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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Miles Millar | $1,298,105,101 | 6 | $216,350,850 |
| 202 | Tommy Swerdlow | $1,297,250,224 | 6 | $216,208,371 |
| 203 | Emily Carmichael | $1,294,934,740 | 2 | $647,467,370 |
| 204 | Dean Georgaris | $1,294,605,078 | 6 | $215,767,513 |
| 205 | Leslie Dixon | $1,294,256,983 | 9 | $143,806,331 |
| 206 | Stephen Chbosky | $1,292,830,989 | 2 | $646,415,495 |
| 207 | Steven E. de Souza | $1,281,489,560 | 15 | $85,432,637 |
| 208 | Melissa Mathison | $1,281,230,312 | 6 | $213,538,385 |
| 209 | Patrick Casey | $1,272,606,770 | 4 | $318,151,693 |
| 210 | Josh Miller | $1,272,606,770 | 4 | $318,151,693 |
| 211 | Harold Ramis | $1,269,747,618 | 13 | $97,672,894 |
| 212 | Yu Bu | $1,268,948,680 | 2 | $634,474,340 |
| 213 | Robert Zemeckis | $1,267,247,007 | 12 | $105,603,917 |
| 214 | Stephen Chow | $1,265,399,226 | 7 | $180,771,318 |
| 215 | Ethan Coen | $1,260,107,310 | 25 | $50,404,292 |
| 216 | Michael Dougherty | $1,242,518,129 | 4 | $310,629,532 |
| 217 | Paul Rudd | $1,236,503,935 | 3 | $412,167,978 |
| 218 | Will Beall | $1,235,950,605 | 3 | $411,983,535 |
| 219 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $1,227,085,180 | 7 | $175,297,883 |
| 220 | Jac Schaeffer | $1,226,965,662 | 2 | $613,482,831 |
| 221 | T.S. Nowlin | $1,219,392,436 | 5 | $243,878,487 |
| 222 | Michael Goldenberg | $1,217,571,957 | 5 | $243,514,391 |
| 223 | Tab Murphy | $1,217,147,179 | 5 | $243,429,436 |
| 224 | Anthony McCarten | $1,212,889,820 | 6 | $202,148,303 |
| 225 | Baz Luhrmann | $1,196,004,884 | 6 | $199,334,147 |
| 226 | Bobby Farrelly | $1,184,215,891 | 10 | $118,421,589 |
| 227 | Rob Letterman | $1,182,348,329 | 3 | $394,116,110 |
| 228 | David Benioff | $1,173,263,150 | 7 | $167,609,021 |
| 229 | Evan Daugherty | $1,162,090,387 | 5 | $232,418,077 |
| 230 | Denis Villeneuve | $1,160,378,759 | 4 | $290,094,690 |
| 231 | Michael J. Wilson | $1,160,014,148 | 3 | $386,671,383 |
| 232 | Tom McGrath | $1,156,240,340 | 2 | $578,120,170 |
| 233 | Alfred Gough | $1,151,909,942 | 5 | $230,381,988 |
| 234 | Ryan Fleck | $1,142,716,089 | 6 | $190,452,682 |
| 235 | Anna Boden | $1,142,716,089 | 6 | $190,452,682 |
| 236 | Robert Ben Garant | $1,137,421,536 | 7 | $162,488,791 |
| 237 | Paul King | $1,129,617,629 | 4 | $282,404,407 |
| 238 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $1,127,856,057 | 2 | $563,928,029 |
| 239 | Gong Geer | $1,127,856,057 | 2 | $563,928,029 |
| 240 | Judd Apatow | $1,115,627,298 | 12 | $92,968,942 |
| 241 | Oliver Stone | $1,110,951,560 | 15 | $74,063,437 |
| 242 | Jeffrey Boam | $1,104,512,245 | 7 | $157,787,464 |
| 243 | Skip Woods | $1,103,955,788 | 6 | $183,992,631 |
| 244 | Marianne Wibberley | $1,094,732,813 | 6 | $182,455,469 |
| 245 | Cormac Wibberley | $1,094,732,813 | 6 | $182,455,469 |
| 246 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $1,088,092,916 | 8 | $136,011,615 |
| 247 | Bob Gale | $1,087,159,243 | 7 | $155,308,463 |
| 248 | Harald Kloser | $1,085,796,621 | 3 | $361,932,207 |
| 249 | Jon Lucas | $1,071,961,543 | 9 | $119,106,838 |
| 250 | Scott Moore | $1,071,961,543 | 9 | $119,106,838 |
| 251 | Stephany Folsom | $1,071,177,215 | 1 | $1,071,177,215 |
| 252 | Scott Derrickson | $1,067,573,738 | 7 | $152,510,534 |
| 253 | Lowell Ganz | $1,064,925,880 | 14 | $76,066,134 |
| 254 | Babaloo Mandel | $1,064,925,880 | 14 | $76,066,134 |
| 255 | Sam Raimi | $1,062,637,176 | 6 | $177,106,196 |
| 256 | Dana Ledoux Miller | $1,059,161,122 | 1 | $1,059,161,122 |
| 257 | Bruce Feirstein | $1,057,664,869 | 3 | $352,554,956 |
| 258 | David Hayter | $1,056,182,834 | 5 | $211,236,567 |
| 259 | Robert Smigel | $1,055,080,670 | 4 | $263,770,168 |
| 260 | Josh Friedman | $1,053,445,029 | 3 | $351,148,343 |
| 261 | Matt Ember | $1,050,753,723 | 5 | $210,150,745 |
| 262 | Susannah Grant | $1,043,016,801 | 8 | $130,377,100 |
| 263 | Will Gluck | $1,039,272,158 | 6 | $173,212,026 |
| 264 | Nora Ephron | $1,036,247,540 | 9 | $115,138,616 |
| 265 | Garth Jennings | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
| 266 | Yu Yonggan | $1,035,096,802 | 4 | $258,774,201 |
| 267 | John-Henry Butterworth | $1,031,457,706 | 6 | $171,909,618 |
| 268 | Craig Pearce | $1,029,402,158 | 6 | $171,567,026 |
| 269 | Victoria Strouse | $1,025,006,125 | 3 | $341,668,708 |
| 270 | Dan Mazeau | $1,019,645,197 | 5 | $203,929,039 |
| 271 | Kurt Wimmer | $1,018,274,381 | 11 | $92,570,398 |
| 272 | Han Han | $1,017,490,222 | 5 | $203,498,044 |
| 273 | Richard LaGravenese | $1,011,583,079 | 16 | $63,223,942 |
| 274 | Evan Goldberg | $1,004,872,404 | 10 | $100,487,240 |
| 275 | Mark L. Smith | $999,123,690 | 10 | $99,912,369 |
| 276 | Seth Rogen | $994,971,965 | 9 | $110,552,441 |
| 277 | David Twohy | $994,507,621 | 13 | $76,500,586 |
| 278 | James L. Brooks | $993,564,554 | 6 | $165,594,092 |
| 279 | David Scarpa | $993,100,234 | 5 | $198,620,047 |
| 280 | Ronald Bass | $992,047,808 | 8 | $124,005,976 |
| 281 | Jared Stern | $990,803,859 | 6 | $165,133,977 |
| 282 | Hubbel Palmer | $984,189,556 | 3 | $328,063,185 |
| 283 | Chris Bowman | $984,189,556 | 3 | $328,063,185 |
| 284 | Bob Tzudiker | $980,434,474 | 4 | $245,108,619 |
| 285 | Noni White | $980,434,474 | 4 | $245,108,619 |
| 286 | C. Robert Cargill | $979,805,879 | 6 | $163,300,980 |
| 287 | Christina Hodson | $969,139,663 | 6 | $161,523,277 |
| 288 | Kurt Johnstad | $965,784,444 | 7 | $137,969,206 |
| 289 | Joel Cohen | $965,464,656 | 6 | $160,910,776 |
| 290 | Justin Marks | $964,467,009 | 2 | $482,233,505 |
| 291 | Dan Gilroy | $962,725,140 | 9 | $106,969,460 |
| 292 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $958,805,125 | 9 | $106,533,903 |
| 293 | Edward Zwick | $957,397,077 | 8 | $119,674,635 |
| 294 | Alec Sokolow | $952,639,852 | 7 | $136,091,407 |
| 295 | Michael Waldron | $952,224,986 | 1 | $952,224,986 |
| 296 | Ivan Raimi | $950,382,983 | 3 | $316,794,328 |
| 297 | Bill Condon | $938,263,631 | 10 | $93,826,363 |
| 298 | Aaron Sorkin | $935,089,094 | 10 | $93,508,909 |
| 299 | Chris Galletta | $931,390,206 | 3 | $310,463,402 |
| 300 | Leigh Whannell | $930,979,791 | 12 | $77,581,649 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.