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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | David Hare | $146,721,559 | 7 | $20,960,223 |
| 1,502 | Alan Jay Lerner | $146,654,206 | 6 | $24,442,368 |
| 1,503 | Kathryn Price | $146,590,987 | 1 | $146,590,987 |
| 1,504 | Nichole Millard | $146,590,987 | 1 | $146,590,987 |
| 1,505 | Yuan Yuan | $146,486,639 | 1 | $146,486,639 |
| 1,506 | Zhang Weizhong | $146,486,639 | 1 | $146,486,639 |
| 1,507 | Jose Rivera | $146,428,005 | 3 | $48,809,335 |
| 1,508 | Michael Gough | $146,195,159 | 1 | $146,195,159 |
| 1,509 | Uncle Three | $145,974,597 | 1 | $145,974,597 |
| 1,510 | Nicholas Meyer | $145,729,522 | 3 | $48,576,507 |
| 1,511 | Jeff Cox | $145,699,356 | 2 | $72,849,678 |
| 1,512 | Craig Cox | $145,594,548 | 1 | $145,594,548 |
| 1,513 | David Pearce | $145,556,000 | 1 | $145,556,000 |
| 1,514 | Jared Hess | $145,450,484 | 4 | $36,362,621 |
| 1,515 | Norman Steinberg | $145,434,174 | 3 | $48,478,058 |
| 1,516 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $145,397,312 | 8 | $18,174,664 |
| 1,517 | Chris Buck | $145,395,745 | 1 | $145,395,745 |
| 1,518 | Chris Jenkins | $145,395,745 | 1 | $145,395,745 |
| 1,519 | Peter Krikes | $145,208,754 | 2 | $72,604,377 |
| 1,520 | Jeffrey Hatcher | $144,822,236 | 4 | $36,205,559 |
| 1,521 | Gavin Scott | $144,656,674 | 4 | $36,164,169 |
| 1,522 | Nick Hornby | $144,189,420 | 3 | $48,063,140 |
| 1,523 | Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer | $144,141,649 | 2 | $72,070,825 |
| 1,524 | Jillian Jacobs | $143,811,701 | 4 | $35,952,925 |
| 1,525 | Mamoru Hosoda | $143,324,405 | 3 | $47,774,802 |
| 1,526 | Parveez Shaikh | $143,285,559 | 5 | $28,657,112 |
| 1,527 | Terence Nance | $143,259,280 | 2 | $71,629,640 |
| 1,528 | Jesse Gordon | $143,187,374 | 1 | $143,187,374 |
| 1,529 | Celeste Ballard | $143,187,374 | 2 | $71,593,687 |
| 1,530 | Tony Rettenmaier | $143,187,374 | 3 | $47,729,125 |
| 1,531 | Keenan Coogler | $143,187,374 | 1 | $143,187,374 |
| 1,532 | Dean Pitchford | $142,998,774 | 2 | $71,499,387 |
| 1,533 | Curt Siodmak | $142,634,358 | 1 | $142,634,358 |
| 1,534 | Rafael Yglesias | $142,350,842 | 5 | $28,470,168 |
| 1,535 | Chris Matheson | $142,080,336 | 6 | $23,680,056 |
| 1,536 | Stephen Hillenburg | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,537 | Kent Osborne | $142,051,255 | 3 | $47,350,418 |
| 1,538 | Derek Drymon | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,539 | Aaron Springer | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,540 | Paul Tibbitt | $142,051,255 | 1 | $142,051,255 |
| 1,541 | Dustin Lance Black | $141,909,316 | 4 | $35,477,329 |
| 1,542 | Rob Greenberg | $141,893,719 | 3 | $47,297,906 |
| 1,543 | Jan Sardi | $141,878,600 | 2 | $70,939,300 |
| 1,544 | Jason Smilovic | $141,729,969 | 3 | $47,243,323 |
| 1,545 | Douglas Kenney | $141,607,202 | 1 | $141,607,202 |
| 1,546 | Dan Harmon | $141,267,370 | 1 | $141,267,370 |
| 1,547 | Rob Schrab | $141,267,370 | 1 | $141,267,370 |
| 1,548 | George Axelrod | $140,847,348 | 7 | $20,121,050 |
| 1,549 | Marc Moss | $140,585,844 | 2 | $70,292,922 |
| 1,550 | William Wheeler | $140,486,408 | 4 | $35,121,602 |
| 1,551 | Karl Geurs | $139,924,202 | 1 | $139,924,202 |
| 1,552 | Alex Litvak | $139,877,913 | 2 | $69,938,957 |
| 1,553 | Susan Gauthier | $139,801,096 | 1 | $139,801,096 |
| 1,554 | Emil Stern | $139,716,717 | 1 | $139,716,717 |
| 1,555 | Rob Zombie | $139,550,546 | 7 | $19,935,792 |
| 1,556 | P.J. Hogan | $139,205,136 | 5 | $27,841,027 |
| 1,557 | Dong Runnian | $139,204,612 | 1 | $139,204,612 |
| 1,558 | Harold Livingston | $139,000,000 | 1 | $139,000,000 |
| 1,559 | Ari Aster | $138,877,866 | 3 | $46,292,622 |
| 1,560 | Oliver Butcher | $138,862,085 | 2 | $69,431,043 |
| 1,561 | Jeff Buhler | $138,820,079 | 7 | $19,831,440 |
| 1,562 | Louis Venosta | $138,697,012 | 1 | $138,697,012 |
| 1,563 | Eric Lerner | $138,697,012 | 1 | $138,697,012 |
| 1,564 | Richard D'Ovidio | $138,620,041 | 6 | $23,103,340 |
| 1,565 | John Hodge | $138,298,109 | 7 | $19,756,873 |
| 1,566 | David Patterson | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 1,567 | Jeff Stockwell | $137,984,788 | 1 | $137,984,788 |
| 1,568 | Toby Halbrooks | $137,768,975 | 2 | $68,884,488 |
| 1,569 | Richard Pryor | $137,534,753 | 2 | $68,767,377 |
| 1,570 | Peter Sattler | $137,088,923 | 2 | $68,544,462 |
| 1,571 | John Mandel | $136,998,907 | 1 | $136,998,907 |
| 1,572 | Leon Capetanos | $136,950,533 | 5 | $27,390,107 |
| 1,573 | Bo Goldman | $136,923,665 | 4 | $34,230,916 |
| 1,574 | Luke Greenfield | $136,890,774 | 1 | $136,890,774 |
| 1,575 | Nicholas Thomas | $136,890,774 | 1 | $136,890,774 |
| 1,576 | Arun Kumar | $136,675,088 | 1 | $136,675,088 |
| 1,577 | Gideon Defoe | $136,143,605 | 1 | $136,143,605 |
| 1,578 | Justin Malen | $136,136,315 | 3 | $45,378,772 |
| 1,579 | Stephen Cornwell | $136,123,083 | 1 | $136,123,083 |
| 1,580 | XiaoPeng Tian | $136,090,000 | 1 | $136,090,000 |
| 1,581 | Cory Edwards | $136,042,719 | 3 | $45,347,573 |
| 1,582 | Andrew Bovell | $135,909,542 | 4 | $33,977,386 |
| 1,583 | Tom Hanks | $135,853,447 | 4 | $33,963,362 |
| 1,584 | Michael Grais | $135,816,608 | 2 | $67,908,304 |
| 1,585 | Mark Victor | $135,816,608 | 2 | $67,908,304 |
| 1,586 | Michel Fessler | $135,780,188 | 3 | $45,260,063 |
| 1,587 | Michel Hazanavicius | $135,608,917 | 3 | $45,202,972 |
| 1,588 | Gary Spinelli | $135,569,212 | 4 | $33,892,303 |
| 1,589 | Scott Cooper | $135,508,364 | 6 | $22,584,727 |
| 1,590 | Ethan Gross | $135,406,280 | 1 | $135,406,280 |
| 1,591 | Erin Simms | $135,075,260 | 2 | $67,537,630 |
| 1,592 | Shonda Rhimes | $134,713,435 | 1 | $134,713,435 |
| 1,593 | Bob Clark | $134,595,778 | 4 | $33,648,945 |
| 1,594 | Ray Wright | $134,206,664 | 5 | $26,841,333 |
| 1,595 | Wes Craven | $134,182,349 | 6 | $22,363,725 |
| 1,596 | Howard Klausner | $134,154,601 | 5 | $26,830,920 |
| 1,597 | Su Lun | $133,650,584 | 1 | $133,650,584 |
| 1,598 | Keith Bunin | $133,607,999 | 2 | $66,804,000 |
| 1,599 | Ivan Menchell | $133,574,362 | 2 | $66,787,181 |
| 1,600 | Jeon Cheol-hong | $133,571,774 | 2 | $66,785,887 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.