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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 1,501-1,600)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 | James Bobin | $79,312,301 | 1 | $79,312,301 |
| 1,502 | Keith Sharon | $78,948,765 | 1 | $78,948,765 |
| 1,503 | Steve Mallory | $78,652,395 | 2 | $39,326,198 |
| 1,504 | David Zucker | $78,613,981 | 1 | $78,613,981 |
| 1,505 | Frank Miller | $78,505,537 | 2 | $39,252,769 |
| 1,506 | Josh Heald | $78,420,351 | 3 | $26,140,117 |
| 1,507 | Matt Cook | $78,405,153 | 5 | $15,681,031 |
| 1,508 | Heywood Gould | $78,222,753 | 1 | $78,222,753 |
| 1,509 | Gary David Goldberg | $78,143,328 | 2 | $39,071,664 |
| 1,510 | Gavin Heffernan | $78,096,553 | 1 | $78,096,553 |
| 1,511 | Adam Robitel | $78,096,553 | 1 | $78,096,553 |
| 1,512 | Gale Anne Hurd | $78,019,031 | 1 | $78,019,031 |
| 1,513 | Robin Bhatt | $78,003,990 | 3 | $26,001,330 |
| 1,514 | Rao Xueman | $77,910,000 | 1 | $77,910,000 |
| 1,515 | Joe Batteer | $77,628,265 | 1 | $77,628,265 |
| 1,516 | John Rice | $77,628,265 | 2 | $38,814,133 |
| 1,517 | Fernley Phillips | $77,593,167 | 1 | $77,593,167 |
| 1,518 | Marc Haimes | $77,548,564 | 2 | $38,774,282 |
| 1,519 | Yoon Hyun-ho | $76,988,372 | 1 | $76,988,372 |
| 1,520 | Woo-seok Yang | $76,988,372 | 1 | $76,988,372 |
| 1,521 | Timothy J. Sexton | $76,852,214 | 3 | $25,617,405 |
| 1,522 | Jack Burns | $76,657,000 | 1 | $76,657,000 |
| 1,523 | Rob Cohen | $76,416,746 | 1 | $76,416,746 |
| 1,524 | Lewis John Carlino | $76,347,393 | 1 | $76,347,393 |
| 1,525 | John Pogue | $76,247,407 | 2 | $38,123,704 |
| 1,526 | Bert V. Royal | $76,200,721 | 1 | $76,200,721 |
| 1,527 | Jessica Postigo Paquette | $75,965,567 | 1 | $75,965,567 |
| 1,528 | Marshall Brickman | $75,426,350 | 2 | $37,713,175 |
| 1,529 | Johannes Roberts | $75,230,003 | 4 | $18,807,501 |
| 1,530 | Ernest Riera | $74,603,337 | 3 | $24,867,779 |
| 1,531 | Cooper Lane | $74,132,631 | 1 | $74,132,631 |
| 1,532 | Armyan Bernstein | $73,956,241 | 1 | $73,956,241 |
| 1,533 | Gabe Sachs | $73,695,194 | 1 | $73,695,194 |
| 1,534 | Jeff Judah | $73,695,194 | 1 | $73,695,194 |
| 1,535 | Bruce Jay Friedman | $72,999,495 | 2 | $36,499,748 |
| 1,536 | Gavin Scott | $72,945,871 | 3 | $24,315,290 |
| 1,537 | Jon Zack | $72,943,934 | 2 | $36,471,967 |
| 1,538 | Malcolm D. Lee | $72,835,710 | 2 | $36,417,855 |
| 1,539 | Dave Collard | $72,714,818 | 2 | $36,357,409 |
| 1,540 | Jerry Belson | $72,143,630 | 1 | $72,143,630 |
| 1,541 | Lucinda Coxon | $72,055,500 | 4 | $18,013,875 |
| 1,542 | David Titcher | $72,004,159 | 1 | $72,004,159 |
| 1,543 | David Benullo | $72,004,159 | 1 | $72,004,159 |
| 1,544 | David Goldstein | $72,004,159 | 1 | $72,004,159 |
| 1,545 | Owen Wilson | $71,430,876 | 1 | $71,430,876 |
| 1,546 | Michael J. Bassett | $71,251,465 | 2 | $35,625,733 |
| 1,547 | Halsted Welles | $71,171,825 | 1 | $71,171,825 |
| 1,548 | Dennis Shryack | $71,079,915 | 1 | $71,079,915 |
| 1,549 | Michael Blodgett | $71,079,915 | 1 | $71,079,915 |
| 1,550 | Cormac McCarthy | $71,009,334 | 1 | $71,009,334 |
| 1,551 | Christopher Spencer | $70,949,793 | 1 | $70,949,793 |
| 1,552 | Colin Swash | $70,949,793 | 1 | $70,949,793 |
| 1,553 | Nic Young | $70,949,793 | 1 | $70,949,793 |
| 1,554 | Richard Bedser | $70,949,793 | 1 | $70,949,793 |
| 1,555 | Huck Botko | $70,884,425 | 3 | $23,628,142 |
| 1,556 | Sean Moynihan | $70,836,296 | 1 | $70,836,296 |
| 1,557 | Andrew Gurland | $70,802,606 | 2 | $35,401,303 |
| 1,558 | J.D. Zeik | $70,692,101 | 1 | $70,692,101 |
| 1,559 | Richard Weisz | $70,692,101 | 1 | $70,692,101 |
| 1,560 | Sean Penn | $70,676,959 | 2 | $35,338,480 |
| 1,561 | Gabriel Casseus | $70,587,268 | 1 | $70,587,268 |
| 1,562 | John Luessenhop | $70,587,268 | 2 | $35,293,634 |
| 1,563 | Peter Allen | $70,587,268 | 1 | $70,587,268 |
| 1,564 | Ryoichi Kimizuka | $70,519,044 | 1 | $70,519,044 |
| 1,565 | Eric Besnard | $70,225,614 | 2 | $35,112,807 |
| 1,566 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $70,216,497 | 1 | $70,216,497 |
| 1,567 | Richard D'Ovidio | $70,024,002 | 3 | $23,341,334 |
| 1,568 | Ron Kovic | $70,001,698 | 1 | $70,001,698 |
| 1,569 | Ben Ketai | $69,985,087 | 2 | $34,992,544 |
| 1,570 | Tim Kelleher | $69,807,260 | 1 | $69,807,260 |
| 1,571 | Bruce A Taylor | $69,792,704 | 1 | $69,792,704 |
| 1,572 | Cynthia Mort | $69,792,704 | 2 | $34,896,352 |
| 1,573 | Roderick Taylor | $69,792,704 | 1 | $69,792,704 |
| 1,574 | Arthur C Clarke | $69,575,448 | 1 | $69,575,448 |
| 1,575 | Joshua Oppenheimer | $69,449,858 | 2 | $34,724,929 |
| 1,576 | Thomas Dean Donnelly | $69,449,858 | 2 | $34,724,929 |
| 1,577 | Marcel Rodriguez | $69,425,966 | 1 | $69,425,966 |
| 1,578 | Chuck Hogan | $69,411,370 | 1 | $69,411,370 |
| 1,579 | Salvador Paskowitz | $69,057,415 | 1 | $69,057,415 |
| 1,580 | Erin Simms | $68,951,582 | 1 | $68,951,582 |
| 1,581 | Liam O'Donnell | $68,840,849 | 2 | $34,420,425 |
| 1,582 | Geoffrey Fletcher | $68,740,034 | 2 | $34,370,017 |
| 1,583 | Terry Hayes | $68,712,365 | 2 | $34,356,183 |
| 1,584 | Ilya Tilkin | $68,707,119 | 1 | $68,707,119 |
| 1,585 | Sergey Snezhkin | $68,707,119 | 1 | $68,707,119 |
| 1,586 | Scott Murphy | $68,695,443 | 1 | $68,695,443 |
| 1,587 | Henry Gilroy | $68,695,443 | 1 | $68,695,443 |
| 1,588 | Steven Melching | $68,695,443 | 1 | $68,695,443 |
| 1,589 | Simon Barrett | $68,434,611 | 8 | $8,554,326 |
| 1,590 | Joshua Cordes | $68,264,973 | 1 | $68,264,973 |
| 1,591 | Stacey Menear | $68,220,952 | 1 | $68,220,952 |
| 1,592 | Goro Miyazaki | $68,048,658 | 1 | $68,048,658 |
| 1,593 | Ursula K. Le Guin | $68,048,658 | 1 | $68,048,658 |
| 1,594 | Iris Yamashita | $67,867,998 | 1 | $67,867,998 |
| 1,595 | Laurence Dworet | $67,823,573 | 1 | $67,823,573 |
| 1,596 | Robert Roy Pool | $67,823,573 | 1 | $67,823,573 |
| 1,597 | Patrick Smith Kelly | $67,658,331 | 1 | $67,658,331 |
| 1,598 | Peter Schink | $67,647,574 | 1 | $67,647,574 |
| 1,599 | James Ellroy | $66,998,151 | 2 | $33,499,076 |
| 1,600 | David Farr | $66,975,076 | 3 | $22,325,025 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
