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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Robert Altman | $36,261,471 | 6 | $6,043,579 |
| 3,002 | Michael Kane | $36,226,322 | 4 | $9,056,581 |
| 3,003 | Brandon Camp | $36,223,915 | 2 | $18,111,958 |
| 3,004 | Mike Thompson | $36,223,915 | 2 | $18,111,958 |
| 3,005 | Andrew Gellis | $36,216,173 | 1 | $36,216,173 |
| 3,006 | Kimberly Simi | $36,204,403 | 1 | $36,204,403 |
| 3,007 | Jaume Balaguero | $36,178,783 | 4 | $9,044,696 |
| 3,008 | Lindsay Devlin | $36,146,087 | 1 | $36,146,087 |
| 3,009 | Brandon Boyce | $36,103,652 | 4 | $9,025,913 |
| 3,010 | Charles Parker | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
| 3,011 | Allen DeBevoise | $36,100,000 | 1 | $36,100,000 |
| 3,012 | Daniel Goldberg | $36,049,356 | 2 | $18,024,678 |
| 3,013 | Dan Perrault | $35,983,009 | 1 | $35,983,009 |
| 3,014 | Ben Younger | $35,944,957 | 2 | $17,972,479 |
| 3,015 | Massimo Ceccherini | $35,909,942 | 2 | $17,954,971 |
| 3,016 | Imtiaz Ali | $35,901,525 | 2 | $17,950,763 |
| 3,017 | Richard Maltby, Jr. | $35,891,257 | 1 | $35,891,257 |
| 3,018 | Anthony Shaffer | $35,761,373 | 4 | $8,940,343 |
| 3,019 | Costa-Gavras | $35,711,010 | 4 | $8,927,753 |
| 3,020 | Henry Chaisson | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
| 3,021 | Jennifer Saunders | $35,672,155 | 1 | $35,672,155 |
| 3,022 | Brett Baer | $35,609,577 | 1 | $35,609,577 |
| 3,023 | Dave Finkel | $35,609,577 | 1 | $35,609,577 |
| 3,024 | Ethan Hawke | $35,485,825 | 5 | $7,097,165 |
| 3,025 | Kerry Williamson | $35,426,759 | 4 | $8,856,690 |
| 3,026 | Florence Ryerson | $35,348,551 | 1 | $35,348,551 |
| 3,027 | Noel Langley | $35,348,551 | 1 | $35,348,551 |
| 3,028 | Edgar Allan Woolf | $35,348,551 | 1 | $35,348,551 |
| 3,029 | Brian Pimental | $35,336,439 | 1 | $35,336,439 |
| 3,030 | Jymn Magon | $35,336,439 | 1 | $35,336,439 |
| 3,031 | Henry Olek | $35,243,581 | 1 | $35,243,581 |
| 3,032 | Elaine Pope | $35,195,939 | 1 | $35,195,939 |
| 3,033 | Dennis Gansel | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 3,034 | Peter Thorwarth | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 3,035 | Doug Atchison | $35,114,640 | 3 | $11,704,880 |
| 3,036 | Sang-ho Yeon | $35,091,523 | 1 | $35,091,523 |
| 3,037 | Meg Leonard | $35,090,691 | 4 | $8,772,673 |
| 3,038 | Jason Schwartzman | $35,077,571 | 1 | $35,077,571 |
| 3,039 | Tina Mabry | $35,067,665 | 1 | $35,067,665 |
| 3,040 | Jay Basu | $35,036,092 | 2 | $17,518,046 |
| 3,041 | Walter Bernstein | $35,026,696 | 4 | $8,756,674 |
| 3,042 | Paul Laverty | $35,025,764 | 4 | $8,756,441 |
| 3,043 | Christopher Fry | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,044 | Jonathan Griffin | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,045 | Ivo Perilli | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,046 | Vittorio Bonicelli | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,047 | Preston A. Whitmore II | $34,806,670 | 6 | $5,801,112 |
| 3,048 | Jordan Cahan | $34,787,111 | 1 | $34,787,111 |
| 3,049 | Alex Pastor | $34,763,780 | 2 | $17,381,890 |
| 3,050 | David Pastor | $34,763,780 | 2 | $17,381,890 |
| 3,051 | Josh Safran | $34,718,173 | 1 | $34,718,173 |
| 3,052 | Reginald Hudlin | $34,670,508 | 2 | $17,335,254 |
| 3,053 | Jeff Cesario | $34,645,374 | 1 | $34,645,374 |
| 3,054 | Christopher Crowe | $34,607,338 | 3 | $11,535,779 |
| 3,055 | Michael Seitzman | $34,521,898 | 2 | $17,260,949 |
| 3,056 | Michael Weber | $34,515,303 | 2 | $17,257,652 |
| 3,057 | Jamie Kennedy | $34,499,204 | 1 | $34,499,204 |
| 3,058 | Neal Jimenez | $34,485,835 | 3 | $11,495,278 |
| 3,059 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $34,452,023 | 3 | $11,484,008 |
| 3,060 | Barry Michael Cooper | $34,450,383 | 2 | $17,225,192 |
| 3,061 | Peng Sanyuan | $34,432,439 | 1 | $34,432,439 |
| 3,062 | Fernando de Felipe | $34,409,206 | 1 | $34,409,206 |
| 3,063 | Richard Stanley | $34,399,930 | 3 | $11,466,643 |
| 3,064 | Harvey Miller | $34,356,778 | 3 | $11,452,259 |
| 3,065 | John Dixon | $34,346,450 | 2 | $17,173,225 |
| 3,066 | Richard Morris | $34,335,025 | 1 | $34,335,025 |
| 3,067 | Kirk R. Thatcher | $34,327,391 | 1 | $34,327,391 |
| 3,068 | Dev Patel | $34,326,521 | 1 | $34,326,521 |
| 3,069 | Paul Angunawela | $34,326,521 | 1 | $34,326,521 |
| 3,070 | Han Jung-Hoon | $34,307,303 | 1 | $34,307,303 |
| 3,071 | Louise Arhex | $34,299,855 | 1 | $34,299,855 |
| 3,072 | Oleg Stepchenko | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 3,073 | Aleksandr Karpov | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 3,074 | Adrian Hodges | $34,240,572 | 1 | $34,240,572 |
| 3,075 | Sidney J. Furie | $34,159,872 | 2 | $17,079,936 |
| 3,076 | Robin Campillo | $34,155,232 | 2 | $17,077,616 |
| 3,077 | Laurent Cantet | $34,114,067 | 1 | $34,114,067 |
| 3,078 | François Bégaudeau | $34,114,067 | 1 | $34,114,067 |
| 3,079 | Jack Davies | $34,104,883 | 2 | $17,052,442 |
| 3,080 | Jin Mo-young | $34,100,278 | 1 | $34,100,278 |
| 3,081 | Charles F. Bohl | $34,084,228 | 1 | $34,084,228 |
| 3,082 | Phillip Schneider | $34,084,228 | 1 | $34,084,228 |
| 3,083 | Noe Debre | $34,077,923 | 5 | $6,815,585 |
| 3,084 | Nora Smith | $34,074,480 | 1 | $34,074,480 |
| 3,085 | Loren Bouchard | $34,074,480 | 1 | $34,074,480 |
| 3,086 | Tony Chan | $34,036,393 | 3 | $11,345,464 |
| 3,087 | William Harrison | $34,011,793 | 2 | $17,005,897 |
| 3,088 | Dito Montiel | $34,004,052 | 4 | $8,501,013 |
| 3,089 | Philippe Le Guay | $33,980,390 | 3 | $11,326,797 |
| 3,090 | John Raffo | $33,956,608 | 2 | $16,978,304 |
| 3,091 | Philippe Lefebvre | $33,954,018 | 1 | $33,954,018 |
| 3,092 | Stephen Saint-Leger | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 3,093 | James Mather | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 3,094 | Ken Friedman | $33,879,551 | 2 | $16,939,776 |
| 3,095 | Arnold Schulman | $33,860,464 | 2 | $16,930,232 |
| 3,096 | Nanni Moretti | $33,817,963 | 2 | $16,908,982 |
| 3,097 | James R. Silke | $33,793,878 | 4 | $8,448,470 |
| 3,098 | Shashank Khaitan | $33,774,685 | 3 | $11,258,228 |
| 3,099 | Farhad Sajid | $33,729,227 | 4 | $8,432,307 |
| 3,100 | Casey Robinson | $33,693,955 | 3 | $11,231,318 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.