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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Mark Spragg | $29,881,761 | 2 | $14,940,881 |
| 4,002 | Morgan Upton Ward | $29,781,453 | 1 | $29,781,453 |
| 4,003 | Ringo Lam | $29,750,653 | 2 | $14,875,327 |
| 4,004 | J.D. Shapiro | $29,725,663 | 1 | $29,725,663 |
| 4,005 | Corey Mandell | $29,725,663 | 1 | $29,725,663 |
| 4,006 | Mike Slee | $29,681,945 | 2 | $14,840,973 |
| 4,007 | Tripper Clancy | $29,634,023 | 1 | $29,634,023 |
| 4,008 | Maurice Richlin | $29,628,107 | 2 | $14,814,054 |
| 4,009 | Robert E. Sherwood | $29,603,914 | 3 | $9,867,971 |
| 4,010 | Stanford Sherman | $29,594,850 | 2 | $14,797,425 |
| 4,011 | William Hjortsberg | $29,506,237 | 2 | $14,753,119 |
| 4,012 | George Clayton Johnson | $29,500,000 | 1 | $29,500,000 |
| 4,013 | Josh Rogan | $29,500,000 | 1 | $29,500,000 |
| 4,014 | Dave Chappelle | $29,446,805 | 2 | $14,723,403 |
| 4,015 | Jerzy Kromolowski | $29,406,132 | 1 | $29,406,132 |
| 4,016 | Mary Olson-Kromolowski | $29,406,132 | 1 | $29,406,132 |
| 4,017 | Bill Fergusonm | $29,406,132 | 1 | $29,406,132 |
| 4,018 | Arne L. Schmidt | $29,312,121 | 1 | $29,312,121 |
| 4,019 | Emmanuelle Bercot | $29,245,361 | 4 | $7,311,340 |
| 4,020 | Paul Lalonde | $29,211,224 | 3 | $9,737,075 |
| 4,021 | Jeremy Pikser | $29,203,383 | 1 | $29,203,383 |
| 4,022 | Abby Aron | $29,196,944 | 1 | $29,196,944 |
| 4,023 | Kevin Etten | $29,116,320 | 3 | $9,705,440 |
| 4,024 | Rod Lurie | $29,058,094 | 3 | $9,686,031 |
| 4,025 | Troy Miller | $28,986,358 | 1 | $28,986,358 |
| 4,026 | Robert Brener | $28,986,358 | 1 | $28,986,358 |
| 4,027 | Laurent Turner | $28,941,660 | 3 | $9,647,220 |
| 4,028 | William Gray | $28,930,482 | 3 | $9,643,494 |
| 4,029 | David Campbell Wilson | $28,877,855 | 2 | $14,438,928 |
| 4,030 | Jack Donaldson | $28,748,685 | 1 | $28,748,685 |
| 4,031 | Derek Elliott | $28,748,685 | 1 | $28,748,685 |
| 4,032 | Michael Pecerlello | $28,715,003 | 1 | $28,715,003 |
| 4,033 | Norman J. Grossfeld | $28,715,003 | 1 | $28,715,003 |
| 4,034 | Robert Vincent O’Neil | $28,680,231 | 3 | $9,560,077 |
| 4,035 | Jerome Salle | $28,661,872 | 3 | $9,553,957 |
| 4,036 | Oleg Pogodin | $28,649,831 | 2 | $14,324,916 |
| 4,037 | Haidar Ali | $28,594,629 | 1 | $28,594,629 |
| 4,038 | K.P. Saxena | $28,594,629 | 1 | $28,594,629 |
| 4,039 | Sajid | $28,581,709 | 1 | $28,581,709 |
| 4,040 | Farhad | $28,581,709 | 1 | $28,581,709 |
| 4,041 | Bryan Sipe | $28,577,773 | 2 | $14,288,887 |
| 4,042 | Djordje Milićević | $28,559,083 | 2 | $14,279,542 |
| 4,043 | Carl Reiner | $28,549,608 | 2 | $14,274,804 |
| 4,044 | George Gipe | $28,549,608 | 2 | $14,274,804 |
| 4,045 | Vincenzo Natali | $28,542,494 | 2 | $14,271,247 |
| 4,046 | Doug Taylor | $28,542,494 | 4 | $7,135,624 |
| 4,047 | Damian Szifron | $28,533,410 | 2 | $14,266,705 |
| 4,048 | Tomohiro Machiyama | $28,528,388 | 1 | $28,528,388 |
| 4,049 | Sooni Taraporevala | $28,470,773 | 4 | $7,117,693 |
| 4,050 | Lance Anderson | $28,452,945 | 1 | $28,452,945 |
| 4,051 | S. Lee Pogostin | $28,416,459 | 1 | $28,416,459 |
| 4,052 | Sandra Weintraub | $28,416,459 | 1 | $28,416,459 |
| 4,053 | Mikko Alanne | $28,375,282 | 3 | $9,458,427 |
| 4,054 | Robbie Fox | $28,275,632 | 3 | $9,425,211 |
| 4,055 | Martin Sherman | $28,241,775 | 2 | $14,120,888 |
| 4,056 | Earl Fenton | $28,200,000 | 1 | $28,200,000 |
| 4,057 | David Scearce | $28,142,379 | 2 | $14,071,190 |
| 4,058 | Stephane Sanoussi | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 4,059 | Paul Bassett | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 4,060 | Raolf Sanoussi | $28,058,652 | 1 | $28,058,652 |
| 4,061 | Gary DeVore | $28,018,846 | 2 | $14,009,423 |
| 4,062 | Don Holley | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 4,063 | Richard Levinson | $27,945,225 | 1 | $27,945,225 |
| 4,064 | William Link | $27,945,225 | 1 | $27,945,225 |
| 4,065 | Joey Mazzarino | $27,939,244 | 2 | $13,969,622 |
| 4,066 | Ed Harris | $27,911,453 | 1 | $27,911,453 |
| 4,067 | Robert Knott | $27,911,453 | 3 | $9,303,818 |
| 4,068 | Andi Lim | $27,874,822 | 1 | $27,874,822 |
| 4,069 | Craig Ferguson | $27,833,950 | 2 | $13,916,975 |
| 4,070 | Bob Brunner | $27,807,627 | 1 | $27,807,627 |
| 4,071 | James Flamberg | $27,732,366 | 1 | $27,732,366 |
| 4,072 | Tang Danian | $27,721,037 | 1 | $27,721,037 |
| 4,073 | W. R. McKinney | $27,700,000 | 1 | $27,700,000 |
| 4,074 | Ron Hutchinson | $27,682,712 | 1 | $27,682,712 |
| 4,075 | Mike Jefferies | $27,610,873 | 1 | $27,610,873 |
| 4,076 | Adrian Butchart | $27,610,873 | 1 | $27,610,873 |
| 4,077 | Evan Jones | $27,605,982 | 2 | $13,802,991 |
| 4,078 | Todd Berger | $27,567,230 | 3 | $9,189,077 |
| 4,079 | Scott Spiegel | $27,561,431 | 2 | $13,780,716 |
| 4,080 | Carol Skilken | $27,519,694 | 1 | $27,519,694 |
| 4,081 | Toby Emmerich | $27,519,694 | 1 | $27,519,694 |
| 4,082 | Brad Mirman | $27,472,613 | 3 | $9,157,538 |
| 4,083 | Nick Pustay | $27,469,621 | 1 | $27,469,621 |
| 4,084 | Michael Radford | $27,366,381 | 4 | $6,841,595 |
| 4,085 | Eleanor Catton | $27,365,788 | 1 | $27,365,788 |
| 4,086 | David Taylor | $27,337,386 | 2 | $13,668,693 |
| 4,087 | Rudy Wurlitzer | $27,313,156 | 5 | $5,462,631 |
| 4,088 | Howard Koch | $27,311,884 | 2 | $13,655,942 |
| 4,089 | Robert Klane | $27,293,602 | 3 | $9,097,867 |
| 4,090 | Gerard Soeteman | $27,238,354 | 1 | $27,238,354 |
| 4,091 | Kevin Hood | $27,202,405 | 2 | $13,601,203 |
| 4,092 | Michael Steinberg | $27,147,991 | 1 | $27,147,991 |
| 4,093 | Sergei Bodrov | $27,147,349 | 1 | $27,147,349 |
| 4,094 | Arif Aliev | $27,147,349 | 1 | $27,147,349 |
| 4,095 | Barry Clark | $27,089,842 | 1 | $27,089,842 |
| 4,096 | David Clark | $27,089,842 | 1 | $27,089,842 |
| 4,097 | Pablo Trapero | $27,084,462 | 2 | $13,542,231 |
| 4,098 | Peter Bellwood | $27,084,134 | 2 | $13,542,067 |
| 4,099 | Sabrina Dhawan | $27,025,600 | 1 | $27,025,600 |
| 4,100 | Hal Fimberg | $27,000,000 | 2 | $13,500,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.