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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international 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 | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Stephen King | $1,020,260 | 8 | $127,533 |
| 5,002 | Bora Kim (김보라) | $1,019,051 | 1 | $1,019,051 |
| 5,003 | Michael Boughen | $1,018,106 | 1 | $1,018,106 |
| 5,004 | Steve Adams | $1,017,924 | 3 | $339,308 |
| 5,005 | William Gilbey | $1,017,921 | 2 | $508,961 |
| 5,006 | Miguel Barros | $1,016,749 | 1 | $1,016,749 |
| 5,007 | Stephen Burke | $1,010,935 | 1 | $1,010,935 |
| 5,008 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | $1,007,662 | 2 | $503,831 |
| 5,009 | Adam Elliot | $1,005,363 | 1 | $1,005,363 |
| 5,010 | Sheldon Lettich | $1,001,902 | 4 | $250,476 |
| 5,011 | Frank E. Woods | $1,000,000 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 5,012 | Sy Richardson | $1,000,000 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 5,013 | Marie Weiss | $1,000,000 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 5,014 | Jessica O'Toole | $1,000,000 | 2 | $500,000 |
| 5,015 | D.W. Griffith | $1,000,000 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 5,016 | Amy Rardin | $1,000,000 | 2 | $500,000 |
| 5,017 | Krishna Hariharan | $999,896 | 1 | $999,896 |
| 5,018 | Justin Simien | $999,617 | 2 | $499,809 |
| 5,019 | Domenico Starnone | $998,810 | 1 | $998,810 |
| 5,020 | Daniele Luchetti | $998,810 | 1 | $998,810 |
| 5,021 | Lu Zhang | $991,712 | 1 | $991,712 |
| 5,022 | Franc. Reyes | $990,849 | 2 | $495,425 |
| 5,023 | Alexander Sokurov | $986,913 | 1 | $986,913 |
| 5,024 | Anatoli Nikiforov | $986,913 | 1 | $986,913 |
| 5,025 | Neil Burger | $981,846 | 2 | $490,923 |
| 5,026 | Zach Donahue | $980,641 | 1 | $980,641 |
| 5,027 | Lauren Thompson | $980,641 | 1 | $980,641 |
| 5,028 | Eliza Hittman | $979,992 | 3 | $326,664 |
| 5,029 | Matthew Weiner | $978,503 | 1 | $978,503 |
| 5,030 | Frederic Petitjean | $978,331 | 1 | $978,331 |
| 5,031 | Pik Kwan Lee | $977,411 | 1 | $977,411 |
| 5,032 | Rama Burshtein | $973,991 | 2 | $486,996 |
| 5,033 | David Prior | $973,982 | 2 | $486,991 |
| 5,034 | Jari Olavi Rantala | $970,263 | 2 | $485,132 |
| 5,035 | Kelvin Tong | $967,051 | 1 | $967,051 |
| 5,036 | Melanie Finn | $966,898 | 2 | $483,449 |
| 5,037 | Lisa Marie Petersen | $965,704 | 1 | $965,704 |
| 5,038 | John Cameron Mitchell | $965,116 | 3 | $321,705 |
| 5,039 | Blaz Kutin | $957,255 | 1 | $957,255 |
| 5,040 | Allen Palmer | $955,671 | 1 | $955,671 |
| 5,041 | Rohit Kumar | $953,249 | 1 | $953,249 |
| 5,042 | Yael Cojot-Goldberg | $953,024 | 1 | $953,024 |
| 5,043 | Thomas Vincent | $953,024 | 1 | $953,024 |
| 5,044 | Justin P. Lange | $951,979 | 1 | $951,979 |
| 5,045 | Andrzej Mularczyk | $951,908 | 1 | $951,908 |
| 5,046 | Jonathan A. Stewart | $949,942 | 1 | $949,942 |
| 5,047 | Jake Crane | $949,942 | 1 | $949,942 |
| 5,048 | Adam Anders | $947,375 | 1 | $947,375 |
| 5,049 | Patrick Stibbs | $947,352 | 1 | $947,352 |
| 5,050 | Esther Gerritsen | $946,897 | 1 | $946,897 |
| 5,051 | Halina Reijn | $946,897 | 2 | $473,449 |
| 5,052 | Mark Michael McNally | $942,250 | 1 | $942,250 |
| 5,053 | Terry Loane | $942,250 | 1 | $942,250 |
| 5,054 | Rolf de Heer | $940,491 | 1 | $940,491 |
| 5,055 | David Gulpilil | $940,491 | 1 | $940,491 |
| 5,056 | John Rebus | $937,961 | 1 | $937,961 |
| 5,057 | Rachel Sennott | $937,411 | 1 | $937,411 |
| 5,058 | Andre Fabrizio | $935,485 | 2 | $467,743 |
| 5,059 | Benjamin Legrand | $931,074 | 1 | $931,074 |
| 5,060 | Franck Ekinci | $931,074 | 1 | $931,074 |
| 5,061 | Rod Lurie | $929,380 | 3 | $309,793 |
| 5,062 | David Zelag Goodman | $929,380 | 5 | $185,876 |
| 5,063 | Sam Peckinpah | $929,380 | 1 | $929,380 |
| 5,064 | Coleman Hough | $925,958 | 1 | $925,958 |
| 5,065 | Christian Swegal | $920,893 | 2 | $460,447 |
| 5,066 | Andrea Paolo Massara | $919,852 | 1 | $919,852 |
| 5,067 | Piero Messina | $919,852 | 1 | $919,852 |
| 5,068 | Giacomo Bendotti | $919,852 | 1 | $919,852 |
| 5,069 | Ilaria Macchia | $919,852 | 1 | $919,852 |
| 5,070 | David Raymond | $919,489 | 1 | $919,489 |
| 5,071 | Gabrielle Zevin | $918,327 | 2 | $459,164 |
| 5,072 | Russell Owen | $915,623 | 3 | $305,208 |
| 5,073 | Ken Aguado | $913,609 | 1 | $913,609 |
| 5,074 | Fred Grivois | $909,816 | 1 | $909,816 |
| 5,075 | Ileana Epstein | $909,816 | 1 | $909,816 |
| 5,076 | Gilles Marchand | $909,148 | 3 | $303,049 |
| 5,077 | Michael Dowse | $909,090 | 3 | $303,030 |
| 5,078 | Roseanne Liang | $903,806 | 1 | $903,806 |
| 5,079 | Skip Hollandsworth | $902,486 | 1 | $902,486 |
| 5,080 | Forry Smith | $900,000 | 1 | $900,000 |
| 5,081 | Amberdeep Singh | $893,579 | 1 | $893,579 |
| 5,082 | Carol Morley | $887,835 | 3 | $295,945 |
| 5,083 | Jerzy Skolimowski | $887,688 | 2 | $443,844 |
| 5,084 | James Lucas | $886,185 | 1 | $886,185 |
| 5,085 | Jones Paula Whetu | $886,185 | 1 | $886,185 |
| 5,086 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $884,559 | 1 | $884,559 |
| 5,087 | Alan Cumming | $884,559 | 1 | $884,559 |
| 5,088 | Stephane Brize | $882,681 | 1 | $882,681 |
| 5,089 | Liu Jing | $880,000 | 1 | $880,000 |
| 5,090 | Bobcat Goldthwait | $878,027 | 4 | $219,507 |
| 5,091 | Andrée Lambert | $877,972 | 1 | $877,972 |
| 5,092 | Timothy A. Chey | $872,757 | 6 | $145,460 |
| 5,093 | Chris Bergoch | $872,172 | 2 | $436,086 |
| 5,094 | Bill Maher | $870,157 | 1 | $870,157 |
| 5,095 | Paul Mayersberg | $870,000 | 2 | $435,000 |
| 5,096 | Richard Lowenstein | $869,322 | 1 | $869,322 |
| 5,097 | Amit Joshi | $865,974 | 1 | $865,974 |
| 5,098 | Aradhana Sah | $865,974 | 1 | $865,974 |
| 5,099 | Liv Ullmann | $863,895 | 1 | $863,895 |
| 5,100 | Arlene Gibbs | $863,207 | 1 | $863,207 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.