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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Parker Finn | $331,080,190 | 2 | $165,540,095 |
| 902 | John Ridley | $330,417,355 | 7 | $47,202,479 |
| 903 | David A. Newman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 904 | Keith Merryman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 905 | Jack Thorne | $329,304,965 | 12 | $27,442,080 |
| 906 | Shawn Wayans | $329,099,437 | 3 | $109,699,812 |
| 907 | Nick Cassavetes | $328,233,127 | 6 | $54,705,521 |
| 908 | Ken Shadie | $328,203,506 | 1 | $328,203,506 |
| 909 | Chris Williams | $328,015,029 | 2 | $164,007,515 |
| 910 | Bill Peet | $327,884,918 | 4 | $81,971,230 |
| 911 | George A. Romero | $327,154,909 | 20 | $16,357,745 |
| 912 | Marc Abrams | $326,685,379 | 1 | $326,685,379 |
| 913 | Chris Collins | $326,685,379 | 2 | $163,342,690 |
| 914 | Barry Levinson | $326,175,911 | 10 | $32,617,591 |
| 915 | Robert Harling | $325,898,844 | 4 | $81,474,711 |
| 916 | Frank Pierson | $324,847,188 | 5 | $64,969,438 |
| 917 | Robin Swicord | $324,374,979 | 6 | $54,062,497 |
| 918 | Jim Uhls | $323,461,759 | 2 | $161,730,880 |
| 919 | Brent Simons | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 920 | Alan Schoolcraft | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 921 | Nick Vallelonga | $319,995,019 | 2 | $159,997,510 |
| 922 | Brian Currie | $319,995,019 | 3 | $106,665,006 |
| 923 | Dan Hageman | $319,559,946 | 2 | $159,779,973 |
| 924 | Kevin Hageman | $319,559,946 | 2 | $159,779,973 |
| 925 | Sherri Stoner | $319,554,124 | 2 | $159,777,062 |
| 926 | Deanna Oliver | $319,554,124 | 2 | $159,777,062 |
| 927 | Shane Salerno | $319,171,725 | 5 | $63,834,345 |
| 928 | Christian Gudegast | $319,138,982 | 4 | $79,784,746 |
| 929 | Robert Benton | $318,273,056 | 3 | $106,091,019 |
| 930 | Dong Runnian | $317,649,544 | 2 | $158,824,772 |
| 931 | Terri Tatchell | $317,455,487 | 2 | $158,727,744 |
| 932 | Ann Biderman | $317,078,336 | 3 | $105,692,779 |
| 933 | Josann McGibbon | $316,927,096 | 4 | $79,231,774 |
| 934 | Sara Parriott | $316,927,096 | 3 | $105,642,365 |
| 935 | Andrew W. Marlowe | $315,268,353 | 1 | $315,268,353 |
| 936 | Cui Tiezhi | $315,155,178 | 2 | $157,577,589 |
| 937 | Jeremy Doner | $314,875,405 | 2 | $157,437,703 |
| 938 | Pedro Almodovar | $314,752,294 | 15 | $20,983,486 |
| 939 | Li Han | $314,526,853 | 2 | $157,263,427 |
| 940 | Ran Ping | $312,587,345 | 2 | $156,293,673 |
| 941 | Alain Godard | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 942 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 943 | Larry Stuckey | $310,650,574 | 1 | $310,650,574 |
| 944 | Piyush Gupta | $310,534,113 | 3 | $103,511,371 |
| 945 | Nitesh Tiwari | $310,534,113 | 5 | $62,106,823 |
| 946 | James Wan | $310,196,332 | 1 | $310,196,332 |
| 947 | Ron Anderson | $310,043,823 | 1 | $310,043,823 |
| 948 | Paul Attanasio | $308,971,346 | 3 | $102,990,449 |
| 949 | Jackie Chan | $308,685,767 | 3 | $102,895,256 |
| 950 | George Clooney | $308,547,193 | 4 | $77,136,798 |
| 951 | Grant Heslov | $308,547,193 | 5 | $61,709,439 |
| 952 | Mario Puzo | $308,451,071 | 2 | $154,225,536 |
| 953 | Spike Jonze | $308,065,484 | 5 | $61,613,097 |
| 954 | Justin Theroux | $307,525,881 | 3 | $102,508,627 |
| 955 | Tim Federle | $307,491,645 | 3 | $102,497,215 |
| 956 | Todd Komarnicki | $307,404,791 | 6 | $51,234,132 |
| 957 | Ben Stiller | $307,274,930 | 4 | $76,818,733 |
| 958 | David Newman | $305,978,353 | 2 | $152,989,177 |
| 959 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $305,875,471 | 3 | $101,958,490 |
| 960 | Greg Taylor | $305,443,756 | 4 | $76,360,939 |
| 961 | Shreyas Jain | $305,149,461 | 2 | $152,574,731 |
| 962 | Pamela Pettler | $304,513,845 | 3 | $101,504,615 |
| 963 | Qi Qi | $304,280,699 | 1 | $304,280,699 |
| 964 | David Zucker | $304,163,423 | 7 | $43,451,918 |
| 965 | Annie Mumolo | $304,105,250 | 3 | $101,368,417 |
| 966 | Wellesley Wild | $303,992,700 | 2 | $151,996,350 |
| 967 | Jeff Wadlow | $303,721,361 | 9 | $33,746,818 |
| 968 | XiaoPeng Tian | $303,058,128 | 2 | $151,529,064 |
| 969 | Ronald Shusett | $302,013,677 | 4 | $75,503,419 |
| 970 | Hampton Fancher | $301,731,643 | 3 | $100,577,214 |
| 971 | Marc Norman | $301,552,174 | 3 | $100,517,391 |
| 972 | Jim V. Hart | $300,854,823 | 1 | $300,854,823 |
| 973 | Leslie Newman | $300,200,000 | 1 | $300,200,000 |
| 974 | Tom Tykwer | $300,107,528 | 5 | $60,021,506 |
| 975 | Greg Brooker | $298,815,224 | 1 | $298,815,224 |
| 976 | Olivia Milch | $297,718,711 | 1 | $297,718,711 |
| 977 | David McKenna | $297,189,167 | 4 | $74,297,292 |
| 978 | Scott Cawthon | $297,144,130 | 1 | $297,144,130 |
| 979 | Emma Tammi | $297,144,130 | 1 | $297,144,130 |
| 980 | Seth Cuddeback | $297,144,130 | 1 | $297,144,130 |
| 981 | Daniel Lee | $296,528,678 | 2 | $148,264,339 |
| 982 | Cory Goodman | $296,182,160 | 4 | $74,045,540 |
| 983 | Joshua Zetumer | $295,819,788 | 2 | $147,909,894 |
| 984 | Josh Stolberg | $295,798,414 | 4 | $73,949,604 |
| 985 | Joe Eszterhas | $295,020,049 | 8 | $36,877,506 |
| 986 | Elaine May | $294,935,734 | 4 | $73,733,934 |
| 987 | Hillary Seitz | $294,220,781 | 5 | $58,844,156 |
| 988 | Larry Levin | $294,156,605 | 1 | $294,156,605 |
| 989 | Ran Jianan | $293,609,203 | 2 | $146,804,602 |
| 990 | Justin Zackham | $293,440,284 | 4 | $73,360,071 |
| 991 | Scott Alexander | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
| 992 | Larry Karaszewski | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
| 993 | Mel Brooks | $291,394,572 | 6 | $48,565,762 |
| 994 | Kira Snyder | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 995 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
| 996 | Damian Shannon | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
| 997 | Mark Swift | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
| 998 | Jessie Nelson | $290,300,984 | 6 | $48,383,497 |
| 999 | Peter Straughan | $290,224,788 | 10 | $29,022,479 |
| 1,000 | Kristen Wiig | $289,640,412 | 2 | $144,820,206 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.