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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | William Blake Herron | $214,357,371 | 1 | $214,357,371 |
| 1,202 | Claire Sera | $214,244,195 | 1 | $214,244,195 |
| 1,203 | Billy Crystal | $214,069,625 | 5 | $42,813,925 |
| 1,204 | Jeff Maguire | $214,047,058 | 2 | $107,023,529 |
| 1,205 | Kuo-jung Tsai | $213,966,221 | 1 | $213,966,221 |
| 1,206 | Irena Brignull | $213,926,016 | 2 | $106,963,008 |
| 1,207 | Eleanor Bergstein | $213,893,795 | 1 | $213,893,795 |
| 1,208 | Jon Erwin | $213,734,047 | 9 | $23,748,227 |
| 1,209 | Alex Proyas | $213,707,378 | 2 | $106,853,689 |
| 1,210 | Chris Bertolini | $213,463,976 | 1 | $213,463,976 |
| 1,211 | Tate Taylor | $213,120,004 | 1 | $213,120,004 |
| 1,212 | Jeff Lowell | $212,777,772 | 3 | $70,925,924 |
| 1,213 | Michael Markowitz | $212,417,601 | 1 | $212,417,601 |
| 1,214 | James Lapine | $212,416,317 | 1 | $212,416,317 |
| 1,215 | C. Jay Cox | $212,303,023 | 2 | $106,151,512 |
| 1,216 | Ronan Bennett | $212,282,979 | 2 | $106,141,490 |
| 1,217 | Tim Firth | $211,697,288 | 4 | $52,924,322 |
| 1,218 | Charles Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,219 | Vlas Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,220 | Jim Rash | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,221 | Nat Faxon | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,222 | Kevin Smith | $211,403,381 | 15 | $14,093,559 |
| 1,223 | Benny Chan | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,224 | Ryan Ling | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,225 | Tim Tong | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,226 | Menno Meyjes | $211,090,490 | 3 | $70,363,497 |
| 1,227 | Chris Butler | $211,061,020 | 5 | $42,212,204 |
| 1,228 | Mark Boal | $210,522,982 | 4 | $52,630,746 |
| 1,229 | Andrew Knight | $209,697,836 | 3 | $69,899,279 |
| 1,230 | An Wei | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,231 | Yu Pan | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,232 | Shing-Ming Ho | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,233 | Maria Melnik | $209,108,791 | 3 | $69,702,930 |
| 1,234 | Shauna Cross | $209,064,271 | 4 | $52,266,068 |
| 1,235 | Terry Gilliam | $208,998,676 | 9 | $23,222,075 |
| 1,236 | Howard Sackler | $208,900,376 | 2 | $104,450,188 |
| 1,237 | Kevin Wade | $208,488,220 | 2 | $104,244,110 |
| 1,238 | Anya Kochoff | $208,298,323 | 3 | $69,432,774 |
| 1,239 | Jojo Moyes | $208,203,853 | 2 | $104,101,927 |
| 1,240 | David Guggenheim | $207,884,401 | 2 | $103,942,201 |
| 1,241 | Michael Gilio | $207,854,947 | 2 | $103,927,474 |
| 1,242 | Alex Tse | $207,715,573 | 2 | $103,857,787 |
| 1,243 | Hans Bauer | $207,325,300 | 2 | $103,662,650 |
| 1,244 | Roman Polanski | $207,272,095 | 8 | $25,909,012 |
| 1,245 | Kevin Yegher | $207,068,340 | 1 | $207,068,340 |
| 1,246 | Darryl Quarles | $206,982,244 | 2 | $103,491,122 |
| 1,247 | Eric Johnson | $206,895,528 | 4 | $51,723,882 |
| 1,248 | Jennifer Salt | $206,598,789 | 1 | $206,598,789 |
| 1,249 | Sarah Smith | $206,531,734 | 3 | $68,843,911 |
| 1,250 | Eric Bergquist | $206,458,372 | 1 | $206,458,372 |
| 1,251 | Bob Schooley | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,252 | Mark McCorkle | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,253 | Ding Ding (丁叮) | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,254 | Zachary Sklar | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,255 | Nicole Eastman | $205,298,907 | 1 | $205,298,907 |
| 1,256 | David Seltzer | $205,256,306 | 6 | $34,209,384 |
| 1,257 | Kabir Khan | $205,253,144 | 4 | $51,313,286 |
| 1,258 | John Rogers | $204,973,831 | 3 | $68,324,610 |
| 1,259 | Francis Ford Coppola | $204,690,235 | 9 | $22,743,359 |
| 1,260 | Stephen Susco | $204,680,933 | 3 | $68,226,978 |
| 1,261 | Greg Coolidge | $204,614,877 | 3 | $68,204,959 |
| 1,262 | Xiaohan Han | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,263 | Chucen Zhou | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,264 | Mengdi Xiu | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,265 | Nathan Alexander | $203,932,174 | 1 | $203,932,174 |
| 1,266 | Erica Li | $203,519,291 | 2 | $101,759,646 |
| 1,267 | Mike Cerrone | $203,323,248 | 2 | $101,661,624 |
| 1,268 | Bruce W. Cameron | $203,055,427 | 2 | $101,527,714 |
| 1,269 | Mike Flanagan | $202,614,432 | 6 | $33,769,072 |
| 1,270 | Jonathan Herman | $202,182,981 | 2 | $101,091,491 |
| 1,271 | Murray Salem | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,272 | Bobby Herbeck | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,273 | Lorene Scafaria | $201,647,837 | 5 | $40,329,567 |
| 1,274 | Andrew Bergman | $201,486,031 | 5 | $40,297,206 |
| 1,275 | Tom Hedley | $201,463,574 | 1 | $201,463,574 |
| 1,276 | Amy Schumer | $201,253,455 | 2 | $100,626,728 |
| 1,277 | James Lee Barrett | $201,186,765 | 6 | $33,531,128 |
| 1,278 | Erin Cressida Wilson | $200,833,333 | 7 | $28,690,476 |
| 1,279 | Nia DaCosta | $199,878,222 | 3 | $66,626,074 |
| 1,280 | Elissa Karasik | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,281 | Megan McDonnell | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,282 | Neil Simon | $199,438,404 | 11 | $18,130,764 |
| 1,283 | Larry McMurtry | $199,224,529 | 3 | $66,408,176 |
| 1,284 | Alex Ross Perry | $198,424,510 | 7 | $28,346,359 |
| 1,285 | Gill Dennis | $198,327,905 | 3 | $66,109,302 |
| 1,286 | Terrence Malick | $198,241,726 | 9 | $22,026,858 |
| 1,287 | Dan Studney | $197,687,603 | 1 | $197,687,603 |
| 1,288 | Jason Katims | $197,618,160 | 1 | $197,618,160 |
| 1,289 | Nick Park | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,290 | Bob Baker | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,291 | Steve Box | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,292 | Tim Cahill | $197,590,128 | 2 | $98,795,064 |
| 1,293 | Stacey Harman | $197,578,586 | 1 | $197,578,586 |
| 1,294 | Joel Schumacher | $196,389,537 | 4 | $49,097,384 |
| 1,295 | George Wing | $196,320,329 | 1 | $196,320,329 |
| 1,296 | Hiroshi Seko | $196,308,703 | 1 | $196,308,703 |
| 1,297 | Sandor Stern | $195,608,193 | 2 | $97,804,097 |
| 1,298 | Warren Lewis | $195,591,111 | 2 | $97,795,556 |
| 1,299 | David Dorfman | $195,484,552 | 1 | $195,484,552 |
| 1,300 | David Loucka | $195,457,081 | 4 | $48,864,270 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.