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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | David Aaron Cohen | $177,694,469 | 4 | $44,423,617 |
| 1,502 | Tom Pabst | $177,512,032 | 1 | $177,512,032 |
| 1,503 | Quan Yongxian | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 1,504 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | $177,326,176 | 2 | $88,663,088 |
| 1,505 | Brian Bloom | $177,241,171 | 1 | $177,241,171 |
| 1,506 | Murray Schisgal | $177,200,289 | 1 | $177,200,289 |
| 1,507 | Frank E Flowers | $176,957,672 | 4 | $44,239,418 |
| 1,508 | Steve Carell | $176,276,839 | 1 | $176,276,839 |
| 1,509 | Sarah Thorp | $175,928,685 | 3 | $58,642,895 |
| 1,510 | Chuan Lu | $175,863,994 | 3 | $58,621,331 |
| 1,511 | Woo-seok Yang | $175,469,646 | 3 | $58,489,882 |
| 1,512 | Matthew Stone | $175,420,428 | 5 | $35,084,086 |
| 1,513 | Abi Morgan | $175,388,386 | 4 | $43,847,097 |
| 1,514 | John Orloff | $174,685,794 | 3 | $58,228,598 |
| 1,515 | Bruce Jay Friedman | $174,299,495 | 3 | $58,099,832 |
| 1,516 | Eric Lin Ming-Chie | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,517 | Tam Wai-Ching | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,518 | Lau Siu-Kwan | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,519 | Kang-Ki Chu | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,520 | Til Schweiger | $174,278,862 | 4 | $43,569,716 |
| 1,521 | Aaron Covington | $174,167,581 | 1 | $174,167,581 |
| 1,522 | A Lai | $174,008,804 | 1 | $174,008,804 |
| 1,523 | Fred Dekker | $173,953,763 | 3 | $57,984,588 |
| 1,524 | John Kamps | $173,942,801 | 4 | $43,485,700 |
| 1,525 | Malcolm Marmorstein | $173,768,975 | 2 | $86,884,488 |
| 1,526 | Gerald DiPego | $173,437,703 | 3 | $57,812,568 |
| 1,527 | Jennifer Flackett | $173,381,949 | 3 | $57,793,983 |
| 1,528 | Andrew Birkin | $173,145,760 | 4 | $43,286,440 |
| 1,529 | Curtis Hanson | $173,035,955 | 4 | $43,258,989 |
| 1,530 | Mark Perez | $172,982,865 | 4 | $43,245,716 |
| 1,531 | Jillian Jacobs | $172,966,170 | 4 | $43,241,543 |
| 1,532 | Richard Pryor | $172,883,829 | 3 | $57,627,943 |
| 1,533 | Bill Holderman | $172,194,618 | 3 | $57,398,206 |
| 1,534 | Ted Sears | $171,700,000 | 3 | $57,233,333 |
| 1,535 | Louis Venosta | $171,697,762 | 2 | $85,848,881 |
| 1,536 | Harrison Stone | $171,471,521 | 1 | $171,471,521 |
| 1,537 | Preston Lacy | $171,471,521 | 2 | $85,735,761 |
| 1,538 | Derek Kwok | $171,248,617 | 2 | $85,624,309 |
| 1,539 | Prashanth Neel | $170,893,642 | 2 | $85,446,821 |
| 1,540 | Rock Reuben | $170,805,525 | 1 | $170,805,525 |
| 1,541 | Matt Charman | $170,754,687 | 4 | $42,688,672 |
| 1,542 | Michelle Spitz | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,543 | Nathan Greno | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,544 | Aurian Redson | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,545 | John Bernstein | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,546 | Joe Mateo | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,547 | John Pogue | $170,449,799 | 4 | $42,612,450 |
| 1,548 | Masayuki Suo | $170,125,882 | 1 | $170,125,882 |
| 1,549 | Patrick Marber | $170,072,857 | 3 | $56,690,952 |
| 1,550 | Ice Cube | $170,069,073 | 7 | $24,295,582 |
| 1,551 | Ashleigh Powell | $170,024,300 | 2 | $85,012,150 |
| 1,552 | Frankie Chan Fan-Kei | $169,994,606 | 1 | $169,994,606 |
| 1,553 | Geoff Johns | $169,601,036 | 2 | $84,800,518 |
| 1,554 | Patty Jenkins | $169,601,036 | 1 | $169,601,036 |
| 1,555 | Ash Brannon | $169,544,233 | 2 | $84,772,117 |
| 1,556 | John Fasano | $169,512,525 | 4 | $42,378,131 |
| 1,557 | Dan Berendsen | $169,173,206 | 1 | $169,173,206 |
| 1,558 | Janet Peoples | $168,841,459 | 1 | $168,841,459 |
| 1,559 | Josh Trank | $168,608,811 | 3 | $56,202,937 |
| 1,560 | Daniel Pipski | $168,576,981 | 1 | $168,576,981 |
| 1,561 | Pam Brady | $168,539,491 | 7 | $24,077,070 |
| 1,562 | Robert Schenkkan | $168,423,249 | 1 | $168,423,249 |
| 1,563 | John Romano | $168,387,920 | 3 | $56,129,307 |
| 1,564 | Kam-Yuen Szeto | $167,840,000 | 2 | $83,920,000 |
| 1,565 | Jim Cruickshank | $167,780,960 | 1 | $167,780,960 |
| 1,566 | Kevin Jarre | $167,728,365 | 2 | $83,864,183 |
| 1,567 | Joe Syracuse | $167,724,030 | 4 | $41,931,008 |
| 1,568 | Lisa Addario | $167,724,030 | 4 | $41,931,008 |
| 1,569 | Lucy Alibar | $167,619,097 | 3 | $55,873,032 |
| 1,570 | Kim Hanmin | $167,508,813 | 2 | $83,754,407 |
| 1,571 | W.D. Richter | $167,468,220 | 6 | $27,911,370 |
| 1,572 | Gigi Levangie | $167,423,426 | 3 | $55,807,809 |
| 1,573 | Jonathan Levine | $167,402,411 | 3 | $55,800,804 |
| 1,574 | Henry Selick | $167,222,848 | 2 | $83,611,424 |
| 1,575 | Paul Schrader | $167,210,720 | 15 | $11,147,381 |
| 1,576 | Jiang Wen | $166,533,596 | 3 | $55,511,199 |
| 1,577 | Xiaoying You | $166,495,504 | 2 | $83,247,752 |
| 1,578 | Guillermo Arriaga | $166,491,502 | 4 | $41,622,876 |
| 1,579 | Amy Andelson | $165,889,117 | 1 | $165,889,117 |
| 1,580 | Emily Meyer | $165,889,117 | 1 | $165,889,117 |
| 1,581 | Johannes Roberts | $165,720,118 | 6 | $27,620,020 |
| 1,582 | Scott Kosar | $165,621,207 | 2 | $82,810,604 |
| 1,583 | Amanda Brody | $165,552,290 | 1 | $165,552,290 |
| 1,584 | Ryker Chan | $165,338,752 | 5 | $33,067,750 |
| 1,585 | Kristen Orlando | $165,124,093 | 1 | $165,124,093 |
| 1,586 | Michelle Painchaud | $165,124,093 | 1 | $165,124,093 |
| 1,587 | Duncan Kennedy | $165,048,228 | 1 | $165,048,228 |
| 1,588 | J.H. Wyman | $164,838,224 | 2 | $82,419,112 |
| 1,589 | Jim Mulholland | $164,810,129 | 2 | $82,405,065 |
| 1,590 | Michael Barrie | $164,810,129 | 2 | $82,405,065 |
| 1,591 | Michael Browning | $164,800,000 | 1 | $164,800,000 |
| 1,592 | Jason Filardi | $164,675,402 | 1 | $164,675,402 |
| 1,593 | Robert Ramsey | $164,262,088 | 5 | $32,852,418 |
| 1,594 | Terence Nance | $163,764,134 | 2 | $81,882,067 |
| 1,595 | Keenan Coogler | $163,692,228 | 1 | $163,692,228 |
| 1,596 | Jesse Gordon | $163,692,228 | 1 | $163,692,228 |
| 1,597 | Tony Rettenmaier | $163,692,228 | 3 | $54,564,076 |
| 1,598 | Celeste Ballard | $163,692,228 | 2 | $81,846,114 |
| 1,599 | Howard Klausner | $163,596,690 | 5 | $32,719,338 |
| 1,600 | Caspian Tredwell-Owen | $163,018,913 | 1 | $163,018,913 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.