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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Stiles White | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 802 | Juliet Snowden | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 803 | Steven Knight | $371,586,354 | 18 | $20,643,686 |
| 804 | Chan Tai-lee | $369,700,792 | 3 | $123,233,597 |
| 805 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $368,977,367 | 3 | $122,992,456 |
| 806 | Brendan McCarthy | $368,297,521 | 1 | $368,297,521 |
| 807 | Bingbao Lin | $366,961,920 | 1 | $366,961,920 |
| 808 | Michael Colton | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 809 | John Aboud | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 810 | Brandon Sawyer | $366,942,531 | 1 | $366,942,531 |
| 811 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 812 | Christopher Roach | $366,194,756 | 5 | $73,238,951 |
| 813 | Takeshi Shudo | $366,043,713 | 3 | $122,014,571 |
| 814 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 815 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 816 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 817 | Theodore Melfi | $365,127,346 | 5 | $73,025,469 |
| 818 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 3 | $121,473,200 |
| 819 | Becky Johnston | $364,005,903 | 5 | $72,801,181 |
| 820 | Peter Goldfinger | $363,349,202 | 5 | $72,669,840 |
| 821 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 822 | Cathryn Michon | $363,075,137 | 4 | $90,768,784 |
| 823 | Tom McCarthy | $363,063,974 | 9 | $40,340,442 |
| 824 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 825 | Rob Edwards | $362,797,378 | 3 | $120,932,459 |
| 826 | Donna Powers | $361,695,203 | 3 | $120,565,068 |
| 827 | Wayne Powers | $361,695,203 | 4 | $90,423,801 |
| 828 | Sunny Chan | $361,683,815 | 1 | $361,683,815 |
| 829 | Liang Su | $361,683,815 | 1 | $361,683,815 |
| 830 | Chris Henchy | $360,690,175 | 4 | $90,172,544 |
| 831 | Stephen Mazur | $360,464,440 | 3 | $120,154,813 |
| 832 | Paul Guay | $360,464,440 | 2 | $180,232,220 |
| 833 | Phil Beauman | $359,276,156 | 3 | $119,758,719 |
| 834 | Robert D. Siegel | $357,766,627 | 4 | $89,441,657 |
| 835 | Juel Taylor | $356,907,371 | 4 | $89,226,843 |
| 836 | Alan Ball | $356,258,047 | 2 | $178,129,024 |
| 837 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 838 | John Harrison | $356,148,063 | 1 | $356,148,063 |
| 839 | Yuan Yuan | $355,707,967 | 2 | $177,853,984 |
| 840 | Bill Walsh | $355,341,749 | 6 | $59,223,625 |
| 841 | Amy Heckerling | $355,151,601 | 3 | $118,383,867 |
| 842 | Adele Lim | $354,018,077 | 2 | $177,009,039 |
| 843 | Joon-ho Bong | $353,829,742 | 4 | $88,457,436 |
| 844 | Michael Moore | $353,160,674 | 9 | $39,240,075 |
| 845 | Diablo Cody | $353,159,264 | 8 | $44,144,908 |
| 846 | Ari Handel | $352,831,065 | 1 | $352,831,065 |
| 847 | Jason Headley | $352,125,900 | 3 | $117,375,300 |
| 848 | Edward Tang | $351,949,263 | 5 | $70,389,853 |
| 849 | Christopher Murphey | $351,774,938 | 1 | $351,774,938 |
| 850 | Mike Webb | $351,620,129 | 1 | $351,620,129 |
| 851 | Dick Clement | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 852 | Ian La Frenais | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 853 | Brian Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 854 | Mark Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 855 | F. Scott Frazier | $350,536,268 | 5 | $70,107,254 |
| 856 | Toni Myers | $350,186,676 | 4 | $87,546,669 |
| 857 | Doug Jung | $348,644,109 | 2 | $174,322,055 |
| 858 | Bill Wittiff | $348,442,939 | 2 | $174,221,470 |
| 859 | Grant Myers | $348,319,861 | 1 | $348,319,861 |
| 860 | Amy Holden Jones | $347,255,888 | 5 | $69,451,178 |
| 861 | Carl Binder | $347,100,000 | 1 | $347,100,000 |
| 862 | Philip Lazebnik | $347,100,000 | 2 | $173,550,000 |
| 863 | Malia Scotch Marmo | $345,563,871 | 3 | $115,187,957 |
| 864 | Ted Tally | $344,554,638 | 6 | $57,425,773 |
| 865 | Kevin Williamson | $343,394,335 | 5 | $68,678,867 |
| 866 | David Peoples | $343,362,466 | 3 | $114,454,155 |
| 867 | Edward Ricourt | $342,769,200 | 2 | $171,384,600 |
| 868 | Raman Hui | $340,969,819 | 1 | $340,969,819 |
| 869 | Alan Yuen | $340,969,819 | 1 | $340,969,819 |
| 870 | Buddy Johnson | $339,601,343 | 2 | $169,800,672 |
| 871 | Brian Duffield | $339,156,405 | 7 | $48,450,915 |
| 872 | Geoff Rodkey | $338,882,180 | 4 | $84,720,545 |
| 873 | Li Meng | $337,554,287 | 1 | $337,554,287 |
| 874 | Wang Tianyi | $337,554,287 | 1 | $337,554,287 |
| 875 | Lei Zhilong | $337,278,900 | 2 | $168,639,450 |
| 876 | Marc Klein | $336,801,860 | 6 | $56,133,643 |
| 877 | John O'Brien | $336,483,628 | 3 | $112,161,209 |
| 878 | J. Michael Straczynski | $336,395,402 | 4 | $84,098,851 |
| 879 | Christy Hall | $336,159,319 | 5 | $67,231,864 |
| 880 | Mark Rosner | $336,069,511 | 1 | $336,069,511 |
| 881 | James Dearden | $334,869,752 | 2 | $167,434,876 |
| 882 | Patrick Melton | $334,866,992 | 8 | $41,858,374 |
| 883 | Marcus Dunstan | $334,866,992 | 8 | $41,858,374 |
| 884 | Alec Berg | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 885 | David Mandel | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 886 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $334,536,622 | 1 | $334,536,622 |
| 887 | Xu Yun | $334,276,436 | 2 | $167,138,218 |
| 888 | Jim Abrahams | $333,408,722 | 5 | $66,681,744 |
| 889 | Wally Wolodarsky | $333,033,427 | 5 | $66,606,685 |
| 890 | Jim Thomas | $332,202,142 | 4 | $83,050,536 |
| 891 | Scott Teems | $332,144,005 | 4 | $83,036,001 |
| 892 | Andrew Heinz | $331,266,710 | 1 | $331,266,710 |
| 893 | S.S. Wilson | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 894 | Brent Maddock | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 895 | John Ridley | $330,417,355 | 7 | $47,202,479 |
| 896 | Keith Merryman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 897 | David A. Newman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 898 | Jack Thorne | $329,304,965 | 11 | $29,936,815 |
| 899 | Shawn Wayans | $329,099,437 | 3 | $109,699,812 |
| 900 | Nick Cassavetes | $328,527,854 | 6 | $54,754,642 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.