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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | Jarrad Paul | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,102 | Andrew Mogel | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,103 | Tom G. Glazer | $226,739,416 | 1 | $226,739,416 |
| 1,104 | John Thomas | $226,202,142 | 3 | $75,400,714 |
| 1,105 | Caleb Wilson | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,106 | Matt R. Allen | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,107 | John Sayles | $225,665,782 | 16 | $14,104,111 |
| 1,108 | Jay Cocks | $225,375,743 | 3 | $75,125,248 |
| 1,109 | Rob Sprackling | $225,288,293 | 2 | $112,644,147 |
| 1,110 | Craig Bolotin | $224,768,842 | 5 | $44,953,768 |
| 1,111 | Alan R. Cohen | $224,383,668 | 4 | $56,095,917 |
| 1,112 | Alan Freedland | $224,383,668 | 4 | $56,095,917 |
| 1,113 | Leslie Bohem | $224,279,721 | 3 | $74,759,907 |
| 1,114 | Dana Olsen | $224,203,536 | 3 | $74,734,512 |
| 1,115 | Nikolaj Arcel | $224,020,394 | 3 | $74,673,465 |
| 1,116 | David Arata | $224,010,337 | 4 | $56,002,584 |
| 1,117 | Alejandro Amenábar | $223,612,585 | 2 | $111,806,293 |
| 1,118 | Anne Rice | $223,564,608 | 1 | $223,564,608 |
| 1,119 | Susanna Fogel | $223,337,887 | 4 | $55,834,472 |
| 1,120 | Craig Tiley | $223,050,874 | 1 | $223,050,874 |
| 1,121 | Tom Schalman | $222,700,000 | 1 | $222,700,000 |
| 1,122 | Ken Anderson | $222,675,066 | 3 | $74,225,022 |
| 1,123 | John W. Richardson | $222,383,055 | 1 | $222,383,055 |
| 1,124 | Cui Tiezhi | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,125 | Liu Zhenjie | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,126 | Xu Yun | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,127 | Stephen Judson | $221,240,243 | 3 | $73,746,748 |
| 1,128 | Philip Halprin | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,129 | Mark Gibson | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,130 | Paul Guyot | $220,796,009 | 1 | $220,796,009 |
| 1,131 | Don Hall | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,132 | Stephen Anderson | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,133 | Harve Bennett | $220,000,000 | 2 | $110,000,000 |
| 1,134 | David Weissman | $219,820,167 | 2 | $109,910,084 |
| 1,135 | David Diamond | $219,820,167 | 2 | $109,910,084 |
| 1,136 | John Singleton | $219,590,208 | 4 | $54,897,552 |
| 1,137 | Greg Berlanti | $219,535,492 | 1 | $219,535,492 |
| 1,138 | Aaron Guzikowski | $219,493,622 | 3 | $73,164,541 |
| 1,139 | Kate Boutilier | $219,422,582 | 3 | $73,140,861 |
| 1,140 | Sacha Gervasi | $219,167,964 | 5 | $43,833,593 |
| 1,141 | Adam Rifkin | $219,028,828 | 8 | $27,378,604 |
| 1,142 | Angus Maclane | $218,768,299 | 1 | $218,768,299 |
| 1,143 | Ron Nyswaner | $218,415,663 | 5 | $43,683,133 |
| 1,144 | Ike Barinholtz | $217,598,658 | 3 | $72,532,886 |
| 1,145 | David Zucker | $217,233,012 | 6 | $36,205,502 |
| 1,146 | David Stassen | $217,194,805 | 3 | $72,398,268 |
| 1,147 | Parker Finn | $217,068,735 | 1 | $217,068,735 |
| 1,148 | John Hoffman | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,149 | Anthony Leondis | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,150 | Eric Siegel | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,151 | Ilana Wolpert | $216,019,528 | 1 | $216,019,528 |
| 1,152 | Grant Nieporte | $215,849,002 | 2 | $107,924,501 |
| 1,153 | Mikki Daughtry | $215,687,948 | 3 | $71,895,983 |
| 1,154 | Tobias Iaconis | $215,687,948 | 3 | $71,895,983 |
| 1,155 | Pierre Christin | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,156 | Jean Claude Mezieres | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,157 | Richard Flanagan | $215,080,810 | 1 | $215,080,810 |
| 1,158 | Tommy Wirkola | $214,982,333 | 2 | $107,491,167 |
| 1,159 | Kevin Barnett | $214,942,265 | 3 | $71,647,422 |
| 1,160 | Matt Cook | $214,493,437 | 5 | $42,898,687 |
| 1,161 | Kate Angelo | $214,372,547 | 3 | $71,457,516 |
| 1,162 | William Blake Herron | $214,357,371 | 1 | $214,357,371 |
| 1,163 | Claire Sera | $214,244,195 | 1 | $214,244,195 |
| 1,164 | Billy Crystal | $214,069,625 | 5 | $42,813,925 |
| 1,165 | Jeff Maguire | $214,047,058 | 2 | $107,023,529 |
| 1,166 | Fei Yan | $213,949,747 | 1 | $213,949,747 |
| 1,167 | Da-Mo Peng | $213,949,747 | 1 | $213,949,747 |
| 1,168 | Irena Brignull | $213,926,016 | 2 | $106,963,008 |
| 1,169 | Eleanor Bergstein | $213,893,795 | 1 | $213,893,795 |
| 1,170 | Jon Erwin | $213,734,047 | 9 | $23,748,227 |
| 1,171 | Alex Proyas | $213,707,378 | 2 | $106,853,689 |
| 1,172 | Chris Bertolini | $213,463,976 | 1 | $213,463,976 |
| 1,173 | Tate Taylor | $213,120,004 | 1 | $213,120,004 |
| 1,174 | Jeff Lowell | $212,777,772 | 3 | $70,925,924 |
| 1,175 | Michael Markowitz | $212,417,601 | 1 | $212,417,601 |
| 1,176 | James Lapine | $212,416,317 | 1 | $212,416,317 |
| 1,177 | C. Jay Cox | $212,303,023 | 2 | $106,151,512 |
| 1,178 | Ronan Bennett | $212,282,979 | 2 | $106,141,490 |
| 1,179 | Tim Firth | $211,697,288 | 4 | $52,924,322 |
| 1,180 | Charles Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,181 | Vlas Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,182 | Jim Rash | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,183 | Nat Faxon | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,184 | Kevin Smith | $211,403,381 | 15 | $14,093,559 |
| 1,185 | Menno Meyjes | $211,090,490 | 3 | $70,363,497 |
| 1,186 | Chris Butler | $211,061,020 | 5 | $42,212,204 |
| 1,187 | Mark Boal | $210,522,982 | 4 | $52,630,746 |
| 1,188 | Andrew Knight | $209,697,836 | 3 | $69,899,279 |
| 1,189 | Maria Melnik | $209,108,791 | 3 | $69,702,930 |
| 1,190 | Shauna Cross | $209,064,271 | 4 | $52,266,068 |
| 1,191 | Terry Gilliam | $208,998,676 | 9 | $23,222,075 |
| 1,192 | Howard Sackler | $208,900,376 | 2 | $104,450,188 |
| 1,193 | Kevin Wade | $208,488,220 | 2 | $104,244,110 |
| 1,194 | Anya Kochoff | $208,298,323 | 3 | $69,432,774 |
| 1,195 | Jojo Moyes | $208,203,853 | 2 | $104,101,927 |
| 1,196 | David Guggenheim | $207,884,401 | 2 | $103,942,201 |
| 1,197 | Michael Gilio | $207,854,947 | 2 | $103,927,474 |
| 1,198 | Alex Tse | $207,715,573 | 2 | $103,857,787 |
| 1,199 | Hans Bauer | $207,325,300 | 2 | $103,662,650 |
| 1,200 | Roman Polanski | $207,272,095 | 8 | $25,909,012 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.