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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Lin Jiang | $631,992,257 | 4 | $157,998,064 |
| 502 | Ed Decter | $631,929,895 | 5 | $126,385,979 |
| 503 | John J. Strauss | $631,929,895 | 5 | $126,385,979 |
| 504 | David Gordon Green | $629,447,227 | 5 | $125,889,445 |
| 505 | Zach Baylin | $628,574,490 | 6 | $104,762,415 |
| 506 | Simon Pegg | $628,079,811 | 6 | $104,679,969 |
| 507 | Jim Capobianco | $627,067,501 | 2 | $313,533,751 |
| 508 | Len Blum | $626,717,330 | 7 | $89,531,047 |
| 509 | Will Fetters | $625,873,527 | 5 | $125,174,705 |
| 510 | Abby Kohn | $625,594,449 | 6 | $104,265,742 |
| 511 | Vince Gilligan | $624,234,272 | 2 | $312,117,136 |
| 512 | Vincent Ngo | $624,234,272 | 1 | $624,234,272 |
| 513 | Wong Jing | $623,553,862 | 9 | $69,283,762 |
| 514 | Anthony Peckham | $622,952,223 | 2 | $311,476,112 |
| 515 | Benedict Fitzgerald | $622,313,635 | 2 | $311,156,818 |
| 516 | Justin Favreau | $621,156,389 | 1 | $621,156,389 |
| 517 | Ivy Kong | $616,555,188 | 2 | $308,277,594 |
| 518 | John Fusco | $615,810,108 | 12 | $51,317,509 |
| 519 | Peter Buchman | $615,388,115 | 2 | $307,694,058 |
| 520 | Bob Shaw | $613,795,319 | 2 | $306,897,660 |
| 521 | Matt Lieberman | $613,652,792 | 8 | $76,706,599 |
| 522 | Terence Winter | $613,298,280 | 4 | $153,324,570 |
| 523 | Joby Harold | $611,840,733 | 4 | $152,960,183 |
| 524 | Yang Zhixue | $610,759,412 | 1 | $610,759,412 |
| 525 | Ye Junce | $610,759,412 | 1 | $610,759,412 |
| 526 | Yan Dongxu | $610,759,412 | 1 | $610,759,412 |
| 527 | Edmond Wong | $609,377,169 | 6 | $101,562,862 |
| 528 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $609,021,136 | 5 | $121,804,227 |
| 529 | Helen Fielding | $608,355,718 | 3 | $202,785,239 |
| 530 | Michael Robert Johnson | $606,907,245 | 3 | $202,302,415 |
| 531 | Vanessa Taylor | $604,929,906 | 7 | $86,418,558 |
| 532 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $604,376,528 | 5 | $120,875,306 |
| 533 | Neill Blomkamp | $603,857,578 | 5 | $120,771,516 |
| 534 | Ge Rui | $603,786,902 | 2 | $301,893,451 |
| 535 | Andrew Lanham | $603,661,166 | 5 | $120,732,233 |
| 536 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $603,201,628 | 3 | $201,067,209 |
| 537 | Michael Lesslie | $601,863,036 | 4 | $150,465,759 |
| 538 | Lee Hall | $600,827,754 | 6 | $100,137,959 |
| 539 | George Nolfi | $600,667,905 | 6 | $100,111,318 |
| 540 | Stanley Tong | $600,215,078 | 4 | $150,053,770 |
| 541 | Timothy Hyde Harris | $596,436,243 | 5 | $119,287,249 |
| 542 | David Hoselton | $593,795,045 | 2 | $296,897,523 |
| 543 | Anthony Minghella | $593,315,795 | 6 | $98,885,966 |
| 544 | Michael Petroni | $592,443,918 | 5 | $118,488,784 |
| 545 | Fede Álvarez | $591,834,707 | 4 | $147,958,677 |
| 546 | Kay Cannon | $588,995,955 | 5 | $117,799,191 |
| 547 | Larry Ferguson | $587,656,473 | 6 | $97,942,746 |
| 548 | Akela Cooper | $586,998,614 | 5 | $117,399,723 |
| 549 | Paul Weitz | $584,160,671 | 11 | $53,105,516 |
| 550 | Catherine Johnson | $583,178,277 | 1 | $583,178,277 |
| 551 | Will Ferrell | $583,031,820 | 6 | $97,171,970 |
| 552 | John Brancato | $582,644,643 | 6 | $97,107,441 |
| 553 | Michael Ferris | $582,644,643 | 5 | $116,528,929 |
| 554 | Mark Steven Johnson | $580,599,512 | 6 | $96,766,585 |
| 555 | Graham Yost | $578,658,773 | 6 | $96,443,129 |
| 556 | Mike Rich | $577,224,867 | 4 | $144,306,217 |
| 557 | Wes Anderson | $577,037,018 | 14 | $41,216,930 |
| 558 | Nia Vardalos | $576,946,439 | 5 | $115,389,288 |
| 559 | Wesley Strick | $573,987,747 | 8 | $71,748,468 |
| 560 | Bong Joon Ho | $573,728,049 | 5 | $114,745,610 |
| 561 | David Self | $572,732,324 | 4 | $143,183,081 |
| 562 | Rita Hsiao | $572,652,920 | 2 | $286,326,460 |
| 563 | Lawrence Konner | $569,187,370 | 9 | $63,243,041 |
| 564 | Nat Mauldin | $569,072,554 | 5 | $113,814,511 |
| 565 | David Mamet | $566,917,558 | 16 | $35,432,347 |
| 566 | Erik Jendresen | $565,703,602 | 4 | $141,425,901 |
| 567 | Fung Chih-chiang | $560,850,930 | 3 | $186,950,310 |
| 568 | Leigh Brackett | $560,801,210 | 4 | $140,200,303 |
| 569 | Delia Ephron | $560,242,275 | 5 | $112,048,455 |
| 570 | Patrick Burleigh | $558,946,743 | 4 | $139,736,686 |
| 571 | Kirsten Smith | $558,392,619 | 8 | $69,799,077 |
| 572 | Micah Fitzerman-Blue | $557,771,360 | 6 | $92,961,893 |
| 573 | Noah Harpster | $557,771,360 | 6 | $92,961,893 |
| 574 | Emma Thompson | $557,273,207 | 5 | $111,454,641 |
| 575 | Noah Oppenheim | $556,930,890 | 3 | $185,643,630 |
| 576 | Edgar Wallace | $556,906,378 | 1 | $556,906,378 |
| 577 | Mark Rosenthal | $556,149,967 | 8 | $69,518,746 |
| 578 | Carlos Kotkin | $556,120,612 | 3 | $185,373,537 |
| 579 | Wellsesly Wild | $556,016,627 | 1 | $556,016,627 |
| 580 | Nico Lathouris | $554,751,272 | 2 | $277,375,636 |
| 581 | Brenda Chapman | $554,606,532 | 2 | $277,303,266 |
| 582 | Steve Purcell | $554,606,532 | 1 | $554,606,532 |
| 583 | David Weisberg | $552,676,004 | 3 | $184,225,335 |
| 584 | Douglas S. Cook | $552,676,004 | 3 | $184,225,335 |
| 585 | Peter Chiarelli | $552,523,866 | 3 | $184,174,622 |
| 586 | Steve Faber | $551,034,644 | 2 | $275,517,322 |
| 587 | Peter Benchley | $550,750,650 | 3 | $183,583,550 |
| 588 | Dan Hernandez | $548,303,062 | 3 | $182,767,687 |
| 589 | Benji Samit | $548,303,062 | 3 | $182,767,687 |
| 590 | Chenguang Qian | $547,179,648 | 2 | $273,589,824 |
| 591 | Ron Shelton | $545,863,076 | 10 | $54,586,308 |
| 592 | Genndy Tartakovsky | $545,841,714 | 3 | $181,947,238 |
| 593 | Michael LeSieur | $543,135,107 | 2 | $271,567,554 |
| 594 | Warren Coleman | $542,956,777 | 2 | $271,478,389 |
| 595 | Caroline Thompson | $541,980,326 | 9 | $60,220,036 |
| 596 | Nick Schenk | $540,581,369 | 5 | $108,116,274 |
| 597 | Henry Gayden | $539,960,271 | 4 | $134,990,068 |
| 598 | Fei Yan | $538,115,316 | 2 | $269,057,658 |
| 599 | Da-Mo Peng | $538,115,316 | 2 | $269,057,658 |
| 600 | Kevin James | $537,403,440 | 4 | $134,350,860 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.