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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 | Carl Binder | $347,100,000 | 1 | $347,100,000 |
| 903 | Philip Lazebnik | $347,100,000 | 2 | $173,550,000 |
| 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 | Dan Hageman | $319,559,946 | 2 | $159,779,973 |
| 967 | Kevin 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 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 978 | Alain Godard | $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 | $310,337,889 | 5 | $62,067,578 |
| 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 | Grant Heslov | $308,547,193 | 5 | $61,709,439 |
| 987 | George Clooney | $308,547,193 | 4 | $77,136,798 |
| 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.