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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Eric Garcia | $18,480,069 | 2 | $9,240,035 |
| 3,902 | Amos Vernon | $18,480,000 | 1 | $18,480,000 |
| 3,903 | Edward Norton | $18,477,276 | 1 | $18,477,276 |
| 3,904 | Er Cheng | $18,340,604 | 1 | $18,340,604 |
| 3,905 | Jesse Armstrong | $18,318,588 | 3 | $6,106,196 |
| 3,906 | Thomas Vinterberg | $18,309,793 | 1 | $18,309,793 |
| 3,907 | Bruce Cohn | $18,300,000 | 1 | $18,300,000 |
| 3,908 | Seth M. Sherwood | $18,294,883 | 1 | $18,294,883 |
| 3,909 | Boots Riley | $18,285,560 | 1 | $18,285,560 |
| 3,910 | Kyle Ward | $18,273,009 | 1 | $18,273,009 |
| 3,911 | Max Eggers | $18,263,746 | 1 | $18,263,746 |
| 3,912 | Greg Mottola | $18,208,715 | 2 | $9,104,358 |
| 3,913 | Garrett Lerner | $18,195,238 | 1 | $18,195,238 |
| 3,914 | Rick Famuyliwa | $18,190,831 | 1 | $18,190,831 |
| 3,915 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 4 | $4,543,982 |
| 3,916 | Jorma Taccone | $18,167,015 | 2 | $9,083,508 |
| 3,917 | Alastair Fothergill | $18,151,746 | 1 | $18,151,746 |
| 3,918 | Adam Chapman | $18,151,746 | 1 | $18,151,746 |
| 3,919 | Taylor Allen | $18,148,091 | 1 | $18,148,091 |
| 3,920 | Andrew Logan | $18,148,091 | 1 | $18,148,091 |
| 3,921 | Marcus Hinchey | $18,117,319 | 2 | $9,058,660 |
| 3,922 | Carole Eastman | $18,099,091 | 1 | $18,099,091 |
| 3,923 | Rocco Urbisci | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
| 3,924 | Paul Mooney | $18,034,150 | 2 | $9,017,075 |
| 3,925 | Gary L. Baim | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,926 | Ernest Hotch | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,927 | Tim Conway | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,928 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,929 | John Mythers | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,930 | Terence H. Winkless | $17,985,130 | 1 | $17,985,130 |
| 3,931 | Lauren Schuker Blum | $17,956,910 | 3 | $5,985,637 |
| 3,932 | Rebecca Angelo | $17,956,910 | 3 | $5,985,637 |
| 3,933 | Iain Morris | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 3,934 | Shane Atkinson | $17,901,314 | 1 | $17,901,314 |
| 3,935 | Glen Morgan | $17,882,696 | 3 | $5,960,899 |
| 3,936 | Andrew Lane | $17,858,597 | 2 | $8,929,299 |
| 3,937 | Wayne Crawford | $17,858,597 | 2 | $8,929,299 |
| 3,938 | Martha Goldhirsh | $17,854,933 | 1 | $17,854,933 |
| 3,939 | Alexander Charlot | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 3,940 | Franck Magnier | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 3,941 | Gustaf Molander | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 3,942 | Gösta Stevens | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 3,943 | John Binder | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 3,944 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
| 3,945 | Pepe Portillo | $17,769,299 | 2 | $8,884,650 |
| 3,946 | Charles Wood | $17,759,608 | 2 | $8,879,804 |
| 3,947 | Howard Rodman | $17,754,335 | 2 | $8,877,168 |
| 3,948 | Eun-kyo Park | $17,735,928 | 1 | $17,735,928 |
| 3,949 | Saiwyn Quadras | $17,732,887 | 3 | $5,910,962 |
| 3,950 | William Bast | $17,700,000 | 1 | $17,700,000 |
| 3,951 | Lindy Laub | $17,684,580 | 1 | $17,684,580 |
| 3,952 | John Kaye | $17,659,377 | 2 | $8,829,689 |
| 3,953 | Austen Earl | $17,657,217 | 1 | $17,657,217 |
| 3,954 | Sebastian Maniscalco | $17,657,217 | 1 | $17,657,217 |
| 3,955 | Nate Monaster | $17,648,927 | 1 | $17,648,927 |
| 3,956 | Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh | $17,647,662 | 3 | $5,882,554 |
| 3,957 | Steven Levenson | $17,625,444 | 3 | $5,875,148 |
| 3,958 | Matthew Orton | $17,612,099 | 2 | $8,806,050 |
| 3,959 | Michael Koryta | $17,601,631 | 1 | $17,601,631 |
| 3,960 | Zhangke Jia | $17,590,826 | 4 | $4,397,707 |
| 3,961 | Joshua Michael Stern | $17,589,867 | 1 | $17,589,867 |
| 3,962 | Carl Franklin | $17,589,652 | 2 | $8,794,826 |
| 3,963 | John C.W. Saxton | $17,574,875 | 2 | $8,787,438 |
| 3,964 | B.E. Brauner | $17,573,594 | 1 | $17,573,594 |
| 3,965 | James Iver Mattson | $17,573,594 | 1 | $17,573,594 |
| 3,966 | Chetan Bhagat | $17,550,830 | 3 | $5,850,277 |
| 3,967 | Steve Zacharias | $17,500,399 | 2 | $8,750,200 |
| 3,968 | Jeff Buhai | $17,500,399 | 2 | $8,750,200 |
| 3,969 | David Obst | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 3,970 | Ernie Barbarash | $17,499,242 | 1 | $17,499,242 |
| 3,971 | Christina Welsh | $17,499,242 | 1 | $17,499,242 |
| 3,972 | Michael Weller | $17,468,158 | 1 | $17,468,158 |
| 3,973 | Supratik Sen | $17,467,404 | 3 | $5,822,468 |
| 3,974 | Susan Minot | $17,458,904 | 2 | $8,729,452 |
| 3,975 | Ian McEwan | $17,455,931 | 2 | $8,727,966 |
| 3,976 | Norman Vance Jr. | $17,433,072 | 1 | $17,433,072 |
| 3,977 | Neal Brennan | $17,416,667 | 2 | $8,708,334 |
| 3,978 | Maria Nation | $17,368,520 | 2 | $8,684,260 |
| 3,979 | Cory Brusseau | $17,341,051 | 2 | $8,670,526 |
| 3,980 | Martha Higareda | $17,341,051 | 2 | $8,670,526 |
| 3,981 | Megan Holley | $17,329,337 | 1 | $17,329,337 |
| 3,982 | Damon Daniels | $17,322,212 | 1 | $17,322,212 |
| 3,983 | Gerald Petievich | $17,307,302 | 1 | $17,307,302 |
| 3,984 | Daniel Kunka | $17,306,648 | 2 | $8,653,324 |
| 3,985 | Tony Grisoni | $17,297,851 | 3 | $5,765,950 |
| 3,986 | Mark Blackwell | $17,292,381 | 1 | $17,292,381 |
| 3,987 | Xu Zhaoqing | $17,283,136 | 1 | $17,283,136 |
| 3,988 | Stephanie Katz | $17,265,487 | 1 | $17,265,487 |
| 3,989 | Henri-Georges Clouzot | $17,263,027 | 2 | $8,631,514 |
| 3,990 | Jon Michael Johnson | $17,252,287 | 1 | $17,252,287 |
| 3,991 | Elisabeth Mantello | $17,252,287 | 1 | $17,252,287 |
| 3,992 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 3,993 | Michael Gaylin | $17,213,233 | 1 | $17,213,233 |
| 3,994 | Joel Gross | $17,213,233 | 1 | $17,213,233 |
| 3,995 | Ilya Naishuller | $17,187,434 | 1 | $17,187,434 |
| 3,996 | Nicolas Bedos | $17,184,753 | 2 | $8,592,377 |
| 3,997 | Lou Illar | $17,180,393 | 1 | $17,180,393 |
| 3,998 | Nate Parker | $17,173,343 | 4 | $4,293,336 |
| 3,999 | Gianni Romoli | $17,146,006 | 3 | $5,715,335 |
| 4,000 | Harry Colomby | $17,124,395 | 1 | $17,124,395 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.