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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | J.C. Chandor | $19,525,084 | 3 | $6,508,361 |
| 1,902 | Tom Butterworth | $19,453,022 | 2 | $9,726,511 |
| 1,903 | Ben Ketai | $19,289,634 | 2 | $9,644,817 |
| 1,904 | Jerusha Hess | $19,174,302 | 3 | $6,391,434 |
| 1,905 | Paul Hernandez | $19,169,905 | 1 | $19,169,905 |
| 1,906 | Jared Hess | $19,098,469 | 2 | $9,549,235 |
| 1,907 | Owen Wilson | $19,077,240 | 1 | $19,077,240 |
| 1,908 | Todd Casey | $19,062,918 | 1 | $19,062,918 |
| 1,909 | Zach Shields | $19,062,918 | 2 | $9,531,459 |
| 1,910 | Travis Cluff | $18,989,471 | 1 | $18,989,471 |
| 1,911 | Chris Lofing | $18,989,471 | 1 | $18,989,471 |
| 1,912 | Lars Gudmestad | $18,988,730 | 1 | $18,988,730 |
| 1,913 | Paula Pell | $18,986,015 | 2 | $9,493,008 |
| 1,914 | Andrew Bovell | $18,831,035 | 1 | $18,831,035 |
| 1,915 | Mark H. Young | $18,827,520 | 3 | $6,275,840 |
| 1,916 | Kelly Ward | $18,827,520 | 2 | $9,413,760 |
| 1,917 | Daniel Monzon | $18,800,000 | 1 | $18,800,000 |
| 1,918 | Akshat Verma | $18,757,072 | 1 | $18,757,072 |
| 1,919 | John J. McLaughlin | $18,734,167 | 1 | $18,734,167 |
| 1,920 | Umesh Shukla | $18,602,281 | 1 | $18,602,281 |
| 1,921 | Rodrigo Cortes | $18,595,724 | 2 | $9,297,862 |
| 1,922 | Kieran Fitzgerald | $18,502,013 | 2 | $9,251,007 |
| 1,923 | Marshall Brickman | $18,235,719 | 2 | $9,117,860 |
| 1,924 | Rick Elice | $18,235,719 | 1 | $18,235,719 |
| 1,925 | Lee Anthony Smith | $18,200,000 | 1 | $18,200,000 |
| 1,926 | Gregory J. Bradley | $18,200,000 | 1 | $18,200,000 |
| 1,927 | Simon Wells | $18,157,000 | 1 | $18,157,000 |
| 1,928 | Wendy Wells | $18,157,000 | 1 | $18,157,000 |
| 1,929 | Richard D'Ovidio | $18,151,624 | 3 | $6,050,541 |
| 1,930 | Pierce Gradner | $18,026,038 | 1 | $18,026,038 |
| 1,931 | Shawn Harwell | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 1,932 | Rose Kaufman | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 1,933 | Philip Kaufman | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 1,934 | Sung-soo Kim | $17,987,774 | 1 | $17,987,774 |
| 1,935 | Keith Thompson | $17,944,173 | 1 | $17,944,173 |
| 1,936 | Tony Briggs | $17,944,173 | 1 | $17,944,173 |
| 1,937 | Daisuke Tengan | $17,924,662 | 1 | $17,924,662 |
| 1,938 | Isao Takahata | $17,799,508 | 2 | $8,899,754 |
| 1,939 | Bert V. Royal | $17,799,257 | 1 | $17,799,257 |
| 1,940 | Franck Magnier | $17,793,891 | 1 | $17,793,891 |
| 1,941 | Alexander Charlot | $17,793,891 | 1 | $17,793,891 |
| 1,942 | Ric Roman Waugh | $17,789,278 | 3 | $5,929,759 |
| 1,943 | Serge Joncour | $17,788,331 | 1 | $17,788,331 |
| 1,944 | David Swift | $17,668,900 | 1 | $17,668,900 |
| 1,945 | Thomas Vinterberg | $17,622,608 | 1 | $17,622,608 |
| 1,946 | Halsted Welles | $17,564,909 | 1 | $17,564,909 |
| 1,947 | Steve Rogers | $17,519,173 | 1 | $17,519,173 |
| 1,948 | Joel Edgerton | $17,448,940 | 4 | $4,362,235 |
| 1,949 | Arcel Heisterberg | $17,436,516 | 1 | $17,436,516 |
| 1,950 | Rasmus Heisterberg | $17,436,516 | 1 | $17,436,516 |
| 1,951 | Robert Dunn | $17,419,801 | 1 | $17,419,801 |
| 1,952 | Barbara Curry | $17,395,873 | 1 | $17,395,873 |
| 1,953 | Richard Kelly | $17,320,790 | 2 | $8,660,395 |
| 1,954 | Paul Scheuring | $17,297,731 | 1 | $17,297,731 |
| 1,955 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $17,281,740 | 1 | $17,281,740 |
| 1,956 | Michael Thomas | $17,218,147 | 2 | $8,609,074 |
| 1,957 | Emi Mochizuki | $17,115,307 | 2 | $8,557,654 |
| 1,958 | Carrie Evans | $17,115,307 | 2 | $8,557,654 |
| 1,959 | Laurent Turner | $17,110,000 | 2 | $8,555,000 |
| 1,960 | Nicolas Cuche | $17,110,000 | 1 | $17,110,000 |
| 1,961 | Masashi Kishimoto | $17,086,320 | 1 | $17,086,320 |
| 1,962 | Ukyo Kodachi | $17,086,320 | 1 | $17,086,320 |
| 1,963 | Angela Workman | $17,076,364 | 2 | $8,538,182 |
| 1,964 | Harmony Korine | $17,024,965 | 2 | $8,512,483 |
| 1,965 | Bill Holderman | $16,973,752 | 2 | $8,486,876 |
| 1,966 | Chris Bowman | $16,857,754 | 2 | $8,428,877 |
| 1,967 | Hubbel Palmer | $16,857,754 | 2 | $8,428,877 |
| 1,968 | Fernando León de Aranoa | $16,839,609 | 2 | $8,419,805 |
| 1,969 | Kristofor Brown | $16,824,159 | 1 | $16,824,159 |
| 1,970 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $16,790,875 | 1 | $16,790,875 |
| 1,971 | Kang Je-Kyu | $16,583,311 | 1 | $16,583,311 |
| 1,972 | Kim Byung | $16,583,311 | 1 | $16,583,311 |
| 1,973 | Na hyun | $16,583,311 | 1 | $16,583,311 |
| 1,974 | Chuck Hogan | $16,558,151 | 1 | $16,558,151 |
| 1,975 | April Blair | $16,500,000 | 1 | $16,500,000 |
| 1,976 | Kelly Bowe | $16,500,000 | 1 | $16,500,000 |
| 1,977 | Er Cheng | $16,447,918 | 1 | $16,447,918 |
| 1,978 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $16,410,548 | 2 | $8,205,274 |
| 1,979 | Xu Zhaoqing | $16,378,896 | 1 | $16,378,896 |
| 1,980 | Tan Cheung | $16,378,896 | 1 | $16,378,896 |
| 1,981 | Tracy Letts | $16,367,465 | 3 | $5,455,822 |
| 1,982 | Mikko Alanne | $16,243,307 | 3 | $5,414,436 |
| 1,983 | Stephen Jeffreys | $16,225,181 | 2 | $8,112,591 |
| 1,984 | Tom Vaughan | $16,163,013 | 1 | $16,163,013 |
| 1,985 | Gabrielle Allan | $16,152,701 | 1 | $16,152,701 |
| 1,986 | Jennifer Crittenden | $16,152,701 | 1 | $16,152,701 |
| 1,987 | Saiwyn Quadras | $16,147,200 | 3 | $5,382,400 |
| 1,988 | Ian Roberts | $16,100,000 | 1 | $16,100,000 |
| 1,989 | Jay Martel | $16,100,000 | 1 | $16,100,000 |
| 1,990 | Paul Laverty | $16,087,469 | 3 | $5,362,490 |
| 1,991 | Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh | $16,061,975 | 3 | $5,353,992 |
| 1,992 | David Rosier | $15,982,351 | 2 | $7,991,176 |
| 1,993 | Lisa Azuelos | $15,909,615 | 2 | $7,954,808 |
| 1,994 | Josh Heald | $15,835,841 | 3 | $5,278,614 |
| 1,995 | Anjum Rajabali | $15,819,677 | 2 | $7,909,839 |
| 1,996 | Prakash Jha | $15,819,677 | 2 | $7,909,839 |
| 1,997 | Charles Martin Smith | $15,800,000 | 1 | $15,800,000 |
| 1,998 | Stephen Amidon | $15,751,934 | 1 | $15,751,934 |
| 1,999 | Jeremy Garelick | $15,711,385 | 1 | $15,711,385 |
| 2,000 | Rebecca Blunt | $15,672,510 | 1 | $15,672,510 |
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.
