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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Joseph Walsh | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 5,002 | Abby Mann | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 5,003 | Joe Spinell | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 5,004 | Bernard Gordon | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 5,005 | Sy Bartlett | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 5,006 | Luther Davis | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 5,007 | Ronald Alexander | $9,996,178 | 1 | $9,996,178 |
| 5,008 | Eric Rochant | $9,966,193 | 1 | $9,966,193 |
| 5,009 | David Hines | $9,917,242 | 1 | $9,917,242 |
| 5,010 | Robert Lynn | $9,894,660 | 1 | $9,894,660 |
| 5,011 | Alice Birch | $9,892,400 | 5 | $1,978,480 |
| 5,012 | Jemima Khan | $9,882,291 | 1 | $9,882,291 |
| 5,013 | Silvia Ranfagni | $9,877,685 | 1 | $9,877,685 |
| 5,014 | Eric Luke | $9,873,000 | 1 | $9,873,000 |
| 5,015 | Sean Ellis | $9,853,095 | 2 | $4,926,548 |
| 5,016 | Michael Werwie | $9,852,577 | 2 | $4,926,289 |
| 5,017 | Jerome Kass | $9,851,679 | 1 | $9,851,679 |
| 5,018 | Roger Michell | $9,833,292 | 1 | $9,833,292 |
| 5,019 | Kit Hopkins | $9,784,744 | 1 | $9,784,744 |
| 5,020 | Thilo Roscheisen | $9,784,744 | 1 | $9,784,744 |
| 5,021 | Michael Bully Herbig | $9,784,744 | 1 | $9,784,744 |
| 5,022 | John Kare Raake | $9,776,962 | 3 | $3,258,987 |
| 5,023 | Ernest Thompson | $9,769,504 | 2 | $4,884,752 |
| 5,024 | Amy Jump | $9,765,663 | 4 | $2,441,416 |
| 5,025 | Joann Sfar | $9,765,361 | 1 | $9,765,361 |
| 5,026 | Charlotte Wells | $9,750,994 | 1 | $9,750,994 |
| 5,027 | Charles Robert Carner | $9,746,906 | 3 | $3,248,969 |
| 5,028 | Xan Cassavetes | $9,739,812 | 3 | $3,246,604 |
| 5,029 | Gus Van Sant | $9,738,148 | 3 | $3,246,049 |
| 5,030 | Kathleen Rowell | $9,733,563 | 2 | $4,866,782 |
| 5,031 | Suketu Mehta | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 5,032 | Olivier Lecot | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 5,033 | Hall Powell | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 5,034 | Hu Hong | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 5,035 | Stephen Winter | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 5,036 | Natalie Carter | $9,724,208 | 5 | $1,944,842 |
| 5,037 | Leslie Stevens | $9,719,499 | 2 | $4,859,750 |
| 5,038 | Alice Johnson Boher | $9,710,517 | 1 | $9,710,517 |
| 5,039 | Casey T. Mitchell | $9,697,739 | 1 | $9,697,739 |
| 5,040 | Zach Braff | $9,692,621 | 2 | $4,846,311 |
| 5,041 | Dmitry Pinchukov | $9,690,715 | 1 | $9,690,715 |
| 5,042 | Irina Pivovarova | $9,690,715 | 1 | $9,690,715 |
| 5,043 | Sergey Korotkov | $9,690,715 | 1 | $9,690,715 |
| 5,044 | Ezra Litwak | $9,689,816 | 1 | $9,689,816 |
| 5,045 | Marjorie Schwartz Nielsen | $9,689,816 | 1 | $9,689,816 |
| 5,046 | Zhao Shao | $9,683,567 | 1 | $9,683,567 |
| 5,047 | Daniel Ferguson | $9,681,975 | 1 | $9,681,975 |
| 5,048 | Els Vandevorst | $9,662,214 | 1 | $9,662,214 |
| 5,049 | Paul Jan Nelissen | $9,662,214 | 1 | $9,662,214 |
| 5,050 | Mieke De Jong | $9,662,214 | 1 | $9,662,214 |
| 5,051 | Ronnie Christensen | $9,656,109 | 2 | $4,828,055 |
| 5,052 | Vanessa Portal | $9,654,932 | 1 | $9,654,932 |
| 5,053 | Remi Bezancon | $9,654,932 | 1 | $9,654,932 |
| 5,054 | Hype Williams | $9,639,390 | 1 | $9,639,390 |
| 5,055 | John Duigan | $9,622,137 | 2 | $4,811,069 |
| 5,056 | Elise McCredie | $9,619,183 | 1 | $9,619,183 |
| 5,057 | Baya Kasmi | $9,610,921 | 2 | $4,805,461 |
| 5,058 | Budd Schulberg | $9,609,459 | 1 | $9,609,459 |
| 5,059 | Ming Ho Yip (叶铭浩) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,060 | Yiu Kwong But (毕耀光) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,061 | Guannan Lv (吕冠南) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,062 | Ja Poon | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,063 | Sajid Samji | $9,600,079 | 2 | $4,800,040 |
| 5,064 | Jamie Uys | $9,591,444 | 2 | $4,795,722 |
| 5,065 | Rachid Bouchareb | $9,588,163 | 4 | $2,397,041 |
| 5,066 | Ross Venokur | $9,583,681 | 2 | $4,791,841 |
| 5,067 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $9,583,618 | 3 | $3,194,539 |
| 5,068 | Oleg Negin | $9,583,618 | 3 | $3,194,539 |
| 5,069 | Dalene Young | $9,574,155 | 1 | $9,574,155 |
| 5,070 | Bhavani Iyer | $9,573,725 | 1 | $9,573,725 |
| 5,071 | François Dupeyron | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 5,072 | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 5,073 | Kristoffer Borgli | $9,561,232 | 3 | $3,187,077 |
| 5,074 | Wu Mengzhang | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 5,075 | Xiong Zhaozheng | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 5,076 | Maria Wong | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 5,077 | Akiva Schaffer | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 5,078 | Andy Samberg | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 5,079 | Catherine Hardwicke | $9,534,860 | 2 | $4,767,430 |
| 5,080 | Damian Nieman | $9,533,964 | 1 | $9,533,964 |
| 5,081 | Mallika Dutt Gharde | $9,517,002 | 1 | $9,517,002 |
| 5,082 | Nikki Reed | $9,505,996 | 1 | $9,505,996 |
| 5,083 | Jane Smiley | $9,497,079 | 1 | $9,497,079 |
| 5,084 | Thomas Szabo | $9,484,078 | 1 | $9,484,078 |
| 5,085 | Helene Girard | $9,484,078 | 1 | $9,484,078 |
| 5,086 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 1 | $9,466,655 |
| 5,087 | Joseph Tura | $9,459,740 | 1 | $9,459,740 |
| 5,088 | Vasiliy Rovenskiy | $9,450,598 | 3 | $3,150,199 |
| 5,089 | Irwin Winkler | $9,445,090 | 2 | $4,722,545 |
| 5,090 | Rohit Dhawan | $9,414,991 | 3 | $3,138,330 |
| 5,091 | Jette Rinck | $9,369,329 | 1 | $9,369,329 |
| 5,092 | Erica Beeney | $9,363,210 | 1 | $9,363,210 |
| 5,093 | Rupert Wyatt | $9,363,210 | 2 | $4,681,605 |
| 5,094 | Gregory Poppen | $9,355,369 | 1 | $9,355,369 |
| 5,095 | Seth E. Bass | $9,352,089 | 1 | $9,352,089 |
| 5,096 | Jonathan Tolins | $9,352,089 | 1 | $9,352,089 |
| 5,097 | B.W.L. Norton | $9,346,141 | 2 | $4,673,071 |
| 5,098 | Beto Gomez | $9,330,465 | 1 | $9,330,465 |
| 5,099 | Francisco Payo Gonzalez | $9,330,465 | 1 | $9,330,465 |
| 5,100 | Park In-je | $9,323,052 | 1 | $9,323,052 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.