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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Susannah Grant | $438,111,558 | 5 | $87,622,312 |
| 502 | Marc Silverstein | $435,329,846 | 4 | $108,832,462 |
| 503 | Ben Affleck | $434,623,587 | 4 | $108,655,897 |
| 504 | John Whittington | $433,710,773 | 2 | $216,855,387 |
| 505 | Duncan Jones | $433,125,655 | 1 | $433,125,655 |
| 506 | J.F. Lawton | $432,645,872 | 1 | $432,645,872 |
| 507 | Dan Aykroyd | $430,983,043 | 4 | $107,745,761 |
| 508 | David Seidler | $430,821,168 | 1 | $430,821,168 |
| 509 | Ron Shelton | $429,044,275 | 5 | $85,808,855 |
| 510 | William Peter Blatty | $427,746,873 | 2 | $213,873,437 |
| 511 | Scott Neustadter | $426,045,433 | 8 | $53,255,679 |
| 512 | Michael H. Weber | $426,045,433 | 7 | $60,863,633 |
| 513 | John-Henry Butterworth | $425,674,029 | 3 | $141,891,343 |
| 514 | Jim Kouf | $424,793,109 | 2 | $212,396,555 |
| 515 | Michael Blake | $424,200,000 | 1 | $424,200,000 |
| 516 | Bill Kelly | $421,845,484 | 2 | $210,922,742 |
| 517 | Derek Haas | $420,786,527 | 5 | $84,157,305 |
| 518 | Michael Brandt | $420,786,527 | 4 | $105,196,632 |
| 519 | Marc Guggenheim | $420,395,046 | 2 | $210,197,523 |
| 520 | Brian Koppleman | $419,570,969 | 4 | $104,892,742 |
| 521 | David Levien | $419,570,969 | 4 | $104,892,742 |
| 522 | Christopher Rouse | $416,197,059 | 1 | $416,197,059 |
| 523 | Barry Morrow | $412,800,000 | 1 | $412,800,000 |
| 524 | Sam Hamm | $411,348,924 | 1 | $411,348,924 |
| 525 | Darren Aronofsky | $410,851,675 | 3 | $136,950,558 |
| 526 | Dylan Kussman | $410,333,326 | 1 | $410,333,326 |
| 527 | Gary Whitta | $410,250,482 | 2 | $205,125,241 |
| 528 | Alan J. Pakula | $409,295,859 | 2 | $204,647,930 |
| 529 | Alexander Payne | $406,356,614 | 3 | $135,452,205 |
| 530 | Tony Kushner | $404,839,053 | 2 | $202,419,527 |
| 531 | Aubrey Solomon | $403,841,637 | 1 | $403,841,637 |
| 532 | Andrew Davies | $403,772,464 | 2 | $201,886,232 |
| 533 | Robert Ben Garant | $402,706,797 | 4 | $100,676,699 |
| 534 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $402,453,857 | 3 | $134,151,286 |
| 535 | Zhang Jialu | $401,275,233 | 5 | $80,255,047 |
| 536 | Rodney Rothman | $401,141,136 | 2 | $200,570,568 |
| 537 | Anthony Hines | $400,151,769 | 2 | $200,075,885 |
| 538 | Edward Kitsis | $400,062,763 | 1 | $400,062,763 |
| 539 | Adam Horowitz | $400,062,763 | 1 | $400,062,763 |
| 540 | Paul Weitz | $399,058,688 | 7 | $57,008,384 |
| 541 | Charles Randolph | $398,632,910 | 5 | $79,726,582 |
| 542 | Andrea Berloff | $398,105,858 | 5 | $79,621,172 |
| 543 | David Elliot | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 544 | Paul Lovett | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 545 | Jeffrey M. Howard | $394,459,213 | 2 | $197,229,607 |
| 546 | Pen Densham | $393,943,047 | 2 | $196,971,524 |
| 547 | David Marconi | $391,433,482 | 2 | $195,716,741 |
| 548 | Wesley Strick | $391,194,409 | 6 | $65,199,068 |
| 549 | Jeb Stuart | $390,568,539 | 2 | $195,284,270 |
| 550 | Sidney Howard | $390,525,192 | 1 | $390,525,192 |
| 551 | John Watson | $390,500,000 | 1 | $390,500,000 |
| 552 | Terence Winter | $389,870,414 | 1 | $389,870,414 |
| 553 | Nicholas Wright | $387,644,286 | 1 | $387,644,286 |
| 554 | James A. Woods | $387,644,286 | 1 | $387,644,286 |
| 555 | Judy Morris | $387,227,205 | 2 | $193,613,603 |
| 556 | Mark Levin | $386,704,838 | 3 | $128,901,613 |
| 557 | Alan Yuen | $386,152,042 | 1 | $386,152,042 |
| 558 | Raman Hui | $386,152,042 | 1 | $386,152,042 |
| 559 | Donald Stewart | $385,600,000 | 2 | $192,800,000 |
| 560 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $384,988,515 | 4 | $96,247,129 |
| 561 | Jon Hurwitz | $384,026,492 | 4 | $96,006,623 |
| 562 | Hayden Schlossberg | $384,026,492 | 4 | $96,006,623 |
| 563 | Tsui Hark | $383,793,216 | 5 | $76,758,643 |
| 564 | David Berenbaum | $383,076,077 | 2 | $191,538,039 |
| 565 | Don Roos | $382,527,013 | 6 | $63,754,502 |
| 566 | Doug Richardson | $381,061,438 | 2 | $190,530,719 |
| 567 | John McLaughlin | $379,810,098 | 2 | $189,905,049 |
| 568 | Marlon Wayans | $379,481,738 | 4 | $94,870,435 |
| 569 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $378,046,844 | 3 | $126,015,615 |
| 570 | Tom Stoppard | $376,824,278 | 4 | $94,206,070 |
| 571 | Jim Jennewein | $376,695,538 | 2 | $188,347,769 |
| 572 | Tom S. Parker | $376,695,538 | 2 | $188,347,769 |
| 573 | Julian Fellowes | $376,424,404 | 9 | $41,824,934 |
| 574 | David Weisberg | $374,840,773 | 2 | $187,420,387 |
| 575 | Douglas S. Cook | $374,840,773 | 2 | $187,420,387 |
| 576 | Michael Goldberg | $374,591,755 | 2 | $187,295,878 |
| 577 | Steven Moffat | $373,993,951 | 1 | $373,993,951 |
| 578 | Juliet Snowden | $373,058,723 | 4 | $93,264,681 |
| 579 | Stiles White | $373,058,723 | 4 | $93,264,681 |
| 580 | Brendan McCarthy | $370,742,166 | 1 | $370,742,166 |
| 581 | Nico Lathouris | $370,742,166 | 1 | $370,742,166 |
| 582 | James DeMonaco | $370,464,352 | 6 | $61,744,059 |
| 583 | Dean Georgaris | $369,517,056 | 5 | $73,903,411 |
| 584 | Gillian Flynn | $368,569,638 | 3 | $122,856,546 |
| 585 | Chris Columbus | $367,814,626 | 4 | $91,953,657 |
| 586 | Michael Colton | $367,650,911 | 1 | $367,650,911 |
| 587 | John Aboud | $367,650,911 | 1 | $367,650,911 |
| 588 | Brandon Sawyer | $367,650,911 | 1 | $367,650,911 |
| 589 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 590 | Peter Buchman | $365,900,000 | 1 | $365,900,000 |
| 591 | Theodore Melfi | $365,352,301 | 3 | $121,784,100 |
| 592 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 593 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 594 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 595 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 3 | $121,473,200 |
| 596 | Joe Carnahan | $364,332,211 | 7 | $52,047,459 |
| 597 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 598 | Bob Shaw | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 599 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 600 | Rob Edwards | $362,797,378 | 2 | $181,398,689 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
