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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 | Alan Ball | $356,258,047 | 2 | $178,129,024 |
| 802 | Karen McCullah Lutz | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 803 | Kirsten Smith | $356,169,434 | 6 | $59,361,572 |
| 804 | John Harrison | $356,148,063 | 1 | $356,148,063 |
| 805 | Bill Walsh | $355,339,684 | 6 | $59,223,281 |
| 806 | David S. Ward | $355,162,524 | 8 | $44,395,316 |
| 807 | Amy Heckerling | $355,151,601 | 3 | $118,383,867 |
| 808 | Adele Lim | $354,018,077 | 2 | $177,009,039 |
| 809 | Joon-ho Bong | $353,829,742 | 4 | $88,457,436 |
| 810 | Michael Moore | $353,160,674 | 9 | $39,240,075 |
| 811 | Diablo Cody | $353,159,264 | 8 | $44,144,908 |
| 812 | Ari Handel | $352,831,065 | 1 | $352,831,065 |
| 813 | Jason Headley | $352,125,900 | 3 | $117,375,300 |
| 814 | Christopher Murphey | $351,774,938 | 1 | $351,774,938 |
| 815 | Mike Webb | $351,620,129 | 1 | $351,620,129 |
| 816 | Dick Clement | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 817 | Ian La Frenais | $351,448,640 | 8 | $43,931,080 |
| 818 | Brian Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 819 | Mark Gunn | $351,329,802 | 3 | $117,109,934 |
| 820 | F. Scott Frazier | $350,536,268 | 5 | $70,107,254 |
| 821 | Toni Myers | $350,186,676 | 4 | $87,546,669 |
| 822 | Doug Jung | $348,644,109 | 2 | $174,322,055 |
| 823 | Bill Wittiff | $348,442,939 | 2 | $174,221,470 |
| 824 | Grant Myers | $348,319,861 | 1 | $348,319,861 |
| 825 | Amy Holden Jones | $347,255,888 | 5 | $69,451,178 |
| 826 | Philip Lazebnik | $347,100,000 | 2 | $173,550,000 |
| 827 | Carl Binder | $347,100,000 | 1 | $347,100,000 |
| 828 | Malia Scotch Marmo | $345,563,871 | 3 | $115,187,957 |
| 829 | Ted Tally | $344,554,638 | 6 | $57,425,773 |
| 830 | Caroline Thompson | $344,437,556 | 8 | $43,054,695 |
| 831 | Kevin Williamson | $343,394,335 | 5 | $68,678,867 |
| 832 | David Peoples | $343,362,466 | 3 | $114,454,155 |
| 833 | Edward Ricourt | $342,769,200 | 2 | $171,384,600 |
| 834 | Buddy Johnson | $339,601,343 | 2 | $169,800,672 |
| 835 | Brian Duffield | $339,156,405 | 7 | $48,450,915 |
| 836 | Marc Klein | $336,801,860 | 6 | $56,133,643 |
| 837 | John O'Brien | $336,483,628 | 3 | $112,161,209 |
| 838 | J. Michael Straczynski | $336,395,402 | 4 | $84,098,851 |
| 839 | Mark Rosner | $336,069,511 | 1 | $336,069,511 |
| 840 | James Dearden | $334,869,752 | 2 | $167,434,876 |
| 841 | David Mandel | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 842 | Alec Berg | $334,685,403 | 3 | $111,561,801 |
| 843 | Jim Abrahams | $333,408,722 | 5 | $66,681,744 |
| 844 | Wally Wolodarsky | $333,033,427 | 5 | $66,606,685 |
| 845 | Jim Thomas | $332,202,142 | 4 | $83,050,536 |
| 846 | Scott Teems | $332,144,005 | 4 | $83,036,001 |
| 847 | Andrew Heinz | $331,266,710 | 1 | $331,266,710 |
| 848 | S.S. Wilson | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 849 | Brent Maddock | $331,212,056 | 6 | $55,202,009 |
| 850 | John Ridley | $330,417,355 | 7 | $47,202,479 |
| 851 | David A. Newman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 852 | Keith Merryman | $329,997,588 | 3 | $109,999,196 |
| 853 | Jack Thorne | $329,387,389 | 11 | $29,944,308 |
| 854 | Shawn Wayans | $329,099,437 | 3 | $109,699,812 |
| 855 | Nick Cassavetes | $328,527,854 | 6 | $54,754,642 |
| 856 | Ken Shadie | $328,203,506 | 1 | $328,203,506 |
| 857 | Chris Williams | $328,015,029 | 2 | $164,007,515 |
| 858 | Bill Peet | $327,884,918 | 4 | $81,971,230 |
| 859 | George A. Romero | $327,154,909 | 20 | $16,357,745 |
| 860 | Chris Collins | $326,685,379 | 2 | $163,342,690 |
| 861 | Marc Abrams | $326,685,379 | 1 | $326,685,379 |
| 862 | Barry Levinson | $326,175,911 | 9 | $36,241,768 |
| 863 | Patrick Melton | $325,665,953 | 8 | $40,708,244 |
| 864 | Marcus Dunstan | $325,665,953 | 8 | $40,708,244 |
| 865 | Sam Harper | $325,227,443 | 2 | $162,613,722 |
| 866 | Frank Pierson | $324,846,697 | 5 | $64,969,339 |
| 867 | Robin Swicord | $324,374,979 | 6 | $54,062,497 |
| 868 | Jim Uhls | $323,461,759 | 2 | $161,730,880 |
| 869 | Alan Schoolcraft | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 870 | Brent Simons | $321,887,208 | 2 | $160,943,604 |
| 871 | Nick Vallelonga | $319,995,019 | 2 | $159,997,510 |
| 872 | Brian Currie | $319,995,019 | 3 | $106,665,006 |
| 873 | Sherri Stoner | $319,554,124 | 2 | $159,777,062 |
| 874 | Deanna Oliver | $319,554,124 | 2 | $159,777,062 |
| 875 | Christian Gudegast | $319,138,982 | 4 | $79,784,746 |
| 876 | Robert Benton | $318,273,056 | 3 | $106,091,019 |
| 877 | Terri Tatchell | $317,455,487 | 2 | $158,727,744 |
| 878 | Ann Biderman | $317,078,336 | 3 | $105,692,779 |
| 879 | Sara Parriott | $316,927,096 | 3 | $105,642,365 |
| 880 | Josann McGibbon | $316,927,096 | 4 | $79,231,774 |
| 881 | Andrew W. Marlowe | $315,268,353 | 1 | $315,268,353 |
| 882 | Jeremy Doner | $314,875,405 | 2 | $157,437,703 |
| 883 | Ran Ping | $312,587,345 | 2 | $156,293,673 |
| 884 | Larry Ferguson | $310,991,437 | 5 | $62,198,287 |
| 885 | Alain Godard | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 886 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $310,979,393 | 4 | $77,744,848 |
| 887 | Larry Stuckey | $310,650,574 | 1 | $310,650,574 |
| 888 | Nitesh Tiwari | $310,534,113 | 5 | $62,106,823 |
| 889 | Piyush Gupta | $310,534,113 | 3 | $103,511,371 |
| 890 | Kevin Hageman | $310,382,915 | 2 | $155,191,458 |
| 891 | Dan Hageman | $310,382,915 | 2 | $155,191,458 |
| 892 | Pedro Almodovar | $310,352,294 | 14 | $22,168,021 |
| 893 | James Wan | $310,196,332 | 1 | $310,196,332 |
| 894 | Ron Anderson | $310,043,823 | 1 | $310,043,823 |
| 895 | Paul Attanasio | $308,971,346 | 3 | $102,990,449 |
| 896 | George Clooney | $308,547,193 | 4 | $77,136,798 |
| 897 | Grant Heslov | $308,547,193 | 5 | $61,709,439 |
| 898 | Mario Puzo | $308,451,071 | 2 | $154,225,536 |
| 899 | Spike Jonze | $308,065,484 | 5 | $61,613,097 |
| 900 | Justin Theroux | $307,525,881 | 3 | $102,508,627 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.