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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Gary Whitta | $410,250,482 | 2 | $205,125,241 |
| 702 | Christopher Wood | $410,093,902 | 3 | $136,697,967 |
| 703 | Dylan Kussman | $409,953,905 | 1 | $409,953,905 |
| 704 | Sheldon Turner | $408,919,007 | 5 | $81,783,801 |
| 705 | Jonathan Kasdan | $407,314,585 | 3 | $135,771,528 |
| 706 | Zhang Jialu | $404,214,878 | 5 | $80,842,976 |
| 707 | David Berenbaum | $403,255,290 | 3 | $134,418,430 |
| 708 | Pen Densham | $402,238,950 | 3 | $134,079,650 |
| 709 | Aubrey Solomon | $402,156,682 | 1 | $402,156,682 |
| 710 | Chris Columbus | $401,817,708 | 7 | $57,402,530 |
| 711 | Matthew K. Firpo | $401,731,759 | 2 | $200,865,880 |
| 712 | Ryan Firpo | $401,731,759 | 2 | $200,865,880 |
| 713 | Jason Keller | $401,726,176 | 3 | $133,908,725 |
| 714 | Gil Kenan | $401,303,557 | 4 | $100,325,889 |
| 715 | Rodney Rothman | $401,151,867 | 2 | $200,575,934 |
| 716 | Sam Mendes | $400,718,331 | 2 | $200,359,166 |
| 717 | Rafe Judkins | $400,689,914 | 2 | $200,344,957 |
| 718 | Anthony Hines | $400,325,945 | 4 | $100,081,486 |
| 719 | Guy Busick | $399,930,390 | 5 | $79,986,078 |
| 720 | Adam Horowitz | $399,866,199 | 1 | $399,866,199 |
| 721 | Edward Kitsis | $399,866,199 | 1 | $399,866,199 |
| 722 | Hamish McColl | $399,621,743 | 2 | $199,810,872 |
| 723 | Rory Haines | $397,817,706 | 2 | $198,908,853 |
| 724 | Sohrab Noshirvani | $397,817,706 | 2 | $198,908,853 |
| 725 | David Marconi | $396,023,935 | 2 | $198,011,968 |
| 726 | David Elliot | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 727 | Paul Lovett | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 728 | Jeffrey M. Howard | $394,459,213 | 2 | $197,229,607 |
| 729 | Daniel Pyne | $393,898,505 | 6 | $65,649,751 |
| 730 | Sidney Howard | $390,516,513 | 2 | $195,258,257 |
| 731 | John Watson | $390,500,000 | 1 | $390,500,000 |
| 732 | Channing Gibson | $389,691,325 | 3 | $129,897,108 |
| 733 | Ralph Wright | $387,881,184 | 4 | $96,970,296 |
| 734 | Jon Hurwitz | $387,063,289 | 4 | $96,765,822 |
| 735 | Hayden Schlossberg | $387,063,289 | 4 | $96,765,822 |
| 736 | Donald Stewart | $385,600,000 | 2 | $192,800,000 |
| 737 | Mark Andrus | $385,382,194 | 6 | $64,230,366 |
| 738 | Lee Eisenberg | $384,227,968 | 3 | $128,075,989 |
| 739 | James A. Woods | $384,169,424 | 2 | $192,084,712 |
| 740 | Nicholas Wright | $384,169,424 | 1 | $384,169,424 |
| 741 | Donald H. Hewitt | $383,883,823 | 1 | $383,883,823 |
| 742 | Cindy Davis | $383,883,823 | 1 | $383,883,823 |
| 743 | Josh Singer | $383,873,591 | 5 | $76,774,718 |
| 744 | Gary Goldman | $381,164,748 | 5 | $76,232,950 |
| 745 | Doug Richardson | $381,061,301 | 3 | $127,020,434 |
| 746 | John McLaughlin | $379,810,098 | 2 | $189,905,049 |
| 747 | David Rayfiel | $379,598,169 | 3 | $126,532,723 |
| 748 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $378,034,953 | 3 | $126,011,651 |
| 749 | David Weisberg | $374,840,773 | 2 | $187,420,387 |
| 750 | Douglas S. Cook | $374,840,773 | 2 | $187,420,387 |
| 751 | Steven Moffat | $373,993,951 | 1 | $373,993,951 |
| 752 | John Milius | $372,980,720 | 5 | $74,596,144 |
| 753 | Stiles White | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 754 | Juliet Snowden | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 755 | Steven Knight | $371,586,354 | 16 | $23,224,147 |
| 756 | Brendan McCarthy | $369,873,869 | 1 | $369,873,869 |
| 757 | Nico Lathouris | $369,873,869 | 2 | $184,936,935 |
| 758 | Chan Tai-lee | $369,700,792 | 3 | $123,233,597 |
| 759 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $368,977,367 | 3 | $122,992,456 |
| 760 | Brandon Sawyer | $366,942,531 | 1 | $366,942,531 |
| 761 | Michael Colton | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 762 | John Aboud | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 763 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 764 | Christopher Roach | $366,194,756 | 4 | $91,548,689 |
| 765 | Takeshi Shudo | $366,043,713 | 3 | $122,014,571 |
| 766 | Theodore Melfi | $365,314,182 | 5 | $73,062,836 |
| 767 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 768 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 769 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 770 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 3 | $121,473,200 |
| 771 | Becky Johnston | $364,005,903 | 5 | $72,801,181 |
| 772 | Peter Goldfinger | $363,349,202 | 5 | $72,669,840 |
| 773 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 774 | Cathryn Michon | $363,075,137 | 4 | $90,768,784 |
| 775 | Tom McCarthy | $363,063,974 | 9 | $40,340,442 |
| 776 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 777 | Rob Edwards | $362,797,378 | 3 | $120,932,459 |
| 778 | Wayne Powers | $361,695,203 | 4 | $90,423,801 |
| 779 | Donna Powers | $361,695,203 | 3 | $120,565,068 |
| 780 | Chris Henchy | $360,690,175 | 4 | $90,172,544 |
| 781 | Stephen Mazur | $360,464,440 | 3 | $120,154,813 |
| 782 | Paul Guay | $360,464,440 | 2 | $180,232,220 |
| 783 | Raman Hui | $359,295,591 | 1 | $359,295,591 |
| 784 | Alan Yuen | $359,295,591 | 1 | $359,295,591 |
| 785 | Phil Beauman | $359,276,156 | 3 | $119,758,719 |
| 786 | Robert D. Siegel | $357,766,627 | 4 | $89,441,657 |
| 787 | Juel Taylor | $356,778,896 | 4 | $89,194,724 |
| 788 | Alan Ball | $356,258,047 | 2 | $178,129,024 |
| 789 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 790 | Kirsten Smith | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 791 | John Harrison | $356,148,063 | 1 | $356,148,063 |
| 792 | Bill Walsh | $355,339,684 | 6 | $59,223,281 |
| 793 | David S. Ward | $355,162,524 | 8 | $44,395,316 |
| 794 | Amy Heckerling | $355,151,601 | 3 | $118,383,867 |
| 795 | Adele Lim | $354,018,077 | 2 | $177,009,039 |
| 796 | Joon-ho Bong | $353,829,742 | 4 | $88,457,436 |
| 797 | Michael Moore | $353,160,674 | 9 | $39,240,075 |
| 798 | Diablo Cody | $353,159,264 | 8 | $44,144,908 |
| 799 | Ari Handel | $352,831,065 | 1 | $352,831,065 |
| 800 | Jason Headley | $352,125,900 | 3 | $117,375,300 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.