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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - 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 Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Elizabeth Hannah | $95,677,949 | 1 | $95,677,949 |
| 1,002 | Baku Yumemakura | $95,594,188 | 1 | $95,594,188 |
| 1,003 | Michael Markowitz | $94,879,042 | 1 | $94,879,042 |
| 1,004 | Leung Lai Yin | $94,701,505 | 1 | $94,701,505 |
| 1,005 | Bill Wittliff | $94,000,000 | 2 | $47,000,000 |
| 1,006 | Susan Shilliday | $94,000,000 | 1 | $94,000,000 |
| 1,007 | Diana Ossana | $93,968,412 | 2 | $46,984,206 |
| 1,008 | Larry McMurtry | $93,968,412 | 1 | $93,968,412 |
| 1,009 | Gary Eck | $93,950,000 | 1 | $93,950,000 |
| 1,010 | Paul Livingston | $93,950,000 | 1 | $93,950,000 |
| 1,011 | Rob Sprackling | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,012 | Kevin Cecil | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,013 | Kathy Greenburg | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,014 | John R. Smith | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,015 | Steve Hamilton Shaw | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,016 | Emily Cook | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,017 | Kelly Asbury | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,018 | Andy Riley | $93,770,307 | 1 | $93,770,307 |
| 1,019 | Becky Johnston | $93,500,000 | 2 | $46,750,000 |
| 1,020 | Liu Han | $93,470,000 | 1 | $93,470,000 |
| 1,021 | Wang Xiaodi | $93,470,000 | 1 | $93,470,000 |
| 1,022 | Li Han | $93,470,000 | 1 | $93,470,000 |
| 1,023 | Michael R. Perry | $93,205,521 | 2 | $46,602,761 |
| 1,024 | Robert Schenkkan | $93,031,528 | 1 | $93,031,528 |
| 1,025 | William Blake Herron | $92,888,411 | 1 | $92,888,411 |
| 1,026 | Anya Kochoff | $92,887,154 | 2 | $46,443,577 |
| 1,027 | Will Ferrell | $92,829,551 | 6 | $15,471,592 |
| 1,028 | Tom Pabst | $92,759,125 | 1 | $92,759,125 |
| 1,029 | Brian Burns | $92,400,000 | 1 | $92,400,000 |
| 1,030 | Cat Kwan | $92,263,920 | 1 | $92,263,920 |
| 1,031 | Ed Naha | $91,975,828 | 1 | $91,975,828 |
| 1,032 | Tom Schalman | $91,975,828 | 1 | $91,975,828 |
| 1,033 | John Sayles | $91,644,614 | 6 | $15,274,102 |
| 1,034 | Duncan Kennedy | $91,400,000 | 1 | $91,400,000 |
| 1,035 | Michael Gough | $91,094,722 | 1 | $91,094,722 |
| 1,036 | Martin Donovan | $90,603,696 | 2 | $45,301,848 |
| 1,037 | Toni Ann Johnson | $90,569,127 | 1 | $90,569,127 |
| 1,038 | Karen Barna | $90,569,127 | 1 | $90,569,127 |
| 1,039 | Rock Reuben | $90,444,659 | 1 | $90,444,659 |
| 1,040 | Chris Henchy | $90,001,405 | 4 | $22,500,351 |
| 1,041 | Steph Lady | $90,000,000 | 1 | $90,000,000 |
| 1,042 | Matthew Stone | $89,953,846 | 3 | $29,984,615 |
| 1,043 | Ike Barinholtz | $89,755,940 | 3 | $29,918,647 |
| 1,044 | David Stassen | $89,755,940 | 2 | $44,877,970 |
| 1,045 | Michael Schiffer | $89,704,228 | 2 | $44,852,114 |
| 1,046 | Dan Berendsen | $89,597,017 | 1 | $89,597,017 |
| 1,047 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $89,342,778 | 1 | $89,342,778 |
| 1,048 | Philip Shelby | $89,094,555 | 1 | $89,094,555 |
| 1,049 | Tony Mosher | $89,094,555 | 1 | $89,094,555 |
| 1,050 | David Loucka | $88,030,334 | 3 | $29,343,445 |
| 1,051 | Jim Abrahams | $88,000,000 | 1 | $88,000,000 |
| 1,052 | Kate Angelo | $87,526,036 | 1 | $87,526,036 |
| 1,053 | J.H. Wyman | $87,134,314 | 2 | $43,567,157 |
| 1,054 | Marc Silverman | $87,100,004 | 1 | $87,100,004 |
| 1,055 | Jim Taylor | $86,673,780 | 3 | $28,891,260 |
| 1,056 | Lee Gi-cheol | $86,427,833 | 1 | $86,427,833 |
| 1,057 | Oren Peli | $86,264,224 | 1 | $86,264,224 |
| 1,058 | Robert Ramsey | $86,263,492 | 2 | $43,131,746 |
| 1,059 | Tommy Swerdlow | $86,200,000 | 1 | $86,200,000 |
| 1,060 | Lynn Siefert | $86,200,000 | 1 | $86,200,000 |
| 1,061 | Abhijat Joshi | $86,069,856 | 3 | $28,689,952 |
| 1,062 | Damon Beesley | $86,015,365 | 1 | $86,015,365 |
| 1,063 | Ian Morris | $86,015,365 | 1 | $86,015,365 |
| 1,064 | Toni Myers | $85,749,153 | 3 | $28,583,051 |
| 1,065 | Matthew Sand | $85,584,696 | 2 | $42,792,348 |
| 1,066 | John Milius | $85,487,344 | 1 | $85,487,344 |
| 1,067 | Dilip Shukla | $85,418,893 | 2 | $42,709,447 |
| 1,068 | Liang Xuan | $85,299,261 | 1 | $85,299,261 |
| 1,069 | Jeff Maguire | $85,100,000 | 1 | $85,100,000 |
| 1,070 | Rajkumar Hirani | $85,000,000 | 2 | $42,500,000 |
| 1,071 | Bill Walsh | $85,000,000 | 1 | $85,000,000 |
| 1,072 | Jeremy Iacone | $84,975,000 | 1 | $84,975,000 |
| 1,073 | John Rogers | $84,964,371 | 2 | $42,482,186 |
| 1,074 | Kelly Masterson | $84,495,285 | 2 | $42,247,643 |
| 1,075 | Sabrina Tseng | $84,412,902 | 1 | $84,412,902 |
| 1,076 | Aaron Guzikowski | $84,304,844 | 3 | $28,101,615 |
| 1,077 | Gary Spinelli | $84,200,511 | 3 | $28,066,837 |
| 1,078 | Kim Hwang-sung | $84,164,423 | 1 | $84,164,423 |
| 1,079 | Kim Young-seok | $84,164,423 | 1 | $84,164,423 |
| 1,080 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $84,164,423 | 1 | $84,164,423 |
| 1,081 | Emil Stern | $84,041,404 | 1 | $84,041,404 |
| 1,082 | Sarah Thorp | $83,672,407 | 2 | $41,836,204 |
| 1,083 | Joon-ho Bong | $83,506,851 | 1 | $83,506,851 |
| 1,084 | Roman Polanski | $82,808,991 | 3 | $27,602,997 |
| 1,085 | Scott Alexander | $82,808,981 | 6 | $13,801,497 |
| 1,086 | Larry Karaszewski | $82,808,981 | 6 | $13,801,497 |
| 1,087 | Vince Di Meglio | $82,638,412 | 2 | $41,319,206 |
| 1,088 | Tim Rasmussen | $82,638,412 | 2 | $41,319,206 |
| 1,089 | Richard Starzack | $82,561,080 | 1 | $82,561,080 |
| 1,090 | Victoria Bedos | $82,438,670 | 1 | $82,438,670 |
| 1,091 | Stanislas Carre de Malberg | $82,438,670 | 1 | $82,438,670 |
| 1,092 | David Guggenheim | $82,360,532 | 3 | $27,453,511 |
| 1,093 | Sean Hood | $82,165,893 | 2 | $41,082,947 |
| 1,094 | David Hare | $81,724,889 | 5 | $16,344,978 |
| 1,095 | Clare Sera | $81,700,000 | 1 | $81,700,000 |
| 1,096 | Ivan Menchell | $81,700,000 | 1 | $81,700,000 |
| 1,097 | Chris Butler | $81,642,087 | 3 | $27,214,029 |
| 1,098 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $81,539,522 | 3 | $27,179,841 |
| 1,099 | Andrew Wight | $81,074,443 | 2 | $40,537,222 |
| 1,100 | John Garvin | $81,074,443 | 2 | $40,537,222 |
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.
