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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,601-4,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,601 | Mary Sweeney | $6,197,866 | 1 | $6,197,866 |
| 4,602 | Elgin James | $6,196,549 | 2 | $3,098,275 |
| 4,603 | John Pollono | $6,184,643 | 3 | $2,061,548 |
| 4,604 | Mark Nutter | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,605 | Thomas R. Wolfe | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,606 | Boyd Hale | $6,175,688 | 1 | $6,175,688 |
| 4,607 | Caroline Link | $6,173,485 | 3 | $2,057,828 |
| 4,608 | Sherry White | $6,170,998 | 1 | $6,170,998 |
| 4,609 | George Arthur Bloom | $6,159,851 | 2 | $3,079,926 |
| 4,610 | Jay Levey | $6,157,157 | 1 | $6,157,157 |
| 4,611 | Weird Al Yankovic | $6,157,157 | 2 | $3,078,579 |
| 4,612 | F. Lee Reynolds | $6,154,944 | 1 | $6,154,944 |
| 4,613 | Aaron Butler | $6,149,983 | 1 | $6,149,983 |
| 4,614 | Kevin Spacey | $6,144,806 | 1 | $6,144,806 |
| 4,615 | Jeymes Samuel | $6,132,813 | 2 | $3,066,407 |
| 4,616 | Laura Angélica Simón | $6,126,237 | 1 | $6,126,237 |
| 4,617 | Scott Windhauser | $6,115,824 | 4 | $1,528,956 |
| 4,618 | Jeff Dixon | $6,115,824 | 1 | $6,115,824 |
| 4,619 | Caroline Case | $6,114,237 | 1 | $6,114,237 |
| 4,620 | Camille Fontaine | $6,113,834 | 1 | $6,113,834 |
| 4,621 | Mushtaq Shiekh | $6,112,630 | 3 | $2,037,543 |
| 4,622 | Frederick Knott | $6,108,790 | 1 | $6,108,790 |
| 4,623 | Reginald Rose | $6,100,000 | 1 | $6,100,000 |
| 4,624 | Paolo Sorrentino | $6,099,813 | 9 | $677,757 |
| 4,625 | Barry Wernick | $6,090,172 | 2 | $3,045,086 |
| 4,626 | Richard Sale | $6,075,793 | 1 | $6,075,793 |
| 4,627 | Max Strom | $6,044,652 | 1 | $6,044,652 |
| 4,628 | John Allen Nelson | $6,044,652 | 1 | $6,044,652 |
| 4,629 | Christopher Gambale | $6,044,618 | 1 | $6,044,618 |
| 4,630 | Paul Kimatian | $6,044,618 | 1 | $6,044,618 |
| 4,631 | Ben Lewin | $6,038,361 | 2 | $3,019,181 |
| 4,632 | Issa Lopez | $6,018,520 | 4 | $1,504,630 |
| 4,633 | Michael Ian Black | $6,003,262 | 1 | $6,003,262 |
| 4,634 | Clair Huffaker | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,635 | Fernando Fonseca | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,636 | C.S. Forester | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,637 | Samuel A. Taylor | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,638 | Andrew J. Fenady | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,639 | Michael S. Murphey | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,640 | Miles Hood Swarthout | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,641 | Hugo Gilbert | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,642 | John Hill | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,643 | Lester Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,644 | Scott Hale | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,645 | Stephen Neigher | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,646 | Tina Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,647 | Aaron Woodley | $5,997,707 | 2 | $2,998,854 |
| 4,648 | Stephen Beresford | $5,982,176 | 2 | $2,991,088 |
| 4,649 | René Brisebois | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 4,650 | François Camirand | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 4,651 | Marcos Bernstein | $5,969,553 | 1 | $5,969,553 |
| 4,652 | João Emanuel Carneiro | $5,969,553 | 1 | $5,969,553 |
| 4,653 | Erica Beeney | $5,958,315 | 1 | $5,958,315 |
| 4,654 | Rupert Wyatt | $5,958,315 | 2 | $2,979,158 |
| 4,655 | Nancy Oliver | $5,956,480 | 1 | $5,956,480 |
| 4,656 | Tyler Russell | $5,937,306 | 1 | $5,937,306 |
| 4,657 | Matt Ross | $5,898,704 | 2 | $2,949,352 |
| 4,658 | Yang Zhixue | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,659 | Ye Junce | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,660 | Yan Dongxu | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,661 | Albert Leon | $5,867,786 | 1 | $5,867,786 |
| 4,662 | Hideaki Anno | $5,861,839 | 6 | $976,973 |
| 4,663 | Steven Haft | $5,857,534 | 1 | $5,857,534 |
| 4,664 | Ron Friedman | $5,849,647 | 1 | $5,849,647 |
| 4,665 | Kristoffer Borgli | $5,848,349 | 3 | $1,949,450 |
| 4,666 | Oscar Torres | $5,842,961 | 2 | $2,921,481 |
| 4,667 | Chetan Bhagat | $5,833,397 | 3 | $1,944,466 |
| 4,668 | Brandon Cronenberg | $5,831,286 | 3 | $1,943,762 |
| 4,669 | Joseph Cedar | $5,822,319 | 2 | $2,911,160 |
| 4,670 | Harriet Frank, Jr. | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,671 | Irving Ravetch | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,672 | Nick Cuse | $5,812,500 | 1 | $5,812,500 |
| 4,673 | Steve Armour | $5,802,208 | 1 | $5,802,208 |
| 4,674 | Zach Braff | $5,801,764 | 2 | $2,900,882 |
| 4,675 | Bryan Thompson | $5,801,249 | 1 | $5,801,249 |
| 4,676 | Jules Furthman | $5,800,000 | 2 | $2,900,000 |
| 4,677 | Robert Henny | $5,794,979 | 3 | $1,931,660 |
| 4,678 | Camille Thomasson | $5,781,086 | 1 | $5,781,086 |
| 4,679 | Bill Forsyth | $5,775,073 | 2 | $2,887,537 |
| 4,680 | Zdeněk Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 1 | $5,770,254 |
| 4,681 | Michael Auerbach | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 4,682 | Dean Koontz | $5,755,333 | 1 | $5,755,333 |
| 4,683 | Lu Wei | $5,751,265 | 2 | $2,875,633 |
| 4,684 | Sir David Attenborough | $5,751,141 | 3 | $1,917,047 |
| 4,685 | Scott Yagemann | $5,747,802 | 1 | $5,747,802 |
| 4,686 | Steven Baigelman | $5,735,336 | 2 | $2,867,668 |
| 4,687 | Michael Mason | $5,728,940 | 1 | $5,728,940 |
| 4,688 | John Varley | $5,725,353 | 1 | $5,725,353 |
| 4,689 | Nick Drake | $5,716,885 | 1 | $5,716,885 |
| 4,690 | Sergei Bodrov | $5,705,761 | 1 | $5,705,761 |
| 4,691 | Arif Aliev | $5,705,761 | 1 | $5,705,761 |
| 4,692 | Miguel Tejada-Flores | $5,701,359 | 2 | $2,850,680 |
| 4,693 | David Schow | $5,697,588 | 1 | $5,697,588 |
| 4,694 | Barry Glasser | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 4,695 | Martin Pasko | $5,682,620 | 1 | $5,682,620 |
| 4,696 | Michael Reaves | $5,682,620 | 1 | $5,682,620 |
| 4,697 | Paul Dini | $5,682,620 | 2 | $2,841,310 |
| 4,698 | Malcolm Bradbury | $5,682,429 | 1 | $5,682,429 |
| 4,699 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $5,678,518 | 8 | $709,815 |
| 4,700 | Susan Coyne | $5,676,110 | 2 | $2,838,055 |
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.