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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 501-600)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Ronald Harwood | $358,039,704 | 12 | $29,836,642 |
| 502 | Hamish McColl | $357,912,865 | 2 | $178,956,433 |
| 503 | Nora Ephron | $357,440,259 | 8 | $44,680,032 |
| 504 | Michael Brandt | $355,416,769 | 7 | $50,773,824 |
| 505 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $353,946,410 | 5 | $70,789,282 |
| 506 | David Hoselton | $353,439,428 | 2 | $176,719,714 |
| 507 | Lee Hall | $353,169,132 | 6 | $58,861,522 |
| 508 | Bob Shaw | $351,884,653 | 2 | $175,942,327 |
| 509 | Andrew Davies | $350,191,531 | 4 | $87,547,883 |
| 510 | Derek Haas | $349,107,738 | 7 | $49,872,534 |
| 511 | Michele Mulroney | $348,815,025 | 2 | $174,407,513 |
| 512 | Kieran Mulroney | $348,815,025 | 2 | $174,407,513 |
| 513 | David Scarpa | $348,514,067 | 5 | $69,702,813 |
| 514 | Benji Samit | $347,708,563 | 3 | $115,902,854 |
| 515 | Dan Hernandez | $347,708,563 | 3 | $115,902,854 |
| 516 | Patrick Burleigh | $346,932,456 | 4 | $86,733,114 |
| 517 | Michael Finch | $346,920,935 | 5 | $69,384,187 |
| 518 | Jonathan Hales | $346,019,289 | 2 | $173,009,645 |
| 519 | Matt Lieberman | $345,443,666 | 8 | $43,180,458 |
| 520 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $344,163,900 | 4 | $86,040,975 |
| 521 | Mike Scully | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 522 | Ian Maxstone-Graham | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 523 | Matt Selman | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 524 | George Meyer | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 525 | John Swartzwelder | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 526 | Matt Groening | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 527 | David Mirkin | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 528 | Al Jean | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 529 | Mark O Keefe | $342,093,069 | 2 | $171,046,535 |
| 530 | Li Meng | $339,663,274 | 1 | $339,663,274 |
| 531 | Wang Tianyi | $339,663,274 | 1 | $339,663,274 |
| 532 | Aubrey Solomon | $338,093,674 | 1 | $338,093,674 |
| 533 | Wellsesly Wild | $337,350,887 | 1 | $337,350,887 |
| 534 | Mark Frost | $336,132,600 | 4 | $84,033,150 |
| 535 | Akela Cooper | $334,636,299 | 5 | $66,927,260 |
| 536 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $334,536,622 | 1 | $334,536,622 |
| 537 | Matt Lopez | $333,611,927 | 7 | $47,658,847 |
| 538 | Edgar Wallace | $332,437,332 | 1 | $332,437,332 |
| 539 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $331,593,259 | 6 | $55,265,543 |
| 540 | Kat Likkel | $330,429,052 | 1 | $330,429,052 |
| 541 | John Hoberg | $330,429,052 | 1 | $330,429,052 |
| 542 | Brenda Hsueh | $330,429,052 | 2 | $165,214,526 |
| 543 | Dylan Kussman | $329,852,780 | 1 | $329,852,780 |
| 544 | Drew Goodard | $329,154,939 | 1 | $329,154,939 |
| 545 | John Krasinski | $327,984,053 | 4 | $81,996,013 |
| 546 | David O. Russell | $326,861,372 | 9 | $36,317,930 |
| 547 | Vanessa Taylor | $326,586,565 | 5 | $65,317,313 |
| 548 | Barry Fanaro | $324,532,182 | 4 | $81,133,046 |
| 549 | Oren Uziel | $324,262,504 | 6 | $54,043,751 |
| 550 | Scott Z. Burns | $324,230,200 | 8 | $40,528,775 |
| 551 | Mel Gibson | $321,696,342 | 4 | $80,424,086 |
| 552 | John Gatins | $318,246,901 | 8 | $39,780,863 |
| 553 | Steve Purcell | $317,324,350 | 1 | $317,324,350 |
| 554 | Brenda Chapman | $317,324,350 | 2 | $158,662,175 |
| 555 | Carl Gottlieb | $316,668,343 | 5 | $63,333,669 |
| 556 | Peter Morgan | $316,444,593 | 7 | $45,206,370 |
| 557 | Anthony Minghella | $315,479,151 | 6 | $52,579,859 |
| 558 | Gilbert Taylor | $314,400,000 | 1 | $314,400,000 |
| 559 | William Davies | $314,285,251 | 6 | $52,380,875 |
| 560 | Richard Maibaum | $312,800,000 | 4 | $78,200,000 |
| 561 | Michael France | $312,160,519 | 3 | $104,053,506 |
| 562 | Adam Greenberg | $311,897,419 | 1 | $311,897,419 |
| 563 | Ran Ping | $311,844,151 | 2 | $155,922,076 |
| 564 | John Lee Hancock | $311,528,786 | 9 | $34,614,310 |
| 565 | Derek Kolstad | $309,876,558 | 5 | $61,975,312 |
| 566 | Justin Favreau | $308,723,058 | 1 | $308,723,058 |
| 567 | Jim Reardon | $308,699,861 | 1 | $308,699,861 |
| 568 | John Whittington | $308,502,830 | 3 | $102,834,277 |
| 569 | Cameron Crowe | $307,869,353 | 10 | $30,786,935 |
| 570 | David Seidler | $306,663,764 | 4 | $76,665,941 |
| 571 | Rita Hsiao | $304,915,634 | 2 | $152,457,817 |
| 572 | Will Fetters | $304,293,070 | 5 | $60,858,614 |
| 573 | F. Scott Frazier | $303,357,851 | 5 | $60,671,570 |
| 574 | Henry Gayden | $300,986,310 | 4 | $75,246,578 |
| 575 | Paul Greengrass | $300,043,297 | 4 | $75,010,824 |
| 576 | Bob Barlen | $299,390,176 | 5 | $59,878,035 |
| 577 | Cal Brunker | $299,390,176 | 5 | $59,878,035 |
| 578 | Randall Wallace | $296,765,523 | 5 | $59,353,105 |
| 579 | Steven Moffat | $296,402,120 | 1 | $296,402,120 |
| 580 | Nitesh Tiwari | $296,137,952 | 5 | $59,227,590 |
| 581 | Piyush Gupta | $296,137,952 | 3 | $98,712,651 |
| 582 | Daniel Lee | $295,967,451 | 2 | $147,983,726 |
| 583 | Joon-ho Bong | $295,345,459 | 4 | $73,836,365 |
| 584 | Zach Baylin | $294,363,345 | 5 | $58,872,669 |
| 585 | Karl Gajdusek | $293,330,257 | 6 | $48,888,376 |
| 586 | J.F. Lawton | $293,143,223 | 4 | $73,285,806 |
| 587 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $292,900,990 | 3 | $97,633,663 |
| 588 | Shreyas Jain | $292,757,700 | 2 | $146,378,850 |
| 589 | Zach Shields | $291,862,694 | 2 | $145,931,347 |
| 590 | George Nolfi | $291,220,451 | 6 | $48,536,742 |
| 591 | Ed Decter | $290,826,621 | 5 | $58,165,324 |
| 592 | John J. Strauss | $290,826,621 | 5 | $58,165,324 |
| 593 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $288,757,806 | 3 | $96,252,602 |
| 594 | Darren Aronofsky | $287,419,395 | 5 | $57,483,879 |
| 595 | Graham Yost | $287,160,806 | 6 | $47,860,134 |
| 596 | Wes Anderson | $286,830,623 | 13 | $22,063,894 |
| 597 | Alain Boublil | $286,032,312 | 1 | $286,032,312 |
| 598 | Claude-Michel Schönberg | $286,032,312 | 1 | $286,032,312 |
| 599 | Herbert Kretzmer | $286,032,312 | 1 | $286,032,312 |
| 600 | Danny McBride | $284,316,320 | 8 | $35,539,540 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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.