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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 Matt Johnson $94,650,131 8 $11,831,266
1,902 Eben Russell $94,523,781 1 $94,523,781
1,903 Jim Kehoe $94,523,781 1 $94,523,781
1,904 Brian Kehoe $94,523,781 1 $94,523,781
1,905 Matt Cirulnick $94,453,938 2 $47,226,969
1,906 Dennis O'Neill $94,215,000 1 $94,215,000
1,907 Ernest Lehman $94,177,856 3 $31,392,619
1,908 Kurt Sutter $94,156,456 1 $94,156,456
1,909 Gage Lansky $94,050,951 1 $94,050,951
1,910 Li Han $94,036,853 1 $94,036,853
1,911 Liu Han $94,036,853 1 $94,036,853
1,912 Wang Xiaodi $94,036,853 1 $94,036,853
1,913 Jonathan Bernstein $94,022,047 4 $23,505,512
1,914 James Greer $94,022,047 4 $23,505,512
1,915 Alan Zweibel $93,980,516 4 $23,495,129
1,916 Alan Di Fiore $93,466,095 1 $93,466,095
1,917 Charlie Wachtel $93,411,426 1 $93,411,426
1,918 David Rabinowitz $93,411,426 1 $93,411,426
1,919 Dirk Blackman $93,392,503 3 $31,130,834
1,920 Michael Rasmussen $92,972,504 3 $30,990,835
1,921 Shawn Rasmussen $92,972,504 3 $30,990,835
1,922 Elizabeth Chandler $92,970,486 3 $30,990,162
1,923 Justin Kuritzkes $92,961,900 1 $92,961,900
1,924 Philippe Lopes Curval $92,835,180 2 $46,417,590
1,925 Victor Miller $92,736,318 2 $46,368,159
1,926 Jeff Van Wie $92,678,948 2 $46,339,474
1,927 Nicholas Sparks $92,678,948 2 $46,339,474
1,928 Burny Mattinson $92,674,830 2 $46,337,415
1,929 Tony Gayton $92,436,212 3 $30,812,071
1,930 Bill Hinzman $92,181,818 2 $46,090,909
1,931 Danny Philippou $92,181,818 2 $46,090,909
1,932 Adi Hasak $92,099,068 2 $46,049,534
1,933 Richard Brooks $92,015,359 8 $11,501,920
1,934 Carol Fuchs $91,943,956 1 $91,943,956
1,935 Lars Von Trier $91,673,226 7 $13,096,175
1,936 Keith Clarke $91,669,648 1 $91,669,648
1,937 Li Wei $91,462,581 1 $91,462,581
1,938 Aeneas MacKenzie $91,431,454 2 $45,715,727
1,939 Olivier Dahan $91,311,415 2 $45,655,708
1,940 Alex Lasker $91,289,099 2 $45,644,550
1,941 John Herzfeld $91,161,165 5 $18,232,233
1,942 David Howard $90,523,726 2 $45,261,863
1,943 Eric Bress $90,521,888 2 $45,260,944
1,944 Jay Presson Allen $90,507,824 5 $18,101,565
1,945 Seung-wan Ryoo $90,498,430 1 $90,498,430
1,946 Paul Bernbaum $90,476,480 3 $30,158,827
1,947 Jeffrey Reddick $90,420,801 4 $22,605,200
1,948 J. Mackye Gruber $90,396,664 1 $90,396,664
1,949 Frank Miller $90,353,240 3 $30,117,747
1,950 Bryce McGuire $90,346,160 3 $30,115,387
1,951 Gary David Goldberg $90,216,888 3 $30,072,296
1,952 Bruce Neibaur $90,000,000 1 $90,000,000
1,953 Jimmy Warden $89,966,573 2 $44,983,287
1,954 David Nicholls $89,810,201 3 $29,936,734
1,955 David Schmidt $89,809,433 1 $89,809,433
1,956 Steve Shibuya $89,758,389 1 $89,758,389
1,957 Cat Kwan $89,569,657 1 $89,569,657
1,958 Tom Lazarus $89,441,732 1 $89,441,732
1,959 Rick Ramage $89,441,732 1 $89,441,732
1,960 Francis Goodrich $89,325,780 1 $89,325,780
1,961 Alex Convery $89,198,083 1 $89,198,083
1,962 Dilip Shukla $89,182,116 2 $44,591,058
1,963 T.M. Griffin $88,933,562 1 $88,933,562
1,964 Craig Borten $88,899,334 3 $29,633,111
1,965 Farhan Akhtar $88,834,652 3 $29,611,551
1,966 Billy Bob Thornton $88,750,454 5 $17,750,091
1,967 Isabelle Sobelman $88,611,837 1 $88,611,837
1,968 John Irving $88,547,209 1 $88,547,209
1,969 Heather Hach $88,473,016 1 $88,473,016
1,970 Jacob Aaron Estes $88,269,014 3 $29,423,005
1,971 Jake Wade Wall $88,071,081 3 $29,357,027
1,972 Tyger Williams $88,009,693 2 $44,004,847
1,973 Paul Harris Boardman $87,956,618 2 $43,978,309
1,974 Milt Banta $87,400,000 1 $87,400,000
1,975 Winston Hibler $87,400,000 1 $87,400,000
1,976 Wim Wenders $87,390,431 8 $10,923,804
1,977 Lewis John Carlino $87,257,412 3 $29,085,804
1,978 Stacey Menear $87,189,278 2 $43,594,639
1,979 Pete Jones $87,173,475 4 $21,793,369
1,980 Mark Schwahn $87,053,213 2 $43,526,607
1,981 Lee Gi-cheol $86,960,532 1 $86,960,532
1,982 Shawn Christensen $86,656,610 3 $28,885,537
1,983 Brent McCorkle $86,564,700 2 $43,282,350
1,984 Vince McKewin $86,523,833 2 $43,261,917
1,985 Gregory Poirier $86,433,536 6 $14,405,589
1,986 Barry Jenkins $86,405,028 5 $17,281,006
1,987 Mike Binder $86,278,709 5 $17,255,742
1,988 Stephen Chin $86,234,503 1 $86,234,503
1,989 John Quaintance $86,161,063 3 $28,720,354
1,990 Luke Dawson $86,141,736 3 $28,713,912
1,991 Ian Morris $86,051,320 1 $86,051,320
1,992 Damon Beesley $86,051,320 1 $86,051,320
1,993 James R. Webb $85,918,429 6 $14,319,738
1,994 Michael Palin $85,883,025 5 $17,176,605
1,995 Todd Graff $85,878,751 5 $17,175,750
1,996 Derek Cianfrance $85,859,421 3 $28,619,807
1,997 Karan Johar $85,723,010 3 $28,574,337
1,998 Liang Xuan $85,717,566 1 $85,717,566
1,999 Patrick Cirillo $85,632,458 1 $85,632,458
2,000 Mitchell Kapner $85,527,867 1 $85,527,867

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.