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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | John Swartzwelder | $527,071,022 | 1 | $527,071,022 |
| 602 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $525,867,287 | 4 | $131,466,822 |
| 603 | Ivy Kong | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
| 604 | Chan Hing ka | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
| 605 | Lu Zheng-yu | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
| 606 | Ho Miu kei | $525,018,479 | 1 | $525,018,479 |
| 607 | Tony Kushner | $522,936,837 | 4 | $130,734,209 |
| 608 | Steven Rogers | $519,923,295 | 7 | $74,274,756 |
| 609 | Adam Herz | $518,854,205 | 2 | $259,427,103 |
| 610 | Michael Goldberg | $518,125,898 | 5 | $103,625,180 |
| 611 | Audrey Wells | $517,219,264 | 6 | $86,203,211 |
| 612 | Gloria Katz | $515,674,665 | 5 | $103,134,933 |
| 613 | Adam Greenberg | $515,361,524 | 1 | $515,361,524 |
| 614 | David S. Ward | $514,778,851 | 9 | $57,197,650 |
| 615 | Doug Chamberlin | $511,358,276 | 1 | $511,358,276 |
| 616 | Chris Webb | $511,358,276 | 1 | $511,358,276 |
| 617 | Willard Huyck | $510,498,242 | 5 | $102,099,648 |
| 618 | Joe Ranft | $509,062,019 | 2 | $254,531,010 |
| 619 | Paul Greengrass | $506,471,676 | 4 | $126,617,919 |
| 620 | Roger S.H. Schulman | $503,455,184 | 2 | $251,727,592 |
| 621 | James Schamus | $502,939,169 | 7 | $71,848,453 |
| 622 | Lawrence Konner | $500,606,242 | 8 | $62,575,780 |
| 623 | David Seidler | $499,955,718 | 4 | $124,988,930 |
| 624 | Michael H. Weber | $498,274,914 | 7 | $71,182,131 |
| 625 | Kirsten Smith | $497,978,669 | 7 | $71,139,810 |
| 626 | Frank Darabont | $496,858,374 | 5 | $99,371,675 |
| 627 | Leo Benvenuti | $496,529,108 | 3 | $165,509,703 |
| 628 | Steve Rudnick | $496,529,108 | 3 | $165,509,703 |
| 629 | Bob Barlen | $496,045,604 | 5 | $99,209,121 |
| 630 | Cal Brunker | $496,045,604 | 5 | $99,209,121 |
| 631 | Olivier Nakache | $495,738,303 | 2 | $247,869,152 |
| 632 | Eric Toledano | $495,738,303 | 2 | $247,869,152 |
| 633 | Peter Morgan | $495,724,884 | 7 | $70,817,841 |
| 634 | Anne-Marie Martin | $495,700,000 | 1 | $495,700,000 |
| 635 | Charles Shyer | $494,832,678 | 8 | $61,854,085 |
| 636 | William Osborne | $494,366,973 | 7 | $70,623,853 |
| 637 | William Davies | $492,269,894 | 6 | $82,044,982 |
| 638 | Robin Driscoll | $491,555,470 | 2 | $245,777,735 |
| 639 | Reid Carolin | $491,271,764 | 5 | $98,254,353 |
| 640 | Michell Kapner | $490,359,051 | 1 | $490,359,051 |
| 641 | Michael Tolkin | $490,124,147 | 5 | $98,024,829 |
| 642 | Charles Randolph | $488,419,421 | 7 | $69,774,203 |
| 643 | Gu Shuyi | $488,379,038 | 1 | $488,379,038 |
| 644 | Mark Rosenthal | $487,874,203 | 7 | $69,696,315 |
| 645 | Ronald Harwood | $485,726,611 | 12 | $40,477,218 |
| 646 | John Hoberg | $484,829,737 | 1 | $484,829,737 |
| 647 | Kat Likkel | $484,829,737 | 1 | $484,829,737 |
| 648 | Brenda Hsueh | $484,829,737 | 2 | $242,414,869 |
| 649 | Paul Feig | $484,823,595 | 4 | $121,205,899 |
| 650 | Kenneth Lonergan | $484,324,404 | 6 | $80,720,734 |
| 651 | Jason Friedberg | $480,188,047 | 6 | $80,031,341 |
| 652 | Aaron Seltzer | $480,188,047 | 6 | $80,031,341 |
| 653 | Helen Fielding | $479,893,436 | 3 | $159,964,479 |
| 654 | Yupeng Guo | $479,597,304 | 1 | $479,597,304 |
| 655 | Shin Adachi | $479,597,304 | 1 | $479,597,304 |
| 656 | Bryan Woods | $475,254,104 | 6 | $79,209,017 |
| 657 | Scott Beck | $475,254,104 | 6 | $79,209,017 |
| 658 | Jeff Schaffer | $473,393,930 | 4 | $118,348,483 |
| 659 | Patrick Lussier | $473,242,430 | 4 | $118,310,608 |
| 660 | Josh Goldsmith | $471,763,835 | 2 | $235,881,918 |
| 661 | Cathy Yuspa | $471,763,835 | 2 | $235,881,918 |
| 662 | Dan O’Bannon | $471,724,184 | 5 | $94,344,837 |
| 663 | William Peter Blatty | $471,204,056 | 4 | $117,801,014 |
| 664 | Wallace Wolodarsky | $467,772,336 | 4 | $116,943,084 |
| 665 | Gene Stupnitsky | $467,681,509 | 4 | $116,920,377 |
| 666 | Mark Steven Johnson | $465,284,072 | 4 | $116,321,018 |
| 667 | Ben Affleck | $464,706,335 | 5 | $92,941,267 |
| 668 | David Guion | $464,428,706 | 4 | $116,107,177 |
| 669 | Michael Handelman | $464,428,706 | 4 | $116,107,177 |
| 670 | Nick Bakay | $464,164,182 | 3 | $154,721,394 |
| 671 | Jeff Loveness | $463,635,303 | 2 | $231,817,652 |
| 672 | Charles Lederer | $462,729,127 | 4 | $115,682,282 |
| 673 | John Lasseter | $461,630,558 | 1 | $461,630,558 |
| 674 | Phil Lorin | $461,630,558 | 1 | $461,630,558 |
| 675 | Chenguang Qian | $460,303,199 | 1 | $460,303,199 |
| 676 | Si'ao Dai | $460,303,199 | 1 | $460,303,199 |
| 677 | Yuyue Shen | $460,303,199 | 1 | $460,303,199 |
| 678 | David Levien | $459,815,674 | 7 | $65,687,953 |
| 679 | Rob Lieber | $459,496,594 | 4 | $114,874,149 |
| 680 | Judy Morris | $456,359,063 | 3 | $152,119,688 |
| 681 | Michael B. Gordon | $454,161,935 | 1 | $454,161,935 |
| 682 | Daniel Waters | $454,138,273 | 5 | $90,827,655 |
| 683 | Jason Segel | $453,638,739 | 4 | $113,409,685 |
| 684 | Stephen Gaghan | $452,050,913 | 7 | $64,578,702 |
| 685 | Han Jianu | $451,183,392 | 1 | $451,183,392 |
| 686 | Bill Kelly | $451,144,593 | 3 | $150,381,531 |
| 687 | Harry Brown | $450,728,529 | 1 | $450,728,529 |
| 688 | Ross Bagdasarian Jr | $450,287,525 | 2 | $225,143,763 |
| 689 | Janice Karman | $450,287,525 | 2 | $225,143,763 |
| 690 | Steve Martin | $449,757,080 | 9 | $49,973,009 |
| 691 | Herman Yau | $447,716,479 | 3 | $149,238,826 |
| 692 | Craig Brewer | $446,434,795 | 4 | $111,608,699 |
| 693 | Zach Shields | $445,088,307 | 2 | $222,544,154 |
| 694 | Janet Scott Batchler | $444,998,177 | 2 | $222,499,089 |
| 695 | Lee Batchler | $444,998,177 | 2 | $222,499,089 |
| 696 | Chloé Zhao | $444,813,627 | 5 | $88,962,725 |
| 697 | Karl Gajdusek | $444,648,800 | 6 | $74,108,133 |
| 698 | Marc Silverstein | $444,540,792 | 5 | $88,908,158 |
| 699 | Sam Hamm | $444,427,205 | 3 | $148,142,402 |
| 700 | Robert Ludlum | $444,043,396 | 1 | $444,043,396 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.