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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Judith Thurman | $258,210,860 | 1 | $258,210,860 |
| 1,002 | David Bowers | $256,602,946 | 3 | $85,534,315 |
| 1,003 | Chad St. John | $256,032,270 | 3 | $85,344,090 |
| 1,004 | Walon Green | $255,807,464 | 3 | $85,269,155 |
| 1,005 | Lin Qian | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,006 | Li Yang | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,007 | Wu Bing | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,008 | Dong Zhe | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,009 | Huang Xin | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,010 | Jeff Fradley | $255,416,089 | 1 | $255,416,089 |
| 1,011 | Spike Lee | $255,064,967 | 16 | $15,941,560 |
| 1,012 | Eddie Murphy | $254,830,869 | 2 | $127,415,435 |
| 1,013 | Ken Kaufman | $254,484,866 | 5 | $50,896,973 |
| 1,014 | Peter Berg | $253,601,435 | 4 | $63,400,359 |
| 1,015 | Han Jin-won | $253,267,858 | 1 | $253,267,858 |
| 1,016 | Michael Schiffer | $252,237,208 | 3 | $84,079,069 |
| 1,017 | Tom Shepherd | $251,509,294 | 1 | $251,509,294 |
| 1,018 | Hilary Winston | $250,901,649 | 1 | $250,901,649 |
| 1,019 | Don McEnery | $250,700,000 | 1 | $250,700,000 |
| 1,020 | Justin Rhodes | $250,374,163 | 2 | $125,187,082 |
| 1,021 | Bryan Schulz | $250,091,610 | 3 | $83,363,870 |
| 1,022 | Cornelius Uliano | $250,091,610 | 3 | $83,363,870 |
| 1,023 | Craig Schulz | $250,091,610 | 2 | $125,045,805 |
| 1,024 | Sergio G. Sanchez | $248,840,799 | 2 | $124,420,400 |
| 1,025 | Jeff Arch | $248,522,397 | 2 | $124,261,199 |
| 1,026 | Lionel Wigram | $248,148,071 | 2 | $124,074,036 |
| 1,027 | Bennett Yellin | $247,050,881 | 2 | $123,525,441 |
| 1,028 | Chris Noonan | $246,100,000 | 1 | $246,100,000 |
| 1,029 | Jim Taylor | $245,938,591 | 3 | $81,979,530 |
| 1,030 | Edmund H. North | $245,770,350 | 2 | $122,885,175 |
| 1,031 | Ross Lamanna | $245,331,806 | 2 | $122,665,903 |
| 1,032 | Jim Kauf | $245,300,000 | 1 | $245,300,000 |
| 1,033 | Kenya Barris | $245,194,337 | 7 | $35,027,762 |
| 1,034 | John Turman | $245,031,679 | 1 | $245,031,679 |
| 1,035 | Gary Scott Thompson | $244,844,593 | 4 | $61,211,148 |
| 1,036 | Abhijat Joshi | $244,594,066 | 4 | $61,148,517 |
| 1,037 | Herman Yau | $244,235,072 | 2 | $122,117,536 |
| 1,038 | James Gray | $243,498,459 | 7 | $34,785,494 |
| 1,039 | Michael Weiss | $243,180,937 | 3 | $81,060,312 |
| 1,040 | Jennifer Flockett | $243,180,937 | 1 | $243,180,937 |
| 1,041 | John Patrick Shanley | $243,116,717 | 6 | $40,519,453 |
| 1,042 | Tracy Keenan Wynn | $242,240,389 | 2 | $121,120,195 |
| 1,043 | Brian Burns | $241,504,989 | 1 | $241,504,989 |
| 1,044 | J. Mills Goodloe | $241,359,287 | 5 | $48,271,857 |
| 1,045 | Fede Álvarez | $241,091,039 | 3 | $80,363,680 |
| 1,046 | Karen Leigh Hopkins | $241,029,082 | 7 | $34,432,726 |
| 1,047 | Ben Falcone | $240,919,773 | 4 | $60,229,943 |
| 1,048 | Melissa McCarthy | $240,919,773 | 3 | $80,306,591 |
| 1,049 | Allison Moore | $240,185,741 | 1 | $240,185,741 |
| 1,050 | Matt Greenberg | $240,138,337 | 3 | $80,046,112 |
| 1,051 | Paul Hogan | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 1,052 | Brett Hogan | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 1,053 | Kieth Merrill | $239,000,000 | 1 | $239,000,000 |
| 1,054 | Rajkumar Hirani | $238,676,197 | 3 | $79,558,732 |
| 1,055 | Zak Olkewitz | $238,534,963 | 1 | $238,534,963 |
| 1,056 | Shu Huan | $237,273,381 | 1 | $237,273,381 |
| 1,057 | Seven Su | $237,273,381 | 1 | $237,273,381 |
| 1,058 | Peter A. Dowling | $237,164,791 | 4 | $59,291,198 |
| 1,059 | Oren Peli | $236,594,755 | 2 | $118,297,378 |
| 1,060 | Jamie Linden | $236,487,244 | 3 | $78,829,081 |
| 1,061 | Don DaGradi | $236,371,462 | 4 | $59,092,866 |
| 1,062 | Stephen Schiff | $235,927,239 | 4 | $58,981,810 |
| 1,063 | William D. Wittliff | $235,517,428 | 6 | $39,252,905 |
| 1,064 | Tina Fey | $234,920,498 | 2 | $117,460,249 |
| 1,065 | Tony Puryear | $234,400,000 | 1 | $234,400,000 |
| 1,066 | Alex Garland | $234,015,567 | 9 | $26,001,730 |
| 1,067 | Christopher Kyle | $233,922,601 | 4 | $58,480,650 |
| 1,068 | Scott Marshall Smith | $233,686,351 | 5 | $46,737,270 |
| 1,069 | Scott Armstrong | $232,313,823 | 3 | $77,437,941 |
| 1,070 | Graham Moore | $231,718,221 | 4 | $57,929,555 |
| 1,071 | Bill Dubuque | $231,471,431 | 7 | $33,067,347 |
| 1,072 | Jon Favreau | $231,374,370 | 4 | $57,843,593 |
| 1,073 | Charise Castro Smith | $231,041,599 | 1 | $231,041,599 |
| 1,074 | Peter Steinfeld | $230,821,562 | 5 | $46,164,312 |
| 1,075 | Xu Yimen | $230,104,810 | 1 | $230,104,810 |
| 1,076 | Lam Wing-sum Lam | $230,104,810 | 1 | $230,104,810 |
| 1,077 | Li Yuan | $230,104,810 | 1 | $230,104,810 |
| 1,078 | Paul Tamasy | $228,961,211 | 7 | $32,708,744 |
| 1,079 | John Swetnam | $228,856,630 | 5 | $45,771,326 |
| 1,080 | Steve Franks | $228,641,283 | 1 | $228,641,283 |
| 1,081 | Hideaki Anno | $228,293,442 | 5 | $45,658,688 |
| 1,082 | Ed Naha | $227,242,346 | 2 | $113,621,173 |
| 1,083 | Jarrad Paul | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,084 | Andrew Mogel | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,085 | Tom G. Glazer | $226,739,416 | 1 | $226,739,416 |
| 1,086 | John Thomas | $226,202,142 | 3 | $75,400,714 |
| 1,087 | Matt R. Allen | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,088 | Caleb Wilson | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,089 | John Sayles | $225,665,782 | 16 | $14,104,111 |
| 1,090 | Jay Cocks | $225,375,743 | 3 | $75,125,248 |
| 1,091 | Rob Sprackling | $225,288,293 | 2 | $112,644,147 |
| 1,092 | Craig Bolotin | $224,768,842 | 5 | $44,953,768 |
| 1,093 | Leslie Bohem | $224,279,721 | 3 | $74,759,907 |
| 1,094 | Dana Olsen | $224,203,536 | 3 | $74,734,512 |
| 1,095 | David Arata | $224,010,337 | 4 | $56,002,584 |
| 1,096 | Nikolaj Arcel | $224,004,545 | 3 | $74,668,182 |
| 1,097 | Alejandro Amenábar | $223,612,585 | 2 | $111,806,293 |
| 1,098 | Anne Rice | $223,564,608 | 1 | $223,564,608 |
| 1,099 | Susanna Fogel | $223,337,887 | 4 | $55,834,472 |
| 1,100 | Craig Tiley | $223,050,874 | 1 | $223,050,874 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.