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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Ming Ho Yip (叶铭浩) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,002 | Yiu Kwong But (毕耀光) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,003 | Guannan Lv (吕冠南) | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,004 | Ja Poon | $9,605,591 | 1 | $9,605,591 |
| 5,005 | Sajid Samji | $9,600,079 | 2 | $4,800,040 |
| 5,006 | Jamie Uys | $9,591,444 | 2 | $4,795,722 |
| 5,007 | Rachid Bouchareb | $9,588,163 | 4 | $2,397,041 |
| 5,008 | Ross Venokur | $9,583,681 | 2 | $4,791,841 |
| 5,009 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $9,583,618 | 3 | $3,194,539 |
| 5,010 | Oleg Negin | $9,583,618 | 3 | $3,194,539 |
| 5,011 | Dalene Young | $9,574,155 | 1 | $9,574,155 |
| 5,012 | Bhavani Iyer | $9,573,725 | 1 | $9,573,725 |
| 5,013 | François Dupeyron | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 5,014 | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | $9,563,567 | 1 | $9,563,567 |
| 5,015 | Kristoffer Borgli | $9,561,232 | 2 | $4,780,616 |
| 5,016 | Maria Wong | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 5,017 | Wu Mengzhang | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 5,018 | Xiong Zhaozheng | $9,560,020 | 1 | $9,560,020 |
| 5,019 | Matt Walsh | $9,555,117 | 4 | $2,388,779 |
| 5,020 | Andy Samberg | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 5,021 | Akiva Schaffer | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 5,022 | Catherine Hardwicke | $9,534,860 | 2 | $4,767,430 |
| 5,023 | Justin Folk | $9,534,617 | 1 | $9,534,617 |
| 5,024 | Brian A. Hoffman | $9,534,617 | 1 | $9,534,617 |
| 5,025 | Damian Nieman | $9,533,964 | 1 | $9,533,964 |
| 5,026 | Mallika Dutt Gharde | $9,517,002 | 1 | $9,517,002 |
| 5,027 | Nikki Reed | $9,505,996 | 1 | $9,505,996 |
| 5,028 | Jane Smiley | $9,497,079 | 1 | $9,497,079 |
| 5,029 | Thomas Szabo | $9,484,078 | 1 | $9,484,078 |
| 5,030 | Helene Girard | $9,484,078 | 1 | $9,484,078 |
| 5,031 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 1 | $9,466,655 |
| 5,032 | Joseph Tura | $9,459,740 | 1 | $9,459,740 |
| 5,033 | Irwin Winkler | $9,445,090 | 2 | $4,722,545 |
| 5,034 | Rohit Dhawan | $9,414,991 | 3 | $3,138,330 |
| 5,035 | Vasiliy Rovenskiy | $9,392,622 | 3 | $3,130,874 |
| 5,036 | Jette Rinck | $9,369,329 | 1 | $9,369,329 |
| 5,037 | Erica Beeney | $9,363,210 | 1 | $9,363,210 |
| 5,038 | Rupert Wyatt | $9,363,210 | 2 | $4,681,605 |
| 5,039 | Gregory Poppen | $9,355,369 | 1 | $9,355,369 |
| 5,040 | Seth E. Bass | $9,352,089 | 1 | $9,352,089 |
| 5,041 | Jonathan Tolins | $9,352,089 | 1 | $9,352,089 |
| 5,042 | B.W.L. Norton | $9,346,141 | 2 | $4,673,071 |
| 5,043 | Beto Gomez | $9,330,465 | 1 | $9,330,465 |
| 5,044 | Francisco Payo Gonzalez | $9,330,465 | 1 | $9,330,465 |
| 5,045 | Park Shin-kyu | $9,323,052 | 1 | $9,323,052 |
| 5,046 | Park In-je | $9,323,052 | 1 | $9,323,052 |
| 5,047 | Stephane Keller | $9,309,554 | 1 | $9,309,554 |
| 5,048 | Bryan Forbes | $9,289,349 | 2 | $4,644,675 |
| 5,049 | William Boyd | $9,289,349 | 1 | $9,289,349 |
| 5,050 | Walter Doniger | $9,286,314 | 1 | $9,286,314 |
| 5,051 | David Frigerio | $9,274,793 | 3 | $3,091,598 |
| 5,052 | Michel Leclerc | $9,261,711 | 1 | $9,261,711 |
| 5,053 | Terry Southern | $9,261,253 | 1 | $9,261,253 |
| 5,054 | Peter George | $9,261,253 | 1 | $9,261,253 |
| 5,055 | Francine Rivers | $9,259,319 | 1 | $9,259,319 |
| 5,056 | Warren Miller | $9,254,954 | 3 | $3,084,985 |
| 5,057 | William Eubank | $9,254,325 | 2 | $4,627,163 |
| 5,058 | Iain Johnstone | $9,254,184 | 1 | $9,254,184 |
| 5,059 | Sabrina B. Karine | $9,249,142 | 1 | $9,249,142 |
| 5,060 | Alice Vial | $9,249,142 | 1 | $9,249,142 |
| 5,061 | Nick Love | $9,235,315 | 3 | $3,078,438 |
| 5,062 | Jamal Olori | $9,213,735 | 1 | $9,213,735 |
| 5,063 | Stephen Glover | $9,213,735 | 2 | $4,606,868 |
| 5,064 | Ken Wiederhorn | $9,205,924 | 1 | $9,205,924 |
| 5,065 | Richard Di Lello | $9,200,000 | 1 | $9,200,000 |
| 5,066 | Jonah Hill | $9,186,903 | 2 | $4,593,452 |
| 5,067 | Chris Morris | $9,159,205 | 2 | $4,579,603 |
| 5,068 | Nicole DeMasi | $9,097,072 | 1 | $9,097,072 |
| 5,069 | Xavier Giannoli | $9,092,352 | 1 | $9,092,352 |
| 5,070 | Lars Ulrich | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 5,071 | Kirk Hammett | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 5,072 | Nimrod Antal | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 5,073 | Robert Trujillo | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 5,074 | James Hetfield | $9,082,906 | 1 | $9,082,906 |
| 5,075 | Atom Egoyan | $9,065,039 | 4 | $2,266,260 |
| 5,076 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $9,058,303 | 3 | $3,019,434 |
| 5,077 | Luc Dardenne | $9,058,303 | 3 | $3,019,434 |
| 5,078 | Mitch Davis | $9,053,994 | 5 | $1,810,799 |
| 5,079 | Bianca Olsen | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 5,080 | Laurie Aubanel | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 5,081 | Jerome Enrico | $9,043,254 | 1 | $9,043,254 |
| 5,082 | Normand Canac Marquis | $9,034,956 | 1 | $9,034,956 |
| 5,083 | Paul Risacher | $9,034,956 | 1 | $9,034,956 |
| 5,084 | Claire Holden Rothman | $9,034,956 | 1 | $9,034,956 |
| 5,085 | Rob Reiner | $9,030,905 | 2 | $4,515,453 |
| 5,086 | José Luis Navarro | $9,023,199 | 1 | $9,023,199 |
| 5,087 | Don Petersen | $9,023,199 | 1 | $9,023,199 |
| 5,088 | Roland Kibbee | $9,018,429 | 1 | $9,018,429 |
| 5,089 | Oscar Millard | $9,016,347 | 1 | $9,016,347 |
| 5,090 | David Rich | $9,015,164 | 1 | $9,015,164 |
| 5,091 | Borden Chase | $9,012,000 | 3 | $3,004,000 |
| 5,092 | Charles Schnee | $9,012,000 | 3 | $3,004,000 |
| 5,093 | Bess Meredyth | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 5,094 | Martin Amis | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 5,095 | H. H. Caldwell | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 5,096 | June Mathis | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 5,097 | Katherine Hilliker | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 5,098 | Roger Ebert | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 5,099 | Leslie Bricusse | $9,000,000 | 3 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,100 | Carey Wilson | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.