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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | David Rayfiel | $379,598,169 | 3 | $126,532,723 |
| 802 | Peter Goldfinger | $379,458,574 | 5 | $75,891,715 |
| 803 | Qin Haiyan | $379,094,656 | 2 | $189,547,328 |
| 804 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $378,034,953 | 3 | $126,011,651 |
| 805 | Steven Moffat | $373,993,951 | 1 | $373,993,951 |
| 806 | John Milius | $372,979,346 | 5 | $74,595,869 |
| 807 | Juliet Snowden | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 808 | Stiles White | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 809 | Steven Knight | $371,586,354 | 18 | $20,643,686 |
| 810 | Chan Tai-lee | $369,700,792 | 3 | $123,233,597 |
| 811 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $368,977,367 | 3 | $122,992,456 |
| 812 | Brendan McCarthy | $368,297,521 | 1 | $368,297,521 |
| 813 | Bingbao Lin | $366,961,920 | 1 | $366,961,920 |
| 814 | John Aboud | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 815 | Brandon Sawyer | $366,942,531 | 1 | $366,942,531 |
| 816 | Michael Colton | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 817 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 818 | Christopher Roach | $366,194,756 | 5 | $73,238,951 |
| 819 | Takeshi Shudo | $366,043,713 | 3 | $122,014,571 |
| 820 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 821 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 822 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 823 | Theodore Melfi | $365,127,346 | 5 | $73,025,469 |
| 824 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 3 | $121,473,200 |
| 825 | Becky Johnston | $364,005,903 | 5 | $72,801,181 |
| 826 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 827 | Cathryn Michon | $363,075,137 | 4 | $90,768,784 |
| 828 | Tom McCarthy | $363,063,974 | 9 | $40,340,442 |
| 829 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 830 | Rob Edwards | $362,797,378 | 3 | $120,932,459 |
| 831 | Donna Powers | $361,695,203 | 3 | $120,565,068 |
| 832 | Wayne Powers | $361,695,203 | 4 | $90,423,801 |
| 833 | Sunny Chan | $361,683,815 | 1 | $361,683,815 |
| 834 | Liang Su | $361,683,815 | 1 | $361,683,815 |
| 835 | Chris Henchy | $360,690,175 | 4 | $90,172,544 |
| 836 | Paul Guay | $360,464,440 | 2 | $180,232,220 |
| 837 | Stephen Mazur | $360,464,440 | 3 | $120,154,813 |
| 838 | Phil Beauman | $359,276,156 | 3 | $119,758,719 |
| 839 | Robert D. Siegel | $357,766,627 | 4 | $89,441,657 |
| 840 | Juel Taylor | $356,907,371 | 4 | $89,226,843 |
| 841 | Alan Ball | $356,258,047 | 2 | $178,129,024 |
| 842 | Lin Jiang | $356,176,302 | 3 | $118,725,434 |
| 843 | Qin Wan | $356,176,302 | 3 | $118,725,434 |
| 844 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 845 | John Harrison | $356,148,063 | 1 | $356,148,063 |
| 846 | Yuan Yuan | $355,707,967 | 2 | $177,853,984 |
| 847 | Bill Walsh | $355,341,886 | 6 | $59,223,648 |
| 848 | Amy Heckerling | $355,151,601 | 3 | $118,383,867 |
| 849 | Adele Lim | $354,018,077 | 2 | $177,009,039 |
| 850 | Michael Moore | $353,160,674 | 9 | $39,240,075 |
| 851 | Diablo Cody | $353,159,264 | 8 | $44,144,908 |
| 852 | Ari Handel | $352,831,065 | 1 | $352,831,065 |
| 853 | Jason Headley | $352,235,625 | 3 | $117,411,875 |
| 854 | Edward Tang | $351,949,263 | 5 | $70,389,853 |
| 855 | Christopher Murphey | $351,774,938 | 1 | $351,774,938 |
| 856 | Mike Webb | $351,620,129 | 1 | $351,620,129 |
| 857 | Ian La Frenais | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 858 | Dick Clement | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 859 | Brian Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 860 | Mark Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 861 | F. Scott Frazier | $350,536,268 | 5 | $70,107,254 |
| 862 | Toni Myers | $350,186,676 | 4 | $87,546,669 |
| 863 | Christy Hall | $350,119,427 | 5 | $70,023,885 |
| 864 | Doug Jung | $348,644,109 | 2 | $174,322,055 |
| 865 | Bill Wittiff | $348,442,939 | 2 | $174,221,470 |
| 866 | Grant Myers | $348,319,861 | 1 | $348,319,861 |
| 867 | Amy Holden Jones | $347,255,888 | 5 | $69,451,178 |
| 868 | Carl Binder | $347,100,000 | 1 | $347,100,000 |
| 869 | Philip Lazebnik | $347,100,000 | 2 | $173,550,000 |
| 870 | Malia Scotch Marmo | $345,563,871 | 3 | $115,187,957 |
| 871 | Ted Tally | $344,554,638 | 6 | $57,425,773 |
| 872 | Kevin Williamson | $343,394,335 | 5 | $68,678,867 |
| 873 | David Peoples | $343,362,466 | 3 | $114,454,155 |
| 874 | Edward Ricourt | $342,769,200 | 2 | $171,384,600 |
| 875 | Alan Yuen | $340,969,819 | 1 | $340,969,819 |
| 876 | Raman Hui | $340,969,819 | 1 | $340,969,819 |
| 877 | Buddy Johnson | $339,601,343 | 2 | $169,800,672 |
| 878 | Brian Duffield | $339,156,405 | 7 | $48,450,915 |
| 879 | Geoff Rodkey | $338,882,180 | 4 | $84,720,545 |
| 880 | Wang Tianyi | $337,554,287 | 1 | $337,554,287 |
| 881 | Li Meng | $337,554,287 | 1 | $337,554,287 |
| 882 | Lei Zhilong | $337,278,900 | 2 | $168,639,450 |
| 883 | Marc Klein | $336,801,860 | 6 | $56,133,643 |
| 884 | John O'Brien | $336,483,628 | 3 | $112,161,209 |
| 885 | J. Michael Straczynski | $336,395,402 | 4 | $84,098,851 |
| 886 | Mark Rosner | $336,069,511 | 1 | $336,069,511 |
| 887 | James Dearden | $334,869,752 | 2 | $167,434,876 |
| 888 | Marcus Dunstan | $334,866,992 | 8 | $41,858,374 |
| 889 | Patrick Melton | $334,866,992 | 8 | $41,858,374 |
| 890 | Alec Berg | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 891 | David Mandel | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 892 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $334,536,622 | 1 | $334,536,622 |
| 893 | Jim Abrahams | $333,408,722 | 5 | $66,681,744 |
| 894 | Wally Wolodarsky | $333,033,427 | 5 | $66,606,685 |
| 895 | Takeharu Sakurai | $332,338,693 | 3 | $110,779,564 |
| 896 | Jim Thomas | $332,202,142 | 4 | $83,050,536 |
| 897 | Scott Teems | $332,144,005 | 4 | $83,036,001 |
| 898 | Andrew Heinz | $331,266,710 | 1 | $331,266,710 |
| 899 | S.S. Wilson | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 900 | Brent Maddock | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.