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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Meaghan Oppenheimer | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 5,002 | Adam Braff | $3,591,299 | 1 | $3,591,299 |
| 5,003 | Zoe Kazan | $3,590,722 | 2 | $1,795,361 |
| 5,004 | Terry Black | $3,588,626 | 1 | $3,588,626 |
| 5,005 | Roberts Gannaway | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 5,006 | Theresa Pettengill | $3,588,602 | 1 | $3,588,602 |
| 5,007 | Eleonore Adlon | $3,587,303 | 1 | $3,587,303 |
| 5,008 | Percy Adlon | $3,587,303 | 1 | $3,587,303 |
| 5,009 | Michel Cote | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 5,010 | Robert Ménard | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 5,011 | Claire Wojas | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 5,012 | Paolo Sodi | $3,574,915 | 1 | $3,574,915 |
| 5,013 | Luis Puenzo | $3,574,256 | 1 | $3,574,256 |
| 5,014 | Aída Bortnik | $3,574,256 | 1 | $3,574,256 |
| 5,015 | Fioria Sigismondi | $3,573,673 | 1 | $3,573,673 |
| 5,016 | Evan Archerd | $3,571,624 | 1 | $3,571,624 |
| 5,017 | Jeff Benjamin | $3,571,624 | 1 | $3,571,624 |
| 5,018 | James Gregory Kingston | $3,563,635 | 1 | $3,563,635 |
| 5,019 | Roland Joffe | $3,560,942 | 3 | $1,186,981 |
| 5,020 | John Warren | $3,551,208 | 1 | $3,551,208 |
| 5,021 | Harold Crooks | $3,547,469 | 2 | $1,773,735 |
| 5,022 | Stefani Robinson | $3,541,159 | 2 | $1,770,580 |
| 5,023 | Nick Gomez | $3,540,207 | 1 | $3,540,207 |
| 5,024 | David Bar Katz | $3,533,790 | 1 | $3,533,790 |
| 5,025 | Ross Thomas | $3,523,909 | 1 | $3,523,909 |
| 5,026 | David G. Evans | $3,511,417 | 1 | $3,511,417 |
| 5,027 | Peter White | $3,511,417 | 1 | $3,511,417 |
| 5,028 | Charles Baxter | $3,508,572 | 1 | $3,508,572 |
| 5,029 | Drake Doremus | $3,504,106 | 4 | $876,027 |
| 5,030 | Claude Berri | $3,503,546 | 2 | $1,751,773 |
| 5,031 | Jonathan Perera | $3,500,605 | 1 | $3,500,605 |
| 5,032 | Edmund L. Hartmann | $3,500,000 | 2 | $1,750,000 |
| 5,033 | John Crawford | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,034 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,035 | Aubrey Wisberg | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,036 | Edmund Penney | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,037 | Walter Bloch | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,038 | Víctor Andrés Catena | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,039 | Jaime Comas Gil | $3,500,000 | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,040 | Michael Feldman | $3,496,761 | 1 | $3,496,761 |
| 5,041 | Debbie Jhoon | $3,496,761 | 1 | $3,496,761 |
| 5,042 | Joel Bakan | $3,493,516 | 1 | $3,493,516 |
| 5,043 | Mark Achbar | $3,493,516 | 1 | $3,493,516 |
| 5,044 | Maggie Carey | $3,491,669 | 1 | $3,491,669 |
| 5,045 | Paolo Virzi | $3,490,037 | 5 | $698,007 |
| 5,046 | Cynthia Lowen | $3,483,795 | 1 | $3,483,795 |
| 5,047 | Lee Hirsch | $3,483,795 | 1 | $3,483,795 |
| 5,048 | Ben York Jones | $3,483,491 | 4 | $870,873 |
| 5,049 | Hannes Holm | $3,479,315 | 1 | $3,479,315 |
| 5,050 | André Ducharme | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 5,051 | Luc Dery | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 5,052 | Yves Lapierre | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 5,053 | Jeremy Saulnier | $3,478,755 | 3 | $1,159,585 |
| 5,054 | Jemaine Clement | $3,469,224 | 1 | $3,469,224 |
| 5,055 | Eric Bogosian | $3,468,572 | 1 | $3,468,572 |
| 5,056 | Vinay Virmani | $3,467,944 | 3 | $1,155,981 |
| 5,057 | Jacques Audiard | $3,464,969 | 3 | $1,154,990 |
| 5,058 | Eskil Vogt | $3,446,687 | 6 | $574,448 |
| 5,059 | Haidar Ali | $3,444,629 | 1 | $3,444,629 |
| 5,060 | K.P. Saxena | $3,444,629 | 1 | $3,444,629 |
| 5,061 | Phil Berger | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 5,062 | Zana Briski | $3,430,117 | 1 | $3,430,117 |
| 5,063 | Ross Kauffman | $3,430,117 | 1 | $3,430,117 |
| 5,064 | Philippe Falardeau | $3,426,540 | 3 | $1,142,180 |
| 5,065 | Robert Trujillo | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,066 | Nimrod Antal | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,067 | James Hetfield | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,068 | Lars Ulrich | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,069 | Kirk Hammett | $3,419,967 | 1 | $3,419,967 |
| 5,070 | Renny Harlin | $3,401,376 | 1 | $3,401,376 |
| 5,071 | Markus Selin | $3,401,376 | 1 | $3,401,376 |
| 5,072 | Atul Kulkarni | $3,401,324 | 1 | $3,401,324 |
| 5,073 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,400,020 | 1 | $3,400,020 |
| 5,074 | Ivan Tors | $3,400,000 | 1 | $3,400,000 |
| 5,075 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 1 | $3,400,000 |
| 5,076 | Philip Haas | $3,390,811 | 1 | $3,390,811 |
| 5,077 | Jeffrey Scott | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 5,078 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 5,079 | Eric Barrett | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 5,080 | Park Joo-suk | $3,354,293 | 2 | $1,677,147 |
| 5,081 | David Rosier | $3,351,734 | 2 | $1,675,867 |
| 5,082 | Matt Spicer | $3,349,321 | 3 | $1,116,440 |
| 5,083 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 5,084 | T.C. Christensen | $3,346,475 | 2 | $1,673,238 |
| 5,085 | Johnathan McClain | $3,344,040 | 1 | $3,344,040 |
| 5,086 | Duncan Scott | $3,336,053 | 1 | $3,336,053 |
| 5,087 | Jerome Tonnerre | $3,335,713 | 3 | $1,111,904 |
| 5,088 | Lindsay Harrison | $3,333,306 | 1 | $3,333,306 |
| 5,089 | Francesca Archibugi | $3,331,488 | 3 | $1,110,496 |
| 5,090 | Bruno Nuytten | $3,331,297 | 1 | $3,331,297 |
| 5,091 | John Teaford | $3,328,240 | 1 | $3,328,240 |
| 5,092 | Veronika Franz | $3,326,738 | 4 | $831,685 |
| 5,093 | Diane Ruggiero | $3,322,127 | 1 | $3,322,127 |
| 5,094 | Darlene Craviotto | $3,319,344 | 1 | $3,319,344 |
| 5,095 | Severin Fiala | $3,317,103 | 2 | $1,658,552 |
| 5,096 | Pierre Falardeau | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 5,097 | Julien Poulin | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 5,098 | Darrel Campbell | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 5,099 | Noah Haidle | $3,310,031 | 1 | $3,310,031 |
| 5,100 | Edward Rugoff | $3,300,609 | 1 | $3,300,609 |
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.