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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)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
101 Jon Spaihts $1,910,803,911 5 $382,160,782
102 Eric Darnell $1,903,161,611 3 $634,387,204
103 Nicholas Stoller $1,880,620,824 16 $117,538,802
104 Allison Schroeder $1,879,062,217 4 $469,765,554
105 Dean DeBlois $1,876,852,774 5 $375,370,555
106 Jane Goldman $1,874,873,932 9 $208,319,326
107 J.K. Rowling $1,864,739,869 3 $621,579,956
108 Etan Cohen $1,863,793,587 7 $266,256,227
109 Adam Sandler $1,858,910,849 14 $132,779,346
110 John Hughes $1,835,019,878 19 $96,579,994
111 Rian Johnson $1,834,244,288 6 $305,707,381
112 Joe Stillman $1,831,773,319 5 $366,354,664
113 Richard Curtis $1,822,514,698 13 $140,193,438
114 James Vanderbilt $1,818,458,130 12 $151,538,178
115 Eric Warren Singer $1,801,855,927 6 $300,309,321
116 Damon Lindelof $1,796,758,320 6 $299,459,720
117 Dan Fogelman $1,788,306,133 10 $178,830,613
118 Yoni Brenner $1,781,689,790 3 $593,896,597
119 David Magee $1,772,886,456 11 $161,171,496
120 John Hamburg $1,760,690,564 10 $176,069,056
121 David Callaham $1,756,796,752 8 $219,599,594
122 Greta Gerwig $1,746,649,178 5 $349,329,836
123 Shane Black $1,746,014,487 9 $194,001,610
124 Karey Kirkpatrick $1,731,959,399 12 $144,329,950
125 Peter S. Seaman $1,731,400,685 5 $346,280,137
126 Jeffrey Price $1,731,400,685 5 $346,280,137
127 Chen Sicheng $1,723,297,421 4 $430,824,355
128 Jonathan Goldstein $1,703,015,433 8 $212,876,929
129 John Francis Daley $1,703,015,433 8 $212,876,929
130 Pete Docter $1,702,100,242 3 $567,366,747
131 Robert L. Baird $1,698,210,460 3 $566,070,153
132 Guy Ritchie $1,697,645,910 12 $141,470,493
133 Zak Penn $1,697,246,052 7 $242,463,722
134 Jon Vitti $1,685,447,609 5 $337,089,522
135 Eric Pearson $1,679,684,021 4 $419,921,005
136 Paul Haggis $1,676,705,876 8 $209,588,235
137 Michael Berg $1,668,038,162 3 $556,012,721
138 Ed Solomon $1,636,336,790 11 $148,757,890
139 William Broyles Jr. $1,598,033,445 6 $266,338,908
140 Simon Beaufoy $1,596,774,661 10 $159,677,466
141 Danny Strong $1,590,688,044 5 $318,137,609
142 Matthew Vaughn $1,571,056,458 7 $224,436,637
143 Michael Crichton $1,567,235,462 6 $261,205,910
144 Robert Towne $1,565,002,181 10 $156,500,218
145 David Ayer $1,557,677,457 10 $155,767,746
146 Craig Mazin $1,556,460,222 8 $194,557,528
147 Max Borenstein $1,551,209,768 6 $258,534,961
148 Hayao Miyazaki $1,547,930,876 10 $154,793,088
149 Andre Nemec $1,540,149,683 5 $308,029,937
150 Josh Appelbaum $1,540,149,683 4 $385,037,421
151 Jonathan Hensleigh $1,531,202,151 10 $153,120,215
152 George Miller $1,524,279,982 10 $152,427,998
153 Joel Coen $1,518,651,636 26 $58,409,678
154 William Nicholson $1,502,095,250 12 $125,174,604
155 James Mangold $1,501,374,095 10 $150,137,410
156 Christopher L. Yost $1,499,648,374 3 $499,882,791
157 Peter Farrelly $1,496,743,001 14 $106,910,214
158 Tim Herlihy $1,492,447,623 11 $135,677,057
159 Brian Helgeland $1,483,090,579 17 $87,240,622
160 Cary Joji Fukunaga $1,467,069,716 4 $366,767,429
161 Justin Haythe $1,447,012,407 7 $206,716,058
162 Adam McKay $1,446,776,895 10 $144,677,690
163 Justin Lin $1,437,736,579 3 $479,245,526
164 Peter Ackerman $1,425,058,348 3 $475,019,449
165 Mike Reiss $1,413,757,839 2 $706,878,920
166 Stephen Sommers $1,409,089,816 8 $176,136,227
167 Jonathan Roberts $1,403,313,663 6 $233,885,611
168 Geneva Robertson $1,403,053,595 2 $701,526,798
169 Don Rhymer $1,391,337,682 8 $173,917,210
170 Gary Ross $1,389,742,348 7 $198,534,621
171 Sean Anders $1,382,049,249 11 $125,640,841
172 John Morris $1,382,049,249 11 $125,640,841
173 Scott Silver $1,374,521,752 5 $274,904,350
174 Richard Wenk $1,358,803,241 13 $104,523,326
175 Paul W.S. Anderson $1,349,820,959 8 $168,727,620
176 Edgar Wright $1,348,456,966 8 $168,557,121
177 Woody Allen $1,342,571,913 49 $27,399,427
178 Adam Sztykiel $1,341,545,092 7 $191,649,299
179 John Musker $1,339,815,211 5 $267,963,042
180 Ron Clements $1,339,815,211 5 $267,963,042
181 Laeta Kalogridis $1,331,632,768 5 $266,326,554
182 Thomas Lennon $1,328,430,057 6 $221,405,010
183 Nancy Meyers $1,322,782,714 12 $110,231,893
184 Yu Bu $1,321,271,723 2 $660,635,862
185 Chris Sanders $1,313,739,414 4 $328,434,854
186 Robert Rodriguez $1,310,760,280 19 $68,987,383
187 Steve Oedekerk $1,303,191,208 9 $144,799,023
188 Jay Scherick $1,302,355,800 5 $260,471,160
189 David Ronn $1,302,355,800 5 $260,471,160
190 Stephen Chbosky $1,301,766,786 2 $650,883,393
191 Tommy Swerdlow $1,298,718,530 6 $216,453,088
192 David Reynolds $1,298,438,425 3 $432,812,808
193 Emily Carmichael $1,294,934,740 2 $647,467,370
194 Dean Georgaris $1,291,071,205 6 $215,178,534
195 Matt Reeves $1,283,813,145 3 $427,937,715
196 Steven E. de Souza $1,281,489,560 15 $85,432,637
197 Melissa Mathison $1,281,230,312 6 $213,538,385
198 Fan Guo (郭帆) $1,266,005,419 2 $633,002,710
199 Gong Geer $1,266,005,419 2 $633,002,710
200 Ethan Coen $1,258,378,098 25 $50,335,124

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.