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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Rory Haines | $400,945,962 | 3 | $133,648,654 |
| 802 | Sohrab Noshirvani | $400,945,962 | 3 | $133,648,654 |
| 803 | Chris Bremner | $400,526,237 | 3 | $133,508,746 |
| 804 | Anthony Hines | $400,347,132 | 4 | $100,086,783 |
| 805 | Adam Horowitz | $399,866,199 | 1 | $399,866,199 |
| 806 | Edward Kitsis | $399,866,199 | 1 | $399,866,199 |
| 807 | Hamish McColl | $399,621,743 | 2 | $199,810,872 |
| 808 | John Thomas | $398,745,661 | 4 | $99,686,415 |
| 809 | Franck Magnier | $398,324,423 | 3 | $132,774,808 |
| 810 | David Marconi | $396,023,935 | 2 | $198,011,968 |
| 811 | Cindy Davis | $395,802,070 | 1 | $395,802,070 |
| 812 | Donald H. Hewitt | $395,802,070 | 1 | $395,802,070 |
| 813 | Christopher Roach | $395,486,774 | 5 | $79,097,355 |
| 814 | Sam Mendes | $395,366,650 | 2 | $197,683,325 |
| 815 | David Elliot | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 816 | Paul Lovett | $394,963,398 | 2 | $197,481,699 |
| 817 | Daniel Pyne | $393,898,505 | 6 | $65,649,751 |
| 818 | Yan Han (韩延) | $392,938,638 | 4 | $98,234,660 |
| 819 | Sidney Howard | $390,516,513 | 2 | $195,258,257 |
| 820 | John Watson | $390,500,000 | 1 | $390,500,000 |
| 821 | Channing Gibson | $389,691,325 | 3 | $129,897,108 |
| 822 | Tsutomu Kuroiwa | $389,665,325 | 5 | $77,933,065 |
| 823 | Eric Lee | $388,909,307 | 2 | $194,454,654 |
| 824 | Ralph Wright | $387,881,305 | 4 | $96,970,326 |
| 825 | Bill Walsh | $387,106,984 | 7 | $55,300,998 |
| 826 | Jon Hurwitz | $387,063,289 | 5 | $77,412,658 |
| 827 | Hayden Schlossberg | $387,063,289 | 4 | $96,765,822 |
| 828 | Donald Stewart | $385,600,000 | 2 | $192,800,000 |
| 829 | Mark Andrus | $385,382,194 | 6 | $64,230,366 |
| 830 | Lee Eisenberg | $384,227,968 | 3 | $128,075,989 |
| 831 | Nicholas Wright | $384,169,424 | 1 | $384,169,424 |
| 832 | James A. Woods | $384,169,424 | 2 | $192,084,712 |
| 833 | Josh Singer | $383,873,591 | 5 | $76,774,718 |
| 834 | Steven Knight | $383,753,568 | 18 | $21,319,643 |
| 835 | Joanna Calo | $382,436,365 | 1 | $382,436,365 |
| 836 | Sung-Jin Lee | $382,436,365 | 1 | $382,436,365 |
| 837 | Gary Goldman | $381,164,602 | 5 | $76,232,920 |
| 838 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $381,127,032 | 3 | $127,042,344 |
| 839 | Doug Richardson | $381,103,844 | 4 | $95,275,961 |
| 840 | Tom Shadyac | $381,031,415 | 2 | $190,515,708 |
| 841 | John McLaughlin | $380,625,678 | 2 | $190,312,839 |
| 842 | Dong Zhe | $380,563,293 | 3 | $126,854,431 |
| 843 | Alexandre Charlot | $380,474,308 | 2 | $190,237,154 |
| 844 | Brendan McCarthy | $380,463,726 | 1 | $380,463,726 |
| 845 | Leslie Newman | $380,400,000 | 2 | $190,200,000 |
| 846 | David Rayfiel | $379,598,169 | 3 | $126,532,723 |
| 847 | Peter Goldfinger | $379,448,722 | 5 | $75,889,744 |
| 848 | Juel Taylor | $377,908,117 | 5 | $75,581,623 |
| 849 | Christian Gudegast | $377,510,489 | 4 | $94,377,622 |
| 850 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $375,745,647 | 2 | $187,872,824 |
| 851 | Peter Straughan | $375,588,846 | 11 | $34,144,441 |
| 852 | Juliet Snowden | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 853 | Stiles White | $372,676,013 | 3 | $124,225,338 |
| 854 | Chan Tai-lee | $369,700,792 | 3 | $123,233,597 |
| 855 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $368,975,360 | 3 | $122,991,787 |
| 856 | Theodore Melfi | $368,424,905 | 5 | $73,684,981 |
| 857 | Michael Colton | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 858 | John Aboud | $366,942,531 | 2 | $183,471,266 |
| 859 | Brandon Sawyer | $366,942,531 | 1 | $366,942,531 |
| 860 | Kevin Bisch | $366,784,257 | 1 | $366,784,257 |
| 861 | Jeremy Doner | $366,396,888 | 3 | $122,132,296 |
| 862 | Takeshi Shudo | $366,043,713 | 3 | $122,014,571 |
| 863 | Jay Cocks | $365,786,704 | 4 | $91,446,676 |
| 864 | Claude Zidi | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 865 | Simon Michael | $365,300,000 | 2 | $182,650,000 |
| 866 | Didier Kamika | $365,300,000 | 1 | $365,300,000 |
| 867 | Katherine Fugate | $364,419,601 | 2 | $182,209,801 |
| 868 | Becky Johnston | $364,005,903 | 5 | $72,801,181 |
| 869 | Donald McEnery | $363,095,319 | 1 | $363,095,319 |
| 870 | Cathryn Michon | $363,075,137 | 5 | $72,615,027 |
| 871 | Tom McCarthy | $363,063,974 | 9 | $40,340,442 |
| 872 | George Nofi | $362,989,076 | 1 | $362,989,076 |
| 873 | Nitesh Tiwari | $362,651,349 | 6 | $60,441,892 |
| 874 | Donna Powers | $361,695,203 | 3 | $120,565,068 |
| 875 | Wayne Powers | $361,695,203 | 4 | $90,423,801 |
| 876 | Sunny Chan | $361,683,815 | 1 | $361,683,815 |
| 877 | Chris Henchy | $360,690,175 | 4 | $90,172,544 |
| 878 | Cui Tiezhi | $360,199,520 | 3 | $120,066,507 |
| 879 | Phil Beauman | $359,276,156 | 3 | $119,758,719 |
| 880 | Robert D. Siegel | $357,766,627 | 4 | $89,441,657 |
| 881 | Shreyas Jain | $357,266,697 | 3 | $119,088,899 |
| 882 | Barry Levinson | $357,238,949 | 11 | $32,476,268 |
| 883 | Alan Ball | $356,258,047 | 2 | $178,129,024 |
| 884 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 885 | John Harrison | $356,148,063 | 1 | $356,148,063 |
| 886 | Yuan Yuan | $355,707,967 | 2 | $177,853,984 |
| 887 | Amy Heckerling | $355,247,600 | 3 | $118,415,867 |
| 888 | Adele Lim | $355,236,849 | 2 | $177,618,425 |
| 889 | Parker Finn | $355,063,185 | 2 | $177,531,593 |
| 890 | Diablo Cody | $353,190,294 | 8 | $44,148,787 |
| 891 | Michael Moore | $353,160,674 | 9 | $39,240,075 |
| 892 | Ari Handel | $352,831,065 | 1 | $352,831,065 |
| 893 | Jason Headley | $352,235,625 | 3 | $117,411,875 |
| 894 | Edward Tang | $351,949,263 | 5 | $70,389,853 |
| 895 | Mike Webb | $351,814,301 | 1 | $351,814,301 |
| 896 | Christopher Murphey | $351,774,938 | 1 | $351,774,938 |
| 897 | Christy Hall | $351,570,065 | 4 | $87,892,516 |
| 898 | Dick Clement | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 899 | Ian La Frenais | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 900 | Mark Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.