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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | Matthew Sand | $184,543,010 | 2 | $92,271,505 |
| 1,402 | Choi Dong-hoon | $183,894,831 | 2 | $91,947,416 |
| 1,403 | Jessica Sharzer | $183,212,662 | 3 | $61,070,887 |
| 1,404 | Elizabeth Hannah | $182,936,715 | 3 | $60,978,905 |
| 1,405 | Anders Thomas Jensen | $182,158,256 | 8 | $22,769,782 |
| 1,406 | Daniel G. Sullivan | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,407 | Fredric Lebow | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,408 | Steve Knight | $181,891,275 | 3 | $60,630,425 |
| 1,409 | Nicholas Kazan | $181,521,857 | 5 | $36,304,371 |
| 1,410 | Douglas Kenney | $181,456,966 | 2 | $90,728,483 |
| 1,411 | Gregory Widen | $181,360,245 | 3 | $60,453,415 |
| 1,412 | Jon Hartmere | $181,340,014 | 3 | $60,446,671 |
| 1,413 | Martin Scorsese | $181,230,109 | 3 | $60,410,036 |
| 1,414 | Marc Silverman | $181,053,657 | 1 | $181,053,657 |
| 1,415 | Bill Marsilii | $181,038,616 | 1 | $181,038,616 |
| 1,416 | David Pearce | $180,978,355 | 1 | $180,978,355 |
| 1,417 | Gregory Allen Howard | $180,807,270 | 3 | $60,269,090 |
| 1,418 | Travis Adam Wright | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,419 | Dan McDermott | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,420 | John Glenn | $180,585,259 | 2 | $90,292,630 |
| 1,421 | Charlie Kaufman | $180,568,401 | 8 | $22,571,050 |
| 1,422 | Michael R. Perry | $179,755,704 | 2 | $89,877,852 |
| 1,423 | John Claflin | $179,693,474 | 3 | $59,897,825 |
| 1,424 | Daniel Zelman | $179,689,359 | 2 | $89,844,680 |
| 1,425 | Ben Stassen | $179,599,685 | 5 | $35,919,937 |
| 1,426 | Joe Keenan | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,427 | Simon Nye | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,428 | Chris Lloyd | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,429 | Sam Fell | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,430 | Robert Reneau | $179,330,486 | 2 | $89,665,243 |
| 1,431 | James Dale Robinson | $179,265,204 | 1 | $179,265,204 |
| 1,432 | Diana Ossana | $178,718,269 | 3 | $59,572,756 |
| 1,433 | Charles Murphy | $178,610,754 | 2 | $89,305,377 |
| 1,434 | David Lowery | $178,601,700 | 8 | $22,325,213 |
| 1,435 | Luojia Ying | $178,444,932 | 1 | $178,444,932 |
| 1,436 | Jay Longino | $177,796,798 | 3 | $59,265,599 |
| 1,437 | Nicholas Pileggi | $177,781,538 | 6 | $29,630,256 |
| 1,438 | David Aaron Cohen | $177,694,469 | 4 | $44,423,617 |
| 1,439 | Tom Pabst | $177,512,032 | 1 | $177,512,032 |
| 1,440 | Quan Yongxian | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 1,441 | Brian Bloom | $177,241,171 | 1 | $177,241,171 |
| 1,442 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | $177,238,130 | 2 | $88,619,065 |
| 1,443 | Murray Schisgal | $177,200,262 | 1 | $177,200,262 |
| 1,444 | Frank E Flowers | $176,869,626 | 3 | $58,956,542 |
| 1,445 | Steve Carell | $176,276,839 | 1 | $176,276,839 |
| 1,446 | Sarah Thorp | $175,928,685 | 3 | $58,642,895 |
| 1,447 | Xiaoxing Yi | $175,689,449 | 1 | $175,689,449 |
| 1,448 | Yunhai Zhou | $175,689,449 | 1 | $175,689,449 |
| 1,449 | Matthew Stone | $175,420,428 | 5 | $35,084,086 |
| 1,450 | Abi Morgan | $175,388,386 | 4 | $43,847,097 |
| 1,451 | John Orloff | $174,685,794 | 3 | $58,228,598 |
| 1,452 | Bruce Jay Friedman | $174,299,495 | 3 | $58,099,832 |
| 1,453 | Eric Lin Ming-Chie | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,454 | Tam Wai-Ching | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,455 | Lau Siu-Kwan | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,456 | Kang-Ki Chu | $174,279,252 | 1 | $174,279,252 |
| 1,457 | A Lai | $174,008,804 | 1 | $174,008,804 |
| 1,458 | Fred Dekker | $173,953,763 | 3 | $57,984,588 |
| 1,459 | John Kamps | $173,942,801 | 4 | $43,485,700 |
| 1,460 | Malcolm Marmorstein | $173,768,975 | 2 | $86,884,488 |
| 1,461 | Aaron Covington | $173,567,581 | 1 | $173,567,581 |
| 1,462 | Gerald DiPego | $173,437,703 | 3 | $57,812,568 |
| 1,463 | Jennifer Flackett | $173,381,949 | 3 | $57,793,983 |
| 1,464 | Andrew Birkin | $173,145,760 | 4 | $43,286,440 |
| 1,465 | Curtis Hanson | $173,035,955 | 4 | $43,258,989 |
| 1,466 | Colin Higgins | $173,002,296 | 2 | $86,501,148 |
| 1,467 | Mark Perez | $172,681,883 | 4 | $43,170,471 |
| 1,468 | Bill Holderman | $172,194,618 | 3 | $57,398,206 |
| 1,469 | Ted Sears | $171,700,000 | 3 | $57,233,333 |
| 1,470 | Harrison Stone | $171,685,793 | 1 | $171,685,793 |
| 1,471 | Preston Lacy | $171,685,793 | 2 | $85,842,897 |
| 1,472 | Lui Koon Nam | $171,548,853 | 4 | $42,887,213 |
| 1,473 | Mike Jones | $171,182,836 | 2 | $85,591,418 |
| 1,474 | Prashanth Neel | $170,893,642 | 2 | $85,446,821 |
| 1,475 | Rock Reuben | $170,805,525 | 1 | $170,805,525 |
| 1,476 | Matt Charman | $170,754,687 | 4 | $42,688,672 |
| 1,477 | Nathan Greno | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,478 | Aurian Redson | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,479 | John Bernstein | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,480 | Joe Mateo | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,481 | Michelle Spitz | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,482 | John Pogue | $170,449,799 | 4 | $42,612,450 |
| 1,483 | Masayuki Suo | $170,125,882 | 1 | $170,125,882 |
| 1,484 | Ice Cube | $170,069,073 | 7 | $24,295,582 |
| 1,485 | Ashleigh Powell | $170,024,300 | 2 | $85,012,150 |
| 1,486 | Frankie Chan Fan-Kei | $169,994,606 | 1 | $169,994,606 |
| 1,487 | Patrick Marber | $169,955,244 | 3 | $56,651,748 |
| 1,488 | Ash Brannon | $169,544,233 | 2 | $84,772,117 |
| 1,489 | John Fasano | $169,512,525 | 4 | $42,378,131 |
| 1,490 | Dan Berendsen | $169,173,206 | 1 | $169,173,206 |
| 1,491 | Janet Peoples | $168,841,459 | 1 | $168,841,459 |
| 1,492 | Josh Trank | $168,608,811 | 2 | $84,304,406 |
| 1,493 | Daniel Pipski | $168,576,981 | 1 | $168,576,981 |
| 1,494 | Pam Brady | $168,539,491 | 7 | $24,077,070 |
| 1,495 | Robert Schenkkan | $168,423,249 | 1 | $168,423,249 |
| 1,496 | John Romano | $168,387,920 | 3 | $56,129,307 |
| 1,497 | Kam-Yuen Szeto | $167,840,000 | 2 | $83,920,000 |
| 1,498 | Jim Cruickshank | $167,780,960 | 1 | $167,780,960 |
| 1,499 | Kevin Jarre | $167,728,365 | 2 | $83,864,183 |
| 1,500 | Lisa Addario | $167,724,030 | 4 | $41,931,008 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.