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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Anthony Peckham | $622,952,223 | 2 | $311,476,112 |
| 502 | Zach Baylin | $622,906,393 | 6 | $103,817,732 |
| 503 | Benedict Fitzgerald | $622,313,635 | 2 | $311,156,818 |
| 504 | Justin Favreau | $621,156,389 | 1 | $621,156,389 |
| 505 | Ivy Kong | $617,815,431 | 2 | $308,907,716 |
| 506 | John Fusco | $615,810,108 | 11 | $55,982,737 |
| 507 | Peter Buchman | $615,388,115 | 2 | $307,694,058 |
| 508 | Jim Kouf | $614,890,823 | 9 | $68,321,203 |
| 509 | Bob Shaw | $613,795,319 | 2 | $306,897,660 |
| 510 | Terence Winter | $613,210,234 | 4 | $153,302,559 |
| 511 | Joby Harold | $611,840,733 | 4 | $152,960,183 |
| 512 | Matt Lieberman | $611,575,269 | 8 | $76,446,909 |
| 513 | Edmond Wong | $609,377,169 | 6 | $101,562,862 |
| 514 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $609,021,136 | 5 | $121,804,227 |
| 515 | Michael Robert Johnson | $606,907,245 | 3 | $202,302,415 |
| 516 | William Goldman | $605,011,796 | 16 | $37,813,237 |
| 517 | Vanessa Taylor | $604,929,906 | 6 | $100,821,651 |
| 518 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $603,869,799 | 5 | $120,773,960 |
| 519 | Neill Blomkamp | $603,857,578 | 4 | $150,964,395 |
| 520 | Andrew Lanham | $603,154,437 | 5 | $120,630,887 |
| 521 | Michael Lesslie | $602,912,687 | 3 | $200,970,896 |
| 522 | Lee Hall | $600,827,754 | 6 | $100,137,959 |
| 523 | George Nolfi | $600,667,905 | 6 | $100,111,318 |
| 524 | Stanley Tong | $600,215,078 | 4 | $150,053,770 |
| 525 | Timothy Hyde Harris | $596,436,243 | 5 | $119,287,249 |
| 526 | David Hoselton | $593,795,045 | 2 | $296,897,523 |
| 527 | Anthony Minghella | $593,315,795 | 6 | $98,885,966 |
| 528 | Michael Petroni | $592,443,918 | 5 | $118,488,784 |
| 529 | Fede Álvarez | $591,859,958 | 4 | $147,964,990 |
| 530 | Kay Cannon | $588,995,955 | 5 | $117,799,191 |
| 531 | Larry Ferguson | $587,656,473 | 6 | $97,942,746 |
| 532 | Catherine Johnson | $584,481,736 | 1 | $584,481,736 |
| 533 | Akela Cooper | $584,471,499 | 5 | $116,894,300 |
| 534 | Paul Weitz | $584,160,671 | 11 | $53,105,516 |
| 535 | Will Ferrell | $583,031,820 | 6 | $97,171,970 |
| 536 | Michael Ferris | $582,644,643 | 5 | $116,528,929 |
| 537 | John Brancato | $582,644,643 | 6 | $97,107,441 |
| 538 | Da-Mo Peng | $580,911,667 | 2 | $290,455,834 |
| 539 | Fei Yan | $580,911,667 | 2 | $290,455,834 |
| 540 | Luyang Xu (许渌洋) | $580,767,744 | 2 | $290,383,872 |
| 541 | Graham Yost | $578,658,773 | 6 | $96,443,129 |
| 542 | Mike Rich | $577,224,867 | 4 | $144,306,217 |
| 543 | Wes Anderson | $576,977,735 | 13 | $44,382,903 |
| 544 | Nia Vardalos | $576,946,439 | 5 | $115,389,288 |
| 545 | Wesley Strick | $573,987,747 | 8 | $71,748,468 |
| 546 | David Self | $572,732,324 | 4 | $143,183,081 |
| 547 | Rita Hsiao | $572,652,920 | 2 | $286,326,460 |
| 548 | David Mamet | $566,917,558 | 15 | $37,794,504 |
| 549 | Nat Mauldin | $566,867,068 | 4 | $141,716,767 |
| 550 | Erik Jendresen | $566,651,443 | 4 | $141,662,861 |
| 551 | Fung Chih-chiang | $562,111,173 | 3 | $187,370,391 |
| 552 | Leigh Brackett | $560,801,210 | 4 | $140,200,303 |
| 553 | Delia Ephron | $560,242,275 | 5 | $112,048,455 |
| 554 | Noah Harpster | $557,771,360 | 6 | $92,961,893 |
| 555 | Micah Fitzerman-Blue | $557,771,360 | 6 | $92,961,893 |
| 556 | Emma Thompson | $557,273,207 | 5 | $111,454,641 |
| 557 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $557,161,100 | 2 | $278,580,550 |
| 558 | Noah Oppenheim | $556,930,890 | 3 | $185,643,630 |
| 559 | Wellsesly Wild | $556,016,627 | 1 | $556,016,627 |
| 560 | Carlos Kotkin | $555,452,840 | 2 | $277,726,420 |
| 561 | Steve Purcell | $554,606,532 | 1 | $554,606,532 |
| 562 | Brenda Chapman | $554,606,532 | 2 | $277,303,266 |
| 563 | Chen Shu | $552,959,213 | 2 | $276,479,607 |
| 564 | David Weisberg | $552,676,004 | 3 | $184,225,335 |
| 565 | Douglas S. Cook | $552,676,004 | 3 | $184,225,335 |
| 566 | Peter Chiarelli | $552,523,866 | 3 | $184,174,622 |
| 567 | Patrick Burleigh | $552,304,437 | 4 | $138,076,109 |
| 568 | Steve Faber | $551,034,644 | 2 | $275,517,322 |
| 569 | Edgar Wallace | $550,517,357 | 1 | $550,517,357 |
| 570 | Shen Ao | $550,417,744 | 1 | $550,417,744 |
| 571 | Yifan Zhang (张一凡) | $550,417,744 | 1 | $550,417,744 |
| 572 | Peter Benchley | $550,054,605 | 3 | $183,351,535 |
| 573 | Benji Samit | $548,303,062 | 3 | $182,767,687 |
| 574 | Dan Hernandez | $548,303,062 | 3 | $182,767,687 |
| 575 | Chenguang Qian | $547,179,648 | 2 | $273,589,824 |
| 576 | Wong Jing | $547,107,486 | 7 | $78,158,212 |
| 577 | Ron Shelton | $545,863,076 | 10 | $54,586,308 |
| 578 | Genndy Tartakovsky | $545,841,714 | 3 | $181,947,238 |
| 579 | Michael LeSieur | $543,678,173 | 2 | $271,839,087 |
| 580 | Chen Zhuzhu | $543,391,535 | 1 | $543,391,535 |
| 581 | Eric Lin | $543,391,535 | 1 | $543,391,535 |
| 582 | Feng Ji | $543,391,535 | 1 | $543,391,535 |
| 583 | Warren Coleman | $542,956,777 | 2 | $271,478,389 |
| 584 | Caroline Thompson | $541,940,698 | 9 | $60,215,633 |
| 585 | Nico Lathouris | $540,710,710 | 2 | $270,355,355 |
| 586 | Nick Schenk | $538,775,547 | 5 | $107,755,109 |
| 587 | Henry Gayden | $538,014,627 | 4 | $134,503,657 |
| 588 | Kevin James | $537,403,440 | 4 | $134,350,860 |
| 589 | Peter Tolan | $535,812,971 | 7 | $76,544,710 |
| 590 | Kieran Mulroney | $535,663,443 | 2 | $267,831,722 |
| 591 | Michele Mulroney | $535,663,443 | 2 | $267,831,722 |
| 592 | Scott Neustadter | $532,790,217 | 9 | $59,198,913 |
| 593 | David Scarpa | $532,719,823 | 5 | $106,543,965 |
| 594 | Jim Reardon | $532,508,025 | 1 | $532,508,025 |
| 595 | Drew Goodard | $531,861,650 | 1 | $531,861,650 |
| 596 | Jack Ng | $527,174,354 | 5 | $105,434,871 |
| 597 | Ian Maxstone-Graham | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
| 598 | Matt Selman | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
| 599 | George Meyer | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
| 600 | John Swartzwelder | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.