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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600)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
501 Katie Dippold $636,315,780 5 $127,263,156
502 Jim Kouf $635,222,065 11 $57,747,460
503 Michael Finch $632,629,683 5 $126,525,937
504 Lin Jiang $631,992,257 4 $157,998,064
505 Ed Decter $631,929,895 5 $126,385,979
506 John J. Strauss $631,929,895 5 $126,385,979
507 Will Fetters $630,588,237 5 $126,117,647
508 David Gordon Green $629,447,227 5 $125,889,445
509 Zach Baylin $628,574,490 6 $104,762,415
510 Simon Pegg $628,079,811 6 $104,679,969
511 Jim Capobianco $627,067,501 2 $313,533,751
512 Len Blum $626,717,330 7 $89,531,047
513 Vincent Ngo $624,234,272 1 $624,234,272
514 Vince Gilligan $624,234,272 2 $312,117,136
515 Wong Jing $623,553,862 9 $69,283,762
516 Anthony Peckham $622,952,223 2 $311,476,112
517 Benedict Fitzgerald $622,313,635 2 $311,156,818
518 Joby Harold $621,385,463 4 $155,346,366
519 Justin Favreau $621,156,389 1 $621,156,389
520 Ivy Kong $616,555,188 2 $308,277,594
521 John Fusco $615,810,198 12 $51,317,517
522 Peter Buchman $615,388,115 2 $307,694,058
523 Bob Shaw $613,795,319 2 $306,897,660
524 Matt Lieberman $613,652,792 8 $76,706,599
525 Terence Winter $613,298,280 4 $153,324,570
526 Wes Anderson $612,608,350 14 $43,757,739
527 Yan Dongxu $610,759,412 1 $610,759,412
528 Yang Zhixue $610,759,412 1 $610,759,412
529 Ye Junce $610,759,412 1 $610,759,412
530 Helen Fielding $609,909,807 3 $203,303,269
531 Edmond Wong $609,377,169 6 $101,562,862
532 Sacha Baron Cohen $609,021,136 5 $121,804,227
533 Michael Robert Johnson $606,907,245 3 $202,302,415
534 Vanessa Taylor $604,929,906 7 $86,418,558
535 Destin Daniel Cretton $604,376,528 5 $120,875,306
536 Neill Blomkamp $603,857,578 5 $120,771,516
537 Ge Rui $603,786,902 2 $301,893,451
538 Andrew Lanham $603,661,166 5 $120,732,233
539 Tsang Kan-Cheong $603,201,628 3 $201,067,209
540 Michael Lesslie $601,863,036 4 $150,465,759
541 Lee Hall $600,827,754 6 $100,137,959
542 George Nolfi $600,667,905 6 $100,111,318
543 Stanley Tong $600,215,078 4 $150,053,770
544 Timothy Hyde Harris $596,436,243 5 $119,287,249
545 David Hoselton $593,795,045 2 $296,897,523
546 Anthony Minghella $593,315,795 6 $98,885,966
547 Michael Petroni $592,443,918 5 $118,488,784
548 Fede Álvarez $591,834,707 4 $147,958,677
549 Kay Cannon $588,995,955 5 $117,799,191
550 Larry Ferguson $587,656,473 6 $97,942,746
551 Akela Cooper $586,998,614 5 $117,399,723
552 Paul Weitz $584,160,671 11 $53,105,516
553 Graham Yost $583,633,388 6 $97,272,231
554 Will Ferrell $583,031,820 6 $97,171,970
555 Catherine Johnson $582,876,806 1 $582,876,806
556 Michael Ferris $582,644,643 5 $116,528,929
557 John Brancato $582,644,643 6 $97,107,441
558 Mark Steven Johnson $580,599,512 6 $96,766,585
559 Bong Joon Ho $579,993,158 5 $115,998,632
560 Mike Rich $577,224,867 4 $144,306,217
561 Nia Vardalos $576,946,439 5 $115,389,288
562 Wesley Strick $573,987,747 8 $71,748,468
563 David Self $572,732,324 4 $143,183,081
564 Rita Hsiao $572,652,920 2 $286,326,460
565 Lawrence Konner $569,187,370 9 $63,243,041
566 Nat Mauldin $569,072,554 5 $113,814,511
567 David Mamet $566,917,558 16 $35,432,347
568 Erik Jendresen $565,703,602 4 $141,425,901
569 Rob Lieber $562,710,693 4 $140,677,673
570 Fung Chih-chiang $560,850,930 3 $186,950,310
571 Leigh Brackett $560,801,210 4 $140,200,303
572 Delia Ephron $560,242,275 5 $112,048,455
573 Patrick Burleigh $558,946,743 4 $139,736,686
574 Kirsten Smith $558,392,619 8 $69,799,077
575 Noah Harpster $557,771,360 6 $92,961,893
576 Micah Fitzerman-Blue $557,771,360 6 $92,961,893
577 Emma Thompson $557,273,207 5 $111,454,641
578 Noah Oppenheim $556,930,890 3 $185,643,630
579 Edgar Wallace $556,906,378 1 $556,906,378
580 Mark Rosenthal $556,149,967 8 $69,518,746
581 Carlos Kotkin $556,120,612 3 $185,373,537
582 Wellsesly Wild $556,016,627 1 $556,016,627
583 Nico Lathouris $554,951,272 2 $277,475,636
584 Steve Purcell $554,606,532 1 $554,606,532
585 Brenda Chapman $554,606,532 2 $277,303,266
586 Peter Chiarelli $553,742,638 3 $184,580,879
587 Benji Samit $552,788,582 4 $138,197,146
588 Dan Hernandez $552,788,582 4 $138,197,146
589 Douglas S. Cook $552,676,004 3 $184,225,335
590 David Weisberg $552,676,004 3 $184,225,335
591 Steve Faber $551,034,644 2 $275,517,322
592 Peter Benchley $550,750,650 3 $183,583,550
593 Chenguang Qian $547,179,648 2 $273,589,824
594 Ron Shelton $545,863,076 10 $54,586,308
595 Genndy Tartakovsky $545,841,714 3 $181,947,238
596 Michael LeSieur $543,135,107 2 $271,567,554
597 Warren Coleman $542,956,777 2 $271,478,389
598 Henry Gayden $542,368,020 4 $135,592,005
599 Caroline Thompson $541,980,326 9 $60,220,036
600 Nick Schenk $541,931,782 5 $108,386,356

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.