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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Timothy Harris | $286,676,353 | 3 | $95,558,784 |
| 1,002 | Will Davies | $286,549,194 | 2 | $143,274,597 |
| 1,003 | Jay Lavender | $285,898,903 | 2 | $142,949,452 |
| 1,004 | John Zinman | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 1,005 | Patrick Massett | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 1,006 | Stanley Kubrick | $285,412,012 | 6 | $47,568,669 |
| 1,007 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $284,790,724 | 9 | $31,643,414 |
| 1,008 | Alex Garland | $282,838,263 | 9 | $31,426,474 |
| 1,009 | Michael Chabon | $282,778,100 | 2 | $141,389,050 |
| 1,010 | Robert King | $282,376,958 | 5 | $56,475,392 |
| 1,011 | Takehiko Inoue | $282,138,153 | 1 | $282,138,153 |
| 1,012 | Jonathan Lemkin | $282,009,953 | 3 | $94,003,318 |
| 1,013 | Martin McDonagh | $281,065,906 | 4 | $70,266,477 |
| 1,014 | Todd W. Langen | $280,656,813 | 2 | $140,328,407 |
| 1,015 | Sam Bromell | $279,938,634 | 1 | $279,938,634 |
| 1,016 | Rich Wilkes | $279,777,124 | 4 | $69,944,281 |
| 1,017 | Josh Stolberg | $279,689,042 | 4 | $69,922,261 |
| 1,018 | Peter Weir | $279,519,870 | 4 | $69,879,968 |
| 1,019 | Gina Wendkos | $279,251,248 | 3 | $93,083,749 |
| 1,020 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $278,819,352 | 3 | $92,939,784 |
| 1,021 | John Eskow | $278,757,999 | 3 | $92,919,333 |
| 1,022 | Jeremy Leven | $278,541,475 | 6 | $46,423,579 |
| 1,023 | Akira Toriyama | $278,391,171 | 3 | $92,797,057 |
| 1,024 | Peter Hedges | $277,580,811 | 8 | $34,697,601 |
| 1,025 | Larry Gross | $277,480,616 | 8 | $34,685,077 |
| 1,026 | Lem Dobbs | $276,418,981 | 7 | $39,488,426 |
| 1,027 | Erdman Penner | $274,802,792 | 5 | $54,960,558 |
| 1,028 | Alastair Siddons | $274,681,156 | 3 | $91,560,385 |
| 1,029 | Erica Rivinoja | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 1,030 | Ian Goldberg | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 1,031 | Richard Naing | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 1,032 | Jerry Stahl | $273,790,755 | 3 | $91,263,585 |
| 1,033 | Xue Xiaolu | $272,157,564 | 3 | $90,719,188 |
| 1,034 | Ryan Murphy | $272,091,341 | 3 | $90,697,114 |
| 1,035 | Chris Chow | $271,823,642 | 4 | $67,955,911 |
| 1,036 | Tom O’Connor | $271,657,364 | 3 | $90,552,455 |
| 1,037 | Peter Straughan | $271,609,347 | 10 | $27,160,935 |
| 1,038 | Rod Barr | $271,191,928 | 2 | $135,595,964 |
| 1,039 | Jim Strain | $270,769,329 | 2 | $135,384,665 |
| 1,040 | Brannon Braga | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,041 | Ronald D. Moore | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,042 | Xin Huo | $269,874,104 | 2 | $134,937,052 |
| 1,043 | Craig Wright | $269,806,430 | 1 | $269,806,430 |
| 1,044 | Tracy Oliver | $268,743,149 | 5 | $53,748,630 |
| 1,045 | Perce Pearce | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,046 | Larry Morey | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,047 | Sebastian Gutierrez | $267,721,020 | 6 | $44,620,170 |
| 1,048 | Bragi Schut | $267,139,975 | 4 | $66,784,994 |
| 1,049 | Larry Clemmons | $266,574,297 | 4 | $66,643,574 |
| 1,050 | Vince Vaughn | $266,123,187 | 3 | $88,707,729 |
| 1,051 | Michael Sarnoski | $265,592,876 | 2 | $132,796,438 |
| 1,052 | Russell Gewirtz | $264,279,675 | 3 | $88,093,225 |
| 1,053 | Peter Rader | $264,246,220 | 1 | $264,246,220 |
| 1,054 | Christopher Hampton | $264,106,352 | 14 | $18,864,739 |
| 1,055 | Tai-lee Chan | $263,175,412 | 2 | $131,587,706 |
| 1,056 | Alejandro Monteverde | $263,135,151 | 2 | $131,567,576 |
| 1,057 | W. Peter Iliff | $263,096,851 | 5 | $52,619,370 |
| 1,058 | William Joyce | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,059 | Dan Shere | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,060 | Jamie Moss | $262,680,622 | 3 | $87,560,207 |
| 1,061 | Tim Sullivan | $261,724,290 | 3 | $87,241,430 |
| 1,062 | Terry Hayes | $261,040,260 | 5 | $52,208,052 |
| 1,063 | Taylor Sheridan | $260,763,003 | 7 | $37,251,858 |
| 1,064 | Lewis Colick | $260,703,019 | 9 | $28,967,002 |
| 1,065 | Ryan Rowe | $259,736,090 | 1 | $259,736,090 |
| 1,066 | Lin Jiang | $259,381,259 | 2 | $129,690,630 |
| 1,067 | Qin Wan | $259,381,259 | 2 | $129,690,630 |
| 1,068 | Alan Freedland | $259,184,948 | 4 | $64,796,237 |
| 1,069 | Alan R. Cohen | $259,184,948 | 4 | $64,796,237 |
| 1,070 | Takashi Yamazaki | $258,901,519 | 3 | $86,300,506 |
| 1,071 | Patrick O'Neill | $258,751,370 | 1 | $258,751,370 |
| 1,072 | Michael Colleary | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,073 | Mike Werb | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,074 | Judith Thurman | $258,210,860 | 1 | $258,210,860 |
| 1,075 | Chris Carter | $257,347,215 | 2 | $128,673,608 |
| 1,076 | Gary Wang | $257,201,572 | 1 | $257,201,572 |
| 1,077 | David Bowers | $256,602,946 | 3 | $85,534,315 |
| 1,078 | Chad St. John | $256,032,270 | 3 | $85,344,090 |
| 1,079 | Walon Green | $255,807,464 | 3 | $85,269,155 |
| 1,080 | Li Yang | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,081 | Wu Bing | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,082 | Dong Zhe | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,083 | Huang Xin | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,084 | Lin Qian | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,085 | Jeff Fradley | $255,416,089 | 1 | $255,416,089 |
| 1,086 | Mark Torgove | $255,336,328 | 1 | $255,336,328 |
| 1,087 | Paul Kaplan | $255,336,328 | 2 | $127,668,164 |
| 1,088 | Spike Lee | $255,064,967 | 16 | $15,941,560 |
| 1,089 | Eddie Murphy | $254,830,869 | 2 | $127,415,435 |
| 1,090 | Ken Kaufman | $254,484,866 | 5 | $50,896,973 |
| 1,091 | Peter Berg | $253,601,435 | 4 | $63,400,359 |
| 1,092 | Han Jin-won | $253,267,858 | 1 | $253,267,858 |
| 1,093 | Michael Schiffer | $252,237,208 | 3 | $84,079,069 |
| 1,094 | Tom Shepherd | $251,509,294 | 1 | $251,509,294 |
| 1,095 | Hilary Winston | $250,901,649 | 1 | $250,901,649 |
| 1,096 | Don McEnery | $250,700,000 | 1 | $250,700,000 |
| 1,097 | Justin Rhodes | $250,374,163 | 2 | $125,187,082 |
| 1,098 | Cornelius Uliano | $250,091,610 | 4 | $62,522,903 |
| 1,099 | Craig Schulz | $250,091,610 | 2 | $125,045,805 |
| 1,100 | Bryan Schulz | $250,091,610 | 4 | $62,522,903 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.