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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Bob Schooley | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,302 | Mark McCorkle | $205,466,531 | 3 | $68,488,844 |
| 1,303 | Ding Ding (丁叮) | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,304 | Zachary Sklar | $205,400,000 | 1 | $205,400,000 |
| 1,305 | Nicole Eastman | $205,298,907 | 1 | $205,298,907 |
| 1,306 | David Seltzer | $205,256,306 | 6 | $34,209,384 |
| 1,307 | Kabir Khan | $205,253,144 | 4 | $51,313,286 |
| 1,308 | Larry Wilson | $205,063,025 | 2 | $102,531,513 |
| 1,309 | John Rogers | $204,973,831 | 3 | $68,324,610 |
| 1,310 | Stephen Susco | $204,680,933 | 3 | $68,226,978 |
| 1,311 | Greg Coolidge | $204,614,877 | 3 | $68,204,959 |
| 1,312 | Chucen Zhou | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,313 | Mengdi Xiu | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,314 | Xiaohan Han | $204,449,108 | 1 | $204,449,108 |
| 1,315 | Carl Ellsworth | $204,040,881 | 3 | $68,013,627 |
| 1,316 | Nathan Alexander | $203,932,174 | 1 | $203,932,174 |
| 1,317 | Erica Li | $203,519,291 | 2 | $101,759,646 |
| 1,318 | Mike Cerrone | $203,323,248 | 2 | $101,661,624 |
| 1,319 | Bruce W. Cameron | $203,055,427 | 2 | $101,527,714 |
| 1,320 | Mike Flanagan | $202,614,432 | 8 | $25,326,804 |
| 1,321 | Jonathan Herman | $202,182,981 | 2 | $101,091,491 |
| 1,322 | Murray Salem | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,323 | Bobby Herbeck | $202,000,000 | 1 | $202,000,000 |
| 1,324 | Lorene Scafaria | $201,647,837 | 5 | $40,329,567 |
| 1,325 | Andrew Bergman | $201,486,031 | 5 | $40,297,206 |
| 1,326 | Tom Hedley | $201,463,574 | 1 | $201,463,574 |
| 1,327 | Amy Schumer | $201,253,455 | 2 | $100,626,728 |
| 1,328 | James Lee Barrett | $201,186,765 | 6 | $33,531,128 |
| 1,329 | Erin Cressida Wilson | $200,833,333 | 7 | $28,690,476 |
| 1,330 | Burr Steers | $200,654,239 | 3 | $66,884,746 |
| 1,331 | Nia DaCosta | $199,878,222 | 4 | $49,969,556 |
| 1,332 | Megan McDonnell | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,333 | Elissa Karasik | $199,706,250 | 1 | $199,706,250 |
| 1,334 | Neil Simon | $199,438,404 | 11 | $18,130,764 |
| 1,335 | Larry McMurtry | $199,224,529 | 3 | $66,408,176 |
| 1,336 | Alex Ross Perry | $198,424,510 | 8 | $24,803,064 |
| 1,337 | Huang Bo | $198,330,770 | 1 | $198,330,770 |
| 1,338 | Gill Dennis | $198,327,905 | 3 | $66,109,302 |
| 1,339 | Terrence Malick | $198,268,565 | 9 | $22,029,841 |
| 1,340 | Dan Studney | $197,687,603 | 1 | $197,687,603 |
| 1,341 | Jason Katims | $197,618,160 | 1 | $197,618,160 |
| 1,342 | Nick Park | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,343 | Bob Baker | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,344 | Steve Box | $197,593,152 | 1 | $197,593,152 |
| 1,345 | Tim Cahill | $197,590,128 | 2 | $98,795,064 |
| 1,346 | Stacey Harman | $197,578,586 | 1 | $197,578,586 |
| 1,347 | Hiroshi Seko | $197,464,473 | 2 | $98,732,237 |
| 1,348 | George Wing | $196,320,329 | 1 | $196,320,329 |
| 1,349 | Sandor Stern | $195,608,193 | 2 | $97,804,097 |
| 1,350 | Warren Lewis | $195,591,111 | 2 | $97,795,556 |
| 1,351 | David Dorfman | $195,484,552 | 1 | $195,484,552 |
| 1,352 | David Loucka | $195,457,081 | 4 | $48,864,270 |
| 1,353 | Roger Avary | $195,217,018 | 2 | $97,608,509 |
| 1,354 | Neil Gaiman | $195,080,579 | 1 | $195,080,579 |
| 1,355 | Melissa Stack | $194,270,103 | 2 | $97,135,052 |
| 1,356 | George Gatins | $194,169,619 | 1 | $194,169,619 |
| 1,357 | Yin Yiyi | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,358 | Elvis Man | $194,058,503 | 1 | $194,058,503 |
| 1,359 | Kyle Hunter | $193,912,354 | 2 | $96,956,177 |
| 1,360 | Ariel Shaffir | $193,912,354 | 2 | $96,956,177 |
| 1,361 | Andy Riley | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,362 | Kevin Cecil | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,363 | Kathy Greenburg | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,364 | John R. Smith | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,365 | Steve Hamilton Shaw | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,366 | Emily Cook | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,367 | Kelly Asbury | $193,737,977 | 1 | $193,737,977 |
| 1,368 | Dana Fukazawa | $192,617,891 | 1 | $192,617,891 |
| 1,369 | Jill Leung | $192,617,891 | 2 | $96,308,946 |
| 1,370 | Joshua Oppenheimer | $191,095,248 | 4 | $47,773,812 |
| 1,371 | Thomas Dean Donnelly | $191,095,248 | 3 | $63,698,416 |
| 1,372 | Jerry Juhl | $190,219,978 | 5 | $38,043,996 |
| 1,373 | Laurence Dworet | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,374 | Robert Roy Pool | $190,023,573 | 1 | $190,023,573 |
| 1,375 | Ben Ripley | $189,368,010 | 4 | $47,342,003 |
| 1,376 | James Orr | $189,239,189 | 2 | $94,619,595 |
| 1,377 | Xiaojun Yue (岳小军) | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,378 | Sun Xiaohang | $188,744,961 | 1 | $188,744,961 |
| 1,379 | Jill Culton | $188,668,889 | 1 | $188,668,889 |
| 1,380 | Alan Parker | $188,665,651 | 4 | $47,166,413 |
| 1,381 | Blake Edwards | $188,599,411 | 15 | $12,573,294 |
| 1,382 | John Phillips | $188,531,990 | 2 | $94,265,995 |
| 1,383 | Andrew Dodge | $188,173,010 | 2 | $94,086,505 |
| 1,384 | Buck Henry | $187,309,492 | 7 | $26,758,499 |
| 1,385 | Delores Taylor | $187,000,000 | 2 | $93,500,000 |
| 1,386 | Tom Laughlin | $187,000,000 | 2 | $93,500,000 |
| 1,387 | Max Landis | $186,992,297 | 7 | $26,713,185 |
| 1,388 | Aaron Stockard | $186,925,911 | 2 | $93,462,956 |
| 1,389 | Qui Nguyen | $186,903,656 | 2 | $93,451,828 |
| 1,390 | Marti Noxon | $186,715,808 | 3 | $62,238,603 |
| 1,391 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | $186,450,317 | 1 | $186,450,317 |
| 1,392 | Felix Chong | $186,027,770 | 1 | $186,027,770 |
| 1,393 | Erica Lee | $185,427,900 | 1 | $185,427,900 |
| 1,394 | David Robert Mitchell | $185,279,238 | 5 | $37,055,848 |
| 1,395 | Luke Davies | $184,809,831 | 6 | $30,801,639 |
| 1,396 | Matthew Sand | $184,543,010 | 2 | $92,271,505 |
| 1,397 | Choi Dong-hoon | $183,894,831 | 2 | $91,947,416 |
| 1,398 | Jessica Sharzer | $183,212,662 | 3 | $61,070,887 |
| 1,399 | Elizabeth Hannah | $182,936,715 | 3 | $60,978,905 |
| 1,400 | Anders Thomas Jensen | $182,158,256 | 8 | $22,769,782 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.