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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Michael Dougherty | $1,242,518,129 | 4 | $310,629,532 |
| 202 | Robert Zemeckis | $1,241,639,223 | 12 | $103,469,935 |
| 203 | Paul Rudd | $1,236,503,935 | 3 | $412,167,978 |
| 204 | Will Beall | $1,235,950,605 | 3 | $411,983,535 |
| 205 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $1,227,094,298 | 7 | $175,299,185 |
| 206 | Jac Schaeffer | $1,226,965,662 | 2 | $613,482,831 |
| 207 | T.S. Nowlin | $1,219,392,436 | 5 | $243,878,487 |
| 208 | Michael Goldenberg | $1,217,162,495 | 5 | $243,432,499 |
| 209 | Tab Murphy | $1,217,147,179 | 5 | $243,429,436 |
| 210 | Anthony McCarten | $1,212,889,820 | 6 | $202,148,303 |
| 211 | Mark Burton | $1,202,441,144 | 8 | $150,305,143 |
| 212 | Baz Luhrmann | $1,187,826,864 | 6 | $197,971,144 |
| 213 | Meg LeFauve | $1,184,337,380 | 4 | $296,084,345 |
| 214 | Bobby Farrelly | $1,184,125,089 | 10 | $118,412,509 |
| 215 | Rob Letterman | $1,182,348,329 | 3 | $394,116,110 |
| 216 | David Benioff | $1,173,263,150 | 7 | $167,609,021 |
| 217 | Evan Daugherty | $1,162,090,387 | 5 | $232,418,077 |
| 218 | Michael J. Wilson | $1,160,014,148 | 3 | $386,671,383 |
| 219 | Denis Villeneuve | $1,157,550,908 | 3 | $385,850,303 |
| 220 | Tom McGrath | $1,156,240,340 | 2 | $578,120,170 |
| 221 | Dana Fox | $1,143,655,017 | 7 | $163,379,288 |
| 222 | Ryan Fleck | $1,142,713,332 | 5 | $228,542,666 |
| 223 | Anna Boden | $1,142,713,332 | 5 | $228,542,666 |
| 224 | Robert Ben Garant | $1,137,421,536 | 7 | $162,488,791 |
| 225 | Leslie Dixon | $1,133,434,545 | 8 | $141,679,318 |
| 226 | Paul King | $1,124,025,254 | 4 | $281,006,314 |
| 227 | Judd Apatow | $1,115,627,298 | 12 | $92,968,942 |
| 228 | Oliver Stone | $1,110,950,935 | 15 | $74,063,396 |
| 229 | Jeffrey Boam | $1,104,512,245 | 7 | $157,787,464 |
| 230 | Skip Woods | $1,103,955,788 | 6 | $183,992,631 |
| 231 | Marianne Wibberley | $1,094,732,813 | 6 | $182,455,469 |
| 232 | Cormac Wibberley | $1,094,732,813 | 6 | $182,455,469 |
| 233 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $1,088,092,916 | 8 | $136,011,615 |
| 234 | Bob Gale | $1,086,683,408 | 7 | $155,240,487 |
| 235 | Harald Kloser | $1,085,796,621 | 3 | $361,932,207 |
| 236 | Stephany Folsom | $1,072,817,964 | 1 | $1,072,817,964 |
| 237 | Jon Lucas | $1,071,961,543 | 9 | $119,106,838 |
| 238 | Scott Moore | $1,071,961,543 | 9 | $119,106,838 |
| 239 | Scott Derrickson | $1,067,573,738 | 6 | $177,928,956 |
| 240 | Lowell Ganz | $1,064,925,880 | 14 | $76,066,134 |
| 241 | Babaloo Mandel | $1,064,925,880 | 14 | $76,066,134 |
| 242 | Sam Raimi | $1,062,637,186 | 6 | $177,106,198 |
| 243 | Bruce Feirstein | $1,057,664,869 | 3 | $352,554,956 |
| 244 | David Hayter | $1,056,182,834 | 5 | $211,236,567 |
| 245 | Robert Smigel | $1,055,830,460 | 4 | $263,957,615 |
| 246 | Matt Ember | $1,050,753,723 | 5 | $210,150,745 |
| 247 | Susannah Grant | $1,043,016,801 | 8 | $130,377,100 |
| 248 | Garth Jennings | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
| 249 | John-Henry Butterworth | $1,031,457,706 | 6 | $171,909,618 |
| 250 | Victoria Strouse | $1,025,006,125 | 3 | $341,668,708 |
| 251 | Will Gluck | $1,021,923,311 | 6 | $170,320,552 |
| 252 | Craig Pearce | $1,021,224,138 | 6 | $170,204,023 |
| 253 | Dan Mazeau | $1,019,837,368 | 5 | $203,967,474 |
| 254 | Kurt Wimmer | $1,011,196,491 | 11 | $91,926,954 |
| 255 | Evan Goldberg | $1,004,872,404 | 10 | $100,487,240 |
| 256 | Mike White | $1,001,554,261 | 11 | $91,050,387 |
| 257 | Josh Friedman | $996,399,471 | 3 | $332,133,157 |
| 258 | Seth Rogen | $994,971,965 | 9 | $110,552,441 |
| 259 | David Twohy | $994,414,716 | 13 | $76,493,440 |
| 260 | Jared Stern | $987,619,147 | 6 | $164,603,191 |
| 261 | Zhang Yimou | $980,452,398 | 4 | $245,113,100 |
| 262 | Noni White | $980,434,474 | 4 | $245,108,619 |
| 263 | Bob Tzudiker | $980,434,474 | 4 | $245,108,619 |
| 264 | C. Robert Cargill | $979,805,879 | 5 | $195,961,176 |
| 265 | Richard LaGravenese | $970,315,610 | 15 | $64,687,707 |
| 266 | Justin Marks | $966,196,108 | 2 | $483,098,054 |
| 267 | Kurt Johnstad | $965,784,444 | 6 | $160,964,074 |
| 268 | Christina Hodson | $960,333,349 | 6 | $160,055,558 |
| 269 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $958,831,316 | 9 | $106,536,813 |
| 270 | Edward Zwick | $957,397,077 | 8 | $119,674,635 |
| 271 | James L. Brooks | $955,364,554 | 5 | $191,072,911 |
| 272 | Dan Gilroy | $952,253,930 | 8 | $119,031,741 |
| 273 | Michael Waldron | $952,224,986 | 1 | $952,224,986 |
| 274 | Ivan Raimi | $950,382,993 | 3 | $316,794,331 |
| 275 | Bill Condon | $938,521,835 | 10 | $93,852,184 |
| 276 | Aaron Sorkin | $935,089,094 | 10 | $93,508,909 |
| 277 | Peter Baynham | $930,358,758 | 8 | $116,294,845 |
| 278 | Harold Ramis | $929,097,854 | 10 | $92,909,785 |
| 279 | Joe Cornish | $927,608,566 | 5 | $185,521,713 |
| 280 | Drew Goddard | $926,773,409 | 5 | $185,354,682 |
| 281 | Joel Cohen | $924,387,791 | 5 | $184,877,558 |
| 282 | Steve Koren | $923,794,565 | 5 | $184,758,913 |
| 283 | Jenny Bicks | $921,900,495 | 2 | $460,950,248 |
| 284 | Stephen Sinclair | $919,148,764 | 1 | $919,148,764 |
| 285 | Nora Ephron | $916,504,326 | 8 | $114,563,041 |
| 286 | Christopher D. Ford | $913,341,892 | 6 | $152,223,649 |
| 287 | Alec Sokolow | $911,562,987 | 6 | $151,927,165 |
| 288 | Josh Klausner | $908,513,706 | 2 | $454,256,853 |
| 289 | Jim Cash | $907,890,645 | 7 | $129,698,664 |
| 290 | Taika Waititi | $906,502,888 | 6 | $151,083,815 |
| 291 | Travis Beacham | $904,217,794 | 2 | $452,108,897 |
| 292 | Doug Miro | $899,429,918 | 4 | $224,857,480 |
| 293 | Carlo Bernard | $899,429,918 | 4 | $224,857,480 |
| 294 | Leigh Whannell | $896,118,664 | 12 | $74,676,555 |
| 295 | John Collee | $894,921,939 | 9 | $99,435,771 |
| 296 | Mike Berg | $886,686,817 | 1 | $886,686,817 |
| 297 | Carlton Cuse | $884,205,756 | 2 | $442,102,878 |
| 298 | Stuart Beattie | $882,802,609 | 8 | $110,350,326 |
| 299 | Michael G. Wilson | $882,794,971 | 5 | $176,558,994 |
| 300 | Jon Watts | $881,176,746 | 4 | $220,294,187 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.