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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 | Leslie Newman | $300,200,000 | 1 | $300,200,000 |
| 902 | Greg Brooker | $298,815,224 | 1 | $298,815,224 |
| 903 | Olivia Milch | $297,718,711 | 1 | $297,718,711 |
| 904 | David McKenna | $297,189,167 | 4 | $74,297,292 |
| 905 | Emma Tammi | $297,185,222 | 1 | $297,185,222 |
| 906 | Seth Cuddeback | $297,185,222 | 1 | $297,185,222 |
| 907 | Scott Cawthon | $297,185,222 | 1 | $297,185,222 |
| 908 | Daniel Lee | $296,528,678 | 2 | $148,264,339 |
| 909 | Cory Goodman | $296,182,160 | 4 | $74,045,540 |
| 910 | Joshua Zetumer | $295,819,788 | 2 | $147,909,894 |
| 911 | Jeff Wadlow | $295,756,384 | 9 | $32,861,820 |
| 912 | Joe Eszterhas | $295,020,049 | 8 | $36,877,506 |
| 913 | Hillary Seitz | $294,220,781 | 4 | $73,555,195 |
| 914 | Larry Levin | $294,156,605 | 1 | $294,156,605 |
| 915 | Justin Zackham | $293,440,284 | 4 | $73,360,071 |
| 916 | Scott Alexander | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
| 917 | Larry Karaszewski | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
| 918 | Mel Brooks | $291,366,234 | 6 | $48,561,039 |
| 919 | Kira Snyder | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 920 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 921 | Damian Shannon | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
| 922 | Mark Swift | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
| 923 | Jessie Nelson | $289,792,714 | 6 | $48,298,786 |
| 924 | Kristen Wiig | $289,640,412 | 2 | $144,820,206 |
| 925 | James Schamus | $288,972,948 | 6 | $48,162,158 |
| 926 | Clark Gregg | $288,941,112 | 2 | $144,470,556 |
| 927 | David Rabe | $288,809,606 | 2 | $144,404,803 |
| 928 | Michael Debruyn | $287,916,633 | 1 | $287,916,633 |
| 929 | Vance Gerry | $287,862,989 | 5 | $57,572,598 |
| 930 | Andy Robin | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 931 | Jerry Seinfeld | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 932 | Chuck Martin | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
| 933 | Spike Feresten | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 934 | Tom Papa | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
| 935 | Barry Marder | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 936 | David Soren | $286,896,578 | 1 | $286,896,578 |
| 937 | Timothy Harris | $286,676,353 | 3 | $95,558,784 |
| 938 | Will Davies | $286,549,194 | 2 | $143,274,597 |
| 939 | Jay Lavender | $285,898,903 | 2 | $142,949,452 |
| 940 | Patrick Massett | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 941 | John Zinman | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 942 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $284,790,724 | 9 | $31,643,414 |
| 943 | Michael Chabon | $282,778,100 | 2 | $141,389,050 |
| 944 | Robert King | $282,376,958 | 5 | $56,475,392 |
| 945 | Jonathan Lemkin | $282,009,953 | 3 | $94,003,318 |
| 946 | Martin McDonagh | $281,065,906 | 4 | $70,266,477 |
| 947 | Todd W. Langen | $280,656,813 | 2 | $140,328,407 |
| 948 | Sam Bromell | $279,938,634 | 1 | $279,938,634 |
| 949 | Rich Wilkes | $279,777,124 | 4 | $69,944,281 |
| 950 | Josh Stolberg | $279,689,042 | 4 | $69,922,261 |
| 951 | Peter Weir | $279,519,870 | 4 | $69,879,968 |
| 952 | Gina Wendkos | $279,251,248 | 3 | $93,083,749 |
| 953 | Takehiko Inoue | $279,045,965 | 1 | $279,045,965 |
| 954 | Stanley Kubrick | $279,020,008 | 6 | $46,503,335 |
| 955 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $278,819,352 | 3 | $92,939,784 |
| 956 | John Eskow | $278,757,999 | 3 | $92,919,333 |
| 957 | Jeremy Leven | $278,541,475 | 6 | $46,423,579 |
| 958 | Akira Toriyama | $278,391,171 | 3 | $92,797,057 |
| 959 | Peter Hedges | $277,580,811 | 8 | $34,697,601 |
| 960 | Larry Gross | $277,480,616 | 8 | $34,685,077 |
| 961 | Lem Dobbs | $276,418,981 | 7 | $39,488,426 |
| 962 | Erdman Penner | $274,802,792 | 5 | $54,960,558 |
| 963 | Alastair Siddons | $274,681,156 | 3 | $91,560,385 |
| 964 | Erica Rivinoja | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 965 | Richard Naing | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 966 | Ian Goldberg | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 967 | Jerry Stahl | $273,790,755 | 3 | $91,263,585 |
| 968 | Su Biao | $273,682,267 | 2 | $136,841,134 |
| 969 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $273,682,267 | 2 | $136,841,134 |
| 970 | Ryan Murphy | $272,091,341 | 3 | $90,697,114 |
| 971 | Chris Chow | $271,823,642 | 4 | $67,955,911 |
| 972 | Tom O’Connor | $271,657,364 | 3 | $90,552,455 |
| 973 | Peter Straughan | $271,609,347 | 10 | $27,160,935 |
| 974 | Rod Barr | $270,859,690 | 2 | $135,429,845 |
| 975 | Jim Strain | $270,769,329 | 2 | $135,384,665 |
| 976 | Brannon Braga | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 977 | Ronald D. Moore | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 978 | Craig Wright | $269,806,430 | 1 | $269,806,430 |
| 979 | Tracy Oliver | $268,743,149 | 5 | $53,748,630 |
| 980 | Larry Morey | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 981 | Perce Pearce | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 982 | Sebastian Gutierrez | $267,721,020 | 6 | $44,620,170 |
| 983 | Bragi Schut | $267,139,975 | 4 | $66,784,994 |
| 984 | Larry Clemmons | $266,574,297 | 4 | $66,643,574 |
| 985 | Vince Vaughn | $266,123,187 | 3 | $88,707,729 |
| 986 | Russell Gewirtz | $264,279,675 | 3 | $88,093,225 |
| 987 | Peter Rader | $264,246,220 | 1 | $264,246,220 |
| 988 | Christopher Hampton | $264,106,352 | 14 | $18,864,739 |
| 989 | Alejandro Monteverde | $263,137,291 | 2 | $131,568,646 |
| 990 | W. Peter Iliff | $263,096,851 | 5 | $52,619,370 |
| 991 | William Joyce | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 992 | Dan Shere | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 993 | Jamie Moss | $262,680,622 | 3 | $87,560,207 |
| 994 | Tim Sullivan | $261,724,290 | 3 | $87,241,430 |
| 995 | Taylor Sheridan | $260,763,003 | 7 | $37,251,858 |
| 996 | Lewis Colick | $260,703,019 | 9 | $28,967,002 |
| 997 | Ryan Rowe | $259,736,090 | 1 | $259,736,090 |
| 998 | Patrick O'Neill | $258,751,370 | 1 | $258,751,370 |
| 999 | Mike Werb | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,000 | Michael Colleary | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.