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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 Wang Hui $97,033,612 1 $97,033,612
1,902 Paul Brickman $96,668,640 4 $24,167,160
1,903 Jon Gunn $96,600,531 5 $19,320,106
1,904 Carol Noble $96,589,789 1 $96,589,789
1,905 Eric Summer $96,589,789 1 $96,589,789
1,906 Steve Rodney McQueen $96,397,541 3 $32,132,514
1,907 Braulio Mantovani $96,367,053 2 $48,183,527
1,908 Jun Falkenstein $96,147,688 1 $96,147,688
1,909 Kevin Willmott $96,144,823 4 $24,036,206
1,910 Noam Dromi $96,068,724 1 $96,068,724
1,911 Michael Herr $96,004,868 2 $48,002,434
1,912 Deborah Davis $95,829,459 1 $95,829,459
1,913 Jack B. Sowards $95,800,000 1 $95,800,000
1,914 Rob McKittrick $95,698,218 2 $47,849,109
1,915 Bob DeRosa $95,572,749 2 $47,786,375
1,916 Scott Stewart $95,351,685 2 $47,675,843
1,917 Michael Reisz $95,292,744 1 $95,292,744
1,918 Tom Schulman $95,274,489 5 $19,054,898
1,919 Sanjay Leela Bhansali $95,122,768 4 $23,780,692
1,920 Ron L. Brinerhoff $94,973,540 1 $94,973,540
1,921 Leung Lai Yin $94,809,560 1 $94,809,560
1,922 Christophe Barratier $94,801,345 3 $31,600,448
1,923 Matt Johnson $94,650,131 8 $11,831,266
1,924 Eben Russell $94,523,781 1 $94,523,781
1,925 Jim Kehoe $94,523,781 1 $94,523,781
1,926 Brian Kehoe $94,523,781 1 $94,523,781
1,927 Matt Cirulnick $94,453,938 2 $47,226,969
1,928 Dennis O'Neill $94,215,000 1 $94,215,000
1,929 Ernest Lehman $94,177,939 3 $31,392,646
1,930 Kurt Sutter $94,156,456 1 $94,156,456
1,931 Gage Lansky $94,050,951 1 $94,050,951
1,932 Wang Xiaodi $94,036,853 1 $94,036,853
1,933 Liu Han $94,036,853 1 $94,036,853
1,934 Jonathan Bernstein $94,022,047 4 $23,505,512
1,935 James Greer $94,022,047 4 $23,505,512
1,936 Justin Kuritzkes $94,019,728 1 $94,019,728
1,937 Alan Zweibel $93,980,516 4 $23,495,129
1,938 Alan Di Fiore $93,466,095 1 $93,466,095
1,939 Charlie Wachtel $93,411,426 1 $93,411,426
1,940 David Rabinowitz $93,411,426 1 $93,411,426
1,941 Dirk Blackman $93,392,503 3 $31,130,834
1,942 Shawn Rasmussen $92,972,504 3 $30,990,835
1,943 Michael Rasmussen $92,972,504 3 $30,990,835
1,944 Elizabeth Chandler $92,970,486 3 $30,990,162
1,945 Philippe Lopes Curval $92,835,180 2 $46,417,590
1,946 Victor Miller $92,736,318 2 $46,368,159
1,947 Nicholas Sparks $92,678,948 2 $46,339,474
1,948 Jeff Van Wie $92,678,948 2 $46,339,474
1,949 Burny Mattinson $92,674,830 2 $46,337,415
1,950 Tony Gayton $92,436,212 3 $30,812,071
1,951 Bill Hinzman $92,181,818 2 $46,090,909
1,952 Danny Philippou $92,181,818 2 $46,090,909
1,953 Adi Hasak $92,099,068 2 $46,049,534
1,954 Richard Brooks $92,015,474 8 $11,501,934
1,955 Carol Fuchs $91,943,956 1 $91,943,956
1,956 Lars Von Trier $91,673,226 7 $13,096,175
1,957 Keith Clarke $91,669,648 1 $91,669,648
1,958 Li Wei $91,462,581 1 $91,462,581
1,959 Aeneas MacKenzie $91,431,454 2 $45,715,727
1,960 Olivier Dahan $91,311,415 2 $45,655,708
1,961 Alex Lasker $91,289,099 2 $45,644,550
1,962 John Herzfeld $91,161,165 5 $18,232,233
1,963 David Howard $90,523,726 2 $45,261,863
1,964 Eric Bress $90,521,888 2 $45,260,944
1,965 Jay Presson Allen $90,507,824 5 $18,101,565
1,966 Seung-wan Ryoo $90,498,430 1 $90,498,430
1,967 Paul Bernbaum $90,476,480 3 $30,158,827
1,968 Jeffrey Reddick $90,420,801 4 $22,605,200
1,969 J. Mackye Gruber $90,396,664 1 $90,396,664
1,970 Frank Miller $90,353,240 3 $30,117,747
1,971 Bryce McGuire $90,346,160 3 $30,115,387
1,972 Gary David Goldberg $90,216,888 3 $30,072,296
1,973 Bruce Neibaur $90,000,000 1 $90,000,000
1,974 Jimmy Warden $89,966,573 2 $44,983,287
1,975 David Nicholls $89,810,201 3 $29,936,734
1,976 David Schmidt $89,809,433 1 $89,809,433
1,977 Steve Shibuya $89,758,389 1 $89,758,389
1,978 Cat Kwan $89,569,657 1 $89,569,657
1,979 Rick Ramage $89,441,732 1 $89,441,732
1,980 Tom Lazarus $89,441,732 1 $89,441,732
1,981 Francis Goodrich $89,325,780 1 $89,325,780
1,982 Alex Convery $89,198,083 1 $89,198,083
1,983 Dilip Shukla $89,182,116 2 $44,591,058
1,984 T.M. Griffin $88,933,562 1 $88,933,562
1,985 Craig Borten $88,899,334 3 $29,633,111
1,986 Farhan Akhtar $88,834,652 3 $29,611,551
1,987 Billy Bob Thornton $88,750,454 5 $17,750,091
1,988 Isabelle Sobelman $88,611,837 1 $88,611,837
1,989 John Irving $88,547,209 1 $88,547,209
1,990 Heather Hach $88,473,016 1 $88,473,016
1,991 Jacob Aaron Estes $88,269,014 3 $29,423,005
1,992 Jake Wade Wall $88,071,081 3 $29,357,027
1,993 Tyger Williams $88,009,693 2 $44,004,847
1,994 Paul Harris Boardman $87,956,618 2 $43,978,309
1,995 Wim Wenders $87,436,386 8 $10,929,548
1,996 Milt Banta $87,400,000 1 $87,400,000
1,997 Winston Hibler $87,400,000 1 $87,400,000
1,998 Lewis John Carlino $87,257,412 3 $29,085,804
1,999 Stacey Menear $87,189,278 2 $43,594,639
2,000 Pete Jones $87,173,475 4 $21,793,369

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.