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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Kate Angelo | $214,372,547 | 3 | $71,457,516 |
| 1,302 | William Blake Herron | $214,357,371 | 1 | $214,357,371 |
| 1,303 | Billy Crystal | $214,069,625 | 5 | $42,813,925 |
| 1,304 | Jeff Maguire | $214,047,058 | 2 | $107,023,529 |
| 1,305 | Kuo-jung Tsai | $213,966,221 | 1 | $213,966,221 |
| 1,306 | Irena Brignull | $213,926,016 | 2 | $106,963,008 |
| 1,307 | Hermes Lu | $213,741,420 | 2 | $106,870,710 |
| 1,308 | Jon Erwin | $213,733,062 | 9 | $23,748,118 |
| 1,309 | Alex Proyas | $213,707,378 | 2 | $106,853,689 |
| 1,310 | Chris Bertolini | $213,463,976 | 1 | $213,463,976 |
| 1,311 | Andrew Knight | $213,442,549 | 3 | $71,147,516 |
| 1,312 | Tate Taylor | $213,120,004 | 1 | $213,120,004 |
| 1,313 | Jeff Lowell | $212,777,772 | 3 | $70,925,924 |
| 1,314 | Kabir Khan | $212,536,455 | 4 | $53,134,114 |
| 1,315 | Kevin Smith | $212,499,575 | 15 | $14,166,638 |
| 1,316 | Michael Markowitz | $212,417,601 | 1 | $212,417,601 |
| 1,317 | James Lapine | $212,416,317 | 1 | $212,416,317 |
| 1,318 | C. Jay Cox | $212,303,023 | 2 | $106,151,512 |
| 1,319 | Ronan Bennett | $212,282,979 | 2 | $106,141,490 |
| 1,320 | Tim Firth | $211,697,288 | 4 | $52,924,322 |
| 1,321 | Vlas Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,322 | Charles Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,323 | Nat Faxon | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,324 | Jim Rash | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,325 | Benny Chan | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,326 | Ryan Ling | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,327 | Tim Tong | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,328 | Menno Meyjes | $211,090,490 | 3 | $70,363,497 |
| 1,329 | Chris Butler | $211,061,020 | 5 | $42,212,204 |
| 1,330 | Mike Flanagan | $210,533,923 | 8 | $26,316,740 |
| 1,331 | Mark Boal | $210,522,982 | 4 | $52,630,746 |
| 1,332 | Lui Koon Nam | $210,160,794 | 5 | $42,032,159 |
| 1,333 | John Hodge | $209,847,044 | 8 | $26,230,881 |
| 1,334 | An Wei | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,335 | Yu Pan | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,336 | Shing-Ming Ho | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,337 | Maria Melnik | $209,108,791 | 3 | $69,702,930 |
| 1,338 | Shauna Cross | $209,064,271 | 4 | $52,266,068 |
| 1,339 | Terry Gilliam | $208,998,620 | 9 | $23,222,069 |
| 1,340 | Howard Sackler | $208,900,376 | 2 | $104,450,188 |
| 1,341 | Jojo Moyes | $208,777,425 | 2 | $104,388,713 |
| 1,342 | Kevin Wade | $208,488,220 | 2 | $104,244,110 |
| 1,343 | Anya Kochoff | $208,298,323 | 3 | $69,432,774 |
| 1,344 | David Guggenheim | $207,884,401 | 2 | $103,942,201 |
| 1,345 | Michael Gilio | $207,854,947 | 2 | $103,927,474 |
| 1,346 | Alex Tse | $207,715,573 | 2 | $103,857,787 |
| 1,347 | Eric Johnson | $207,609,215 | 4 | $51,902,304 |
| 1,348 | Hans Bauer | $207,325,300 | 2 | $103,662,650 |
| 1,349 | Roman Polanski | $207,272,095 | 8 | $25,909,012 |
| 1,350 | Kevin Yegher | $207,068,340 | 1 | $207,068,340 |
| 1,351 | Darryl Quarles | $206,982,244 | 2 | $103,491,122 |
| 1,352 | Guy Laurent | $206,661,371 | 2 | $103,330,686 |
| 1,353 | Philippe de Chauveron | $206,661,371 | 2 | $103,330,686 |
| 1,354 | Jennifer Salt | $206,598,789 | 1 | $206,598,789 |
| 1,355 | Eric Bergquist | $206,458,372 | 1 | $206,458,372 |
| 1,356 | Sarah Smith | $206,287,577 | 3 | $68,762,526 |
| 1,357 | Bob Schooley | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,358 | Mark McCorkle | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,359 | Zachary Sklar | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,360 | Ding Ding (丁叮) | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,361 | Nicole Eastman | $205,298,907 | 1 | $205,298,907 |
| 1,362 | David Seltzer | $205,256,306 | 6 | $34,209,384 |
| 1,363 | Larry Wilson | $205,063,025 | 2 | $102,531,513 |
| 1,364 | John Rogers | $204,973,831 | 3 | $68,324,610 |
| 1,365 | Stephen Susco | $204,680,933 | 4 | $51,170,233 |
| 1,366 | Greg Coolidge | $204,614,877 | 3 | $68,204,959 |
| 1,367 | Xiaohan Han | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,368 | Chucen Zhou | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,369 | Mengdi Xiu | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,370 | Carl Ellsworth | $204,040,881 | 3 | $68,013,627 |
| 1,371 | Nathan Alexander | $203,932,174 | 1 | $203,932,174 |
| 1,372 | Mike Cerrone | $203,323,248 | 2 | $101,661,624 |
| 1,373 | Bruce W. Cameron | $203,055,427 | 2 | $101,527,714 |
| 1,374 | Karen McCullah | $202,223,185 | 4 | $50,555,796 |
| 1,375 | Jonathan Herman | $202,182,981 | 2 | $101,091,491 |
| 1,376 | Murray Salem | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,377 | Bobby Herbeck | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,378 | Lorene Scafaria | $201,647,837 | 5 | $40,329,567 |
| 1,379 | Tom Hedley | $201,463,574 | 1 | $201,463,574 |
| 1,380 | Brooklyn El-Omar | $201,387,600 | 1 | $201,387,600 |
| 1,381 | Amy Schumer | $201,253,455 | 2 | $100,626,728 |
| 1,382 | James Lee Barrett | $201,186,765 | 6 | $33,531,128 |
| 1,383 | Burr Steers | $200,654,239 | 3 | $66,884,746 |
| 1,384 | Larry McMurtry | $200,292,584 | 3 | $66,764,195 |
| 1,385 | Nia DaCosta | $199,878,222 | 4 | $49,969,556 |
| 1,386 | Megan McDonnell | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,387 | Elissa Karasik | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,388 | Kate Kondell | $199,155,167 | 2 | $99,577,584 |
| 1,389 | Alex Ross Perry | $198,762,659 | 8 | $24,845,332 |
| 1,390 | Celine Garcia | $198,502,059 | 3 | $66,167,353 |
| 1,391 | Huang Bo | $198,330,770 | 1 | $198,330,770 |
| 1,392 | Gill Dennis | $198,327,905 | 3 | $66,109,302 |
| 1,393 | Terrence Malick | $198,268,565 | 9 | $22,029,841 |
| 1,394 | Dan Studney | $197,687,603 | 1 | $197,687,603 |
| 1,395 | Jason Katims | $197,618,160 | 2 | $98,809,080 |
| 1,396 | Steve Box | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,397 | Nick Park | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,398 | Bob Baker | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,399 | Tim Cahill | $197,590,128 | 2 | $98,795,064 |
| 1,400 | Stacey Harman | $197,578,586 | 1 | $197,578,586 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.