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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,301 | Brian McKay | $8,200,000 | 1 | $8,200,000 |
| 4,302 | Darnell Martin | $8,195,551 | 1 | $8,195,551 |
| 4,303 | Mark Rosman | $8,184,633 | 1 | $8,184,633 |
| 4,304 | K.V. Vijayendra Prasad | $8,178,001 | 1 | $8,178,001 |
| 4,305 | Asad Hussain | $8,178,001 | 1 | $8,178,001 |
| 4,306 | Richard Christian Matheson | $8,148,947 | 2 | $4,074,474 |
| 4,307 | Robert Adetuyi | $8,135,024 | 1 | $8,135,024 |
| 4,308 | Bear Aderhold | $8,130,530 | 2 | $4,065,265 |
| 4,309 | Thomas F.X. Sullivan | $8,130,530 | 2 | $4,065,265 |
| 4,310 | JP Miller | $8,123,077 | 1 | $8,123,077 |
| 4,311 | Wil Shriner | $8,117,637 | 1 | $8,117,637 |
| 4,312 | Joe Penhall | $8,114,270 | 2 | $4,057,135 |
| 4,313 | Ichiro Ohkouchi | $8,110,042 | 1 | $8,110,042 |
| 4,314 | Wallace C. Bennett | $8,103,330 | 1 | $8,103,330 |
| 4,315 | Patrick Million | $8,093,373 | 1 | $8,093,373 |
| 4,316 | Brian Patrick O'Toole | $8,088,406 | 2 | $4,044,203 |
| 4,317 | David Schneider | $8,047,856 | 1 | $8,047,856 |
| 4,318 | Ian Martin | $8,047,856 | 2 | $4,023,928 |
| 4,319 | Terence Marsh | $8,033,397 | 1 | $8,033,397 |
| 4,320 | Daniel Ferguson | $8,020,721 | 1 | $8,020,721 |
| 4,321 | Robert Lynn | $8,012,103 | 1 | $8,012,103 |
| 4,322 | Kyle Ward | $8,008,161 | 1 | $8,008,161 |
| 4,323 | Morgan Davis Foehl | $8,005,980 | 1 | $8,005,980 |
| 4,324 | Lee Christopher | $8,005,586 | 1 | $8,005,586 |
| 4,325 | Graham Weldon | $8,005,586 | 1 | $8,005,586 |
| 4,326 | Shepard Goldman | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,327 | Willis Goldbeck | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,328 | Robert Ardrey | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,329 | Milt Rosen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,330 | Steven Long Mitchell | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,331 | Tennessee Williams | $8,000,000 | 3 | $2,666,667 |
| 4,332 | Martha Hyer | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,333 | Gary Murphy | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,334 | Herbert Fields | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,335 | Craig W. Van Sickle | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,336 | Stuart Paton | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,337 | Larry Strawther | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,338 | Eli Tavor | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,339 | Elia Kazan | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,340 | Tomás Benitez | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,341 | Emil Farkas | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,342 | James Warner Bellah | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,343 | T.Y. Drake | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,344 | Richard L. Breen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 4,345 | Trevor Farrant | $7,983,086 | 1 | $7,983,086 |
| 4,346 | Edward Bunker | $7,936,012 | 1 | $7,936,012 |
| 4,347 | Paul Zindel | $7,936,012 | 2 | $3,968,006 |
| 4,348 | Jane Smiley | $7,928,412 | 1 | $7,928,412 |
| 4,349 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $7,900,288 | 3 | $2,633,429 |
| 4,350 | Tim Kring | $7,888,000 | 1 | $7,888,000 |
| 4,351 | Griff Du Rhone | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 4,352 | Erik Tarloff | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 4,353 | John Cotter | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 4,354 | John McNamara | $7,857,741 | 1 | $7,857,741 |
| 4,355 | Tony Hendra | $7,852,282 | 1 | $7,852,282 |
| 4,356 | Patrick Stettner | $7,836,393 | 1 | $7,836,393 |
| 4,357 | Terry Anderson | $7,836,393 | 1 | $7,836,393 |
| 4,358 | Rose Glass | $7,830,385 | 2 | $3,915,193 |
| 4,359 | Weronika Tofilska | $7,830,385 | 1 | $7,830,385 |
| 4,360 | Loring Mandel | $7,828,841 | 1 | $7,828,841 |
| 4,361 | Felix Van Groeningen | $7,809,805 | 2 | $3,904,903 |
| 4,362 | Vera Blasi | $7,793,278 | 2 | $3,896,639 |
| 4,363 | Darren Star | $7,781,025 | 1 | $7,781,025 |
| 4,364 | Frederick Marx | $7,768,371 | 1 | $7,768,371 |
| 4,365 | Akira Kurosawa | $7,755,055 | 3 | $2,585,018 |
| 4,366 | Kevin Miller | $7,743,374 | 2 | $3,871,687 |
| 4,367 | Lewis Abernathy | $7,724,847 | 1 | $7,724,847 |
| 4,368 | Geof Miller | $7,724,847 | 1 | $7,724,847 |
| 4,369 | Ben Stein | $7,720,487 | 1 | $7,720,487 |
| 4,370 | Walt Ruloff | $7,720,487 | 1 | $7,720,487 |
| 4,371 | Elisabeth Mantello | $7,714,996 | 1 | $7,714,996 |
| 4,372 | Jon Michael Johnson | $7,714,996 | 1 | $7,714,996 |
| 4,373 | Kathryn Bigelow | $7,701,707 | 1 | $7,701,707 |
| 4,374 | Serge Joncour | $7,691,700 | 1 | $7,691,700 |
| 4,375 | Pam Gibson | $7,683,267 | 1 | $7,683,267 |
| 4,376 | Braulio Mantovani | $7,663,516 | 2 | $3,831,758 |
| 4,377 | Thomas Michael Donnelly | $7,634,909 | 1 | $7,634,909 |
| 4,378 | Guy Trosper | $7,600,000 | 1 | $7,600,000 |
| 4,379 | Frank S. Nugent | $7,600,000 | 1 | $7,600,000 |
| 4,380 | Todd Solondz | $7,581,393 | 5 | $1,516,279 |
| 4,381 | Paul Bassett | $7,578,946 | 1 | $7,578,946 |
| 4,382 | Raolf Sanoussi | $7,578,946 | 1 | $7,578,946 |
| 4,383 | Stephane Sanoussi | $7,578,946 | 1 | $7,578,946 |
| 4,384 | Allison Anders | $7,570,420 | 2 | $3,785,210 |
| 4,385 | David Darmstaedter | $7,556,004 | 1 | $7,556,004 |
| 4,386 | Todd Bello | $7,556,004 | 1 | $7,556,004 |
| 4,387 | Leon Ichaso | $7,556,004 | 1 | $7,556,004 |
| 4,388 | James Melkonian | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 4,389 | Johnny Brennan | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 4,390 | Kamal Ahmed | $7,555,256 | 2 | $3,777,628 |
| 4,391 | Sean Ellis | $7,552,019 | 2 | $3,776,010 |
| 4,392 | Jalmari Helander | $7,526,721 | 4 | $1,881,680 |
| 4,393 | Sarah Kernochan | $7,523,844 | 2 | $3,761,922 |
| 4,394 | Alison Swan | $7,503,736 | 1 | $7,503,736 |
| 4,395 | Rick Najera | $7,503,736 | 2 | $3,751,868 |
| 4,396 | Michael Konyves | $7,502,560 | 2 | $3,751,280 |
| 4,397 | Seth E. Bass | $7,500,310 | 1 | $7,500,310 |
| 4,398 | Jonathan Tolins | $7,500,310 | 1 | $7,500,310 |
| 4,399 | Frank Ross | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 4,400 | Harry Julian Fink | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
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.