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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | David Rabe | $288,809,606 | 2 | $144,404,803 |
| 1,002 | Michael Debruyn | $287,916,633 | 1 | $287,916,633 |
| 1,003 | Vance Gerry | $287,862,989 | 5 | $57,572,598 |
| 1,004 | Tom Papa | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
| 1,005 | Barry Marder | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,006 | Andy Robin | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,007 | Jerry Seinfeld | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,008 | Chuck Martin | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
| 1,009 | Spike Feresten | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
| 1,010 | Peter Straughan | $287,122,263 | 10 | $28,712,226 |
| 1,011 | David Soren | $286,896,578 | 1 | $286,896,578 |
| 1,012 | Adam Brooks | $286,867,756 | 5 | $57,373,551 |
| 1,013 | Timothy Harris | $286,676,353 | 3 | $95,558,784 |
| 1,014 | Will Davies | $286,549,194 | 2 | $143,274,597 |
| 1,015 | Jay Lavender | $285,898,903 | 2 | $142,949,452 |
| 1,016 | John Zinman | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 1,017 | Patrick Massett | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
| 1,018 | Stanley Kubrick | $285,412,012 | 6 | $47,568,669 |
| 1,019 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $284,790,724 | 9 | $31,643,414 |
| 1,020 | Alex Garland | $282,838,263 | 9 | $31,426,474 |
| 1,021 | Michael Chabon | $282,778,100 | 2 | $141,389,050 |
| 1,022 | Robert King | $282,376,958 | 5 | $56,475,392 |
| 1,023 | Jonathan Lemkin | $282,009,953 | 3 | $94,003,318 |
| 1,024 | Takehiko Inoue | $281,723,086 | 1 | $281,723,086 |
| 1,025 | Martin McDonagh | $281,065,906 | 4 | $70,266,477 |
| 1,026 | Todd W. Langen | $280,656,813 | 2 | $140,328,407 |
| 1,027 | Sam Bromell | $279,938,634 | 2 | $139,969,317 |
| 1,028 | Rich Wilkes | $279,777,124 | 4 | $69,944,281 |
| 1,029 | Peter Weir | $279,519,870 | 4 | $69,879,968 |
| 1,030 | Gina Wendkos | $279,251,248 | 3 | $93,083,749 |
| 1,031 | John Eskow | $278,757,999 | 3 | $92,919,333 |
| 1,032 | Akira Toriyama | $278,391,171 | 3 | $92,797,057 |
| 1,033 | Jeremy Leven | $278,246,748 | 6 | $46,374,458 |
| 1,034 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $277,594,700 | 3 | $92,531,567 |
| 1,035 | Peter Hedges | $277,580,811 | 8 | $34,697,601 |
| 1,036 | Larry Gross | $277,480,616 | 8 | $34,685,077 |
| 1,037 | Stirling Silliphant | $277,229,215 | 6 | $46,204,869 |
| 1,038 | Lem Dobbs | $276,418,981 | 7 | $39,488,426 |
| 1,039 | Erdman Penner | $274,802,792 | 5 | $54,960,558 |
| 1,040 | Alastair Siddons | $274,681,156 | 3 | $91,560,385 |
| 1,041 | Erica Rivinoja | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
| 1,042 | Ian Goldberg | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 1,043 | Richard Naing | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
| 1,044 | Harry Elfont | $274,037,259 | 7 | $39,148,180 |
| 1,045 | Deborah Kaplan | $274,037,259 | 7 | $39,148,180 |
| 1,046 | Jerry Stahl | $273,790,755 | 3 | $91,263,585 |
| 1,047 | Xue Xiaolu | $272,157,564 | 3 | $90,719,188 |
| 1,048 | Ryan Murphy | $272,091,341 | 3 | $90,697,114 |
| 1,049 | Tom O’Connor | $271,657,364 | 3 | $90,552,455 |
| 1,050 | Rod Barr | $271,257,739 | 2 | $135,628,870 |
| 1,051 | Jim Strain | $270,769,329 | 2 | $135,384,665 |
| 1,052 | Chris Chow | $270,661,042 | 4 | $67,665,261 |
| 1,053 | Brannon Braga | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,054 | Ronald D. Moore | $270,000,000 | 2 | $135,000,000 |
| 1,055 | Xin Huo | $269,874,104 | 2 | $134,937,052 |
| 1,056 | Craig Wright | $269,806,430 | 1 | $269,806,430 |
| 1,057 | Tracy Oliver | $268,743,149 | 5 | $53,748,630 |
| 1,058 | Perce Pearce | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,059 | Larry Morey | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,060 | Sebastian Gutierrez | $267,721,020 | 6 | $44,620,170 |
| 1,061 | Bragi Schut | $267,139,975 | 4 | $66,784,994 |
| 1,062 | Larry Clemmons | $266,574,297 | 4 | $66,643,574 |
| 1,063 | Vince Vaughn | $266,123,187 | 3 | $88,707,729 |
| 1,064 | Pat Proft | $266,112,410 | 7 | $38,016,059 |
| 1,065 | Michael Sarnoski | $265,584,799 | 2 | $132,792,400 |
| 1,066 | Russell Gewirtz | $264,279,675 | 3 | $88,093,225 |
| 1,067 | Peter Rader | $264,246,220 | 1 | $264,246,220 |
| 1,068 | Christopher Hampton | $264,106,352 | 14 | $18,864,739 |
| 1,069 | Tai-lee Chan | $263,239,186 | 2 | $131,619,593 |
| 1,070 | Alejandro Monteverde | $263,135,151 | 2 | $131,567,576 |
| 1,071 | W. Peter Iliff | $263,096,851 | 5 | $52,619,370 |
| 1,072 | William Joyce | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,073 | Dan Shere | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,074 | Jamie Moss | $262,680,622 | 3 | $87,560,207 |
| 1,075 | Tim Sullivan | $261,724,290 | 3 | $87,241,430 |
| 1,076 | Terry Hayes | $261,040,260 | 5 | $52,208,052 |
| 1,077 | Taylor Sheridan | $260,763,003 | 7 | $37,251,858 |
| 1,078 | Lewis Colick | $260,703,019 | 9 | $28,967,002 |
| 1,079 | Ryan Rowe | $259,736,090 | 1 | $259,736,090 |
| 1,080 | Takashi Yamazaki | $259,461,513 | 3 | $86,487,171 |
| 1,081 | Alan Freedland | $259,184,948 | 4 | $64,796,237 |
| 1,082 | Alan R. Cohen | $259,184,948 | 4 | $64,796,237 |
| 1,083 | Patrick O'Neill | $258,751,370 | 1 | $258,751,370 |
| 1,084 | Michael Colleary | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,085 | Mike Werb | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,086 | Judith Thurman | $258,210,860 | 1 | $258,210,860 |
| 1,087 | Chris Carter | $257,347,215 | 2 | $128,673,608 |
| 1,088 | Gary Wang | $257,201,572 | 1 | $257,201,572 |
| 1,089 | David Bowers | $256,602,946 | 3 | $85,534,315 |
| 1,090 | Chad St. John | $256,032,270 | 3 | $85,344,090 |
| 1,091 | Walon Green | $255,807,464 | 3 | $85,269,155 |
| 1,092 | Wu Bing | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,093 | Dong Zhe | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,094 | Huang Xin | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,095 | Lin Qian | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,096 | Li Yang | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,097 | Jeff Fradley | $255,416,089 | 1 | $255,416,089 |
| 1,098 | Spike Lee | $255,064,967 | 16 | $15,941,560 |
| 1,099 | Mark Torgove | $255,004,233 | 1 | $255,004,233 |
| 1,100 | Paul Kaplan | $255,004,233 | 2 | $127,502,117 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.