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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,801-4,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,801 | Charles Ferguson | $4,341,067 | 3 | $1,447,022 |
| 4,802 | Mark Zakarin | $4,339,241 | 1 | $4,339,241 |
| 4,803 | Luis Bunuel | $4,335,550 | 2 | $2,167,775 |
| 4,804 | Adam Leff | $4,333,569 | 1 | $4,333,569 |
| 4,805 | Rafael Casal | $4,333,394 | 1 | $4,333,394 |
| 4,806 | Daveed Diggs | $4,333,394 | 1 | $4,333,394 |
| 4,807 | B.J. Novak | $4,330,720 | 1 | $4,330,720 |
| 4,808 | John Pollono | $4,322,124 | 3 | $1,440,708 |
| 4,809 | Adam Bolt | $4,317,321 | 2 | $2,158,661 |
| 4,810 | Alexandre Rockwell | $4,301,000 | 3 | $1,433,667 |
| 4,811 | David Sherlock | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,812 | Peter Cook | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,813 | Mayo Simon | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,814 | Bernard McKenna | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,815 | Carl Dupre | $4,298,715 | 2 | $2,149,358 |
| 4,816 | Gregg Hurwitz | $4,288,104 | 2 | $2,144,052 |
| 4,817 | Leo Rossi | $4,286,367 | 1 | $4,286,367 |
| 4,818 | Adrian Butchart | $4,283,255 | 1 | $4,283,255 |
| 4,819 | Mike Jefferies | $4,283,255 | 1 | $4,283,255 |
| 4,820 | Scott Wiper | $4,277,690 | 2 | $2,138,845 |
| 4,821 | Robert Taylor | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,822 | Jameson Brewer | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,823 | Joseph Barbera | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,824 | Lynne Ramsay | $4,262,302 | 3 | $1,420,767 |
| 4,825 | David Drew Gallagher | $4,261,350 | 1 | $4,261,350 |
| 4,826 | Joel Silberg | $4,248,622 | 1 | $4,248,622 |
| 4,827 | Sheldon Renan | $4,248,622 | 1 | $4,248,622 |
| 4,828 | Gauri Shinde | $4,238,565 | 2 | $2,119,283 |
| 4,829 | Chris Nash | $4,229,999 | 1 | $4,229,999 |
| 4,830 | Big Boy Medlin | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 4,831 | Michael Ventura | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 4,832 | Joe Goodman | $4,224,065 | 1 | $4,224,065 |
| 4,833 | Cunningham O'Keefe | $4,221,817 | 1 | $4,221,817 |
| 4,834 | Lazaro Gomez Carriles | $4,221,817 | 1 | $4,221,817 |
| 4,835 | Vijay Maurya | $4,216,437 | 1 | $4,216,437 |
| 4,836 | Jim Wynorski | $4,214,282 | 5 | $842,856 |
| 4,837 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 4,838 | Daniel Kwan | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 4,839 | Daniel Scheinert | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 4,840 | Dana Brown | $4,201,219 | 3 | $1,400,406 |
| 4,841 | Andrew Anastasios | $4,200,117 | 1 | $4,200,117 |
| 4,842 | Bruce Hendricks | $4,197,175 | 1 | $4,197,175 |
| 4,843 | Robert Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 4,844 | Jack Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 4,845 | Aditya Dhar | $4,185,663 | 1 | $4,185,663 |
| 4,846 | Dominik Moll | $4,183,223 | 3 | $1,394,408 |
| 4,847 | Sergio Arau | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 4,848 | Yareli Arizmendi | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 4,849 | Sergio Guerrero | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 4,850 | Eddie Huang | $4,178,620 | 1 | $4,178,620 |
| 4,851 | Jack Cummins | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 4,852 | Daniel Arthur Wray | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 4,853 | Gilles Marchand | $4,176,972 | 3 | $1,392,324 |
| 4,854 | Ayub Khan-Din | $4,170,647 | 1 | $4,170,647 |
| 4,855 | Steve Antin | $4,167,493 | 1 | $4,167,493 |
| 4,856 | Mark Haskell Smith | $4,166,918 | 2 | $2,083,459 |
| 4,857 | Alberto Bremer | $4,165,949 | 1 | $4,165,949 |
| 4,858 | Jimmy McGovern | $4,165,845 | 1 | $4,165,845 |
| 4,859 | Jay Baruchel | $4,164,911 | 3 | $1,388,304 |
| 4,860 | Robert Engels | $4,160,851 | 1 | $4,160,851 |
| 4,861 | Sandra Nettelbeck | $4,160,475 | 2 | $2,080,238 |
| 4,862 | Lance Crouther | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 4,863 | Paul Marchand | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 4,864 | Chuck Sklar | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 4,865 | Jeff Stilson | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 4,866 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 4,867 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 4,868 | Xavier Beauvois | $4,131,982 | 2 | $2,065,991 |
| 4,869 | Jacques Fieschi | $4,131,351 | 6 | $688,559 |
| 4,870 | Gonzalo Maza | $4,129,911 | 2 | $2,064,956 |
| 4,871 | Wentworth Miller | $4,126,592 | 2 | $2,063,296 |
| 4,872 | Robert Carrington | $4,117,958 | 1 | $4,117,958 |
| 4,873 | Kelvin Lee | $4,109,803 | 2 | $2,054,902 |
| 4,874 | Mira Nair | $4,109,095 | 1 | $4,109,095 |
| 4,875 | Olivier Assayas | $4,106,972 | 7 | $586,710 |
| 4,876 | James Frey | $4,100,505 | 1 | $4,100,505 |
| 4,877 | Harry Crane | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,878 | Rupert Walters | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,879 | James O’Hanlon | $4,100,000 | 2 | $2,050,000 |
| 4,880 | Nathaniel Curtis | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,881 | Kay Van Riper | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 4,882 | Janice Lee Graham | $4,097,094 | 1 | $4,097,094 |
| 4,883 | Ross Schwartz | $4,078,607 | 1 | $4,078,607 |
| 4,884 | Jill Sprecher | $4,077,187 | 2 | $2,038,594 |
| 4,885 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 4,886 | John Kohn | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 4,887 | Harry Basil | $4,073,582 | 1 | $4,073,582 |
| 4,888 | Michael Berry Jr. | $4,070,343 | 3 | $1,356,781 |
| 4,889 | John Goldsmith | $4,068,087 | 1 | $4,068,087 |
| 4,890 | Ariel Vromen | $4,067,745 | 3 | $1,355,915 |
| 4,891 | Karen Clark | $4,067,725 | 1 | $4,067,725 |
| 4,892 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,066,487 | 1 | $4,066,487 |
| 4,893 | Tedi Sarafian | $4,064,333 | 1 | $4,064,333 |
| 4,894 | Wolfgang Becker | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 4,895 | Bernd Lichtenberg | $4,063,859 | 1 | $4,063,859 |
| 4,896 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,063,470 | 2 | $2,031,735 |
| 4,897 | Christian Petzold | $4,061,322 | 4 | $1,015,331 |
| 4,898 | Rita Rudner | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 4,899 | Martin Bergman | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 4,900 | John Turturro | $4,056,206 | 4 | $1,014,052 |
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.