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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Phil Lord | $1,952,235,508 | 5 | $390,447,102 |
| 102 | Daniel Gerson | $1,951,202,534 | 3 | $650,400,845 |
| 103 | Jason Fuchs | $1,946,838,535 | 6 | $324,473,089 |
| 104 | Dana Fox | $1,944,833,602 | 10 | $194,483,360 |
| 105 | Billy Ray | $1,916,872,901 | 16 | $119,804,556 |
| 106 | Jon Spaihts | $1,913,676,034 | 5 | $382,735,207 |
| 107 | Eric Darnell | $1,903,161,611 | 3 | $634,387,204 |
| 108 | James Vanderbilt | $1,899,290,023 | 14 | $135,663,573 |
| 109 | Nicholas Stoller | $1,880,110,854 | 17 | $110,594,756 |
| 110 | Allison Schroeder | $1,877,844,534 | 4 | $469,461,134 |
| 111 | Dean DeBlois | $1,876,507,904 | 5 | $375,301,581 |
| 112 | Jane Goldman | $1,874,873,932 | 10 | $187,487,393 |
| 113 | J.K. Rowling | $1,867,330,568 | 3 | $622,443,523 |
| 114 | Etan Cohen | $1,863,686,678 | 7 | $266,240,954 |
| 115 | Adam Sandler | $1,859,348,634 | 15 | $123,956,576 |
| 116 | John Hughes | $1,839,099,495 | 19 | $96,794,710 |
| 117 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $1,834,705,613 | 13 | $141,131,201 |
| 118 | Joe Stillman | $1,830,515,803 | 5 | $366,103,161 |
| 119 | Rian Johnson | $1,825,190,218 | 6 | $304,198,370 |
| 120 | Richard Curtis | $1,822,640,544 | 13 | $140,203,119 |
| 121 | William Broyles Jr. | $1,818,388,633 | 7 | $259,769,805 |
| 122 | Damon Lindelof | $1,796,758,320 | 6 | $299,459,720 |
| 123 | Eric Warren Singer | $1,790,265,757 | 8 | $223,783,220 |
| 124 | Dan Fogelman | $1,788,306,133 | 10 | $178,830,613 |
| 125 | Yoni Brenner | $1,781,689,790 | 3 | $593,896,597 |
| 126 | David Magee | $1,774,175,972 | 11 | $161,288,725 |
| 127 | David Callaham | $1,760,871,306 | 8 | $220,108,913 |
| 128 | John Hamburg | $1,760,690,564 | 10 | $176,069,056 |
| 129 | Greta Gerwig | $1,758,556,183 | 5 | $351,711,237 |
| 130 | Shane Black | $1,745,253,171 | 9 | $193,917,019 |
| 131 | Jeffrey Price | $1,731,886,765 | 5 | $346,377,353 |
| 132 | Peter S. Seaman | $1,731,886,765 | 5 | $346,377,353 |
| 133 | Jonathan Goldstein | $1,705,794,743 | 9 | $189,532,749 |
| 134 | John Francis Daley | $1,705,794,743 | 9 | $189,532,749 |
| 135 | Pete Docter | $1,701,841,242 | 3 | $567,280,414 |
| 136 | Dave Holstein | $1,698,831,782 | 1 | $1,698,831,782 |
| 137 | Robert L. Baird | $1,698,210,460 | 3 | $566,070,153 |
| 138 | Zak Penn | $1,696,851,101 | 7 | $242,407,300 |
| 139 | Guy Ritchie | $1,696,431,349 | 13 | $130,494,719 |
| 140 | Jon Vitti | $1,685,447,609 | 5 | $337,089,522 |
| 141 | Paul Haggis | $1,676,705,876 | 8 | $209,588,235 |
| 142 | Michael Berg | $1,668,038,162 | 3 | $556,012,721 |
| 143 | James Mangold | $1,666,457,422 | 10 | $166,645,742 |
| 144 | David Ayer | $1,656,197,266 | 11 | $150,563,388 |
| 145 | Chris Sanders | $1,648,203,718 | 4 | $412,050,930 |
| 146 | Brian Helgeland | $1,645,342,864 | 19 | $86,596,993 |
| 147 | Ed Solomon | $1,636,336,790 | 12 | $136,361,399 |
| 148 | Hayao Miyazaki | $1,633,585,710 | 10 | $163,358,571 |
| 149 | Chen Sicheng | $1,625,340,884 | 4 | $406,335,221 |
| 150 | Simon Beaufoy | $1,596,774,661 | 10 | $159,677,466 |
| 151 | Danny Strong | $1,590,683,560 | 6 | $265,113,927 |
| 152 | Craig Mazin | $1,589,398,518 | 9 | $176,599,835 |
| 153 | Scott Silver | $1,581,511,187 | 5 | $316,302,237 |
| 154 | Max Borenstein | $1,579,456,503 | 6 | $263,242,751 |
| 155 | Matthew Vaughn | $1,571,056,458 | 7 | $224,436,637 |
| 156 | Michael Crichton | $1,570,766,259 | 6 | $261,794,377 |
| 157 | Robert Towne | $1,565,003,066 | 10 | $156,500,307 |
| 158 | Josh Appelbaum | $1,540,149,683 | 5 | $308,029,937 |
| 159 | Andre Nemec | $1,540,149,683 | 6 | $256,691,614 |
| 160 | John Whittington | $1,533,931,314 | 5 | $306,786,263 |
| 161 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $1,531,202,151 | 10 | $153,120,215 |
| 162 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $1,525,911,430 | 10 | $152,591,143 |
| 163 | Joel Coen | $1,518,837,674 | 26 | $58,416,834 |
| 164 | Steve Oedekerk | $1,505,364,208 | 10 | $150,536,421 |
| 165 | William Nicholson | $1,502,095,250 | 12 | $125,174,604 |
| 166 | Christopher L. Yost | $1,499,648,374 | 3 | $499,882,791 |
| 167 | Peter Farrelly | $1,496,833,803 | 15 | $99,788,920 |
| 168 | Tim Herlihy | $1,492,885,408 | 12 | $124,407,117 |
| 169 | Justin Lin | $1,490,791,245 | 4 | $372,697,811 |
| 170 | George Miller | $1,473,773,474 | 10 | $147,377,347 |
| 171 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $1,467,069,716 | 4 | $366,767,429 |
| 172 | Adam Sztykiel | $1,453,694,560 | 9 | $161,521,618 |
| 173 | Adam McKay | $1,447,186,950 | 10 | $144,718,695 |
| 174 | Justin Haythe | $1,447,012,407 | 7 | $206,716,058 |
| 175 | Peter Ackerman | $1,425,058,348 | 3 | $475,019,449 |
| 176 | Richard Wenk | $1,424,268,368 | 13 | $109,559,105 |
| 177 | Mike Reiss | $1,413,757,839 | 2 | $706,878,920 |
| 178 | Stephen Sommers | $1,413,489,306 | 8 | $176,686,163 |
| 179 | Jonathan Roberts | $1,405,509,606 | 6 | $234,251,601 |
| 180 | Geneva Robertson | $1,403,053,595 | 2 | $701,526,798 |
| 181 | Mark Burton | $1,394,590,945 | 10 | $139,459,095 |
| 182 | Matt Reeves | $1,393,047,129 | 4 | $348,261,782 |
| 183 | Don Rhymer | $1,391,337,682 | 8 | $173,917,210 |
| 184 | Gary Ross | $1,389,742,348 | 7 | $198,534,621 |
| 185 | Sean Anders | $1,382,049,249 | 11 | $125,640,841 |
| 186 | John Morris | $1,382,049,249 | 11 | $125,640,841 |
| 187 | David Reynolds | $1,360,460,702 | 3 | $453,486,901 |
| 188 | Edgar Wright | $1,349,509,282 | 9 | $149,945,476 |
| 189 | Woody Allen | $1,342,402,768 | 49 | $27,395,975 |
| 190 | John Musker | $1,339,815,210 | 5 | $267,963,042 |
| 191 | Ron Clements | $1,339,815,210 | 5 | $267,963,042 |
| 192 | Zeb Wells | $1,338,229,116 | 2 | $669,114,558 |
| 193 | Ryan Reynolds | $1,338,071,348 | 2 | $669,035,674 |
| 194 | Shawn Levy | $1,338,071,348 | 2 | $669,035,674 |
| 195 | Laeta Kalogridis | $1,331,632,768 | 6 | $221,938,795 |
| 196 | Thomas Lennon | $1,328,430,057 | 6 | $221,405,010 |
| 197 | Nancy Meyers | $1,322,782,714 | 12 | $110,231,893 |
| 198 | Robert Rodriguez | $1,310,760,280 | 19 | $68,987,383 |
| 199 | Jay Scherick | $1,302,355,800 | 5 | $260,471,160 |
| 200 | David Ronn | $1,302,355,800 | 5 | $260,471,160 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.