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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Tony Rettenmaier | $143,187,374 | 3 | $47,729,125 |
| 1,502 | Jesse Gordon | $143,187,374 | 1 | $143,187,374 |
| 1,503 | Keenan Coogler | $143,187,374 | 1 | $143,187,374 |
| 1,504 | Dean Pitchford | $142,998,774 | 2 | $71,499,387 |
| 1,505 | Curt Siodmak | $142,634,358 | 1 | $142,634,358 |
| 1,506 | Rafael Yglesias | $142,350,842 | 5 | $28,470,168 |
| 1,507 | Chris Matheson | $142,080,336 | 6 | $23,680,056 |
| 1,508 | Kent Osborne | $142,051,255 | 3 | $47,350,418 |
| 1,509 | Derek Drymon | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,510 | Aaron Springer | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,511 | Paul Tibbitt | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,512 | Stephen Hillenburg | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,513 | Dustin Lance Black | $141,909,316 | 4 | $35,477,329 |
| 1,514 | Rob Greenberg | $141,893,719 | 3 | $47,297,906 |
| 1,515 | Jan Sardi | $141,878,600 | 2 | $70,939,300 |
| 1,516 | Jason Smilovic | $141,729,969 | 3 | $47,243,323 |
| 1,517 | Douglas Kenney | $141,607,202 | 1 | $141,607,202 |
| 1,518 | Dan Harmon | $141,267,370 | 1 | $141,267,370 |
| 1,519 | Rob Schrab | $141,267,370 | 1 | $141,267,370 |
| 1,520 | George Axelrod | $140,846,686 | 7 | $20,120,955 |
| 1,521 | Marc Moss | $140,585,844 | 2 | $70,292,922 |
| 1,522 | William Wheeler | $140,486,408 | 4 | $35,121,602 |
| 1,523 | Karl Geurs | $139,924,202 | 1 | $139,924,202 |
| 1,524 | Alex Litvak | $139,877,913 | 2 | $69,938,957 |
| 1,525 | Susan Gauthier | $139,801,096 | 1 | $139,801,096 |
| 1,526 | Emil Stern | $139,716,717 | 1 | $139,716,717 |
| 1,527 | Rob Zombie | $139,550,546 | 7 | $19,935,792 |
| 1,528 | P.J. Hogan | $139,205,136 | 5 | $27,841,027 |
| 1,529 | Dong Runnian | $139,204,612 | 1 | $139,204,612 |
| 1,530 | Ari Aster | $139,014,645 | 3 | $46,338,215 |
| 1,531 | Harold Livingston | $139,000,000 | 1 | $139,000,000 |
| 1,532 | Oliver Butcher | $138,862,085 | 2 | $69,431,043 |
| 1,533 | Jeff Buhler | $138,820,079 | 7 | $19,831,440 |
| 1,534 | Louis Venosta | $138,697,012 | 1 | $138,697,012 |
| 1,535 | Eric Lerner | $138,697,012 | 1 | $138,697,012 |
| 1,536 | Richard D'Ovidio | $138,620,041 | 6 | $23,103,340 |
| 1,537 | John Hodge | $138,298,109 | 7 | $19,756,873 |
| 1,538 | David Patterson | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 1,539 | Jeff Stockwell | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 1,540 | Toby Halbrooks | $137,768,975 | 2 | $68,884,488 |
| 1,541 | Richard Pryor | $137,534,753 | 2 | $68,767,377 |
| 1,542 | Peter Sattler | $137,087,422 | 2 | $68,543,711 |
| 1,543 | John Mandel | $136,998,907 | 1 | $136,998,907 |
| 1,544 | Leon Capetanos | $136,950,533 | 5 | $27,390,107 |
| 1,545 | Bo Goldman | $136,923,665 | 4 | $34,230,916 |
| 1,546 | Luke Greenfield | $136,890,774 | 1 | $136,890,774 |
| 1,547 | Nicholas Thomas | $136,890,774 | 1 | $136,890,774 |
| 1,548 | Arun Kumar | $136,675,088 | 1 | $136,675,088 |
| 1,549 | Gideon Defoe | $136,143,605 | 1 | $136,143,605 |
| 1,550 | Justin Malen | $136,136,315 | 3 | $45,378,772 |
| 1,551 | Stephen Cornwell | $136,123,083 | 1 | $136,123,083 |
| 1,552 | XiaoPeng Tian | $136,090,000 | 1 | $136,090,000 |
| 1,553 | Cory Edwards | $136,042,719 | 3 | $45,347,573 |
| 1,554 | Andrew Bovell | $135,909,542 | 4 | $33,977,386 |
| 1,555 | Tom Hanks | $135,853,447 | 4 | $33,963,362 |
| 1,556 | Michael Grais | $135,816,608 | 2 | $67,908,304 |
| 1,557 | Mark Victor | $135,816,608 | 2 | $67,908,304 |
| 1,558 | Michel Fessler | $135,780,188 | 3 | $45,260,063 |
| 1,559 | Michel Hazanavicius | $135,608,917 | 3 | $45,202,972 |
| 1,560 | Gary Spinelli | $135,569,212 | 4 | $33,892,303 |
| 1,561 | Scott Cooper | $135,508,364 | 6 | $22,584,727 |
| 1,562 | Ethan Gross | $135,406,280 | 1 | $135,406,280 |
| 1,563 | Erin Simms | $135,075,260 | 2 | $67,537,630 |
| 1,564 | Shonda Rhimes | $134,713,435 | 1 | $134,713,435 |
| 1,565 | Bob Clark | $134,595,778 | 4 | $33,648,945 |
| 1,566 | Ray Wright | $134,206,664 | 5 | $26,841,333 |
| 1,567 | Wes Craven | $134,182,349 | 6 | $22,363,725 |
| 1,568 | Howard Klausner | $134,154,601 | 5 | $26,830,920 |
| 1,569 | Su Lun | $133,650,584 | 1 | $133,650,584 |
| 1,570 | Keith Bunin | $133,607,999 | 2 | $66,804,000 |
| 1,571 | Ivan Menchell | $133,574,362 | 2 | $66,787,181 |
| 1,572 | Jeon Cheol-hong | $133,571,774 | 2 | $66,785,887 |
| 1,573 | Laurent Zeitoun | $133,519,989 | 3 | $44,506,663 |
| 1,574 | Kim Hanmin | $133,450,917 | 1 | $133,450,917 |
| 1,575 | C.S. Anderson | $133,357,601 | 1 | $133,357,601 |
| 1,576 | Luc Jacquet | $133,276,359 | 1 | $133,276,359 |
| 1,577 | Tony Leech | $133,196,501 | 2 | $66,598,251 |
| 1,578 | Todd Edwards | $133,196,501 | 3 | $44,398,834 |
| 1,579 | Kevin Costello | $133,035,283 | 2 | $66,517,642 |
| 1,580 | Steve Meerson | $133,000,000 | 1 | $133,000,000 |
| 1,581 | Brian Taylor | $132,708,700 | 5 | $26,541,740 |
| 1,582 | Blake Masters | $132,493,015 | 1 | $132,493,015 |
| 1,583 | Chris Spain | $132,468,131 | 2 | $66,234,066 |
| 1,584 | Mark Neveldine | $132,422,387 | 5 | $26,484,477 |
| 1,585 | Jeff Pope | $132,301,605 | 3 | $44,100,535 |
| 1,586 | Yunus Sajawal | $132,193,803 | 5 | $26,438,761 |
| 1,587 | Tracey Jackson | $132,178,251 | 2 | $66,089,126 |
| 1,588 | PJ Torokvei | $131,953,855 | 4 | $32,988,464 |
| 1,589 | Eric Kripke | $131,457,147 | 1 | $131,457,147 |
| 1,590 | BenDavid Grabinski | $131,202,537 | 3 | $43,734,179 |
| 1,591 | Chuck Konzelman | $131,171,432 | 9 | $14,574,604 |
| 1,592 | Sheng Ding | $131,024,600 | 3 | $43,674,867 |
| 1,593 | Tom Mankiewicz | $131,000,000 | 3 | $43,666,667 |
| 1,594 | Jeff Howard | $130,885,039 | 4 | $32,721,260 |
| 1,595 | Park Joo-suk | $130,711,488 | 2 | $65,355,744 |
| 1,596 | Mike LeSieur | $130,402,010 | 1 | $130,402,010 |
| 1,597 | Larry Wachowski | $130,214,162 | 1 | $130,214,162 |
| 1,598 | Cary Solomon | $130,001,045 | 8 | $16,250,131 |
| 1,599 | Christopher Wilkinson | $129,572,705 | 3 | $43,190,902 |
| 1,600 | Stephen J. Rivele | $129,572,705 | 3 | $43,190,902 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.