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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | Brent McCorkle | $86,564,700 | 2 | $43,282,350 |
| 2,002 | Vince McKewin | $86,523,833 | 2 | $43,261,917 |
| 2,003 | Gregory Poirier | $86,433,536 | 6 | $14,405,589 |
| 2,004 | Barry Jenkins | $86,405,028 | 5 | $17,281,006 |
| 2,005 | Mike Binder | $86,278,709 | 5 | $17,255,742 |
| 2,006 | Stephen Chin | $86,234,503 | 1 | $86,234,503 |
| 2,007 | John Quaintance | $86,161,063 | 3 | $28,720,354 |
| 2,008 | Luke Dawson | $86,141,736 | 3 | $28,713,912 |
| 2,009 | Damon Beesley | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 2,010 | Ian Morris | $86,051,320 | 1 | $86,051,320 |
| 2,011 | James R. Webb | $85,918,429 | 6 | $14,319,738 |
| 2,012 | Michael Palin | $85,883,025 | 5 | $17,176,605 |
| 2,013 | Todd Graff | $85,878,751 | 5 | $17,175,750 |
| 2,014 | Derek Cianfrance | $85,859,421 | 3 | $28,619,807 |
| 2,015 | Karan Johar | $85,723,010 | 3 | $28,574,337 |
| 2,016 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 2,017 | Patrick Cirillo | $85,632,458 | 1 | $85,632,458 |
| 2,018 | Mitchell Kapner | $85,527,867 | 1 | $85,527,867 |
| 2,019 | Carl Ellsworth | $85,503,254 | 2 | $42,751,627 |
| 2,020 | Jack Gariss | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 2,021 | Fredric M. Frank | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 2,022 | Jesse L. Lasky | $85,431,454 | 1 | $85,431,454 |
| 2,023 | Guillaume Canet | $85,408,864 | 3 | $28,469,621 |
| 2,024 | Roger Kumble | $85,322,217 | 4 | $21,330,554 |
| 2,025 | Karl Tunberg | $85,239,461 | 4 | $21,309,865 |
| 2,026 | David James Kelly | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 2,027 | Ben Chandler | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 2,028 | Jim Jarmusch | $85,017,124 | 9 | $9,446,347 |
| 2,029 | Wolfgang Petersen | $84,970,337 | 1 | $84,970,337 |
| 2,030 | Prakash Kapadia | $84,788,714 | 3 | $28,262,905 |
| 2,031 | Jackie Filgo | $84,530,915 | 2 | $42,265,458 |
| 2,032 | Jeff Filgo | $84,530,915 | 2 | $42,265,458 |
| 2,033 | Robert Harris | $84,407,556 | 2 | $42,203,778 |
| 2,034 | Takashi Otsuka | $84,372,182 | 1 | $84,372,182 |
| 2,035 | Atsuhiro Tomioka | $84,372,182 | 1 | $84,372,182 |
| 2,036 | Thomas Meehan | $84,301,992 | 3 | $28,100,664 |
| 2,037 | Joseph Sabo | $84,300,000 | 1 | $84,300,000 |
| 2,038 | William Cottrell | $84,300,000 | 2 | $42,150,000 |
| 2,039 | Otto Englander | $84,300,000 | 1 | $84,300,000 |
| 2,040 | Aurelius Battaglia | $84,300,000 | 1 | $84,300,000 |
| 2,041 | Webb Smith | $84,300,000 | 1 | $84,300,000 |
| 2,042 | Kim Hwang-sung | $84,164,386 | 1 | $84,164,386 |
| 2,043 | Kim Young-seok | $84,164,386 | 1 | $84,164,386 |
| 2,044 | Lee Hwan-kyung | $84,164,386 | 1 | $84,164,386 |
| 2,045 | Michael Wilson | $83,686,158 | 2 | $41,843,079 |
| 2,046 | Gregory Levasseur | $83,682,684 | 3 | $27,894,228 |
| 2,047 | Alexandre Aja | $83,682,684 | 4 | $20,920,671 |
| 2,048 | Ben Ramsey | $83,584,828 | 2 | $41,792,414 |
| 2,049 | Greg Russo | $83,508,259 | 2 | $41,754,130 |
| 2,050 | R Lee Fleming Jr | $83,325,781 | 3 | $27,775,260 |
| 2,051 | Dennis McNicholas | $83,268,115 | 2 | $41,634,058 |
| 2,052 | Paul Hernandez | $83,109,359 | 1 | $83,109,359 |
| 2,053 | Paul Mazursky | $82,928,245 | 6 | $13,821,374 |
| 2,054 | Steve Lemme | $82,881,830 | 5 | $16,576,366 |
| 2,055 | Paul Soter | $82,881,830 | 6 | $13,813,638 |
| 2,056 | Jay Chandrasekhar | $82,881,830 | 5 | $16,576,366 |
| 2,057 | Erik Stolhanske | $82,881,830 | 5 | $16,576,366 |
| 2,058 | Kevin Heffernan | $82,881,830 | 5 | $16,576,366 |
| 2,059 | Aaron Latham | $82,879,345 | 3 | $27,626,448 |
| 2,060 | Carol Sobieski | $82,879,199 | 3 | $27,626,400 |
| 2,061 | Buck Henry | $82,841,701 | 6 | $13,806,950 |
| 2,062 | Michael Cooney | $82,827,789 | 2 | $41,413,895 |
| 2,063 | Steve Mallory | $82,822,236 | 2 | $41,411,118 |
| 2,064 | Joe Forte | $82,751,189 | 1 | $82,751,189 |
| 2,065 | Don Winslow | $82,513,490 | 1 | $82,513,490 |
| 2,066 | Chuan Mu | $82,453,728 | 1 | $82,453,728 |
| 2,067 | Victoria Bedos | $82,438,670 | 1 | $82,438,670 |
| 2,068 | Stanislas Carre de Malberg | $82,438,670 | 1 | $82,438,670 |
| 2,069 | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | $82,409,520 | 2 | $41,204,760 |
| 2,070 | Shawn Schepps | $82,394,979 | 3 | $27,464,993 |
| 2,071 | George Gallo | $82,379,067 | 9 | $9,153,230 |
| 2,072 | Knate Gwaltney | $82,371,331 | 3 | $27,457,110 |
| 2,073 | Mushtaq Shiekh | $82,356,441 | 3 | $27,452,147 |
| 2,074 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | $82,322,699 | 5 | $16,464,540 |
| 2,075 | Tom Gormican | $82,185,275 | 2 | $41,092,638 |
| 2,076 | Tommy Chong | $82,125,353 | 6 | $13,687,559 |
| 2,077 | Sabrina Tseng | $82,027,760 | 1 | $82,027,760 |
| 2,078 | Stanley Mann | $81,999,106 | 6 | $13,666,518 |
| 2,079 | Michael Hoffman | $81,767,209 | 3 | $27,255,736 |
| 2,080 | Steve Bloom | $81,702,638 | 4 | $20,425,660 |
| 2,081 | William Rose | $81,693,114 | 2 | $40,846,557 |
| 2,082 | Bridget O’Connor | $81,653,002 | 2 | $40,826,501 |
| 2,083 | Susan Estelle Jansen | $81,619,870 | 2 | $40,809,935 |
| 2,084 | Jerry Belson | $81,563,189 | 3 | $27,187,730 |
| 2,085 | Sean Penn | $81,301,573 | 2 | $40,650,787 |
| 2,086 | Jon Avnet | $81,242,618 | 2 | $40,621,309 |
| 2,087 | Fannie Flagg | $81,204,830 | 1 | $81,204,830 |
| 2,088 | Rick Alvarez | $81,129,419 | 3 | $27,043,140 |
| 2,089 | Aneesh Chaganty | $81,127,557 | 2 | $40,563,779 |
| 2,090 | Sev Ohanian | $81,127,557 | 2 | $40,563,779 |
| 2,091 | Larry Doyle | $80,993,851 | 3 | $26,997,950 |
| 2,092 | Sang-ho Oh | $80,872,491 | 1 | $80,872,491 |
| 2,093 | Frank Thomas | $80,832,066 | 2 | $40,416,033 |
| 2,094 | Michael Caleo | $80,588,942 | 1 | $80,588,942 |
| 2,095 | Thomas Harris | $80,583,311 | 1 | $80,583,311 |
| 2,096 | Joseph Stein | $80,501,127 | 1 | $80,501,127 |
| 2,097 | Michael Blodgett | $80,489,243 | 3 | $26,829,748 |
| 2,098 | Jeremy Garelick | $80,171,596 | 2 | $40,085,798 |
| 2,099 | D.V. DeVincentis | $80,047,209 | 3 | $26,682,403 |
| 2,100 | Hyung-rae Shim | $79,915,361 | 1 | $79,915,361 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.