Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Screenwriters
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,301-5,400)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Art Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Editors - Top Worldwide Associate Producers - Top Worldwide Casting Directors - Top Worldwide Cinematographers - Top Worldwide Co-Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Co-Producers - Top Worldwide Composers - Top Worldwide Costume Designers - Top Worldwide Costume Supervisors - Top Worldwide Dialogue Editors - Top Worldwide Directors - Top Worldwide Editors - Top Worldwide Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Line Producers - Top Worldwide Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Worldwide Music Editors - Top Worldwide Music Supervisors - Top Worldwide Producers - Top Worldwide Production Designers - Top Worldwide Re-recording Mixers - Top Worldwide Second Unit Directors - Top Worldwide Set Decorators - Top Worldwide Set Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Effects Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Mixers - Top Worldwide Story Creators - Top Worldwide Stunt Coordinators - Top Worldwide Supervising Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Unit Production Managers - Top Worldwide Visual Effects Supervisors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,301 | Mel Friedman | $11,806,119 | 1 | $11,806,119 |
| 5,302 | Edmund Joseph | $11,800,000 | 1 | $11,800,000 |
| 5,303 | David Michod | $11,769,818 | 6 | $1,961,636 |
| 5,304 | Frederick Marx | $11,768,371 | 1 | $11,768,371 |
| 5,305 | Todd Solondz | $11,764,199 | 5 | $2,352,840 |
| 5,306 | Sang-ok Shin | $11,744,960 | 1 | $11,744,960 |
| 5,307 | Thomas Pope | $11,721,041 | 1 | $11,721,041 |
| 5,308 | William H. Arntz | $11,714,997 | 2 | $5,857,499 |
| 5,309 | Matthew Hoffman | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 5,310 | Betsy Chasse | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 5,311 | Mark Vicente | $11,704,768 | 1 | $11,704,768 |
| 5,312 | Kim Hyun-Suk | $11,701,185 | 1 | $11,701,185 |
| 5,313 | Marco Bellocchio | $11,701,126 | 3 | $3,900,375 |
| 5,314 | Doron Wisotsky | $11,686,730 | 2 | $5,843,365 |
| 5,315 | Eskil Vogt | $11,679,877 | 6 | $1,946,646 |
| 5,316 | Joshua Weigel | $11,665,791 | 1 | $11,665,791 |
| 5,317 | Rebekah Weigel | $11,665,791 | 1 | $11,665,791 |
| 5,318 | Gilles de Maistre | $11,652,279 | 2 | $5,826,140 |
| 5,319 | Shem Bitterman | $11,645,423 | 2 | $5,822,712 |
| 5,320 | Raj Mehta | $11,645,364 | 1 | $11,645,364 |
| 5,321 | Rishabh Sharma | $11,645,364 | 1 | $11,645,364 |
| 5,322 | Jyoti Kapoor | $11,645,364 | 1 | $11,645,364 |
| 5,323 | Michael Jacobs | $11,642,254 | 1 | $11,642,254 |
| 5,324 | Dominique Othenin-Girard | $11,642,254 | 1 | $11,642,254 |
| 5,325 | Matthias Schweighofer | $11,639,918 | 1 | $11,639,918 |
| 5,326 | Mitchell Kriegman | $11,634,458 | 1 | $11,634,458 |
| 5,327 | Tim Metcalfe | $11,616,777 | 3 | $3,872,259 |
| 5,328 | Mike Doyle | $11,600,000 | 1 | $11,600,000 |
| 5,329 | Fabrice Eboue | $11,583,215 | 2 | $5,791,608 |
| 5,330 | John Esposito | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 5,331 | Johanna Sinisalo | $11,565,792 | 1 | $11,565,792 |
| 5,332 | Michael Kalesniko | $11,565,792 | 1 | $11,565,792 |
| 5,333 | David Roach | $11,560,986 | 2 | $5,780,493 |
| 5,334 | Kai-Chi Yuen | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 5,335 | Man-Ming Tong | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 5,336 | Allan Moyle | $11,541,758 | 1 | $11,541,758 |
| 5,337 | Ramsey Gbelawoe | $11,540,112 | 1 | $11,540,112 |
| 5,338 | Jeffrey Brian Holmes | $11,540,112 | 1 | $11,540,112 |
| 5,339 | Laurie B. Turner | $11,540,112 | 1 | $11,540,112 |
| 5,340 | Yahoo Serious | $11,536,599 | 1 | $11,536,599 |
| 5,341 | Jonathan Brett | $11,532,774 | 1 | $11,532,774 |
| 5,342 | Andy Burg | $11,509,600 | 1 | $11,509,600 |
| 5,343 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 5,344 | Per Høst | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 5,345 | Kriss Turner | $11,483,669 | 1 | $11,483,669 |
| 5,346 | Michael J.P. Reilly | $11,448,957 | 1 | $11,448,957 |
| 5,347 | Keith Beauchamp | $11,448,957 | 1 | $11,448,957 |
| 5,348 | Evan Hunter | $11,440,066 | 1 | $11,440,066 |
| 5,349 | Phillip Borsos | $11,380,788 | 1 | $11,380,788 |
| 5,350 | Yoko Yonaiyama | $11,364,670 | 1 | $11,364,670 |
| 5,351 | Bernie Somers | $11,363,618 | 1 | $11,363,618 |
| 5,352 | Mitchel Katlin | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 5,353 | Nat Bernstein | $11,359,129 | 1 | $11,359,129 |
| 5,354 | Michael K. Ray | $11,348,205 | 1 | $11,348,205 |
| 5,355 | Maren Ade | $11,345,970 | 1 | $11,345,970 |
| 5,356 | Jason Baumgardner | $11,316,858 | 2 | $5,658,429 |
| 5,357 | Jean Regnaud | $11,314,051 | 2 | $5,657,026 |
| 5,358 | Simon Verhoeven | $11,310,835 | 1 | $11,310,835 |
| 5,359 | Philip Koch | $11,310,835 | 1 | $11,310,835 |
| 5,360 | Matthew Ballen | $11,310,835 | 1 | $11,310,835 |
| 5,361 | Brian Levant | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 5,362 | Lon Diamond | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 5,363 | Seth Greenland | $11,299,730 | 1 | $11,299,730 |
| 5,364 | Bryan Thompson | $11,285,154 | 1 | $11,285,154 |
| 5,365 | Chu Tien wen | $11,279,884 | 1 | $11,279,884 |
| 5,366 | Hsieh Hai meng | $11,279,884 | 1 | $11,279,884 |
| 5,367 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | $11,279,884 | 1 | $11,279,884 |
| 5,368 | Nancy Oliver | $11,277,119 | 1 | $11,277,119 |
| 5,369 | David Steven Cohen | $11,268,750 | 1 | $11,268,750 |
| 5,370 | Drew Gitlin | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 5,371 | Mike Cheda | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 5,372 | Peter Ivan | $11,258,220 | 2 | $5,629,110 |
| 5,373 | Sam Peckinpah | $11,253,821 | 1 | $11,253,821 |
| 5,374 | Robert Andrus | $11,248,978 | 1 | $11,248,978 |
| 5,375 | George Butler | $11,248,978 | 1 | $11,248,978 |
| 5,376 | Michael Dowse | $11,246,462 | 3 | $3,748,821 |
| 5,377 | Richard Nelson | $11,242,438 | 1 | $11,242,438 |
| 5,378 | Peyo | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 5,379 | Mark Richard | $11,229,035 | 1 | $11,229,035 |
| 5,380 | David Z. Weinstein | $11,208,967 | 1 | $11,208,967 |
| 5,381 | Max Werner | $11,189,209 | 2 | $5,594,605 |
| 5,382 | Robert Dozier | $11,170,588 | 1 | $11,170,588 |
| 5,383 | Sir David Attenborough | $11,170,112 | 3 | $3,723,371 |
| 5,384 | Stephen White | $11,156,471 | 1 | $11,156,471 |
| 5,385 | Mark Polish | $11,141,213 | 4 | $2,785,303 |
| 5,386 | Frank Hannah | $11,131,455 | 2 | $5,565,728 |
| 5,387 | Anna Thomas | $11,079,373 | 2 | $5,539,687 |
| 5,388 | Jacques Cluzaud | $11,053,655 | 1 | $11,053,655 |
| 5,389 | Ralph Farquhar | $11,052,713 | 1 | $11,052,713 |
| 5,390 | Troy Duffy | $11,041,194 | 3 | $3,680,398 |
| 5,391 | Sean Stein | $11,005,304 | 1 | $11,005,304 |
| 5,392 | Sam Simon | $11,000,863 | 1 | $11,000,863 |
| 5,393 | David Eyre | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 5,394 | D.W. Griffith | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 5,395 | Frank E. Woods | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 5,396 | Michael Wadleigh | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 5,397 | Alan J. Adler | $10,965,642 | 2 | $5,482,821 |
| 5,398 | Manish Pandey | $10,924,647 | 1 | $10,924,647 |
| 5,399 | Michael Schwartz | $10,924,451 | 2 | $5,462,226 |
| 5,400 | Zina Zaflow | $10,924,451 | 1 | $10,924,451 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.