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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | Xin Huo | $269,874,104 | 2 | $134,937,052 |
| 1,102 | Craig Wright | $269,806,430 | 1 | $269,806,430 |
| 1,103 | Ji Zhang (张冀) | $268,972,834 | 3 | $89,657,611 |
| 1,104 | Perce Pearce | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,105 | Larry Morey | $268,000,000 | 1 | $268,000,000 |
| 1,106 | Sebastian Gutierrez | $267,721,020 | 6 | $44,620,170 |
| 1,107 | Bragi Schut | $267,139,975 | 4 | $66,784,994 |
| 1,108 | Larry Clemmons | $266,574,297 | 4 | $66,643,574 |
| 1,109 | Vince Vaughn | $266,123,187 | 3 | $88,707,729 |
| 1,110 | Michael Sarnoski | $265,706,130 | 3 | $88,568,710 |
| 1,111 | Russell Gewirtz | $264,279,675 | 3 | $88,093,225 |
| 1,112 | Peter Rader | $264,246,220 | 1 | $264,246,220 |
| 1,113 | Christopher Hampton | $264,106,352 | 14 | $18,864,739 |
| 1,114 | David Diamond | $263,617,104 | 3 | $87,872,368 |
| 1,115 | David Weissman | $263,617,104 | 3 | $87,872,368 |
| 1,116 | Alejandro Monteverde | $263,135,151 | 2 | $131,567,576 |
| 1,117 | W. Peter Iliff | $263,096,851 | 4 | $65,774,213 |
| 1,118 | William Joyce | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,119 | Dan Shere | $262,794,441 | 1 | $262,794,441 |
| 1,120 | Jamie Moss | $262,680,622 | 3 | $87,560,207 |
| 1,121 | Zhang Jiajia | $262,495,217 | 4 | $65,623,804 |
| 1,122 | Taylor Sheridan | $262,268,572 | 7 | $37,466,939 |
| 1,123 | Tim Sullivan | $261,724,290 | 3 | $87,241,430 |
| 1,124 | Terry Hayes | $261,040,260 | 5 | $52,208,052 |
| 1,125 | Lewis Colick | $260,703,019 | 9 | $28,967,002 |
| 1,126 | Lionel Wigram | $259,220,175 | 2 | $129,610,088 |
| 1,127 | Alan Freedland | $259,184,948 | 4 | $64,796,237 |
| 1,128 | Alan R. Cohen | $259,184,948 | 4 | $64,796,237 |
| 1,129 | Patrick O'Neill | $258,751,370 | 1 | $258,751,370 |
| 1,130 | Michael Colleary | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,131 | Mike Werb | $258,298,281 | 2 | $129,149,141 |
| 1,132 | Judith Thurman | $258,210,860 | 1 | $258,210,860 |
| 1,133 | Chris Carter | $257,347,215 | 2 | $128,673,608 |
| 1,134 | David Bowers | $256,602,946 | 3 | $85,534,315 |
| 1,135 | Chad St. John | $256,032,270 | 4 | $64,008,068 |
| 1,136 | Lin Qian | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,137 | Wu Bing | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,138 | Huang Xin | $255,742,933 | 1 | $255,742,933 |
| 1,139 | Jeff Fradley | $255,416,089 | 1 | $255,416,089 |
| 1,140 | Spike Lee | $255,064,967 | 16 | $15,941,560 |
| 1,141 | Tai-lee Chan | $255,009,200 | 2 | $127,504,600 |
| 1,142 | Domonic Paris | $254,869,104 | 5 | $50,973,821 |
| 1,143 | Eddie Murphy | $254,830,869 | 2 | $127,415,435 |
| 1,144 | Paul Kaplan | $254,725,588 | 2 | $127,362,794 |
| 1,145 | Mark Torgove | $254,725,588 | 1 | $254,725,588 |
| 1,146 | Ken Kaufman | $254,484,866 | 5 | $50,896,973 |
| 1,147 | Han Jin-won | $253,766,010 | 1 | $253,766,010 |
| 1,148 | Peter Berg | $253,601,435 | 5 | $50,720,287 |
| 1,149 | Xiaojun Yue (岳小军) | $251,554,961 | 2 | $125,777,481 |
| 1,150 | Tom Shepherd | $251,509,294 | 1 | $251,509,294 |
| 1,151 | Hilary Winston | $250,832,335 | 1 | $250,832,335 |
| 1,152 | Don McEnery | $250,700,000 | 1 | $250,700,000 |
| 1,153 | Justin Rhodes | $250,374,163 | 3 | $83,458,054 |
| 1,154 | Bryan Schulz | $250,194,190 | 4 | $62,548,548 |
| 1,155 | Cornelius Uliano | $250,194,190 | 4 | $62,548,548 |
| 1,156 | Craig Schulz | $250,091,610 | 2 | $125,045,805 |
| 1,157 | Heather Hach | $249,295,454 | 2 | $124,647,727 |
| 1,158 | Sergio G. Sanchez | $248,840,799 | 2 | $124,420,400 |
| 1,159 | Abhijat Joshi | $248,705,764 | 4 | $62,176,441 |
| 1,160 | Eduardo Sanchez | $248,668,322 | 2 | $124,334,161 |
| 1,161 | Jeff Arch | $248,520,541 | 2 | $124,260,271 |
| 1,162 | Daniel Myrick | $248,300,000 | 2 | $124,150,000 |
| 1,163 | Bennett Yellin | $247,141,683 | 2 | $123,570,842 |
| 1,164 | Andrew Bergman | $247,073,652 | 7 | $35,296,236 |
| 1,165 | Kenya Barris | $246,976,619 | 7 | $35,282,374 |
| 1,166 | Paul Tamasy | $246,877,997 | 7 | $35,268,285 |
| 1,167 | Chris Noonan | $246,100,000 | 1 | $246,100,000 |
| 1,168 | Jim Taylor | $245,938,591 | 3 | $81,979,530 |
| 1,169 | Yasushi Fukuda | $245,574,265 | 4 | $61,393,566 |
| 1,170 | Kristen Buckley | $245,445,347 | 3 | $81,815,116 |
| 1,171 | Brian Regan | $245,445,347 | 2 | $122,722,674 |
| 1,172 | Ross Lamanna | $245,331,806 | 2 | $122,665,903 |
| 1,173 | Jim Kauf | $245,300,000 | 1 | $245,300,000 |
| 1,174 | Chao Wang | $245,179,530 | 1 | $245,179,530 |
| 1,175 | John Turman | $245,031,679 | 1 | $245,031,679 |
| 1,176 | Gary Scott Thompson | $244,844,593 | 5 | $48,968,919 |
| 1,177 | Yang Weiwei | $244,608,527 | 2 | $122,304,264 |
| 1,178 | Xie Xiying | $243,887,233 | 1 | $243,887,233 |
| 1,179 | Bernd Eichinger | $243,734,034 | 3 | $81,244,678 |
| 1,180 | James Gray | $243,246,855 | 8 | $30,405,857 |
| 1,181 | Jennifer Flockett | $243,180,937 | 1 | $243,180,937 |
| 1,182 | Michael Weiss | $243,180,937 | 3 | $81,060,312 |
| 1,183 | Rajkumar Hirani | $242,787,895 | 3 | $80,929,298 |
| 1,184 | Brian Burns | $241,504,989 | 1 | $241,504,989 |
| 1,185 | J. Mills Goodloe | $241,477,291 | 5 | $48,295,458 |
| 1,186 | Karen Leigh Hopkins | $241,029,082 | 7 | $34,432,726 |
| 1,187 | Ben Falcone | $240,719,773 | 5 | $48,143,955 |
| 1,188 | Melissa McCarthy | $240,719,773 | 3 | $80,239,924 |
| 1,189 | Brett Hogan | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 1,190 | Paul Hogan | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 1,191 | Kieth Merrill | $239,000,000 | 2 | $119,500,000 |
| 1,192 | Zak Olkewitz | $238,534,963 | 1 | $238,534,963 |
| 1,193 | Michael Kozoll | $238,457,194 | 2 | $119,228,597 |
| 1,194 | William Sackheim | $238,457,194 | 2 | $119,228,597 |
| 1,195 | Xiaoxing Yi | $238,149,449 | 2 | $119,074,725 |
| 1,196 | Allison Moore | $237,954,897 | 1 | $237,954,897 |
| 1,197 | Seven Su | $237,273,381 | 1 | $237,273,381 |
| 1,198 | Peter A. Dowling | $237,164,791 | 4 | $59,291,198 |
| 1,199 | Bonnie Turner | $236,899,682 | 3 | $78,966,561 |
| 1,200 | Terry Turner | $236,899,682 | 3 | $78,966,561 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.