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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | George Wing | $196,320,329 | 1 | $196,320,329 |
| 1,402 | Checco Zalone | $195,837,702 | 3 | $65,279,234 |
| 1,403 | Sandor Stern | $195,608,193 | 2 | $97,804,097 |
| 1,404 | Warren Lewis | $195,591,111 | 2 | $97,795,556 |
| 1,405 | David Dorfman | $195,484,552 | 1 | $195,484,552 |
| 1,406 | David Loucka | $195,457,081 | 4 | $48,864,270 |
| 1,407 | Roger Avary | $195,217,018 | 2 | $97,608,509 |
| 1,408 | Neil Gaiman | $195,080,579 | 1 | $195,080,579 |
| 1,409 | Gene Quintano | $194,955,770 | 10 | $19,495,577 |
| 1,410 | Melissa Stack | $194,270,103 | 2 | $97,135,052 |
| 1,411 | George Gatins | $194,169,619 | 1 | $194,169,619 |
| 1,412 | Elvis Man | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,413 | Yin Yiyi | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,414 | Kyle Hunter | $193,912,354 | 2 | $96,956,177 |
| 1,415 | Ariel Shaffir | $193,912,354 | 2 | $96,956,177 |
| 1,416 | Dan Gordon | $193,889,320 | 13 | $14,914,563 |
| 1,417 | Emily Cook | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,418 | Kelly Asbury | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,419 | Andy Riley | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,420 | Kevin Cecil | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,421 | Kathy Greenburg | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,422 | John R. Smith | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,423 | Steve Hamilton Shaw | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,424 | Dana Fukazawa | $192,617,891 | 1 | $192,617,891 |
| 1,425 | Jon Foster | $192,148,490 | 1 | $192,148,490 |
| 1,426 | Lamont James | $192,148,490 | 1 | $192,148,490 |
| 1,427 | Su Lun | $191,940,584 | 2 | $95,970,292 |
| 1,428 | Joshua Oppenheimer | $191,358,374 | 4 | $47,839,594 |
| 1,429 | Thomas Dean Donnelly | $191,095,248 | 3 | $63,698,416 |
| 1,430 | Qui Nguyen | $190,945,607 | 2 | $95,472,804 |
| 1,431 | Jerry Juhl | $190,219,978 | 5 | $38,043,996 |
| 1,432 | Laurence Dworet | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,433 | Robert Roy Pool | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,434 | Ben Ripley | $189,368,010 | 5 | $37,873,602 |
| 1,435 | Oz Perkins | $189,300,631 | 7 | $27,042,947 |
| 1,436 | James Orr | $189,239,189 | 2 | $94,619,595 |
| 1,437 | Sun Xiaohang | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,438 | Jill Culton | $188,668,889 | 1 | $188,668,889 |
| 1,439 | Alan Parker | $188,665,651 | 4 | $47,166,413 |
| 1,440 | Blake Edwards | $188,599,411 | 15 | $12,573,294 |
| 1,441 | John Phillips | $188,531,990 | 2 | $94,265,995 |
| 1,442 | Andrew Dodge | $188,173,010 | 2 | $94,086,505 |
| 1,443 | Mamoru Hosoda | $187,417,240 | 4 | $46,854,310 |
| 1,444 | Nicholas Pileggi | $187,361,053 | 6 | $31,226,842 |
| 1,445 | Buck Henry | $187,309,611 | 7 | $26,758,516 |
| 1,446 | Tom Laughlin | $187,000,000 | 2 | $93,500,000 |
| 1,447 | Delores Taylor | $187,000,000 | 2 | $93,500,000 |
| 1,448 | Max Landis | $186,992,297 | 8 | $23,374,037 |
| 1,449 | Aaron Stockard | $186,925,911 | 2 | $93,462,956 |
| 1,450 | Marti Noxon | $186,715,808 | 3 | $62,238,603 |
| 1,451 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | $186,450,317 | 1 | $186,450,317 |
| 1,452 | David Robert Mitchell | $186,244,680 | 6 | $31,040,780 |
| 1,453 | Erica Lee | $185,427,900 | 1 | $185,427,900 |
| 1,454 | Park Soo-Jin | $185,427,109 | 2 | $92,713,555 |
| 1,455 | Lu Yang | $184,820,261 | 2 | $92,410,131 |
| 1,456 | Luke Davies | $184,809,831 | 6 | $30,801,639 |
| 1,457 | Matthew Sand | $184,543,010 | 2 | $92,271,505 |
| 1,458 | John Glenn | $183,911,863 | 3 | $61,303,954 |
| 1,459 | Choi Dong-hoon | $183,894,831 | 2 | $91,947,416 |
| 1,460 | Jessica Sharzer | $183,212,662 | 4 | $45,803,166 |
| 1,461 | Sunny Luk | $183,128,068 | 3 | $61,042,689 |
| 1,462 | Elizabeth Hannah | $182,936,715 | 3 | $60,978,905 |
| 1,463 | Anders Thomas Jensen | $182,158,256 | 8 | $22,769,782 |
| 1,464 | Daniel G. Sullivan | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,465 | Fredric Lebow | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,466 | Hiroshi Seko | $182,025,745 | 5 | $36,405,149 |
| 1,467 | Steve Knight | $181,891,275 | 3 | $60,630,425 |
| 1,468 | Da Guang | $181,864,321 | 2 | $90,932,161 |
| 1,469 | Da Kuan | $181,864,321 | 2 | $90,932,161 |
| 1,470 | Nicholas Kazan | $181,522,520 | 5 | $36,304,504 |
| 1,471 | Douglas Kenney | $181,456,966 | 2 | $90,728,483 |
| 1,472 | Gregory Widen | $181,360,245 | 3 | $60,453,415 |
| 1,473 | Jon Hartmere | $181,340,014 | 3 | $60,446,671 |
| 1,474 | David Pearce | $181,222,851 | 1 | $181,222,851 |
| 1,475 | Martin Scorsese | $181,213,377 | 3 | $60,404,459 |
| 1,476 | Marc Silverman | $181,053,657 | 1 | $181,053,657 |
| 1,477 | Bill Marsilii | $181,038,616 | 1 | $181,038,616 |
| 1,478 | Gregory Allen Howard | $180,807,270 | 3 | $60,269,090 |
| 1,479 | Travis Adam Wright | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,480 | Dan McDermott | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,481 | Charlie Kaufman | $180,568,401 | 9 | $20,063,156 |
| 1,482 | Diana Ossana | $179,786,324 | 3 | $59,928,775 |
| 1,483 | Michael R. Perry | $179,755,704 | 2 | $89,877,852 |
| 1,484 | John Claflin | $179,693,474 | 3 | $59,897,825 |
| 1,485 | Daniel Zelman | $179,689,359 | 2 | $89,844,680 |
| 1,486 | Man-Lung Ho | $179,618,412 | 2 | $89,809,206 |
| 1,487 | Ben Stassen | $179,599,685 | 5 | $35,919,937 |
| 1,488 | David Loughery | $179,459,168 | 12 | $14,954,931 |
| 1,489 | Sam Fell | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,490 | Joe Keenan | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,491 | Simon Nye | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,492 | Chris Lloyd | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,493 | Robert Reneau | $179,330,486 | 2 | $89,665,243 |
| 1,494 | James Dale Robinson | $179,265,204 | 1 | $179,265,204 |
| 1,495 | Michael Grais | $179,124,020 | 3 | $59,708,007 |
| 1,496 | Mark Victor | $179,124,020 | 3 | $59,708,007 |
| 1,497 | Charles Murphy | $178,610,754 | 2 | $89,305,377 |
| 1,498 | David Lowery | $178,601,700 | 8 | $22,325,213 |
| 1,499 | Luojia Ying | $178,444,932 | 1 | $178,444,932 |
| 1,500 | Jay Longino | $177,796,798 | 3 | $59,265,599 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.