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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,001-6,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,001 | Olafur Egilsson | $4,250,370 | 2 | $2,125,185 |
| 6,002 | Joel Silberg | $4,248,622 | 1 | $4,248,622 |
| 6,003 | Sheldon Renan | $4,248,622 | 1 | $4,248,622 |
| 6,004 | Daisuke Hosaka | $4,248,586 | 1 | $4,248,586 |
| 6,005 | Jeremy Saulnier | $4,244,505 | 3 | $1,414,835 |
| 6,006 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $4,242,611 | 2 | $2,121,306 |
| 6,007 | Angelina Jolie | $4,236,939 | 3 | $1,412,313 |
| 6,008 | John Goldsmith | $4,234,355 | 1 | $4,234,355 |
| 6,009 | Leos Carax | $4,230,426 | 1 | $4,230,426 |
| 6,010 | Big Boy Medlin | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 6,011 | Michael Ventura | $4,226,370 | 1 | $4,226,370 |
| 6,012 | Joe Goodman | $4,224,065 | 1 | $4,224,065 |
| 6,013 | Chuck Sklar | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 6,014 | Jeff Stilson | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 6,015 | Lance Crouther | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 6,016 | Paul Marchand | $4,222,942 | 1 | $4,222,942 |
| 6,017 | Jessica Parker | $4,217,950 | 1 | $4,217,950 |
| 6,018 | Jim Wynorski | $4,214,282 | 5 | $842,856 |
| 6,019 | Chris Nash | $4,212,621 | 1 | $4,212,621 |
| 6,020 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 6,021 | J.D. Dillard | $4,210,839 | 4 | $1,052,710 |
| 6,022 | Robert Engels | $4,208,366 | 1 | $4,208,366 |
| 6,023 | Fanny Burdino | $4,202,520 | 2 | $2,101,260 |
| 6,024 | Ian McKellen | $4,199,334 | 1 | $4,199,334 |
| 6,025 | Bruce Hendricks | $4,197,175 | 1 | $4,197,175 |
| 6,026 | Jack Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 6,027 | Robert Abramoff | $4,192,000 | 1 | $4,192,000 |
| 6,028 | Eddie Huang | $4,191,023 | 1 | $4,191,023 |
| 6,029 | Daniel Arthur Wray | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 6,030 | Jack Cummins | $4,177,448 | 1 | $4,177,448 |
| 6,031 | Francis Annan | $4,168,774 | 1 | $4,168,774 |
| 6,032 | Drake Doremus | $4,168,057 | 4 | $1,042,014 |
| 6,033 | Jimmy McGovern | $4,165,845 | 1 | $4,165,845 |
| 6,034 | Paul Sado | $4,161,533 | 2 | $2,080,767 |
| 6,035 | Marieke van der Pol | $4,161,287 | 1 | $4,161,287 |
| 6,036 | Rama Burshtein | $4,161,034 | 2 | $2,080,517 |
| 6,037 | Luis Estrada | $4,155,903 | 1 | $4,155,903 |
| 6,038 | Jaime Sampietro | $4,155,903 | 1 | $4,155,903 |
| 6,039 | Jules Duncan | $4,154,630 | 1 | $4,154,630 |
| 6,040 | Wladyslaw Pasikowski | $4,154,359 | 2 | $2,077,180 |
| 6,041 | Alex Theurer | $4,153,553 | 2 | $2,076,777 |
| 6,042 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 6,043 | Emmanuel Mouret | $4,139,072 | 1 | $4,139,072 |
| 6,044 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 6,045 | Fina Torres | $4,133,692 | 1 | $4,133,692 |
| 6,046 | Luis Alfaro | $4,133,692 | 1 | $4,133,692 |
| 6,047 | Neil Burger | $4,131,781 | 2 | $2,065,891 |
| 6,048 | Yaël Langmann | $4,128,855 | 1 | $4,128,855 |
| 6,049 | Maggie Carey | $4,128,828 | 1 | $4,128,828 |
| 6,050 | Robert Carrington | $4,117,958 | 1 | $4,117,958 |
| 6,051 | James O’Hanlon | $4,111,828 | 2 | $2,055,914 |
| 6,052 | Mira Nair | $4,109,095 | 1 | $4,109,095 |
| 6,053 | James Frey | $4,100,505 | 1 | $4,100,505 |
| 6,054 | Nathaniel Curtis | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,055 | Kay Van Riper | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,056 | Rupert Walters | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,057 | Harry Crane | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 6,058 | Janice Lee Graham | $4,097,094 | 1 | $4,097,094 |
| 6,059 | Sharat Katariya | $4,083,099 | 2 | $2,041,550 |
| 6,060 | Anatoli Nikiforov | $4,079,889 | 1 | $4,079,889 |
| 6,061 | Alexander Sokurov | $4,079,889 | 1 | $4,079,889 |
| 6,062 | John Kohn | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 6,063 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 6,064 | Harry Basil | $4,073,582 | 1 | $4,073,582 |
| 6,065 | Peter Asmussen | $4,072,128 | 1 | $4,072,128 |
| 6,066 | Michael Berry Jr. | $4,070,343 | 3 | $1,356,781 |
| 6,067 | Anshul Singhal | $4,068,010 | 1 | $4,068,010 |
| 6,068 | Karen Clark | $4,067,725 | 1 | $4,067,725 |
| 6,069 | Rosanna Checcini | $4,065,920 | 1 | $4,065,920 |
| 6,070 | Carole Wilkinson | $4,065,920 | 1 | $4,065,920 |
| 6,071 | Pablo Castrillo | $4,065,920 | 1 | $4,065,920 |
| 6,072 | Ignacio Ferreras | $4,065,920 | 1 | $4,065,920 |
| 6,073 | Tedi Sarafian | $4,064,333 | 1 | $4,064,333 |
| 6,074 | Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson | $4,064,302 | 1 | $4,064,302 |
| 6,075 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | $4,064,302 | 1 | $4,064,302 |
| 6,076 | Martin Bergman | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 6,077 | Rita Rudner | $4,058,564 | 1 | $4,058,564 |
| 6,078 | Marleen Gorris | $4,047,426 | 1 | $4,047,426 |
| 6,079 | Jiang Huihui | $4,030,000 | 1 | $4,030,000 |
| 6,080 | Lee Daniels | $4,027,663 | 2 | $2,013,832 |
| 6,081 | Terri Hughes | $4,024,147 | 1 | $4,024,147 |
| 6,082 | Ron Milbauer | $4,024,147 | 1 | $4,024,147 |
| 6,083 | Scott Murray | $4,020,763 | 1 | $4,020,763 |
| 6,084 | Marc Frydman | $4,019,910 | 2 | $2,009,955 |
| 6,085 | Agnès Varda | $4,013,278 | 3 | $1,337,759 |
| 6,086 | J.R. | $4,013,278 | 1 | $4,013,278 |
| 6,087 | Kangyong Cai | $4,013,033 | 1 | $4,013,033 |
| 6,088 | Liao Ming-Yi | $4,013,033 | 1 | $4,013,033 |
| 6,089 | Bob Rafelson | $4,011,793 | 1 | $4,011,793 |
| 6,090 | Diego Farias | $4,011,304 | 1 | $4,011,304 |
| 6,091 | John Blumenthal | $4,010,647 | 1 | $4,010,647 |
| 6,092 | Gustave Kervern | $4,008,571 | 1 | $4,008,571 |
| 6,093 | Benoit Delepine | $4,008,571 | 1 | $4,008,571 |
| 6,094 | Ravn Lanesskog | $4,005,585 | 2 | $2,002,793 |
| 6,095 | Irving Berlin | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,096 | Allison Louise Downe | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,097 | Gary Conway | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,098 | Donald P. Borchers | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,099 | Kathryn Scola | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 6,100 | David O'Malley | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.