®
Box Office Star Records > International > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top International Screenwriters
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Jim Thomas | $38,532,010 | 1 | $38,532,010 |
| 1,502 | Rajiv Kaul | $38,421,788 | 2 | $19,210,894 |
| 1,503 | Howard Klausner | $38,420,000 | 3 | $12,806,667 |
| 1,504 | Kevin Smith | $38,349,066 | 9 | $4,261,007 |
| 1,505 | Nick Hornby | $38,336,023 | 2 | $19,168,012 |
| 1,506 | Umberto Contarello | $38,315,084 | 2 | $19,157,542 |
| 1,507 | Yau Nai Hoi | $38,224,181 | 2 | $19,112,091 |
| 1,508 | Mike Leigh | $38,028,387 | 2 | $19,014,194 |
| 1,509 | Kim Hak-Soon | $38,000,000 | 1 | $38,000,000 |
| 1,510 | Nisar Akhtar | $37,799,675 | 1 | $37,799,675 |
| 1,511 | Scott Stewart | $37,764,938 | 2 | $18,882,469 |
| 1,512 | Jose Rivera | $37,708,559 | 2 | $18,854,280 |
| 1,513 | Barry Jenkins | $37,475,627 | 3 | $12,491,876 |
| 1,514 | Tony Gayton | $37,321,323 | 2 | $18,660,662 |
| 1,515 | Terry Hayes | $37,114,057 | 2 | $18,557,029 |
| 1,516 | John Singleton | $36,862,240 | 1 | $36,862,240 |
| 1,517 | Zhang You You | $36,720,000 | 1 | $36,720,000 |
| 1,518 | Pang Ho-cheung | $36,720,000 | 4 | $9,180,000 |
| 1,519 | Luk Yee Sum | $36,720,000 | 2 | $18,360,000 |
| 1,520 | John Rice | $36,714,197 | 1 | $36,714,197 |
| 1,521 | Joe Batteer | $36,714,197 | 1 | $36,714,197 |
| 1,522 | Anne Spielberg | $36,700,000 | 1 | $36,700,000 |
| 1,523 | Laura Solon | $36,575,000 | 1 | $36,575,000 |
| 1,524 | Yoann Gromb | $36,426,170 | 2 | $18,213,085 |
| 1,525 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $36,402,338 | 4 | $9,100,585 |
| 1,526 | Andrew Knauer | $36,280,458 | 2 | $18,140,229 |
| 1,527 | Mark Mallouk | $36,262,194 | 1 | $36,262,194 |
| 1,528 | Matt Stuecken | $36,203,423 | 1 | $36,203,423 |
| 1,529 | Josh Campbell | $36,203,423 | 2 | $18,101,712 |
| 1,530 | John Erick Dowdle | $36,157,395 | 3 | $12,052,465 |
| 1,531 | Drew Dowdle | $36,157,395 | 3 | $12,052,465 |
| 1,532 | Frankie Tam | $36,012,008 | 2 | $18,006,004 |
| 1,533 | Sujoy Ghosh | $35,963,469 | 3 | $11,987,823 |
| 1,534 | Subash Nair | $35,800,000 | 1 | $35,800,000 |
| 1,535 | Stieg Larsson | $35,751,976 | 1 | $35,751,976 |
| 1,536 | Andrew Dominik | $35,697,384 | 2 | $17,848,692 |
| 1,537 | Steven Zallian | $35,695,343 | 1 | $35,695,343 |
| 1,538 | Jeffrey Hatcher | $35,659,336 | 3 | $11,886,445 |
| 1,539 | Scott Silvery | $35,645,379 | 1 | $35,645,379 |
| 1,540 | Timothy J. Sexton | $35,615,267 | 3 | $11,871,756 |
| 1,541 | Yasmina Reza | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 1,542 | Don Winslow | $35,190,390 | 1 | $35,190,390 |
| 1,543 | Dennis Gansel | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 1,544 | Peter Thorwarth | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 1,545 | Tom Shadyac | $35,000,000 | 1 | $35,000,000 |
| 1,546 | Jim Carrey | $35,000,000 | 1 | $35,000,000 |
| 1,547 | Jack Bernstein | $35,000,000 | 1 | $35,000,000 |
| 1,548 | Jeremy Doner | $34,432,741 | 1 | $34,432,741 |
| 1,549 | Jeff Wadlow | $34,333,924 | 2 | $17,166,962 |
| 1,550 | Aleksandr Karpov | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 1,551 | Oleg Stepchenko | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 1,552 | Peng Sanyuan | $34,244,133 | 1 | $34,244,133 |
| 1,553 | David Wain | $34,154,430 | 4 | $8,538,608 |
| 1,554 | Wim Wenders | $34,149,709 | 3 | $11,383,236 |
| 1,555 | Ken Marino | $34,071,650 | 2 | $17,035,825 |
| 1,556 | Joe Forte | $34,000,000 | 1 | $34,000,000 |
| 1,557 | Anurag Basu | $33,947,110 | 1 | $33,947,110 |
| 1,558 | Stu Krieger | $33,880,000 | 1 | $33,880,000 |
| 1,559 | Matt Cook | $33,879,495 | 5 | $6,775,899 |
| 1,560 | Anthony Tambakis | $33,715,822 | 5 | $6,743,164 |
| 1,561 | Michael Vogel | $33,688,418 | 1 | $33,688,418 |
| 1,562 | Joe Ballarini | $33,688,418 | 1 | $33,688,418 |
| 1,563 | Meghan McCarthy | $33,688,418 | 1 | $33,688,418 |
| 1,564 | Lars Von Trier | $33,653,283 | 6 | $5,608,881 |
| 1,565 | Barbara Benedek | $33,641,681 | 1 | $33,641,681 |
| 1,566 | Greta Gerwig | $33,628,066 | 3 | $11,209,355 |
| 1,567 | Henry Gilroy | $33,533,889 | 1 | $33,533,889 |
| 1,568 | Steven Melching | $33,533,889 | 1 | $33,533,889 |
| 1,569 | Scott Murphy | $33,533,889 | 1 | $33,533,889 |
| 1,570 | Tracy Keenan Wynn | $33,439,045 | 1 | $33,439,045 |
| 1,571 | Melissa Wallack | $33,313,560 | 1 | $33,313,560 |
| 1,572 | Tony Chan | $33,159,909 | 3 | $11,053,303 |
| 1,573 | Roderick Taylor | $32,998,900 | 1 | $32,998,900 |
| 1,574 | Bruce A Taylor | $32,998,900 | 1 | $32,998,900 |
| 1,575 | Cynthia Mort | $32,998,900 | 2 | $16,499,450 |
| 1,576 | Richard Maltby, Jr. | $32,885,652 | 1 | $32,885,652 |
| 1,577 | Imtiaz Ali | $32,808,917 | 2 | $16,404,459 |
| 1,578 | Philippe Le Guay | $32,746,387 | 2 | $16,373,194 |
| 1,579 | Domonic Paris | $32,732,296 | 2 | $16,366,148 |
| 1,580 | Kim Barker | $32,651,626 | 2 | $16,325,813 |
| 1,581 | Russell Mulcahy | $32,588,670 | 1 | $32,588,670 |
| 1,582 | John Kim | $32,588,670 | 1 | $32,588,670 |
| 1,583 | Stuart Zicherman | $32,414,911 | 1 | $32,414,911 |
| 1,584 | Raven Metzner | $32,414,911 | 1 | $32,414,911 |
| 1,585 | Stacey Menear | $32,401,396 | 1 | $32,401,396 |
| 1,586 | Steve Martin | $32,241,000 | 1 | $32,241,000 |
| 1,587 | Zhang Tan | $32,153,862 | 1 | $32,153,862 |
| 1,588 | Szeto Cheuk-Hon | $32,153,862 | 1 | $32,153,862 |
| 1,589 | Jason Filardi | $32,000,000 | 1 | $32,000,000 |
| 1,590 | Sue Smith | $31,662,764 | 1 | $31,662,764 |
| 1,591 | Jon Bokenkamp | $31,550,021 | 1 | $31,550,021 |
| 1,592 | Alan Bennett | $31,495,270 | 1 | $31,495,270 |
| 1,593 | Wong Ho-wah | $31,285,613 | 1 | $31,285,613 |
| 1,594 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | $31,227,941 | 2 | $15,613,971 |
| 1,595 | James Kearns | $31,200,000 | 1 | $31,200,000 |
| 1,596 | Michael Haneke | $31,069,759 | 2 | $15,534,880 |
| 1,597 | Neil Marshall | $31,026,597 | 1 | $31,026,597 |
| 1,598 | John Irving | $31,000,000 | 1 | $31,000,000 |
| 1,599 | Deborah Kaplan | $30,900,000 | 2 | $15,450,000 |
| 1,600 | Harry Elfont | $30,900,000 | 2 | $15,450,000 |
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.
