131,953,855 | 4 | $32,988,464 |
| 954 | Eric Johnson | $131,837,438 | 4 | $32,959,360 |
| 955 | Dean Pitchford | $131,802,742 | 2 | $65,901,371 |
| 956 | Sebastian Gutierrez | $131,510,487 | 6 | $21,918,415 |
| 957 | Christopher Wood | $131,493,902 | 3 | $43,831,301 |
| 958 | Tom Schalman | $130,724,172 | 1 | $130,724,172 |
| 959 | Tom G. Glazer | $130,319,208 | 1 | $130,319,208 |
| 960 | Bryan Schulz | $130,178,411 | 3 | $43,392,804 |
| 961 | Cornelius Uliano | $130,178,411 | 3 | $43,392,804 |
| 962 | Craig Schulz | $130,178,411 | 2 | $65,089,206 |
| 963 | Gill Dennis | $130,139,812 | 3 | $43,379,937 |
| 964 | Alan Ball | $130,058,047 | 2 | $65,029,024 |
| 965 | Aaron Guzikowski | $129,866,198 | 3 | $43,288,733 |
| 966 | Scott Armstrong | $129,749,826 | 3 | $43,249,942 |
| 967 | Mark Boal | $129,528,666 | 4 | $32,382,167 |
| 968 | John Michael Hayes | $129,275,552 | 8 | $16,159,444 |
| 969 | Cathryn Michon | $129,056,976 | 4 | $32,264,244 |
| 970 | Robert King | $128,850,318 | 5 | $25,770,064 |
| 971 | Russell Gewirtz | $128,715,647 | 3 | $42,905,216 |
| 972 | Peter Steinfeld | $128,708,806 | 5 | $25,741,761 |
| 973 | Hampton Fancher | $128,702,907 | 3 | $42,900,969 |
| 974 | John Carpenter | $128,266,938 | 8 | $16,033,367 |
| 975 | Alex Tse | $128,046,936 | 2 | $64,023,468 |
| 976 | James Lapine | $128,002,372 | 1 | $128,002,372 |
| 977 | Ike Barinholtz | $127,842,335 | 3 | $42,614,112 |
| 978 | Ronald Harwood | $127,686,951 | 12 | $10,640,579 |
| 979 | Dan Hageman | $127,515,890 | 2 | $63,757,945 |
| 980 | Kevin Hageman | $127,515,890 | 2 | $63,757,945 |
| 981 | David Stassen | $127,440,871 | 3 | $42,480,290 |
| 982 | Bennett Yellin | $127,175,374 | 2 | $63,587,687 |
| 983 | Timothy Harris | $126,959,503 | 3 | $42,319,834 |
| 984 | Jerusha Hess | $126,907,831 | 5 | $25,381,566 |
| 985 | Josh Stolberg | $126,842,874 | 4 | $31,710,719 |
| 986 | W. Peter Iliff | $126,839,995 | 5 | $25,367,999 |
| 987 | Alan Mandel | $126,737,428 | 1 | $126,737,428 |
| 988 | Chuck Martin | $126,631,277 | 1 | $126,631,277 |
| 989 | Jerry Seinfeld | $126,631,277 | 2 | $63,315,639 |
| 990 | Tom Papa | $126,631,277 | 1 | $126,631,277 |
| 991 | Spike Feresten | $126,631,277 | 2 | $63,315,639 |
| 992 | Barry Marder | $126,631,277 | 2 | $63,315,639 |
| 993 | Andy Robin | $126,631,277 | 2 | $63,315,639 |
| 994 | Andrew Dodge | $126,479,886 | 2 | $63,239,943 |
| 995 | Gene Wilder | $126,333,397 | 4 | $31,583,349 |
| 996 | Mike Werb | $126,208,529 | 2 | $63,104,265 |
| 997 | Michael Colleary | $126,208,529 | 2 | $63,104,265 |
| 998 | David Guggenheim | $126,181,630 | 2 | $63,090,815 |
| 999 | Oren Peli | $126,038,450 | 2 | $63,019,225 |
| 1,000 | Dennis Shryack | $125,754,644 | 5 | $25,150,929 |
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.