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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,801-3,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,801 | Sean Stein | $11,005,304 | 1 | $11,005,304 |
| 3,802 | Mark Polish | $11,003,643 | 4 | $2,750,911 |
| 3,803 | Sam Simon | $11,000,863 | 1 | $11,000,863 |
| 3,804 | James Wong | $11,000,000 | 2 | $5,500,000 |
| 3,805 | Michael Wadleigh | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,806 | David Eyre | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,807 | Harry Behn | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,808 | Joseph W. Farnham | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 3,809 | Hyung-rae Shim | $10,977,721 | 1 | $10,977,721 |
| 3,810 | Alan J. Adler | $10,965,642 | 2 | $5,482,821 |
| 3,811 | William H. Arntz | $10,952,030 | 2 | $5,476,015 |
| 3,812 | Celine Song | $10,950,663 | 2 | $5,475,332 |
| 3,813 | Christophe Gans | $10,948,847 | 2 | $5,474,424 |
| 3,814 | Mark Vicente | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,815 | Matthew Hoffman | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,816 | Betsy Chasse | $10,941,801 | 1 | $10,941,801 |
| 3,817 | Anne Rapp | $10,920,544 | 1 | $10,920,544 |
| 3,818 | Mark Richard | $10,915,744 | 1 | $10,915,744 |
| 3,819 | Ifor David Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,820 | Christopher Monger | $10,904,930 | 1 | $10,904,930 |
| 3,821 | Gong Geer | $10,898,619 | 2 | $5,449,310 |
| 3,822 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $10,898,619 | 2 | $5,449,310 |
| 3,823 | Tom Butterworth | $10,851,956 | 3 | $3,617,319 |
| 3,824 | Arthur Silver | $10,755,447 | 1 | $10,755,447 |
| 3,825 | Larry Levinson | $10,755,447 | 1 | $10,755,447 |
| 3,826 | Shane Krause | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 3,827 | Shayne Armstrong | $10,753,574 | 1 | $10,753,574 |
| 3,828 | Paul Pepperman | $10,751,126 | 1 | $10,751,126 |
| 3,829 | James Agee | $10,750,000 | 1 | $10,750,000 |
| 3,830 | Everett Freeman | $10,738,000 | 2 | $5,369,000 |
| 3,831 | Ronald F. Maxwell | $10,731,997 | 1 | $10,731,997 |
| 3,832 | Misan Sagay | $10,726,630 | 2 | $5,363,315 |
| 3,833 | Dennis Lehane | $10,724,389 | 2 | $5,362,195 |
| 3,834 | Todd Farmer | $10,721,033 | 2 | $5,360,517 |
| 3,835 | Gabriel Ripstein | $10,712,623 | 4 | $2,678,156 |
| 3,836 | Peter Sellers | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,837 | Rudy Dochtermann | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,838 | Jim Moloney | $10,697,276 | 1 | $10,697,276 |
| 3,839 | Tod Davies | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 3,840 | Alex Cox | $10,680,275 | 1 | $10,680,275 |
| 3,841 | Michael Haneke | $10,679,498 | 3 | $3,559,833 |
| 3,842 | Pete Travis | $10,664,749 | 1 | $10,664,749 |
| 3,843 | Denys Arcand | $10,647,543 | 3 | $3,549,181 |
| 3,844 | Ian Lauzon | $10,644,453 | 1 | $10,644,453 |
| 3,845 | Ted Perkins | $10,631,509 | 2 | $5,315,755 |
| 3,846 | Henry Chaisson | $10,619,670 | 1 | $10,619,670 |
| 3,847 | Walter Murch | $10,618,813 | 1 | $10,618,813 |
| 3,848 | Timothy Bond | $10,609,514 | 1 | $10,609,514 |
| 3,849 | Peter Jobin | $10,609,514 | 1 | $10,609,514 |
| 3,850 | Joseph Minion | $10,609,321 | 1 | $10,609,321 |
| 3,851 | Jo Heims | $10,600,000 | 1 | $10,600,000 |
| 3,852 | Louis Saia | $10,577,073 | 2 | $5,288,537 |
| 3,853 | Lona Williams | $10,571,408 | 1 | $10,571,408 |
| 3,854 | Percy “Master P” Miller | $10,570,072 | 2 | $5,285,036 |
| 3,855 | Tom Matthews | $10,561,038 | 1 | $10,561,038 |
| 3,856 | Kausar Munir | $10,554,480 | 2 | $5,277,240 |
| 3,857 | Tim Metcalfe | $10,552,945 | 3 | $3,517,648 |
| 3,858 | Jeff Burkhart | $10,530,000 | 1 | $10,530,000 |
| 3,859 | Sean Finegan | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 3,860 | Gregg Maxwell Parker | $10,501,938 | 1 | $10,501,938 |
| 3,861 | Joan Harrison | $10,500,000 | 2 | $5,250,000 |
| 3,862 | Paul De Mielche | $10,499,000 | 1 | $10,499,000 |
| 3,863 | Joseph Fraley | $10,490,791 | 1 | $10,490,791 |
| 3,864 | Jacob Chase | $10,475,990 | 1 | $10,475,990 |
| 3,865 | Julius J. Epstein | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 3,866 | Philip G. Epstein | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 3,867 | Jackie Chan | $10,461,161 | 3 | $3,487,054 |
| 3,868 | Kevin Biegel | $10,458,331 | 1 | $10,458,331 |
| 3,869 | William Malone | $10,447,421 | 1 | $10,447,421 |
| 3,870 | Andrew Kurtzman | $10,442,641 | 1 | $10,442,641 |
| 3,871 | Eliot Wald | $10,442,641 | 1 | $10,442,641 |
| 3,872 | John Toles-Bey | $10,438,504 | 1 | $10,438,504 |
| 3,873 | Bobby Crawford | $10,438,504 | 1 | $10,438,504 |
| 3,874 | Anthony Fabian | $10,433,915 | 1 | $10,433,915 |
| 3,875 | April Wolfe | $10,429,730 | 2 | $5,214,865 |
| 3,876 | Sophia Takal | $10,429,730 | 2 | $5,214,865 |
| 3,877 | Sam Schreiber | $10,411,980 | 1 | $10,411,980 |
| 3,878 | George Butler | $10,407,978 | 1 | $10,407,978 |
| 3,879 | Robert Andrus | $10,407,978 | 1 | $10,407,978 |
| 3,880 | Karan Johar | $10,402,426 | 3 | $3,467,475 |
| 3,881 | Holly Gent Palmo | $10,388,359 | 2 | $5,194,180 |
| 3,882 | Vincent Palmo Jr. | $10,388,359 | 2 | $5,194,180 |
| 3,883 | Reema Kagti | $10,386,193 | 4 | $2,596,548 |
| 3,884 | Zoya Akhtar | $10,386,193 | 3 | $3,462,064 |
| 3,885 | Clark Walker | $10,341,093 | 1 | $10,341,093 |
| 3,886 | Teddy Chan | $10,340,393 | 2 | $5,170,197 |
| 3,887 | Michael Dowse | $10,337,372 | 3 | $3,445,791 |
| 3,888 | Travis Milloy | $10,330,853 | 1 | $10,330,853 |
| 3,889 | Sam Peckinpah | $10,324,441 | 1 | $10,324,441 |
| 3,890 | Carrie Mungo | $10,317,779 | 1 | $10,317,779 |
| 3,891 | Leroy Douglas | $10,317,779 | 1 | $10,317,779 |
| 3,892 | N. Richard Nash | $10,310,734 | 2 | $5,155,367 |
| 3,893 | Ryan Grassby | $10,306,106 | 2 | $5,153,053 |
| 3,894 | Kevin Coughlin | $10,306,106 | 2 | $5,153,053 |
| 3,895 | Troy Duffy | $10,303,658 | 3 | $3,434,553 |
| 3,896 | Olivier Dahan | $10,299,782 | 2 | $5,149,891 |
| 3,897 | Isabelle Sobelman | $10,299,782 | 1 | $10,299,782 |
| 3,898 | C.J. Koch | $10,278,575 | 1 | $10,278,575 |
| 3,899 | Joy Todd | $10,278,549 | 1 | $10,278,549 |
| 3,900 | Chris Dowling | $10,249,628 | 7 | $1,464,233 |
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.