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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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.
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| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Berkely Mather | $43,500,000 | 1 | $43,500,000 |
| 1,902 | Jack Amiel | $43,468,283 | 3 | $14,489,428 |
| 1,903 | Michael Begler | $43,468,283 | 3 | $14,489,428 |
| 1,904 | Tate Taylor | $43,414,417 | 1 | $43,414,417 |
| 1,905 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $43,400,000 | 1 | $43,400,000 |
| 1,906 | Cliff Hollingsworth | $43,371,577 | 1 | $43,371,577 |
| 1,907 | Stephen Chin | $43,199,980 | 1 | $43,199,980 |
| 1,908 | Alan Bennett | $43,017,030 | 4 | $10,754,258 |
| 1,909 | Cooper Lane | $43,009,532 | 1 | $43,009,532 |
| 1,910 | Lance Khazei | $42,900,000 | 1 | $42,900,000 |
| 1,911 | Kenneth Branagh | $42,885,054 | 2 | $21,442,527 |
| 1,912 | Matt Stuecken | $42,628,459 | 4 | $10,657,115 |
| 1,913 | Josh Campbell | $42,628,459 | 5 | $8,525,692 |
| 1,914 | Kevin Smith | $42,600,480 | 15 | $2,840,032 |
| 1,915 | Gan Bi | $42,555,717 | 2 | $21,277,859 |
| 1,916 | Rob Schneider | $42,431,269 | 4 | $10,607,817 |
| 1,917 | Fernley Phillips | $42,400,000 | 1 | $42,400,000 |
| 1,918 | Billy Bob Thornton | $42,258,548 | 5 | $8,451,710 |
| 1,919 | Nan Luo | $42,237,010 | 1 | $42,237,010 |
| 1,920 | Gong Jia | $42,237,010 | 1 | $42,237,010 |
| 1,921 | Ao Li | $42,237,010 | 1 | $42,237,010 |
| 1,922 | Yang Xiao | $42,237,010 | 1 | $42,237,010 |
| 1,923 | Derek Cianfrance | $42,172,031 | 3 | $14,057,344 |
| 1,924 | Jenny Lumet | $42,116,494 | 2 | $21,058,247 |
| 1,925 | Pete Jones | $42,112,741 | 4 | $10,528,185 |
| 1,926 | Kanika Dhillon | $42,073,136 | 2 | $21,036,568 |
| 1,927 | Anubhav Sinha | $42,039,971 | 1 | $42,039,971 |
| 1,928 | Neil Marshall | $42,027,640 | 5 | $8,405,528 |
| 1,929 | Guljit Bindra | $42,022,593 | 1 | $42,022,593 |
| 1,930 | Blake Snyder | $42,000,000 | 1 | $42,000,000 |
| 1,931 | Patrick Cirillo | $42,000,000 | 1 | $42,000,000 |
| 1,932 | Alex Lasker | $42,000,000 | 2 | $21,000,000 |
| 1,933 | Roger Kumble | $41,970,020 | 4 | $10,492,505 |
| 1,934 | Michitaka Okada | $41,885,312 | 2 | $20,942,656 |
| 1,935 | Danny Boyle | $41,881,941 | 1 | $41,881,941 |
| 1,936 | Patrick Sheane Duncan | $41,829,761 | 3 | $13,943,254 |
| 1,937 | David Kajganich | $41,802,787 | 5 | $8,360,557 |
| 1,938 | Graeme Ferguson | $41,778,182 | 1 | $41,778,182 |
| 1,939 | Geoff Rodkey | $41,748,527 | 3 | $13,916,176 |
| 1,940 | Kurt Sutter | $41,734,503 | 1 | $41,734,503 |
| 1,941 | Eric Aronson | $41,521,623 | 2 | $20,760,812 |
| 1,942 | Hussain Dalal | $41,517,356 | 4 | $10,379,339 |
| 1,943 | Paul Brad Logan | $41,320,936 | 1 | $41,320,936 |
| 1,944 | Chris Bernier | $41,320,936 | 1 | $41,320,936 |
| 1,945 | Greg Russo | $41,182,228 | 2 | $20,591,114 |
| 1,946 | Eduardo Sacheri | $41,033,379 | 3 | $13,677,793 |
| 1,947 | Keith Sharon | $41,000,000 | 1 | $41,000,000 |
| 1,948 | Jonathan Herman | $40,985,196 | 2 | $20,492,598 |
| 1,949 | Mario Celaya | $40,919,909 | 1 | $40,919,909 |
| 1,950 | Anna Todd | $40,919,909 | 1 | $40,919,909 |
| 1,951 | Niels Mueller | $40,897,829 | 2 | $20,448,915 |
| 1,952 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | $40,870,647 | 2 | $20,435,324 |
| 1,953 | Tom Ford | $40,701,703 | 2 | $20,350,852 |
| 1,954 | Marc Moss | $40,638,734 | 2 | $20,319,367 |
| 1,955 | Matt Sherring | $40,284,060 | 1 | $40,284,060 |
| 1,956 | Tom Hanks | $40,261,660 | 4 | $10,065,415 |
| 1,957 | Melissa McCarthy | $40,256,870 | 3 | $13,418,957 |
| 1,958 | Ben Falcone | $40,256,870 | 4 | $10,064,218 |
| 1,959 | Tom Bezucha | $40,193,405 | 4 | $10,048,351 |
| 1,960 | Daniel Giat | $40,104,781 | 1 | $40,104,781 |
| 1,961 | David Schmidt | $40,036,911 | 1 | $40,036,911 |
| 1,962 | Ichiro Ohkouchi | $40,009,920 | 1 | $40,009,920 |
| 1,963 | Thomas Hunter | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,964 | Diane Thomas | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,965 | Peter Powell | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,966 | Troy Neighbors | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,967 | David Ambrose | $40,000,000 | 3 | $13,333,333 |
| 1,968 | Gale Anne Hurd | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,969 | Steven Feinberg | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,970 | Tim Kelleher | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,971 | Gerry Davis | $40,000,000 | 1 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,972 | Ron L. Brinerhoff | $39,961,808 | 1 | $39,961,808 |
| 1,973 | Marina de Van | $39,805,414 | 2 | $19,902,707 |
| 1,974 | Kim Hak-Soon | $39,769,627 | 1 | $39,769,627 |
| 1,975 | John Brownjohn | $39,740,562 | 1 | $39,740,562 |
| 1,976 | Enrique Urbizu | $39,740,562 | 1 | $39,740,562 |
| 1,977 | David Freedman | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 1,978 | Lynda Freedman | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 1,979 | Riko Sakaguchi | $39,628,942 | 1 | $39,628,942 |
| 1,980 | James Ellroy | $39,610,245 | 2 | $19,805,123 |
| 1,981 | Saul Dibb | $39,567,481 | 2 | $19,783,741 |
| 1,982 | Shonda Rhimes | $39,564,000 | 1 | $39,564,000 |
| 1,983 | Edward Neumeier | $39,502,057 | 3 | $13,167,352 |
| 1,984 | Michael Miner | $39,500,491 | 2 | $19,750,246 |
| 1,985 | Carroll Cartwright | $39,472,785 | 4 | $9,868,196 |
| 1,986 | Meghan McCarthy | $39,409,537 | 1 | $39,409,537 |
| 1,987 | Michael Vogel | $39,409,537 | 1 | $39,409,537 |
| 1,988 | Joe Ballarini | $39,409,537 | 2 | $19,704,769 |
| 1,989 | Rick Ramage | $39,400,000 | 1 | $39,400,000 |
| 1,990 | Tom Lazarus | $39,400,000 | 1 | $39,400,000 |
| 1,991 | Park Hoon-jung | $39,338,919 | 2 | $19,669,460 |
| 1,992 | Rajan Agarwal | $39,332,537 | 3 | $13,110,846 |
| 1,993 | Max Adams | $39,320,328 | 4 | $9,830,082 |
| 1,994 | David Birke | $39,272,584 | 5 | $7,854,517 |
| 1,995 | Hur Jin-ho | $39,232,855 | 1 | $39,232,855 |
| 1,996 | Lee Han-eol | $39,232,855 | 1 | $39,232,855 |
| 1,997 | Seo Yoo-min | $39,232,855 | 1 | $39,232,855 |
| 1,998 | Nick Antosca | $39,215,701 | 3 | $13,071,900 |
| 1,999 | Michael Bortman | $39,071,303 | 3 | $13,023,768 |
| 2,000 | Don MacPherson | $39,013,864 | 2 | $19,506,932 |
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.