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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the worldwide 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 | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Mike Myers | $716,565,156 | 4 | $179,141,289 |
| 402 | Lorne Cameron | $716,325,011 | 3 | $238,775,004 |
| 403 | Jeffrey Caine | $712,165,881 | 4 | $178,041,470 |
| 404 | Creighton Rothenberger | $710,838,039 | 5 | $142,167,608 |
| 405 | Katrin Benedikt | $710,838,039 | 5 | $142,167,608 |
| 406 | Michael Brandt | $710,806,313 | 7 | $101,543,759 |
| 407 | Rich Jaffa | $710,644,566 | 1 | $710,644,566 |
| 408 | Timothy Dowling | $710,492,140 | 5 | $142,098,428 |
| 409 | Michael Patrick King | $709,928,036 | 3 | $236,642,679 |
| 410 | Billy Frolick | $707,962,985 | 3 | $235,987,662 |
| 411 | Gerry Swallow | $705,460,990 | 5 | $141,092,198 |
| 412 | John Gatins | $702,828,089 | 8 | $87,853,511 |
| 413 | Yang Zhixue | $701,801,455 | 1 | $701,801,455 |
| 414 | Ye Junce | $701,801,455 | 1 | $701,801,455 |
| 415 | Yan Dongxu | $701,801,455 | 1 | $701,801,455 |
| 416 | Chase Palmer | $701,022,201 | 2 | $350,511,101 |
| 417 | Alfred Gough | $700,009,507 | 5 | $140,001,901 |
| 418 | Peter Gaulke | $698,960,760 | 6 | $116,493,460 |
| 419 | Chen Sicheng | $696,026,898 | 2 | $348,013,449 |
| 420 | Jeremy Slater | $694,582,813 | 6 | $115,763,802 |
| 421 | Andrew Kevin Walker | $694,481,804 | 9 | $77,164,645 |
| 422 | Seth Grahame-Smith | $693,617,041 | 5 | $138,723,408 |
| 423 | Scott Z. Burns | $692,848,945 | 8 | $86,606,118 |
| 424 | Eric Heisserer | $690,884,778 | 10 | $69,088,478 |
| 425 | William Wisher | $690,548,335 | 3 | $230,182,778 |
| 426 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $690,018,268 | 4 | $172,504,567 |
| 427 | Jonas Cuaron | $689,598,150 | 3 | $229,866,050 |
| 428 | Oren Uziel | $687,434,022 | 6 | $114,572,337 |
| 429 | Adam Cozad | $687,005,847 | 5 | $137,401,169 |
| 430 | Michael Bacall | $686,420,335 | 6 | $114,403,389 |
| 431 | Matt Damon | $684,568,870 | 4 | $171,142,218 |
| 432 | Julian Fellowes | $682,341,237 | 13 | $52,487,787 |
| 433 | Derek Haas | $681,146,674 | 7 | $97,306,668 |
| 434 | Ben Queen | $679,538,619 | 2 | $339,769,310 |
| 435 | James DeMonaco | $679,085,306 | 10 | $67,908,531 |
| 436 | Suzanne Collins | $677,923,379 | 1 | $677,923,379 |
| 437 | Jason Hall | $675,173,795 | 3 | $225,057,932 |
| 438 | Barry Fanaro | $672,718,942 | 4 | $168,179,736 |
| 439 | Damien Chazelle | $672,160,921 | 8 | $84,020,115 |
| 440 | Ryan J. Condal | $671,335,831 | 3 | $223,778,610 |
| 441 | Jonathan Hales | $667,696,029 | 2 | $333,848,015 |
| 442 | Brendan O'Brien | $667,261,056 | 8 | $83,407,632 |
| 443 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | $660,595,189 | 4 | $165,148,797 |
| 444 | Richard Price | $659,855,198 | 12 | $54,987,933 |
| 445 | Mark Frost | $656,835,145 | 4 | $164,208,786 |
| 446 | Fred Wolf | $656,832,926 | 10 | $65,683,293 |
| 447 | Josh Friedman | $656,075,060 | 3 | $218,691,687 |
| 448 | Jim Hecht | $651,899,282 | 3 | $217,299,761 |
| 449 | John Krasinski | $643,921,588 | 3 | $214,640,529 |
| 450 | Derek Kolstad | $643,528,339 | 5 | $128,705,668 |
| 451 | Jeb Stuart | $643,356,387 | 9 | $71,484,043 |
| 452 | Bob Fisher | $642,279,557 | 4 | $160,569,889 |
| 453 | John Whittington | $637,191,886 | 3 | $212,397,295 |
| 454 | Yu Chen (陈宇) | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 455 | Katie Dippold | $633,663,979 | 5 | $126,732,796 |
| 456 | Michael France | $632,698,203 | 3 | $210,899,401 |
| 457 | Ed Decter | $631,929,895 | 5 | $126,385,979 |
| 458 | John J. Strauss | $631,929,895 | 5 | $126,385,979 |
| 459 | David Gordon Green | $629,435,527 | 5 | $125,887,105 |
| 460 | Simon Pegg | $627,161,200 | 6 | $104,526,867 |
| 461 | Jim Capobianco | $627,013,219 | 2 | $313,506,610 |
| 462 | Mark L. Smith | $626,672,362 | 8 | $78,334,045 |
| 463 | Will Fetters | $625,873,527 | 5 | $125,174,705 |
| 464 | Andrew Barrer | $625,792,728 | 5 | $125,158,546 |
| 465 | Abby Kohn | $625,594,449 | 6 | $104,265,742 |
| 466 | Vince Gilligan | $624,234,272 | 2 | $312,117,136 |
| 467 | Vincent Ngo | $624,234,272 | 1 | $624,234,272 |
| 468 | Gabriel Ferrari | $623,205,596 | 4 | $155,801,399 |
| 469 | Matt Lopez | $622,984,844 | 7 | $88,997,835 |
| 470 | Anthony Peckham | $622,952,223 | 2 | $311,476,112 |
| 471 | Benedict Fitzgerald | $622,313,635 | 2 | $311,156,818 |
| 472 | Justin Favreau | $621,156,389 | 1 | $621,156,389 |
| 473 | Michael Finch | $617,787,984 | 5 | $123,557,597 |
| 474 | John Fusco | $615,825,493 | 11 | $55,984,136 |
| 475 | Peter Buchman | $615,388,115 | 2 | $307,694,058 |
| 476 | Jim Kouf | $614,890,823 | 9 | $68,321,203 |
| 477 | Bob Shaw | $613,795,319 | 2 | $306,897,660 |
| 478 | Terence Winter | $613,300,996 | 4 | $153,325,249 |
| 479 | Hu Guan | $611,852,698 | 2 | $305,926,349 |
| 480 | Matt Lieberman | $611,575,269 | 8 | $76,446,909 |
| 481 | Joby Harold | $610,543,622 | 4 | $152,635,906 |
| 482 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $609,021,136 | 5 | $121,804,227 |
| 483 | Zach Baylin | $607,123,493 | 5 | $121,424,699 |
| 484 | Michael Robert Johnson | $606,907,245 | 3 | $202,302,415 |
| 485 | Jason Reitman | $606,809,259 | 8 | $75,851,157 |
| 486 | William Goldman | $605,011,796 | 16 | $37,813,237 |
| 487 | Vanessa Taylor | $604,929,906 | 5 | $120,985,981 |
| 488 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $603,869,799 | 5 | $120,773,960 |
| 489 | Neill Blomkamp | $603,857,578 | 4 | $150,964,395 |
| 490 | Andrew Lanham | $603,154,437 | 5 | $120,630,887 |
| 491 | Lee Hall | $600,827,754 | 6 | $100,137,959 |
| 492 | George Nolfi | $600,667,905 | 6 | $100,111,318 |
| 493 | Timothy Hyde Harris | $596,436,243 | 5 | $119,287,249 |
| 494 | David Hoselton | $593,795,045 | 2 | $296,897,523 |
| 495 | Anthony Minghella | $593,315,795 | 6 | $98,885,966 |
| 496 | Michael Petroni | $592,443,918 | 5 | $118,488,784 |
| 497 | Kay Cannon | $588,995,955 | 5 | $117,799,191 |
| 498 | Catherine Johnson | $586,265,197 | 1 | $586,265,197 |
| 499 | Akela Cooper | $583,809,398 | 5 | $116,761,880 |
| 500 | Will Ferrell | $583,031,820 | 6 | $97,171,970 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.