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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international 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 | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Andrew Adamson | $1,221,139,104 | 5 | $244,227,821 |
| 102 | Ryan Coogler | $1,217,704,649 | 6 | $202,950,775 |
| 103 | Michael Green | $1,200,384,482 | 10 | $120,038,448 |
| 104 | Scott Frank | $1,183,374,518 | 12 | $98,614,543 |
| 105 | Etan Cohen | $1,175,643,104 | 7 | $167,949,015 |
| 106 | Quentin Tarantino | $1,175,085,351 | 14 | $83,934,668 |
| 107 | Dean DeBlois | $1,175,081,972 | 5 | $235,016,394 |
| 108 | Michael McCullers | $1,171,077,655 | 7 | $167,296,808 |
| 109 | Daniel Gerson | $1,170,036,952 | 3 | $390,012,317 |
| 110 | Stephen Chow | $1,155,350,136 | 5 | $231,070,027 |
| 111 | Allison Schroeder | $1,132,679,474 | 4 | $283,169,869 |
| 112 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $1,122,832,497 | 13 | $86,371,731 |
| 113 | Robert L. Baird | $1,122,783,923 | 3 | $374,261,308 |
| 114 | Paul Haggis | $1,121,598,022 | 8 | $140,199,753 |
| 115 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $1,119,777,625 | 9 | $124,419,736 |
| 116 | Justin Lin | $1,114,802,229 | 3 | $371,600,743 |
| 117 | Guy Ritchie | $1,114,788,868 | 12 | $92,899,072 |
| 118 | Robert Mark Kamen | $1,105,651,630 | 16 | $69,103,227 |
| 119 | James Vanderbilt | $1,103,647,710 | 13 | $84,895,978 |
| 120 | Yu Yonggan | $1,094,704,927 | 4 | $273,676,232 |
| 121 | Shane Black | $1,092,312,245 | 9 | $121,368,027 |
| 122 | Steven Zaillian | $1,082,231,784 | 16 | $67,639,487 |
| 123 | Eric Pearson | $1,080,057,983 | 4 | $270,014,496 |
| 124 | Max Borenstein | $1,077,064,624 | 6 | $179,510,771 |
| 125 | Mike White | $1,062,028,140 | 11 | $96,548,013 |
| 126 | Pete Docter | $1,051,430,905 | 3 | $350,476,968 |
| 127 | David Magee | $1,050,800,499 | 11 | $95,527,318 |
| 128 | Dave Holstein | $1,043,388,985 | 1 | $1,043,388,985 |
| 129 | Matthew Vaughn | $1,041,091,429 | 7 | $148,727,347 |
| 130 | Damon Lindelof | $1,039,178,482 | 6 | $173,196,414 |
| 131 | Joe Robert Cole | $1,034,254,002 | 4 | $258,563,501 |
| 132 | Mike Reiss | $1,034,049,120 | 2 | $517,024,560 |
| 133 | Zak Penn | $1,031,304,052 | 7 | $147,329,150 |
| 134 | Scott Silver | $1,024,505,906 | 5 | $204,901,181 |
| 135 | Justin Haythe | $1,020,543,660 | 7 | $145,791,951 |
| 136 | Josh Appelbaum | $1,012,278,632 | 4 | $253,069,658 |
| 137 | Andre Nemec | $1,012,278,632 | 5 | $202,455,726 |
| 138 | Peter Ackerman | $1,010,440,162 | 3 | $336,813,387 |
| 139 | Billy Ray | $1,003,330,484 | 15 | $66,888,699 |
| 140 | Nicholas Stoller | $992,281,744 | 16 | $62,017,609 |
| 141 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $987,824,837 | 10 | $98,782,484 |
| 142 | Laeta Kalogridis | $983,491,396 | 5 | $196,698,279 |
| 143 | Han Han | $975,422,130 | 4 | $243,855,533 |
| 144 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $974,722,393 | 4 | $243,680,598 |
| 145 | Christopher L. Yost | $974,409,281 | 3 | $324,803,094 |
| 146 | Joe Stillman | $974,226,154 | 5 | $194,845,231 |
| 147 | Zhang Yimou | $973,364,229 | 4 | $243,341,057 |
| 148 | Ed Solomon | $972,764,314 | 11 | $88,433,119 |
| 149 | Dan Fogelman | $962,208,783 | 10 | $96,220,878 |
| 150 | Greta Gerwig | $961,381,245 | 5 | $192,276,249 |
| 151 | Jon Vitti | $957,861,643 | 5 | $191,572,329 |
| 152 | John Francis Daley | $956,332,234 | 8 | $119,541,529 |
| 153 | Jonathan Goldstein | $956,332,234 | 8 | $119,541,529 |
| 154 | Rian Johnson | $956,082,828 | 6 | $159,347,138 |
| 155 | George Miller | $937,761,814 | 10 | $93,776,181 |
| 156 | Simon Beaufoy | $934,964,651 | 10 | $93,496,465 |
| 157 | Adam Sztykiel | $923,416,340 | 8 | $115,427,043 |
| 158 | Geneva Robertson | $917,972,953 | 2 | $458,986,477 |
| 159 | Yu Chen (陈宇) | $914,787,401 | 3 | $304,929,134 |
| 160 | T.S. Nowlin | $913,760,268 | 5 | $182,752,054 |
| 161 | Yang Yu | $898,967,360 | 2 | $449,483,680 |
| 162 | Michael Crichton | $897,061,302 | 6 | $149,510,217 |
| 163 | William Nicholson | $893,011,270 | 12 | $74,417,606 |
| 164 | Craig Mazin | $891,944,558 | 9 | $99,104,951 |
| 165 | Christopher Miller | $890,117,330 | 6 | $148,352,888 |
| 166 | Phil Lord | $890,035,992 | 5 | $178,007,198 |
| 167 | Eric Warren Singer | $887,284,198 | 7 | $126,754,885 |
| 168 | David Callaham | $885,291,255 | 8 | $110,661,407 |
| 169 | Chris Sanders | $884,537,387 | 4 | $221,134,347 |
| 170 | Anthony McCarten | $880,541,137 | 6 | $146,756,856 |
| 171 | David Ronn | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
| 172 | Jay Scherick | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
| 173 | Edgar Wright | $876,591,664 | 8 | $109,573,958 |
| 174 | Jeffrey Price | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
| 175 | Peter S. Seaman | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
| 176 | Wu Jing | $867,604,339 | 1 | $867,604,339 |
| 177 | Dong Qun | $867,604,339 | 1 | $867,604,339 |
| 178 | Liu Yi | $867,604,339 | 1 | $867,604,339 |
| 179 | Don Rhymer | $864,983,990 | 8 | $108,122,999 |
| 180 | Dean Georgaris | $862,868,015 | 6 | $143,811,336 |
| 181 | Brian Helgeland | $861,894,122 | 19 | $45,362,849 |
| 182 | Emily Carmichael | $858,209,135 | 2 | $429,104,568 |
| 183 | Will Beall | $854,887,895 | 3 | $284,962,632 |
| 184 | Danny Strong | $854,813,384 | 5 | $170,962,677 |
| 185 | William Broyles Jr. | $850,316,629 | 7 | $121,473,804 |
| 186 | Makoto Shinkai | $842,204,641 | 3 | $280,734,880 |
| 187 | Liu Honglu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 188 | Jia Ling | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 189 | Sun Jibin | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 190 | Wang Yu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 191 | Matt Reeves | $809,752,465 | 4 | $202,438,116 |
| 192 | Harald Kloser | $805,839,593 | 3 | $268,613,198 |
| 193 | Adam Sandler | $804,172,061 | 15 | $53,611,471 |
| 194 | Mark Burton | $799,965,468 | 9 | $88,885,052 |
| 195 | David Reynolds | $798,905,842 | 3 | $266,301,947 |
| 196 | Robert Towne | $797,895,892 | 10 | $79,789,589 |
| 197 | John Hamburg | $795,088,973 | 10 | $79,508,897 |
| 198 | Chiyu Zhang | $794,839,821 | 2 | $397,419,911 |
| 199 | Dan Mazeau | $790,041,270 | 5 | $158,008,254 |
| 200 | Jonathan Roberts | $789,769,649 | 6 | $131,628,275 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.