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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 301-400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Michael G. Wilson | $882,794,971 | 5 | $176,558,994 |
| 302 | Jon Watts | $881,176,746 | 4 | $220,294,187 |
| 303 | Allan Loeb | $878,776,621 | 11 | $79,888,784 |
| 304 | Phil Hay | $877,002,130 | 8 | $109,625,266 |
| 305 | Dan Scanlon | $876,813,411 | 2 | $438,406,706 |
| 306 | Simon Farnaby | $876,448,872 | 5 | $175,289,774 |
| 307 | Marc Lawrence | $876,172,412 | 10 | $87,617,241 |
| 308 | Zack Snyder | $874,700,375 | 6 | $145,783,396 |
| 309 | Mark Protosevich | $874,653,815 | 4 | $218,663,454 |
| 310 | Steve Bencich | $865,400,162 | 5 | $173,080,032 |
| 311 | Ron J. Friedman | $865,400,162 | 5 | $173,080,032 |
| 312 | Ashley Edward Miller | $862,975,381 | 4 | $215,743,845 |
| 313 | Zack Stentz | $862,975,381 | 4 | $215,743,845 |
| 314 | Alec Sulkin | $860,009,327 | 3 | $286,669,776 |
| 315 | Seth MacFarlane | $860,009,327 | 3 | $286,669,776 |
| 316 | Makoto Shinkai | $854,478,940 | 3 | $284,826,313 |
| 317 | Kiel Murray | $852,123,013 | 4 | $213,030,753 |
| 318 | Jim Herzfeld | $851,348,741 | 3 | $283,782,914 |
| 319 | Josh Cooley | $850,566,343 | 1 | $850,566,343 |
| 320 | Craig Kyle | $850,482,778 | 2 | $425,241,389 |
| 321 | James V. Hart | $847,394,197 | 7 | $121,056,314 |
| 322 | Miles Millar | $846,204,666 | 6 | $141,034,111 |
| 323 | Joe Carnahan | $842,718,521 | 11 | $76,610,775 |
| 324 | Charles Leavitt | $842,382,538 | 8 | $105,297,817 |
| 325 | Liu Honglu | $841,674,419 | 1 | $841,674,419 |
| 326 | Jia Ling | $841,674,419 | 1 | $841,674,419 |
| 327 | Sun Jibin | $841,674,419 | 1 | $841,674,419 |
| 328 | Wang Yu | $841,674,419 | 1 | $841,674,419 |
| 329 | Herschel Weingrod | $841,476,353 | 7 | $120,210,908 |
| 330 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $837,564,252 | 6 | $139,594,042 |
| 331 | Mark Andrews | $837,384,632 | 2 | $418,692,316 |
| 332 | Wu Jing | $835,474,171 | 1 | $835,474,171 |
| 333 | Dong Qun | $835,474,171 | 1 | $835,474,171 |
| 334 | Liu Yi | $835,474,171 | 1 | $835,474,171 |
| 335 | Steven Conrad | $835,084,136 | 6 | $139,180,689 |
| 336 | Mark Fergus | $831,939,753 | 4 | $207,984,938 |
| 337 | Hawk Ostby | $831,939,753 | 4 | $207,984,938 |
| 338 | Aline Brosh McKenna | $829,149,191 | 7 | $118,449,884 |
| 339 | Chris Miller | $827,464,262 | 2 | $413,732,131 |
| 340 | Tyler Perry | $826,158,954 | 20 | $41,307,948 |
| 341 | Han Han | $825,790,043 | 3 | $275,263,348 |
| 342 | Tom J. Astle | $824,014,307 | 4 | $206,003,577 |
| 343 | Jennifer Ventimilia | $819,231,130 | 4 | $204,807,783 |
| 344 | Joshua Sternin | $819,231,130 | 4 | $204,807,783 |
| 345 | Ann Peacock | $818,067,471 | 5 | $163,613,494 |
| 346 | John Lee Hancock | $816,613,845 | 9 | $90,734,872 |
| 347 | Jake Kasdan | $815,962,965 | 2 | $407,981,483 |
| 348 | Bill Collage | $811,872,895 | 7 | $115,981,842 |
| 349 | Adam Cooper | $811,872,895 | 7 | $115,981,842 |
| 350 | Randi Mayem Singer | $809,697,146 | 4 | $202,424,287 |
| 351 | John Krasinski | $809,643,020 | 4 | $202,410,755 |
| 352 | Boaz Yakin | $808,282,300 | 10 | $80,828,230 |
| 353 | Aron Warner | $807,330,936 | 1 | $807,330,936 |
| 354 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $807,262,271 | 6 | $134,543,712 |
| 355 | Maya Forbes | $802,847,926 | 9 | $89,205,325 |
| 356 | Scot Armstrong | $800,949,464 | 4 | $200,237,366 |
| 357 | Don Payne | $799,580,165 | 3 | $266,526,722 |
| 358 | Tom Wheeler | $798,316,954 | 3 | $266,105,651 |
| 359 | Matt Manfredi | $797,925,452 | 7 | $113,989,350 |
| 360 | Dan Harris | $797,429,822 | 2 | $398,714,911 |
| 361 | Matthew Aldrich | $796,471,314 | 2 | $398,235,657 |
| 362 | Adrian Molina | $796,401,721 | 1 | $796,401,721 |
| 363 | Chiyu Zhang | $794,839,821 | 2 | $397,419,911 |
| 364 | Ol Parker | $794,250,562 | 6 | $132,375,094 |
| 365 | Alfonso Cuarón | $790,055,685 | 4 | $197,513,921 |
| 366 | Marshall Herskovitz | $787,783,525 | 5 | $157,556,705 |
| 367 | Paul Fisher | $787,348,704 | 3 | $262,449,568 |
| 368 | Ken Nolan | $787,139,602 | 3 | $262,379,867 |
| 369 | Patrick Casey | $784,290,527 | 3 | $261,430,176 |
| 370 | Josh Miller | $784,290,527 | 3 | $261,430,176 |
| 371 | Jordan Roberts | $781,461,105 | 4 | $195,365,276 |
| 372 | Ronald Bass | $780,347,808 | 7 | $111,478,258 |
| 373 | Ted Griffin | $779,438,555 | 5 | $155,887,711 |
| 374 | Jordan Peele | $778,434,003 | 6 | $129,739,001 |
| 375 | Gilbert Taylor | $775,398,007 | 1 | $775,398,007 |
| 376 | Cameron Crowe | $774,022,225 | 10 | $77,402,223 |
| 377 | Kelvin Lee | $773,823,628 | 2 | $386,911,814 |
| 378 | Jeremy Slater | $771,262,938 | 6 | $128,543,823 |
| 379 | Nicole Perlman | $770,882,395 | 1 | $770,882,395 |
| 380 | David O. Russell | $768,742,210 | 9 | $85,415,801 |
| 381 | Tsui Hark | $768,555,366 | 8 | $96,069,421 |
| 382 | Warren Skaaren | $767,703,758 | 4 | $191,925,940 |
| 383 | Glenn Ficarra | $767,437,843 | 8 | $95,929,730 |
| 384 | John Requa | $767,437,843 | 8 | $95,929,730 |
| 385 | Brad Copeland | $765,821,718 | 5 | $153,164,344 |
| 386 | Carl Gottlieb | $761,166,449 | 5 | $152,233,290 |
| 387 | Ryan Engle | $760,983,993 | 7 | $108,711,999 |
| 388 | Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | $760,928,081 | 3 | $253,642,694 |
| 389 | William Monahan | $760,379,422 | 9 | $84,486,602 |
| 390 | Shay Hatten | $759,160,085 | 7 | $108,451,441 |
| 391 | William Steig | $756,244,673 | 1 | $756,244,673 |
| 392 | Hossein Amini | $755,084,628 | 11 | $68,644,057 |
| 393 | David Franzoni | $753,375,779 | 6 | $125,562,630 |
| 394 | Niall Leonard | $753,352,064 | 2 | $376,676,032 |
| 395 | Matt Sazama | $752,955,645 | 6 | $125,492,608 |
| 396 | Burk Sharpless | $752,955,645 | 6 | $125,492,608 |
| 397 | Robert Rodat | $751,426,999 | 6 | $125,237,833 |
| 398 | Dan Mazer | $750,876,557 | 6 | $125,146,093 |
| 399 | Michael Mann | $748,835,788 | 9 | $83,203,976 |
| 400 | Robert Gordon | $745,247,553 | 3 | $248,415,851 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.