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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,901 | Kay Van Riper | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,902 | Harry Crane | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,903 | Rupert Walters | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,904 | Janice Lee Graham | $4,097,094 | 1 | $4,097,094 |
| 4,905 | Ross Schwartz | $4,078,607 | 1 | $4,078,607 |
| 4,906 | Jill Sprecher | $4,077,187 | 2 | $2,038,594 |
| 4,907 | John Kohn | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 4,908 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 4,909 | Harry Basil | $4,073,582 | 1 | $4,073,582 |
| 4,910 | Michael Berry Jr. | $4,070,343 | 3 | $1,356,781 |
| 4,911 | John Goldsmith | $4,068,087 | 1 | $4,068,087 |
| 4,912 | Karen Clark | $4,067,725 | 1 | $4,067,725 |
| 4,913 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,066,487 | 1 | $4,066,487 |
| 4,914 | Tedi Sarafian | $4,064,333 | 1 | $4,064,333 |
| 4,915 | Wolfgang Becker | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 4,916 | Bernd Lichtenberg | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 4,917 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,063,470 | 2 | $2,031,735 |
| 4,918 | Christian Petzold | $4,061,322 | 4 | $1,015,331 |
| 4,919 | Rita Rudner | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 4,920 | Martin Bergman | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 4,921 | John Turturro | $4,056,206 | 4 | $1,014,052 |
| 4,922 | Marleen Gorris | $4,047,426 | 1 | $4,047,426 |
| 4,923 | Peter Asmussen | $4,040,691 | 1 | $4,040,691 |
| 4,924 | Terri Hughes | $4,023,741 | 1 | $4,023,741 |
| 4,925 | Ron Milbauer | $4,023,741 | 1 | $4,023,741 |
| 4,926 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 4,927 | Alan Cumming | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 4,928 | Bob Rafelson | $4,011,793 | 1 | $4,011,793 |
| 4,929 | JoJo Henrickson | $4,011,254 | 1 | $4,011,254 |
| 4,930 | John Blumenthal | $4,010,647 | 1 | $4,010,647 |
| 4,931 | Ben Platt | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 4,932 | Noah Galvin | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 4,933 | Nick Lieberman | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 4,934 | Rebecca Miller | $4,009,744 | 2 | $2,004,872 |
| 4,935 | Brit Marling | $4,003,858 | 3 | $1,334,619 |
| 4,936 | Kathryn Scola | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,937 | Donald P. Borchers | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,938 | Allison Louise Downe | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,939 | Lamar Trotti | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,940 | David O'Malley | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,941 | David Field | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,942 | DeWitt Bodeen | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,943 | Gary Conway | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,944 | Arthur T. Horman | $4,000,000 | 2 | $2,000,000 |
| 4,945 | Irving Berlin | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,946 | Adam Shirk | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 4,947 | Brian Cates | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 4,948 | Rene Gutteridge | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 4,949 | William C. Anderson | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 4,950 | George Gordon | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 4,951 | Mauricio Zacharias | $3,961,966 | 6 | $660,328 |
| 4,952 | Willard Carroll | $3,956,212 | 1 | $3,956,212 |
| 4,953 | Jill Leung | $3,956,031 | 2 | $1,978,016 |
| 4,954 | Dana Fukazawa | $3,956,031 | 1 | $3,956,031 |
| 4,955 | Gerry O'Hara | $3,953,745 | 1 | $3,953,745 |
| 4,956 | Rachel Koretsky | $3,939,728 | 1 | $3,939,728 |
| 4,957 | Steven Whitestone | $3,939,728 | 1 | $3,939,728 |
| 4,958 | J.D. Dillard | $3,930,990 | 4 | $982,748 |
| 4,959 | Alex Theurer | $3,930,990 | 2 | $1,965,495 |
| 4,960 | Ira Sachs | $3,929,984 | 5 | $785,997 |
| 4,961 | Martha Higareda | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,962 | Cory Brusseau | $3,920,158 | 2 | $1,960,079 |
| 4,963 | Julie Brown | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,964 | Charlie Coffey | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,965 | Terrence E. McNally | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 4,966 | Seth W. Owen | $3,915,251 | 3 | $1,305,084 |
| 4,967 | Pa Ranjith | $3,903,095 | 1 | $3,903,095 |
| 4,968 | Kevin Rock | $3,902,679 | 1 | $3,902,679 |
| 4,969 | Lisa Joy | $3,900,193 | 1 | $3,900,193 |
| 4,970 | Thomas Baum | $3,900,000 | 1 | $3,900,000 |
| 4,971 | Robin Schiff | $3,887,852 | 1 | $3,887,852 |
| 4,972 | Erica Schmidt | $3,873,124 | 1 | $3,873,124 |
| 4,973 | Jean-Pol Fargeau | $3,845,672 | 3 | $1,281,891 |
| 4,974 | Gabe Sherman | $3,844,453 | 1 | $3,844,453 |
| 4,975 | Marcel Pagnol | $3,842,487 | 2 | $1,921,244 |
| 4,976 | Tod Williams | $3,835,551 | 1 | $3,835,551 |
| 4,977 | Olivier Dazat | $3,830,356 | 4 | $957,589 |
| 4,978 | Barry Gifford | $3,814,727 | 2 | $1,907,364 |
| 4,979 | Mani Ratnam | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,980 | Elango Kumaravel | $3,813,000 | 1 | $3,813,000 |
| 4,981 | B. Jeyamohan | $3,813,000 | 2 | $1,906,500 |
| 4,982 | Spencer Eastman | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 4,983 | Ernesto Foronda | $3,802,390 | 2 | $1,901,195 |
| 4,984 | Fabian Marquez | $3,802,390 | 1 | $3,802,390 |
| 4,985 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,802,260 | 1 | $3,802,260 |
| 4,986 | Josh Rabinowitz | $3,800,038 | 1 | $3,800,038 |
| 4,987 | Ilana Glazer | $3,800,038 | 2 | $1,900,019 |
| 4,988 | Jack McGowan | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,989 | Louis Lantz | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,990 | Frank Fenton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,991 | Guy Bolton | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 4,992 | Carlo Carlei | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,993 | James Carrington | $3,794,761 | 1 | $3,794,761 |
| 4,994 | Sandra Goldbacher | $3,794,031 | 1 | $3,794,031 |
| 4,995 | Martin Petit | $3,790,059 | 1 | $3,790,059 |
| 4,996 | Paul Apak Angilirq | $3,786,801 | 1 | $3,786,801 |
| 4,997 | Robin Campillo | $3,783,641 | 2 | $1,891,821 |
| 4,998 | Jim Britts | $3,777,210 | 1 | $3,777,210 |
| 4,999 | John Gatliff | $3,776,540 | 1 | $3,776,540 |
| 5,000 | Ilene Chaiken | $3,775,952 | 1 | $3,775,952 |
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.