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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,001-6,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,001 | Maggie Carey | $4,128,828 | 1 | $4,128,828 |
| 6,002 | Robert Carrington | $4,117,958 | 1 | $4,117,958 |
| 6,003 | James O’Hanlon | $4,111,828 | 2 | $2,055,914 |
| 6,004 | Mira Nair | $4,109,095 | 1 | $4,109,095 |
| 6,005 | James Frey | $4,100,505 | 1 | $4,100,505 |
| 6,006 | Nathaniel Curtis | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,007 | Kay Van Riper | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,008 | Rupert Walters | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,009 | Harry Crane | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,010 | Janice Lee Graham | $4,097,094 | 1 | $4,097,094 |
| 6,011 | Sharat Katariya | $4,083,099 | 2 | $2,041,550 |
| 6,012 | Anatoli Nikiforov | $4,079,889 | 1 | $4,079,889 |
| 6,013 | Alexander Sokurov | $4,079,889 | 1 | $4,079,889 |
| 6,014 | John Kohn | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 6,015 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 6,016 | Harry Basil | $4,073,582 | 1 | $4,073,582 |
| 6,017 | Peter Asmussen | $4,072,128 | 1 | $4,072,128 |
| 6,018 | Michael Berry Jr. | $4,070,343 | 3 | $1,356,781 |
| 6,019 | Anshul Singhal | $4,068,010 | 1 | $4,068,010 |
| 6,020 | Karen Clark | $4,067,725 | 1 | $4,067,725 |
| 6,021 | Tedi Sarafian | $4,064,333 | 1 | $4,064,333 |
| 6,022 | Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson | $4,064,302 | 1 | $4,064,302 |
| 6,023 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | $4,064,302 | 1 | $4,064,302 |
| 6,024 | Martin Bergman | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 6,025 | Rita Rudner | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 6,026 | Marleen Gorris | $4,047,426 | 1 | $4,047,426 |
| 6,027 | Jiang Huihui | $4,030,000 | 1 | $4,030,000 |
| 6,028 | Lee Daniels | $4,027,663 | 2 | $2,013,832 |
| 6,029 | Terri Hughes | $4,024,147 | 1 | $4,024,147 |
| 6,030 | Ron Milbauer | $4,024,147 | 1 | $4,024,147 |
| 6,031 | Scott Murray | $4,020,763 | 1 | $4,020,763 |
| 6,032 | Marc Frydman | $4,019,910 | 2 | $2,009,955 |
| 6,033 | Agnès Varda | $4,013,278 | 3 | $1,337,759 |
| 6,034 | J.R. | $4,013,278 | 1 | $4,013,278 |
| 6,035 | Kangyong Cai | $4,013,033 | 1 | $4,013,033 |
| 6,036 | Liao Ming-Yi | $4,013,033 | 1 | $4,013,033 |
| 6,037 | Bob Rafelson | $4,011,793 | 1 | $4,011,793 |
| 6,038 | Diego Farias | $4,011,304 | 1 | $4,011,304 |
| 6,039 | John Blumenthal | $4,010,647 | 1 | $4,010,647 |
| 6,040 | Gustave Kervern | $4,008,571 | 1 | $4,008,571 |
| 6,041 | Benoit Delepine | $4,008,571 | 1 | $4,008,571 |
| 6,042 | Ravn Lanesskog | $4,005,585 | 2 | $2,002,793 |
| 6,043 | Irving Berlin | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,044 | Allison Louise Downe | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,045 | Arthur T. Horman | $4,000,000 | 2 | $2,000,000 |
| 6,046 | Gary Conway | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,047 | Donald P. Borchers | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,048 | Kathryn Scola | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,049 | David O'Malley | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,050 | Lamar Trotti | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,051 | David Field | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,052 | Adam Shirk | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,053 | Carl Joos | $3,985,226 | 2 | $1,992,613 |
| 6,054 | Xavier Giacometti | $3,980,494 | 1 | $3,980,494 |
| 6,055 | Dave Franco | $3,976,834 | 2 | $1,988,417 |
| 6,056 | Kirill Serebrennikov | $3,973,885 | 3 | $1,324,628 |
| 6,057 | Rene Gutteridge | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 6,058 | Brian Cates | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 6,059 | David Prior | $3,969,680 | 2 | $1,984,840 |
| 6,060 | Luca Vendruscolo | $3,967,650 | 1 | $3,967,650 |
| 6,061 | William C. Anderson | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 6,062 | George Gordon | $3,966,256 | 1 | $3,966,256 |
| 6,063 | Willard Carroll | $3,956,212 | 1 | $3,956,212 |
| 6,064 | Gerry O'Hara | $3,953,745 | 1 | $3,953,745 |
| 6,065 | Michael Jacobs | $3,942,007 | 1 | $3,942,007 |
| 6,066 | Rachel Koretsky | $3,939,728 | 1 | $3,939,728 |
| 6,067 | Steven Whitestone | $3,939,728 | 1 | $3,939,728 |
| 6,068 | Yuichi Shinbo | $3,934,008 | 1 | $3,934,008 |
| 6,069 | W. William Winokur | $3,931,367 | 1 | $3,931,367 |
| 6,070 | Lisa Marie Petersen | $3,922,043 | 1 | $3,922,043 |
| 6,071 | Charlie Coffey | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 6,072 | Terrence E. McNally | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 6,073 | Julie Brown | $3,916,303 | 1 | $3,916,303 |
| 6,074 | Tess Morris | $3,915,995 | 1 | $3,915,995 |
| 6,075 | Kelly Reichardt | $3,904,885 | 5 | $780,977 |
| 6,076 | Kevin Rock | $3,902,679 | 1 | $3,902,679 |
| 6,077 | Thomas Baum | $3,900,000 | 1 | $3,900,000 |
| 6,078 | Christian Volckman | $3,896,673 | 1 | $3,896,673 |
| 6,079 | Eric Forestier | $3,896,673 | 1 | $3,896,673 |
| 6,080 | Robin Schiff | $3,887,852 | 1 | $3,887,852 |
| 6,081 | Alain Corneau | $3,881,717 | 3 | $1,293,906 |
| 6,082 | Michael Sarnoski | $3,875,079 | 2 | $1,937,540 |
| 6,083 | Charles Kaufman | $3,872,073 | 1 | $3,872,073 |
| 6,084 | Stefani Robinson | $3,864,206 | 2 | $1,932,103 |
| 6,085 | Barry Gifford | $3,859,755 | 2 | $1,929,878 |
| 6,086 | Alexis Salatko | $3,847,465 | 1 | $3,847,465 |
| 6,087 | Alessandro De Angelis | $3,847,284 | 1 | $3,847,284 |
| 6,088 | Caroline Norris | $3,845,645 | 1 | $3,845,645 |
| 6,089 | Giles Pilbrow | $3,845,645 | 1 | $3,845,645 |
| 6,090 | Julio Medem | $3,833,731 | 2 | $1,916,866 |
| 6,091 | Sam Levinson | $3,831,286 | 4 | $957,822 |
| 6,092 | Jim Britts | $3,824,868 | 1 | $3,824,868 |
| 6,093 | Mike Stokey | $3,823,620 | 1 | $3,823,620 |
| 6,094 | Richard Lanni | $3,823,620 | 1 | $3,823,620 |
| 6,095 | Louis Lantz | $3,820,291 | 1 | $3,820,291 |
| 6,096 | Frank Fenton | $3,820,291 | 1 | $3,820,291 |
| 6,097 | Guinevere Turner | $3,820,162 | 4 | $955,041 |
| 6,098 | James Dormer | $3,820,123 | 1 | $3,820,123 |
| 6,099 | Matt Winston | $3,818,604 | 1 | $3,818,604 |
| 6,100 | Daniele Thompson | $3,815,394 | 1 | $3,815,394 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.