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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,401 | Arthur Penn | $6,300,000 | 1 | $6,300,000 |
| 4,402 | Garry Shandling | $6,291,602 | 1 | $6,291,602 |
| 4,403 | Jamie Uys | $6,291,444 | 2 | $3,145,722 |
| 4,404 | Ron Cutler | $6,281,089 | 2 | $3,140,545 |
| 4,405 | Sheryl Longin | $6,276,869 | 1 | $6,276,869 |
| 4,406 | Terry Zwigoff | $6,217,849 | 1 | $6,217,849 |
| 4,407 | Rod Browning | $6,216,067 | 1 | $6,216,067 |
| 4,408 | Paul Mayersberg | $6,201,143 | 2 | $3,100,572 |
| 4,409 | Christine Olsen | $6,199,600 | 1 | $6,199,600 |
| 4,410 | Philippe Lefebvre | $6,198,883 | 1 | $6,198,883 |
| 4,411 | Mary Sweeney | $6,197,866 | 1 | $6,197,866 |
| 4,412 | John Roach | $6,197,866 | 1 | $6,197,866 |
| 4,413 | Elgin James | $6,196,549 | 2 | $3,098,275 |
| 4,414 | Mark Nutter | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,415 | Thomas R. Wolfe | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,416 | Boyd Hale | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,417 | Caroline Link | $6,173,485 | 2 | $3,086,743 |
| 4,418 | Sherry White | $6,170,998 | 1 | $6,170,998 |
| 4,419 | George Arthur Bloom | $6,159,851 | 2 | $3,079,926 |
| 4,420 | Jay Levey | $6,157,157 | 1 | $6,157,157 |
| 4,421 | Weird Al Yankovic | $6,157,157 | 2 | $3,078,579 |
| 4,422 | F. Lee Reynolds | $6,154,944 | 1 | $6,154,944 |
| 4,423 | Aaron Butler | $6,149,983 | 1 | $6,149,983 |
| 4,424 | Kevin Spacey | $6,144,806 | 1 | $6,144,806 |
| 4,425 | Masato Ide | $6,132,974 | 2 | $3,066,487 |
| 4,426 | Jeymes Samuel | $6,132,813 | 2 | $3,066,407 |
| 4,427 | Laura Angélica Simón | $6,126,237 | 1 | $6,126,237 |
| 4,428 | Jeff Dixon | $6,115,824 | 1 | $6,115,824 |
| 4,429 | Scott Windhauser | $6,115,824 | 4 | $1,528,956 |
| 4,430 | Caroline Case | $6,114,237 | 1 | $6,114,237 |
| 4,431 | Camille Fontaine | $6,113,834 | 1 | $6,113,834 |
| 4,432 | Mushtaq Shiekh | $6,112,630 | 3 | $2,037,543 |
| 4,433 | Reginald Rose | $6,100,000 | 1 | $6,100,000 |
| 4,434 | Barry Wernick | $6,090,172 | 2 | $3,045,086 |
| 4,435 | Richard Sale | $6,075,793 | 1 | $6,075,793 |
| 4,436 | John Allen Nelson | $6,044,652 | 1 | $6,044,652 |
| 4,437 | Max Strom | $6,044,652 | 1 | $6,044,652 |
| 4,438 | Paul Kimatian | $6,044,618 | 1 | $6,044,618 |
| 4,439 | Christopher Gambale | $6,044,618 | 1 | $6,044,618 |
| 4,440 | Ben Lewin | $6,038,361 | 2 | $3,019,181 |
| 4,441 | Issa Lopez | $6,018,520 | 4 | $1,504,630 |
| 4,442 | Michael Ian Black | $6,003,262 | 1 | $6,003,262 |
| 4,443 | Frederick Knott | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,444 | Fernando Fonseca | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,445 | Scott Hale | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,446 | Samuel A. Taylor | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,447 | Clair Huffaker | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,448 | Michael S. Murphey | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,449 | Lester Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,450 | Hugo Gilbert | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,451 | C.S. Forester | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,452 | John Hill | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,453 | Andrew J. Fenady | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,454 | Tina Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,455 | Stephen Neigher | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,456 | Miles Hood Swarthout | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,457 | Aaron Woodley | $5,997,707 | 2 | $2,998,854 |
| 4,458 | Stephen Beresford | $5,982,176 | 2 | $2,991,088 |
| 4,459 | Robin Bhatt | $5,979,402 | 3 | $1,993,134 |
| 4,460 | Bernd Eichinger | $5,978,210 | 2 | $2,989,105 |
| 4,461 | René Brisebois | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 4,462 | François Camirand | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 4,463 | Marcos Bernstein | $5,969,553 | 1 | $5,969,553 |
| 4,464 | João Emanuel Carneiro | $5,969,553 | 1 | $5,969,553 |
| 4,465 | Rupert Wyatt | $5,958,315 | 2 | $2,979,158 |
| 4,466 | Erica Beeney | $5,958,315 | 1 | $5,958,315 |
| 4,467 | Nancy Oliver | $5,956,480 | 1 | $5,956,480 |
| 4,468 | Tyler Russell | $5,937,306 | 1 | $5,937,306 |
| 4,469 | Matt Ross | $5,898,704 | 2 | $2,949,352 |
| 4,470 | Ye Junce | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,471 | Yan Dongxu | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,472 | Yang Zhixue | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,473 | Albert Leon | $5,867,786 | 1 | $5,867,786 |
| 4,474 | Steven Haft | $5,857,534 | 1 | $5,857,534 |
| 4,475 | Ron Friedman | $5,849,647 | 1 | $5,849,647 |
| 4,476 | Kristoffer Borgli | $5,848,349 | 2 | $2,924,175 |
| 4,477 | Oscar Torres | $5,842,961 | 2 | $2,921,481 |
| 4,478 | Chetan Bhagat | $5,833,397 | 3 | $1,944,466 |
| 4,479 | Brandon Cronenberg | $5,831,286 | 3 | $1,943,762 |
| 4,480 | Joseph Cedar | $5,822,319 | 2 | $2,911,160 |
| 4,481 | Harriet Frank, Jr. | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,482 | Irving Ravetch | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,483 | Nick Cuse | $5,812,500 | 1 | $5,812,500 |
| 4,484 | Steve Armour | $5,802,208 | 1 | $5,802,208 |
| 4,485 | Zach Braff | $5,801,764 | 2 | $2,900,882 |
| 4,486 | Bryan Thompson | $5,801,249 | 1 | $5,801,249 |
| 4,487 | Jules Furthman | $5,800,000 | 2 | $2,900,000 |
| 4,488 | Paolo Sorrentino | $5,797,012 | 7 | $828,145 |
| 4,489 | Robert Henny | $5,794,979 | 3 | $1,931,660 |
| 4,490 | Camille Thomasson | $5,781,086 | 1 | $5,781,086 |
| 4,491 | Bill Forsyth | $5,775,073 | 2 | $2,887,537 |
| 4,492 | Zdeněk Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 1 | $5,770,254 |
| 4,493 | Michael Auerbach | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 4,494 | Dean Koontz | $5,755,333 | 1 | $5,755,333 |
| 4,495 | Lu Wei | $5,751,265 | 2 | $2,875,633 |
| 4,496 | Sir David Attenborough | $5,751,141 | 3 | $1,917,047 |
| 4,497 | Scott Yagemann | $5,747,802 | 1 | $5,747,802 |
| 4,498 | Steven Baigelman | $5,735,336 | 2 | $2,867,668 |
| 4,499 | Michael Mason | $5,728,940 | 1 | $5,728,940 |
| 4,500 | John Varley | $5,725,353 | 1 | $5,725,353 |
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.