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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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
901 Amy Holden Jones $347,255,888 5 $69,451,178
902 Philip Lazebnik $347,100,000 2 $173,550,000
903 Carl Binder $347,100,000 1 $347,100,000
904 Malia Scotch Marmo $345,563,871 3 $115,187,957
905 Ted Tally $344,554,638 6 $57,425,773
906 Felix Chong $344,098,831 4 $86,024,708
907 Kevin Williamson $343,394,335 5 $68,678,867
908 David Peoples $343,362,466 3 $114,454,155
909 Edward Ricourt $342,769,200 2 $171,384,600
910 Raman Hui $340,969,819 1 $340,969,819
911 Buddy Johnson $339,601,343 2 $169,800,672
912 Brian Duffield $339,156,405 8 $42,394,551
913 Geoff Rodkey $338,882,180 4 $84,720,545
914 Marc Klein $338,330,051 6 $56,388,342
915 Li Meng $337,554,287 1 $337,554,287
916 Wang Tianyi $337,554,287 1 $337,554,287
917 Bill Dubuque $337,292,759 7 $48,184,680
918 Lei Zhilong $337,278,900 2 $168,639,450
919 Jim Thomas $337,176,757 4 $84,294,189
920 John O'Brien $336,483,628 3 $112,161,209
921 J. Michael Straczynski $336,395,402 4 $84,098,851
922 Mark Rosner $336,069,511 1 $336,069,511
923 James Dearden $334,869,752 2 $167,434,876
924 Marcus Dunstan $334,866,992 8 $41,858,374
925 Patrick Melton $334,866,992 8 $41,858,374
926 Alec Berg $334,685,403 3 $111,561,801
927 David Mandel $334,685,403 3 $111,561,801
928 Stirling Silliphant $333,429,215 8 $41,678,652
929 Jim Abrahams $333,408,722 5 $66,681,744
930 Wally Wolodarsky $333,033,427 5 $66,606,685
931 Frank Pierson $332,847,307 6 $55,474,551
932 Scott Teems $332,144,005 4 $83,036,001
933 Pedro Almodovar $331,671,784 15 $22,111,452
934 Andrew Heinz $331,266,710 1 $331,266,710
935 S.S. Wilson $331,212,056 6 $55,202,009
936 Brent Maddock $331,212,056 6 $55,202,009
937 John Ridley $330,417,355 8 $41,302,169
938 Jingle Ma $330,321,790 1 $330,321,790
939 Keith Merryman $329,997,588 3 $109,999,196
940 David A. Newman $329,997,588 3 $109,999,196
941 Shawn Wayans $329,099,437 3 $109,699,812
942 Nick Cassavetes $328,813,993 6 $54,802,332
943 Jack Thorne $328,742,413 12 $27,395,201
944 Ken Shadie $328,203,181 1 $328,203,181
945 Chris Williams $328,015,029 2 $164,007,515
946 Bill Peet $327,884,918 4 $81,971,230
947 George A. Romero $327,154,921 20 $16,357,746
948 Ryan Rowe $326,820,466 2 $163,410,233
949 Chris Collins $326,685,379 2 $163,342,690
950 Marc Abrams $326,685,379 1 $326,685,379
951 Barry Levinson $326,175,911 10 $32,617,591
952 Robert Harling $325,898,844 4 $81,474,711
953 Todd Komarnicki $325,442,225 6 $54,240,371
954 Robin Swicord $324,375,642 6 $54,062,607
955 Bingbao Lin $324,165,569 1 $324,165,569
956 John Patrick Shanley $323,758,930 7 $46,251,276
957 Jim Uhls $323,461,759 2 $161,730,880
958 Matt Greenberg $322,288,520 4 $80,572,130
959 Alan Schoolcraft $321,887,208 2 $160,943,604
960 Brent Simons $321,887,208 2 $160,943,604
961 James Wan $321,370,008 1 $321,370,008
962 Nick Vallelonga $319,995,019 2 $159,997,510
963 Brian Currie $319,995,019 3 $106,665,006
964 Sherri Stoner $319,658,754 2 $159,829,377
965 Deanna Oliver $319,658,754 2 $159,829,377
966 Kevin Hageman $319,559,946 2 $159,779,973
967 Dan Hageman $319,559,946 2 $159,779,973
968 Shane Salerno $319,171,725 5 $63,834,345
969 Robert Benton $318,273,056 3 $106,091,019
970 Terri Tatchell $317,455,487 2 $158,727,744
971 Ann Biderman $317,078,336 3 $105,692,779
972 Sara Parriott $316,927,096 3 $105,642,365
973 Josann McGibbon $316,927,096 4 $79,231,774
974 Andrew W. Marlowe $315,268,353 1 $315,268,353
975 Li Han $314,526,853 2 $157,263,427
976 Ran Ping $312,587,345 2 $156,293,673
977 Alain Godard $310,979,393 4 $77,744,848
978 Jean-Jacques Annaud $310,979,393 4 $77,744,848
979 Larry Stuckey $310,650,574 1 $310,650,574
980 Piyush Gupta $310,534,113 3 $103,511,371
981 Robert Eggers $310,320,706 5 $62,064,141
982 Ron Anderson $310,043,823 1 $310,043,823
983 Wong Ho-wah $309,023,111 4 $77,255,778
984 Paul Attanasio $308,971,346 3 $102,990,449
985 Jackie Chan $308,685,767 3 $102,895,256
986 George Clooney $308,547,193 4 $77,136,798
987 Grant Heslov $308,547,193 5 $61,709,439
988 Mario Puzo $308,451,071 2 $154,225,536
989 Edmund H. North $308,270,350 3 $102,756,783
990 Spike Jonze $308,065,484 5 $61,613,097
991 Justin Theroux $307,525,881 3 $102,508,627
992 Tim Federle $307,491,645 3 $102,497,215
993 Ben Stiller $307,274,930 4 $76,818,733
994 David Newman $305,978,353 2 $152,989,177
995 Nikhil Mehrotra $305,875,471 3 $101,958,490
996 Greg Taylor $305,443,756 4 $76,360,939
997 Pamela Pettler $304,513,845 3 $101,504,615
998 Qi Qi $304,280,699 1 $304,280,699
999 Jeff Wadlow $304,268,680 9 $33,807,631
1,000 David Zucker $304,163,423 7 $43,451,918

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.