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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Screenwriters
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 | Kurt Sutter | $94,207,861 | 1 | $94,207,861 |
| 1,402 | Gage Lansky | $94,050,951 | 1 | $94,050,951 |
| 1,403 | Wang Xiaodi | $94,036,853 | 1 | $94,036,853 |
| 1,404 | Li Han | $94,036,853 | 1 | $94,036,853 |
| 1,405 | Liu Han | $94,036,853 | 1 | $94,036,853 |
| 1,406 | Alan Di Fiore | $93,469,699 | 1 | $93,469,699 |
| 1,407 | Brian Kehoe | $92,739,515 | 1 | $92,739,515 |
| 1,408 | Jim Kehoe | $92,739,515 | 1 | $92,739,515 |
| 1,409 | Eben Russell | $92,739,515 | 1 | $92,739,515 |
| 1,410 | Nicholas Sparks | $92,678,948 | 1 | $92,678,948 |
| 1,411 | Jeff Van Wie | $92,678,948 | 2 | $46,339,474 |
| 1,412 | Tony Gayton | $92,436,212 | 3 | $30,812,071 |
| 1,413 | Greta Gerwig | $92,429,367 | 3 | $30,809,789 |
| 1,414 | Cat Kwan | $92,263,920 | 1 | $92,263,920 |
| 1,415 | Deborah Kaplan | $92,050,285 | 2 | $46,025,143 |
| 1,416 | Harry Elfont | $92,050,285 | 2 | $46,025,143 |
| 1,417 | Carol Fuchs | $91,943,956 | 1 | $91,943,956 |
| 1,418 | Keith Clarke | $91,853,336 | 2 | $45,926,668 |
| 1,419 | Jose Rivera | $91,461,840 | 2 | $45,730,920 |
| 1,420 | John Hodge | $91,432,250 | 5 | $18,286,450 |
| 1,421 | Laura Solon | $91,342,494 | 1 | $91,342,494 |
| 1,422 | Peter Torokvei | $91,258,000 | 1 | $91,258,000 |
| 1,423 | Steven Kampmann | $91,258,000 | 1 | $91,258,000 |
| 1,424 | Will Porter | $91,258,000 | 1 | $91,258,000 |
| 1,425 | Bragi Schut | $91,126,600 | 2 | $45,563,300 |
| 1,426 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $90,498,430 | 1 | $90,498,430 |
| 1,427 | David Nicholls | $89,818,241 | 3 | $29,939,414 |
| 1,428 | Steve Shibuya | $89,758,389 | 1 | $89,758,389 |
| 1,429 | Michael McDowell | $89,651,239 | 2 | $44,825,620 |
| 1,430 | Tom Lazarus | $89,441,732 | 1 | $89,441,732 |
| 1,431 | Rick Ramage | $89,441,732 | 1 | $89,441,732 |
| 1,432 | Albert Hackett | $89,325,780 | 1 | $89,325,780 |
| 1,433 | Francis Goodrich | $89,325,780 | 1 | $89,325,780 |
| 1,434 | Dilip Shukla | $89,182,116 | 2 | $44,591,058 |
| 1,435 | Kelly Masterson | $89,058,314 | 2 | $44,529,157 |
| 1,436 | Craig Borten | $89,012,560 | 2 | $44,506,280 |
| 1,437 | T.M. Griffin | $88,933,562 | 1 | $88,933,562 |
| 1,438 | John Irving | $88,547,209 | 1 | $88,547,209 |
| 1,439 | Heather Hach | $88,473,016 | 1 | $88,473,016 |
| 1,440 | Joon-ho Bong | $88,069,880 | 1 | $88,069,880 |
| 1,441 | Graeme Ferguson | $88,042,920 | 1 | $88,042,920 |
| 1,442 | Tyger Williams | $88,009,693 | 2 | $44,004,847 |
| 1,443 | Paul Harris Boardman | $87,956,618 | 2 | $43,978,309 |
| 1,444 | Rowan Joffe | $87,514,302 | 3 | $29,171,434 |
| 1,445 | Pete Jones | $87,173,475 | 1 | $87,173,475 |
| 1,446 | Barbara Benedek | $87,100,000 | 1 | $87,100,000 |
| 1,447 | Mark Schwahn | $87,053,213 | 2 | $43,526,607 |
| 1,448 | Lee Gi-cheol | $86,960,532 | 1 | $86,960,532 |
| 1,449 | Tina Gordon Chism | $86,875,891 | 3 | $28,958,630 |
| 1,450 | John Landis | $86,729,890 | 2 | $43,364,945 |
| 1,451 | Shawn Christensen | $86,656,610 | 3 | $28,885,537 |
| 1,452 | Andy Breckman | $86,607,223 | 1 | $86,607,223 |
| 1,453 | Mel Brooks | $86,300,000 | 1 | $86,300,000 |
| 1,454 | Gene Wilder | $86,300,000 | 1 | $86,300,000 |
| 1,455 | Damon Beesley | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 1,456 | Ian Morris | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 1,457 | Brent McCorkle | $85,876,135 | 2 | $42,938,068 |
| 1,458 | Patrick Cirillo | $85,632,458 | 1 | $85,632,458 |
| 1,459 | Alex Lasker | $85,632,458 | 1 | $85,632,458 |
| 1,460 | Stuart Blumberg | $85,430,477 | 3 | $28,476,826 |
| 1,461 | Liang Xuan | $85,299,261 | 1 | $85,299,261 |
| 1,462 | Drew Dowdle | $84,668,582 | 3 | $28,222,861 |
| 1,463 | John Erick Dowdle | $84,668,582 | 3 | $28,222,861 |
| 1,464 | Sabrina Tseng | $84,412,902 | 1 | $84,412,902 |
| 1,465 | Kim Hwang-sung | $84,164,423 | 1 | $84,164,423 |
| 1,466 | Kim Young-seok | $84,164,423 | 1 | $84,164,423 |
| 1,467 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $84,164,423 | 1 | $84,164,423 |
| 1,468 | David Swift | $83,977,418 | 1 | $83,977,418 |
| 1,469 | Derek Cianfrance | $83,350,720 | 3 | $27,783,573 |
| 1,470 | R Lee Fleming Jr | $83,325,781 | 2 | $41,662,891 |
| 1,471 | Dennis McNicholas | $83,268,115 | 3 | $27,756,038 |
| 1,472 | Paul Hernandez | $83,109,359 | 1 | $83,109,359 |
| 1,473 | Jacob Aaron Estes | $83,055,055 | 2 | $41,527,528 |
| 1,474 | Stephen Chin | $83,034,523 | 1 | $83,034,523 |
| 1,475 | James Gray | $82,939,163 | 5 | $16,587,833 |
| 1,476 | Michael Cooney | $82,892,436 | 2 | $41,446,218 |
| 1,477 | Joe Forte | $82,751,189 | 1 | $82,751,189 |
| 1,478 | Don Winslow | $82,513,490 | 1 | $82,513,490 |
| 1,479 | Stanislas Carre de Malberg | $82,438,670 | 1 | $82,438,670 |
| 1,480 | Victoria Bedos | $82,438,670 | 1 | $82,438,670 |
| 1,481 | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | $82,409,520 | 2 | $41,204,760 |
| 1,482 | Brad Ingelsby | $82,396,019 | 2 | $41,198,010 |
| 1,483 | Matthew Fogel | $82,332,450 | 1 | $82,332,450 |
| 1,484 | Stu Krieger | $81,972,846 | 1 | $81,972,846 |
| 1,485 | Bridget O Connor | $81,677,425 | 2 | $40,838,713 |
| 1,486 | Dan Gordon | $81,218,412 | 3 | $27,072,804 |
| 1,487 | Rick Alvarez | $81,129,419 | 2 | $40,564,710 |
| 1,488 | Ken Scott | $81,031,347 | 3 | $27,010,449 |
| 1,489 | Michael Cristofer | $80,640,488 | 4 | $20,160,122 |
| 1,490 | Jeremy Garelick | $80,171,596 | 1 | $80,171,596 |
| 1,491 | Dennis Feldman | $79,817,937 | 1 | $79,817,937 |
| 1,492 | Park Chan-wook | $79,375,870 | 6 | $13,229,312 |
| 1,493 | James Bobin | $79,312,301 | 1 | $79,312,301 |
| 1,494 | Keith Sharon | $78,948,765 | 1 | $78,948,765 |
| 1,495 | Steve Mallory | $78,652,395 | 2 | $39,326,198 |
| 1,496 | David Zucker | $78,613,981 | 1 | $78,613,981 |
| 1,497 | Frank Miller | $78,505,537 | 2 | $39,252,769 |
| 1,498 | Josh Heald | $78,420,351 | 3 | $26,140,117 |
| 1,499 | Matt Cook | $78,405,153 | 5 | $15,681,031 |
| 1,500 | Heywood Gould | $78,222,753 | 1 | $78,222,753 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
