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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,901 | Lewis Abernathy | $7,724,847 | 1 | $7,724,847 |
| 5,902 | Geof Miller | $7,724,847 | 1 | $7,724,847 |
| 5,903 | Homi Adajania | $7,723,229 | 1 | $7,723,229 |
| 5,904 | Kersi Khambatta | $7,723,229 | 1 | $7,723,229 |
| 5,905 | Walt Ruloff | $7,720,487 | 1 | $7,720,487 |
| 5,906 | Ben Stein | $7,720,487 | 1 | $7,720,487 |
| 5,907 | Chris Thomas Devlin | $7,711,647 | 2 | $3,855,824 |
| 5,908 | Kathryn Bigelow | $7,701,707 | 1 | $7,701,707 |
| 5,909 | Ishita Moitra | $7,683,537 | 1 | $7,683,537 |
| 5,910 | Sumit Roy | $7,683,537 | 1 | $7,683,537 |
| 5,911 | Pam Gibson | $7,683,267 | 1 | $7,683,267 |
| 5,912 | Venita Coelho | $7,678,147 | 1 | $7,678,147 |
| 5,913 | Paco Arango | $7,678,017 | 1 | $7,678,017 |
| 5,914 | Seth W. Owen | $7,671,228 | 3 | $2,557,076 |
| 5,915 | Mia Hansen-Love | $7,647,762 | 5 | $1,529,552 |
| 5,916 | Thomas Michael Donnelly | $7,634,909 | 1 | $7,634,909 |
| 5,917 | Sylvia Chang | $7,633,397 | 1 | $7,633,397 |
| 5,918 | Angus MacLachlan | $7,632,063 | 5 | $1,526,413 |
| 5,919 | Tran Anh Hung | $7,630,287 | 1 | $7,630,287 |
| 5,920 | Jaime Bayly | $7,622,028 | 1 | $7,622,028 |
| 5,921 | Guy Trosper | $7,600,530 | 1 | $7,600,530 |
| 5,922 | Frank S. Nugent | $7,600,376 | 1 | $7,600,376 |
| 5,923 | Alex Von Tunzelmann | $7,582,196 | 1 | $7,582,196 |
| 5,924 | Bertrand Tavernier | $7,571,869 | 4 | $1,892,967 |
| 5,925 | Allison Anders | $7,570,420 | 2 | $3,785,210 |
| 5,926 | Leon Ichaso | $7,556,004 | 1 | $7,556,004 |
| 5,927 | David Darmstaedter | $7,556,004 | 1 | $7,556,004 |
| 5,928 | Todd Bello | $7,556,004 | 1 | $7,556,004 |
| 5,929 | James Melkonian | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 5,930 | Johnny Brennan | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 5,931 | Kamal Ahmed | $7,555,256 | 2 | $3,777,628 |
| 5,932 | Vishal Bhardwaj | $7,550,423 | 3 | $2,516,808 |
| 5,933 | Michael Mason | $7,546,115 | 1 | $7,546,115 |
| 5,934 | Alison Swan | $7,519,490 | 1 | $7,519,490 |
| 5,935 | Rick Najera | $7,519,490 | 2 | $3,759,745 |
| 5,936 | Harry Julian Fink | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 5,937 | Kathleen Tynan | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 5,938 | R. M. Fink | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 5,939 | Arthur Hopcraft | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 5,940 | Frank Ross | $7,500,000 | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 5,941 | Nathan Parker | $7,496,774 | 4 | $1,874,194 |
| 5,942 | Robert Jaffe | $7,492,138 | 2 | $3,746,069 |
| 5,943 | Will Berson | $7,478,009 | 1 | $7,478,009 |
| 5,944 | Shaka King | $7,478,009 | 2 | $3,739,005 |
| 5,945 | Frank Barhydt | $7,464,803 | 2 | $3,732,402 |
| 5,946 | Mauricio Zacharias | $7,439,768 | 7 | $1,062,824 |
| 5,947 | Paul Downs Colaizzo | $7,422,058 | 1 | $7,422,058 |
| 5,948 | Alexia Landeau | $7,418,672 | 1 | $7,418,672 |
| 5,949 | Bruno Merle | $7,411,305 | 1 | $7,411,305 |
| 5,950 | Marion Nelson | $7,406,230 | 1 | $7,406,230 |
| 5,951 | Jean Cosmos | $7,392,496 | 1 | $7,392,496 |
| 5,952 | François-Olivier Rousseau | $7,392,496 | 1 | $7,392,496 |
| 5,953 | Hubert Selby Jr | $7,389,233 | 1 | $7,389,233 |
| 5,954 | Paco Leon | $7,386,174 | 1 | $7,386,174 |
| 5,955 | Fernando Perez | $7,386,174 | 1 | $7,386,174 |
| 5,956 | John Jordan | $7,377,107 | 1 | $7,377,107 |
| 5,957 | Jesse Wigutow | $7,375,836 | 2 | $3,687,918 |
| 5,958 | Kevin Tenney | $7,369,373 | 1 | $7,369,373 |
| 5,959 | David Michael Wieger | $7,365,417 | 1 | $7,365,417 |
| 5,960 | M.B. Traven | $7,362,618 | 1 | $7,362,618 |
| 5,961 | Philippe Piazzo | $7,356,327 | 1 | $7,356,327 |
| 5,962 | Eugenie Grandval | $7,355,896 | 1 | $7,355,896 |
| 5,963 | Chip Proser | $7,343,032 | 1 | $7,343,032 |
| 5,964 | John Drimmer | $7,343,032 | 1 | $7,343,032 |
| 5,965 | Ira Sachs | $7,340,491 | 5 | $1,468,098 |
| 5,966 | Dave Thomas | $7,314,946 | 2 | $3,657,473 |
| 5,967 | Betsy Nowrasteh | $7,313,697 | 1 | $7,313,697 |
| 5,968 | Mbongeni Ngema | $7,306,242 | 1 | $7,306,242 |
| 5,969 | Barry Armyan Bernstein | $7,300,132 | 1 | $7,300,132 |
| 5,970 | Oley Sassone | $7,300,000 | 1 | $7,300,000 |
| 5,971 | Matt Williams | $7,300,000 | 2 | $3,650,000 |
| 5,972 | Simon Vaughan | $7,299,662 | 1 | $7,299,662 |
| 5,973 | Michael Hitchcock | $7,297,139 | 2 | $3,648,570 |
| 5,974 | Philip Yung | $7,296,652 | 2 | $3,648,326 |
| 5,975 | Andrea Di Stefano | $7,294,706 | 2 | $3,647,353 |
| 5,976 | Duke Sandefur | $7,289,798 | 2 | $3,644,899 |
| 5,977 | Serge Frydman | $7,252,395 | 2 | $3,626,198 |
| 5,978 | Luiso Berdejo | $7,250,600 | 1 | $7,250,600 |
| 5,979 | Paco Plaza | $7,250,600 | 1 | $7,250,600 |
| 5,980 | Troy Byer | $7,246,735 | 1 | $7,246,735 |
| 5,981 | Jack Thibeau | $7,242,035 | 1 | $7,242,035 |
| 5,982 | Sam Sorbo | $7,241,309 | 1 | $7,241,309 |
| 5,983 | Jeff Hammond | $7,233,485 | 1 | $7,233,485 |
| 5,984 | Dominique Monfery | $7,232,645 | 1 | $7,232,645 |
| 5,985 | Tatsuya Oishi | $7,230,907 | 2 | $3,615,454 |
| 5,986 | Walter Campbell | $7,229,933 | 1 | $7,229,933 |
| 5,987 | Casper Christensen | $7,222,584 | 3 | $2,407,528 |
| 5,988 | Pamela Katz | $7,219,785 | 1 | $7,219,785 |
| 5,989 | Margarethe Von Trotta | $7,219,785 | 1 | $7,219,785 |
| 5,990 | Buzz McLaughlin | $7,208,800 | 1 | $7,208,800 |
| 5,991 | Samuel Fuller | $7,206,220 | 2 | $3,603,110 |
| 5,992 | Frank Waldman | $7,201,697 | 1 | $7,201,697 |
| 5,993 | Tom Waldman | $7,201,697 | 1 | $7,201,697 |
| 5,994 | Tim Robbins | $7,200,673 | 2 | $3,600,337 |
| 5,995 | Tim Hunter | $7,199,408 | 1 | $7,199,408 |
| 5,996 | Balia Santella | $7,197,082 | 1 | $7,197,082 |
| 5,997 | Pamela Norris | $7,190,505 | 1 | $7,190,505 |
| 5,998 | Ava Ostern Fries | $7,190,505 | 1 | $7,190,505 |
| 5,999 | Brian Baugh | $7,152,134 | 3 | $2,384,045 |
| 6,000 | Nick Enright | $7,144,115 | 1 | $7,144,115 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.