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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Alejandro Amenábar | $223,612,585 | 2 | $111,806,293 |
| 1,202 | Anne Rice | $223,564,608 | 1 | $223,564,608 |
| 1,203 | Robert Getchell | $223,552,882 | 7 | $31,936,126 |
| 1,204 | Susanna Fogel | $223,337,887 | 4 | $55,834,472 |
| 1,205 | Ji Zhang (张冀) | $223,054,889 | 2 | $111,527,445 |
| 1,206 | Craig Tiley | $223,050,874 | 1 | $223,050,874 |
| 1,207 | Tom Schalman | $222,700,000 | 1 | $222,700,000 |
| 1,208 | Ken Anderson | $222,675,066 | 3 | $74,225,022 |
| 1,209 | John W. Richardson | $222,383,055 | 1 | $222,383,055 |
| 1,210 | Stephen Kendrick | $222,345,059 | 7 | $31,763,580 |
| 1,211 | Liu Zhenjie | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,212 | Hui-Ling Wang | $221,260,624 | 2 | $110,630,312 |
| 1,213 | Stephen Judson | $221,240,243 | 3 | $73,746,748 |
| 1,214 | Philip Halprin | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,215 | Mark Gibson | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,216 | Alex Kendrick | $221,108,965 | 6 | $36,851,494 |
| 1,217 | Paul Guyot | $220,796,009 | 1 | $220,796,009 |
| 1,218 | Don Hall | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,219 | Stephen Anderson | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,220 | Yan Han (韩延) | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,221 | Jinliang Han | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,222 | Jiawei Jia | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,223 | Harve Bennett | $220,000,000 | 2 | $110,000,000 |
| 1,224 | David Weissman | $219,820,167 | 2 | $109,910,084 |
| 1,225 | David Diamond | $219,820,167 | 2 | $109,910,084 |
| 1,226 | Ilana Wolpert | $219,819,668 | 1 | $219,819,668 |
| 1,227 | John Singleton | $219,590,208 | 4 | $54,897,552 |
| 1,228 | Greg Berlanti | $219,535,492 | 1 | $219,535,492 |
| 1,229 | Aaron Guzikowski | $219,493,622 | 3 | $73,164,541 |
| 1,230 | Kate Boutilier | $219,422,582 | 3 | $73,140,861 |
| 1,231 | Sacha Gervasi | $219,167,964 | 5 | $43,833,593 |
| 1,232 | Jingwei Bu | $219,150,259 | 1 | $219,150,259 |
| 1,233 | Shi Ce | $219,150,259 | 1 | $219,150,259 |
| 1,234 | Adam Rifkin | $219,028,828 | 8 | $27,378,604 |
| 1,235 | Angus Maclane | $218,878,024 | 1 | $218,878,024 |
| 1,236 | Ron Nyswaner | $218,415,663 | 5 | $43,683,133 |
| 1,237 | Ike Barinholtz | $217,598,658 | 3 | $72,532,886 |
| 1,238 | Sheng Ding | $217,364,600 | 4 | $54,341,150 |
| 1,239 | David Stassen | $217,194,805 | 3 | $72,398,268 |
| 1,240 | John Hoffman | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,241 | Anthony Leondis | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,242 | Eric Siegel | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,243 | Francis Ford Coppola | $216,402,780 | 9 | $24,044,753 |
| 1,244 | Grant Nieporte | $215,849,002 | 2 | $107,924,501 |
| 1,245 | Tobias Iaconis | $215,687,948 | 3 | $71,895,983 |
| 1,246 | Mikki Daughtry | $215,687,948 | 3 | $71,895,983 |
| 1,247 | Matt Cook | $215,504,391 | 5 | $43,100,878 |
| 1,248 | Pierre Christin | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,249 | Jean Claude Mezieres | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,250 | Richard Flanagan | $215,080,810 | 1 | $215,080,810 |
| 1,251 | Tommy Wirkola | $214,982,333 | 3 | $71,660,778 |
| 1,252 | Kevin Barnett | $214,942,265 | 3 | $71,647,422 |
| 1,253 | Kate Angelo | $214,372,547 | 3 | $71,457,516 |
| 1,254 | William Blake Herron | $214,357,371 | 1 | $214,357,371 |
| 1,255 | Claire Sera | $214,244,195 | 1 | $214,244,195 |
| 1,256 | Billy Crystal | $214,069,625 | 5 | $42,813,925 |
| 1,257 | Jeff Maguire | $214,047,058 | 2 | $107,023,529 |
| 1,258 | Kuo-jung Tsai | $213,966,221 | 1 | $213,966,221 |
| 1,259 | Irena Brignull | $213,926,016 | 2 | $106,963,008 |
| 1,260 | Eleanor Bergstein | $213,893,795 | 1 | $213,893,795 |
| 1,261 | Jon Erwin | $213,734,047 | 9 | $23,748,227 |
| 1,262 | Alex Proyas | $213,707,378 | 2 | $106,853,689 |
| 1,263 | Chris Bertolini | $213,463,976 | 1 | $213,463,976 |
| 1,264 | Tate Taylor | $213,120,004 | 1 | $213,120,004 |
| 1,265 | Jeff Lowell | $212,777,772 | 3 | $70,925,924 |
| 1,266 | Michael Markowitz | $212,417,601 | 1 | $212,417,601 |
| 1,267 | James Lapine | $212,416,317 | 1 | $212,416,317 |
| 1,268 | C. Jay Cox | $212,303,023 | 2 | $106,151,512 |
| 1,269 | Ronan Bennett | $212,282,979 | 2 | $106,141,490 |
| 1,270 | Tim Firth | $211,697,288 | 4 | $52,924,322 |
| 1,271 | Charles Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,272 | Vlas Parlapanides | $211,562,435 | 1 | $211,562,435 |
| 1,273 | Nat Faxon | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,274 | Jim Rash | $211,520,993 | 4 | $52,880,248 |
| 1,275 | Kevin Smith | $211,405,770 | 15 | $14,093,718 |
| 1,276 | Tim Tong | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,277 | Benny Chan | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,278 | Ryan Ling | $211,227,284 | 1 | $211,227,284 |
| 1,279 | Menno Meyjes | $211,090,490 | 3 | $70,363,497 |
| 1,280 | Chris Butler | $211,061,020 | 5 | $42,212,204 |
| 1,281 | Mark Boal | $210,522,982 | 4 | $52,630,746 |
| 1,282 | Shing-Ming Ho | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,283 | An Wei | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,284 | Yu Pan | $209,221,328 | 1 | $209,221,328 |
| 1,285 | Maria Melnik | $209,108,791 | 3 | $69,702,930 |
| 1,286 | Andrew Knight | $209,097,159 | 3 | $69,699,053 |
| 1,287 | Shauna Cross | $209,064,271 | 4 | $52,266,068 |
| 1,288 | Terry Gilliam | $208,998,676 | 9 | $23,222,075 |
| 1,289 | Howard Sackler | $208,900,376 | 2 | $104,450,188 |
| 1,290 | Kevin Wade | $208,488,220 | 2 | $104,244,110 |
| 1,291 | Anya Kochoff | $208,298,323 | 3 | $69,432,774 |
| 1,292 | Jojo Moyes | $208,203,853 | 2 | $104,101,927 |
| 1,293 | David Guggenheim | $207,884,401 | 2 | $103,942,201 |
| 1,294 | Michael Gilio | $207,854,947 | 2 | $103,927,474 |
| 1,295 | Alex Tse | $207,715,573 | 2 | $103,857,787 |
| 1,296 | Eric Johnson | $207,555,006 | 4 | $51,888,752 |
| 1,297 | Hans Bauer | $207,325,300 | 2 | $103,662,650 |
| 1,298 | Roman Polanski | $207,272,095 | 8 | $25,909,012 |
| 1,299 | Kevin Yegher | $207,068,340 | 1 | $207,068,340 |
| 1,300 | Darryl Quarles | $206,982,244 | 2 | $103,491,122 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.