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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Sajid Samji | $31,765,862 | 2 | $15,882,931 |
| 3,902 | Dario Scardapane | $31,758,974 | 2 | $15,879,487 |
| 3,903 | Fibe Ma | $31,716,953 | 1 | $31,716,953 |
| 3,904 | Barbara Turner | $31,713,443 | 2 | $15,856,722 |
| 3,905 | Ted Hughes | $31,709,604 | 1 | $31,709,604 |
| 3,906 | Yao Meng | $31,695,060 | 2 | $15,847,530 |
| 3,907 | Vincenzo Cerami | $31,681,811 | 1 | $31,681,811 |
| 3,908 | Roberto Benigni | $31,681,811 | 1 | $31,681,811 |
| 3,909 | Brent Michael Goldberg | $31,635,150 | 1 | $31,635,150 |
| 3,910 | Evgenia Peretz | $31,628,407 | 2 | $15,814,204 |
| 3,911 | Michael Swerdlick | $31,623,833 | 1 | $31,623,833 |
| 3,912 | Gerard Johnstone | $31,614,748 | 2 | $15,807,374 |
| 3,913 | Johnny Smith | $31,550,316 | 1 | $31,550,316 |
| 3,914 | Ben Hecht | $31,501,833 | 3 | $10,500,611 |
| 3,915 | Pierce Gardner | $31,320,293 | 1 | $31,320,293 |
| 3,916 | Paul Slansky | $31,301,775 | 1 | $31,301,775 |
| 3,917 | Arleen Sorkin | $31,301,775 | 1 | $31,301,775 |
| 3,918 | Anthony Fabian | $31,272,770 | 1 | $31,272,770 |
| 3,919 | Paul Verhoeven | $31,267,904 | 3 | $10,422,635 |
| 3,920 | Lonne Elder III | $31,261,000 | 1 | $31,261,000 |
| 3,921 | Greg Pritikin | $31,198,909 | 2 | $15,599,455 |
| 3,922 | Jonathan Penner | $31,187,727 | 1 | $31,187,727 |
| 3,923 | Jonas Wittenmark | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,924 | Matthew Portenoy | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,925 | Tobias Carlson | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,926 | Elizabeth Shapiro | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,927 | Claes Kjellstrom | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,928 | Ricky Blitt | $31,164,747 | 3 | $10,388,249 |
| 3,929 | Jacob Fleisher | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,930 | Jeremy Sosenko | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,931 | Jack Kukoda | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,932 | Rocky Russo | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,933 | Patrik Forsberg | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,934 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,935 | Bill O'Malley | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,936 | Will Carlough | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,937 | Olle Sarri | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 3,938 | Will Graham | $31,164,747 | 2 | $15,582,374 |
| 3,939 | Tiffany Paulsen | $31,156,101 | 4 | $7,789,025 |
| 3,940 | James Keach | $31,144,446 | 2 | $15,572,223 |
| 3,941 | Ken Annakin | $31,111,111 | 1 | $31,111,111 |
| 3,942 | Diao Yinan | $31,087,341 | 1 | $31,087,341 |
| 3,943 | Stephen Curwick | $31,077,000 | 2 | $15,538,500 |
| 3,944 | Tom Jankiewicz | $31,070,412 | 1 | $31,070,412 |
| 3,945 | Susan Isaacs | $31,019,446 | 2 | $15,509,723 |
| 3,946 | Celine Sciamma | $31,004,509 | 7 | $4,429,216 |
| 3,947 | Mitchell LaFortune | $30,975,241 | 3 | $10,325,080 |
| 3,948 | Emily Spivey | $30,850,666 | 2 | $15,425,333 |
| 3,949 | Jack Olsen | $30,768,449 | 1 | $30,768,449 |
| 3,950 | Edward Khmara | $30,703,411 | 2 | $15,351,706 |
| 3,951 | Ben Livingston | $30,601,801 | 1 | $30,601,801 |
| 3,952 | Hannah Shakespeare | $30,601,801 | 1 | $30,601,801 |
| 3,953 | Saladin K. Patterson | $30,597,073 | 1 | $30,597,073 |
| 3,954 | Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste | $30,594,673 | 2 | $15,297,337 |
| 3,955 | Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | $30,594,673 | 2 | $15,297,337 |
| 3,956 | Gints Zilbalodis | $30,583,197 | 2 | $15,291,599 |
| 3,957 | Michael Weller | $30,568,158 | 2 | $15,284,079 |
| 3,958 | Matiss Kaza | $30,564,236 | 2 | $15,282,118 |
| 3,959 | Malcolm T Goldman | $30,535,660 | 1 | $30,535,660 |
| 3,960 | Daniel R Altiere | $30,535,660 | 1 | $30,535,660 |
| 3,961 | Steven M Altiere | $30,535,660 | 1 | $30,535,660 |
| 3,962 | Daniel Taradash | $30,500,064 | 2 | $15,250,032 |
| 3,963 | Rudy De Luca | $30,457,664 | 3 | $10,152,555 |
| 3,964 | Ankur Chaudhry | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 3,965 | Siddharth Malhotra | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 3,966 | Ganesh Pandit | $30,444,106 | 1 | $30,444,106 |
| 3,967 | Courtney Solomon | $30,443,277 | 1 | $30,443,277 |
| 3,968 | Ayub Khan-Din | $30,438,635 | 1 | $30,438,635 |
| 3,969 | Don McKellar | $30,360,597 | 3 | $10,120,199 |
| 3,970 | Mukuan Lai (来牧宽) | $30,350,000 | 1 | $30,350,000 |
| 3,971 | Shidong Zhang (张仕栋) | $30,350,000 | 1 | $30,350,000 |
| 3,972 | Chris Kattan | $30,331,165 | 1 | $30,331,165 |
| 3,973 | William Roberts | $30,320,615 | 3 | $10,106,872 |
| 3,974 | Harold Pinter | $30,310,210 | 6 | $5,051,702 |
| 3,975 | James Goldman | $30,295,024 | 2 | $15,147,512 |
| 3,976 | David Greenwalt | $30,290,762 | 2 | $15,145,381 |
| 3,977 | Robert Eisele | $30,261,293 | 3 | $10,087,098 |
| 3,978 | Jean-Christophe Castelli | $30,230,402 | 1 | $30,230,402 |
| 3,979 | Jo Swerling | $30,221,211 | 2 | $15,110,606 |
| 3,980 | Rajiv Joseph | $30,202,690 | 2 | $15,101,345 |
| 3,981 | Scott Rothman | $30,202,690 | 2 | $15,101,345 |
| 3,982 | Fred Guiol | $30,194,409 | 2 | $15,097,205 |
| 3,983 | Ivan Moffat | $30,194,409 | 1 | $30,194,409 |
| 3,984 | Denys Arcand | $30,166,670 | 3 | $10,055,557 |
| 3,985 | Gabrielle Allan | $30,163,785 | 1 | $30,163,785 |
| 3,986 | Jennifer Crittenden | $30,163,785 | 1 | $30,163,785 |
| 3,987 | Greg Norberg | $30,143,795 | 1 | $30,143,795 |
| 3,988 | Michael McManus | $30,143,795 | 1 | $30,143,795 |
| 3,989 | Trey Edward Shults | $30,132,429 | 4 | $7,533,107 |
| 3,990 | John A. Russo | $30,087,064 | 2 | $15,043,532 |
| 3,991 | Alexandra Seros | $30,038,362 | 1 | $30,038,362 |
| 3,992 | Jacques Audiard | $30,021,457 | 4 | $7,505,364 |
| 3,993 | Joseph Ruben | $30,016,365 | 2 | $15,008,183 |
| 3,994 | Ethan Wiley | $29,944,631 | 3 | $9,981,544 |
| 3,995 | Kenneth Rance | $29,937,909 | 1 | $29,937,909 |
| 3,996 | Mark Spragg | $29,881,761 | 2 | $14,940,881 |
| 3,997 | Morgan Upton Ward | $29,781,453 | 1 | $29,781,453 |
| 3,998 | Ringo Lam | $29,750,653 | 2 | $14,875,327 |
| 3,999 | Corey Mandell | $29,725,663 | 1 | $29,725,663 |
| 4,000 | J.D. Shapiro | $29,725,663 | 1 | $29,725,663 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.