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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Ted Tally | $344,554,638 | 6 | $57,425,773 |
| 902 | Felix Chong | $344,098,831 | 4 | $86,024,708 |
| 903 | Kevin Williamson | $343,394,335 | 5 | $68,678,867 |
| 904 | David Peoples | $343,362,466 | 3 | $114,454,155 |
| 905 | Edward Ricourt | $342,769,200 | 2 | $171,384,600 |
| 906 | Raman Hui | $340,969,819 | 1 | $340,969,819 |
| 907 | Buddy Johnson | $339,601,343 | 2 | $169,800,672 |
| 908 | Brian Duffield | $339,156,405 | 8 | $42,394,551 |
| 909 | Geoff Rodkey | $338,882,180 | 4 | $84,720,545 |
| 910 | Marc Klein | $338,330,051 | 6 | $56,388,342 |
| 911 | Li Meng | $337,554,287 | 1 | $337,554,287 |
| 912 | Wang Tianyi | $337,554,287 | 1 | $337,554,287 |
| 913 | Alex Garland | $337,312,827 | 11 | $30,664,802 |
| 914 | Lei Zhilong | $337,278,900 | 2 | $168,639,450 |
| 915 | John O'Brien | $336,483,628 | 3 | $112,161,209 |
| 916 | J. Michael Straczynski | $336,395,402 | 4 | $84,098,851 |
| 917 | James Gray | $336,157,043 | 8 | $42,019,630 |
| 918 | Mark Rosner | $336,069,511 | 1 | $336,069,511 |
| 919 | James Dearden | $334,869,752 | 2 | $167,434,876 |
| 920 | Patrick Melton | $334,866,992 | 8 | $41,858,374 |
| 921 | Marcus Dunstan | $334,866,992 | 8 | $41,858,374 |
| 922 | David Mandel | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 923 | Alec Berg | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 924 | Stirling Silliphant | $333,429,215 | 8 | $41,678,652 |
| 925 | Jim Abrahams | $333,408,722 | 5 | $66,681,744 |
| 926 | Wally Wolodarsky | $333,033,427 | 5 | $66,606,685 |
| 927 | Frank Pierson | $332,847,307 | 6 | $55,474,551 |
| 928 | Jim Thomas | $332,202,142 | 4 | $83,050,536 |
| 929 | Scott Teems | $332,144,005 | 4 | $83,036,001 |
| 930 | Pedro Almodovar | $331,671,784 | 15 | $22,111,452 |
| 931 | Andrew Heinz | $331,266,710 | 1 | $331,266,710 |
| 932 | S.S. Wilson | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 933 | Brent Maddock | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 934 | John Ridley | $330,417,355 | 8 | $41,302,169 |
| 935 | Jingle Ma | $330,321,790 | 1 | $330,321,790 |
| 936 | David A. Newman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 937 | Keith Merryman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 938 | Shawn Wayans | $329,099,437 | 3 | $109,699,812 |
| 939 | Nick Cassavetes | $328,813,993 | 6 | $54,802,332 |
| 940 | Jack Thorne | $328,742,413 | 12 | $27,395,201 |
| 941 | Ken Shadie | $328,203,181 | 1 | $328,203,181 |
| 942 | Joanna Calo | $328,136,848 | 1 | $328,136,848 |
| 943 | Sung-Jin Lee | $328,136,848 | 1 | $328,136,848 |
| 944 | Chris Williams | $328,015,029 | 2 | $164,007,515 |
| 945 | Bill Peet | $327,884,918 | 4 | $81,971,230 |
| 946 | George A. Romero | $327,154,909 | 20 | $16,357,745 |
| 947 | Ryan Rowe | $326,820,466 | 2 | $163,410,233 |
| 948 | Marc Abrams | $326,685,379 | 1 | $326,685,379 |
| 949 | Chris Collins | $326,685,379 | 2 | $163,342,690 |
| 950 | Barry Levinson | $326,175,911 | 10 | $32,617,591 |
| 951 | Robert Harling | $325,898,844 | 4 | $81,474,711 |
| 952 | Bill Dubuque | $325,786,936 | 7 | $46,540,991 |
| 953 | Robin Swicord | $324,374,979 | 6 | $54,062,497 |
| 954 | Bingbao Lin | $324,165,569 | 1 | $324,165,569 |
| 955 | John Patrick Shanley | $323,758,930 | 7 | $46,251,276 |
| 956 | Jim Uhls | $323,461,759 | 2 | $161,730,880 |
| 957 | Matt Greenberg | $322,288,520 | 4 | $80,572,130 |
| 958 | Alan Schoolcraft | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 959 | Brent Simons | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 960 | Todd Komarnicki | $320,036,229 | 6 | $53,339,372 |
| 961 | Brian Currie | $319,995,019 | 3 | $106,665,006 |
| 962 | Nick Vallelonga | $319,995,019 | 2 | $159,997,510 |
| 963 | Sherri Stoner | $319,658,754 | 2 | $159,829,377 |
| 964 | Deanna Oliver | $319,658,754 | 2 | $159,829,377 |
| 965 | Kevin Hageman | $319,559,946 | 2 | $159,779,973 |
| 966 | Dan Hageman | $319,559,946 | 2 | $159,779,973 |
| 967 | Shane Salerno | $319,171,725 | 5 | $63,834,345 |
| 968 | Robert Benton | $318,273,056 | 3 | $106,091,019 |
| 969 | Terri Tatchell | $317,455,487 | 2 | $158,727,744 |
| 970 | Ann Biderman | $317,078,336 | 3 | $105,692,779 |
| 971 | Sara Parriott | $316,927,096 | 3 | $105,642,365 |
| 972 | Josann McGibbon | $316,927,096 | 4 | $79,231,774 |
| 973 | Andrew W. Marlowe | $315,268,353 | 1 | $315,268,353 |
| 974 | Li Han | $314,526,853 | 2 | $157,263,427 |
| 975 | Ran Ping | $312,587,345 | 2 | $156,293,673 |
| 976 | Alain Godard | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 977 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 978 | Larry Stuckey | $310,650,574 | 1 | $310,650,574 |
| 979 | Piyush Gupta | $310,534,113 | 3 | $103,511,371 |
| 980 | James Wan | $310,196,332 | 1 | $310,196,332 |
| 981 | Robert Eggers | $310,060,887 | 5 | $62,012,177 |
| 982 | Ron Anderson | $310,043,823 | 1 | $310,043,823 |
| 983 | Wong Ho-wah | $309,023,111 | 4 | $77,255,778 |
| 984 | Paul Attanasio | $308,971,346 | 3 | $102,990,449 |
| 985 | Jackie Chan | $308,685,767 | 3 | $102,895,256 |
| 986 | George Clooney | $308,547,193 | 4 | $77,136,798 |
| 987 | Grant Heslov | $308,547,193 | 5 | $61,709,439 |
| 988 | Mario Puzo | $308,451,071 | 2 | $154,225,536 |
| 989 | Edmund H. North | $308,270,350 | 3 | $102,756,783 |
| 990 | Spike Jonze | $308,065,484 | 5 | $61,613,097 |
| 991 | Justin Theroux | $307,525,881 | 3 | $102,508,627 |
| 992 | Tim Federle | $307,491,645 | 3 | $102,497,215 |
| 993 | Ben Stiller | $307,274,930 | 4 | $76,818,733 |
| 994 | David Newman | $305,978,353 | 2 | $152,989,177 |
| 995 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $305,875,471 | 3 | $101,958,490 |
| 996 | Greg Taylor | $305,443,756 | 4 | $76,360,939 |
| 997 | Pamela Pettler | $304,513,845 | 3 | $101,504,615 |
| 998 | Qi Qi | $304,280,699 | 1 | $304,280,699 |
| 999 | Jeff Wadlow | $304,268,680 | 9 | $33,807,631 |
| 1,000 | David Zucker | $304,163,423 | 7 | $43,451,918 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.