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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Jonathan Bernstein | $94,022,047 | 4 | $23,505,512 |
| 1,902 | Alan Zweibel | $93,980,516 | 4 | $23,495,129 |
| 1,903 | Alan Di Fiore | $93,466,095 | 1 | $93,466,095 |
| 1,904 | Charlie Wachtel | $93,411,426 | 1 | $93,411,426 |
| 1,905 | David Rabinowitz | $93,411,426 | 1 | $93,411,426 |
| 1,906 | Dirk Blackman | $93,392,503 | 3 | $31,130,834 |
| 1,907 | Michael Rasmussen | $92,972,504 | 3 | $30,990,835 |
| 1,908 | Shawn Rasmussen | $92,972,504 | 3 | $30,990,835 |
| 1,909 | Elizabeth Chandler | $92,970,486 | 3 | $30,990,162 |
| 1,910 | Philippe Lopes Curval | $92,835,180 | 2 | $46,417,590 |
| 1,911 | Victor Miller | $92,736,318 | 2 | $46,368,159 |
| 1,912 | Nicholas Sparks | $92,678,948 | 2 | $46,339,474 |
| 1,913 | Jeff Van Wie | $92,678,948 | 2 | $46,339,474 |
| 1,914 | Burny Mattinson | $92,674,830 | 2 | $46,337,415 |
| 1,915 | Tony Gayton | $92,436,212 | 3 | $30,812,071 |
| 1,916 | Bill Hinzman | $92,181,818 | 2 | $46,090,909 |
| 1,917 | Danny Philippou | $92,181,818 | 2 | $46,090,909 |
| 1,918 | Michael Herr | $92,176,920 | 2 | $46,088,460 |
| 1,919 | Adi Hasak | $92,099,068 | 2 | $46,049,534 |
| 1,920 | Richard Brooks | $92,015,359 | 8 | $11,501,920 |
| 1,921 | Carol Fuchs | $91,943,956 | 1 | $91,943,956 |
| 1,922 | Lars Von Trier | $91,673,226 | 7 | $13,096,175 |
| 1,923 | Keith Clarke | $91,669,648 | 1 | $91,669,648 |
| 1,924 | Li Wei | $91,462,581 | 1 | $91,462,581 |
| 1,925 | Aeneas MacKenzie | $91,431,454 | 2 | $45,715,727 |
| 1,926 | Olivier Dahan | $91,311,415 | 2 | $45,655,708 |
| 1,927 | Alex Lasker | $91,289,099 | 2 | $45,644,550 |
| 1,928 | John Herzfeld | $91,161,165 | 5 | $18,232,233 |
| 1,929 | Justin Kuritzkes | $90,834,935 | 1 | $90,834,935 |
| 1,930 | David Howard | $90,523,726 | 2 | $45,261,863 |
| 1,931 | Eric Bress | $90,521,888 | 2 | $45,260,944 |
| 1,932 | Jay Presson Allen | $90,507,824 | 5 | $18,101,565 |
| 1,933 | Seung-wan Ryoo | $90,498,430 | 1 | $90,498,430 |
| 1,934 | Paul Bernbaum | $90,476,480 | 3 | $30,158,827 |
| 1,935 | Jeffrey Reddick | $90,420,801 | 4 | $22,605,200 |
| 1,936 | J. Mackye Gruber | $90,396,664 | 1 | $90,396,664 |
| 1,937 | Frank Miller | $90,353,240 | 3 | $30,117,747 |
| 1,938 | Gary David Goldberg | $90,216,888 | 3 | $30,072,296 |
| 1,939 | Bruce Neibaur | $90,000,000 | 1 | $90,000,000 |
| 1,940 | Jimmy Warden | $89,966,573 | 2 | $44,983,287 |
| 1,941 | Bryce McGuire | $89,813,084 | 3 | $29,937,695 |
| 1,942 | David Nicholls | $89,810,201 | 3 | $29,936,734 |
| 1,943 | David Schmidt | $89,809,433 | 1 | $89,809,433 |
| 1,944 | Steve Shibuya | $89,758,389 | 1 | $89,758,389 |
| 1,945 | Cat Kwan | $89,569,657 | 1 | $89,569,657 |
| 1,946 | Tom Lazarus | $89,441,732 | 1 | $89,441,732 |
| 1,947 | Rick Ramage | $89,441,732 | 1 | $89,441,732 |
| 1,948 | Francis Goodrich | $89,325,780 | 1 | $89,325,780 |
| 1,949 | Alex Convery | $89,198,083 | 1 | $89,198,083 |
| 1,950 | Dilip Shukla | $89,182,116 | 2 | $44,591,058 |
| 1,951 | T.M. Griffin | $88,933,562 | 1 | $88,933,562 |
| 1,952 | Craig Borten | $88,899,334 | 3 | $29,633,111 |
| 1,953 | Farhan Akhtar | $88,834,652 | 3 | $29,611,551 |
| 1,954 | Billy Bob Thornton | $88,750,454 | 5 | $17,750,091 |
| 1,955 | Isabelle Sobelman | $88,611,837 | 1 | $88,611,837 |
| 1,956 | John Irving | $88,547,209 | 1 | $88,547,209 |
| 1,957 | Heather Hach | $88,473,016 | 1 | $88,473,016 |
| 1,958 | Jacob Aaron Estes | $88,269,014 | 3 | $29,423,005 |
| 1,959 | Jake Wade Wall | $88,071,081 | 3 | $29,357,027 |
| 1,960 | Tyger Williams | $88,009,693 | 2 | $44,004,847 |
| 1,961 | Paul Harris Boardman | $87,956,618 | 2 | $43,978,309 |
| 1,962 | Winston Hibler | $87,400,000 | 1 | $87,400,000 |
| 1,963 | Milt Banta | $87,400,000 | 1 | $87,400,000 |
| 1,964 | Wim Wenders | $87,347,312 | 8 | $10,918,414 |
| 1,965 | Lewis John Carlino | $87,257,412 | 3 | $29,085,804 |
| 1,966 | Stacey Menear | $87,189,278 | 2 | $43,594,639 |
| 1,967 | Pete Jones | $87,173,475 | 4 | $21,793,369 |
| 1,968 | Mark Schwahn | $87,053,213 | 2 | $43,526,607 |
| 1,969 | Lee Gi-cheol | $86,960,532 | 1 | $86,960,532 |
| 1,970 | Shawn Christensen | $86,656,610 | 3 | $28,885,537 |
| 1,971 | Brent McCorkle | $86,564,700 | 2 | $43,282,350 |
| 1,972 | Vince McKewin | $86,523,833 | 2 | $43,261,917 |
| 1,973 | Gregory Poirier | $86,433,536 | 6 | $14,405,589 |
| 1,974 | Barry Jenkins | $86,405,028 | 5 | $17,281,006 |
| 1,975 | Mike Binder | $86,278,709 | 5 | $17,255,742 |
| 1,976 | Stephen Chin | $86,234,503 | 1 | $86,234,503 |
| 1,977 | John Quaintance | $86,161,063 | 3 | $28,720,354 |
| 1,978 | Luke Dawson | $86,141,736 | 3 | $28,713,912 |
| 1,979 | Damon Beesley | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 1,980 | Ian Morris | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 1,981 | James R. Webb | $85,918,429 | 6 | $14,319,738 |
| 1,982 | Michael Palin | $85,883,025 | 5 | $17,176,605 |
| 1,983 | Todd Graff | $85,878,751 | 5 | $17,175,750 |
| 1,984 | Derek Cianfrance | $85,859,421 | 3 | $28,619,807 |
| 1,985 | Karan Johar | $85,723,010 | 3 | $28,574,337 |
| 1,986 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 1,987 | Patrick Cirillo | $85,632,458 | 1 | $85,632,458 |
| 1,988 | Mitchell Kapner | $85,527,867 | 1 | $85,527,867 |
| 1,989 | Carl Ellsworth | $85,503,254 | 2 | $42,751,627 |
| 1,990 | Jesse L. Lasky | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 1,991 | Jack Gariss | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 1,992 | Fredric M. Frank | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 1,993 | Guillaume Canet | $85,408,864 | 3 | $28,469,621 |
| 1,994 | Roger Kumble | $85,322,217 | 4 | $21,330,554 |
| 1,995 | Karl Tunberg | $85,239,461 | 4 | $21,309,865 |
| 1,996 | Ben Chandler | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 1,997 | David James Kelly | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 1,998 | Jim Jarmusch | $85,017,124 | 9 | $9,446,347 |
| 1,999 | Wolfgang Petersen | $84,970,337 | 1 | $84,970,337 |
| 2,000 | Prakash Kapadia | $84,788,714 | 3 | $28,262,905 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.