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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)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
401 Lorne Cameron $716,325,011 3 $238,775,004
402 Jeffrey Caine $712,165,881 4 $178,041,470
403 Creighton Rothenberger $710,838,039 5 $142,167,608
404 Katrin Benedikt $710,838,039 5 $142,167,608
405 Rich Jaffa $710,644,566 1 $710,644,566
406 Timothy Dowling $710,492,140 5 $142,098,428
407 Michael Patrick King $709,928,036 3 $236,642,679
408 Billy Frolick $707,962,985 3 $235,987,662
409 Gerry Swallow $705,460,990 5 $141,092,198
410 John Gatins $702,828,089 8 $87,853,511
411 Yang Zhixue $701,801,455 1 $701,801,455
412 Ye Junce $701,801,455 1 $701,801,455
413 Yan Dongxu $701,801,455 1 $701,801,455
414 Chase Palmer $701,022,201 2 $350,511,101
415 Alfred Gough $700,009,507 4 $175,002,377
416 Peter Gaulke $698,960,760 6 $116,493,460
417 Chen Sicheng $696,026,898 2 $348,013,449
418 Andrew Kevin Walker $694,481,804 8 $86,810,226
419 Seth Grahame-Smith $693,617,041 5 $138,723,408
420 Scott Z. Burns $692,848,945 8 $86,606,118
421 Eric Heisserer $690,884,778 10 $69,088,478
422 William Wisher $690,548,335 3 $230,182,778
423 Rawson Marshall Thurber $690,018,268 4 $172,504,567
424 Jonas Cuaron $689,598,150 3 $229,866,050
425 Michael Brandt $688,646,674 7 $98,378,096
426 Oren Uziel $687,434,022 6 $114,572,337
427 Adam Cozad $687,005,847 5 $137,401,169
428 Michael Bacall $686,420,335 6 $114,403,389
429 Matt Damon $684,568,870 4 $171,142,218
430 Julian Fellowes $682,341,237 13 $52,487,787
431 Derek Haas $681,146,674 7 $97,306,668
432 Ben Queen $679,538,619 2 $339,769,310
433 James DeMonaco $679,085,306 10 $67,908,531
434 Suzanne Collins $677,923,379 1 $677,923,379
435 Jason Hall $675,173,795 3 $225,057,932
436 Barry Fanaro $672,718,942 4 $168,179,736
437 Damien Chazelle $672,180,881 8 $84,022,610
438 Ryan J. Condal $671,335,831 3 $223,778,610
439 Jonathan Hales $667,696,029 2 $333,848,015
440 Brendan O'Brien $667,261,056 8 $83,407,632
441 Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu $660,595,189 4 $165,148,797
442 Richard Price $659,855,198 12 $54,987,933
443 Mark Frost $656,835,145 4 $164,208,786
444 Fred Wolf $656,832,926 10 $65,683,293
445 Josh Friedman $656,075,060 3 $218,691,687
446 Jim Hecht $651,899,282 3 $217,299,761
447 David Hayter $649,834,204 4 $162,458,551
448 John Krasinski $643,921,588 3 $214,640,529
449 Derek Kolstad $643,528,339 5 $128,705,668
450 Jeb Stuart $643,356,387 9 $71,484,043
451 Bob Fisher $642,279,557 4 $160,569,889
452 John Whittington $637,191,886 3 $212,397,295
453 Yu Chen (陈宇) $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
454 Katie Dippold $633,663,979 5 $126,732,796
455 Michael France $632,698,203 3 $210,899,401
456 Ed Decter $631,929,895 5 $126,385,979
457 John J. Strauss $631,929,895 5 $126,385,979
458 David Gordon Green $629,425,667 5 $125,885,133
459 Simon Pegg $627,161,200 6 $104,526,867
460 Jim Capobianco $627,000,993 2 $313,500,497
461 Mark L. Smith $626,659,300 8 $78,332,413
462 Will Fetters $625,873,527 5 $125,174,705
463 Andrew Barrer $625,792,728 5 $125,158,546
464 Abby Kohn $625,594,449 6 $104,265,742
465 Vincent Ngo $624,234,272 1 $624,234,272
466 Vince Gilligan $624,234,272 2 $312,117,136
467 Gabriel Ferrari $623,205,596 4 $155,801,399
468 Matt Lopez $622,977,140 7 $88,996,734
469 Anthony Peckham $622,952,223 2 $311,476,112
470 Benedict Fitzgerald $622,313,635 2 $311,156,818
471 Justin Favreau $621,156,389 1 $621,156,389
472 Michael Finch $617,787,984 5 $123,557,597
473 Peter Buchman $615,388,115 2 $307,694,058
474 Jim Kouf $614,890,823 9 $68,321,203
475 Bob Shaw $613,795,319 2 $306,897,660
476 Hu Guan $611,852,698 2 $305,926,349
477 Matt Lieberman $611,575,269 8 $76,446,909
478 Joby Harold $610,543,622 4 $152,635,906
479 Sacha Baron Cohen $609,021,136 5 $121,804,227
480 Michael Robert Johnson $606,907,245 3 $202,302,415
481 Terence Winter $605,648,091 4 $151,412,023
482 Vanessa Taylor $604,929,906 5 $120,985,981
483 Destin Daniel Cretton $603,869,799 5 $120,773,960
484 Neill Blomkamp $603,857,578 4 $150,964,395
485 Andrew Lanham $603,154,437 5 $120,630,887
486 Lee Hall $600,827,754 6 $100,137,959
487 George Nolfi $600,667,905 6 $100,111,318
488 Zach Baylin $599,470,588 5 $119,894,118
489 Timothy Hyde Harris $596,436,243 5 $119,287,249
490 David Hoselton $593,795,045 2 $296,897,523
491 Anthony Minghella $593,315,795 6 $98,885,966
492 Michael Petroni $592,443,918 5 $118,488,784
493 Kay Cannon $588,995,955 5 $117,799,191
494 Catherine Johnson $586,265,197 1 $586,265,197
495 Akela Cooper $583,809,398 5 $116,761,880
496 Will Ferrell $583,031,820 6 $97,171,970
497 Michael Ferris $582,644,643 5 $116,528,929
498 John Brancato $582,644,643 5 $116,528,929
499 Michael Lesslie $581,202,125 3 $193,734,042
500 Graham Yost $578,658,773 6 $96,443,129

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.