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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 Jim Kouf $635,222,065 11 $57,747,460
502 Michael Finch $632,629,683 5 $126,525,937
503 Lin Jiang $631,992,257 4 $157,998,064
504 Ed Decter $631,929,895 5 $126,385,979
505 John J. Strauss $631,929,895 5 $126,385,979
506 David Gordon Green $629,447,227 5 $125,889,445
507 Zach Baylin $628,574,490 6 $104,762,415
508 Simon Pegg $628,079,811 6 $104,679,969
509 Jim Capobianco $627,067,501 2 $313,533,751
510 Len Blum $626,717,330 7 $89,531,047
511 Will Fetters $625,873,527 5 $125,174,705
512 Abby Kohn $625,594,449 6 $104,265,742
513 Vincent Ngo $624,234,272 1 $624,234,272
514 Vince Gilligan $624,234,272 2 $312,117,136
515 Wong Jing $623,553,862 9 $69,283,762
516 Anthony Peckham $622,952,223 2 $311,476,112
517 Benedict Fitzgerald $622,313,635 2 $311,156,818
518 Justin Favreau $621,156,389 1 $621,156,389
519 Ivy Kong $616,555,188 2 $308,277,594
520 John Fusco $615,810,198 12 $51,317,517
521 Peter Buchman $615,388,115 2 $307,694,058
522 Bob Shaw $613,795,319 2 $306,897,660
523 Matt Lieberman $613,652,792 8 $76,706,599
524 Terence Winter $613,298,280 4 $153,324,570
525 Wes Anderson $612,552,465 14 $43,753,748
526 Joby Harold $611,840,733 4 $152,960,183
527 Yang Zhixue $610,759,412 1 $610,759,412
528 Ye Junce $610,759,412 1 $610,759,412
529 Yan Dongxu $610,759,412 1 $610,759,412
530 Helen Fielding $609,909,807 3 $203,303,269
531 Edmond Wong $609,377,169 6 $101,562,862
532 Sacha Baron Cohen $609,021,136 5 $121,804,227
533 Michael Robert Johnson $606,907,245 3 $202,302,415
534 Vanessa Taylor $604,929,906 7 $86,418,558
535 Destin Daniel Cretton $604,376,528 5 $120,875,306
536 Neill Blomkamp $603,857,578 5 $120,771,516
537 Ge Rui $603,786,902 2 $301,893,451
538 Andrew Lanham $603,661,166 5 $120,732,233
539 Tsang Kan-Cheong $603,201,628 3 $201,067,209
540 Michael Lesslie $601,863,036 4 $150,465,759
541 Lee Hall $600,827,754 6 $100,137,959
542 George Nolfi $600,667,905 6 $100,111,318
543 Stanley Tong $600,215,078 4 $150,053,770
544 Timothy Hyde Harris $596,436,243 5 $119,287,249
545 David Hoselton $593,795,045 2 $296,897,523
546 Anthony Minghella $593,315,795 6 $98,885,966
547 Michael Petroni $592,443,918 5 $118,488,784
548 Fede Álvarez $591,834,707 4 $147,958,677
549 Kay Cannon $588,995,955 5 $117,799,191
550 Larry Ferguson $587,656,473 6 $97,942,746
551 Akela Cooper $586,998,614 5 $117,399,723
552 Paul Weitz $584,160,671 11 $53,105,516
553 Graham Yost $583,633,388 6 $97,272,231
554 Will Ferrell $583,031,820 6 $97,171,970
555 Catherine Johnson $582,876,806 1 $582,876,806
556 John Brancato $582,644,643 6 $97,107,441
557 Michael Ferris $582,644,643 5 $116,528,929
558 Mark Steven Johnson $580,599,512 6 $96,766,585
559 Mike Rich $577,224,867 4 $144,306,217
560 Nia Vardalos $576,946,439 5 $115,389,288
561 Wesley Strick $573,987,747 8 $71,748,468
562 Bong Joon Ho $573,647,345 5 $114,729,469
563 David Self $572,732,324 4 $143,183,081
564 Rita Hsiao $572,652,920 2 $286,326,460
565 Lawrence Konner $569,187,370 9 $63,243,041
566 Nat Mauldin $569,072,554 5 $113,814,511
567 David Mamet $566,917,558 16 $35,432,347
568 Erik Jendresen $565,703,602 4 $141,425,901
569 Rob Lieber $562,667,930 4 $140,666,983
570 Fung Chih-chiang $560,850,930 3 $186,950,310
571 Leigh Brackett $560,801,210 4 $140,200,303
572 Delia Ephron $560,242,275 5 $112,048,455
573 Patrick Burleigh $558,946,743 4 $139,736,686
574 Kirsten Smith $558,392,619 8 $69,799,077
575 Micah Fitzerman-Blue $557,771,360 6 $92,961,893
576 Noah Harpster $557,771,360 6 $92,961,893
577 Emma Thompson $557,273,207 5 $111,454,641
578 Noah Oppenheim $556,930,890 3 $185,643,630
579 Edgar Wallace $556,906,378 1 $556,906,378
580 Mark Rosenthal $556,149,967 8 $69,518,746
581 Carlos Kotkin $556,120,612 3 $185,373,537
582 Wellsesly Wild $556,016,627 1 $556,016,627
583 Nico Lathouris $554,751,272 2 $277,375,636
584 Brenda Chapman $554,606,532 2 $277,303,266
585 Steve Purcell $554,606,532 1 $554,606,532
586 David Weisberg $552,676,004 3 $184,225,335
587 Douglas S. Cook $552,676,004 3 $184,225,335
588 Peter Chiarelli $552,523,866 3 $184,174,622
589 Steve Faber $551,034,644 2 $275,517,322
590 Peter Benchley $550,750,650 3 $183,583,550
591 Benji Samit $548,303,062 4 $137,075,766
592 Dan Hernandez $548,303,062 4 $137,075,766
593 Chenguang Qian $547,179,648 2 $273,589,824
594 Ron Shelton $545,863,076 10 $54,586,308
595 Genndy Tartakovsky $545,841,714 3 $181,947,238
596 Michael LeSieur $543,135,107 2 $271,567,554
597 Warren Coleman $542,956,777 2 $271,478,389
598 Caroline Thompson $541,980,326 9 $60,220,036
599 Nick Schenk $540,581,369 5 $108,116,274
600 Henry Gayden $539,960,271 4 $134,990,068

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.