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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Mark Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 802 | F. Scott Frazier | $350,536,268 | 5 | $70,107,254 |
| 803 | Toni Myers | $350,186,676 | 4 | $87,546,669 |
| 804 | Doug Jung | $348,644,109 | 2 | $174,322,055 |
| 805 | Bill Wittiff | $348,442,939 | 2 | $174,221,470 |
| 806 | Grant Myers | $348,319,861 | 1 | $348,319,861 |
| 807 | Amy Holden Jones | $347,255,888 | 5 | $69,451,178 |
| 808 | Carl Binder | $347,100,000 | 1 | $347,100,000 |
| 809 | Philip Lazebnik | $347,100,000 | 2 | $173,550,000 |
| 810 | Michael Moore | $346,454,306 | 8 | $43,306,788 |
| 811 | Malia Scotch Marmo | $345,563,871 | 3 | $115,187,957 |
| 812 | Ted Tally | $344,554,638 | 6 | $57,425,773 |
| 813 | Caroline Thompson | $344,437,556 | 8 | $43,054,695 |
| 814 | Kevin Williamson | $343,394,335 | 5 | $68,678,867 |
| 815 | David Peoples | $343,362,466 | 3 | $114,454,155 |
| 816 | Edward Ricourt | $342,769,200 | 2 | $171,384,600 |
| 817 | Buddy Johnson | $339,601,343 | 2 | $169,800,672 |
| 818 | Brian Duffield | $339,156,405 | 7 | $48,450,915 |
| 819 | Marc Klein | $336,801,860 | 6 | $56,133,643 |
| 820 | John O'Brien | $336,483,628 | 3 | $112,161,209 |
| 821 | J. Michael Straczynski | $336,395,402 | 4 | $84,098,851 |
| 822 | Mark Rosner | $336,069,511 | 1 | $336,069,511 |
| 823 | James Dearden | $334,869,752 | 2 | $167,434,876 |
| 824 | Alec Berg | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 825 | David Mandel | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 826 | Jim Abrahams | $333,408,722 | 5 | $66,681,744 |
| 827 | Wally Wolodarsky | $333,033,427 | 5 | $66,606,685 |
| 828 | Jim Thomas | $332,202,142 | 4 | $83,050,536 |
| 829 | Scott Teems | $332,144,005 | 4 | $83,036,001 |
| 830 | Andrew Heinz | $331,266,710 | 1 | $331,266,710 |
| 831 | S.S. Wilson | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 832 | Brent Maddock | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 833 | John Ridley | $330,417,355 | 7 | $47,202,479 |
| 834 | David A. Newman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 835 | Keith Merryman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 836 | Jack Thorne | $329,387,389 | 11 | $29,944,308 |
| 837 | Shawn Wayans | $329,099,437 | 3 | $109,699,812 |
| 838 | Nick Cassavetes | $328,527,854 | 6 | $54,754,642 |
| 839 | Ken Shadie | $328,203,506 | 1 | $328,203,506 |
| 840 | Chris Williams | $328,015,029 | 2 | $164,007,515 |
| 841 | Bill Peet | $327,884,918 | 4 | $81,971,230 |
| 842 | George A. Romero | $327,154,909 | 20 | $16,357,745 |
| 843 | Chris Collins | $326,685,379 | 2 | $163,342,690 |
| 844 | Marc Abrams | $326,685,379 | 1 | $326,685,379 |
| 845 | Barry Levinson | $326,175,911 | 9 | $36,241,768 |
| 846 | Patrick Melton | $325,665,953 | 8 | $40,708,244 |
| 847 | Marcus Dunstan | $325,665,953 | 8 | $40,708,244 |
| 848 | Sam Harper | $325,227,443 | 2 | $162,613,722 |
| 849 | Frank Pierson | $324,846,697 | 5 | $64,969,339 |
| 850 | Robin Swicord | $324,374,979 | 6 | $54,062,497 |
| 851 | Jim Uhls | $323,461,759 | 2 | $161,730,880 |
| 852 | Brent Simons | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 853 | Alan Schoolcraft | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 854 | Brian Currie | $319,995,019 | 3 | $106,665,006 |
| 855 | Nick Vallelonga | $319,995,019 | 2 | $159,997,510 |
| 856 | Sherri Stoner | $319,554,124 | 2 | $159,777,062 |
| 857 | Deanna Oliver | $319,554,124 | 2 | $159,777,062 |
| 858 | Christian Gudegast | $319,138,982 | 4 | $79,784,746 |
| 859 | Robert Benton | $318,273,056 | 3 | $106,091,019 |
| 860 | Terri Tatchell | $317,455,487 | 2 | $158,727,744 |
| 861 | Ann Biderman | $317,078,336 | 3 | $105,692,779 |
| 862 | Sara Parriott | $316,927,096 | 3 | $105,642,365 |
| 863 | Josann McGibbon | $316,927,096 | 4 | $79,231,774 |
| 864 | Andrew W. Marlowe | $315,268,353 | 1 | $315,268,353 |
| 865 | Jeremy Doner | $314,875,405 | 2 | $157,437,703 |
| 866 | Ran Ping | $312,587,345 | 2 | $156,293,673 |
| 867 | Larry Ferguson | $310,991,437 | 5 | $62,198,287 |
| 868 | Alain Godard | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 869 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 870 | Larry Stuckey | $310,650,574 | 1 | $310,650,574 |
| 871 | Nitesh Tiwari | $310,534,113 | 5 | $62,106,823 |
| 872 | Piyush Gupta | $310,534,113 | 3 | $103,511,371 |
| 873 | Kevin Hageman | $310,382,915 | 2 | $155,191,458 |
| 874 | Dan Hageman | $310,382,915 | 2 | $155,191,458 |
| 875 | Pedro Almodovar | $310,352,294 | 14 | $22,168,021 |
| 876 | James Wan | $310,196,332 | 1 | $310,196,332 |
| 877 | Ron Anderson | $310,043,823 | 1 | $310,043,823 |
| 878 | Paul Attanasio | $308,971,346 | 3 | $102,990,449 |
| 879 | George Clooney | $308,547,193 | 4 | $77,136,798 |
| 880 | Grant Heslov | $308,547,193 | 5 | $61,709,439 |
| 881 | Mario Puzo | $308,451,071 | 2 | $154,225,536 |
| 882 | Spike Jonze | $308,065,484 | 5 | $61,613,097 |
| 883 | Justin Theroux | $307,525,881 | 3 | $102,508,627 |
| 884 | Tim Federle | $307,491,645 | 3 | $102,497,215 |
| 885 | Todd Komarnicki | $307,404,791 | 6 | $51,234,132 |
| 886 | Ben Stiller | $307,274,930 | 4 | $76,818,733 |
| 887 | David Newman | $305,978,353 | 2 | $152,989,177 |
| 888 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $305,875,471 | 3 | $101,958,490 |
| 889 | Greg Taylor | $305,443,756 | 4 | $76,360,939 |
| 890 | Shreyas Jain | $305,149,461 | 2 | $152,574,731 |
| 891 | Rodo Sayagues | $305,117,742 | 3 | $101,705,914 |
| 892 | Pamela Pettler | $304,598,023 | 3 | $101,532,674 |
| 893 | Annie Mumolo | $304,105,250 | 3 | $101,368,417 |
| 894 | Wellesley Wild | $303,992,700 | 2 | $151,996,350 |
| 895 | Ronald Shusett | $302,013,823 | 4 | $75,503,456 |
| 896 | David Sheffield | $301,974,426 | 3 | $100,658,142 |
| 897 | Barry W. Blaustein | $301,974,426 | 3 | $100,658,142 |
| 898 | Marc Norman | $301,552,174 | 3 | $100,517,391 |
| 899 | Hampton Fancher | $301,382,953 | 3 | $100,460,984 |
| 900 | Jim V. Hart | $300,854,823 | 1 | $300,854,823 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.