Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Screenwriters
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Art Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Editors - Top Worldwide Associate Producers - Top Worldwide Casting Directors - Top Worldwide Cinematographers - Top Worldwide Co-Producers - Top Worldwide Composers - Top Worldwide Costume Designers - Top Worldwide Costume Supervisors - Top Worldwide Dialogue Editors - Top Worldwide Directors - Top Worldwide Editors - Top Worldwide Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Line Producers - Top Worldwide Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Worldwide Music Editors - Top Worldwide Music Supervisors - Top Worldwide Producers - Top Worldwide Production Designers - Top Worldwide Re-recording Mixers - Top Worldwide Second Unit Directors - Top Worldwide Set Decorators - Top Worldwide Set Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Effects Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Mixers - Top Worldwide Story Creators - Top Worldwide Stunt Coordinators - Top Worldwide Supervising Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Unit Production Managers - Top Worldwide Visual Effects Supervisors
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
501 | Vanessa Taylor | $604,929,906 | 6 | $100,821,651 |
502 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $603,869,799 | 5 | $120,773,960 |
503 | Neill Blomkamp | $603,857,578 | 4 | $150,964,395 |
504 | Andrew Lanham | $603,154,437 | 5 | $120,630,887 |
505 | Lee Hall | $600,827,754 | 6 | $100,137,959 |
506 | George Nolfi | $600,667,905 | 6 | $100,111,318 |
507 | Timothy Hyde Harris | $596,436,243 | 5 | $119,287,249 |
508 | David Hoselton | $593,795,045 | 2 | $296,897,523 |
509 | Anthony Minghella | $593,315,795 | 6 | $98,885,966 |
510 | Michael Petroni | $592,443,918 | 5 | $118,488,784 |
511 | Kay Cannon | $588,995,955 | 5 | $117,799,191 |
512 | Larry Ferguson | $587,656,473 | 6 | $97,942,746 |
513 | Catherine Johnson | $586,265,197 | 1 | $586,265,197 |
514 | Akela Cooper | $583,809,398 | 5 | $116,761,880 |
515 | Will Ferrell | $583,031,820 | 6 | $97,171,970 |
516 | John Brancato | $582,644,643 | 5 | $116,528,929 |
517 | Michael Ferris | $582,644,643 | 5 | $116,528,929 |
518 | Michael Lesslie | $581,202,125 | 3 | $193,734,042 |
519 | Fei Yan | $580,911,667 | 2 | $290,455,834 |
520 | Da-Mo Peng | $580,911,667 | 2 | $290,455,834 |
521 | Graham Yost | $578,658,773 | 6 | $96,443,129 |
522 | Mike Rich | $577,224,867 | 4 | $144,306,217 |
523 | Wes Anderson | $576,977,735 | 13 | $44,382,903 |
524 | Nia Vardalos | $576,881,954 | 5 | $115,376,391 |
525 | Barry W. Blaustein | $575,788,445 | 4 | $143,947,111 |
526 | David Sheffield | $575,788,445 | 4 | $143,947,111 |
527 | Wesley Strick | $573,987,747 | 8 | $71,748,468 |
528 | David Self | $572,732,324 | 4 | $143,183,081 |
529 | Rita Hsiao | $572,652,920 | 2 | $286,326,460 |
530 | David Mamet | $566,917,558 | 14 | $40,494,111 |
531 | Nat Mauldin | $566,867,068 | 4 | $141,716,767 |
532 | Erik Jendresen | $566,651,443 | 4 | $141,662,861 |
533 | Luyang Xu (许渌洋) | $563,076,980 | 2 | $281,538,490 |
534 | Fung Chih-chiang | $562,111,173 | 3 | $187,370,391 |
535 | Leigh Brackett | $560,801,210 | 4 | $140,200,303 |
536 | Micah Fitzerman-Blue | $557,771,360 | 6 | $92,961,893 |
537 | Noah Harpster | $557,771,360 | 6 | $92,961,893 |
538 | Emma Thompson | $557,273,207 | 5 | $111,454,641 |
539 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $557,161,100 | 2 | $278,580,550 |
540 | Noah Oppenheim | $556,930,890 | 3 | $185,643,630 |
541 | Wellsesly Wild | $556,016,627 | 1 | $556,016,627 |
542 | Carlos Kotkin | $555,452,840 | 2 | $277,726,420 |
543 | Brenda Chapman | $554,606,532 | 2 | $277,303,266 |
544 | Steve Purcell | $554,606,532 | 1 | $554,606,532 |
545 | Peter Chiarelli | $552,523,866 | 3 | $184,174,622 |
546 | Patrick Burleigh | $552,304,437 | 4 | $138,076,109 |
547 | Dante Lam | $551,063,545 | 2 | $275,531,773 |
548 | Steve Faber | $551,034,644 | 2 | $275,517,322 |
549 | Edgar Wallace | $550,517,357 | 1 | $550,517,357 |
550 | Peter Benchley | $550,054,605 | 3 | $183,351,535 |
551 | Dan Hernandez | $548,303,062 | 3 | $182,767,687 |
552 | Benji Samit | $548,303,062 | 3 | $182,767,687 |
553 | Genndy Tartakovsky | $546,980,000 | 3 | $182,326,667 |
554 | Ron Shelton | $545,863,076 | 10 | $54,586,308 |
555 | Michael LeSieur | $543,678,173 | 2 | $271,839,087 |
556 | Eric Lin | $543,391,535 | 1 | $543,391,535 |
557 | Feng Ji | $543,391,535 | 1 | $543,391,535 |
558 | Chen Zhuzhu | $543,391,535 | 1 | $543,391,535 |
559 | Warren Coleman | $542,956,777 | 2 | $271,478,389 |
560 | Len Blum | $541,417,330 | 6 | $90,236,222 |
561 | Nick Schenk | $538,775,547 | 5 | $107,755,109 |
562 | Henry Gayden | $538,014,627 | 4 | $134,503,657 |
563 | Kevin James | $537,403,440 | 4 | $134,350,860 |
564 | Peter Tolan | $535,812,971 | 7 | $76,544,710 |
565 | Michele Mulroney | $535,663,443 | 2 | $267,831,722 |
566 | Kieran Mulroney | $535,663,443 | 2 | $267,831,722 |
567 | Scott Neustadter | $532,790,217 | 9 | $59,198,913 |
568 | Shen Ao | $532,726,980 | 1 | $532,726,980 |
569 | Yifan Zhang (张一凡) | $532,726,980 | 1 | $532,726,980 |
570 | David Scarpa | $532,719,823 | 5 | $106,543,965 |
571 | Jim Reardon | $532,508,025 | 1 | $532,508,025 |
572 | Drew Goodard | $531,861,650 | 1 | $531,861,650 |
573 | Nico Lathouris | $528,644,437 | 2 | $264,322,219 |
574 | Jack Ng | $527,174,354 | 5 | $105,434,871 |
575 | Matt Selman | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
576 | George Meyer | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
577 | John Swartzwelder | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
578 | Matt Groening | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
579 | David Mirkin | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
580 | Al Jean | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
581 | Mike Scully | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
582 | Ian Maxstone-Graham | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
583 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $526,143,322 | 4 | $131,535,831 |
584 | Ivy Kong | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
585 | Chan Hing ka | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
586 | Lu Zheng-yu | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
587 | Ho Miu kei | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
588 | Tony Kushner | $522,946,522 | 4 | $130,736,631 |
589 | Steven Rogers | $519,923,295 | 7 | $74,274,756 |
590 | Adam Herz | $518,854,205 | 2 | $259,427,103 |
591 | Michael Goldberg | $518,125,898 | 5 | $103,625,180 |
592 | Audrey Wells | $517,219,264 | 6 | $86,203,211 |
593 | Gloria Katz | $515,674,665 | 5 | $103,134,933 |
594 | Adam Greenberg | $515,361,524 | 1 | $515,361,524 |
595 | Chris Webb | $511,358,276 | 1 | $511,358,276 |
596 | Doug Chamberlin | $511,358,276 | 1 | $511,358,276 |
597 | Willard Huyck | $510,498,242 | 5 | $102,099,648 |
598 | Joe Ranft | $509,062,019 | 2 | $254,531,010 |
599 | J.F. Lawton | $506,591,796 | 4 | $126,647,949 |
600 | Paul Greengrass | $506,471,676 | 4 | $126,617,919 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.