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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)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
101 Billy Ray $1,915,319,569 15 $127,687,971
102 Eric Darnell $1,903,161,611 3 $634,387,204
103 Nicholas Stoller $1,880,620,824 16 $117,538,802
104 Allison Schroeder $1,879,062,217 4 $469,765,554
105 Dean DeBlois $1,876,852,681 5 $375,370,536
106 Jane Goldman $1,874,873,932 9 $208,319,326
107 J.K. Rowling $1,864,739,869 3 $621,579,956
108 Etan Cohen $1,863,793,587 8 $232,974,198
109 Adam Sandler $1,858,910,849 14 $132,779,346
110 John Hughes $1,835,019,878 19 $96,579,994
111 Rian Johnson $1,834,244,288 5 $366,848,858
112 Joe Stillman $1,831,773,319 5 $366,354,664
113 James Vanderbilt $1,817,771,573 12 $151,480,964
114 Eric Warren Singer $1,804,707,128 6 $300,784,521
115 Damon Lindelof $1,796,758,320 6 $299,459,720
116 Dan Fogelman $1,788,306,133 10 $178,830,613
117 Jon Spaihts $1,781,840,293 5 $356,368,059
118 Yoni Brenner $1,781,689,790 3 $593,896,597
119 David Magee $1,775,406,657 11 $161,400,605
120 John Hamburg $1,760,690,564 10 $176,069,056
121 David Callaham $1,757,119,348 7 $251,017,050
122 Greta Gerwig $1,747,741,522 5 $349,548,304
123 Shane Black $1,746,014,487 9 $194,001,610
124 Karey Kirkpatrick $1,731,959,399 12 $144,329,950
125 Peter S. Seaman $1,731,400,685 5 $346,280,137
126 Jeffrey Price $1,731,400,685 5 $346,280,137
127 John Francis Daley $1,702,635,597 8 $212,829,450
128 Jonathan Goldstein $1,702,635,597 8 $212,829,450
129 Pete Docter $1,702,052,912 3 $567,350,971
130 Eric Pearson $1,698,277,761 4 $424,569,440
131 Robert L. Baird $1,698,210,460 3 $566,070,153
132 Jon Vitti $1,685,447,609 5 $337,089,522
133 Paul Haggis $1,676,705,876 8 $209,588,235
134 Guy Ritchie $1,672,012,917 12 $139,334,410
135 Michael Berg $1,668,038,162 3 $556,012,721
136 Ed Solomon $1,636,336,790 11 $148,757,890
137 William Broyles Jr. $1,598,033,445 6 $266,338,908
138 Simon Beaufoy $1,596,774,661 10 $159,677,466
139 Danny Strong $1,590,688,044 5 $318,137,609
140 Matthew Vaughn $1,571,056,458 7 $224,436,637
141 Max Borenstein $1,569,803,508 6 $261,633,918
142 Michael Crichton $1,567,235,462 6 $261,205,910
143 Robert Towne $1,565,001,689 10 $156,500,169
144 David Ayer $1,557,677,457 10 $155,767,746
145 Craig Mazin $1,556,460,222 8 $194,557,528
146 Richard Curtis $1,549,919,645 12 $129,159,970
147 Josh Appelbaum $1,540,149,683 4 $385,037,421
148 Andre Nemec $1,540,149,683 5 $308,029,937
149 Jonathan Hensleigh $1,531,202,151 10 $153,120,215
150 Joel Coen $1,518,651,636 26 $58,409,678
151 William Nicholson $1,502,095,250 12 $125,174,604
152 Christopher L. Yost $1,499,648,374 3 $499,882,791
153 James Mangold $1,498,973,014 10 $149,897,301
154 Peter Farrelly $1,496,743,001 14 $106,910,214
155 Tim Herlihy $1,492,447,623 11 $135,677,057
156 Brian Helgeland $1,483,235,585 17 $87,249,152
157 Cary Joji Fukunaga $1,467,069,716 4 $366,767,429
158 Justin Haythe $1,447,012,407 7 $206,716,058
159 Adam McKay $1,446,776,895 10 $144,677,690
160 Justin Lin $1,437,758,043 3 $479,252,681
161 Peter Ackerman $1,425,058,348 3 $475,019,449
162 Hayao Miyazaki $1,416,213,995 10 $141,621,400
163 Mike Reiss $1,413,757,839 2 $706,878,920
164 Stephen Sommers $1,407,510,586 8 $175,938,823
165 Jonathan Roberts $1,403,313,663 6 $233,885,611
166 Geneva Robertson $1,403,053,595 2 $701,526,798
167 Don Rhymer $1,391,337,682 8 $173,917,210
168 Gary Ross $1,389,742,348 7 $198,534,621
169 John Morris $1,382,049,249 11 $125,640,841
170 Sean Anders $1,382,049,249 11 $125,640,841
171 George Miller $1,379,870,982 10 $137,987,098
172 Scott Silver $1,374,521,752 5 $274,904,350
173 Richard Wenk $1,358,803,241 13 $104,523,326
174 Paul W.S. Anderson $1,349,820,959 8 $168,727,620
175 Edgar Wright $1,348,456,966 8 $168,557,121
176 Woody Allen $1,342,569,329 49 $27,399,374
177 Adam Sztykiel $1,341,545,092 7 $191,649,299
178 John Musker $1,339,815,211 5 $267,963,042
179 Ron Clements $1,339,815,211 5 $267,963,042
180 Laeta Kalogridis $1,331,632,768 5 $266,326,554
181 Thomas Lennon $1,328,430,057 6 $221,405,010
182 Nancy Meyers $1,322,782,714 12 $110,231,893
183 Chris Sanders $1,313,739,414 4 $328,434,854
184 Robert Rodriguez $1,310,760,280 19 $68,987,383
185 Fan Guo (郭帆) $1,306,261,993 2 $653,130,997
186 Gong Geer $1,306,261,993 2 $653,130,997
187 David Ronn $1,302,355,800 5 $260,471,160
188 Jay Scherick $1,302,355,800 5 $260,471,160
189 Stephen Chbosky $1,301,766,786 2 $650,883,393
190 Tommy Swerdlow $1,298,725,251 6 $216,454,209
191 Emily Carmichael $1,294,934,740 2 $647,467,370
192 Dean Georgaris $1,291,071,205 6 $215,178,534
193 Matt Reeves $1,283,813,145 3 $427,937,715
194 Steven E. de Souza $1,281,489,560 15 $85,432,637
195 Melissa Mathison $1,281,230,312 6 $213,538,385
196 Ethan Coen $1,258,344,495 25 $50,333,780
197 Michael Dougherty $1,242,518,129 4 $310,629,532
198 Robert Zemeckis $1,241,639,223 11 $112,876,293
199 Paul Rudd $1,236,503,935 3 $412,167,978
200 Will Beall $1,235,950,605 3 $411,983,535

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.