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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
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101 | Dean DeBlois | $1,175,697,493 | 5 | $235,139,499 |
102 | Etan Cohen | $1,175,643,104 | 8 | $146,955,388 |
103 | Quentin Tarantino | $1,175,085,513 | 14 | $83,934,680 |
104 | Michael McCullers | $1,172,215,941 | 7 | $167,459,420 |
105 | Daniel Gerson | $1,170,036,952 | 3 | $390,012,317 |
106 | Allison Schroeder | $1,132,866,310 | 4 | $283,216,578 |
107 | Robert L. Baird | $1,122,783,923 | 3 | $374,261,308 |
108 | Paul Haggis | $1,121,598,022 | 8 | $140,199,753 |
109 | Justin Lin | $1,114,801,820 | 3 | $371,600,607 |
110 | Guy Ritchie | $1,108,068,699 | 12 | $92,339,058 |
111 | James Vanderbilt | $1,103,647,710 | 12 | $91,970,643 |
112 | Richard Curtis | $1,099,161,534 | 12 | $91,596,795 |
113 | Shane Black | $1,093,073,561 | 9 | $121,452,618 |
114 | Steven Zaillian | $1,082,231,784 | 16 | $67,639,487 |
115 | Eric Pearson | $1,080,201,298 | 4 | $270,050,325 |
116 | Max Borenstein | $1,077,207,939 | 6 | $179,534,657 |
117 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $1,071,105,395 | 12 | $89,258,783 |
118 | Robert Mark Kamen | $1,059,769,577 | 15 | $70,651,305 |
119 | Pete Docter | $1,051,674,263 | 3 | $350,558,088 |
120 | David Magee | $1,049,306,282 | 11 | $95,391,480 |
121 | Matthew Vaughn | $1,041,091,429 | 7 | $148,727,347 |
122 | Damon Lindelof | $1,039,178,482 | 6 | $173,196,414 |
123 | Joe Robert Cole | $1,036,591,240 | 4 | $259,147,810 |
124 | Mike Reiss | $1,034,049,120 | 2 | $517,024,560 |
125 | Zak Penn | $1,031,304,052 | 7 | $147,329,150 |
126 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $1,027,515,202 | 8 | $128,439,400 |
127 | Justin Haythe | $1,020,543,660 | 7 | $145,791,951 |
128 | Josh Appelbaum | $1,012,278,632 | 4 | $253,069,658 |
129 | Andre Nemec | $1,012,278,632 | 5 | $202,455,726 |
130 | Peter Ackerman | $1,010,440,162 | 3 | $336,813,387 |
131 | Billy Ray | $1,003,330,484 | 15 | $66,888,699 |
132 | Nicholas Stoller | $992,791,714 | 16 | $62,049,482 |
133 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $987,824,837 | 10 | $98,782,484 |
134 | Laeta Kalogridis | $983,491,396 | 5 | $196,698,279 |
135 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $974,722,393 | 4 | $243,680,598 |
136 | Christopher L. Yost | $974,409,281 | 3 | $324,803,094 |
137 | Joe Stillman | $974,226,154 | 5 | $194,845,231 |
138 | Zhang Yimou | $973,364,229 | 4 | $243,341,057 |
139 | Ed Solomon | $972,764,314 | 11 | $88,433,119 |
140 | Rian Johnson | $965,136,898 | 5 | $193,027,380 |
141 | Dan Fogelman | $962,208,783 | 10 | $96,220,878 |
142 | Jon Vitti | $957,861,643 | 5 | $191,572,329 |
143 | John Francis Daley | $956,130,612 | 8 | $119,516,327 |
144 | Jonathan Goldstein | $956,130,612 | 8 | $119,516,327 |
145 | Greta Gerwig | $946,868,109 | 5 | $189,373,622 |
146 | Simon Beaufoy | $934,964,651 | 10 | $93,496,465 |
147 | Geneva Robertson | $917,972,953 | 2 | $458,986,477 |
148 | T.S. Nowlin | $913,760,268 | 5 | $182,752,054 |
149 | Michael Crichton | $897,061,302 | 6 | $149,510,217 |
150 | William Nicholson | $893,011,270 | 12 | $74,417,606 |
151 | Christopher Miller | $891,397,686 | 6 | $148,566,281 |
152 | Phil Lord | $891,316,348 | 5 | $178,263,270 |
153 | Eric Warren Singer | $889,234,072 | 6 | $148,205,679 |
154 | David Callaham | $885,668,581 | 7 | $126,524,083 |
155 | Scott Silver | $881,516,758 | 5 | $176,303,352 |
156 | Anthony McCarten | $880,541,137 | 6 | $146,756,856 |
157 | Jay Scherick | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
158 | David Ronn | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
159 | Edgar Wright | $876,591,664 | 8 | $109,573,958 |
160 | Jeffrey Price | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
161 | Peter S. Seaman | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
162 | Craig Mazin | $874,488,727 | 8 | $109,311,091 |
163 | Don Rhymer | $864,983,990 | 8 | $108,122,999 |
164 | Adam Sztykiel | $862,880,336 | 7 | $123,268,619 |
165 | Dean Georgaris | $862,868,015 | 6 | $143,811,336 |
166 | Emily Carmichael | $858,209,135 | 2 | $429,104,568 |
167 | Will Beall | $854,887,895 | 3 | $284,962,632 |
168 | Danny Strong | $854,817,868 | 5 | $170,963,574 |
169 | George Miller | $834,400,312 | 10 | $83,440,031 |
170 | Wu Jing | $832,753,071 | 1 | $832,753,071 |
171 | Dong Qun | $832,753,071 | 1 | $832,753,071 |
172 | Liu Yi | $832,753,071 | 1 | $832,753,071 |
173 | Makoto Shinkai | $830,427,424 | 3 | $276,809,141 |
174 | Stephen Chow | $814,628,381 | 3 | $271,542,794 |
175 | Harald Kloser | $805,839,593 | 3 | $268,613,198 |
176 | Adam Sandler | $804,172,061 | 14 | $57,440,862 |
177 | Mark Burton | $799,965,468 | 8 | $99,995,684 |
178 | Robert Towne | $797,894,735 | 10 | $79,789,474 |
179 | John Hamburg | $795,088,973 | 10 | $79,508,897 |
180 | Dan Mazeau | $790,040,419 | 5 | $158,008,084 |
181 | Jonathan Roberts | $789,769,649 | 6 | $131,628,275 |
182 | Tom McGrath | $782,469,939 | 2 | $391,234,970 |
183 | Brian Helgeland | $781,604,122 | 17 | $45,976,713 |
184 | Stephen Chbosky | $780,009,673 | 2 | $390,004,837 |
185 | Peter Farrelly | $779,266,926 | 14 | $55,661,923 |
186 | Paul Rudd | $772,352,077 | 3 | $257,450,692 |
187 | Tab Murphy | $769,518,928 | 5 | $153,903,786 |
188 | Ron Clements | $769,287,959 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
189 | John Musker | $769,287,959 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
190 | Jac Schaeffer | $764,718,785 | 2 | $382,359,393 |
191 | Chris Sanders | $763,218,230 | 4 | $190,804,558 |
192 | Stephen Sommers | $759,829,886 | 8 | $94,978,736 |
193 | Michael J. Wilson | $758,151,735 | 3 | $252,717,245 |
194 | Michael Goldenberg | $756,714,819 | 5 | $151,342,964 |
195 | Matt Reeves | $755,452,465 | 3 | $251,817,488 |
196 | James Mangold | $755,109,184 | 10 | $75,510,918 |
197 | David Ayer | $753,214,522 | 10 | $75,321,452 |
198 | Joel Coen | $752,550,798 | 26 | $28,944,261 |
199 | David Benioff | $750,478,933 | 7 | $107,211,276 |
200 | Denis Villeneuve | $749,353,328 | 3 | $249,784,443 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.