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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international 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 | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | John Brownjohn | $39,740,562 | 1 | $39,740,562 |
| 2,002 | Riko Sakaguchi | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 2,003 | David Freedman | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 2,004 | Lynda Freedman | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 2,005 | Carroll Cartwright | $39,612,797 | 4 | $9,903,199 |
| 2,006 | James Ellroy | $39,610,245 | 2 | $19,805,123 |
| 2,007 | Saul Dibb | $39,567,481 | 2 | $19,783,741 |
| 2,008 | Shonda Rhimes | $39,564,000 | 1 | $39,564,000 |
| 2,009 | Edward Neumeier | $39,502,057 | 3 | $13,167,352 |
| 2,010 | Michael Miner | $39,500,491 | 2 | $19,750,246 |
| 2,011 | Michael Vogel | $39,409,537 | 1 | $39,409,537 |
| 2,012 | Joe Ballarini | $39,409,537 | 2 | $19,704,769 |
| 2,013 | Meghan McCarthy | $39,409,537 | 1 | $39,409,537 |
| 2,014 | Tom Lazarus | $39,400,000 | 1 | $39,400,000 |
| 2,015 | Rick Ramage | $39,400,000 | 1 | $39,400,000 |
| 2,016 | Park Hoon-jung | $39,338,919 | 2 | $19,669,460 |
| 2,017 | Rajan Agarwal | $39,332,537 | 3 | $13,110,846 |
| 2,018 | Max Adams | $39,320,328 | 4 | $9,830,082 |
| 2,019 | David Birke | $39,272,584 | 5 | $7,854,517 |
| 2,020 | Lee Han-eol | $39,232,855 | 1 | $39,232,855 |
| 2,021 | Seo Yoo-min | $39,232,855 | 1 | $39,232,855 |
| 2,022 | Hur Jin-ho | $39,232,855 | 1 | $39,232,855 |
| 2,023 | Nick Antosca | $39,215,701 | 3 | $13,071,900 |
| 2,024 | Michael Bortman | $39,071,303 | 3 | $13,023,768 |
| 2,025 | Don MacPherson | $39,013,864 | 2 | $19,506,932 |
| 2,026 | Bill Corbett | $38,845,552 | 1 | $38,845,552 |
| 2,027 | David Digilio | $38,843,429 | 1 | $38,843,429 |
| 2,028 | Stacey Menear | $38,758,186 | 2 | $19,379,093 |
| 2,029 | Keith Thompson | $38,748,745 | 2 | $19,374,373 |
| 2,030 | Richard Kelly | $38,739,786 | 3 | $12,913,262 |
| 2,031 | Nancy M. Pimental | $38,648,484 | 1 | $38,648,484 |
| 2,032 | Lee Hae-yeong | $38,647,461 | 1 | $38,647,461 |
| 2,033 | David Coggeshall | $38,465,288 | 4 | $9,616,322 |
| 2,034 | Rajiv Kaul | $38,421,788 | 2 | $19,210,894 |
| 2,035 | Howard Klausner | $38,420,000 | 5 | $7,684,000 |
| 2,036 | Eleonore Adlon | $38,414,607 | 1 | $38,414,607 |
| 2,037 | Percy Adlon | $38,414,607 | 1 | $38,414,607 |
| 2,038 | Adam Rifkin | $38,389,583 | 8 | $4,798,698 |
| 2,039 | Jacques Perrin | $38,349,493 | 2 | $19,174,747 |
| 2,040 | Stéphane Durand | $38,349,493 | 2 | $19,174,747 |
| 2,041 | Yau Nai Hoi | $38,292,208 | 2 | $19,146,104 |
| 2,042 | Mark D. Hanlon | $38,236,393 | 1 | $38,236,393 |
| 2,043 | Gwyn Lurie | $38,157,278 | 2 | $19,078,639 |
| 2,044 | Ruben Ostlund | $38,121,316 | 3 | $12,707,105 |
| 2,045 | Dan Antoniazzi | $38,114,413 | 1 | $38,114,413 |
| 2,046 | Ben Shiffrin | $38,114,413 | 1 | $38,114,413 |
| 2,047 | Shawn Slovo | $38,051,425 | 2 | $19,025,713 |
| 2,048 | Nisar Akhtar | $37,799,675 | 1 | $37,799,675 |
| 2,049 | Scott Stewart | $37,764,938 | 2 | $18,882,469 |
| 2,050 | Dennis Kelly | $37,756,496 | 3 | $12,585,499 |
| 2,051 | Hugh Welchman | $37,631,495 | 2 | $18,815,748 |
| 2,052 | Adi Hasak | $37,323,642 | 2 | $18,661,821 |
| 2,053 | Dorota Kobiela | $37,323,432 | 1 | $37,323,432 |
| 2,054 | Tony Gayton | $37,321,323 | 3 | $12,440,441 |
| 2,055 | Terry Hayes | $37,114,557 | 4 | $9,278,639 |
| 2,056 | Juan Jose Campanella | $37,093,554 | 2 | $18,546,777 |
| 2,057 | James Higginson | $37,018,346 | 1 | $37,018,346 |
| 2,058 | John Singleton | $36,887,241 | 4 | $9,221,810 |
| 2,059 | Alex Convery | $36,737,977 | 1 | $36,737,977 |
| 2,060 | Zhang You You | $36,720,000 | 1 | $36,720,000 |
| 2,061 | Luk Yee Sum | $36,720,000 | 2 | $18,360,000 |
| 2,062 | Pang Ho-cheung | $36,720,000 | 4 | $9,180,000 |
| 2,063 | Michel Gondry | $36,715,803 | 6 | $6,119,301 |
| 2,064 | John Rice | $36,714,197 | 1 | $36,714,197 |
| 2,065 | Joe Batteer | $36,714,197 | 1 | $36,714,197 |
| 2,066 | Anne Spielberg | $36,696,573 | 1 | $36,696,573 |
| 2,067 | Samuel D. Hunter | $36,591,041 | 1 | $36,591,041 |
| 2,068 | John Michael McDonagh | $36,440,603 | 4 | $9,110,151 |
| 2,069 | Yoann Gromb | $36,426,170 | 2 | $18,213,085 |
| 2,070 | Sujoy Ghosh | $36,418,631 | 4 | $9,104,658 |
| 2,071 | Jesus Olmo | $36,346,350 | 2 | $18,173,175 |
| 2,072 | Andrew Knauer | $36,283,101 | 3 | $12,094,367 |
| 2,073 | Frankie Tam | $36,278,532 | 2 | $18,139,266 |
| 2,074 | Mark Mallouk | $36,262,194 | 1 | $36,262,194 |
| 2,075 | Anthony Tambakis | $36,204,309 | 6 | $6,034,052 |
| 2,076 | Tracy Oliver | $36,086,866 | 5 | $7,217,373 |
| 2,077 | Robert Bolt | $36,078,096 | 5 | $7,215,619 |
| 2,078 | Matt Greenhalgh | $35,934,779 | 4 | $8,983,695 |
| 2,079 | Tom Gormican | $35,816,163 | 2 | $17,908,082 |
| 2,080 | Anna Hamilton Phelan | $35,805,124 | 5 | $7,161,025 |
| 2,081 | Subash Nair | $35,800,000 | 1 | $35,800,000 |
| 2,082 | Stieg Larsson | $35,751,976 | 1 | $35,751,976 |
| 2,083 | Andrew Dominik | $35,697,384 | 3 | $11,899,128 |
| 2,084 | Steven Zallian | $35,695,343 | 1 | $35,695,343 |
| 2,085 | Scott Silvery | $35,645,379 | 1 | $35,645,379 |
| 2,086 | Timothy J. Sexton | $35,615,267 | 4 | $8,903,817 |
| 2,087 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | $35,593,798 | 1 | $35,593,798 |
| 2,088 | Enrique Lopez Lavigne | $35,593,798 | 1 | $35,593,798 |
| 2,089 | Larry Doyle | $35,590,306 | 3 | $11,863,435 |
| 2,090 | Yasmina Reza | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 2,091 | Florian Zeller | $35,410,283 | 2 | $17,705,142 |
| 2,092 | Don Winslow | $35,190,390 | 1 | $35,190,390 |
| 2,093 | Tad Daggerhart | $35,156,571 | 2 | $17,578,286 |
| 2,094 | Peter Thorwarth | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 2,095 | Dennis Gansel | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 2,096 | Justin Kuritzkes | $35,100,000 | 1 | $35,100,000 |
| 2,097 | Mayur Puri | $35,077,511 | 3 | $11,692,504 |
| 2,098 | Nick Moorcroft | $35,060,211 | 7 | $5,008,602 |
| 2,099 | Tom Shadyac | $35,000,000 | 1 | $35,000,000 |
| 2,100 | Jim Carrey | $35,000,000 | 1 | $35,000,000 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.