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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,901 | Ronnie Christensen | $9,656,109 | 2 | $4,828,055 |
| 4,902 | Vanessa Portal | $9,654,932 | 1 | $9,654,932 |
| 4,903 | Remi Bezancon | $9,654,932 | 1 | $9,654,932 |
| 4,904 | Hype Williams | $9,639,390 | 1 | $9,639,390 |
| 4,905 | Elise McCredie | $9,619,183 | 1 | $9,619,183 |
| 4,906 | Baya Kasmi | $9,610,921 | 2 | $4,805,461 |
| 4,907 | Budd Schulberg | $9,609,459 | 1 | $9,609,459 |
| 4,908 | Yiu Kwong But (毕耀光) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 4,909 | Guannan Lv (吕冠南) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 4,910 | Ja Poon | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 4,911 | Ming Ho Yip (叶铭浩) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 4,912 | Sajid Samji | $9,600,079 | 2 | $4,800,040 |
| 4,913 | Jamie Uys | $9,591,444 | 2 | $4,795,722 |
| 4,914 | Rachid Bouchareb | $9,588,163 | 4 | $2,397,041 |
| 4,915 | Ross Venokur | $9,583,681 | 2 | $4,791,841 |
| 4,916 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $9,583,618 | 3 | $3,194,539 |
| 4,917 | Oleg Negin | $9,583,618 | 3 | $3,194,539 |
| 4,918 | John Duigan | $9,575,119 | 2 | $4,787,560 |
| 4,919 | Dalene Young | $9,574,155 | 1 | $9,574,155 |
| 4,920 | Bhavani Iyer | $9,573,725 | 1 | $9,573,725 |
| 4,921 | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 4,922 | François Dupeyron | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 4,923 | Wu Mengzhang | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 4,924 | Xiong Zhaozheng | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 4,925 | Maria Wong | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 4,926 | Kristoffer Borgli | $9,550,983 | 2 | $4,775,492 |
| 4,927 | Akiva Schaffer | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 4,928 | Andy Samberg | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 4,929 | Catherine Hardwicke | $9,534,860 | 2 | $4,767,430 |
| 4,930 | Damian Nieman | $9,533,964 | 1 | $9,533,964 |
| 4,931 | Mallika Dutt Gharde | $9,517,002 | 1 | $9,517,002 |
| 4,932 | Nikki Reed | $9,505,996 | 1 | $9,505,996 |
| 4,933 | Jane Smiley | $9,497,079 | 1 | $9,497,079 |
| 4,934 | Thomas Szabo | $9,484,078 | 1 | $9,484,078 |
| 4,935 | Helene Girard | $9,484,078 | 1 | $9,484,078 |
| 4,936 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 1 | $9,466,655 |
| 4,937 | Joseph Tura | $9,459,740 | 1 | $9,459,740 |
| 4,938 | Irwin Winkler | $9,445,090 | 2 | $4,722,545 |
| 4,939 | John Hopkins | $9,419,316 | 2 | $4,709,658 |
| 4,940 | Rohit Dhawan | $9,414,991 | 3 | $3,138,330 |
| 4,941 | Vasiliy Rovenskiy | $9,396,479 | 3 | $3,132,160 |
| 4,942 | Jette Rinck | $9,369,329 | 1 | $9,369,329 |
| 4,943 | Rupert Wyatt | $9,363,210 | 2 | $4,681,605 |
| 4,944 | Erica Beeney | $9,363,210 | 1 | $9,363,210 |
| 4,945 | Gregory Poppen | $9,355,369 | 1 | $9,355,369 |
| 4,946 | Seth E. Bass | $9,352,089 | 1 | $9,352,089 |
| 4,947 | Jonathan Tolins | $9,352,089 | 1 | $9,352,089 |
| 4,948 | B.W.L. Norton | $9,346,141 | 2 | $4,673,071 |
| 4,949 | Beto Gomez | $9,330,465 | 1 | $9,330,465 |
| 4,950 | Francisco Payo Gonzalez | $9,330,465 | 1 | $9,330,465 |
| 4,951 | Park In-je | $9,323,052 | 1 | $9,323,052 |
| 4,952 | Park Shin-kyu | $9,323,052 | 1 | $9,323,052 |
| 4,953 | Thomas Langmann | $9,309,554 | 1 | $9,309,554 |
| 4,954 | Stephane Keller | $9,309,554 | 1 | $9,309,554 |
| 4,955 | Joachim Trier | $9,302,656 | 3 | $3,100,885 |
| 4,956 | William Boyd | $9,289,349 | 1 | $9,289,349 |
| 4,957 | Bryan Forbes | $9,289,349 | 2 | $4,644,675 |
| 4,958 | Walter Doniger | $9,286,314 | 1 | $9,286,314 |
| 4,959 | Michel Leclerc | $9,261,711 | 1 | $9,261,711 |
| 4,960 | Peter George | $9,261,253 | 1 | $9,261,253 |
| 4,961 | Terry Southern | $9,261,253 | 1 | $9,261,253 |
| 4,962 | Francine Rivers | $9,259,319 | 1 | $9,259,319 |
| 4,963 | Warren Miller | $9,254,954 | 3 | $3,084,985 |
| 4,964 | Iain Johnstone | $9,254,184 | 1 | $9,254,184 |
| 4,965 | Sabrina B. Karine | $9,249,142 | 1 | $9,249,142 |
| 4,966 | Alice Vial | $9,249,142 | 1 | $9,249,142 |
| 4,967 | Nick Love | $9,235,315 | 3 | $3,078,438 |
| 4,968 | Jamal Olori | $9,213,735 | 1 | $9,213,735 |
| 4,969 | Stephen Glover | $9,213,735 | 2 | $4,606,868 |
| 4,970 | Ken Wiederhorn | $9,205,924 | 1 | $9,205,924 |
| 4,971 | Richard Di Lello | $9,200,000 | 1 | $9,200,000 |
| 4,972 | David Frigerio | $9,198,566 | 3 | $3,066,189 |
| 4,973 | Jonah Hill | $9,186,903 | 2 | $4,593,452 |
| 4,974 | William Eubank | $9,178,098 | 2 | $4,589,049 |
| 4,975 | Chris Morris | $9,159,205 | 2 | $4,579,603 |
| 4,976 | Jon S. Baird | $9,114,264 | 3 | $3,038,088 |
| 4,977 | Nicole DeMasi | $9,097,072 | 1 | $9,097,072 |
| 4,978 | Xavier Giannoli | $9,092,352 | 1 | $9,092,352 |
| 4,979 | Kirk Hammett | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 4,980 | Nimrod Antal | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 4,981 | Robert Trujillo | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 4,982 | James Hetfield | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 4,983 | Lars Ulrich | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 4,984 | Atom Egoyan | $9,065,039 | 4 | $2,266,260 |
| 4,985 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $9,058,303 | 3 | $3,019,434 |
| 4,986 | Luc Dardenne | $9,058,303 | 3 | $3,019,434 |
| 4,987 | Mitch Davis | $9,053,994 | 5 | $1,810,799 |
| 4,988 | Laurie Aubanel | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 4,989 | Jerome Enrico | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 4,990 | Bianca Olsen | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 4,991 | Paul Risacher | $9,034,956 | 1 | $9,034,956 |
| 4,992 | Claire Holden Rothman | $9,034,956 | 1 | $9,034,956 |
| 4,993 | Normand Canac Marquis | $9,034,956 | 1 | $9,034,956 |
| 4,994 | Rob Reiner | $9,030,905 | 2 | $4,515,453 |
| 4,995 | José Luis Navarro | $9,023,199 | 1 | $9,023,199 |
| 4,996 | Don Petersen | $9,023,199 | 1 | $9,023,199 |
| 4,997 | Roland Kibbee | $9,018,429 | 1 | $9,018,429 |
| 4,998 | Oscar Millard | $9,016,347 | 1 | $9,016,347 |
| 4,999 | David Rich | $9,015,164 | 1 | $9,015,164 |
| 5,000 | Charles Schnee | $9,012,000 | 3 | $3,004,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.