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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 7,001-7,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,001 | Michel Franco | $3,414,927 | 4 | $853,732 |
| 7,002 | Ekasith Thairat | $3,407,036 | 1 | $3,407,036 |
| 7,003 | Sergei Lukianenko | $3,403,021 | 1 | $3,403,021 |
| 7,004 | Meg Ryan | $3,401,997 | 1 | $3,401,997 |
| 7,005 | Steven Dietz | $3,401,997 | 1 | $3,401,997 |
| 7,006 | Kirk Lynn | $3,401,997 | 1 | $3,401,997 |
| 7,007 | Renny Harlin | $3,401,376 | 1 | $3,401,376 |
| 7,008 | Markus Selin | $3,401,376 | 1 | $3,401,376 |
| 7,009 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 1 | $3,400,000 |
| 7,010 | Ivan Tors | $3,400,000 | 1 | $3,400,000 |
| 7,011 | Peter Ettedgui | $3,398,008 | 4 | $849,502 |
| 7,012 | Philip Haas | $3,390,811 | 1 | $3,390,811 |
| 7,013 | Harry Macqueen | $3,380,398 | 1 | $3,380,398 |
| 7,014 | Paulina Lagudi Ulrich | $3,379,317 | 1 | $3,379,317 |
| 7,015 | Kristen Lazarian | $3,379,317 | 2 | $1,689,659 |
| 7,016 | Krishna Hariharan | $3,376,375 | 1 | $3,376,375 |
| 7,017 | Vivian Qu | $3,375,245 | 1 | $3,375,245 |
| 7,018 | Rohan Sippy | $3,367,990 | 1 | $3,367,990 |
| 7,019 | Charu Dutt Acharya | $3,367,990 | 1 | $3,367,990 |
| 7,020 | Nipun Dharmadhikari | $3,367,990 | 1 | $3,367,990 |
| 7,021 | Terry Loane | $3,363,045 | 1 | $3,363,045 |
| 7,022 | Mark Michael McNally | $3,363,045 | 1 | $3,363,045 |
| 7,023 | Youssef Delara | $3,361,815 | 2 | $1,680,908 |
| 7,024 | Jeffrey Scott | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 7,025 | Mark St. Germain | $3,360,399 | 1 | $3,360,399 |
| 7,026 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 7,027 | Eric Barrett | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 7,028 | Ron Mael | $3,349,127 | 1 | $3,349,127 |
| 7,029 | Russell Mael | $3,349,127 | 1 | $3,349,127 |
| 7,030 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 7,031 | Ignacio Martinez de Pison | $3,347,219 | 1 | $3,347,219 |
| 7,032 | Valérie Magis | $3,341,130 | 1 | $3,341,130 |
| 7,033 | Stephen Cyrus Sepher | $3,336,604 | 2 | $1,668,302 |
| 7,034 | Duncan Scott | $3,336,053 | 1 | $3,336,053 |
| 7,035 | Lindsay Harrison | $3,333,306 | 1 | $3,333,306 |
| 7,036 | Bruno Nuytten | $3,331,297 | 1 | $3,331,297 |
| 7,037 | Tony Spiridakis | $3,328,641 | 2 | $1,664,321 |
| 7,038 | John Teaford | $3,328,240 | 1 | $3,328,240 |
| 7,039 | RaMell Ross | $3,327,238 | 2 | $1,663,619 |
| 7,040 | Jacob Roman | $3,326,604 | 1 | $3,326,604 |
| 7,041 | Kenny Ryan | $3,326,604 | 1 | $3,326,604 |
| 7,042 | Darlene Craviotto | $3,319,344 | 1 | $3,319,344 |
| 7,043 | Greg Pruss | $3,317,662 | 1 | $3,317,662 |
| 7,044 | Gela Babluani | $3,317,662 | 1 | $3,317,662 |
| 7,045 | Julien Poulin | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 7,046 | Pierre Falardeau | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 7,047 | Darrel Campbell | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 7,048 | Kit Hesketh-Harvey | $3,305,831 | 1 | $3,305,831 |
| 7,049 | Betsy Israel | $3,300,609 | 1 | $3,300,609 |
| 7,050 | Alec Coppel | $3,298,295 | 1 | $3,298,295 |
| 7,051 | Samuel Taylor | $3,298,295 | 1 | $3,298,295 |
| 7,052 | Nick Lepard | $3,293,201 | 2 | $1,646,601 |
| 7,053 | Tim Rose-Price | $3,286,395 | 1 | $3,286,395 |
| 7,054 | Euzhan Palcy | $3,282,890 | 1 | $3,282,890 |
| 7,055 | André P. Brink | $3,282,890 | 1 | $3,282,890 |
| 7,056 | Florian Gallenberger | $3,281,855 | 1 | $3,281,855 |
| 7,057 | Torsten Wenzel | $3,281,855 | 1 | $3,281,855 |
| 7,058 | Rama Laurie Stagner | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 7,059 | Arlene Sarner | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 7,060 | Jerry Leichtling | $3,281,813 | 1 | $3,281,813 |
| 7,061 | Aubrey K. Rattan | $3,279,266 | 1 | $3,279,266 |
| 7,062 | William Brookfield | $3,275,821 | 2 | $1,637,911 |
| 7,063 | Eduardo Cisneros | $3,275,079 | 1 | $3,275,079 |
| 7,064 | Jason Shuman | $3,275,079 | 1 | $3,275,079 |
| 7,065 | Neveldine & Taylor | $3,270,974 | 1 | $3,270,974 |
| 7,066 | John Eddie Johnson | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 7,067 | Ned Welsh | $3,270,822 | 1 | $3,270,822 |
| 7,068 | Heather McGowan | $3,270,128 | 1 | $3,270,128 |
| 7,069 | Kinoko Nasu | $3,268,960 | 1 | $3,268,960 |
| 7,070 | Anita Doron | $3,266,749 | 1 | $3,266,749 |
| 7,071 | Eileen Atkins | $3,263,672 | 1 | $3,263,672 |
| 7,072 | Peter Vanderwall | $3,263,372 | 2 | $1,631,686 |
| 7,073 | Sergio Casci | $3,262,762 | 3 | $1,087,587 |
| 7,074 | Matt Chow | $3,256,270 | 1 | $3,256,270 |
| 7,075 | Robert Ramirez | $3,255,426 | 1 | $3,255,426 |
| 7,076 | James F. Collier | $3,254,801 | 1 | $3,254,801 |
| 7,077 | Bart Baker | $3,252,550 | 2 | $1,626,275 |
| 7,078 | Ken Solarz | $3,252,550 | 2 | $1,626,275 |
| 7,079 | Miguel Angel Vivas | $3,243,720 | 3 | $1,081,240 |
| 7,080 | Gerard Lee | $3,243,312 | 1 | $3,243,312 |
| 7,081 | Simon Baker | $3,243,312 | 1 | $3,243,312 |
| 7,082 | Jianbin Chen | $3,241,253 | 1 | $3,241,253 |
| 7,083 | Rich Correll | $3,239,441 | 2 | $1,619,721 |
| 7,084 | G.M. Mercier | $3,239,441 | 2 | $1,619,721 |
| 7,085 | James White | $3,238,539 | 1 | $3,238,539 |
| 7,086 | Christian White | $3,238,539 | 2 | $1,619,270 |
| 7,087 | Ziad Doueiri | $3,237,975 | 1 | $3,237,975 |
| 7,088 | Joelle Touma | $3,237,975 | 2 | $1,618,988 |
| 7,089 | Patrick Doughtie | $3,237,452 | 1 | $3,237,452 |
| 7,090 | Art D’Alessandro | $3,237,452 | 1 | $3,237,452 |
| 7,091 | Matt Bai | $3,233,962 | 1 | $3,233,962 |
| 7,092 | Jay Carson | $3,233,962 | 1 | $3,233,962 |
| 7,093 | Emma Jensen | $3,232,000 | 2 | $1,616,000 |
| 7,094 | Arnau Vilaro | $3,230,469 | 1 | $3,230,469 |
| 7,095 | Ali Samadi Ahadi | $3,221,971 | 2 | $1,610,986 |
| 7,096 | Charles Bukowski | $3,221,000 | 1 | $3,221,000 |
| 7,097 | Denis Dercourt | $3,220,910 | 1 | $3,220,910 |
| 7,098 | Joslyn Barnes | $3,214,938 | 1 | $3,214,938 |
| 7,099 | David Foenkinos | $3,200,055 | 1 | $3,200,055 |
| 7,100 | Don Hartman | $3,200,000 | 3 | $1,066,667 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.