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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Takehiko Inoue | $278,473,912 | 1 | $278,473,912 |
| 1,002 | Akira Toriyama | $278,391,171 | 3 | $92,797,057 |
| 1,003 | Peter Hedges | $277,580,811 | 8 | $34,697,601 |
| 1,004 | Larry Gross | $277,480,616 | 8 | $34,685,077 |
| 1,005 | Lem Dobbs | $276,418,981 | 7 | $39,488,426 |
| 1,006 | Erdman Penner | $274,802,792 | 5 | $54,960,558 |
| 1,007 | Alastair Siddons | $274,681,156 | 3 | $91,560,385 |
| 1,008 | Erica Rivinoja | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 1,009 | Richard Naing | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 1,010 | Ian Goldberg | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 1,011 | Jerry Stahl | $273,790,755 | 3 | $91,263,585 |
| 1,012 | Su Biao | $273,682,267 | 2 | $136,841,134 |
| 1,013 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $273,682,267 | 2 | $136,841,134 |
| 1,014 | Ryan Murphy | $272,091,341 | 3 | $90,697,114 |
| 1,015 | Chris Chow | $271,823,642 | 4 | $67,955,911 |
| 1,016 | Tom O’Connor | $271,657,364 | 3 | $90,552,455 |
| 1,017 | Peter Straughan | $271,609,347 | 10 | $27,160,935 |
| 1,018 | Rod Barr | $271,176,944 | 2 | $135,588,472 |
| 1,019 | Jim Strain | $270,769,329 | 2 | $135,384,665 |
| 1,020 | Brannon Braga | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,021 | Ronald D. Moore | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,022 | Craig Wright | $269,806,430 | 1 | $269,806,430 |
| 1,023 | Tracy Oliver | $268,743,149 | 5 | $53,748,630 |
| 1,024 | Larry Morey | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,025 | Perce Pearce | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,026 | Sebastian Gutierrez | $267,721,020 | 6 | $44,620,170 |
| 1,027 | Bragi Schut | $267,139,975 | 4 | $66,784,994 |
| 1,028 | Larry Clemmons | $266,574,297 | 4 | $66,643,574 |
| 1,029 | Vince Vaughn | $266,123,187 | 3 | $88,707,729 |
| 1,030 | Franck Magnier | $265,324,612 | 2 | $132,662,306 |
| 1,031 | Russell Gewirtz | $264,279,675 | 3 | $88,093,225 |
| 1,032 | Peter Rader | $264,246,220 | 1 | $264,246,220 |
| 1,033 | Christopher Hampton | $264,106,352 | 14 | $18,864,739 |
| 1,034 | Alejandro Monteverde | $263,135,151 | 2 | $131,567,576 |
| 1,035 | W. Peter Iliff | $263,096,851 | 5 | $52,619,370 |
| 1,036 | William Joyce | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,037 | Dan Shere | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,038 | Jamie Moss | $262,680,622 | 3 | $87,560,207 |
| 1,039 | Tim Sullivan | $261,724,290 | 3 | $87,241,430 |
| 1,040 | Taylor Sheridan | $260,763,003 | 7 | $37,251,858 |
| 1,041 | Lewis Colick | $260,703,019 | 9 | $28,967,002 |
| 1,042 | Ryan Rowe | $259,736,090 | 1 | $259,736,090 |
| 1,043 | Patrick O'Neill | $258,751,370 | 1 | $258,751,370 |
| 1,044 | Mike Werb | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,045 | Michael Colleary | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,046 | Judith Thurman | $258,210,860 | 1 | $258,210,860 |
| 1,047 | David Bowers | $256,602,946 | 3 | $85,534,315 |
| 1,048 | Chad St. John | $256,032,270 | 3 | $85,344,090 |
| 1,049 | Walon Green | $255,807,464 | 3 | $85,269,155 |
| 1,050 | Huang Xin | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,051 | Lin Qian | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,052 | Li Yang | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,053 | Wu Bing | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,054 | Dong Zhe | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,055 | Jeff Fradley | $255,416,089 | 1 | $255,416,089 |
| 1,056 | Spike Lee | $255,064,967 | 16 | $15,941,560 |
| 1,057 | Eddie Murphy | $254,830,869 | 2 | $127,415,435 |
| 1,058 | Ken Kaufman | $254,484,866 | 5 | $50,896,973 |
| 1,059 | Peter Berg | $253,601,435 | 4 | $63,400,359 |
| 1,060 | Han Jin-won | $253,267,858 | 1 | $253,267,858 |
| 1,061 | Michael Schiffer | $252,237,208 | 3 | $84,079,069 |
| 1,062 | Gary Wang | $251,581,653 | 1 | $251,581,653 |
| 1,063 | Tom Shepherd | $251,509,294 | 1 | $251,509,294 |
| 1,064 | Alan R. Cohen | $251,402,618 | 4 | $62,850,655 |
| 1,065 | Alan Freedland | $251,402,618 | 4 | $62,850,655 |
| 1,066 | Hilary Winston | $250,901,649 | 1 | $250,901,649 |
| 1,067 | Don McEnery | $250,700,000 | 1 | $250,700,000 |
| 1,068 | Justin Rhodes | $250,374,163 | 2 | $125,187,082 |
| 1,069 | Bryan Schulz | $250,091,610 | 3 | $83,363,870 |
| 1,070 | Cornelius Uliano | $250,091,610 | 3 | $83,363,870 |
| 1,071 | Craig Schulz | $250,091,610 | 2 | $125,045,805 |
| 1,072 | Sergio G. Sanchez | $248,840,799 | 2 | $124,420,400 |
| 1,073 | Jeff Arch | $248,522,397 | 2 | $124,261,199 |
| 1,074 | Lionel Wigram | $248,148,071 | 2 | $124,074,036 |
| 1,075 | Alexandre Charlot | $247,474,497 | 1 | $247,474,497 |
| 1,076 | Bennett Yellin | $247,050,881 | 2 | $123,525,441 |
| 1,077 | Paul Tamasy | $246,242,897 | 7 | $35,177,557 |
| 1,078 | Chris Noonan | $246,100,000 | 1 | $246,100,000 |
| 1,079 | Jim Taylor | $245,938,591 | 3 | $81,979,530 |
| 1,080 | Edmund H. North | $245,770,350 | 2 | $122,885,175 |
| 1,081 | Ross Lamanna | $245,331,806 | 2 | $122,665,903 |
| 1,082 | Jim Kauf | $245,300,000 | 1 | $245,300,000 |
| 1,083 | Kenya Barris | $245,194,337 | 7 | $35,027,762 |
| 1,084 | Chao Wang | $245,179,530 | 1 | $245,179,530 |
| 1,085 | John Turman | $245,031,679 | 1 | $245,031,679 |
| 1,086 | Gary Scott Thompson | $244,844,593 | 4 | $61,211,148 |
| 1,087 | Yang Weiwei | $244,608,527 | 2 | $122,304,264 |
| 1,088 | Abhijat Joshi | $244,594,066 | 4 | $61,148,517 |
| 1,089 | Xie Xiying | $243,887,233 | 1 | $243,887,233 |
| 1,090 | James Gray | $243,498,459 | 7 | $34,785,494 |
| 1,091 | Michael Weiss | $243,180,937 | 3 | $81,060,312 |
| 1,092 | Jennifer Flockett | $243,180,937 | 1 | $243,180,937 |
| 1,093 | John Patrick Shanley | $243,116,717 | 6 | $40,519,453 |
| 1,094 | Tracy Keenan Wynn | $242,240,389 | 2 | $121,120,195 |
| 1,095 | Brian Burns | $241,504,989 | 1 | $241,504,989 |
| 1,096 | J. Mills Goodloe | $241,359,287 | 5 | $48,271,857 |
| 1,097 | Fede Álvarez | $241,091,039 | 4 | $60,272,760 |
| 1,098 | Karen Leigh Hopkins | $241,029,082 | 7 | $34,432,726 |
| 1,099 | Melissa McCarthy | $240,919,773 | 3 | $80,306,591 |
| 1,100 | Ben Falcone | $240,919,773 | 4 | $60,229,943 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.