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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Dean DeBlois | $1,175,697,493 | 5 | $235,139,499 |
| 102 | Etan Cohen | $1,175,643,104 | 8 | $146,955,388 |
| 103 | Quentin Tarantino | $1,175,085,513 | 14 | $83,934,680 |
| 104 | Michael McCullers | $1,172,215,941 | 7 | $167,459,420 |
| 105 | Daniel Gerson | $1,170,036,952 | 3 | $390,012,317 |
| 106 | Allison Schroeder | $1,132,866,310 | 4 | $283,216,578 |
| 107 | Robert L. Baird | $1,122,783,923 | 3 | $374,261,308 |
| 108 | Paul Haggis | $1,121,598,022 | 8 | $140,199,753 |
| 109 | Justin Lin | $1,114,801,820 | 3 | $371,600,607 |
| 110 | Guy Ritchie | $1,108,068,699 | 12 | $92,339,058 |
| 111 | James Vanderbilt | $1,103,647,710 | 12 | $91,970,643 |
| 112 | Richard Curtis | $1,099,161,534 | 12 | $91,596,795 |
| 113 | Shane Black | $1,093,073,561 | 9 | $121,452,618 |
| 114 | Steven Zaillian | $1,082,231,784 | 16 | $67,639,487 |
| 115 | Eric Pearson | $1,080,346,935 | 4 | $270,086,734 |
| 116 | Max Borenstein | $1,077,353,576 | 6 | $179,558,929 |
| 117 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $1,071,105,395 | 12 | $89,258,783 |
| 118 | Robert Mark Kamen | $1,059,769,577 | 15 | $70,651,305 |
| 119 | Pete Docter | $1,051,674,263 | 3 | $350,558,088 |
| 120 | David Magee | $1,049,306,282 | 11 | $95,391,480 |
| 121 | Matthew Vaughn | $1,041,091,429 | 7 | $148,727,347 |
| 122 | Damon Lindelof | $1,039,178,482 | 6 | $173,196,414 |
| 123 | Joe Robert Cole | $1,036,591,240 | 4 | $259,147,810 |
| 124 | Mike Reiss | $1,034,049,120 | 2 | $517,024,560 |
| 125 | Zak Penn | $1,031,304,052 | 7 | $147,329,150 |
| 126 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $1,027,515,202 | 8 | $128,439,400 |
| 127 | Justin Haythe | $1,020,543,660 | 7 | $145,791,951 |
| 128 | Josh Appelbaum | $1,012,278,632 | 4 | $253,069,658 |
| 129 | Andre Nemec | $1,012,278,632 | 5 | $202,455,726 |
| 130 | Peter Ackerman | $1,010,440,162 | 3 | $336,813,387 |
| 131 | Billy Ray | $1,003,330,484 | 15 | $66,888,699 |
| 132 | Nicholas Stoller | $992,791,714 | 16 | $62,049,482 |
| 133 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $987,824,837 | 10 | $98,782,484 |
| 134 | Laeta Kalogridis | $983,491,396 | 5 | $196,698,279 |
| 135 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $974,722,393 | 4 | $243,680,598 |
| 136 | Christopher L. Yost | $974,409,281 | 3 | $324,803,094 |
| 137 | Joe Stillman | $974,226,154 | 5 | $194,845,231 |
| 138 | Zhang Yimou | $973,364,229 | 4 | $243,341,057 |
| 139 | Ed Solomon | $972,764,314 | 11 | $88,433,119 |
| 140 | Rian Johnson | $965,136,898 | 5 | $193,027,380 |
| 141 | Dan Fogelman | $962,208,783 | 10 | $96,220,878 |
| 142 | Jon Vitti | $957,861,643 | 5 | $191,572,329 |
| 143 | Jonathan Goldstein | $956,130,612 | 8 | $119,516,327 |
| 144 | John Francis Daley | $956,130,612 | 8 | $119,516,327 |
| 145 | Greta Gerwig | $946,868,109 | 5 | $189,373,622 |
| 146 | Simon Beaufoy | $934,964,651 | 10 | $93,496,465 |
| 147 | Geneva Robertson | $917,972,953 | 2 | $458,986,477 |
| 148 | T.S. Nowlin | $913,760,268 | 5 | $182,752,054 |
| 149 | Michael Crichton | $897,061,302 | 6 | $149,510,217 |
| 150 | William Nicholson | $893,011,270 | 12 | $74,417,606 |
| 151 | Christopher Miller | $891,397,686 | 6 | $148,566,281 |
| 152 | Phil Lord | $891,316,348 | 5 | $178,263,270 |
| 153 | Eric Warren Singer | $889,234,072 | 6 | $148,205,679 |
| 154 | David Callaham | $885,668,581 | 7 | $126,524,083 |
| 155 | Scott Silver | $881,516,758 | 5 | $176,303,352 |
| 156 | Anthony McCarten | $880,541,137 | 6 | $146,756,856 |
| 157 | Jay Scherick | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
| 158 | David Ronn | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
| 159 | Edgar Wright | $876,591,664 | 8 | $109,573,958 |
| 160 | Jeffrey Price | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
| 161 | Peter S. Seaman | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
| 162 | Craig Mazin | $874,488,727 | 8 | $109,311,091 |
| 163 | Don Rhymer | $864,983,990 | 8 | $108,122,999 |
| 164 | Adam Sztykiel | $862,880,336 | 7 | $123,268,619 |
| 165 | Dean Georgaris | $862,868,015 | 6 | $143,811,336 |
| 166 | Emily Carmichael | $858,209,135 | 2 | $429,104,568 |
| 167 | Will Beall | $854,887,895 | 3 | $284,962,632 |
| 168 | Danny Strong | $854,817,868 | 5 | $170,963,574 |
| 169 | George Miller | $834,400,312 | 10 | $83,440,031 |
| 170 | Wu Jing | $832,753,071 | 1 | $832,753,071 |
| 171 | Dong Qun | $832,753,071 | 1 | $832,753,071 |
| 172 | Liu Yi | $832,753,071 | 1 | $832,753,071 |
| 173 | Makoto Shinkai | $830,427,424 | 3 | $276,809,141 |
| 174 | Stephen Chow | $814,628,381 | 3 | $271,542,794 |
| 175 | Harald Kloser | $805,839,593 | 3 | $268,613,198 |
| 176 | Adam Sandler | $804,172,061 | 14 | $57,440,862 |
| 177 | Mark Burton | $799,965,468 | 8 | $99,995,684 |
| 178 | Robert Towne | $797,894,735 | 10 | $79,789,474 |
| 179 | John Hamburg | $795,088,973 | 10 | $79,508,897 |
| 180 | Dan Mazeau | $790,040,419 | 5 | $158,008,084 |
| 181 | Jonathan Roberts | $789,769,649 | 6 | $131,628,275 |
| 182 | Tom McGrath | $782,469,939 | 2 | $391,234,970 |
| 183 | Brian Helgeland | $781,604,122 | 17 | $45,976,713 |
| 184 | Stephen Chbosky | $780,009,673 | 2 | $390,004,837 |
| 185 | Peter Farrelly | $779,266,926 | 14 | $55,661,923 |
| 186 | Paul Rudd | $772,352,077 | 3 | $257,450,692 |
| 187 | Tab Murphy | $769,518,928 | 5 | $153,903,786 |
| 188 | John Musker | $769,287,959 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
| 189 | Ron Clements | $769,287,959 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
| 190 | Jac Schaeffer | $764,718,785 | 2 | $382,359,393 |
| 191 | Chris Sanders | $763,218,230 | 4 | $190,804,558 |
| 192 | Stephen Sommers | $759,829,886 | 8 | $94,978,736 |
| 193 | Michael J. Wilson | $758,151,735 | 3 | $252,717,245 |
| 194 | Michael Goldenberg | $756,714,819 | 5 | $151,342,964 |
| 195 | Matt Reeves | $755,452,465 | 3 | $251,817,488 |
| 196 | James Mangold | $755,109,184 | 10 | $75,510,918 |
| 197 | David Ayer | $753,214,522 | 10 | $75,321,452 |
| 198 | Joel Coen | $752,550,798 | 26 | $28,944,261 |
| 199 | David Benioff | $750,478,933 | 7 | $107,211,276 |
| 200 | Denis Villeneuve | $749,612,119 | 3 | $249,870,706 |
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.