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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,601-3,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,601 | Gary Rydstrom | $12,429,583 | 1 | $12,429,583 |
| 3,602 | Richard Burridge | $12,423,831 | 1 | $12,423,831 |
| 3,603 | Ian Abrams | $12,416,686 | 1 | $12,416,686 |
| 3,604 | Abraham Polonsky | $12,408,066 | 2 | $6,204,033 |
| 3,605 | Michael Cunningham | $12,406,646 | 1 | $12,406,646 |
| 3,606 | Shreyas Jain | $12,391,761 | 2 | $6,195,881 |
| 3,607 | Jon Bernstein | $12,391,612 | 2 | $6,195,806 |
| 3,608 | Robert Wise | $12,376,563 | 1 | $12,376,563 |
| 3,609 | Jim Carabatsos | $12,303,904 | 1 | $12,303,904 |
| 3,610 | David Pastor | $12,279,691 | 2 | $6,139,846 |
| 3,611 | Alex Pastor | $12,279,691 | 2 | $6,139,846 |
| 3,612 | Wendy Goldman | $12,277,096 | 1 | $12,277,096 |
| 3,613 | Judy Toll | $12,277,096 | 1 | $12,277,096 |
| 3,614 | Mikko Alanne | $12,245,201 | 3 | $4,081,734 |
| 3,615 | Frank Capra | $12,241,691 | 1 | $12,241,691 |
| 3,616 | Todd Field | $12,236,669 | 2 | $6,118,335 |
| 3,617 | Michael Radford | $12,236,137 | 4 | $3,059,034 |
| 3,618 | Daniel Kunka | $12,234,694 | 2 | $6,117,347 |
| 3,619 | B.J. Nelson | $12,232,628 | 1 | $12,232,628 |
| 3,620 | Morgan Spurlock | $12,220,904 | 5 | $2,444,181 |
| 3,621 | Tom Nursall | $12,214,338 | 2 | $6,107,169 |
| 3,622 | Emma Seligman | $12,195,365 | 2 | $6,097,683 |
| 3,623 | Pete Dexter | $12,181,390 | 2 | $6,090,695 |
| 3,624 | Craig Ferguson | $12,178,602 | 2 | $6,089,301 |
| 3,625 | Gregory K. Pincus | $12,124,754 | 1 | $12,124,754 |
| 3,626 | John D. F. Black | $12,121,618 | 1 | $12,121,618 |
| 3,627 | Brock Heasley | $12,118,219 | 1 | $12,118,219 |
| 3,628 | Sebastian Maniscalco | $12,089,391 | 1 | $12,089,391 |
| 3,629 | Austen Earl | $12,089,391 | 1 | $12,089,391 |
| 3,630 | John A. Russo | $12,087,064 | 2 | $6,043,532 |
| 3,631 | David Helling | $12,084,084 | 1 | $12,084,084 |
| 3,632 | Stephen Metcalfe | $12,076,989 | 1 | $12,076,989 |
| 3,633 | Mark Duplass | $12,076,291 | 10 | $1,207,629 |
| 3,634 | Brad Hall | $12,073,560 | 1 | $12,073,560 |
| 3,635 | Marc Behm | $12,066,667 | 1 | $12,066,667 |
| 3,636 | Seth Winston | $12,065,892 | 1 | $12,065,892 |
| 3,637 | Michael J. Nathanson | $12,065,892 | 1 | $12,065,892 |
| 3,638 | Oscar Hammerstein II | $12,064,440 | 2 | $6,032,220 |
| 3,639 | Margaret Landon | $12,064,440 | 1 | $12,064,440 |
| 3,640 | Peter Bakalian | $12,064,440 | 1 | $12,064,440 |
| 3,641 | Megan Holley | $12,062,558 | 1 | $12,062,558 |
| 3,642 | Eric Aronson | $12,061,589 | 2 | $6,030,795 |
| 3,643 | Andrew Knauer | $12,059,494 | 3 | $4,019,831 |
| 3,644 | Piyaros Thongdee | $12,044,087 | 1 | $12,044,087 |
| 3,645 | Joe Wannapin | $12,044,087 | 1 | $12,044,087 |
| 3,646 | Napalee | $12,044,087 | 1 | $12,044,087 |
| 3,647 | David Kirschner | $12,039,526 | 1 | $12,039,526 |
| 3,648 | David Casci | $12,039,526 | 1 | $12,039,526 |
| 3,649 | Rachel Sennott | $12,036,071 | 1 | $12,036,071 |
| 3,650 | Joseph Tropiano | $12,008,376 | 1 | $12,008,376 |
| 3,651 | Garrett Fort | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,652 | Wes Bishop | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,653 | Samson Raphaelson | $12,000,000 | 4 | $3,000,000 |
| 3,654 | Francis Edward Faragoh | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,655 | Lee Frost | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,656 | Alexander Jacobs | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,657 | Laurie Dillon | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,658 | Norman Lear | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,659 | Frank Shaw | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 3,660 | Kabir Khan | $11,945,817 | 4 | $2,986,454 |
| 3,661 | Jay Duplass | $11,942,885 | 4 | $2,985,721 |
| 3,662 | Niranjan Iyengar | $11,913,270 | 4 | $2,978,318 |
| 3,663 | Peter Howitt | $11,911,200 | 1 | $11,911,200 |
| 3,664 | Jason Schwartzman | $11,902,715 | 1 | $11,902,715 |
| 3,665 | Sarfraz Manzoor | $11,901,145 | 1 | $11,901,145 |
| 3,666 | Chad Gomez Creasey | $11,892,415 | 1 | $11,892,415 |
| 3,667 | Moira Buffini | $11,888,303 | 5 | $2,377,661 |
| 3,668 | Thomas Hedley | $11,869,651 | 2 | $5,934,826 |
| 3,669 | Jacques Perrin | $11,839,145 | 2 | $5,919,573 |
| 3,670 | Stéphane Durand | $11,839,145 | 2 | $5,919,573 |
| 3,671 | Robert Gosnell | $11,834,302 | 1 | $11,834,302 |
| 3,672 | Josef Rusnak | $11,810,854 | 1 | $11,810,854 |
| 3,673 | Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez | $11,810,854 | 1 | $11,810,854 |
| 3,674 | Mel Friedman | $11,806,119 | 1 | $11,806,119 |
| 3,675 | Christopher Cosby | $11,806,119 | 1 | $11,806,119 |
| 3,676 | Bill Corbett | $11,803,254 | 1 | $11,803,254 |
| 3,677 | Edmund Joseph | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
| 3,678 | Jim Hanon | $11,748,661 | 2 | $5,874,331 |
| 3,679 | Bill Ewing | $11,748,661 | 1 | $11,748,661 |
| 3,680 | Sang-ok Shin | $11,744,960 | 1 | $11,744,960 |
| 3,681 | James Clavell | $11,744,471 | 2 | $5,872,236 |
| 3,682 | William Riley Burnett | $11,744,471 | 2 | $5,872,236 |
| 3,683 | Thomas Pope | $11,721,041 | 1 | $11,721,041 |
| 3,684 | Jean Dorst | $11,689,053 | 1 | $11,689,053 |
| 3,685 | Rich Alvarez | $11,686,940 | 1 | $11,686,940 |
| 3,686 | Asghar Farhadi | $11,672,834 | 6 | $1,945,472 |
| 3,687 | Kelly Masterson | $11,648,540 | 3 | $3,882,847 |
| 3,688 | Shem Bitterman | $11,645,423 | 2 | $5,822,712 |
| 3,689 | Michael Jacobs | $11,642,254 | 1 | $11,642,254 |
| 3,690 | Dominique Othenin-Girard | $11,642,254 | 1 | $11,642,254 |
| 3,691 | D.J. Caruso | $11,637,487 | 3 | $3,879,162 |
| 3,692 | Mitchell Kriegman | $11,634,458 | 1 | $11,634,458 |
| 3,693 | Billy Eichner | $11,628,165 | 2 | $5,814,083 |
| 3,694 | Sarah Polley | $11,607,022 | 3 | $3,869,007 |
| 3,695 | John Esposito | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 3,696 | Man-Ming Tong | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 3,697 | Kai-Chi Yuen | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 3,698 | David Roach | $11,546,538 | 2 | $5,773,269 |
| 3,699 | Allan Moyle | $11,541,758 | 1 | $11,541,758 |
| 3,700 | Andy Bienen | $11,540,607 | 1 | $11,540,607 |
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.