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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Etienne Comar | $55,224,527 | 5 | $11,044,905 |
| 1,902 | Jacob Aaron Estes | $55,197,339 | 3 | $18,399,113 |
| 1,903 | Aneesh Chaganty | $55,112,408 | 2 | $27,556,204 |
| 1,904 | Sev Ohanian | $55,112,408 | 2 | $27,556,204 |
| 1,905 | John Pogue | $55,002,296 | 4 | $13,750,574 |
| 1,906 | Prune de Maistre | $54,822,307 | 3 | $18,274,102 |
| 1,907 | Ulf Rydberg | $54,736,174 | 2 | $27,368,087 |
| 1,908 | Kenya Barris | $54,695,556 | 7 | $7,813,651 |
| 1,909 | Scott Mosier | $54,636,592 | 1 | $54,636,592 |
| 1,910 | Jimmy Hayward | $54,636,592 | 1 | $54,636,592 |
| 1,911 | Mike LeSieur | $54,600,000 | 1 | $54,600,000 |
| 1,912 | Luke Greenfield | $54,500,000 | 1 | $54,500,000 |
| 1,913 | Nicholas Thomas | $54,500,000 | 1 | $54,500,000 |
| 1,914 | Preston Lacy | $54,456,101 | 2 | $27,228,051 |
| 1,915 | Harrison Stone | $54,456,101 | 1 | $54,456,101 |
| 1,916 | David James Kelly | $54,385,384 | 1 | $54,385,384 |
| 1,917 | Ben Chandler | $54,385,384 | 1 | $54,385,384 |
| 1,918 | Richard Hatem | $54,300,000 | 1 | $54,300,000 |
| 1,919 | Jo Sung-hee | $54,296,159 | 2 | $27,148,080 |
| 1,920 | Ben Zazove | $54,216,235 | 3 | $18,072,078 |
| 1,921 | Zou Jingzhi | $54,135,108 | 3 | $18,045,036 |
| 1,922 | Iris Yamashita | $54,111,916 | 1 | $54,111,916 |
| 1,923 | Pat Proft | $54,098,194 | 7 | $7,728,313 |
| 1,924 | Cormac McCarthy | $54,035,619 | 1 | $54,035,619 |
| 1,925 | Lee Ji-min | $53,959,901 | 1 | $53,959,901 |
| 1,926 | Park Jong-dae | $53,959,901 | 1 | $53,959,901 |
| 1,927 | Michael Rasmussen | $53,950,551 | 3 | $17,983,517 |
| 1,928 | Shawn Rasmussen | $53,950,551 | 3 | $17,983,517 |
| 1,929 | Michael Reisz | $53,881,729 | 1 | $53,881,729 |
| 1,930 | Lorene Scafaria | $53,850,989 | 5 | $10,770,198 |
| 1,931 | Paula Mazur | $53,850,663 | 1 | $53,850,663 |
| 1,932 | Joseph Kwong | $53,850,663 | 1 | $53,850,663 |
| 1,933 | Jim Jarmusch | $53,666,507 | 9 | $5,962,945 |
| 1,934 | Matteo Garrone | $53,635,221 | 5 | $10,727,044 |
| 1,935 | Ernest Riera | $53,552,940 | 3 | $17,850,980 |
| 1,936 | Jay Cohen | $53,416,891 | 1 | $53,416,891 |
| 1,937 | Steve Shibuya | $53,365,887 | 1 | $53,365,887 |
| 1,938 | Kyle Hunter | $53,206,271 | 2 | $26,603,136 |
| 1,939 | Ariel Shaffir | $53,206,271 | 2 | $26,603,136 |
| 1,940 | Charles Edward Pogue | $53,000,000 | 3 | $17,666,667 |
| 1,941 | William Brent Bell | $52,975,579 | 2 | $26,487,790 |
| 1,942 | Matthew Peterman | $52,975,579 | 2 | $26,487,790 |
| 1,943 | Chuck MacLean | $52,915,193 | 2 | $26,457,597 |
| 1,944 | Thomas Harris | $52,913,586 | 1 | $52,913,586 |
| 1,945 | R. Dean McCreary | $52,904,087 | 1 | $52,904,087 |
| 1,946 | Chester Hastings | $52,904,087 | 1 | $52,904,087 |
| 1,947 | Ian Deitchman | $52,513,156 | 1 | $52,513,156 |
| 1,948 | Kristian Rusk Robinson | $52,513,156 | 1 | $52,513,156 |
| 1,949 | Alan Di Fiore | $52,454,020 | 1 | $52,454,020 |
| 1,950 | Howard Hall | $52,416,928 | 2 | $26,208,464 |
| 1,951 | Olivia Hetreed | $52,344,495 | 2 | $26,172,248 |
| 1,952 | Sean Penn | $52,282,468 | 2 | $26,141,234 |
| 1,953 | Matt Johnson | $52,271,036 | 8 | $6,533,880 |
| 1,954 | Mark Herman | $52,240,871 | 4 | $13,060,218 |
| 1,955 | Jon Brown | $51,962,290 | 2 | $25,981,145 |
| 1,956 | Cui Siwei | $51,938,766 | 2 | $25,969,383 |
| 1,957 | Shiraz Ahmed | $51,724,905 | 2 | $25,862,453 |
| 1,958 | Gerald DiPego | $51,674,538 | 3 | $17,224,846 |
| 1,959 | David Zucker | $51,607,954 | 7 | $7,372,565 |
| 1,960 | Hideki Sonoda | $51,400,000 | 1 | $51,400,000 |
| 1,961 | Anne Fontaine | $51,338,478 | 5 | $10,267,696 |
| 1,962 | Christopher Browne | $51,330,921 | 1 | $51,330,921 |
| 1,963 | Nikhil Advani | $51,083,501 | 4 | $12,770,875 |
| 1,964 | Ray Wright | $51,012,478 | 5 | $10,202,496 |
| 1,965 | Suo Jieun min | $51,009,970 | 1 | $51,009,970 |
| 1,966 | Eric Besnard | $50,850,083 | 3 | $16,950,028 |
| 1,967 | Stephen J. Rivele | $50,818,525 | 3 | $16,939,508 |
| 1,968 | Christopher Wilkinson | $50,818,525 | 3 | $16,939,508 |
| 1,969 | Mark Lamprell | $50,812,000 | 1 | $50,812,000 |
| 1,970 | Henry Selick | $50,750,828 | 2 | $25,375,414 |
| 1,971 | Na Hong-jin | $50,735,357 | 1 | $50,735,357 |
| 1,972 | Jun Falkenstein | $50,605,267 | 1 | $50,605,267 |
| 1,973 | Yasuhisa Hara | $50,573,876 | 1 | $50,573,876 |
| 1,974 | Shinsuke Sato | $50,573,876 | 1 | $50,573,876 |
| 1,975 | Ui-seok Jo | $50,423,395 | 1 | $50,423,395 |
| 1,976 | Brad Ingelsby | $50,241,964 | 5 | $10,048,393 |
| 1,977 | Umberto Contarello | $50,030,252 | 4 | $12,507,563 |
| 1,978 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $49,992,616 | 3 | $16,664,205 |
| 1,979 | Dean Craig | $49,978,279 | 9 | $5,553,142 |
| 1,980 | Mark Perez | $49,933,738 | 4 | $12,483,435 |
| 1,981 | Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing | $49,576,645 | 1 | $49,576,645 |
| 1,982 | James L. White | $49,517,099 | 1 | $49,517,099 |
| 1,983 | Bruce Neibaur | $49,406,714 | 1 | $49,406,714 |
| 1,984 | John Pielmeier | $49,406,714 | 2 | $24,703,357 |
| 1,985 | Craig Borten | $49,373,327 | 3 | $16,457,776 |
| 1,986 | Samir Foco | $49,352,514 | 1 | $49,352,514 |
| 1,987 | Siddique | $49,285,374 | 1 | $49,285,374 |
| 1,988 | Gregory Levasseur | $49,283,353 | 3 | $16,427,784 |
| 1,989 | Alexandre Aja | $49,283,353 | 4 | $12,320,838 |
| 1,990 | Zach Helm | $49,267,720 | 3 | $16,422,573 |
| 1,991 | Pam Brady | $49,148,906 | 7 | $7,021,272 |
| 1,992 | W.D. Richter | $48,950,382 | 6 | $8,158,397 |
| 1,993 | Erin Simms | $48,927,399 | 2 | $24,463,700 |
| 1,994 | Zhou Tuo Ru | $48,905,977 | 1 | $48,905,977 |
| 1,995 | Xin Yi Wu | $48,905,977 | 1 | $48,905,977 |
| 1,996 | Elizabeth Tippet | $48,866,407 | 1 | $48,866,407 |
| 1,997 | Carol Fuchs | $48,835,977 | 1 | $48,835,977 |
| 1,998 | Hayao Kirkpatrick | $48,740,662 | 1 | $48,740,662 |
| 1,999 | Frederic Raphael | $48,573,409 | 2 | $24,286,705 |
| 2,000 | Bob DeRosa | $48,512,786 | 2 | $24,256,393 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.