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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
901 | Kevin Hageman | $310,382,915 | 2 | $155,191,458 |
902 | Dan Hageman | $310,382,915 | 2 | $155,191,458 |
903 | Pedro Almodovar | $310,352,294 | 14 | $22,168,021 |
904 | James Wan | $310,196,332 | 1 | $310,196,332 |
905 | Ron Anderson | $310,043,823 | 1 | $310,043,823 |
906 | Paul Attanasio | $308,971,346 | 3 | $102,990,449 |
907 | George Clooney | $308,547,193 | 4 | $77,136,798 |
908 | Grant Heslov | $308,547,193 | 5 | $61,709,439 |
909 | Mario Puzo | $308,451,071 | 2 | $154,225,536 |
910 | Spike Jonze | $308,065,484 | 5 | $61,613,097 |
911 | Justin Theroux | $307,525,881 | 3 | $102,508,627 |
912 | Tim Federle | $307,491,645 | 3 | $102,497,215 |
913 | Todd Komarnicki | $307,404,791 | 6 | $51,234,132 |
914 | Ben Stiller | $307,274,930 | 4 | $76,818,733 |
915 | David Newman | $305,978,353 | 2 | $152,989,177 |
916 | Nikhil Mehrotra | $305,875,471 | 3 | $101,958,490 |
917 | Greg Taylor | $305,443,756 | 4 | $76,360,939 |
918 | Shreyas Jain | $305,149,461 | 2 | $152,574,731 |
919 | Rodo Sayagues | $305,117,742 | 3 | $101,705,914 |
920 | Pamela Pettler | $304,598,023 | 3 | $101,532,674 |
921 | Annie Mumolo | $304,105,250 | 3 | $101,368,417 |
922 | Wellesley Wild | $303,992,700 | 2 | $151,996,350 |
923 | Ronald Shusett | $302,013,823 | 4 | $75,503,456 |
924 | David Sheffield | $301,974,426 | 3 | $100,658,142 |
925 | Barry W. Blaustein | $301,974,426 | 3 | $100,658,142 |
926 | Hampton Fancher | $301,590,833 | 3 | $100,530,278 |
927 | Marc Norman | $301,552,174 | 3 | $100,517,391 |
928 | Jim V. Hart | $300,854,823 | 1 | $300,854,823 |
929 | Leslie Newman | $300,200,000 | 1 | $300,200,000 |
930 | Greg Brooker | $298,815,224 | 1 | $298,815,224 |
931 | Patrick Aison | $298,649,252 | 2 | $149,324,626 |
932 | Olivia Milch | $297,718,711 | 1 | $297,718,711 |
933 | David McKenna | $297,189,167 | 4 | $74,297,292 |
934 | Emma Tammi | $297,185,222 | 1 | $297,185,222 |
935 | Seth Cuddeback | $297,185,222 | 1 | $297,185,222 |
936 | Scott Cawthon | $297,185,222 | 1 | $297,185,222 |
937 | Daniel Lee | $296,528,678 | 2 | $148,264,339 |
938 | Cory Goodman | $296,182,160 | 4 | $74,045,540 |
939 | Joshua Zetumer | $295,819,788 | 2 | $147,909,894 |
940 | Jeff Wadlow | $295,808,165 | 9 | $32,867,574 |
941 | Joe Eszterhas | $295,020,049 | 8 | $36,877,506 |
942 | Hillary Seitz | $294,220,781 | 5 | $58,844,156 |
943 | Larry Levin | $294,156,605 | 1 | $294,156,605 |
944 | Justin Zackham | $293,440,284 | 4 | $73,360,071 |
945 | Scott Alexander | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
946 | Larry Karaszewski | $293,264,482 | 10 | $29,326,448 |
947 | Mel Brooks | $291,366,234 | 6 | $48,561,039 |
948 | Steven S. DeKnight | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
949 | Kira Snyder | $290,930,148 | 1 | $290,930,148 |
950 | Damian Shannon | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
951 | Mark Swift | $290,440,186 | 3 | $96,813,395 |
952 | Jessie Nelson | $289,806,532 | 6 | $48,301,089 |
953 | Kristen Wiig | $289,640,412 | 2 | $144,820,206 |
954 | James Schamus | $288,972,948 | 6 | $48,162,158 |
955 | Clark Gregg | $288,941,112 | 2 | $144,470,556 |
956 | David Rabe | $288,809,606 | 2 | $144,404,803 |
957 | Michael Debruyn | $287,916,633 | 1 | $287,916,633 |
958 | Vance Gerry | $287,862,989 | 5 | $57,572,598 |
959 | Andy Robin | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
960 | Jerry Seinfeld | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
961 | Chuck Martin | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
962 | Spike Feresten | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
963 | Tom Papa | $287,594,577 | 1 | $287,594,577 |
964 | Barry Marder | $287,594,577 | 2 | $143,797,289 |
965 | David Soren | $286,896,578 | 1 | $286,896,578 |
966 | Timothy Harris | $286,676,353 | 3 | $95,558,784 |
967 | Will Davies | $286,549,194 | 2 | $143,274,597 |
968 | Jay Lavender | $285,898,903 | 2 | $142,949,452 |
969 | Patrick Massett | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
970 | John Zinman | $285,508,293 | 3 | $95,169,431 |
971 | Paul Thomas Anderson | $284,790,724 | 9 | $31,643,414 |
972 | Michael Chabon | $282,778,100 | 2 | $141,389,050 |
973 | Robert King | $282,376,958 | 5 | $56,475,392 |
974 | Alex Garland | $282,209,884 | 9 | $31,356,654 |
975 | Jonathan Lemkin | $282,009,953 | 3 | $94,003,318 |
976 | Martin McDonagh | $281,065,906 | 4 | $70,266,477 |
977 | Todd W. Langen | $280,656,813 | 2 | $140,328,407 |
978 | Sam Bromell | $279,938,634 | 1 | $279,938,634 |
979 | Rich Wilkes | $279,777,124 | 4 | $69,944,281 |
980 | Josh Stolberg | $279,689,042 | 4 | $69,922,261 |
981 | Peter Weir | $279,519,870 | 4 | $69,879,968 |
982 | Gina Wendkos | $279,251,248 | 3 | $93,083,749 |
983 | Stanley Kubrick | $279,019,196 | 6 | $46,503,199 |
984 | Takehiko Inoue | $278,959,157 | 1 | $278,959,157 |
985 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $278,819,352 | 3 | $92,939,784 |
986 | John Eskow | $278,757,999 | 3 | $92,919,333 |
987 | Jeremy Leven | $278,541,475 | 6 | $46,423,579 |
988 | Akira Toriyama | $278,391,171 | 3 | $92,797,057 |
989 | Peter Hedges | $277,580,811 | 8 | $34,697,601 |
990 | Larry Gross | $277,480,616 | 8 | $34,685,077 |
991 | Lem Dobbs | $276,418,981 | 7 | $39,488,426 |
992 | Erdman Penner | $274,802,792 | 5 | $54,960,558 |
993 | Alastair Siddons | $274,681,156 | 3 | $91,560,385 |
994 | Erica Rivinoja | $274,392,649 | 2 | $137,196,325 |
995 | Richard Naing | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
996 | Ian Goldberg | $274,213,818 | 3 | $91,404,606 |
997 | Jerry Stahl | $273,790,755 | 3 | $91,263,585 |
998 | Su Biao | $273,682,267 | 2 | $136,841,134 |
999 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $273,682,267 | 2 | $136,841,134 |
1,000 | Ryan Murphy | $272,091,341 | 3 | $90,697,114 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.