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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Robert Towne | $797,896,286 | 10 | $79,789,629 |
| 202 | John Hamburg | $795,088,973 | 11 | $72,280,816 |
| 203 | Paul King | $794,952,786 | 4 | $198,738,197 |
| 204 | Chiyu Zhang | $794,839,821 | 2 | $397,419,911 |
| 205 | Dan Mazeau | $789,849,099 | 5 | $157,969,820 |
| 206 | Jonathan Roberts | $789,769,649 | 6 | $131,628,275 |
| 207 | Richard Wenk | $788,631,822 | 13 | $60,663,986 |
| 208 | Hu Guan | $783,856,818 | 4 | $195,964,205 |
| 209 | Tom McGrath | $782,469,939 | 2 | $391,234,970 |
| 210 | John Whittington | $781,197,081 | 5 | $156,239,416 |
| 211 | Peter Farrelly | $779,266,926 | 15 | $51,951,128 |
| 212 | Paul Rudd | $772,352,077 | 3 | $257,450,692 |
| 213 | Stephen Chbosky | $771,073,876 | 2 | $385,536,938 |
| 214 | Tab Murphy | $769,518,928 | 5 | $153,903,786 |
| 215 | John Musker | $769,287,958 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
| 216 | Ron Clements | $769,287,958 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
| 217 | Kelvin Lee | $768,453,582 | 2 | $384,226,791 |
| 218 | Jac Schaeffer | $764,718,785 | 2 | $382,359,393 |
| 219 | Denis Villeneuve | $760,478,876 | 4 | $190,119,719 |
| 220 | Stephen Sommers | $759,829,886 | 8 | $94,978,736 |
| 221 | Michael J. Wilson | $758,151,735 | 3 | $252,717,245 |
| 222 | Michael Goldenberg | $756,153,032 | 5 | $151,230,606 |
| 223 | Qin Wan | $753,987,593 | 6 | $125,664,599 |
| 224 | Joel Coen | $752,548,800 | 26 | $28,944,185 |
| 225 | David Benioff | $750,478,933 | 7 | $107,211,276 |
| 226 | Xu Yun | $748,309,603 | 5 | $149,661,921 |
| 227 | Baz Luhrmann | $734,731,333 | 6 | $122,455,222 |
| 228 | Woody Allen | $721,628,202 | 49 | $14,727,106 |
| 229 | Thomas Lennon | $716,670,481 | 6 | $119,445,080 |
| 230 | Ryan Fleck | $705,612,221 | 6 | $117,602,037 |
| 231 | Anna Boden | $705,612,221 | 6 | $117,602,037 |
| 232 | Zeb Wells | $701,325,490 | 2 | $350,662,745 |
| 233 | Ryan Reynolds | $701,325,490 | 2 | $350,662,745 |
| 234 | Shawn Levy | $701,325,490 | 2 | $350,662,745 |
| 235 | Bruce Feirstein | $698,999,992 | 3 | $232,999,997 |
| 236 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $693,480,886 | 7 | $99,068,698 |
| 237 | Melissa Mathison | $692,087,595 | 6 | $115,347,933 |
| 238 | Steve Oedekerk | $691,108,065 | 10 | $69,110,807 |
| 239 | Carlo Bernard | $690,195,644 | 4 | $172,548,911 |
| 240 | Doug Miro | $690,195,644 | 4 | $172,548,911 |
| 241 | Mike Berg | $690,113,112 | 1 | $690,113,112 |
| 242 | Miles Millar | $685,620,701 | 6 | $114,270,117 |
| 243 | Rob Letterman | $682,964,977 | 3 | $227,654,992 |
| 244 | Charles Leavitt | $681,172,955 | 8 | $85,146,619 |
| 245 | Michael Dougherty | $678,223,046 | 4 | $169,555,762 |
| 246 | Skip Woods | $676,752,397 | 6 | $112,792,066 |
| 247 | Robert Rodriguez | $673,700,958 | 19 | $35,457,945 |
| 248 | Dante Lam | $672,519,922 | 3 | $224,173,307 |
| 249 | Evan Daugherty | $664,800,983 | 5 | $132,960,197 |
| 250 | Tommy Swerdlow | $661,507,970 | 6 | $110,251,328 |
| 251 | Ethan Coen | $660,040,829 | 25 | $26,401,633 |
| 252 | Muye Wen | $655,625,748 | 2 | $327,812,874 |
| 253 | Zhong Wei | $655,625,748 | 2 | $327,812,874 |
| 254 | Joe Cornish | $651,999,607 | 5 | $130,399,921 |
| 255 | Patrick Casey | $649,425,260 | 4 | $162,356,315 |
| 256 | Josh Miller | $649,425,260 | 4 | $162,356,315 |
| 257 | Edward Zwick | $649,393,759 | 8 | $81,174,220 |
| 258 | Carlton Cuse | $646,500,000 | 2 | $323,250,000 |
| 259 | John Hughes | $640,828,475 | 19 | $33,727,814 |
| 260 | Travis Beacham | $639,200,000 | 2 | $319,600,000 |
| 261 | Robert Ben Garant | $638,668,840 | 7 | $91,238,406 |
| 262 | Scott Derrickson | $638,403,608 | 7 | $91,200,515 |
| 263 | Stephany Folsom | $637,139,207 | 1 | $637,139,207 |
| 264 | Robert Smigel | $637,048,675 | 4 | $159,262,169 |
| 265 | David Scarpa | $636,456,462 | 5 | $127,291,292 |
| 266 | Will Gluck | $636,271,373 | 6 | $106,045,229 |
| 267 | Christina Hodson | $632,896,560 | 6 | $105,482,760 |
| 268 | Lin Jiang | $631,992,257 | 4 | $157,998,064 |
| 269 | Sam Raimi | $629,743,923 | 6 | $104,957,321 |
| 270 | Steven E. de Souza | $629,616,918 | 15 | $41,974,461 |
| 271 | Kurt Wimmer | $626,857,212 | 11 | $56,987,019 |
| 272 | Josh Friedman | $625,361,697 | 3 | $208,453,899 |
| 273 | Michael G. Wilson | $623,914,996 | 5 | $124,782,999 |
| 274 | Wong Jing | $622,853,519 | 9 | $69,205,947 |
| 275 | Robert Zemeckis | $622,393,913 | 12 | $51,866,159 |
| 276 | Leslie Dixon | $617,236,704 | 9 | $68,581,856 |
| 277 | Jenny Bicks | $615,763,682 | 2 | $307,881,841 |
| 278 | Sean Anders | $615,337,883 | 11 | $55,939,808 |
| 279 | John Morris | $615,337,883 | 11 | $55,939,808 |
| 280 | Ivy Kong | $613,325,731 | 2 | $306,662,866 |
| 281 | Simon Farnaby | $607,800,920 | 5 | $121,560,184 |
| 282 | Yang Zhixue | $604,883,925 | 1 | $604,883,925 |
| 283 | Ye Junce | $604,883,925 | 1 | $604,883,925 |
| 284 | Yan Dongxu | $604,883,925 | 1 | $604,883,925 |
| 285 | Ge Rui | $603,786,902 | 2 | $301,893,451 |
| 286 | Bob Gale | $603,504,212 | 7 | $86,214,887 |
| 287 | Garth Jennings | $602,478,735 | 2 | $301,239,368 |
| 288 | Edmond Wong | $602,326,572 | 6 | $100,387,762 |
| 289 | Tsang Kan-Cheong | $599,746,734 | 3 | $199,915,578 |
| 290 | Stanley Tong | $599,058,896 | 4 | $149,764,724 |
| 291 | Dana Ledoux Miller | $598,755,825 | 1 | $598,755,825 |
| 292 | John-Henry Butterworth | $598,611,332 | 6 | $99,768,555 |
| 293 | Dan Gilroy | $596,709,214 | 9 | $66,301,024 |
| 294 | Richard Maibaum | $595,599,630 | 8 | $74,449,954 |
| 295 | Zach Dean | $594,916,529 | 6 | $99,152,755 |
| 296 | Alfred Gough | $594,525,979 | 5 | $118,905,196 |
| 297 | Justin Marks | $591,723,625 | 2 | $295,861,813 |
| 298 | Craig Pearce | $586,476,346 | 6 | $97,746,058 |
| 299 | Matthew Aldrich | $586,006,743 | 3 | $195,335,581 |
| 300 | Adrian Molina | $585,937,150 | 1 | $585,937,150 |
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.