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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 | Philip Frank Messina | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 5,002 | Robert Stitzel | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 5,003 | David P. Harmon | $8,920,615 | 1 | $8,920,615 |
| 5,004 | Charles Beaumont | $8,920,615 | 1 | $8,920,615 |
| 5,005 | John Pollono | $8,897,282 | 3 | $2,965,761 |
| 5,006 | Regan Sean O'Byrne Macelwain | $8,891,623 | 1 | $8,891,623 |
| 5,007 | Steven Baigelman | $8,869,544 | 2 | $4,434,772 |
| 5,008 | Trey Ellis | $8,864,699 | 1 | $8,864,699 |
| 5,009 | Paris Qualles | $8,864,699 | 1 | $8,864,699 |
| 5,010 | Richard Rothstein | $8,853,155 | 2 | $4,426,578 |
| 5,011 | Andrew Baldwin | $8,835,027 | 2 | $4,417,514 |
| 5,012 | James Watkins | $8,831,974 | 2 | $4,415,987 |
| 5,013 | Ronnie Sandahl | $8,824,873 | 2 | $4,412,437 |
| 5,014 | Paul G. Hensler | $8,823,269 | 1 | $8,823,269 |
| 5,015 | Julian Barry | $8,818,672 | 2 | $4,409,336 |
| 5,016 | Geoff Deane | $8,818,428 | 1 | $8,818,428 |
| 5,017 | John William Corrington | $8,800,000 | 2 | $4,400,000 |
| 5,018 | Joyce Hooper Corrington | $8,800,000 | 2 | $4,400,000 |
| 5,019 | Sergio Castellitto | $8,764,139 | 1 | $8,764,139 |
| 5,020 | Margaret Mazzantini | $8,764,139 | 1 | $8,764,139 |
| 5,021 | Terry Zwigoff | $8,761,608 | 1 | $8,761,608 |
| 5,022 | Sam Egan | $8,753,977 | 2 | $4,376,989 |
| 5,023 | Thomas F.X. Sullivan | $8,735,908 | 2 | $4,367,954 |
| 5,024 | Bear Aderhold | $8,735,908 | 2 | $4,367,954 |
| 5,025 | Jiao Huajing | $8,719,427 | 1 | $8,719,427 |
| 5,026 | Xue Xiaolu | $8,719,427 | 1 | $8,719,427 |
| 5,027 | Anna Bruggemann | $8,713,628 | 2 | $4,356,814 |
| 5,028 | Cedric Klapisch | $8,703,093 | 3 | $2,901,031 |
| 5,029 | Noel Black | $8,700,000 | 1 | $8,700,000 |
| 5,030 | Santiago Amigorena | $8,696,243 | 3 | $2,898,748 |
| 5,031 | Paul Gross | $8,694,524 | 3 | $2,898,175 |
| 5,032 | James Booth | $8,679,650 | 2 | $4,339,825 |
| 5,033 | Tod Carroll | $8,674,093 | 1 | $8,674,093 |
| 5,034 | Steve Kluger | $8,669,847 | 1 | $8,669,847 |
| 5,035 | Nicole Dubuc | $8,660,022 | 1 | $8,660,022 |
| 5,036 | Sam Bain | $8,657,664 | 4 | $2,164,416 |
| 5,037 | Will Forte | $8,629,895 | 1 | $8,629,895 |
| 5,038 | John L. Solomon | $8,629,895 | 1 | $8,629,895 |
| 5,039 | Anvita Dutt Guptan | $8,621,794 | 1 | $8,621,794 |
| 5,040 | Jacques Tati | $8,609,949 | 1 | $8,609,949 |
| 5,041 | Sylvain Chomet | $8,609,949 | 2 | $4,304,975 |
| 5,042 | Annmarie Morais | $8,607,815 | 1 | $8,607,815 |
| 5,043 | Edmund Beloin | $8,600,000 | 2 | $4,300,000 |
| 5,044 | Wang Xingdong | $8,593,154 | 1 | $8,593,154 |
| 5,045 | Chen Baoguang | $8,593,154 | 1 | $8,593,154 |
| 5,046 | Robert A. Heinlein | $8,579,626 | 1 | $8,579,626 |
| 5,047 | Susan Coyne | $8,558,693 | 1 | $8,558,693 |
| 5,048 | Mark Young | $8,556,572 | 1 | $8,556,572 |
| 5,049 | Anusha Rizvi | $8,544,969 | 1 | $8,544,969 |
| 5,050 | Gabriella Prekop | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,051 | Glenn Close | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,052 | John Banville | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,053 | Mark Jones | $8,533,294 | 1 | $8,533,294 |
| 5,054 | Robert Clouse | $8,527,743 | 1 | $8,527,743 |
| 5,055 | Sngmoo Lee | $8,514,325 | 1 | $8,514,325 |
| 5,056 | Lazaro Gomez Carriles | $8,503,459 | 1 | $8,503,459 |
| 5,057 | Cunningham O'Keefe | $8,503,459 | 1 | $8,503,459 |
| 5,058 | Jennifer Kent | $8,501,153 | 2 | $4,250,577 |
| 5,059 | Philippe Lioret | $8,477,792 | 2 | $4,238,896 |
| 5,060 | Abbas Tyrewala | $8,436,133 | 1 | $8,436,133 |
| 5,061 | Siddharth Anand | $8,436,133 | 1 | $8,436,133 |
| 5,062 | Larry Sulkis | $8,434,601 | 1 | $8,434,601 |
| 5,063 | Paul Staheli | $8,431,304 | 3 | $2,810,435 |
| 5,064 | Chris Bryant | $8,415,112 | 1 | $8,415,112 |
| 5,065 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $8,413,128 | 2 | $4,206,564 |
| 5,066 | Richard Sherman (Screenwriter) | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 5,067 | Adam Simon | $8,378,853 | 2 | $4,189,427 |
| 5,068 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 5,069 | Shell Danielson | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 5,070 | Lasse Hallström | $8,346,115 | 2 | $4,173,058 |
| 5,071 | Brasse Brännström | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,072 | Per Berglund | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,073 | Reidar Jönsson | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,074 | Garry Williams | $8,341,909 | 2 | $4,170,955 |
| 5,075 | Ko Jeong-un | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 5,076 | Lee Sang-hyun | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 5,077 | Joe Cheung | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,078 | Huang Yi | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,079 | Teddy Robin Kwan | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,080 | Barry Wong | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,081 | Margery Doppelt | $8,316,206 | 1 | $8,316,206 |
| 5,082 | Roy Blount Jr. | $8,295,903 | 1 | $8,295,903 |
| 5,083 | Kevin Spacey | $8,292,914 | 1 | $8,292,914 |
| 5,084 | Steven Katz | $8,279,017 | 1 | $8,279,017 |
| 5,085 | Lizhu Wu (吴骊珠) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 5,086 | Liang Wu (吴亮) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 5,087 | Caroline Vignal | $8,276,700 | 1 | $8,276,700 |
| 5,088 | Bille August | $8,271,344 | 2 | $4,135,672 |
| 5,089 | Oliver Daly | $8,259,753 | 1 | $8,259,753 |
| 5,090 | Rob Gibbons | $8,253,426 | 2 | $4,126,713 |
| 5,091 | Neil Gibbons | $8,253,426 | 2 | $4,126,713 |
| 5,092 | Cary Bates | $8,251,071 | 1 | $8,251,071 |
| 5,093 | Steven Bloom | $8,247,627 | 1 | $8,247,627 |
| 5,094 | Markus Imhoof | $8,244,071 | 1 | $8,244,071 |
| 5,095 | Rhidian Brook | $8,242,415 | 1 | $8,242,415 |
| 5,096 | Brock Norman Brock | $8,231,742 | 2 | $4,115,871 |
| 5,097 | Olivier Dazat | $8,226,868 | 3 | $2,742,289 |
| 5,098 | Wil Shriner | $8,224,998 | 1 | $8,224,998 |
| 5,099 | Wesley A. Oliver | $8,217,571 | 1 | $8,217,571 |
| 5,100 | Tommy Lee Jones | $8,217,571 | 1 | $8,217,571 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.