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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,301-5,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,301 | Scott Thompson | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,302 | Richard Dutcher | $2,637,726 | 1 | $2,637,726 |
| 5,303 | Patti Defilippis | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 5,304 | Aidan Hill | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 5,305 | Fred Pellerin | $2,626,308 | 1 | $2,626,308 |
| 5,306 | Sujeeth | $2,626,284 | 1 | $2,626,284 |
| 5,307 | Arend Remmers | $2,625,968 | 1 | $2,625,968 |
| 5,308 | Edward di Lorenzo | $2,625,716 | 1 | $2,625,716 |
| 5,309 | Taylor Hackford | $2,625,716 | 1 | $2,625,716 |
| 5,310 | Joseph Hayes | $2,624,629 | 1 | $2,624,629 |
| 5,311 | Hal Hopper | $2,620,000 | 1 | $2,620,000 |
| 5,312 | James Griffith | $2,620,000 | 1 | $2,620,000 |
| 5,313 | Walter Campbell | $2,614,251 | 1 | $2,614,251 |
| 5,314 | Don Cheadle | $2,610,896 | 1 | $2,610,896 |
| 5,315 | Nicolas Lopez | $2,610,767 | 3 | $870,256 |
| 5,316 | Hiram Martinez | $2,609,412 | 1 | $2,609,412 |
| 5,317 | Rajat Arora | $2,603,629 | 3 | $867,876 |
| 5,318 | Ni Zhen | $2,603,061 | 1 | $2,603,061 |
| 5,319 | Allen Weiss | $2,600,000 | 1 | $2,600,000 |
| 5,320 | Riley Stearns | $2,596,126 | 3 | $865,375 |
| 5,321 | Julius Lewis | $2,595,644 | 1 | $2,595,644 |
| 5,322 | Christine Taylor | $2,595,644 | 1 | $2,595,644 |
| 5,323 | Jehane Noujaim | $2,589,616 | 1 | $2,589,616 |
| 5,324 | Ty Manns | $2,587,072 | 1 | $2,587,072 |
| 5,325 | Subash Nair | $2,581,138 | 1 | $2,581,138 |
| 5,326 | Jesse Chatham | $2,577,830 | 1 | $2,577,830 |
| 5,327 | Florian Zeller | $2,570,642 | 2 | $1,285,321 |
| 5,328 | Thomas Purifoy Jr | $2,570,355 | 1 | $2,570,355 |
| 5,329 | Jonathan Prince | $2,567,099 | 1 | $2,567,099 |
| 5,330 | Josh Goldstein | $2,567,099 | 1 | $2,567,099 |
| 5,331 | Tom Cole | $2,563,023 | 2 | $1,281,512 |
| 5,332 | Adamma Ebo | $2,561,270 | 1 | $2,561,270 |
| 5,333 | Leonard Michaels | $2,556,361 | 1 | $2,556,361 |
| 5,334 | Yasmina Reza | $2,546,747 | 1 | $2,546,747 |
| 5,335 | Dezsö Magyar | $2,546,238 | 1 | $2,546,238 |
| 5,336 | David Byrne | $2,545,142 | 1 | $2,545,142 |
| 5,337 | Stephen Tobolowsky | $2,545,142 | 1 | $2,545,142 |
| 5,338 | Nick Naveda | $2,542,518 | 1 | $2,542,518 |
| 5,339 | Richard Kwietniowski | $2,542,264 | 1 | $2,542,264 |
| 5,340 | Patrick Cauvin | $2,541,320 | 1 | $2,541,320 |
| 5,341 | Gilbert Adair | $2,536,564 | 2 | $1,268,282 |
| 5,342 | Paul D. Zimmerman | $2,536,242 | 1 | $2,536,242 |
| 5,343 | David Michod | $2,536,184 | 5 | $507,237 |
| 5,344 | Icel Dobell Massey | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 5,345 | Ninian Dunnett | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 5,346 | Rick Stevenson | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 5,347 | Paul Welsh | $2,535,459 | 1 | $2,535,459 |
| 5,348 | Madeline Walter | $2,535,459 | 1 | $2,535,459 |
| 5,349 | Joseph Dorman | $2,530,854 | 2 | $1,265,427 |
| 5,350 | Kazuki Nakashima | $2,528,913 | 1 | $2,528,913 |
| 5,351 | Janet Lewis | $2,522,881 | 1 | $2,522,881 |
| 5,352 | Daniel Vigne | $2,522,881 | 1 | $2,522,881 |
| 5,353 | Malcolm Mowbray | $2,516,761 | 1 | $2,516,761 |
| 5,354 | Robert Kuhn | $2,513,968 | 2 | $1,256,984 |
| 5,355 | Rebecca Hughes | $2,513,963 | 1 | $2,513,963 |
| 5,356 | Coleman Hough | $2,512,846 | 1 | $2,512,846 |
| 5,357 | Courtney Hunt | $2,511,476 | 1 | $2,511,476 |
| 5,358 | Kanika Dhillon | $2,509,150 | 2 | $1,254,575 |
| 5,359 | Anubhav Sinha | $2,509,150 | 1 | $2,509,150 |
| 5,360 | Brad J. Silverman | $2,507,159 | 1 | $2,507,159 |
| 5,361 | Eric Vicaut | $2,503,829 | 1 | $2,503,829 |
| 5,362 | Rémi Waterhouse | $2,503,829 | 1 | $2,503,829 |
| 5,363 | Paul W. Shapiro | $2,501,113 | 1 | $2,501,113 |
| 5,364 | Charlie Chaplin | $2,500,000 | 3 | $833,333 |
| 5,365 | Richard Breen | $2,500,000 | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| 5,366 | S.E. Hinton | $2,500,000 | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| 5,367 | Natalie Cooper | $2,492,088 | 1 | $2,492,088 |
| 5,368 | Michael Hickey | $2,491,460 | 1 | $2,491,460 |
| 5,369 | Kobi Libii | $2,480,645 | 1 | $2,480,645 |
| 5,370 | Timothy Prager | $2,479,031 | 1 | $2,479,031 |
| 5,371 | Jimmy Smallhorne | $2,479,031 | 1 | $2,479,031 |
| 5,372 | Joshua D. Maurer | $2,479,031 | 1 | $2,479,031 |
| 5,373 | Keith Gomes | $2,472,695 | 1 | $2,472,695 |
| 5,374 | Prune de Maistre | $2,472,671 | 2 | $1,236,336 |
| 5,375 | Joey Hartstone | $2,468,683 | 2 | $1,234,342 |
| 5,376 | Luc Dionne | $2,462,588 | 1 | $2,462,588 |
| 5,377 | Hwan Jo-Yun | $2,458,110 | 1 | $2,458,110 |
| 5,378 | Im Joon-Hyung | $2,458,110 | 1 | $2,458,110 |
| 5,379 | Abe Sylvia | $2,457,757 | 2 | $1,228,879 |
| 5,380 | Guinevere Turner | $2,456,464 | 4 | $614,116 |
| 5,381 | Tony Briggs | $2,450,867 | 1 | $2,450,867 |
| 5,382 | Abdellatif Kechiche | $2,450,504 | 1 | $2,450,504 |
| 5,383 | Ghalya Lacroix | $2,450,504 | 1 | $2,450,504 |
| 5,384 | Dror Moreh | $2,445,246 | 2 | $1,222,623 |
| 5,385 | Choi Dong-hoon | $2,437,381 | 2 | $1,218,691 |
| 5,386 | Tommy Lee Jones | $2,429,989 | 1 | $2,429,989 |
| 5,387 | Wesley A. Oliver | $2,429,989 | 1 | $2,429,989 |
| 5,388 | Matt Miller | $2,418,546 | 1 | $2,418,546 |
| 5,389 | David Freedman | $2,418,404 | 1 | $2,418,404 |
| 5,390 | Lynda Freedman | $2,418,404 | 1 | $2,418,404 |
| 5,391 | Riko Sakaguchi | $2,418,404 | 1 | $2,418,404 |
| 5,392 | Brent Forrester | $2,415,593 | 1 | $2,415,593 |
| 5,393 | Joe Penna | $2,409,826 | 2 | $1,204,913 |
| 5,394 | Ryan Morrison | $2,409,826 | 2 | $1,204,913 |
| 5,395 | Iain Softley | $2,392,599 | 3 | $797,533 |
| 5,396 | Stephen Ward | $2,392,599 | 1 | $2,392,599 |
| 5,397 | Galley Molina | $2,387,730 | 1 | $2,387,730 |
| 5,398 | Mario Celaya | $2,386,483 | 1 | $2,386,483 |
| 5,399 | Anna Todd | $2,386,483 | 1 | $2,386,483 |
| 5,400 | Brian Goluboff | $2,381,087 | 1 | $2,381,087 |
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.