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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,301 | Arthur Sheekman | $14,300,000 | 1 | $14,300,000 |
| 4,302 | Jorge Semprún | $14,296,444 | 2 | $7,148,222 |
| 4,303 | Sally Potter | $14,293,366 | 6 | $2,382,228 |
| 4,304 | Paula Milne | $14,291,999 | 2 | $7,146,000 |
| 4,305 | Susan Shiliday | $14,291,999 | 1 | $14,291,999 |
| 4,306 | Guy Thomas | $14,281,034 | 2 | $7,140,517 |
| 4,307 | David Chisholm | $14,278,900 | 2 | $7,139,450 |
| 4,308 | David Lee Miller | $14,276,095 | 2 | $7,138,048 |
| 4,309 | Carlos Davis | $14,272,777 | 1 | $14,272,777 |
| 4,310 | Anthony Fingleton | $14,272,777 | 1 | $14,272,777 |
| 4,311 | Derek Harvie | $14,249,005 | 1 | $14,249,005 |
| 4,312 | Ang Lee | $14,227,403 | 2 | $7,113,702 |
| 4,313 | Rod Whitaker | $14,200,000 | 1 | $14,200,000 |
| 4,314 | Hal Dresner | $14,200,000 | 1 | $14,200,000 |
| 4,315 | Warren B. Murphy | $14,200,000 | 1 | $14,200,000 |
| 4,316 | Joseph Tropiano | $14,186,316 | 1 | $14,186,316 |
| 4,317 | Martin Quatermass | $14,182,393 | 1 | $14,182,393 |
| 4,318 | David Chocron | $14,178,885 | 2 | $7,089,443 |
| 4,319 | Jeff Franklin | $14,171,431 | 2 | $7,085,716 |
| 4,320 | Christel Gonnard | $14,163,162 | 1 | $14,163,162 |
| 4,321 | Antoon Krings | $14,163,162 | 1 | $14,163,162 |
| 4,322 | Arnaud Delalande | $14,163,162 | 1 | $14,163,162 |
| 4,323 | Coke Sams | $14,143,280 | 1 | $14,143,280 |
| 4,324 | Alberto Bremer | $14,141,504 | 1 | $14,141,504 |
| 4,325 | Roddy Doyle | $14,140,960 | 2 | $7,070,480 |
| 4,326 | William Gray | $14,134,246 | 2 | $7,067,123 |
| 4,327 | Neena Beber | $14,125,516 | 1 | $14,125,516 |
| 4,328 | Tom Perrotta | $14,121,177 | 1 | $14,121,177 |
| 4,329 | Prabhu Deva | $14,113,208 | 2 | $7,056,604 |
| 4,330 | Ben Zelig | $14,100,000 | 1 | $14,100,000 |
| 4,331 | Suzanne O'Malley | $14,049,540 | 1 | $14,049,540 |
| 4,332 | Marc Basch | $14,046,644 | 4 | $3,511,661 |
| 4,333 | Brett Haley | $14,046,644 | 4 | $3,511,661 |
| 4,334 | Pierre Uytterhoeven | $14,044,741 | 2 | $7,022,371 |
| 4,335 | Shane Connaughton | $14,041,353 | 1 | $14,041,353 |
| 4,336 | Sarah Delappe | $14,029,755 | 1 | $14,029,755 |
| 4,337 | Matt Brown | $14,019,119 | 3 | $4,673,040 |
| 4,338 | Eleanore Griffin | $14,000,365 | 1 | $14,000,365 |
| 4,339 | Morton S. Fine | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 4,340 | Thomas McGuane | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 4,341 | Ramon Mendendez | $13,994,920 | 1 | $13,994,920 |
| 4,342 | Gregory Burke | $13,973,707 | 3 | $4,657,902 |
| 4,343 | Martin Hynes | $13,973,532 | 2 | $6,986,766 |
| 4,344 | Robert Farrar | $13,937,804 | 2 | $6,968,902 |
| 4,345 | Abhishek Varman | $13,932,430 | 1 | $13,932,430 |
| 4,346 | Allan Burns | $13,926,490 | 2 | $6,963,245 |
| 4,347 | Sean Baker | $13,910,487 | 5 | $2,782,097 |
| 4,348 | Regis Roinsard | $13,895,789 | 3 | $4,631,930 |
| 4,349 | Bill Maher | $13,881,317 | 1 | $13,881,317 |
| 4,350 | Mark A. Altman | $13,860,078 | 1 | $13,860,078 |
| 4,351 | Dave Parker | $13,860,078 | 1 | $13,860,078 |
| 4,352 | Yvan Attal | $13,853,915 | 2 | $6,926,958 |
| 4,353 | Paul Auster | $13,853,284 | 1 | $13,853,284 |
| 4,354 | Stephen Blinn | $13,844,814 | 2 | $6,922,407 |
| 4,355 | James Carabatsos | $13,839,404 | 1 | $13,839,404 |
| 4,356 | Daniel Presley | $13,835,593 | 2 | $6,917,797 |
| 4,357 | Boaz Davidson | $13,829,781 | 2 | $6,914,891 |
| 4,358 | David Ward | $13,825,794 | 1 | $13,825,794 |
| 4,359 | John Nichols | $13,825,794 | 1 | $13,825,794 |
| 4,360 | Sara Schiff | $13,812,230 | 1 | $13,812,230 |
| 4,361 | Naomi Foner | $13,805,117 | 4 | $3,451,279 |
| 4,362 | John Cork | $13,798,030 | 1 | $13,798,030 |
| 4,363 | Ludovic Bernard | $13,785,054 | 2 | $6,892,527 |
| 4,364 | Howard R. Cohen | $13,780,656 | 3 | $4,593,552 |
| 4,365 | Jafar Panahi | $13,777,019 | 3 | $4,592,340 |
| 4,366 | Robert L. Levy | $13,747,279 | 1 | $13,747,279 |
| 4,367 | Michael Part | $13,747,279 | 1 | $13,747,279 |
| 4,368 | Gary Rydstrom | $13,741,343 | 1 | $13,741,343 |
| 4,369 | René Manzor | $13,738,574 | 1 | $13,738,574 |
| 4,370 | Paul Ohl | $13,738,574 | 1 | $13,738,574 |
| 4,371 | Oscar Torres | $13,725,819 | 2 | $6,862,910 |
| 4,372 | Tim Meadows | $13,719,474 | 1 | $13,719,474 |
| 4,373 | Alex Cox | $13,711,903 | 1 | $13,711,903 |
| 4,374 | Tod Davies | $13,711,903 | 1 | $13,711,903 |
| 4,375 | Geoff Burrowes | $13,687,027 | 1 | $13,687,027 |
| 4,376 | Steve Viksten | $13,684,949 | 1 | $13,684,949 |
| 4,377 | Craig Bartlett | $13,684,949 | 1 | $13,684,949 |
| 4,378 | Olivier Assayas | $13,663,605 | 7 | $1,951,944 |
| 4,379 | Im Sang-soo | $13,659,975 | 3 | $4,553,325 |
| 4,380 | Andrea Nasfell | $13,656,039 | 3 | $4,552,013 |
| 4,381 | Chad Gomez Creasey | $13,636,339 | 1 | $13,636,339 |
| 4,382 | Christophe Gans | $13,628,776 | 2 | $6,814,388 |
| 4,383 | Jim Piddock | $13,600,409 | 2 | $6,800,205 |
| 4,384 | Jonathan Darby | $13,587,246 | 1 | $13,587,246 |
| 4,385 | Helen Whitfield | $13,587,246 | 1 | $13,587,246 |
| 4,386 | Christopher Salmanpour | $13,564,201 | 1 | $13,564,201 |
| 4,387 | Larry Wilson | $13,560,782 | 1 | $13,560,782 |
| 4,388 | Salman Khan | $13,553,861 | 1 | $13,553,861 |
| 4,389 | Aloke Upadhyaya | $13,553,861 | 1 | $13,553,861 |
| 4,390 | Ed Yeager | $13,539,154 | 1 | $13,539,154 |
| 4,391 | Joey Gutierrez | $13,539,154 | 1 | $13,539,154 |
| 4,392 | David Helling | $13,506,715 | 1 | $13,506,715 |
| 4,393 | Arthur Wimperis | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 4,394 | George Froeschel | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 4,395 | James Hilton | $13,500,000 | 2 | $6,750,000 |
| 4,396 | Claudine West | $13,500,000 | 1 | $13,500,000 |
| 4,397 | Michael Caulfield | $13,485,455 | 1 | $13,485,455 |
| 4,398 | Adam Resnick | $13,483,727 | 2 | $6,741,864 |
| 4,399 | Manfred Wong | $13,482,888 | 1 | $13,482,888 |
| 4,400 | Aki Kaurismaki | $13,480,196 | 1 | $13,480,196 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.