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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international 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 | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Channing Gibson | $178,375,167 | 3 | $59,458,389 |
| 1,002 | Willard Huyck | $178,200,000 | 5 | $35,640,000 |
| 1,003 | Gloria Katz | $178,200,000 | 5 | $35,640,000 |
| 1,004 | Doug Jung | $177,583,352 | 2 | $88,791,676 |
| 1,005 | Patrick Melton | $177,566,544 | 8 | $22,195,818 |
| 1,006 | Marcus Dunstan | $177,566,544 | 8 | $22,195,818 |
| 1,007 | Quan Yongxian | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 1,008 | Peter Rader | $176,000,000 | 1 | $176,000,000 |
| 1,009 | Christopher Murphey | $175,183,320 | 1 | $175,183,320 |
| 1,010 | Will Davies | $174,995,081 | 2 | $87,497,541 |
| 1,011 | Ron Anderson | $174,657,158 | 1 | $174,657,158 |
| 1,012 | Pierre Christin | $174,618,986 | 1 | $174,618,986 |
| 1,013 | Jean Claude Mezieres | $174,618,986 | 1 | $174,618,986 |
| 1,014 | Tom Shepherd | $174,462,229 | 1 | $174,462,229 |
| 1,015 | Til Schweiger | $174,073,107 | 4 | $43,518,277 |
| 1,016 | Allison Moore | $173,981,076 | 1 | $173,981,076 |
| 1,017 | A Lai | $173,521,647 | 1 | $173,521,647 |
| 1,018 | Eric Lin Ming-Chie | $173,479,240 | 1 | $173,479,240 |
| 1,019 | Tam Wai-Ching | $173,479,240 | 1 | $173,479,240 |
| 1,020 | Lau Siu-Kwan | $173,479,240 | 1 | $173,479,240 |
| 1,021 | Kang-Ki Chu | $173,479,240 | 1 | $173,479,240 |
| 1,022 | Alan Schoolcraft | $173,471,355 | 2 | $86,735,678 |
| 1,023 | Brent Simons | $173,471,355 | 2 | $86,735,678 |
| 1,024 | Hampton Fancher | $173,028,736 | 3 | $57,676,245 |
| 1,025 | Jason Headley | $172,373,292 | 3 | $57,457,764 |
| 1,026 | George A. Romero | $172,054,870 | 20 | $8,602,744 |
| 1,027 | Bragi Schut | $171,674,811 | 4 | $42,918,703 |
| 1,028 | Derek Kwok | $171,212,116 | 2 | $85,606,058 |
| 1,029 | David Elliot | $170,267,519 | 2 | $85,133,760 |
| 1,030 | Paul Lovett | $170,267,519 | 2 | $85,133,760 |
| 1,031 | Terri Tatchell | $170,239,984 | 2 | $85,119,992 |
| 1,032 | Frankie Chan Fan-Kei | $169,994,606 | 1 | $169,994,606 |
| 1,033 | David Peoples | $169,700,000 | 3 | $56,566,667 |
| 1,034 | Dana Stevens | $169,596,335 | 7 | $24,228,048 |
| 1,035 | Josh Stolberg | $168,955,540 | 4 | $42,238,885 |
| 1,036 | Mike Jones | $168,910,210 | 2 | $84,455,105 |
| 1,037 | Marc Silverstein | $168,412,891 | 5 | $33,682,578 |
| 1,038 | Kam-Yuen Szeto | $167,840,000 | 2 | $83,920,000 |
| 1,039 | Jiang Wen | $166,470,584 | 3 | $55,490,195 |
| 1,040 | Nick Bakay | $166,375,544 | 3 | $55,458,515 |
| 1,041 | John Swetnam | $166,350,052 | 5 | $33,270,010 |
| 1,042 | Robert Benton | $165,981,982 | 3 | $55,327,327 |
| 1,043 | Mario Puzo | $165,981,982 | 2 | $82,990,991 |
| 1,044 | David Newman | $165,981,982 | 2 | $82,990,991 |
| 1,045 | Richard Flanagan | $165,526,808 | 1 | $165,526,808 |
| 1,046 | Perce Pearce | $165,203,000 | 1 | $165,203,000 |
| 1,047 | Larry Morey | $165,203,000 | 1 | $165,203,000 |
| 1,048 | Lionel Wigram | $165,055,270 | 2 | $82,527,635 |
| 1,049 | Bobs Gannaway | $164,326,288 | 2 | $82,163,144 |
| 1,050 | Christopher Kyle | $164,280,053 | 4 | $41,070,013 |
| 1,051 | James Dearden | $163,454,304 | 2 | $81,727,152 |
| 1,052 | Gil Kenan | $163,088,793 | 4 | $40,772,198 |
| 1,053 | Paul Kaplan | $162,769,041 | 2 | $81,384,521 |
| 1,054 | Mark Torgove | $162,769,041 | 1 | $162,769,041 |
| 1,055 | Jim Strain | $162,300,000 | 2 | $81,150,000 |
| 1,056 | Greg Taylor | $162,300,000 | 4 | $40,575,000 |
| 1,057 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $162,213,995 | 6 | $27,035,666 |
| 1,058 | Larry Stuckey | $162,211,974 | 1 | $162,211,974 |
| 1,059 | Chuan Lu | $161,990,783 | 3 | $53,996,928 |
| 1,060 | Irena Brignull | $161,777,498 | 2 | $80,888,749 |
| 1,061 | Ann Biderman | $161,678,089 | 3 | $53,892,696 |
| 1,062 | Donna Powers | $161,536,827 | 3 | $53,845,609 |
| 1,063 | Wayne Powers | $161,536,827 | 4 | $40,384,207 |
| 1,064 | Mia Jiao | $161,210,802 | 2 | $80,605,401 |
| 1,065 | Andy Robin | $160,963,300 | 2 | $80,481,650 |
| 1,066 | Jerry Seinfeld | $160,963,300 | 2 | $80,481,650 |
| 1,067 | Chuck Martin | $160,963,300 | 1 | $160,963,300 |
| 1,068 | Spike Feresten | $160,963,300 | 2 | $80,481,650 |
| 1,069 | Tom Papa | $160,963,300 | 1 | $160,963,300 |
| 1,070 | Barry Marder | $160,963,300 | 2 | $80,481,650 |
| 1,071 | Marlon Wayans | $160,795,219 | 8 | $20,099,402 |
| 1,072 | Nikolaj Arcel | $160,529,772 | 3 | $53,509,924 |
| 1,073 | Sam Hamm | $160,160,000 | 3 | $53,386,667 |
| 1,074 | Amy Holden Jones | $159,986,043 | 5 | $31,997,209 |
| 1,075 | Emma Tammi | $159,868,510 | 1 | $159,868,510 |
| 1,076 | Seth Cuddeback | $159,868,510 | 1 | $159,868,510 |
| 1,077 | Scott Cawthon | $159,868,510 | 1 | $159,868,510 |
| 1,078 | Timothy Harris | $159,716,850 | 3 | $53,238,950 |
| 1,079 | Jeff Wadlow | $159,541,276 | 9 | $17,726,808 |
| 1,080 | Tommy Wirkola | $159,378,739 | 4 | $39,844,685 |
| 1,081 | Shane Salerno | $159,140,058 | 5 | $31,828,012 |
| 1,082 | Todd Komarnicki | $159,038,320 | 6 | $26,506,387 |
| 1,083 | Greg Brooker | $158,800,000 | 1 | $158,800,000 |
| 1,084 | Amy Heckerling | $158,460,951 | 3 | $52,820,317 |
| 1,085 | Craig Wright | $158,300,000 | 1 | $158,300,000 |
| 1,086 | Edmund H. North | $158,003,372 | 3 | $52,667,791 |
| 1,087 | Josann McGibbon | $157,880,669 | 4 | $39,470,167 |
| 1,088 | Sara Parriott | $157,880,669 | 3 | $52,626,890 |
| 1,089 | Alex Garland | $157,874,199 | 12 | $13,156,183 |
| 1,090 | Olivia Milch | $157,500,000 | 1 | $157,500,000 |
| 1,091 | Lee Eisenberg | $157,457,527 | 3 | $52,485,842 |
| 1,092 | Andrea Berloff | $157,134,912 | 7 | $22,447,845 |
| 1,093 | Michael Moore | $156,533,204 | 9 | $17,392,578 |
| 1,094 | Jonathan Lemkin | $156,518,057 | 3 | $52,172,686 |
| 1,095 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $156,353,976 | 3 | $52,117,992 |
| 1,096 | Alec Berg | $156,298,675 | 3 | $52,099,558 |
| 1,097 | David Mandel | $156,298,675 | 3 | $52,099,558 |
| 1,098 | Er Cheng | $156,296,392 | 2 | $78,148,196 |
| 1,099 | Dan Aykroyd | $156,000,127 | 8 | $19,500,016 |
| 1,100 | Ryan Murphy | $155,860,244 | 3 | $51,953,415 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.