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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,701-5,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,701 | Kim Young-hoon | $5,856,796 | 1 | $5,856,796 |
| 5,702 | Kim Krizan | $5,855,809 | 1 | $5,855,809 |
| 5,703 | Gopi Puthran | $5,854,240 | 1 | $5,854,240 |
| 5,704 | Ron Friedman | $5,849,647 | 1 | $5,849,647 |
| 5,705 | Ron Mita | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 5,706 | Jim McClain | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 5,707 | Jean-Pol Fargeau | $5,838,605 | 3 | $1,946,202 |
| 5,708 | Kevin Coughlin | $5,838,352 | 2 | $2,919,176 |
| 5,709 | Ryan Grassby | $5,838,352 | 2 | $2,919,176 |
| 5,710 | Daniel Scheinert | $5,837,111 | 1 | $5,837,111 |
| 5,711 | Daniel Kwan | $5,837,111 | 1 | $5,837,111 |
| 5,712 | Nicholas McCarthy | $5,835,970 | 4 | $1,458,993 |
| 5,713 | Jeremy Sims | $5,821,137 | 1 | $5,821,137 |
| 5,714 | Harriet Frank, Jr. | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 5,715 | Irving Ravetch | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 5,716 | Nicolas Casariego | $5,819,708 | 2 | $2,909,854 |
| 5,717 | Jaime Marques | $5,819,708 | 2 | $2,909,854 |
| 5,718 | Amaresh Misra | $5,801,422 | 1 | $5,801,422 |
| 5,719 | Jules Furthman | $5,800,124 | 2 | $2,900,062 |
| 5,720 | Matthew Newton | $5,798,885 | 4 | $1,449,721 |
| 5,721 | Charles Baxter | $5,796,467 | 1 | $5,796,467 |
| 5,722 | Vadim Sveshnikov | $5,776,939 | 2 | $2,888,470 |
| 5,723 | Zdeněk Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 1 | $5,770,254 |
| 5,724 | Michael Auerbach | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 5,725 | Roy Andersson | $5,758,767 | 1 | $5,758,767 |
| 5,726 | Dean Koontz | $5,755,333 | 1 | $5,755,333 |
| 5,727 | Scott Yagemann | $5,747,802 | 1 | $5,747,802 |
| 5,728 | Daniel Cohen | $5,738,990 | 1 | $5,738,990 |
| 5,729 | John Varley | $5,725,353 | 1 | $5,725,353 |
| 5,730 | Millie Santiago | $5,724,790 | 1 | $5,724,790 |
| 5,731 | Hongjiu | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 5,732 | Linran Fu | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 5,733 | Yan Yunfei | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 5,734 | James Coyne | $5,711,875 | 3 | $1,903,958 |
| 5,735 | André Øvredal | $5,706,783 | 2 | $2,853,392 |
| 5,736 | Miguel Tejada-Flores | $5,701,359 | 2 | $2,850,680 |
| 5,737 | Jean-Paul Salome | $5,701,312 | 3 | $1,900,437 |
| 5,738 | Richard Eyre | $5,692,941 | 1 | $5,692,941 |
| 5,739 | Barry Glasser | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 5,740 | Malcolm Bradbury | $5,682,429 | 1 | $5,682,429 |
| 5,741 | Joshua Enck | $5,679,324 | 1 | $5,679,324 |
| 5,742 | Jeff Bender | $5,679,324 | 1 | $5,679,324 |
| 5,743 | Myron Goble | $5,672,903 | 1 | $5,672,903 |
| 5,744 | François Truffaut | $5,672,551 | 3 | $1,890,850 |
| 5,745 | Henry Francia | $5,665,641 | 1 | $5,665,641 |
| 5,746 | E.A. Rocha | $5,665,641 | 1 | $5,665,641 |
| 5,747 | Jerrold Tarog | $5,665,641 | 1 | $5,665,641 |
| 5,748 | Bill Rubenstein | $5,656,641 | 1 | $5,656,641 |
| 5,749 | Michael Reaves | $5,650,146 | 1 | $5,650,146 |
| 5,750 | Paul Dini | $5,650,146 | 2 | $2,825,073 |
| 5,751 | Martin Pasko | $5,650,146 | 1 | $5,650,146 |
| 5,752 | Quentin Dupieux | $5,646,787 | 8 | $705,848 |
| 5,753 | Peter Crabbe | $5,646,500 | 2 | $2,823,250 |
| 5,754 | Alexandre Dumas | $5,642,798 | 1 | $5,642,798 |
| 5,755 | Scott Walker | $5,631,655 | 2 | $2,815,828 |
| 5,756 | Gwang-tae Kim | $5,622,431 | 1 | $5,622,431 |
| 5,757 | Ben Wheatley | $5,614,740 | 4 | $1,403,685 |
| 5,758 | Gabriela Tagliavini | $5,607,900 | 1 | $5,607,900 |
| 5,759 | Ricardo Alvarez Canales | $5,607,900 | 1 | $5,607,900 |
| 5,760 | Christina Pamies | $5,607,151 | 1 | $5,607,151 |
| 5,761 | Sergio Olguin | $5,604,680 | 1 | $5,604,680 |
| 5,762 | Luis Ortega | $5,604,680 | 1 | $5,604,680 |
| 5,763 | Rodolfo Palacios | $5,604,680 | 1 | $5,604,680 |
| 5,764 | John Aglialoro | $5,604,043 | 2 | $2,802,022 |
| 5,765 | Gilbert Adler | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 5,766 | A.L. Katz | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 5,767 | Kevin Meyer | $5,599,772 | 1 | $5,599,772 |
| 5,768 | Dallas Jenkins | $5,589,387 | 2 | $2,794,694 |
| 5,769 | Ryan Swanson | $5,589,387 | 1 | $5,589,387 |
| 5,770 | Tyler Thompson | $5,589,387 | 1 | $5,589,387 |
| 5,771 | Dominik Moll | $5,583,040 | 3 | $1,861,013 |
| 5,772 | Enrico Medioli | $5,577,556 | 1 | $5,577,556 |
| 5,773 | Franco Arcalli | $5,577,556 | 1 | $5,577,556 |
| 5,774 | Leonardo Benvenuti | $5,577,556 | 1 | $5,577,556 |
| 5,775 | Franco Ferrini | $5,577,556 | 2 | $2,788,778 |
| 5,776 | Piero De Bernardi | $5,577,556 | 1 | $5,577,556 |
| 5,777 | Agnieszka Holland | $5,575,738 | 2 | $2,787,869 |
| 5,778 | Sandy Howard | $5,568,880 | 1 | $5,568,880 |
| 5,779 | Kenneth Peter | $5,568,880 | 1 | $5,568,880 |
| 5,780 | Joan Tewkesbury | $5,563,663 | 1 | $5,563,663 |
| 5,781 | Marc Rocco | $5,561,581 | 2 | $2,780,791 |
| 5,782 | Brit Marling | $5,560,183 | 3 | $1,853,394 |
| 5,783 | Atul Kulkarni | $5,547,240 | 1 | $5,547,240 |
| 5,784 | Matt Maiellaro | $5,520,368 | 2 | $2,760,184 |
| 5,785 | Dave Willis | $5,520,368 | 2 | $2,760,184 |
| 5,786 | Mac Gudgeon | $5,519,569 | 2 | $2,759,785 |
| 5,787 | Sean Michael Argo | $5,508,657 | 2 | $2,754,329 |
| 5,788 | Jake Seal | $5,508,657 | 1 | $5,508,657 |
| 5,789 | Talbot Jennings | $5,500,000 | 2 | $2,750,000 |
| 5,790 | Jonathan Jakubowicz | $5,492,478 | 2 | $2,746,239 |
| 5,791 | Keoni Waxman | $5,491,510 | 6 | $915,252 |
| 5,792 | Jonathan English | $5,488,565 | 2 | $2,744,283 |
| 5,793 | Millicent Shelton | $5,485,295 | 1 | $5,485,295 |
| 5,794 | Peter Woodward | $5,483,534 | 1 | $5,483,534 |
| 5,795 | Eli Craig | $5,476,378 | 3 | $1,825,459 |
| 5,796 | Morgan Jurgenson | $5,476,378 | 1 | $5,476,378 |
| 5,797 | Nacho Vigalondo | $5,474,930 | 5 | $1,094,986 |
| 5,798 | Pedro Peirano | $5,471,962 | 4 | $1,367,991 |
| 5,799 | Eran Creevy | $5,466,698 | 2 | $2,733,349 |
| 5,800 | Massoumeh Lahidji | $5,455,736 | 1 | $5,455,736 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.