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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Eric Darnell | $1,903,161,611 | 3 | $634,387,204 |
| 102 | Jon Spaihts | $1,897,255,729 | 5 | $379,451,146 |
| 103 | Nicholas Stoller | $1,880,620,824 | 16 | $117,538,802 |
| 104 | Allison Schroeder | $1,879,062,217 | 4 | $469,765,554 |
| 105 | Dean DeBlois | $1,876,852,681 | 5 | $375,370,536 |
| 106 | Jane Goldman | $1,874,873,932 | 9 | $208,319,326 |
| 107 | J.K. Rowling | $1,864,739,869 | 3 | $621,579,956 |
| 108 | Etan Cohen | $1,863,793,587 | 8 | $232,974,198 |
| 109 | Adam Sandler | $1,858,910,849 | 14 | $132,779,346 |
| 110 | John Hughes | $1,835,019,878 | 19 | $96,579,994 |
| 111 | Rian Johnson | $1,834,244,288 | 5 | $366,848,858 |
| 112 | Joe Stillman | $1,831,773,319 | 5 | $366,354,664 |
| 113 | James Vanderbilt | $1,817,771,573 | 12 | $151,480,964 |
| 114 | Eric Warren Singer | $1,801,855,927 | 6 | $300,309,321 |
| 115 | Damon Lindelof | $1,796,758,320 | 6 | $299,459,720 |
| 116 | Dan Fogelman | $1,788,306,133 | 10 | $178,830,613 |
| 117 | Yoni Brenner | $1,781,689,790 | 3 | $593,896,597 |
| 118 | David Magee | $1,772,681,755 | 11 | $161,152,887 |
| 119 | John Hamburg | $1,760,690,564 | 10 | $176,069,056 |
| 120 | David Callaham | $1,757,119,348 | 7 | $251,017,050 |
| 121 | Greta Gerwig | $1,746,728,587 | 5 | $349,345,717 |
| 122 | Shane Black | $1,746,014,487 | 9 | $194,001,610 |
| 123 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $1,731,959,399 | 12 | $144,329,950 |
| 124 | Peter S. Seaman | $1,731,400,685 | 5 | $346,280,137 |
| 125 | Jeffrey Price | $1,731,400,685 | 5 | $346,280,137 |
| 126 | Jonathan Goldstein | $1,702,635,597 | 8 | $212,829,450 |
| 127 | John Francis Daley | $1,702,635,597 | 8 | $212,829,450 |
| 128 | Pete Docter | $1,702,086,292 | 3 | $567,362,097 |
| 129 | Robert L. Baird | $1,698,210,460 | 3 | $566,070,153 |
| 130 | Zak Penn | $1,697,246,052 | 7 | $242,463,722 |
| 131 | Jon Vitti | $1,685,447,609 | 5 | $337,089,522 |
| 132 | Guy Ritchie | $1,683,090,855 | 12 | $140,257,571 |
| 133 | Eric Pearson | $1,679,972,973 | 4 | $419,993,243 |
| 134 | Paul Haggis | $1,676,705,876 | 8 | $209,588,235 |
| 135 | Michael Berg | $1,668,038,162 | 3 | $556,012,721 |
| 136 | Ed Solomon | $1,636,336,790 | 11 | $148,757,890 |
| 137 | William Broyles Jr. | $1,598,033,445 | 6 | $266,338,908 |
| 138 | Simon Beaufoy | $1,596,774,661 | 10 | $159,677,466 |
| 139 | Danny Strong | $1,590,688,044 | 5 | $318,137,609 |
| 140 | Matthew Vaughn | $1,571,056,458 | 7 | $224,436,637 |
| 141 | Michael Crichton | $1,567,235,462 | 6 | $261,205,910 |
| 142 | Robert Towne | $1,565,001,689 | 10 | $156,500,169 |
| 143 | David Ayer | $1,557,677,457 | 10 | $155,767,746 |
| 144 | Craig Mazin | $1,556,460,222 | 8 | $194,557,528 |
| 145 | Max Borenstein | $1,551,498,720 | 6 | $258,583,120 |
| 146 | Richard Curtis | $1,549,919,645 | 12 | $129,159,970 |
| 147 | Hayao Miyazaki | $1,548,371,268 | 10 | $154,837,127 |
| 148 | Andre Nemec | $1,540,149,683 | 5 | $308,029,937 |
| 149 | Josh Appelbaum | $1,540,149,683 | 4 | $385,037,421 |
| 150 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $1,531,202,151 | 10 | $153,120,215 |
| 151 | Joel Coen | $1,518,651,636 | 26 | $58,409,678 |
| 152 | William Nicholson | $1,502,095,250 | 12 | $125,174,604 |
| 153 | Christopher L. Yost | $1,499,648,374 | 3 | $499,882,791 |
| 154 | James Mangold | $1,498,819,694 | 10 | $149,881,969 |
| 155 | Peter Farrelly | $1,496,743,001 | 14 | $106,910,214 |
| 156 | Tim Herlihy | $1,492,447,623 | 11 | $135,677,057 |
| 157 | Brian Helgeland | $1,483,090,579 | 17 | $87,240,622 |
| 158 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $1,467,069,716 | 4 | $366,767,429 |
| 159 | Justin Haythe | $1,447,012,407 | 7 | $206,716,058 |
| 160 | Adam McKay | $1,446,776,895 | 10 | $144,677,690 |
| 161 | Justin Lin | $1,437,736,170 | 3 | $479,245,390 |
| 162 | Peter Ackerman | $1,425,058,348 | 3 | $475,019,449 |
| 163 | Mike Reiss | $1,413,757,839 | 2 | $706,878,920 |
| 164 | Stephen Sommers | $1,407,510,586 | 8 | $175,938,823 |
| 165 | Jonathan Roberts | $1,403,313,663 | 6 | $233,885,611 |
| 166 | Geneva Robertson | $1,403,053,595 | 2 | $701,526,798 |
| 167 | Don Rhymer | $1,391,337,682 | 8 | $173,917,210 |
| 168 | Gary Ross | $1,389,742,348 | 7 | $198,534,621 |
| 169 | Sean Anders | $1,382,049,249 | 11 | $125,640,841 |
| 170 | John Morris | $1,382,049,249 | 11 | $125,640,841 |
| 171 | George Miller | $1,379,870,982 | 10 | $137,987,098 |
| 172 | Scott Silver | $1,374,521,752 | 5 | $274,904,350 |
| 173 | Richard Wenk | $1,358,803,241 | 13 | $104,523,326 |
| 174 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $1,349,820,959 | 8 | $168,727,620 |
| 175 | Edgar Wright | $1,348,456,966 | 8 | $168,557,121 |
| 176 | Woody Allen | $1,342,569,329 | 49 | $27,399,374 |
| 177 | Adam Sztykiel | $1,341,545,092 | 7 | $191,649,299 |
| 178 | John Musker | $1,339,815,211 | 5 | $267,963,042 |
| 179 | Ron Clements | $1,339,815,211 | 5 | $267,963,042 |
| 180 | Laeta Kalogridis | $1,331,632,768 | 5 | $266,326,554 |
| 181 | Thomas Lennon | $1,328,430,057 | 6 | $221,405,010 |
| 182 | Nancy Meyers | $1,322,782,714 | 12 | $110,231,893 |
| 183 | Chris Sanders | $1,313,739,414 | 4 | $328,434,854 |
| 184 | Robert Rodriguez | $1,310,760,280 | 19 | $68,987,383 |
| 185 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $1,306,261,993 | 2 | $653,130,997 |
| 186 | Gong Geer | $1,306,261,993 | 2 | $653,130,997 |
| 187 | Jay Scherick | $1,302,355,800 | 5 | $260,471,160 |
| 188 | David Ronn | $1,302,355,800 | 5 | $260,471,160 |
| 189 | Stephen Chbosky | $1,301,766,786 | 2 | $650,883,393 |
| 190 | Tommy Swerdlow | $1,298,725,792 | 6 | $216,454,299 |
| 191 | Emily Carmichael | $1,294,934,740 | 2 | $647,467,370 |
| 192 | Dean Georgaris | $1,291,071,205 | 6 | $215,178,534 |
| 193 | Matt Reeves | $1,283,813,145 | 3 | $427,937,715 |
| 194 | Steven E. de Souza | $1,281,489,560 | 15 | $85,432,637 |
| 195 | Melissa Mathison | $1,281,230,312 | 6 | $213,538,385 |
| 196 | Ethan Coen | $1,258,368,900 | 25 | $50,334,756 |
| 197 | Michael Dougherty | $1,242,518,129 | 4 | $310,629,532 |
| 198 | Robert Zemeckis | $1,241,639,223 | 12 | $103,469,935 |
| 199 | Paul Rudd | $1,236,503,935 | 3 | $412,167,978 |
| 200 | Will Beall | $1,235,950,605 | 3 | $411,983,535 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.