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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Aaron Stockard | $186,925,911 | 2 | $93,462,956 |
| 1,302 | Qui Nguyen | $186,903,656 | 2 | $93,451,828 |
| 1,303 | Marti Noxon | $186,715,808 | 3 | $62,238,603 |
| 1,304 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | $186,450,317 | 1 | $186,450,317 |
| 1,305 | Eric Lee | $185,427,900 | 1 | $185,427,900 |
| 1,306 | Erica Lee | $185,427,900 | 1 | $185,427,900 |
| 1,307 | David Robert Mitchell | $185,279,238 | 5 | $37,055,848 |
| 1,308 | Luke Davies | $184,809,831 | 6 | $30,801,639 |
| 1,309 | Matthew Sand | $184,569,201 | 2 | $92,284,601 |
| 1,310 | Choi Dong-hoon | $183,894,831 | 2 | $91,947,416 |
| 1,311 | Jessica Sharzer | $183,212,662 | 3 | $61,070,887 |
| 1,312 | Elizabeth Hannah | $182,936,715 | 3 | $60,978,905 |
| 1,313 | Fredric Lebow | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,314 | Daniel G. Sullivan | $182,057,016 | 1 | $182,057,016 |
| 1,315 | Anders Thomas Jensen | $181,939,812 | 8 | $22,742,477 |
| 1,316 | Steve Knight | $181,891,275 | 3 | $60,630,425 |
| 1,317 | Nicholas Kazan | $181,521,857 | 5 | $36,304,371 |
| 1,318 | Gregory Widen | $181,360,245 | 3 | $60,453,415 |
| 1,319 | Jon Hartmere | $181,298,262 | 3 | $60,432,754 |
| 1,320 | Martin Scorsese | $181,230,109 | 3 | $60,410,036 |
| 1,321 | Marc Silverman | $181,053,657 | 1 | $181,053,657 |
| 1,322 | Bill Marsilii | $181,038,616 | 1 | $181,038,616 |
| 1,323 | Gregory Allen Howard | $180,807,270 | 3 | $60,269,090 |
| 1,324 | Dan McDermott | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,325 | John Glenn | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,326 | Travis Adam Wright | $180,585,259 | 1 | $180,585,259 |
| 1,327 | Charlie Kaufman | $180,568,401 | 8 | $22,571,050 |
| 1,328 | Michael R. Perry | $179,755,704 | 2 | $89,877,852 |
| 1,329 | John Claflin | $179,693,474 | 3 | $59,897,825 |
| 1,330 | Daniel Zelman | $179,689,359 | 2 | $89,844,680 |
| 1,331 | Ben Stassen | $179,599,685 | 5 | $35,919,937 |
| 1,332 | Chris Lloyd | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,333 | Sam Fell | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,334 | Joe Keenan | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,335 | Simon Nye | $179,357,126 | 1 | $179,357,126 |
| 1,336 | Robert Reneau | $179,330,486 | 2 | $89,665,243 |
| 1,337 | James Dale Robinson | $179,265,204 | 1 | $179,265,204 |
| 1,338 | Pat Proft | $179,181,999 | 6 | $29,863,667 |
| 1,339 | Diana Ossana | $178,718,269 | 3 | $59,572,756 |
| 1,340 | Charles Murphy | $178,610,754 | 2 | $89,305,377 |
| 1,341 | David Lowery | $178,601,700 | 8 | $22,325,213 |
| 1,342 | Jay Longino | $177,796,798 | 3 | $59,265,599 |
| 1,343 | Nicholas Pileggi | $177,781,538 | 6 | $29,630,256 |
| 1,344 | David Aaron Cohen | $177,694,469 | 4 | $44,423,617 |
| 1,345 | Tom Pabst | $177,512,032 | 1 | $177,512,032 |
| 1,346 | Brian Bloom | $177,241,171 | 1 | $177,241,171 |
| 1,347 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | $177,238,520 | 2 | $88,619,260 |
| 1,348 | Frank E Flowers | $176,870,016 | 3 | $58,956,672 |
| 1,349 | Steve Carell | $176,276,839 | 1 | $176,276,839 |
| 1,350 | Sarah Thorp | $175,928,685 | 3 | $58,642,895 |
| 1,351 | Matthew Stone | $175,420,428 | 5 | $35,084,086 |
| 1,352 | Abi Morgan | $175,388,386 | 4 | $43,847,097 |
| 1,353 | John Orloff | $174,685,794 | 3 | $58,228,598 |
| 1,354 | Geoff Rodkey | $174,596,593 | 3 | $58,198,864 |
| 1,355 | A Lai | $174,008,804 | 1 | $174,008,804 |
| 1,356 | Fred Dekker | $173,953,763 | 3 | $57,984,588 |
| 1,357 | John Kamps | $173,942,801 | 4 | $43,485,700 |
| 1,358 | Malcolm Marmorstein | $173,768,975 | 2 | $86,884,488 |
| 1,359 | Aaron Covington | $173,567,581 | 1 | $173,567,581 |
| 1,360 | Gerald DiPego | $173,437,703 | 3 | $57,812,568 |
| 1,361 | Jennifer Flackett | $173,381,949 | 3 | $57,793,983 |
| 1,362 | Curtis Hanson | $173,035,955 | 4 | $43,258,989 |
| 1,363 | Colin Higgins | $173,002,296 | 2 | $86,501,148 |
| 1,364 | Mark Perez | $172,681,883 | 4 | $43,170,471 |
| 1,365 | Bill Holderman | $172,194,618 | 3 | $57,398,206 |
| 1,366 | Ted Sears | $171,700,000 | 3 | $57,233,333 |
| 1,367 | Preston Lacy | $171,685,793 | 2 | $85,842,897 |
| 1,368 | Harrison Stone | $171,685,793 | 1 | $171,685,793 |
| 1,369 | Mike Jones | $171,182,836 | 2 | $85,591,418 |
| 1,370 | Prashanth Neel | $170,893,642 | 2 | $85,446,821 |
| 1,371 | Rock Reuben | $170,805,525 | 1 | $170,805,525 |
| 1,372 | Matt Charman | $170,754,687 | 4 | $42,688,672 |
| 1,373 | Aurian Redson | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,374 | John Bernstein | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,375 | Joe Mateo | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,376 | Michelle Spitz | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,377 | Nathan Greno | $170,552,719 | 1 | $170,552,719 |
| 1,378 | John Pogue | $170,449,799 | 4 | $42,612,450 |
| 1,379 | Masayuki Suo | $170,125,882 | 1 | $170,125,882 |
| 1,380 | Ice Cube | $170,069,073 | 7 | $24,295,582 |
| 1,381 | Ashleigh Powell | $170,024,300 | 2 | $85,012,150 |
| 1,382 | Ash Brannon | $169,544,233 | 2 | $84,772,117 |
| 1,383 | John Fasano | $169,512,525 | 4 | $42,378,131 |
| 1,384 | Dan Berendsen | $169,173,206 | 1 | $169,173,206 |
| 1,385 | Robert Schenkkan | $169,023,926 | 1 | $169,023,926 |
| 1,386 | Janet Peoples | $168,841,459 | 1 | $168,841,459 |
| 1,387 | Josh Trank | $168,608,811 | 2 | $84,304,406 |
| 1,388 | Daniel Pipski | $168,576,981 | 1 | $168,576,981 |
| 1,389 | Pam Brady | $168,436,944 | 7 | $24,062,421 |
| 1,390 | John Romano | $168,387,920 | 3 | $56,129,307 |
| 1,391 | Kevin Jarre | $167,728,365 | 2 | $83,864,183 |
| 1,392 | Lisa Addario | $167,724,030 | 4 | $41,931,008 |
| 1,393 | Joe Syracuse | $167,724,030 | 4 | $41,931,008 |
| 1,394 | Lucy Alibar | $167,619,097 | 3 | $55,873,032 |
| 1,395 | Harry Elfont | $167,488,521 | 6 | $27,914,754 |
| 1,396 | Deborah Kaplan | $167,488,521 | 6 | $27,914,754 |
| 1,397 | W.D. Richter | $167,468,220 | 6 | $27,911,370 |
| 1,398 | Gigi Levangie | $167,423,426 | 2 | $83,711,713 |
| 1,399 | Jonathan Levine | $167,402,411 | 3 | $55,800,804 |
| 1,400 | Patrick Marber | $166,726,948 | 2 | $83,363,474 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.