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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Steve Tesich | $20,000,000 | 1 | $20,000,000 |
| 4,002 | Brent Hanley | $19,947,280 | 1 | $19,947,280 |
| 4,003 | Isao Takahata | $19,934,987 | 2 | $9,967,494 |
| 4,004 | DJ Pooh | $19,918,431 | 2 | $9,959,216 |
| 4,005 | L.M. Kit Carson | $19,910,002 | 1 | $19,910,002 |
| 4,006 | Nicolas Lopez | $19,887,178 | 3 | $6,629,059 |
| 4,007 | Sidney Aaron | $19,853,898 | 1 | $19,853,898 |
| 4,008 | Valia Santella | $19,836,762 | 2 | $9,918,381 |
| 4,009 | Barbara Shulgasser | $19,806,668 | 1 | $19,806,668 |
| 4,010 | Norman Snider | $19,805,774 | 3 | $6,601,925 |
| 4,011 | Robert Caswell | $19,799,549 | 2 | $9,899,775 |
| 4,012 | Akira Hiyama | $19,790,000 | 1 | $19,790,000 |
| 4,013 | Tim John | $19,789,688 | 2 | $9,894,844 |
| 4,014 | Andrew Scheinman | $19,766,604 | 2 | $9,883,302 |
| 4,015 | Ron Bass | $19,756,077 | 3 | $6,585,359 |
| 4,016 | Terence McCloy | $19,726,490 | 1 | $19,726,490 |
| 4,017 | Chris Clark | $19,726,490 | 1 | $19,726,490 |
| 4,018 | Suzanne de Passe | $19,726,490 | 1 | $19,726,490 |
| 4,019 | Tracy Tormé | $19,724,334 | 1 | $19,724,334 |
| 4,020 | Kevin Falls | $19,693,891 | 1 | $19,693,891 |
| 4,021 | Kate Lanier | $19,688,733 | 3 | $6,562,911 |
| 4,022 | Piers Ashworth | $19,675,311 | 6 | $3,279,219 |
| 4,023 | Morgan Davis Foehl | $19,665,004 | 1 | $19,665,004 |
| 4,024 | Michael Lucker | $19,637,147 | 1 | $19,637,147 |
| 4,025 | Park Sang-Yeon | $19,603,449 | 1 | $19,603,449 |
| 4,026 | Rob Muir | $19,549,968 | 2 | $9,774,984 |
| 4,027 | Sarfraz Manzoor | $19,529,914 | 1 | $19,529,914 |
| 4,028 | Eric Wald | $19,526,014 | 1 | $19,526,014 |
| 4,029 | Jaco Van Dormael | $19,522,110 | 2 | $9,761,055 |
| 4,030 | Sharon Soboil | $19,512,726 | 2 | $9,756,363 |
| 4,031 | Claude Binyon | $19,500,080 | 2 | $9,750,040 |
| 4,032 | Frank Butler | $19,500,000 | 6 | $3,250,000 |
| 4,033 | Thomaas Gunzig | $19,499,856 | 1 | $19,499,856 |
| 4,034 | Deborah Dean Davis | $19,474,589 | 1 | $19,474,589 |
| 4,035 | Bradley Allenstein | $19,466,125 | 2 | $9,733,063 |
| 4,036 | Fernando León de Aranoa | $19,461,794 | 2 | $9,730,897 |
| 4,037 | Vera Blasi | $19,459,630 | 2 | $9,729,815 |
| 4,038 | Daryl G. Nickens | $19,438,638 | 1 | $19,438,638 |
| 4,039 | Ken Scarborough | $19,421,271 | 1 | $19,421,271 |
| 4,040 | Larry Brothers | $19,397,847 | 1 | $19,397,847 |
| 4,041 | Ugo Chiti | $19,347,421 | 4 | $4,836,855 |
| 4,042 | Jeffrey Lieber | $19,344,615 | 1 | $19,344,615 |
| 4,043 | Stephen Amidon | $19,340,538 | 1 | $19,340,538 |
| 4,044 | James Ferguson | $19,306,362 | 1 | $19,306,362 |
| 4,045 | Robert Shallcross | $19,306,362 | 1 | $19,306,362 |
| 4,046 | Sy Richardson | $19,290,000 | 1 | $19,290,000 |
| 4,047 | Victor Colicchio | $19,288,130 | 1 | $19,288,130 |
| 4,048 | Michael Imperioli | $19,288,130 | 1 | $19,288,130 |
| 4,049 | Frank Deese | $19,214,194 | 1 | $19,214,194 |
| 4,050 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $19,207,589 | 3 | $6,402,530 |
| 4,051 | David Toney | $19,194,572 | 1 | $19,194,572 |
| 4,052 | Michael Kennedy | $19,194,203 | 3 | $6,398,068 |
| 4,053 | Robert Boris | $19,193,000 | 2 | $9,596,500 |
| 4,054 | Charles Dance | $19,168,295 | 1 | $19,168,295 |
| 4,055 | Javier Fesser | $19,116,078 | 1 | $19,116,078 |
| 4,056 | Mark Rizzo | $19,116,078 | 1 | $19,116,078 |
| 4,057 | Dennis Lehane | $19,054,534 | 2 | $9,527,267 |
| 4,058 | Brian Taggert | $19,036,666 | 2 | $9,518,333 |
| 4,059 | Ken Sanzel | $19,035,741 | 1 | $19,035,741 |
| 4,060 | Claude Kerven | $19,018,321 | 1 | $19,018,321 |
| 4,061 | William Reilly | $19,018,321 | 1 | $19,018,321 |
| 4,062 | Luciano Vincenzoni | $19,017,854 | 2 | $9,508,927 |
| 4,063 | William Ford Gibson | $19,006,201 | 1 | $19,006,201 |
| 4,064 | Rodrigo Cortes | $19,004,361 | 3 | $6,334,787 |
| 4,065 | Leigh Chapman | $19,000,000 | 1 | $19,000,000 |
| 4,066 | Crash Leyland | $18,994,653 | 1 | $18,994,653 |
| 4,067 | Roger Donaldson | $18,991,288 | 1 | $18,991,288 |
| 4,068 | Arcel Heisterberg | $18,983,277 | 1 | $18,983,277 |
| 4,069 | Aleksey Borodachyov | $18,959,116 | 1 | $18,959,116 |
| 4,070 | Stephen McPherson | $18,924,919 | 1 | $18,924,919 |
| 4,071 | Tom Sierchio | $18,909,708 | 2 | $9,454,854 |
| 4,072 | Roger Soffer | $18,880,508 | 1 | $18,880,508 |
| 4,073 | Christian Ford | $18,880,508 | 1 | $18,880,508 |
| 4,074 | Will Hayes | $18,877,153 | 1 | $18,877,153 |
| 4,075 | Jesse Studenberg | $18,877,153 | 1 | $18,877,153 |
| 4,076 | Bill Naughton | $18,871,300 | 1 | $18,871,300 |
| 4,077 | Giordano Gederlini | $18,849,747 | 1 | $18,849,747 |
| 4,078 | Alexis Manenti | $18,849,747 | 1 | $18,849,747 |
| 4,079 | Ladj Ly | $18,849,747 | 2 | $9,424,874 |
| 4,080 | Pat Bradley | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 4,081 | Pat McCormick | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 4,082 | Fred Bauer | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 4,083 | Harry Hurwitz | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 4,084 | Martin Smith | $18,826,490 | 1 | $18,826,490 |
| 4,085 | Sergio Leone | $18,786,443 | 4 | $4,696,611 |
| 4,086 | Scott Atkinson | $18,783,530 | 1 | $18,783,530 |
| 4,087 | Ron Koslow | $18,777,694 | 3 | $6,259,231 |
| 4,088 | Clarence Greene | $18,750,000 | 2 | $9,375,000 |
| 4,089 | Russell Rouse | $18,750,000 | 2 | $9,375,000 |
| 4,090 | Mak Tin-sau | $18,742,370 | 3 | $6,247,457 |
| 4,091 | Daisuke Tengan | $18,727,440 | 1 | $18,727,440 |
| 4,092 | Stephan Blinn | $18,726,003 | 2 | $9,363,002 |
| 4,093 | Hollis Barton | $18,726,003 | 2 | $9,363,002 |
| 4,094 | Demian Lichtenstein | $18,708,848 | 1 | $18,708,848 |
| 4,095 | Richard Recco | $18,708,848 | 1 | $18,708,848 |
| 4,096 | Charlie Gale | $18,704,280 | 2 | $9,352,140 |
| 4,097 | Arthur Julian | $18,607,492 | 1 | $18,607,492 |
| 4,098 | Martin Roth | $18,607,492 | 1 | $18,607,492 |
| 4,099 | Umesh Shukla | $18,602,281 | 1 | $18,602,281 |
| 4,100 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $18,594,123 | 3 | $6,198,041 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.