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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | John R. Smith | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,302 | Stephen Kendrick | $192,716,734 | 7 | $27,530,962 |
| 1,303 | Jill Leung | $192,617,891 | 2 | $96,308,946 |
| 1,304 | Dana Fukazawa | $192,617,891 | 1 | $192,617,891 |
| 1,305 | Alex Kendrick | $191,480,640 | 6 | $31,913,440 |
| 1,306 | Thomas Dean Donnelly | $191,095,248 | 3 | $63,698,416 |
| 1,307 | Joshua Oppenheimer | $191,095,248 | 3 | $63,698,416 |
| 1,308 | Shane Salerno | $190,287,231 | 4 | $47,571,808 |
| 1,309 | Jerry Juhl | $190,219,978 | 5 | $38,043,996 |
| 1,310 | Laurence Dworet | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,311 | Robert Roy Pool | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,312 | Ben Ripley | $189,368,010 | 4 | $47,342,003 |
| 1,313 | Xiaojun Yue (岳小军) | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,314 | Sun Xiaohang | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,315 | Jill Culton | $188,668,889 | 1 | $188,668,889 |
| 1,316 | Alan Parker | $188,665,651 | 4 | $47,166,413 |
| 1,317 | Blake Edwards | $188,599,411 | 15 | $12,573,294 |
| 1,318 | John Phillips | $188,531,990 | 2 | $94,265,995 |
| 1,319 | Adam Brooks | $188,473,826 | 4 | $47,118,457 |
| 1,320 | Andrew Dodge | $188,173,010 | 2 | $94,086,505 |
| 1,321 | Max Landis | $186,992,297 | 7 | $26,713,185 |
| 1,322 | Aaron Stockard | $186,925,911 | 2 | $93,462,956 |
| 1,323 | Qui Nguyen | $186,903,656 | 2 | $93,451,828 |
| 1,324 | Marti Noxon | $186,715,808 | 3 | $62,238,603 |
| 1,325 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | $186,450,317 | 1 | $186,450,317 |
| 1,326 | Erica Lee | $185,427,900 | 1 | $185,427,900 |
| 1,327 | Eric Lee | $185,427,900 | 1 | $185,427,900 |
| 1,328 | David Robert Mitchell | $185,279,238 | 5 | $37,055,848 |
| 1,329 | Luke Davies | $184,809,831 | 6 | $30,801,639 |
| 1,330 | Matthew Sand | $184,569,201 | 2 | $92,284,601 |
| 1,331 | Choi Dong-hoon | $183,894,831 | 2 | $91,947,416 |
| 1,332 | Jessica Sharzer | $183,212,662 | 3 | $61,070,887 |
| 1,333 | Elizabeth Hannah | $182,936,715 | 3 | $60,978,905 |
| 1,334 | Daniel G. Sullivan | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,335 | Fredric Lebow | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,336 | Anders Thomas Jensen | $181,939,812 | 8 | $22,742,477 |
| 1,337 | Steve Knight | $181,891,275 | 3 | $60,630,425 |
| 1,338 | Nicholas Kazan | $181,521,857 | 5 | $36,304,371 |
| 1,339 | Gregory Widen | $181,360,245 | 3 | $60,453,415 |
| 1,340 | Jon Hartmere | $181,298,262 | 3 | $60,432,754 |
| 1,341 | Martin Scorsese | $181,230,109 | 3 | $60,410,036 |
| 1,342 | Marc Silverman | $181,053,657 | 1 | $181,053,657 |
| 1,343 | Bill Marsilii | $181,038,616 | 1 | $181,038,616 |
| 1,344 | Gregory Allen Howard | $180,807,270 | 3 | $60,269,090 |
| 1,345 | Travis Adam Wright | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,346 | Dan McDermott | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,347 | John Glenn | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,348 | Charlie Kaufman | $180,568,401 | 8 | $22,571,050 |
| 1,349 | Michael R. Perry | $179,755,704 | 2 | $89,877,852 |
| 1,350 | John Claflin | $179,693,474 | 3 | $59,897,825 |
| 1,351 | Daniel Zelman | $179,689,359 | 2 | $89,844,680 |
| 1,352 | Ben Stassen | $179,599,685 | 5 | $35,919,937 |
| 1,353 | Joe Keenan | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,354 | Simon Nye | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,355 | Chris Lloyd | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,356 | Sam Fell | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,357 | Robert Reneau | $179,330,486 | 2 | $89,665,243 |
| 1,358 | James Dale Robinson | $179,265,204 | 1 | $179,265,204 |
| 1,359 | Pat Proft | $179,181,999 | 6 | $29,863,667 |
| 1,360 | Diana Ossana | $178,718,269 | 3 | $59,572,756 |
| 1,361 | Charles Murphy | $178,610,754 | 2 | $89,305,377 |
| 1,362 | David Lowery | $178,601,700 | 8 | $22,325,213 |
| 1,363 | Jay Longino | $177,796,798 | 3 | $59,265,599 |
| 1,364 | Nicholas Pileggi | $177,781,538 | 6 | $29,630,256 |
| 1,365 | David Aaron Cohen | $177,694,469 | 4 | $44,423,617 |
| 1,366 | Tom Pabst | $177,512,032 | 1 | $177,512,032 |
| 1,367 | Brian Bloom | $177,241,171 | 1 | $177,241,171 |
| 1,368 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | $177,238,130 | 2 | $88,619,065 |
| 1,369 | Frank E Flowers | $176,869,626 | 3 | $58,956,542 |
| 1,370 | Steve Carell | $176,276,839 | 1 | $176,276,839 |
| 1,371 | Sarah Thorp | $175,928,685 | 3 | $58,642,895 |
| 1,372 | Matthew Stone | $175,420,428 | 5 | $35,084,086 |
| 1,373 | Abi Morgan | $175,388,386 | 4 | $43,847,097 |
| 1,374 | John Orloff | $174,685,794 | 3 | $58,228,598 |
| 1,375 | Geoff Rodkey | $174,596,593 | 3 | $58,198,864 |
| 1,376 | A Lai | $174,008,804 | 1 | $174,008,804 |
| 1,377 | Fred Dekker | $173,953,763 | 3 | $57,984,588 |
| 1,378 | John Kamps | $173,942,801 | 4 | $43,485,700 |
| 1,379 | Malcolm Marmorstein | $173,768,975 | 2 | $86,884,488 |
| 1,380 | Aaron Covington | $173,567,581 | 1 | $173,567,581 |
| 1,381 | Gerald DiPego | $173,437,703 | 3 | $57,812,568 |
| 1,382 | Jennifer Flackett | $173,381,949 | 3 | $57,793,983 |
| 1,383 | Curtis Hanson | $173,035,955 | 4 | $43,258,989 |
| 1,384 | Colin Higgins | $173,002,296 | 2 | $86,501,148 |
| 1,385 | Mark Perez | $172,681,883 | 4 | $43,170,471 |
| 1,386 | Bill Holderman | $172,194,618 | 3 | $57,398,206 |
| 1,387 | Ted Sears | $171,700,000 | 3 | $57,233,333 |
| 1,388 | Harrison Stone | $171,685,793 | 1 | $171,685,793 |
| 1,389 | Preston Lacy | $171,685,793 | 2 | $85,842,897 |
| 1,390 | Mike Jones | $171,182,836 | 2 | $85,591,418 |
| 1,391 | Prashanth Neel | $170,893,642 | 2 | $85,446,821 |
| 1,392 | Rock Reuben | $170,805,525 | 1 | $170,805,525 |
| 1,393 | Matt Charman | $170,754,687 | 4 | $42,688,672 |
| 1,394 | Nathan Greno | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,395 | Aurian Redson | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,396 | John Bernstein | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,397 | Joe Mateo | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,398 | Michelle Spitz | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,399 | John Pogue | $170,449,799 | 4 | $42,612,450 |
| 1,400 | Masayuki Suo | $170,125,882 | 1 | $170,125,882 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.