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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,501 | Nelson Greaves | $64,364,198 | 1 | $64,364,198 |
| 2,502 | Jose Padilha | $64,307,758 | 1 | $64,307,758 |
| 2,503 | August Wilson | $64,282,881 | 1 | $64,282,881 |
| 2,504 | Damien Leone | $64,245,728 | 1 | $64,245,728 |
| 2,505 | Enrique Lopez Lavigne | $64,232,714 | 1 | $64,232,714 |
| 2,506 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | $64,232,714 | 1 | $64,232,714 |
| 2,507 | Jon Bokenkamp | $64,232,363 | 1 | $64,232,363 |
| 2,508 | George Webster | $64,188,387 | 1 | $64,188,387 |
| 2,509 | George Melrod | $64,188,387 | 1 | $64,188,387 |
| 2,510 | Jason Richman | $64,188,000 | 2 | $32,094,000 |
| 2,511 | Eric Zhang | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,512 | Shen Shiqi | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,513 | Li Jie | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,514 | Tianyu Zhao | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,515 | Raymond Lei Jin | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,516 | Qin Zhen | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,517 | Marc Hyman | $63,999,615 | 4 | $15,999,904 |
| 2,518 | Julie Delpy | $63,815,992 | 7 | $9,116,570 |
| 2,519 | Cary Bickley | $63,781,100 | 1 | $63,781,100 |
| 2,520 | Yuri Zeltser | $63,781,100 | 2 | $31,890,550 |
| 2,521 | Tracy Letts | $63,700,915 | 4 | $15,925,229 |
| 2,522 | Mark H. Young | $63,545,341 | 5 | $12,709,068 |
| 2,523 | Brian Nelson | $63,368,980 | 2 | $31,684,490 |
| 2,524 | Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas | $63,288,854 | 1 | $63,288,854 |
| 2,525 | John Gregory Dunne | $63,129,898 | 1 | $63,129,898 |
| 2,526 | Joan Didion | $63,129,898 | 1 | $63,129,898 |
| 2,527 | Kim Fuller | $63,115,856 | 3 | $21,038,619 |
| 2,528 | Nancy M. Pimental | $63,078,756 | 1 | $63,078,756 |
| 2,529 | Choi Yi-young | $62,883,705 | 1 | $62,883,705 |
| 2,530 | Chun Sung-il | $62,883,705 | 1 | $62,883,705 |
| 2,531 | Alan Ormsby | $62,814,878 | 5 | $12,562,976 |
| 2,532 | Nicholas Martin | $62,637,018 | 2 | $31,318,509 |
| 2,533 | James Flynn | $62,582,520 | 1 | $62,582,520 |
| 2,534 | Dong-Hyuk Kim | $62,490,342 | 1 | $62,490,342 |
| 2,535 | Douglas Day Stewart | $62,460,249 | 4 | $15,615,062 |
| 2,536 | Arthur A. Ross | $62,455,495 | 3 | $20,818,498 |
| 2,537 | Jordan Moffet | $62,432,423 | 1 | $62,432,423 |
| 2,538 | Michael Elliot | $62,432,423 | 1 | $62,432,423 |
| 2,539 | Michael Bender | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
| 2,540 | Adam Jay Epstein | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
| 2,541 | Andrew Jacobson | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
| 2,542 | Neelesh Misra | $62,347,774 | 1 | $62,347,774 |
| 2,543 | Amy Jones | $62,294,936 | 3 | $20,764,979 |
| 2,544 | Brent Goldberg | $62,218,312 | 3 | $20,739,437 |
| 2,545 | James Bridges | $62,156,269 | 3 | $20,718,756 |
| 2,546 | John Heffernan | $62,020,814 | 1 | $62,020,814 |
| 2,547 | Scott Bindley | $62,005,825 | 3 | $20,668,608 |
| 2,548 | Todd Casey | $61,788,393 | 1 | $61,788,393 |
| 2,549 | Terry Jones | $61,655,170 | 7 | $8,807,881 |
| 2,550 | Christopher Browne | $61,492,104 | 1 | $61,492,104 |
| 2,551 | Michael Thomas | $61,487,659 | 6 | $10,247,943 |
| 2,552 | Joe Gayton | $61,487,405 | 3 | $20,495,802 |
| 2,553 | Tony Geiss | $61,444,372 | 2 | $30,722,186 |
| 2,554 | Judy Freudberg | $61,444,372 | 2 | $30,722,186 |
| 2,555 | Ulf Rydberg | $61,363,868 | 2 | $30,681,934 |
| 2,556 | Peter Filardi | $61,308,153 | 1 | $61,308,153 |
| 2,557 | Meghan McCarthy | $61,294,644 | 1 | $61,294,644 |
| 2,558 | Michael Vogel | $61,294,644 | 1 | $61,294,644 |
| 2,559 | Joe Ballarini | $61,294,644 | 2 | $30,647,322 |
| 2,560 | Angelo Pizzo | $61,269,752 | 4 | $15,317,438 |
| 2,561 | Dan Ewen | $61,236,720 | 1 | $61,236,720 |
| 2,562 | David Branson Smith | $61,168,659 | 3 | $20,389,553 |
| 2,563 | Zou Jingzhi | $61,107,674 | 3 | $20,369,225 |
| 2,564 | Chris Rock | $61,072,154 | 4 | $15,268,039 |
| 2,565 | Chris D'Arienzo | $61,031,932 | 2 | $30,515,966 |
| 2,566 | Drake Sather | $60,780,981 | 1 | $60,780,981 |
| 2,567 | Benjamin Guedj | $60,680,125 | 1 | $60,680,125 |
| 2,568 | Alan Alda | $60,666,942 | 4 | $15,166,736 |
| 2,569 | Roger L. Simon | $60,639,796 | 4 | $15,159,949 |
| 2,570 | Melissa Wallack | $60,611,845 | 1 | $60,611,845 |
| 2,571 | Tom Ford | $60,541,060 | 2 | $30,270,530 |
| 2,572 | Adam Small | $60,489,093 | 2 | $30,244,547 |
| 2,573 | Fax Bahr | $60,489,093 | 2 | $30,244,547 |
| 2,574 | Peter Landesman | $60,443,114 | 5 | $12,088,623 |
| 2,575 | Beverley Cross | $60,400,000 | 2 | $30,200,000 |
| 2,576 | Danny Boyle | $60,217,171 | 1 | $60,217,171 |
| 2,577 | Kim Caramele | $60,129,558 | 1 | $60,129,558 |
| 2,578 | Etienne Comar | $60,000,575 | 5 | $12,000,115 |
| 2,579 | Tania Rose | $60,000,000 | 1 | $60,000,000 |
| 2,580 | Jason Oremland | $59,961,647 | 3 | $19,987,216 |
| 2,581 | Lance Khazei | $59,918,422 | 1 | $59,918,422 |
| 2,582 | Albert Brooks | $59,906,668 | 5 | $11,981,334 |
| 2,583 | Barry Berman | $59,884,904 | 2 | $29,942,452 |
| 2,584 | Asghar Farhadi | $59,869,194 | 6 | $9,978,199 |
| 2,585 | Anthony Bagarozzi | $59,596,747 | 3 | $19,865,582 |
| 2,586 | Berkely Mather | $59,567,035 | 1 | $59,567,035 |
| 2,587 | Adam F. Goldberg | $59,551,283 | 1 | $59,551,283 |
| 2,588 | Emilio Estevez | $59,368,493 | 5 | $11,873,699 |
| 2,589 | Al Gore | $59,205,247 | 2 | $29,602,624 |
| 2,590 | Nicholas Griffin | $59,165,300 | 1 | $59,165,300 |
| 2,591 | Michael Haneke | $58,986,732 | 3 | $19,662,244 |
| 2,592 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | $58,974,885 | 4 | $14,743,721 |
| 2,593 | Daniel Giat | $58,953,319 | 1 | $58,953,319 |
| 2,594 | Bob Dolman | $58,883,840 | 1 | $58,883,840 |
| 2,595 | David Caspe | $58,879,681 | 1 | $58,879,681 |
| 2,596 | Tom Ropelewski | $58,853,917 | 4 | $14,713,479 |
| 2,597 | Neil Cuthbert | $58,837,374 | 2 | $29,418,687 |
| 2,598 | Peter Howitt | $58,809,149 | 1 | $58,809,149 |
| 2,599 | Mitch Glazer | $58,796,260 | 3 | $19,598,753 |
| 2,600 | Alan McElroy | $58,684,755 | 7 | $8,383,536 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.