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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 | Annie Mumolo | $304,105,250 | 3 | $101,368,417 |
| 1,002 | Wellesley Wild | $303,992,700 | 2 | $151,996,350 |
| 1,003 | XiaoPeng Tian | $303,058,128 | 2 | $151,529,064 |
| 1,004 | Alejandro Amenábar | $302,291,222 | 4 | $75,572,806 |
| 1,005 | Ronald Shusett | $302,013,677 | 4 | $75,503,419 |
| 1,006 | Hampton Fancher | $301,799,451 | 3 | $100,599,817 |
| 1,007 | Marc Norman | $301,552,174 | 3 | $100,517,391 |
| 1,008 | Walon Green | $301,488,946 | 4 | $75,372,237 |
| 1,009 | Jim V. Hart | $300,854,823 | 1 | $300,854,823 |
| 1,010 | Tom Tykwer | $300,107,528 | 5 | $60,021,506 |
| 1,011 | Michael Schiffer | $298,853,275 | 4 | $74,713,319 |
| 1,012 | Greg Brooker | $298,815,224 | 1 | $298,815,224 |
| 1,013 | Olivia Milch | $297,718,711 | 1 | $297,718,711 |
| 1,014 | David McKenna | $297,189,167 | 4 | $74,297,292 |
| 1,015 | Seth Cuddeback | $297,144,130 | 1 | $297,144,130 |
| 1,016 | Scott Cawthon | $297,144,130 | 1 | $297,144,130 |
| 1,017 | Emma Tammi | $297,144,130 | 1 | $297,144,130 |
| 1,018 | Daniel Lee | $296,528,678 | 2 | $148,264,339 |
| 1,019 | Cory Goodman | $296,182,160 | 4 | $74,045,540 |
| 1,020 | Joshua Zetumer | $295,819,788 | 2 | $147,909,894 |
| 1,021 | Josh Stolberg | $295,798,414 | 4 | $73,949,604 |
| 1,022 | Joe Eszterhas | $295,020,049 | 8 | $36,877,506 |
| 1,023 | Elaine May | $294,935,734 | 4 | $73,733,934 |
| 1,024 | Hillary Seitz | $294,220,781 | 6 | $49,036,797 |
| 1,025 | Larry Levin | $294,156,605 | 1 | $294,156,605 |
| 1,026 | Ran Jianan | $293,609,203 | 2 | $146,804,602 |
| 1,027 | Justin Zackham | $293,440,284 | 4 | $73,360,071 |
| 1,028 | Scott Alexander | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
| 1,029 | Larry Karaszewski | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
| 1,030 | Mel Brooks | $291,773,339 | 6 | $48,628,890 |
| 1,031 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 1,032 | Kira Snyder | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 1,033 | Damian Shannon | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
| 1,034 | Mark Swift | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
| 1,035 | Jessie Nelson | $290,300,984 | 6 | $48,383,497 |
| 1,036 | Kristen Wiig | $289,640,412 | 2 | $144,820,206 |
| 1,037 | Clark Gregg | $288,941,112 | 2 | $144,470,556 |
| 1,038 | David Rabe | $288,809,606 | 2 | $144,404,803 |
| 1,039 | Gary Wang | $288,337,523 | 2 | $144,168,762 |
| 1,040 | Sam Bromell | $288,116,153 | 2 | $144,058,077 |
| 1,041 | Michael Debruyn | $287,916,633 | 1 | $287,916,633 |
| 1,042 | Vance Gerry | $287,862,989 | 5 | $57,572,598 |
| 1,043 | Jerry Seinfeld | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,044 | Chuck Martin | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
| 1,045 | Spike Feresten | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,046 | Tom Papa | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
| 1,047 | Barry Marder | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,048 | Andy Robin | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,049 | David Soren | $286,896,578 | 1 | $286,896,578 |
| 1,050 | Adam Brooks | $286,867,756 | 5 | $57,373,551 |
| 1,051 | Timothy Harris | $286,676,353 | 3 | $95,558,784 |
| 1,052 | Will Davies | $286,549,194 | 2 | $143,274,597 |
| 1,053 | Jay Lavender | $285,898,903 | 2 | $142,949,452 |
| 1,054 | Stanley Kubrick | $285,549,756 | 6 | $47,591,626 |
| 1,055 | Patrick Massett | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 1,056 | John Zinman | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 1,057 | Tracy Keenan Wynn | $285,248,464 | 3 | $95,082,821 |
| 1,058 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $284,788,075 | 9 | $31,643,119 |
| 1,059 | Neil Simon | $283,138,545 | 12 | $23,594,879 |
| 1,060 | Michael Chabon | $282,778,100 | 2 | $141,389,050 |
| 1,061 | Robert King | $282,376,958 | 5 | $56,475,392 |
| 1,062 | Jonathan Lemkin | $282,009,953 | 3 | $94,003,318 |
| 1,063 | Martin McDonagh | $281,048,559 | 5 | $56,209,712 |
| 1,064 | Guo Jingming | $280,975,806 | 5 | $56,195,161 |
| 1,065 | Todd W. Langen | $280,656,813 | 2 | $140,328,407 |
| 1,066 | Jinliang Han | $280,042,986 | 2 | $140,021,493 |
| 1,067 | Rich Wilkes | $279,777,124 | 4 | $69,944,281 |
| 1,068 | Francis Ford Coppola | $279,669,128 | 10 | $27,966,913 |
| 1,069 | Peter Weir | $279,519,870 | 4 | $69,879,968 |
| 1,070 | Hideki Sonoda | $279,484,099 | 6 | $46,580,683 |
| 1,071 | Takehiko Inoue | $279,430,214 | 1 | $279,430,214 |
| 1,072 | Gina Wendkos | $279,251,248 | 3 | $93,083,749 |
| 1,073 | Jeremy Leven | $278,827,614 | 6 | $46,471,269 |
| 1,074 | John Eskow | $278,757,999 | 3 | $92,919,333 |
| 1,075 | Akira Toriyama | $278,391,171 | 3 | $92,797,057 |
| 1,076 | Ji Zhang (张冀) | $277,682,856 | 3 | $92,560,952 |
| 1,077 | Peter Hedges | $277,580,811 | 8 | $34,697,601 |
| 1,078 | Larry Gross | $277,480,616 | 8 | $34,685,077 |
| 1,079 | Lem Dobbs | $276,418,981 | 7 | $39,488,426 |
| 1,080 | Richard Naing | $275,823,563 | 3 | $91,941,188 |
| 1,081 | Ian Goldberg | $275,823,563 | 3 | $91,941,188 |
| 1,082 | Erdman Penner | $274,802,829 | 5 | $54,960,566 |
| 1,083 | Alastair Siddons | $274,681,156 | 3 | $91,560,385 |
| 1,084 | Erica Rivinoja | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 1,085 | Deborah Kaplan | $274,037,259 | 7 | $39,148,180 |
| 1,086 | Harry Elfont | $274,037,259 | 7 | $39,148,180 |
| 1,087 | Jerry Stahl | $273,790,755 | 3 | $91,263,585 |
| 1,088 | Xue Xiaolu | $272,157,564 | 3 | $90,719,188 |
| 1,089 | Ryan Murphy | $272,008,485 | 3 | $90,669,495 |
| 1,090 | Jill Leung | $271,844,751 | 3 | $90,614,917 |
| 1,091 | Tom O’Connor | $271,657,364 | 3 | $90,552,455 |
| 1,092 | Rod Barr | $271,321,278 | 2 | $135,660,639 |
| 1,093 | Jim Strain | $270,769,329 | 2 | $135,384,665 |
| 1,094 | Chris Chow | $270,661,042 | 4 | $67,665,261 |
| 1,095 | Brannon Braga | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,096 | Ronald D. Moore | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,097 | Xin Huo | $269,874,104 | 2 | $134,937,052 |
| 1,098 | Tracy Oliver | $269,812,268 | 5 | $53,962,454 |
| 1,099 | Craig Wright | $269,806,430 | 1 | $269,806,430 |
| 1,100 | Perce Pearce | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.