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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 301-400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Jim Cash | $907,890,645 | 7 | $129,698,664 |
| 302 | Taika Waititi | $906,474,595 | 6 | $151,079,099 |
| 303 | John Collee | $906,202,087 | 9 | $100,689,121 |
| 304 | Travis Beacham | $904,217,794 | 2 | $452,108,897 |
| 305 | Yang Yu | $902,662,893 | 2 | $451,331,447 |
| 306 | Mike Myers | $899,662,479 | 5 | $179,932,496 |
| 307 | Doug Miro | $899,429,918 | 4 | $224,857,480 |
| 308 | Carlo Bernard | $899,429,918 | 4 | $224,857,480 |
| 309 | Leigh Whannell | $896,118,664 | 12 | $74,676,555 |
| 310 | Michael France | $887,698,203 | 4 | $221,924,551 |
| 311 | Mike Berg | $886,686,817 | 1 | $886,686,817 |
| 312 | Richard Maibaum | $885,567,020 | 8 | $110,695,878 |
| 313 | Carlton Cuse | $884,205,756 | 2 | $442,102,878 |
| 314 | Stuart Beattie | $882,802,609 | 8 | $110,350,326 |
| 315 | Michael G. Wilson | $882,794,971 | 5 | $176,558,994 |
| 316 | Jon Watts | $881,378,368 | 4 | $220,344,592 |
| 317 | Allan Loeb | $878,776,621 | 11 | $79,888,784 |
| 318 | Phil Hay | $877,002,130 | 8 | $109,625,266 |
| 319 | Dan Scanlon | $876,813,411 | 2 | $438,406,706 |
| 320 | Marc Lawrence | $876,172,412 | 10 | $87,617,241 |
| 321 | Simon Farnaby | $875,586,126 | 5 | $175,117,225 |
| 322 | Zack Snyder | $874,700,375 | 6 | $145,783,396 |
| 323 | Mark Protosevich | $874,653,815 | 4 | $218,663,454 |
| 324 | Wu Jing | $870,325,439 | 1 | $870,325,439 |
| 325 | Dong Qun | $870,325,439 | 1 | $870,325,439 |
| 326 | Liu Yi | $870,325,439 | 1 | $870,325,439 |
| 327 | Makoto Shinkai | $866,193,495 | 3 | $288,731,165 |
| 328 | Ron J. Friedman | $865,400,162 | 5 | $173,080,032 |
| 329 | Steve Bencich | $865,400,162 | 5 | $173,080,032 |
| 330 | Zack Stentz | $862,975,381 | 4 | $215,743,845 |
| 331 | Ashley Edward Miller | $862,975,381 | 4 | $215,743,845 |
| 332 | Seth MacFarlane | $860,009,327 | 3 | $286,669,776 |
| 333 | Alec Sulkin | $860,009,327 | 3 | $286,669,776 |
| 334 | Kiel Murray | $852,123,013 | 4 | $213,030,753 |
| 335 | Jim Herzfeld | $851,348,741 | 3 | $283,782,914 |
| 336 | Craig Kyle | $850,482,778 | 2 | $425,241,389 |
| 337 | Josh Cooley | $850,309,035 | 1 | $850,309,035 |
| 338 | James V. Hart | $847,394,197 | 7 | $121,056,314 |
| 339 | Joe Carnahan | $842,718,521 | 11 | $76,610,775 |
| 340 | Charles Leavitt | $842,382,538 | 8 | $105,297,817 |
| 341 | Christopher Landon | $842,230,222 | 14 | $60,159,302 |
| 342 | Herschel Weingrod | $841,476,353 | 7 | $120,210,908 |
| 343 | Liu Honglu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 344 | Jia Ling | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 345 | Sun Jibin | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 346 | Wang Yu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 347 | Jack Epps, Jr. | $837,564,252 | 6 | $139,594,042 |
| 348 | Mark Andrews | $837,384,632 | 2 | $418,692,316 |
| 349 | Steven Conrad | $835,001,712 | 6 | $139,166,952 |
| 350 | Mark Fergus | $831,646,033 | 4 | $207,911,508 |
| 351 | Hawk Ostby | $831,646,033 | 4 | $207,911,508 |
| 352 | Aline Brosh McKenna | $829,149,191 | 8 | $103,643,649 |
| 353 | John Krasinski | $828,594,257 | 4 | $207,148,564 |
| 354 | Chris Miller | $827,464,262 | 2 | $413,732,131 |
| 355 | Tyler Perry | $826,158,954 | 22 | $37,552,680 |
| 356 | Tom J. Astle | $824,014,307 | 4 | $206,003,577 |
| 357 | Joshua Sternin | $819,231,130 | 4 | $204,807,783 |
| 358 | Jennifer Ventimilia | $819,231,130 | 4 | $204,807,783 |
| 359 | Ann Peacock | $818,067,471 | 5 | $163,613,494 |
| 360 | John Lee Hancock | $816,613,845 | 9 | $90,734,872 |
| 361 | Jake Kasdan | $815,962,965 | 2 | $407,981,483 |
| 362 | Adam Cooper | $812,230,227 | 7 | $116,032,890 |
| 363 | Bill Collage | $812,230,227 | 7 | $116,032,890 |
| 364 | Randi Mayem Singer | $809,697,146 | 4 | $202,424,287 |
| 365 | Boaz Yakin | $808,302,128 | 11 | $73,482,012 |
| 366 | Aron Warner | $807,330,936 | 1 | $807,330,936 |
| 367 | Robert Nelson Jacobs | $807,262,271 | 6 | $134,543,712 |
| 368 | Carl Gottlieb | $806,908,324 | 5 | $161,381,665 |
| 369 | Maya Forbes | $802,847,926 | 9 | $89,205,325 |
| 370 | Scot Armstrong | $800,949,464 | 4 | $200,237,366 |
| 371 | Don Payne | $799,580,165 | 3 | $266,526,722 |
| 372 | Tom Wheeler | $798,316,954 | 3 | $266,105,651 |
| 373 | Matt Manfredi | $797,925,452 | 7 | $113,989,350 |
| 374 | Dan Harris | $797,429,822 | 2 | $398,714,911 |
| 375 | Matthew Aldrich | $796,466,758 | 2 | $398,233,379 |
| 376 | Adrian Molina | $796,397,165 | 1 | $796,397,165 |
| 377 | Chiyu Zhang | $794,839,821 | 2 | $397,419,911 |
| 378 | Alfonso Cuarón | $790,055,685 | 4 | $197,513,921 |
| 379 | Ol Parker | $788,508,899 | 6 | $131,418,150 |
| 380 | Marshall Herskovitz | $787,783,525 | 5 | $157,556,705 |
| 381 | Paul Fisher | $787,348,704 | 3 | $262,449,568 |
| 382 | Ken Nolan | $787,139,602 | 3 | $262,379,867 |
| 383 | Patrick Casey | $784,290,527 | 4 | $196,072,632 |
| 384 | Josh Miller | $784,290,527 | 4 | $196,072,632 |
| 385 | Jordan Roberts | $781,461,105 | 4 | $195,365,276 |
| 386 | Ted Griffin | $779,438,555 | 5 | $155,887,711 |
| 387 | Hu Guan | $778,860,306 | 3 | $259,620,102 |
| 388 | Jordan Peele | $778,032,295 | 6 | $129,672,049 |
| 389 | Gilbert Taylor | $775,398,007 | 1 | $775,398,007 |
| 390 | Jeremy Slater | $774,941,068 | 6 | $129,156,845 |
| 391 | Cameron Crowe | $774,022,225 | 10 | $77,402,223 |
| 392 | Kelvin Lee | $773,823,628 | 2 | $386,911,814 |
| 393 | Nicole Perlman | $770,882,395 | 1 | $770,882,395 |
| 394 | David O. Russell | $768,742,210 | 10 | $76,874,221 |
| 395 | Tsui Hark | $768,555,366 | 8 | $96,069,421 |
| 396 | Warren Skaaren | $767,712,836 | 4 | $191,928,209 |
| 397 | Glenn Ficarra | $767,437,843 | 8 | $95,929,730 |
| 398 | John Requa | $767,437,843 | 8 | $95,929,730 |
| 399 | Shay Hatten | $767,005,957 | 7 | $109,572,280 |
| 400 | Brad Copeland | $765,821,718 | 5 | $153,164,344 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.