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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Cindy Davis | $395,802,070 | 1 | $395,802,070 |
| 802 | Donald H. Hewitt | $395,802,070 | 1 | $395,802,070 |
| 803 | Sam Mendes | $395,366,650 | 2 | $197,683,325 |
| 804 | Christopher Roach | $395,097,392 | 5 | $79,019,478 |
| 805 | David Elliot | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 806 | Paul Lovett | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 807 | Daniel Pyne | $393,898,505 | 6 | $65,649,751 |
| 808 | Yan Han (韩延) | $392,938,638 | 4 | $98,234,660 |
| 809 | Alan Yuen | $391,739,819 | 2 | $195,869,910 |
| 810 | Sidney Howard | $390,516,513 | 2 | $195,258,257 |
| 811 | John Watson | $390,500,000 | 1 | $390,500,000 |
| 812 | Channing Gibson | $389,691,325 | 3 | $129,897,108 |
| 813 | Eric Lee | $388,909,307 | 2 | $194,454,654 |
| 814 | Ralph Wright | $387,881,221 | 4 | $96,970,305 |
| 815 | Jon Hurwitz | $387,063,289 | 5 | $77,412,658 |
| 816 | Hayden Schlossberg | $387,063,289 | 4 | $96,765,822 |
| 817 | Donald Stewart | $385,600,000 | 2 | $192,800,000 |
| 818 | Mark Andrus | $385,382,194 | 6 | $64,230,366 |
| 819 | Lee Eisenberg | $384,227,968 | 3 | $128,075,989 |
| 820 | Nicholas Wright | $384,169,424 | 1 | $384,169,424 |
| 821 | James A. Woods | $384,169,424 | 2 | $192,084,712 |
| 822 | Josh Singer | $383,873,591 | 5 | $76,774,718 |
| 823 | Steven Knight | $383,620,496 | 18 | $21,312,250 |
| 824 | Gary Goldman | $381,164,602 | 5 | $76,232,920 |
| 825 | Doug Richardson | $381,113,415 | 4 | $95,278,354 |
| 826 | Tom Shadyac | $381,031,415 | 2 | $190,515,708 |
| 827 | Dong Zhe | $380,563,293 | 3 | $126,854,431 |
| 828 | Alexandre Charlot | $380,474,308 | 2 | $190,237,154 |
| 829 | Brendan McCarthy | $380,463,726 | 1 | $380,463,726 |
| 830 | Leslie Newman | $380,400,000 | 2 | $190,200,000 |
| 831 | John McLaughlin | $379,810,098 | 2 | $189,905,049 |
| 832 | David Rayfiel | $379,598,169 | 3 | $126,532,723 |
| 833 | Peter Goldfinger | $379,458,574 | 5 | $75,891,715 |
| 834 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $378,034,953 | 3 | $126,011,651 |
| 835 | Juel Taylor | $377,283,750 | 4 | $94,320,938 |
| 836 | Christian Gudegast | $376,435,811 | 4 | $94,108,953 |
| 837 | Peter Straughan | $375,782,983 | 10 | $37,578,298 |
| 838 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $375,745,647 | 2 | $187,872,824 |
| 839 | Juliet Snowden | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 840 | Stiles White | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 841 | Chan Tai-lee | $369,700,792 | 3 | $123,233,597 |
| 842 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $368,975,360 | 3 | $122,991,787 |
| 843 | Michael Colton | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 844 | John Aboud | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 845 | Brandon Sawyer | $366,942,531 | 1 | $366,942,531 |
| 846 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 847 | Jeremy Doner | $366,396,888 | 3 | $122,132,296 |
| 848 | Takeshi Shudo | $366,043,713 | 3 | $122,014,571 |
| 849 | Jay Cocks | $365,867,663 | 4 | $91,466,916 |
| 850 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 851 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 852 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 853 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 3 | $121,473,200 |
| 854 | Theodore Melfi | $364,096,499 | 5 | $72,819,300 |
| 855 | Becky Johnston | $364,005,903 | 5 | $72,801,181 |
| 856 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 857 | Cathryn Michon | $363,075,137 | 4 | $90,768,784 |
| 858 | Tom McCarthy | $363,063,974 | 9 | $40,340,442 |
| 859 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 860 | Nitesh Tiwari | $362,651,349 | 6 | $60,441,892 |
| 861 | Donna Powers | $361,695,203 | 3 | $120,565,068 |
| 862 | Wayne Powers | $361,695,203 | 4 | $90,423,801 |
| 863 | Sunny Chan | $361,683,815 | 1 | $361,683,815 |
| 864 | Chris Henchy | $360,690,175 | 4 | $90,172,544 |
| 865 | Cui Tiezhi | $360,195,050 | 3 | $120,065,017 |
| 866 | Phil Beauman | $359,276,156 | 3 | $119,758,719 |
| 867 | Robert D. Siegel | $357,766,627 | 4 | $89,441,657 |
| 868 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $357,519,427 | 4 | $89,379,857 |
| 869 | Shreyas Jain | $357,266,697 | 3 | $119,088,899 |
| 870 | Alan Ball | $356,258,047 | 2 | $178,129,024 |
| 871 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 872 | John Harrison | $356,148,063 | 1 | $356,148,063 |
| 873 | Yuan Yuan | $355,707,967 | 2 | $177,853,984 |
| 874 | Bill Walsh | $355,341,886 | 6 | $59,223,648 |
| 875 | Amy Heckerling | $355,151,601 | 3 | $118,383,867 |
| 876 | Parker Finn | $355,063,185 | 2 | $177,531,593 |
| 877 | Adele Lim | $354,018,077 | 2 | $177,009,039 |
| 878 | Diablo Cody | $353,190,294 | 8 | $44,148,787 |
| 879 | Michael Moore | $353,160,674 | 9 | $39,240,075 |
| 880 | Ari Handel | $352,831,065 | 1 | $352,831,065 |
| 881 | Jason Headley | $352,235,625 | 3 | $117,411,875 |
| 882 | Edward Tang | $351,949,263 | 5 | $70,389,853 |
| 883 | Mike Webb | $351,814,301 | 1 | $351,814,301 |
| 884 | Christopher Murphey | $351,774,938 | 1 | $351,774,938 |
| 885 | Christy Hall | $351,570,065 | 5 | $70,314,013 |
| 886 | Dick Clement | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 887 | Ian La Frenais | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 888 | Mark Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 889 | Brian Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 890 | F. Scott Frazier | $350,536,268 | 5 | $70,107,254 |
| 891 | Toni Myers | $350,352,088 | 4 | $87,588,022 |
| 892 | Bora Dagtekin | $349,859,979 | 5 | $69,971,996 |
| 893 | Doug Jung | $348,644,109 | 2 | $174,322,055 |
| 894 | Bill Wittiff | $348,442,939 | 2 | $174,221,470 |
| 895 | Grant Myers | $348,319,861 | 1 | $348,319,861 |
| 896 | Pat Proft | $347,311,304 | 8 | $43,413,913 |
| 897 | Amy Holden Jones | $347,255,888 | 5 | $69,451,178 |
| 898 | Philip Lazebnik | $347,100,000 | 2 | $173,550,000 |
| 899 | Carl Binder | $347,100,000 | 1 | $347,100,000 |
| 900 | Malia Scotch Marmo | $345,563,871 | 3 | $115,187,957 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.