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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,101 | Jerry Leichtling | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 5,102 | Rama Laurie Stagner | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 5,103 | Arlene Sarner | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 5,104 | Aubrey K. Rattan | $3,279,266 | 1 | $3,279,266 |
| 5,105 | Cory Finley | $3,276,008 | 2 | $1,638,004 |
| 5,106 | Kirk Lynn | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,107 | Meg Ryan | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,108 | Steven Dietz | $3,273,896 | 1 | $3,273,896 |
| 5,109 | Charles Burnett | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,110 | John Eddie Johnson | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,111 | Ned Welsh | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 5,112 | Eileen Atkins | $3,263,672 | 1 | $3,263,672 |
| 5,113 | James F. Collier | $3,254,801 | 1 | $3,254,801 |
| 5,114 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $3,248,216 | 2 | $1,624,108 |
| 5,115 | Gary Marks | $3,229,654 | 2 | $1,614,827 |
| 5,116 | Fung Chih-chiang | $3,229,457 | 3 | $1,076,486 |
| 5,117 | Ho Miu kei | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,118 | Lu Zheng-yu | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,119 | Chan Hing ka | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,120 | Ivy Kong | $3,229,457 | 1 | $3,229,457 |
| 5,121 | Chen Sicheng | $3,227,582 | 4 | $806,896 |
| 5,122 | Stephen Amidon | $3,224,126 | 1 | $3,224,126 |
| 5,123 | Charles Bukowski | $3,221,000 | 1 | $3,221,000 |
| 5,124 | Ishita Moitra | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,125 | Sumit Roy | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,126 | Alec Coppel | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,127 | Don Hartman | $3,200,000 | 3 | $1,066,667 |
| 5,128 | Samuel Taylor | $3,200,000 | 1 | $3,200,000 |
| 5,129 | Nacho Vigalondo | $3,197,331 | 5 | $639,466 |
| 5,130 | Rama Burshtein | $3,187,043 | 2 | $1,593,522 |
| 5,131 | Agustin Almodovar | $3,185,193 | 1 | $3,185,193 |
| 5,132 | Joachim Trier | $3,182,166 | 3 | $1,060,722 |
| 5,133 | Benoît Pelletier | $3,179,193 | 1 | $3,179,193 |
| 5,134 | Steven Peros | $3,176,936 | 2 | $1,588,468 |
| 5,135 | Youssef Delara | $3,172,267 | 2 | $1,586,134 |
| 5,136 | Philippe Claudel | $3,169,305 | 1 | $3,169,305 |
| 5,137 | Harun Farocki | $3,166,858 | 1 | $3,166,858 |
| 5,138 | G.M. Mercier | $3,163,362 | 2 | $1,581,681 |
| 5,139 | Rich Correll | $3,163,362 | 2 | $1,581,681 |
| 5,140 | Alex Holmes | $3,162,490 | 1 | $3,162,490 |
| 5,141 | Lee Blessing | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,142 | Jeanne Blake | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,143 | Terry Kahn | $3,150,170 | 1 | $3,150,170 |
| 5,144 | Roger Rueff | $3,150,107 | 1 | $3,150,107 |
| 5,145 | Neil Burger | $3,149,935 | 2 | $1,574,968 |
| 5,146 | Kit Hesketh-Harvey | $3,147,950 | 1 | $3,147,950 |
| 5,147 | Jon Stewart | $3,128,941 | 2 | $1,564,471 |
| 5,148 | Patrick Creadon | $3,121,270 | 1 | $3,121,270 |
| 5,149 | Christine O'Malley | $3,121,270 | 1 | $3,121,270 |
| 5,150 | Herman Miller | $3,110,000 | 1 | $3,110,000 |
| 5,151 | Damian Szifron | $3,107,072 | 2 | $1,553,536 |
| 5,152 | Rashida Jones | $3,103,407 | 2 | $1,551,704 |
| 5,153 | Will McCormack | $3,103,407 | 1 | $3,103,407 |
| 5,154 | Ken Solarz | $3,102,550 | 1 | $3,102,550 |
| 5,155 | Bart Baker | $3,102,550 | 2 | $1,551,275 |
| 5,156 | Stephen Carpenter | $3,100,650 | 1 | $3,100,650 |
| 5,157 | Vincent R. Nebrida | $3,094,699 | 1 | $3,094,699 |
| 5,158 | Anatoli Nikiforov | $3,092,976 | 1 | $3,092,976 |
| 5,159 | Alexander Sokurov | $3,092,976 | 1 | $3,092,976 |
| 5,160 | Imtiaz Ali | $3,092,608 | 2 | $1,546,304 |
| 5,161 | Harold Nebenzal | $3,088,086 | 2 | $1,544,043 |
| 5,162 | Maggie Greenwald | $3,085,564 | 2 | $1,542,782 |
| 5,163 | Darren Stein | $3,076,820 | 1 | $3,076,820 |
| 5,164 | Marina de Van | $3,076,425 | 2 | $1,538,213 |
| 5,165 | François Truffaut | $3,072,361 | 3 | $1,024,120 |
| 5,166 | Jon Molerio | $3,063,505 | 1 | $3,063,505 |
| 5,167 | Ricki Stern | $3,063,469 | 2 | $1,531,735 |
| 5,168 | Umberto Contarello | $3,061,734 | 4 | $765,434 |
| 5,169 | Paco Farias | $3,060,040 | 1 | $3,060,040 |
| 5,170 | Humberto G. Garcia | $3,060,040 | 1 | $3,060,040 |
| 5,171 | Jennifer C. Stetson | $3,060,040 | 1 | $3,060,040 |
| 5,172 | Eran Kolirin | $3,059,823 | 2 | $1,529,912 |
| 5,173 | Patrice Leconte | $3,058,380 | 2 | $1,529,190 |
| 5,174 | Claude Faraldo | $3,058,380 | 1 | $3,058,380 |
| 5,175 | Richard Lanni | $3,054,285 | 1 | $3,054,285 |
| 5,176 | Mike Stokey | $3,054,285 | 1 | $3,054,285 |
| 5,177 | Aditya Chopra | $3,047,539 | 2 | $1,523,770 |
| 5,178 | Devika Bhagat | $3,047,539 | 2 | $1,523,770 |
| 5,179 | Himanshu Sharma | $3,043,479 | 2 | $1,521,740 |
| 5,180 | Patrick Meyers | $3,042,892 | 1 | $3,042,892 |
| 5,181 | Scott Roberts | $3,042,892 | 1 | $3,042,892 |
| 5,182 | Roy Carlson | $3,038,499 | 2 | $1,519,250 |
| 5,183 | Ariel Dorfman | $3,038,495 | 1 | $3,038,495 |
| 5,184 | Kazuo Ishiguro | $3,037,858 | 1 | $3,037,858 |
| 5,185 | Fina Torres | $3,033,623 | 1 | $3,033,623 |
| 5,186 | Luis Alfaro | $3,033,623 | 1 | $3,033,623 |
| 5,187 | Jean-Claude Grumberg | $3,022,400 | 2 | $1,511,200 |
| 5,188 | Andrew Lauren | $3,020,784 | 1 | $3,020,784 |
| 5,189 | Charles E. Drew Jr. | $3,020,784 | 1 | $3,020,784 |
| 5,190 | Suzanne Schiffman | $3,017,110 | 2 | $1,508,555 |
| 5,191 | Glenn Close | $3,014,696 | 1 | $3,014,696 |
| 5,192 | John Banville | $3,014,696 | 1 | $3,014,696 |
| 5,193 | Gabriella Prekop | $3,014,696 | 1 | $3,014,696 |
| 5,194 | Mike Smith | $3,012,677 | 1 | $3,012,677 |
| 5,195 | Timm Hannebohm | $3,012,677 | 1 | $3,012,677 |
| 5,196 | John Paul Tremblay | $3,012,677 | 2 | $1,506,339 |
| 5,197 | Shia LaBeouf | $3,012,615 | 1 | $3,012,615 |
| 5,198 | Richard Maltby, Jr. | $3,005,605 | 1 | $3,005,605 |
| 5,199 | Donald Margulies | $3,002,883 | 1 | $3,002,883 |
| 5,200 | Sajid Nadiadwala | $3,001,831 | 2 | $1,500,916 |
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.