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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)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
201 David Lindsay-Abaire $1,227,094,298 7 $175,299,185
202 Jac Schaeffer $1,226,965,662 2 $613,482,831
203 T.S. Nowlin $1,219,392,436 5 $243,878,487
204 Michael Goldenberg $1,217,162,495 5 $243,432,499
205 Anthony McCarten $1,212,889,820 6 $202,148,303
206 Tab Murphy $1,210,138,637 4 $302,534,659
207 Mark Burton $1,202,441,144 8 $150,305,143
208 Baz Luhrmann $1,187,826,864 6 $197,971,144
209 Meg LeFauve $1,184,337,380 4 $296,084,345
210 Bobby Farrelly $1,184,125,089 10 $118,412,509
211 Rob Letterman $1,182,348,329 3 $394,116,110
212 David Benioff $1,173,263,150 7 $167,609,021
213 Evan Daugherty $1,162,090,387 5 $232,418,077
214 Michael J. Wilson $1,160,014,148 3 $386,671,383
215 Tom McGrath $1,156,240,340 2 $578,120,170
216 Dana Fox $1,143,655,017 7 $163,379,288
217 Ryan Fleck $1,142,713,332 5 $228,542,666
218 Anna Boden $1,142,713,332 5 $228,542,666
219 Robert Ben Garant $1,137,421,536 7 $162,488,791
220 Leslie Dixon $1,133,434,545 8 $141,679,318
221 Judd Apatow $1,115,627,298 12 $92,968,942
222 Oliver Stone $1,110,950,935 15 $74,063,396
223 David Reynolds $1,105,725,425 3 $368,575,142
224 Jeffrey Boam $1,104,512,245 7 $157,787,464
225 Skip Woods $1,103,955,788 6 $183,992,631
226 Cormac Wibberley $1,094,732,813 6 $182,455,469
227 Marianne Wibberley $1,094,732,813 6 $182,455,469
228 Bruce Joel Rubin $1,088,092,916 8 $136,011,615
229 Bob Gale $1,086,683,408 7 $155,240,487
230 Harald Kloser $1,085,796,621 3 $361,932,207
231 Paul King $1,075,843,789 4 $268,960,947
232 Stephany Folsom $1,072,817,964 1 $1,072,817,964
233 Scott Moore $1,071,961,543 9 $119,106,838
234 Jon Lucas $1,071,961,543 9 $119,106,838
235 Scott Derrickson $1,067,573,738 6 $177,928,956
236 Lowell Ganz $1,064,925,880 14 $76,066,134
237 Babaloo Mandel $1,064,925,880 14 $76,066,134
238 Sam Raimi $1,061,560,138 6 $176,926,690
239 Bruce Feirstein $1,057,664,869 3 $352,554,956
240 Robert Smigel $1,055,830,460 4 $263,957,615
241 Matt Ember $1,050,753,723 5 $210,150,745
242 Susannah Grant $1,043,016,801 8 $130,377,100
243 Garth Jennings $1,035,598,770 2 $517,799,385
244 Steve Oedekerk $1,029,377,189 8 $128,672,149
245 John-Henry Butterworth $1,029,056,625 6 $171,509,438
246 Denis Villeneuve $1,028,543,018 3 $342,847,673
247 Victoria Strouse $1,025,006,125 3 $341,668,708
248 Craig Pearce $1,021,224,138 6 $170,204,023
249 Dan Mazeau $1,019,858,390 5 $203,971,678
250 Will Gluck $1,018,984,628 6 $169,830,771
251 Kurt Wimmer $1,011,416,610 11 $91,946,965
252 Evan Goldberg $1,004,872,404 10 $100,487,240
253 Seth Rogen $994,971,965 9 $110,552,441
254 David Twohy $994,414,716 13 $76,493,440
255 Mike White $993,634,070 11 $90,330,370
256 Jared Stern $987,619,147 6 $164,603,191
257 Zhang Yimou $980,452,398 4 $245,113,100
258 Bob Tzudiker $980,434,474 4 $245,108,619
259 Noni White $980,434,474 4 $245,108,619
260 C. Robert Cargill $979,805,879 5 $195,961,176
261 Richard LaGravenese $970,315,610 15 $64,687,707
262 Justin Marks $966,196,108 2 $483,098,054
263 Kurt Johnstad $965,784,444 6 $160,964,074
264 Christina Hodson $960,333,349 6 $160,055,558
265 Matthew Michael Carnahan $958,831,316 9 $106,536,813
266 Edward Zwick $957,397,077 8 $119,674,635
267 James L. Brooks $955,364,554 5 $191,072,911
268 Dan Gilroy $952,253,930 8 $119,031,741
269 Michael Waldron $952,224,986 1 $952,224,986
270 Ivan Raimi $949,305,945 3 $316,435,315
271 Bill Condon $938,521,835 10 $93,852,184
272 Aaron Sorkin $935,089,094 10 $93,508,909
273 Peter Baynham $930,358,758 8 $116,294,845
274 Harold Ramis $929,097,854 10 $92,909,785
275 Joe Cornish $927,608,566 5 $185,521,713
276 Drew Goddard $926,773,409 5 $185,354,682
277 Joel Cohen $924,387,791 5 $184,877,558
278 Steve Koren $923,794,565 5 $184,758,913
279 Jenny Bicks $921,900,495 2 $460,950,248
280 Stephen Sinclair $919,148,764 1 $919,148,764
281 Nora Ephron $916,504,326 8 $114,563,041
282 Christopher D. Ford $912,962,056 6 $152,160,343
283 Alec Sokolow $911,562,987 6 $151,927,165
284 Josh Klausner $908,513,706 2 $454,256,853
285 Jim Cash $907,890,645 7 $129,698,664
286 Taika Waititi $906,499,813 7 $129,499,973
287 Travis Beacham $904,217,794 2 $452,108,897
288 Doug Miro $899,429,918 4 $224,857,480
289 Carlo Bernard $899,429,918 4 $224,857,480
290 Leigh Whannell $896,118,664 12 $74,676,555
291 Mike Berg $886,686,817 1 $886,686,817
292 Carlton Cuse $884,205,756 2 $442,102,878
293 Stuart Beattie $882,802,609 8 $110,350,326
294 Michael G. Wilson $882,794,971 5 $176,558,994
295 Jon Watts $880,796,910 3 $293,598,970
296 Allan Loeb $878,776,621 11 $79,888,784
297 Phil Hay $877,002,130 8 $109,625,266
298 Dan Scanlon $876,813,411 2 $438,406,706
299 Marc Lawrence $876,172,412 10 $87,617,241
300 Zack Snyder $874,700,375 6 $145,783,396

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.