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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Michael Blake | $424,208,805 | 1 | $424,208,805 |
| 702 | Richard Maibaum | $421,467,035 | 4 | $105,366,759 |
| 703 | Andrea Berloff | $421,374,555 | 7 | $60,196,365 |
| 704 | Al Reinert | $420,934,101 | 2 | $210,467,051 |
| 705 | Marc Guggenheim | $420,395,046 | 2 | $210,197,523 |
| 706 | Darren Aronofsky | $420,198,935 | 5 | $84,039,787 |
| 707 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $420,139,164 | 4 | $105,034,791 |
| 708 | Brian Koppleman | $420,113,528 | 4 | $105,028,382 |
| 709 | Mark Heyman | $419,408,735 | 3 | $139,802,912 |
| 710 | Dana Stevens | $418,293,750 | 7 | $59,756,250 |
| 711 | Jim Jennewein | $418,058,121 | 4 | $104,514,530 |
| 712 | Tom S. Parker | $418,058,121 | 4 | $104,514,530 |
| 713 | Paul Weitz | $417,852,726 | 10 | $41,785,273 |
| 714 | Mark Levin | $416,562,886 | 4 | $104,140,722 |
| 715 | Christopher Rouse | $416,168,316 | 1 | $416,168,316 |
| 716 | Alexander Payne | $415,679,233 | 3 | $138,559,744 |
| 717 | Don Roos | $413,482,493 | 7 | $59,068,928 |
| 718 | Barry Morrow | $412,800,000 | 2 | $206,400,000 |
| 719 | Krysty Wilson-Cairns | $411,723,021 | 3 | $137,241,007 |
| 720 | Allison Burnett | $411,132,395 | 10 | $41,113,240 |
| 721 | Gary Whitta | $410,250,482 | 2 | $205,125,241 |
| 722 | Christopher Wood | $410,093,902 | 3 | $136,697,967 |
| 723 | Dylan Kussman | $409,953,905 | 1 | $409,953,905 |
| 724 | Sheldon Turner | $408,919,007 | 5 | $81,783,801 |
| 725 | Jonathan Kasdan | $407,314,585 | 3 | $135,771,528 |
| 726 | Gil Kenan | $406,683,443 | 4 | $101,670,861 |
| 727 | Guy Busick | $406,509,855 | 6 | $67,751,643 |
| 728 | Zhang Jialu | $404,214,878 | 5 | $80,842,976 |
| 729 | David Berenbaum | $403,255,290 | 3 | $134,418,430 |
| 730 | Pen Densham | $402,238,950 | 3 | $134,079,650 |
| 731 | Aubrey Solomon | $402,156,682 | 1 | $402,156,682 |
| 732 | Chris Columbus | $401,817,708 | 7 | $57,402,530 |
| 733 | Ryan Firpo | $401,731,759 | 2 | $200,865,880 |
| 734 | Matthew K. Firpo | $401,731,759 | 2 | $200,865,880 |
| 735 | Jason Keller | $401,726,176 | 3 | $133,908,725 |
| 736 | Rodney Rothman | $401,151,867 | 2 | $200,575,934 |
| 737 | Sam Mendes | $400,718,331 | 2 | $200,359,166 |
| 738 | Rafe Judkins | $400,689,914 | 2 | $200,344,957 |
| 739 | Anthony Hines | $400,345,219 | 4 | $100,086,305 |
| 740 | Edward Kitsis | $399,866,199 | 1 | $399,866,199 |
| 741 | Adam Horowitz | $399,866,199 | 1 | $399,866,199 |
| 742 | Hamish McColl | $399,621,743 | 2 | $199,810,872 |
| 743 | Sohrab Noshirvani | $397,817,706 | 2 | $198,908,853 |
| 744 | Rory Haines | $397,817,706 | 2 | $198,908,853 |
| 745 | David Marconi | $396,023,935 | 2 | $198,011,968 |
| 746 | David Elliot | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 747 | Paul Lovett | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 748 | Jeffrey M. Howard | $394,459,213 | 2 | $197,229,607 |
| 749 | Daniel Pyne | $393,898,505 | 6 | $65,649,751 |
| 750 | Jingle Ma | $393,014,816 | 1 | $393,014,816 |
| 751 | Chen Shu | $393,014,816 | 1 | $393,014,816 |
| 752 | Sidney Howard | $390,516,513 | 2 | $195,258,257 |
| 753 | John Watson | $390,500,000 | 1 | $390,500,000 |
| 754 | Channing Gibson | $389,691,325 | 3 | $129,897,108 |
| 755 | Ralph Wright | $387,881,184 | 4 | $96,970,296 |
| 756 | Hayden Schlossberg | $387,063,289 | 4 | $96,765,822 |
| 757 | Jon Hurwitz | $387,063,289 | 4 | $96,765,822 |
| 758 | Donald Stewart | $385,600,000 | 2 | $192,800,000 |
| 759 | Mark Andrus | $385,382,194 | 6 | $64,230,366 |
| 760 | Lee Eisenberg | $384,227,968 | 3 | $128,075,989 |
| 761 | Nicholas Wright | $384,169,424 | 1 | $384,169,424 |
| 762 | James A. Woods | $384,169,424 | 2 | $192,084,712 |
| 763 | Donald H. Hewitt | $383,883,823 | 1 | $383,883,823 |
| 764 | Cindy Davis | $383,883,823 | 1 | $383,883,823 |
| 765 | Josh Singer | $383,873,591 | 5 | $76,774,718 |
| 766 | Gary Goldman | $381,164,748 | 5 | $76,232,950 |
| 767 | Doug Richardson | $381,061,301 | 3 | $127,020,434 |
| 768 | Tom Shadyac | $381,031,415 | 2 | $190,515,708 |
| 769 | John McLaughlin | $379,810,098 | 2 | $189,905,049 |
| 770 | David Rayfiel | $379,598,169 | 3 | $126,532,723 |
| 771 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $378,034,953 | 3 | $126,011,651 |
| 772 | Douglas S. Cook | $374,840,773 | 2 | $187,420,387 |
| 773 | David Weisberg | $374,840,773 | 2 | $187,420,387 |
| 774 | Steven Moffat | $373,993,951 | 1 | $373,993,951 |
| 775 | John Milius | $372,980,720 | 5 | $74,596,144 |
| 776 | Stiles White | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 777 | Juliet Snowden | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 778 | Steven Knight | $371,586,354 | 16 | $23,224,147 |
| 779 | Brendan McCarthy | $369,873,869 | 1 | $369,873,869 |
| 780 | Chan Tai-lee | $369,700,792 | 3 | $123,233,597 |
| 781 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $368,977,367 | 3 | $122,992,456 |
| 782 | Bingbao Lin | $366,961,920 | 1 | $366,961,920 |
| 783 | Michael Colton | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 784 | John Aboud | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 785 | Brandon Sawyer | $366,942,531 | 1 | $366,942,531 |
| 786 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 787 | Christopher Roach | $366,194,756 | 5 | $73,238,951 |
| 788 | Takeshi Shudo | $366,043,713 | 3 | $122,014,571 |
| 789 | Theodore Melfi | $365,314,182 | 5 | $73,062,836 |
| 790 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 791 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 792 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 793 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 3 | $121,473,200 |
| 794 | Becky Johnston | $364,005,903 | 5 | $72,801,181 |
| 795 | Peter Goldfinger | $363,349,202 | 5 | $72,669,840 |
| 796 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 797 | Cathryn Michon | $363,075,137 | 4 | $90,768,784 |
| 798 | Tom McCarthy | $363,063,974 | 9 | $40,340,442 |
| 799 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 800 | Rob Edwards | $362,797,378 | 3 | $120,932,459 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.