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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,701 | James Cruikshank | $21,458,229 | 1 | $21,458,229 |
| 3,702 | Hanif Kureishi | $21,457,186 | 3 | $7,152,395 |
| 3,703 | Debra Hill | $21,445,868 | 1 | $21,445,868 |
| 3,704 | James Berg | $21,443,204 | 1 | $21,443,204 |
| 3,705 | Stan Zimmerman | $21,443,204 | 1 | $21,443,204 |
| 3,706 | Wolfgang Weigel | $21,427,944 | 1 | $21,427,944 |
| 3,707 | Malcolm Spellman | $21,410,546 | 3 | $7,136,849 |
| 3,708 | Stephen Jeffreys | $21,395,606 | 2 | $10,697,803 |
| 3,709 | Richard Jefferies | $21,384,035 | 1 | $21,384,035 |
| 3,710 | Leslie Caveny | $21,375,166 | 1 | $21,375,166 |
| 3,711 | Robert Resnikoff | $21,365,321 | 1 | $21,365,321 |
| 3,712 | Carol Heikkinen | $21,361,109 | 1 | $21,361,109 |
| 3,713 | Alex Barnow | $21,360,215 | 1 | $21,360,215 |
| 3,714 | Matt Ross | $21,359,103 | 2 | $10,679,552 |
| 3,715 | Felix Van Groeningen | $21,311,258 | 2 | $10,655,629 |
| 3,716 | Richard Rich | $21,288,692 | 1 | $21,288,692 |
| 3,717 | Joe Hale | $21,288,692 | 1 | $21,288,692 |
| 3,718 | Art Stevens | $21,288,692 | 1 | $21,288,692 |
| 3,719 | David Jonas | $21,288,692 | 1 | $21,288,692 |
| 3,720 | Al Wilson | $21,288,692 | 1 | $21,288,692 |
| 3,721 | Roy Morita | $21,288,692 | 1 | $21,288,692 |
| 3,722 | Robert Duvall | $21,277,770 | 2 | $10,638,885 |
| 3,723 | Augusta Gore | $21,245,954 | 1 | $21,245,954 |
| 3,724 | Christopher Gore | $21,202,829 | 1 | $21,202,829 |
| 3,725 | Emily Foxler | $21,156,715 | 1 | $21,156,715 |
| 3,726 | Tom Davis | $21,153,686 | 1 | $21,153,686 |
| 3,727 | Anthony Maras | $21,132,855 | 2 | $10,566,428 |
| 3,728 | Flint Dille | $21,100,409 | 2 | $10,550,205 |
| 3,729 | Martyn Burke | $21,100,000 | 1 | $21,100,000 |
| 3,730 | Mark Bishop | $21,089,146 | 1 | $21,089,146 |
| 3,731 | Robert J. Avrech | $21,084,934 | 2 | $10,542,467 |
| 3,732 | Fred Finklehoffe | $21,083,122 | 3 | $7,027,707 |
| 3,733 | Lawrence Bassoff | $21,058,033 | 1 | $21,058,033 |
| 3,734 | Christopher Zalla | $21,042,981 | 1 | $21,042,981 |
| 3,735 | Horton Foote | $21,032,157 | 4 | $5,258,039 |
| 3,736 | Harald Siepermann | $20,930,000 | 1 | $20,930,000 |
| 3,737 | Daniel Welbat | $20,930,000 | 1 | $20,930,000 |
| 3,738 | Douglas Welbat | $20,930,000 | 1 | $20,930,000 |
| 3,739 | Daniel Monzon | $20,917,985 | 1 | $20,917,985 |
| 3,740 | Daive Cohen | $20,917,377 | 1 | $20,917,377 |
| 3,741 | Anthony Silverston | $20,898,221 | 1 | $20,898,221 |
| 3,742 | Raffaella Delle Donne | $20,898,221 | 1 | $20,898,221 |
| 3,743 | Mark Chappell | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 3,744 | James Toback | $20,846,709 | 5 | $4,169,342 |
| 3,745 | Robert Alan Aurthur | $20,845,016 | 1 | $20,845,016 |
| 3,746 | Robert Dillon | $20,818,672 | 2 | $10,409,336 |
| 3,747 | Andrew Lobel | $20,805,675 | 1 | $20,805,675 |
| 3,748 | Robert Buckner | $20,800,000 | 2 | $10,400,000 |
| 3,749 | Bobby Smith Jr. | $20,788,730 | 1 | $20,788,730 |
| 3,750 | Andrei Konchalovsky | $20,762,990 | 2 | $10,381,495 |
| 3,751 | Andy Bienen | $20,741,000 | 1 | $20,741,000 |
| 3,752 | Stella Meghie | $20,704,381 | 3 | $6,901,460 |
| 3,753 | Alex Rubens | $20,688,141 | 3 | $6,896,047 |
| 3,754 | Jeong-seok Jo | $20,672,401 | 1 | $20,672,401 |
| 3,755 | Jeffrey Bloom | $20,670,680 | 2 | $10,335,340 |
| 3,756 | Walter Newman | $20,666,667 | 1 | $20,666,667 |
| 3,757 | Leigh Brown | $20,640,209 | 1 | $20,640,209 |
| 3,758 | Jean Shepherd | $20,640,209 | 1 | $20,640,209 |
| 3,759 | Gregory Fleeman | $20,603,715 | 1 | $20,603,715 |
| 3,760 | Robert T. Megginson | $20,603,715 | 1 | $20,603,715 |
| 3,761 | Sajid Ali | $20,596,759 | 1 | $20,596,759 |
| 3,762 | Manurishi Chadha | $20,560,924 | 1 | $20,560,924 |
| 3,763 | Shridhar Raghavan | $20,518,718 | 3 | $6,839,573 |
| 3,764 | Baoping Cao | $20,517,476 | 1 | $20,517,476 |
| 3,765 | Tianhui Zhang | $20,517,476 | 1 | $20,517,476 |
| 3,766 | Yang Jianjun | $20,517,476 | 1 | $20,517,476 |
| 3,767 | Chris Solimine | $20,466,016 | 1 | $20,466,016 |
| 3,768 | Lane Sarasohn | $20,447,000 | 1 | $20,447,000 |
| 3,769 | Rich Allen | $20,447,000 | 1 | $20,447,000 |
| 3,770 | David Schneider | $20,431,564 | 1 | $20,431,564 |
| 3,771 | Ian Martin | $20,431,564 | 2 | $10,215,782 |
| 3,772 | James Cappe | $20,423,389 | 1 | $20,423,389 |
| 3,773 | Phil Groves | $20,418,789 | 1 | $20,418,789 |
| 3,774 | Elan Mastai | $20,417,865 | 3 | $6,805,955 |
| 3,775 | David O. Selznick | $20,400,000 | 1 | $20,400,000 |
| 3,776 | Oliver H. P. Garrett | $20,400,000 | 1 | $20,400,000 |
| 3,777 | Zak Olkewicz | $20,397,648 | 2 | $10,198,824 |
| 3,778 | Tony Briggs | $20,395,040 | 1 | $20,395,040 |
| 3,779 | Gretchen J. Berg | $20,384,136 | 1 | $20,384,136 |
| 3,780 | Aaron Harberts | $20,384,136 | 1 | $20,384,136 |
| 3,781 | Jeff Baena | $20,369,204 | 5 | $4,073,841 |
| 3,782 | Chuck Russell | $20,364,308 | 4 | $5,091,077 |
| 3,783 | Richard Ramsey | $20,303,731 | 2 | $10,151,866 |
| 3,784 | Akshat Verma | $20,289,666 | 1 | $20,289,666 |
| 3,785 | Kenneth Lipper | $20,278,055 | 1 | $20,278,055 |
| 3,786 | Tan Cheung | $20,273,136 | 2 | $10,136,568 |
| 3,787 | John Steakley | $20,268,825 | 1 | $20,268,825 |
| 3,788 | Jane Wagner | $20,259,000 | 2 | $10,129,500 |
| 3,789 | Michael Mahern | $20,246,790 | 1 | $20,246,790 |
| 3,790 | David Marques | $20,238,512 | 2 | $10,119,256 |
| 3,791 | Alex Matter | $20,225,989 | 1 | $20,225,989 |
| 3,792 | Pat E. Johnson | $20,200,000 | 1 | $20,200,000 |
| 3,793 | Vilgot Sjöman | $20,200,000 | 1 | $20,200,000 |
| 3,794 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | $20,199,663 | 1 | $20,199,663 |
| 3,795 | John Lee Mahin | $20,172,000 | 2 | $10,086,000 |
| 3,796 | Gerard Brown | $20,146,800 | 1 | $20,146,800 |
| 3,797 | Ernest Dickerson | $20,146,800 | 1 | $20,146,800 |
| 3,798 | Mary Hale | $20,133,326 | 1 | $20,133,326 |
| 3,799 | Adam Balsam | $20,107,933 | 1 | $20,107,933 |
| 3,800 | Randi Barnes | $20,107,933 | 1 | $20,107,933 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.