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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 Annie Mumolo $304,105,250 3 $101,368,417
1,002 Wellesley Wild $303,992,700 2 $151,996,350
1,003 XiaoPeng Tian $303,058,128 2 $151,529,064
1,004 Hampton Fancher $302,796,161 3 $100,932,054
1,005 Alejandro Amenábar $302,291,222 4 $75,572,806
1,006 Ronald Shusett $302,013,677 4 $75,503,419
1,007 Marc Norman $301,552,174 3 $100,517,391
1,008 Walon Green $301,488,946 4 $75,372,237
1,009 Jim V. Hart $300,854,823 1 $300,854,823
1,010 Tom Tykwer $300,107,528 5 $60,021,506
1,011 Michael Schiffer $298,853,275 4 $74,713,319
1,012 Greg Brooker $298,815,224 1 $298,815,224
1,013 Olivia Milch $297,718,711 1 $297,718,711
1,014 David McKenna $297,189,167 4 $74,297,292
1,015 Scott Cawthon $297,144,130 1 $297,144,130
1,016 Emma Tammi $297,144,130 1 $297,144,130
1,017 Seth Cuddeback $297,144,130 1 $297,144,130
1,018 Daniel Lee $296,528,678 2 $148,264,339
1,019 Cory Goodman $296,182,160 4 $74,045,540
1,020 Joshua Zetumer $295,819,788 2 $147,909,894
1,021 Josh Stolberg $295,798,414 4 $73,949,604
1,022 Joe Eszterhas $295,020,049 8 $36,877,506
1,023 Elaine May $294,935,734 4 $73,733,934
1,024 Hillary Seitz $294,220,781 6 $49,036,797
1,025 Larry Levin $294,156,605 1 $294,156,605
1,026 Ran Jianan $293,609,203 2 $146,804,602
1,027 Justin Zackham $293,440,284 4 $73,360,071
1,028 Larry Karaszewski $293,264,482 10 $29,326,448
1,029 Scott Alexander $293,264,482 10 $29,326,448
1,030 Mel Brooks $291,773,339 6 $48,628,890
1,031 Steven S. DeKnight $290,930,148 1 $290,930,148
1,032 Kira Snyder $290,930,148 1 $290,930,148
1,033 Mark Swift $290,440,186 3 $96,813,395
1,034 Damian Shannon $290,440,186 3 $96,813,395
1,035 Jessie Nelson $290,300,984 6 $48,383,497
1,036 Kristen Wiig $289,640,412 2 $144,820,206
1,037 Clark Gregg $288,941,112 2 $144,470,556
1,038 David Rabe $288,809,606 2 $144,404,803
1,039 Sam Bromell $288,116,153 2 $144,058,077
1,040 Michael Debruyn $287,916,633 1 $287,916,633
1,041 Vance Gerry $287,862,989 5 $57,572,598
1,042 Tom Papa $287,594,577 1 $287,594,577
1,043 Barry Marder $287,594,577 2 $143,797,289
1,044 Andy Robin $287,594,577 2 $143,797,289
1,045 Jerry Seinfeld $287,594,577 2 $143,797,289
1,046 Chuck Martin $287,594,577 1 $287,594,577
1,047 Spike Feresten $287,594,577 2 $143,797,289
1,048 Erica Li $287,003,868 4 $71,750,967
1,049 David Soren $286,896,578 1 $286,896,578
1,050 Adam Brooks $286,867,756 5 $57,373,551
1,051 Timothy Harris $286,676,353 3 $95,558,784
1,052 Will Davies $286,549,194 2 $143,274,597
1,053 Lori Evans Taylor $286,152,784 4 $71,538,196
1,054 Jay Lavender $285,898,903 2 $142,949,452
1,055 Stanley Kubrick $285,551,236 6 $47,591,873
1,056 John Zinman $285,508,293 3 $95,169,431
1,057 Patrick Massett $285,508,293 3 $95,169,431
1,058 Tracy Keenan Wynn $285,248,464 3 $95,082,821
1,059 Paul Thomas Anderson $284,788,075 9 $31,643,119
1,060 Gary Wang $283,506,625 2 $141,753,313
1,061 Neil Simon $283,138,545 12 $23,594,879
1,062 Michael Chabon $282,778,100 2 $141,389,050
1,063 Robert King $282,376,958 5 $56,475,392
1,064 Jonathan Lemkin $282,009,953 3 $94,003,318
1,065 Martin McDonagh $281,048,559 5 $56,209,712
1,066 Guo Jingming $280,975,806 5 $56,195,161
1,067 Todd W. Langen $280,656,813 2 $140,328,407
1,068 Jinliang Han $280,042,986 2 $140,021,493
1,069 Rich Wilkes $279,777,124 4 $69,944,281
1,070 Francis Ford Coppola $279,734,860 10 $27,973,486
1,071 Peter Weir $279,519,870 4 $69,879,968
1,072 Hideki Sonoda $279,484,099 6 $46,580,683
1,073 Takehiko Inoue $279,430,214 1 $279,430,214
1,074 Gina Wendkos $279,251,248 3 $93,083,749
1,075 Jeremy Leven $278,827,614 6 $46,471,269
1,076 John Eskow $278,757,999 3 $92,919,333
1,077 Akira Toriyama $278,391,171 3 $92,797,057
1,078 Peter Hedges $277,580,811 8 $34,697,601
1,079 Larry Gross $277,480,616 8 $34,685,077
1,080 Lem Dobbs $276,418,981 7 $39,488,426
1,081 Alastair Siddons $276,154,458 3 $92,051,486
1,082 Ian Goldberg $275,823,563 3 $91,941,188
1,083 Richard Naing $275,823,563 3 $91,941,188
1,084 Erdman Penner $274,802,913 5 $54,960,583
1,085 Erica Rivinoja $274,392,649 2 $137,196,325
1,086 Harry Elfont $274,037,259 7 $39,148,180
1,087 Deborah Kaplan $274,037,259 7 $39,148,180
1,088 Jerry Stahl $273,790,755 3 $91,263,585
1,089 Xue Xiaolu $272,157,564 3 $90,719,188
1,090 Ryan Murphy $272,008,485 3 $90,669,495
1,091 Jill Leung $271,844,751 3 $90,614,917
1,092 Tom O’Connor $271,657,364 4 $67,914,341
1,093 Li Yang $271,533,400 2 $135,766,700
1,094 Mike Jones $271,404,051 3 $90,468,017
1,095 Rod Barr $271,321,278 2 $135,660,639
1,096 Tracy Oliver $271,038,117 5 $54,207,623
1,097 Jim Strain $270,769,329 2 $135,384,665
1,098 Chris Chow $270,661,042 4 $67,665,261
1,099 Brannon Braga $270,000,000 2 $135,000,000
1,100 Ronald D. Moore $270,000,000 2 $135,000,000

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.