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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 301-400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Aaron Sorkin | $935,089,094 | 10 | $93,508,909 |
| 302 | Leigh Whannell | $931,269,307 | 12 | $77,605,776 |
| 303 | Peter Baynham | $929,364,811 | 8 | $116,170,601 |
| 304 | Joe Cornish | $927,608,566 | 5 | $185,521,713 |
| 305 | Zhang Yimou | $927,462,236 | 4 | $231,865,559 |
| 306 | Drew Goddard | $926,773,409 | 5 | $185,354,682 |
| 307 | Steve Koren | $923,794,565 | 5 | $184,758,913 |
| 308 | Stephen Sinclair | $921,711,177 | 1 | $921,711,177 |
| 309 | Jenny Bicks | $921,642,291 | 2 | $460,821,146 |
| 310 | Christopher D. Ford | $913,576,315 | 6 | $152,262,719 |
| 311 | John Collee | $913,333,579 | 9 | $101,481,509 |
| 312 | Josh Klausner | $908,513,706 | 2 | $454,256,853 |
| 313 | Jim Cash | $907,890,645 | 7 | $129,698,664 |
| 314 | Taika Waititi | $906,474,595 | 6 | $151,079,099 |
| 315 | Travis Beacham | $904,269,285 | 2 | $452,134,643 |
| 316 | Carlton Cuse | $902,538,049 | 2 | $451,269,025 |
| 317 | Mike Myers | $899,662,479 | 5 | $179,932,496 |
| 318 | Carlo Bernard | $899,429,918 | 4 | $224,857,480 |
| 319 | Doug Miro | $899,429,918 | 4 | $224,857,480 |
| 320 | Wu Jing | $897,201,905 | 2 | $448,600,953 |
| 321 | Michael France | $887,698,203 | 4 | $221,924,551 |
| 322 | Yang Yu | $887,572,965 | 2 | $443,786,483 |
| 323 | Mike Berg | $886,686,817 | 1 | $886,686,817 |
| 324 | Richard Maibaum | $885,566,665 | 8 | $110,695,833 |
| 325 | Ken Nolan | $882,939,282 | 4 | $220,734,821 |
| 326 | Stuart Beattie | $882,802,609 | 8 | $110,350,326 |
| 327 | Michael G. Wilson | $882,794,971 | 5 | $176,558,994 |
| 328 | Jon Watts | $881,378,368 | 4 | $220,344,592 |
| 329 | Allan Loeb | $878,776,621 | 12 | $73,231,385 |
| 330 | Mark Protosevich | $877,109,430 | 4 | $219,277,358 |
| 331 | Phil Hay | $877,002,130 | 8 | $109,625,266 |
| 332 | Dan Scanlon | $876,813,411 | 2 | $438,406,706 |
| 333 | Marc Lawrence | $876,172,412 | 10 | $87,617,241 |
| 334 | Christopher Landon | $875,054,206 | 14 | $62,503,872 |
| 335 | Zack Snyder | $874,700,375 | 7 | $124,957,196 |
| 336 | Simon Farnaby | $866,990,990 | 5 | $173,398,198 |
| 337 | Makoto Shinkai | $866,655,896 | 3 | $288,885,299 |
| 338 | Ron J. Friedman | $865,400,162 | 5 | $173,080,032 |
| 339 | Steve Bencich | $865,400,162 | 6 | $144,233,360 |
| 340 | Dong Qun | $863,810,088 | 2 | $431,905,044 |
| 341 | Ashley Edward Miller | $862,975,381 | 4 | $215,743,845 |
| 342 | Zack Stentz | $862,975,381 | 4 | $215,743,845 |
| 343 | Yu Chen (陈宇) | $861,797,239 | 3 | $287,265,746 |
| 344 | Alec Sulkin | $860,009,327 | 3 | $286,669,776 |
| 345 | Seth MacFarlane | $860,009,327 | 3 | $286,669,776 |
| 346 | Tsui Hark | $857,703,330 | 9 | $95,300,370 |
| 347 | Kiel Murray | $852,123,013 | 4 | $213,030,753 |
| 348 | Jim Herzfeld | $851,348,741 | 3 | $283,782,914 |
| 349 | Craig Kyle | $850,482,778 | 2 | $425,241,389 |
| 350 | Josh Cooley | $850,309,035 | 1 | $850,309,035 |
| 351 | Charles Leavitt | $848,515,556 | 8 | $106,064,445 |
| 352 | James V. Hart | $847,394,197 | 7 | $121,056,314 |
| 353 | Joe Carnahan | $846,879,146 | 12 | $70,573,262 |
| 354 | Rob Edwards | $845,677,485 | 6 | $140,946,248 |
| 355 | Herschel Weingrod | $841,476,353 | 7 | $120,210,908 |
| 356 | Wang Yu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 357 | Liu Honglu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 358 | Jia Ling | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 359 | Sun Jibin | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 360 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $837,564,252 | 6 | $139,594,042 |
| 361 | Mark Andrews | $837,384,632 | 2 | $418,692,316 |
| 362 | Steven Conrad | $834,439,160 | 6 | $139,073,193 |
| 363 | Mark Fergus | $831,646,033 | 4 | $207,911,508 |
| 364 | Hawk Ostby | $831,646,033 | 4 | $207,911,508 |
| 365 | Aline Brosh McKenna | $829,149,191 | 8 | $103,643,649 |
| 366 | John Krasinski | $828,820,258 | 4 | $207,205,065 |
| 367 | Chris Miller | $827,464,262 | 2 | $413,732,131 |
| 368 | Tyler Perry | $826,158,954 | 24 | $34,423,290 |
| 369 | Shay Hatten | $824,497,881 | 8 | $103,062,235 |
| 370 | Tom J. Astle | $824,014,307 | 4 | $206,003,577 |
| 371 | Jennifer Ventimilia | $819,231,130 | 4 | $204,807,783 |
| 372 | Joshua Sternin | $819,231,130 | 4 | $204,807,783 |
| 373 | Ann Peacock | $818,067,471 | 6 | $136,344,579 |
| 374 | John Lee Hancock | $817,721,369 | 9 | $90,857,930 |
| 375 | Liu Yi | $815,740,836 | 1 | $815,740,836 |
| 376 | Jake Kasdan | $813,078,721 | 2 | $406,539,361 |
| 377 | Bill Collage | $812,230,227 | 7 | $116,032,890 |
| 378 | Adam Cooper | $812,230,227 | 7 | $116,032,890 |
| 379 | Randi Mayem Singer | $809,697,146 | 4 | $202,424,287 |
| 380 | Boaz Yakin | $808,610,490 | 11 | $73,510,045 |
| 381 | Carl Gottlieb | $807,604,369 | 5 | $161,520,874 |
| 382 | Aron Warner | $807,330,936 | 1 | $807,330,936 |
| 383 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $807,262,271 | 6 | $134,543,712 |
| 384 | Maya Forbes | $802,847,926 | 9 | $89,205,325 |
| 385 | Scot Armstrong | $800,949,464 | 4 | $200,237,366 |
| 386 | Don Payne | $799,580,165 | 3 | $266,526,722 |
| 387 | Tom Wheeler | $798,316,954 | 3 | $266,105,651 |
| 388 | Matt Manfredi | $797,925,452 | 7 | $113,989,350 |
| 389 | David Sheffield | $797,433,432 | 6 | $132,905,572 |
| 390 | Dan Harris | $797,429,822 | 2 | $398,714,911 |
| 391 | Matthew Aldrich | $796,466,758 | 3 | $265,488,919 |
| 392 | Adrian Molina | $796,397,165 | 2 | $398,198,583 |
| 393 | Chiyu Zhang | $794,839,821 | 2 | $397,419,911 |
| 394 | Alfonso Cuarón | $790,055,685 | 4 | $197,513,921 |
| 395 | Ol Parker | $788,430,935 | 6 | $131,405,156 |
| 396 | Marshall Herskovitz | $787,783,525 | 5 | $157,556,705 |
| 397 | Paul Fisher | $786,423,464 | 3 | $262,141,155 |
| 398 | Hu Guan | $785,271,514 | 4 | $196,317,879 |
| 399 | Jordan Roberts | $780,782,468 | 4 | $195,195,617 |
| 400 | Ted Griffin | $779,438,555 | 5 | $155,887,711 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.