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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Andrew Knight | $209,697,836 | 3 | $69,899,279 |
| 1,202 | Maria Melnik | $209,108,791 | 3 | $69,702,930 |
| 1,203 | Shauna Cross | $209,064,271 | 4 | $52,266,068 |
| 1,204 | Terry Gilliam | $208,998,676 | 9 | $23,222,075 |
| 1,205 | Howard Sackler | $208,900,376 | 2 | $104,450,188 |
| 1,206 | Kevin Wade | $208,488,220 | 2 | $104,244,110 |
| 1,207 | Anya Kochoff | $208,298,323 | 3 | $69,432,774 |
| 1,208 | Jojo Moyes | $208,203,853 | 2 | $104,101,927 |
| 1,209 | David Guggenheim | $207,884,401 | 2 | $103,942,201 |
| 1,210 | Michael Gilio | $207,854,947 | 2 | $103,927,474 |
| 1,211 | Alex Tse | $207,715,573 | 2 | $103,857,787 |
| 1,212 | Hans Bauer | $207,325,300 | 2 | $103,662,650 |
| 1,213 | Roman Polanski | $207,272,095 | 8 | $25,909,012 |
| 1,214 | Kevin Yegher | $207,068,340 | 1 | $207,068,340 |
| 1,215 | Darryl Quarles | $206,982,244 | 2 | $103,491,122 |
| 1,216 | Jennifer Salt | $206,598,789 | 1 | $206,598,789 |
| 1,217 | Sarah Smith | $206,531,734 | 3 | $68,843,911 |
| 1,218 | Eric Bergquist | $206,458,372 | 1 | $206,458,372 |
| 1,219 | Eric Johnson | $206,247,795 | 4 | $51,561,949 |
| 1,220 | Bob Schooley | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,221 | Mark McCorkle | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,222 | Zachary Sklar | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,223 | Nicole Eastman | $205,298,907 | 1 | $205,298,907 |
| 1,224 | David Seltzer | $205,256,306 | 6 | $34,209,384 |
| 1,225 | Kabir Khan | $205,253,144 | 4 | $51,313,286 |
| 1,226 | John Rogers | $204,973,831 | 3 | $68,324,610 |
| 1,227 | Francis Ford Coppola | $204,690,235 | 9 | $22,743,359 |
| 1,228 | Stephen Susco | $204,680,933 | 3 | $68,226,978 |
| 1,229 | Greg Coolidge | $204,614,877 | 3 | $68,204,959 |
| 1,230 | Nathan Alexander | $203,932,174 | 1 | $203,932,174 |
| 1,231 | Mike Cerrone | $203,323,248 | 2 | $101,661,624 |
| 1,232 | Bruce W. Cameron | $203,055,427 | 2 | $101,527,714 |
| 1,233 | Mike Flanagan | $202,614,432 | 6 | $33,769,072 |
| 1,234 | Jonathan Herman | $202,182,981 | 2 | $101,091,491 |
| 1,235 | Murray Salem | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,236 | Bobby Herbeck | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,237 | Lorene Scafaria | $201,647,837 | 5 | $40,329,567 |
| 1,238 | Andrew Bergman | $201,486,031 | 5 | $40,297,206 |
| 1,239 | Tom Hedley | $201,463,574 | 1 | $201,463,574 |
| 1,240 | Amy Schumer | $201,253,455 | 2 | $100,626,728 |
| 1,241 | James Lee Barrett | $201,186,765 | 6 | $33,531,128 |
| 1,242 | Erin Cressida Wilson | $200,833,333 | 7 | $28,690,476 |
| 1,243 | Nia DaCosta | $199,878,222 | 3 | $66,626,074 |
| 1,244 | Elissa Karasik | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,245 | Megan McDonnell | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,246 | Neil Simon | $199,438,404 | 11 | $18,130,764 |
| 1,247 | Larry McMurtry | $199,224,529 | 3 | $66,408,176 |
| 1,248 | Alex Ross Perry | $198,424,510 | 7 | $28,346,359 |
| 1,249 | Gill Dennis | $198,327,905 | 3 | $66,109,302 |
| 1,250 | Terrence Malick | $198,241,726 | 9 | $22,026,858 |
| 1,251 | Dan Studney | $197,687,603 | 1 | $197,687,603 |
| 1,252 | Jason Katims | $197,618,160 | 1 | $197,618,160 |
| 1,253 | Bob Baker | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,254 | Steve Box | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,255 | Nick Park | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,256 | Tim Cahill | $197,590,128 | 2 | $98,795,064 |
| 1,257 | Stacey Harman | $197,578,586 | 1 | $197,578,586 |
| 1,258 | Joel Schumacher | $196,389,537 | 4 | $49,097,384 |
| 1,259 | George Wing | $196,320,329 | 1 | $196,320,329 |
| 1,260 | Hiroshi Seko | $196,308,703 | 1 | $196,308,703 |
| 1,261 | Sandor Stern | $195,608,193 | 2 | $97,804,097 |
| 1,262 | Warren Lewis | $195,591,111 | 2 | $97,795,556 |
| 1,263 | David Dorfman | $195,484,552 | 1 | $195,484,552 |
| 1,264 | David Loucka | $195,457,081 | 4 | $48,864,270 |
| 1,265 | Roger Avary | $195,217,018 | 2 | $97,608,509 |
| 1,266 | Neil Gaiman | $195,080,579 | 1 | $195,080,579 |
| 1,267 | Melissa Stack | $194,270,103 | 2 | $97,135,052 |
| 1,268 | George Gatins | $194,169,619 | 1 | $194,169,619 |
| 1,269 | Ran Jianan | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,270 | Elvis Man | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,271 | Yin Yiyi | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,272 | Ariel Shaffir | $193,912,354 | 2 | $96,956,177 |
| 1,273 | Kyle Hunter | $193,912,354 | 2 | $96,956,177 |
| 1,274 | Kevin Cecil | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,275 | Kathy Greenburg | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,276 | John R. Smith | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,277 | Steve Hamilton Shaw | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,278 | Emily Cook | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,279 | Kelly Asbury | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,280 | Andy Riley | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,281 | Stephen Kendrick | $192,716,734 | 7 | $27,530,962 |
| 1,282 | Dana Fukazawa | $192,617,891 | 1 | $192,617,891 |
| 1,283 | Jill Leung | $192,617,891 | 2 | $96,308,946 |
| 1,284 | Alex Kendrick | $191,480,640 | 6 | $31,913,440 |
| 1,285 | Thomas Dean Donnelly | $191,095,248 | 3 | $63,698,416 |
| 1,286 | Joshua Oppenheimer | $191,095,248 | 3 | $63,698,416 |
| 1,287 | Shane Salerno | $190,287,231 | 4 | $47,571,808 |
| 1,288 | Jerry Juhl | $190,219,978 | 5 | $38,043,996 |
| 1,289 | Robert Roy Pool | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,290 | Laurence Dworet | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,291 | Ben Ripley | $189,368,010 | 4 | $47,342,003 |
| 1,292 | Sun Xiaohang | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,293 | Xiaojun Yue (岳小军) | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,294 | Jill Culton | $188,668,889 | 1 | $188,668,889 |
| 1,295 | Alan Parker | $188,665,651 | 4 | $47,166,413 |
| 1,296 | Blake Edwards | $188,599,411 | 15 | $12,573,294 |
| 1,297 | John Phillips | $188,531,990 | 2 | $94,265,995 |
| 1,298 | Adam Brooks | $188,473,826 | 4 | $47,118,457 |
| 1,299 | Andrew Dodge | $188,173,010 | 2 | $94,086,505 |
| 1,300 | Max Landis | $186,992,297 | 7 | $26,713,185 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.