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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Terry Turner | $236,899,682 | 3 | $78,966,561 |
| 1,202 | Oren Peli | $236,594,755 | 2 | $118,297,378 |
| 1,203 | Jamie Linden | $236,487,244 | 3 | $78,829,081 |
| 1,204 | Don DaGradi | $236,374,214 | 4 | $59,093,554 |
| 1,205 | JiangJiang Liu | $236,170,943 | 1 | $236,170,943 |
| 1,206 | Stephen Schiff | $235,927,239 | 4 | $58,981,810 |
| 1,207 | Xiaozhi Rao (饶晓志) | $235,862,743 | 2 | $117,931,372 |
| 1,208 | William D. Wittliff | $235,517,428 | 6 | $39,252,905 |
| 1,209 | Tina Fey | $234,707,148 | 2 | $117,353,574 |
| 1,210 | Baimei Yu | $234,696,883 | 2 | $117,348,442 |
| 1,211 | Tony Puryear | $234,400,000 | 1 | $234,400,000 |
| 1,212 | Joel Schumacher | $234,327,973 | 5 | $46,865,595 |
| 1,213 | Christopher Kyle | $233,922,601 | 4 | $58,480,650 |
| 1,214 | Scott Marshall Smith | $233,686,351 | 5 | $46,737,270 |
| 1,215 | Scott Armstrong | $232,313,823 | 3 | $77,437,941 |
| 1,216 | Graham Moore | $231,718,221 | 5 | $46,343,644 |
| 1,217 | Gary Spinelli | $231,570,048 | 4 | $57,892,512 |
| 1,218 | Li Yuan | $231,482,787 | 1 | $231,482,787 |
| 1,219 | Xu Yimen | $231,482,787 | 1 | $231,482,787 |
| 1,220 | Lam Wing-sum Lam | $231,482,787 | 1 | $231,482,787 |
| 1,221 | Jon Favreau | $231,374,370 | 4 | $57,843,593 |
| 1,222 | Peter Steinfeld | $230,821,562 | 5 | $46,164,312 |
| 1,223 | Charise Castro Smith | $230,815,162 | 1 | $230,815,162 |
| 1,224 | Hideaki Anno | $229,695,086 | 6 | $38,282,514 |
| 1,225 | John Swetnam | $228,856,630 | 5 | $45,771,326 |
| 1,226 | Steve Franks | $228,641,283 | 1 | $228,641,283 |
| 1,227 | Chan Kin-hung | $228,318,370 | 2 | $114,159,185 |
| 1,228 | Wang Shuo | $227,540,251 | 3 | $75,846,750 |
| 1,229 | Ed Naha | $227,242,346 | 2 | $113,621,173 |
| 1,230 | Geling Yan | $227,089,269 | 1 | $227,089,269 |
| 1,231 | Jarrad Paul | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,232 | Andrew Mogel | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,233 | Tom G. Glazer | $226,739,416 | 1 | $226,739,416 |
| 1,234 | Kaige Chen | $226,169,756 | 4 | $56,542,439 |
| 1,235 | Caleb Wilson | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,236 | Matt R. Allen | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,237 | Larry Gelbart | $225,716,496 | 3 | $75,238,832 |
| 1,238 | John Sayles | $225,678,341 | 16 | $14,104,896 |
| 1,239 | Rob Sprackling | $225,288,293 | 2 | $112,644,147 |
| 1,240 | Eleanor Bergstein | $224,893,795 | 2 | $112,446,898 |
| 1,241 | Craig Bolotin | $224,768,842 | 5 | $44,953,768 |
| 1,242 | Leslie Bohem | $224,279,721 | 4 | $56,069,930 |
| 1,243 | Nikolaj Arcel | $224,238,838 | 3 | $74,746,279 |
| 1,244 | Dana Olsen | $224,203,536 | 3 | $74,734,512 |
| 1,245 | Colin Higgins | $224,081,360 | 3 | $74,693,787 |
| 1,246 | David Arata | $224,010,337 | 4 | $56,002,584 |
| 1,247 | Anne Rice | $223,641,412 | 1 | $223,641,412 |
| 1,248 | Robert Getchell | $223,552,882 | 7 | $31,936,126 |
| 1,249 | Bobs Gannaway | $223,484,020 | 2 | $111,742,010 |
| 1,250 | Paul Guyot | $223,400,160 | 1 | $223,400,160 |
| 1,251 | Susanna Fogel | $223,337,887 | 4 | $55,834,472 |
| 1,252 | Craig Tiley | $223,050,874 | 1 | $223,050,874 |
| 1,253 | Tom Schalman | $222,700,000 | 1 | $222,700,000 |
| 1,254 | Ken Anderson | $222,675,066 | 3 | $74,225,022 |
| 1,255 | Stephen Kendrick | $222,411,606 | 7 | $31,773,087 |
| 1,256 | John W. Richardson | $222,383,055 | 1 | $222,383,055 |
| 1,257 | Liu Zhenjie | $222,103,379 | 1 | $222,103,379 |
| 1,258 | Yunhai Zhou | $222,078,558 | 2 | $111,039,279 |
| 1,259 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $221,321,010 | 4 | $55,330,253 |
| 1,260 | Stephen Judson | $221,270,873 | 3 | $73,756,958 |
| 1,261 | Hui-Ling Wang | $221,260,624 | 2 | $110,630,312 |
| 1,262 | Alex Kendrick | $221,175,512 | 6 | $36,862,585 |
| 1,263 | Mark Gibson | $221,126,193 | 5 | $44,225,239 |
| 1,264 | Philip Halprin | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,265 | Don Hall | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,266 | Stephen Anderson | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,267 | Jiawei Jia | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,268 | Harve Bennett | $220,000,000 | 2 | $110,000,000 |
| 1,269 | John Singleton | $219,590,208 | 4 | $54,897,552 |
| 1,270 | Greg Berlanti | $219,535,492 | 1 | $219,535,492 |
| 1,271 | Aaron Guzikowski | $219,493,622 | 3 | $73,164,541 |
| 1,272 | Kate Boutilier | $219,422,582 | 3 | $73,140,861 |
| 1,273 | Sacha Gervasi | $219,167,964 | 5 | $43,833,593 |
| 1,274 | Jingwei Bu | $219,150,259 | 1 | $219,150,259 |
| 1,275 | Shi Ce | $219,150,259 | 1 | $219,150,259 |
| 1,276 | Adam Rifkin | $219,028,828 | 9 | $24,336,536 |
| 1,277 | Ilana Wolpert | $218,905,781 | 1 | $218,905,781 |
| 1,278 | Min-Seong Kim | $218,878,870 | 3 | $72,959,623 |
| 1,279 | Angus Maclane | $218,878,024 | 1 | $218,878,024 |
| 1,280 | Richard D'Ovidio | $218,578,640 | 8 | $27,322,330 |
| 1,281 | Ron Nyswaner | $218,415,663 | 5 | $43,683,133 |
| 1,282 | Huang Jianxin | $218,126,844 | 3 | $72,708,948 |
| 1,283 | Claire Sera | $217,940,103 | 1 | $217,940,103 |
| 1,284 | Ike Barinholtz | $217,598,658 | 3 | $72,532,886 |
| 1,285 | Sheng Ding | $217,364,600 | 4 | $54,341,150 |
| 1,286 | David Stassen | $217,194,805 | 3 | $72,398,268 |
| 1,287 | Phil Alden Robinson | $217,009,543 | 7 | $31,001,363 |
| 1,288 | Eric Siegel | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,289 | John Hoffman | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,290 | Anthony Leondis | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,291 | Takahiro Ôkura | $216,352,874 | 3 | $72,117,625 |
| 1,292 | Grant Nieporte | $215,849,002 | 2 | $107,924,501 |
| 1,293 | Mikki Daughtry | $215,787,948 | 3 | $71,929,316 |
| 1,294 | Tobias Iaconis | $215,787,948 | 3 | $71,929,316 |
| 1,295 | Matt Cook | $215,504,391 | 5 | $43,100,878 |
| 1,296 | Tommy Wirkola | $215,114,831 | 4 | $53,778,708 |
| 1,297 | Jean Claude Mezieres | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,298 | Pierre Christin | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,299 | Richard Flanagan | $215,080,810 | 1 | $215,080,810 |
| 1,300 | Kevin Barnett | $214,942,265 | 3 | $71,647,422 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.