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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,201 | Richard Brooks | $92,015,603 | 8 | $11,501,950 |
| 2,202 | Carol Fuchs | $91,943,956 | 1 | $91,943,956 |
| 2,203 | Michael Cimino | $91,872,793 | 5 | $18,374,559 |
| 2,204 | Lars Von Trier | $91,670,974 | 7 | $13,095,853 |
| 2,205 | Keith Clarke | $91,669,648 | 1 | $91,669,648 |
| 2,206 | Ching-Po Wong | $91,608,950 | 1 | $91,608,950 |
| 2,207 | Li Wei | $91,462,581 | 1 | $91,462,581 |
| 2,208 | Aeneas MacKenzie | $91,431,454 | 2 | $45,715,727 |
| 2,209 | Olivier Dahan | $91,311,415 | 2 | $45,655,708 |
| 2,210 | Tan Cheung | $91,209,169 | 4 | $22,802,292 |
| 2,211 | John Herzfeld | $91,161,165 | 5 | $18,232,233 |
| 2,212 | Richard Tuggle | $91,100,459 | 2 | $45,550,230 |
| 2,213 | Jo-yoon Hwang | $90,913,144 | 1 | $90,913,144 |
| 2,214 | Glen Morgan | $90,571,822 | 4 | $22,642,956 |
| 2,215 | David Howard | $90,523,726 | 2 | $45,261,863 |
| 2,216 | Eric Bress | $90,521,888 | 2 | $45,260,944 |
| 2,217 | Jay Presson Allen | $90,514,144 | 5 | $18,102,829 |
| 2,218 | Paul Bernbaum | $90,476,480 | 3 | $30,158,827 |
| 2,219 | Jeffrey Reddick | $90,420,801 | 4 | $22,605,200 |
| 2,220 | J. Mackye Gruber | $90,396,664 | 1 | $90,396,664 |
| 2,221 | Gary David Goldberg | $90,216,888 | 3 | $30,072,296 |
| 2,222 | Jimmy Warden | $90,208,436 | 2 | $45,104,218 |
| 2,223 | Alex Convery | $90,060,106 | 1 | $90,060,106 |
| 2,224 | Chang Chia-lu | $90,035,547 | 1 | $90,035,547 |
| 2,225 | Bruce Neibaur | $90,000,000 | 1 | $90,000,000 |
| 2,226 | Damao | $89,990,000 | 1 | $89,990,000 |
| 2,227 | David Nicholls | $89,810,201 | 3 | $29,936,734 |
| 2,228 | David Schmidt | $89,809,433 | 1 | $89,809,433 |
| 2,229 | Steve Shibuya | $89,758,389 | 1 | $89,758,389 |
| 2,230 | Cat Kwan | $89,569,657 | 1 | $89,569,657 |
| 2,231 | James Carabatsos | $89,563,421 | 3 | $29,854,474 |
| 2,232 | Lee Ji-min | $89,457,136 | 2 | $44,728,568 |
| 2,233 | Rick Ramage | $89,441,732 | 1 | $89,441,732 |
| 2,234 | Tom Lazarus | $89,441,732 | 1 | $89,441,732 |
| 2,235 | Francis Goodrich | $89,325,780 | 1 | $89,325,780 |
| 2,236 | Dilip Shukla | $89,182,116 | 2 | $44,591,058 |
| 2,237 | Paolo Virzi | $89,011,272 | 6 | $14,835,212 |
| 2,238 | T.M. Griffin | $88,933,562 | 1 | $88,933,562 |
| 2,239 | Craig Borten | $88,899,334 | 3 | $29,633,111 |
| 2,240 | Kazunari Kouchi | $88,888,078 | 2 | $44,444,039 |
| 2,241 | Farhan Akhtar | $88,834,652 | 3 | $29,611,551 |
| 2,242 | Billy Bob Thornton | $88,750,454 | 5 | $17,750,091 |
| 2,243 | Yûji Sakamoto | $88,705,115 | 3 | $29,568,372 |
| 2,244 | Isabelle Sobelman | $88,611,837 | 1 | $88,611,837 |
| 2,245 | John Irving | $88,547,209 | 1 | $88,547,209 |
| 2,246 | Yang Xiao | $88,541,095 | 2 | $44,270,548 |
| 2,247 | Celine Song | $88,519,282 | 2 | $44,259,641 |
| 2,248 | Jacob Aaron Estes | $88,269,014 | 3 | $29,423,005 |
| 2,249 | Jake Wade Wall | $88,071,081 | 3 | $29,357,027 |
| 2,250 | Tyger Williams | $88,009,693 | 2 | $44,004,847 |
| 2,251 | Jason Kwan | $87,969,037 | 1 | $87,969,037 |
| 2,252 | Paul Harris Boardman | $87,956,618 | 2 | $43,978,309 |
| 2,253 | Louis C.K. | $87,670,920 | 4 | $21,917,730 |
| 2,254 | Paolo Sorrentino | $87,433,123 | 9 | $9,714,791 |
| 2,255 | Milt Banta | $87,400,000 | 1 | $87,400,000 |
| 2,256 | Winston Hibler | $87,400,000 | 1 | $87,400,000 |
| 2,257 | Lewis John Carlino | $87,257,412 | 3 | $29,085,804 |
| 2,258 | Pete Jones | $87,173,475 | 4 | $21,793,369 |
| 2,259 | Lai Chun | $87,169,200 | 1 | $87,169,200 |
| 2,260 | Sam Shum Kwan-sin | $87,169,200 | 1 | $87,169,200 |
| 2,261 | Au Kin-yee | $87,169,200 | 1 | $87,169,200 |
| 2,262 | John Quaintance | $87,108,792 | 3 | $29,036,264 |
| 2,263 | Yu-na Eom | $87,069,724 | 1 | $87,069,724 |
| 2,264 | Mark Schwahn | $87,053,213 | 2 | $43,526,607 |
| 2,265 | Lee Gi-cheol | $86,960,532 | 1 | $86,960,532 |
| 2,266 | Sharon Wu | $86,876,449 | 1 | $86,876,449 |
| 2,267 | Shawn Christensen | $86,656,610 | 3 | $28,885,537 |
| 2,268 | Brent McCorkle | $86,564,700 | 3 | $28,854,900 |
| 2,269 | Vince McKewin | $86,523,833 | 2 | $43,261,917 |
| 2,270 | Stephen Chin | $86,434,523 | 1 | $86,434,523 |
| 2,271 | Kang Je-Kyu | $86,373,984 | 2 | $43,186,992 |
| 2,272 | Mike Binder | $86,278,709 | 5 | $17,255,742 |
| 2,273 | Anatoly Molchanov | $86,155,544 | 1 | $86,155,544 |
| 2,274 | Vyacheslav Zub | $86,155,544 | 1 | $86,155,544 |
| 2,275 | Luke Dawson | $86,141,736 | 3 | $28,713,912 |
| 2,276 | James Watkins | $86,066,384 | 2 | $43,033,192 |
| 2,277 | Ian Morris | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 2,278 | James R. Webb | $85,918,429 | 6 | $14,319,738 |
| 2,279 | Michael Palin | $85,882,969 | 5 | $17,176,594 |
| 2,280 | Todd Graff | $85,878,751 | 5 | $17,175,750 |
| 2,281 | Derek Cianfrance | $85,859,421 | 4 | $21,464,855 |
| 2,282 | Karan Johar | $85,723,010 | 3 | $28,574,337 |
| 2,283 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 2,284 | Patrick Cirillo | $85,632,458 | 1 | $85,632,458 |
| 2,285 | Mitchell Kapner | $85,527,867 | 1 | $85,527,867 |
| 2,286 | Fredric M. Frank | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 2,287 | Jesse L. Lasky | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 2,288 | Jack Gariss | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 2,289 | Guillaume Canet | $85,408,864 | 3 | $28,469,621 |
| 2,290 | Yoshihiro Izumi | $85,405,510 | 1 | $85,405,510 |
| 2,291 | Roger Kumble | $85,379,206 | 4 | $21,344,802 |
| 2,292 | Karl Tunberg | $85,237,036 | 4 | $21,309,259 |
| 2,293 | Ben Chandler | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 2,294 | David James Kelly | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 2,295 | Li Fei | $85,170,584 | 1 | $85,170,584 |
| 2,296 | Zhang Beihai | $85,170,584 | 1 | $85,170,584 |
| 2,297 | Jiao Huajing | $85,079,529 | 2 | $42,539,765 |
| 2,298 | Jim Jarmusch | $85,022,986 | 10 | $8,502,299 |
| 2,299 | Wolfgang Petersen | $84,970,337 | 1 | $84,970,337 |
| 2,300 | Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) | $84,728,599 | 1 | $84,728,599 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.