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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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
2,001 Steve Bloom $81,702,638 4 $20,425,660
2,002 William Rose $81,693,114 2 $40,846,557
2,003 Bridget O’Connor $81,653,002 2 $40,826,501
2,004 Susan Estelle Jansen $81,619,870 2 $40,809,935
2,005 Jerry Belson $81,563,189 3 $27,187,730
2,006 Sean Penn $81,301,573 2 $40,650,787
2,007 Jon Avnet $81,242,618 2 $40,621,309
2,008 Karl Tunberg $81,228,177 3 $27,076,059
2,009 Fannie Flagg $81,204,830 1 $81,204,830
2,010 Rick Alvarez $81,129,419 3 $27,043,140
2,011 Aneesh Chaganty $81,127,557 2 $40,563,779
2,012 Sev Ohanian $81,127,557 2 $40,563,779
2,013 Larry Doyle $80,993,851 3 $26,997,950
2,014 Frank Thomas $80,832,066 2 $40,416,033
2,015 Michael Caleo $80,588,942 1 $80,588,942
2,016 Thomas Harris $80,583,311 1 $80,583,311
2,017 Joseph Stein $80,501,127 1 $80,501,127
2,018 Michael Blodgett $80,489,243 3 $26,829,748
2,019 Jeremy Garelick $80,171,596 2 $40,085,798
2,020 D.V. DeVincentis $80,047,209 3 $26,682,403
2,021 Hyung-rae Shim $79,915,361 1 $79,915,361
2,022 Jorge Guerricaechevarría $79,765,998 6 $13,294,333
2,023 Woo Jin Cha (차우진) $79,615,417 1 $79,615,417
2,024 Hilary Henkin $79,574,149 4 $19,893,537
2,025 Knate Gwaltney $79,444,327 3 $26,481,442
2,026 Michael Mitnick $79,409,960 5 $15,881,992
2,027 Wolfgang Becker $79,384,533 1 $79,384,533
2,028 Bernd Lichtenberg $79,384,533 1 $79,384,533
2,029 James Bobin $79,312,301 1 $79,312,301
2,030 Tim McCanlies $79,236,483 2 $39,618,242
2,031 Neil Marshall $79,204,398 5 $15,840,880
2,032 Joe Camp $79,063,152 5 $15,812,630
2,033 Dalton Trumbo $79,054,111 5 $15,810,822
2,034 David Iserson $78,998,245 1 $78,998,245
2,035 Steve Pink $78,952,075 3 $26,317,358
2,036 Keith Sharon $78,948,765 1 $78,948,765
2,037 Josh Heald $78,794,394 3 $26,264,798
2,038 Laurie Craig $78,754,438 3 $26,251,479
2,039 Michael J. Bassett $78,401,608 3 $26,133,869
2,040 Nicole Holofcener $78,251,581 7 $11,178,797
2,041 Gavin O’Connor $78,106,284 5 $15,621,257
2,042 Gale Anne Hurd $78,019,031 1 $78,019,031
2,043 Sheldon Lettich $78,009,636 4 $19,502,409
2,044 Robin Bhatt $78,003,990 3 $26,001,330
2,045 Stanley Mann $77,999,106 5 $15,599,821
2,046 Adam Robitel $77,959,374 1 $77,959,374
2,047 Gavin Heffernan $77,959,374 1 $77,959,374
2,048 Philip Kaufman $77,935,927 4 $19,483,982
2,049 Rao Xueman $77,910,000 1 $77,910,000
2,050 John Rice $77,628,265 1 $77,628,265
2,051 Joe Batteer $77,628,265 1 $77,628,265
2,052 Fernley Phillips $77,593,167 1 $77,593,167
2,053 Marc Haimes $77,548,122 4 $19,387,031
2,054 Win Rosenfeld $77,386,663 1 $77,386,663
2,055 Paolo Sorrentino $77,289,666 7 $11,041,381
2,056 Nick Thiel $77,286,431 4 $19,321,608
2,057 Mark Brown $77,063,461 1 $77,063,461
2,058 Don D. Scott $77,063,461 2 $38,531,731
2,059 Marshall Todd $77,063,461 1 $77,063,461
2,060 Mark G. Steilen $77,024,944 1 $77,024,944
2,061 Woo-seok Yang $76,988,372 1 $76,988,372
2,062 Yoon Hyun-ho $76,988,372 1 $76,988,372
2,063 Timothy J. Sexton $76,852,214 4 $19,213,054
2,064 Jack Burns $76,657,000 1 $76,657,000
2,065 Nick Antosca $76,429,632 3 $25,476,544
2,066 Rob Cohen $76,416,746 1 $76,416,746
2,067 Danny Rubin $76,383,240 2 $38,191,620
2,068 Bert V. Royal $76,200,721 1 $76,200,721
2,069 Dan Schneider $76,174,010 2 $38,087,005
2,070 Ken Scott $76,088,472 4 $19,022,118
2,071 Jessica Postigo Paquette $75,965,567 1 $75,965,567
2,072 Roger Spottiswoode $75,936,265 1 $75,936,265
2,073 John Norville $75,854,588 1 $75,854,588
2,074 Seth Reiss $75,820,378 1 $75,820,378
2,075 Will Tracy $75,820,378 1 $75,820,378
2,076 Roderick Taylor $75,392,704 2 $37,696,352
2,077 Tom Hooper $75,323,946 1 $75,323,946
2,078 Michael Hirst $75,300,596 3 $25,100,199
2,079 David Ambrose $75,029,453 3 $25,009,818
2,080 Tom Bezucha $74,957,959 4 $18,739,490
2,081 Shibani Bathija $74,930,969 2 $37,465,485
2,082 Patrick Conroy $74,787,599 1 $74,787,599
2,083 Joel Edgerton $74,740,409 5 $14,948,082
2,084 Guljit Bindra $74,566,042 1 $74,566,042
2,085 Bryce McGuire $74,320,266 3 $24,773,422
2,086 Eric Hughes $74,260,849 3 $24,753,616
2,087 Olivia Hetreed $74,252,063 2 $37,126,032
2,088 J.S. Cardone $74,147,616 3 $24,715,872
2,089 Cooper Lane $74,120,792 1 $74,120,792
2,090 Jenny Lumet $73,981,595 2 $36,990,798
2,091 Mike Judge $73,967,544 2 $36,983,772
2,092 Armyan Bernstein $73,956,241 1 $73,956,241
2,093 David Kajganich $73,941,721 5 $14,788,344
2,094 Eric Besnard $73,651,382 3 $24,550,461
2,095 Patrick Ness $73,486,699 3 $24,495,566
2,096 Alan Bennett $73,407,931 4 $18,351,983
2,097 Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) $73,298,388 3 $24,432,796
2,098 Thom Eberhardt $73,262,452 2 $36,631,226
2,099 Elizabeth Banks $73,235,048 1 $73,235,048
2,100 Don MacPherson $73,064,029 2 $36,532,015

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.