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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Gabriella Prekop | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,002 | Mark Jones | $8,533,294 | 1 | $8,533,294 |
| 5,003 | Robert Clouse | $8,527,743 | 1 | $8,527,743 |
| 5,004 | Sngmoo Lee | $8,514,325 | 1 | $8,514,325 |
| 5,005 | Cunningham O'Keefe | $8,503,459 | 1 | $8,503,459 |
| 5,006 | Lazaro Gomez Carriles | $8,503,459 | 1 | $8,503,459 |
| 5,007 | Jennifer Kent | $8,501,153 | 2 | $4,250,577 |
| 5,008 | Philippe Lioret | $8,477,792 | 2 | $4,238,896 |
| 5,009 | Siddharth Anand | $8,436,133 | 1 | $8,436,133 |
| 5,010 | Abbas Tyrewala | $8,436,133 | 1 | $8,436,133 |
| 5,011 | Larry Sulkis | $8,434,601 | 1 | $8,434,601 |
| 5,012 | Paul Staheli | $8,431,304 | 3 | $2,810,435 |
| 5,013 | Chris Bryant | $8,415,112 | 1 | $8,415,112 |
| 5,014 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $8,413,128 | 2 | $4,206,564 |
| 5,015 | Richard Sherman (Screenwriter) | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 5,016 | Castille Landon | $8,379,378 | 3 | $2,793,126 |
| 5,017 | Adam Simon | $8,378,853 | 2 | $4,189,427 |
| 5,018 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 5,019 | Shell Danielson | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 5,020 | Lasse Hallström | $8,346,115 | 2 | $4,173,058 |
| 5,021 | Brasse Brännström | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,022 | Per Berglund | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,023 | Reidar Jönsson | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,024 | Garry Williams | $8,341,909 | 2 | $4,170,955 |
| 5,025 | Ko Jeong-un | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 5,026 | Lee Sang-hyun | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 5,027 | Joe Cheung | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,028 | Huang Yi | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,029 | Teddy Robin Kwan | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,030 | Barry Wong | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,031 | Margery Doppelt | $8,316,206 | 1 | $8,316,206 |
| 5,032 | Roy Blount Jr. | $8,295,903 | 1 | $8,295,903 |
| 5,033 | Kevin Spacey | $8,292,914 | 1 | $8,292,914 |
| 5,034 | Steven Katz | $8,279,017 | 1 | $8,279,017 |
| 5,035 | Lizhu Wu (吴骊珠) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 5,036 | Liang Wu (吴亮) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 5,037 | Caroline Vignal | $8,276,700 | 1 | $8,276,700 |
| 5,038 | Bille August | $8,271,344 | 2 | $4,135,672 |
| 5,039 | Oliver Daly | $8,259,753 | 1 | $8,259,753 |
| 5,040 | Rob Gibbons | $8,253,426 | 2 | $4,126,713 |
| 5,041 | Neil Gibbons | $8,253,426 | 2 | $4,126,713 |
| 5,042 | Cary Bates | $8,251,071 | 1 | $8,251,071 |
| 5,043 | Steven Bloom | $8,247,627 | 1 | $8,247,627 |
| 5,044 | Markus Imhoof | $8,244,071 | 1 | $8,244,071 |
| 5,045 | Rhidian Brook | $8,242,415 | 1 | $8,242,415 |
| 5,046 | Brock Norman Brock | $8,231,742 | 2 | $4,115,871 |
| 5,047 | Olivier Dazat | $8,226,868 | 3 | $2,742,289 |
| 5,048 | Wil Shriner | $8,224,998 | 1 | $8,224,998 |
| 5,049 | Tommy Lee Jones | $8,217,571 | 1 | $8,217,571 |
| 5,050 | Wesley A. Oliver | $8,217,571 | 1 | $8,217,571 |
| 5,051 | Brian Moore | $8,211,952 | 1 | $8,211,952 |
| 5,052 | Jemaine Clement | $8,209,627 | 1 | $8,209,627 |
| 5,053 | Jean-Claude Grumberg | $8,208,866 | 2 | $4,104,433 |
| 5,054 | Lyle Kessler | $8,205,703 | 1 | $8,205,703 |
| 5,055 | Graeme Whifler | $8,205,290 | 1 | $8,205,290 |
| 5,056 | Shaun Grant | $8,200,705 | 5 | $1,640,141 |
| 5,057 | Brian McKay | $8,200,000 | 1 | $8,200,000 |
| 5,058 | Mark Rosman | $8,184,633 | 1 | $8,184,633 |
| 5,059 | Yaron Zilberman | $8,181,982 | 2 | $4,090,991 |
| 5,060 | Raymond De Felitta | $8,173,486 | 2 | $4,086,743 |
| 5,061 | Morwenna Banks | $8,164,049 | 1 | $8,164,049 |
| 5,062 | Richard Christian Matheson | $8,148,947 | 2 | $4,074,474 |
| 5,063 | Joseph Cedar | $8,147,559 | 2 | $4,073,780 |
| 5,064 | Robert Adetuyi | $8,135,024 | 1 | $8,135,024 |
| 5,065 | Lee Changdong | $8,127,489 | 1 | $8,127,489 |
| 5,066 | Oh Jung-Mi | $8,127,489 | 1 | $8,127,489 |
| 5,067 | Marion Doussot | $8,126,380 | 2 | $4,063,190 |
| 5,068 | Tigmanshu Dhulia | $8,124,665 | 4 | $2,031,166 |
| 5,069 | JP Miller | $8,123,146 | 1 | $8,123,146 |
| 5,070 | Wallace C. Bennett | $8,103,330 | 1 | $8,103,330 |
| 5,071 | Brian Patrick O'Toole | $8,088,406 | 2 | $4,044,203 |
| 5,072 | Gabriel Le Bomin | $8,087,707 | 1 | $8,087,707 |
| 5,073 | Valérie Ranson-Enguiale | $8,087,707 | 1 | $8,087,707 |
| 5,074 | Michael Winterbottom | $8,079,069 | 5 | $1,615,814 |
| 5,075 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $8,054,363 | 2 | $4,027,182 |
| 5,076 | Seth Grossman | $8,038,792 | 1 | $8,038,792 |
| 5,077 | Laurent Chouchan | $8,033,866 | 1 | $8,033,866 |
| 5,078 | Etienne Charry | $8,033,866 | 1 | $8,033,866 |
| 5,079 | Terence Marsh | $8,033,397 | 1 | $8,033,397 |
| 5,080 | Chad Law | $8,023,159 | 13 | $617,166 |
| 5,081 | Tennessee Williams | $8,008,372 | 3 | $2,669,457 |
| 5,082 | Elia Kazan | $8,008,372 | 1 | $8,008,372 |
| 5,083 | Shin Youn-Shick | $8,004,283 | 1 | $8,004,283 |
| 5,084 | Franck Khalfoun | $8,004,169 | 4 | $2,001,042 |
| 5,085 | Willis Goldbeck | $8,000,498 | 1 | $8,000,498 |
| 5,086 | James Warner Bellah | $8,000,498 | 1 | $8,000,498 |
| 5,087 | Steven Long Mitchell | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,088 | Robert Ardrey | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,089 | Herbert Fields | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,090 | Eli Tavor | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,091 | Craig W. Van Sickle | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,092 | Stuart Paton | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,093 | Richard L. Breen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,094 | Gary Murphy | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,095 | Tomás Benitez | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,096 | Martha Hyer | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,097 | Milt Rosen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,098 | DeWitt Bodeen | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,099 | Larry Strawther | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 5,100 | Shepard Goldman | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.