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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,901 | Tegan West | $45,931,521 | 2 | $22,965,761 |
| 2,902 | Troy Kennedy Martin | $45,912,490 | 2 | $22,956,245 |
| 2,903 | Michael Austin | $45,900,000 | 1 | $45,900,000 |
| 2,904 | Pamela Gray | $45,883,388 | 4 | $11,470,847 |
| 2,905 | Wang Yu | $45,881,996 | 1 | $45,881,996 |
| 2,906 | Xu Nan | $45,881,996 | 1 | $45,881,996 |
| 2,907 | Liu Jiang | $45,881,996 | 1 | $45,881,996 |
| 2,908 | Hong Wei Wang | $45,881,996 | 1 | $45,881,996 |
| 2,909 | John Michael McDonagh | $45,827,564 | 4 | $11,456,891 |
| 2,910 | Yuichi Fukuda | $45,776,563 | 1 | $45,776,563 |
| 2,911 | Bettina Gilois | $45,707,924 | 3 | $15,235,975 |
| 2,912 | Grant Thompson | $45,707,924 | 1 | $45,707,924 |
| 2,913 | Christopher Cleveland | $45,707,924 | 1 | $45,707,924 |
| 2,914 | David Coggeshall | $45,657,263 | 6 | $7,609,544 |
| 2,915 | Situ Pengli | $45,642,013 | 1 | $45,642,013 |
| 2,916 | Wang Yun | $45,642,013 | 1 | $45,642,013 |
| 2,917 | Zhao Meng | $45,642,013 | 1 | $45,642,013 |
| 2,918 | Liang Qinger | $45,642,013 | 1 | $45,642,013 |
| 2,919 | Shi Qing | $45,642,013 | 1 | $45,642,013 |
| 2,920 | Jon Croker | $45,603,027 | 6 | $7,600,505 |
| 2,921 | Ruben Ostlund | $45,591,256 | 3 | $15,197,085 |
| 2,922 | Graham Chapman | $45,541,845 | 4 | $11,385,461 |
| 2,923 | Tom Edge | $45,495,000 | 1 | $45,495,000 |
| 2,924 | Karen Croner | $45,453,465 | 3 | $15,151,155 |
| 2,925 | Umesh Bist | $45,422,548 | 1 | $45,422,548 |
| 2,926 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $45,413,438 | 5 | $9,082,688 |
| 2,927 | Lawrence Dobkin | $45,411,063 | 1 | $45,411,063 |
| 2,928 | Zach Cregger | $45,352,337 | 1 | $45,352,337 |
| 2,929 | Amber King | $45,331,734 | 1 | $45,331,734 |
| 2,930 | Gu Wei | $45,331,734 | 1 | $45,331,734 |
| 2,931 | Guo Fangfang | $45,331,734 | 1 | $45,331,734 |
| 2,932 | Zeke Richardson | $45,312,217 | 1 | $45,312,217 |
| 2,933 | John Hoffman | $45,312,217 | 1 | $45,312,217 |
| 2,934 | James Higginson | $45,285,890 | 1 | $45,285,890 |
| 2,935 | Michael Butler | $45,265,401 | 2 | $22,632,701 |
| 2,936 | David Hemingson | $45,186,870 | 1 | $45,186,870 |
| 2,937 | Sean Macaulay | $45,032,437 | 1 | $45,032,437 |
| 2,938 | Simon Kelton | $45,032,437 | 1 | $45,032,437 |
| 2,939 | Quiara Alegria Hudes | $44,973,347 | 2 | $22,486,674 |
| 2,940 | Ken Shapiro | $44,921,312 | 2 | $22,460,656 |
| 2,941 | Howard Korder | $44,821,299 | 1 | $44,821,299 |
| 2,942 | Cheng Hsiao Tse | $44,806,595 | 2 | $22,403,298 |
| 2,943 | Stanley Shapiro | $44,798,927 | 3 | $14,932,976 |
| 2,944 | Mary Haverstick | $44,793,168 | 1 | $44,793,168 |
| 2,945 | Greg McLean | $44,748,265 | 5 | $8,949,653 |
| 2,946 | Bart Gavigan | $44,641,104 | 3 | $14,880,368 |
| 2,947 | Kanika Dhillon | $44,582,286 | 2 | $22,291,143 |
| 2,948 | Donald E. Westlake | $44,566,301 | 3 | $14,855,434 |
| 2,949 | Hugh Welchman | $44,564,925 | 2 | $22,282,463 |
| 2,950 | Anubhav Sinha | $44,549,121 | 1 | $44,549,121 |
| 2,951 | Minako Daira | $44,513,466 | 1 | $44,513,466 |
| 2,952 | Edward Burns | $44,490,562 | 7 | $6,355,795 |
| 2,953 | Eric Idle | $44,487,908 | 5 | $8,897,582 |
| 2,954 | Jonathan Greenberg | $44,451,470 | 1 | $44,451,470 |
| 2,955 | Henry Bean | $44,446,216 | 3 | $14,815,405 |
| 2,956 | Beyoncé Knowles | $44,372,181 | 2 | $22,186,091 |
| 2,957 | Alan Shapiro | $44,202,709 | 2 | $22,101,355 |
| 2,958 | Shane Van Dyke | $44,118,575 | 2 | $22,059,288 |
| 2,959 | Carey Van Dyke | $44,118,575 | 2 | $22,059,288 |
| 2,960 | Dorota Kobiela | $44,058,550 | 1 | $44,058,550 |
| 2,961 | Brian De Palma | $43,990,578 | 5 | $8,798,116 |
| 2,962 | Alexi Hawley | $43,957,541 | 1 | $43,957,541 |
| 2,963 | Earl Kress | $43,899,231 | 1 | $43,899,231 |
| 2,964 | Steve Hulett | $43,899,231 | 1 | $43,899,231 |
| 2,965 | Stephen Merchant | $43,860,635 | 2 | $21,930,318 |
| 2,966 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | $43,854,093 | 2 | $21,927,047 |
| 2,967 | Michael De Luca | $43,798,106 | 2 | $21,899,053 |
| 2,968 | Paul Scheuring | $43,797,731 | 1 | $43,797,731 |
| 2,969 | Daniel Barnz | $43,773,733 | 2 | $21,886,867 |
| 2,970 | Nick Swardson | $43,618,771 | 3 | $14,539,590 |
| 2,971 | Geoff LuTulippe | $43,603,990 | 1 | $43,603,990 |
| 2,972 | Kieran Fitzgerald | $43,598,489 | 2 | $21,799,245 |
| 2,973 | Juan Jose Campanella | $43,484,990 | 2 | $21,742,495 |
| 2,974 | David Fallon | $43,481,490 | 2 | $21,740,745 |
| 2,975 | Matthew Whitely | $43,402,515 | 1 | $43,402,515 |
| 2,976 | Thomas Bidegain | $43,370,253 | 9 | $4,818,917 |
| 2,977 | Armando Iannucci | $43,315,644 | 3 | $14,438,548 |
| 2,978 | Mario Celaya | $43,306,392 | 1 | $43,306,392 |
| 2,979 | Anna Todd | $43,306,392 | 1 | $43,306,392 |
| 2,980 | Todd Field | $43,266,068 | 2 | $21,633,034 |
| 2,981 | Israel Horovitz | $43,152,450 | 4 | $10,788,113 |
| 2,982 | Adam Mervis | $43,133,119 | 3 | $14,377,706 |
| 2,983 | Gan Bi | $43,104,559 | 2 | $21,552,280 |
| 2,984 | Joe Wannapin | $43,044,087 | 1 | $43,044,087 |
| 2,985 | Napalee | $43,044,087 | 1 | $43,044,087 |
| 2,986 | Piyaros Thongdee | $43,044,087 | 1 | $43,044,087 |
| 2,987 | Jeffrey Abrams | $43,001,500 | 1 | $43,001,500 |
| 2,988 | Rajan Agarwal | $42,982,852 | 3 | $14,327,617 |
| 2,989 | Celine Song | $42,913,181 | 2 | $21,456,591 |
| 2,990 | Marina de Van | $42,881,839 | 2 | $21,440,920 |
| 2,991 | Brian Sieve | $42,873,730 | 1 | $42,873,730 |
| 2,992 | Oliver Parker | $42,852,771 | 3 | $14,284,257 |
| 2,993 | Mark Medoff | $42,828,556 | 5 | $8,565,711 |
| 2,994 | Eric Red | $42,801,261 | 5 | $8,560,252 |
| 2,995 | Adam 'Tex' Davis | $42,797,679 | 2 | $21,398,840 |
| 2,996 | Bernard Rose | $42,704,714 | 5 | $8,540,943 |
| 2,997 | Ken Finkleman | $42,700,384 | 3 | $14,233,461 |
| 2,998 | Michael Elias | $42,688,860 | 2 | $21,344,430 |
| 2,999 | Stephen Sheilds | $42,645,515 | 1 | $42,645,515 |
| 3,000 | Mark Kasdan | $42,643,550 | 2 | $21,321,775 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.