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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Sonny Mallhi | $52,588,807 | 2 | $26,294,404 |
| 3,002 | Harris Goldberg | $52,577,868 | 3 | $17,525,956 |
| 3,003 | Michael Elias | $52,559,587 | 3 | $17,519,862 |
| 3,004 | Eric Bernt | $52,543,885 | 3 | $17,514,628 |
| 3,005 | Jack Rose | $52,506,251 | 4 | $13,126,563 |
| 3,006 | Jang Yoon-mi | $52,491,101 | 1 | $52,491,101 |
| 3,007 | Seong-soon Im | $52,451,460 | 1 | $52,451,460 |
| 3,008 | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | $52,423,612 | 6 | $8,737,269 |
| 3,009 | Christopher Guest | $52,409,133 | 6 | $8,734,856 |
| 3,010 | Oren Moverman | $52,391,757 | 10 | $5,239,176 |
| 3,011 | Aaron Horvath | $52,390,236 | 1 | $52,390,236 |
| 3,012 | Michael Jelenic | $52,390,236 | 1 | $52,390,236 |
| 3,013 | Tom Hines | $52,367,022 | 1 | $52,367,022 |
| 3,014 | Matt Walker | $52,367,022 | 1 | $52,367,022 |
| 3,015 | Jun Jiang | $52,352,517 | 1 | $52,352,517 |
| 3,016 | David Shaber | $52,313,366 | 3 | $17,437,789 |
| 3,017 | Seungwan Ryu | $52,265,959 | 1 | $52,265,959 |
| 3,018 | Lee Won-jae | $52,265,959 | 1 | $52,265,959 |
| 3,019 | Lukas Heller | $52,247,000 | 3 | $17,415,667 |
| 3,020 | Mark Romanek | $52,223,306 | 1 | $52,223,306 |
| 3,021 | Chris Fedak | $52,181,095 | 1 | $52,181,095 |
| 3,022 | Brian Doyle-Murray | $52,158,285 | 2 | $26,079,143 |
| 3,023 | Peter Shaffer | $52,141,366 | 1 | $52,141,366 |
| 3,024 | Michael Kennedy | $52,120,055 | 3 | $17,373,352 |
| 3,025 | Kang Yun-sung | $52,097,753 | 1 | $52,097,753 |
| 3,026 | Yuriy Korotkov | $52,092,388 | 2 | $26,046,194 |
| 3,027 | Tikhon Kornev | $52,092,388 | 1 | $52,092,388 |
| 3,028 | Nikolay Lebedev | $52,092,388 | 1 | $52,092,388 |
| 3,029 | Aleksey Onishchenko | $52,092,388 | 1 | $52,092,388 |
| 3,030 | Jean-Claude Carriere | $52,027,623 | 15 | $3,468,508 |
| 3,031 | Jon Brown | $52,019,395 | 2 | $26,009,698 |
| 3,032 | Cui Siwei | $52,013,257 | 2 | $26,006,629 |
| 3,033 | Desheng Wei (魏德聖) | $51,972,528 | 1 | $51,972,528 |
| 3,034 | Yi-He Tsai | $51,972,528 | 1 | $51,972,528 |
| 3,035 | Michael de Guzman | $51,881,013 | 1 | $51,881,013 |
| 3,036 | Steven McKay | $51,877,142 | 2 | $25,938,571 |
| 3,037 | Tad Daggerhart | $51,866,724 | 2 | $25,933,362 |
| 3,038 | Kyung-chan Kim | $51,775,357 | 2 | $25,887,679 |
| 3,039 | Suo Jieun min | $51,706,687 | 1 | $51,706,687 |
| 3,040 | David Feeney | $51,680,201 | 1 | $51,680,201 |
| 3,041 | Keith Thompson | $51,667,810 | 2 | $25,833,905 |
| 3,042 | Garry Marshall | $51,667,009 | 2 | $25,833,505 |
| 3,043 | Brady Corbet | $51,661,953 | 3 | $17,220,651 |
| 3,044 | Jean-Claude Van Damme | $51,635,805 | 4 | $12,908,951 |
| 3,045 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $51,633,652 | 1 | $51,633,652 |
| 3,046 | Lizzy Weiss | $51,618,420 | 1 | $51,618,420 |
| 3,047 | Andrew Klavan | $51,610,415 | 3 | $17,203,472 |
| 3,048 | Nikhil Advani | $51,533,394 | 4 | $12,883,349 |
| 3,049 | Na Hong-jin | $51,521,990 | 1 | $51,521,990 |
| 3,050 | Shinnosuke Yakuwa | $51,509,375 | 1 | $51,509,375 |
| 3,051 | Walter F. Parkes | $51,433,000 | 1 | $51,433,000 |
| 3,052 | Syreeta Singleton | $51,347,454 | 2 | $25,673,727 |
| 3,053 | Bill Kerby | $51,290,536 | 1 | $51,290,536 |
| 3,054 | Xavier Beauvois | $51,205,862 | 2 | $25,602,931 |
| 3,055 | Danny Bilson | $51,174,283 | 3 | $17,058,094 |
| 3,056 | Cheo Hodari Coker | $51,160,604 | 3 | $17,053,535 |
| 3,057 | Ronny Graham | $51,149,697 | 2 | $25,574,849 |
| 3,058 | Siddique | $51,119,758 | 1 | $51,119,758 |
| 3,059 | Ignacio del Moral | $51,029,081 | 1 | $51,029,081 |
| 3,060 | Gorka Magallón | $51,029,081 | 1 | $51,029,081 |
| 3,061 | Ui-seok Jo | $51,007,693 | 1 | $51,007,693 |
| 3,062 | Terry Southern | $50,991,331 | 2 | $25,495,666 |
| 3,063 | Ayan Mukerji | $50,827,466 | 1 | $50,827,466 |
| 3,064 | Camille Fontaine | $50,813,834 | 1 | $50,813,834 |
| 3,065 | Bill Corbett | $50,648,806 | 1 | $50,648,806 |
| 3,066 | Lowell S. Hawley | $50,620,781 | 2 | $25,310,391 |
| 3,067 | Shinsuke Sato | $50,573,876 | 1 | $50,573,876 |
| 3,068 | Yasuhisa Hara | $50,573,876 | 1 | $50,573,876 |
| 3,069 | Andrew Hyatt | $50,552,787 | 3 | $16,850,929 |
| 3,070 | Gregory Nava | $50,546,425 | 4 | $12,636,606 |
| 3,071 | Jason Kim | $50,513,519 | 3 | $16,837,840 |
| 3,072 | John Cleese | $50,495,973 | 5 | $10,099,195 |
| 3,073 | Robert Souza | $50,409,753 | 1 | $50,409,753 |
| 3,074 | Scott Myers | $50,368,789 | 2 | $25,184,395 |
| 3,075 | Aaron McGruder | $50,365,498 | 1 | $50,365,498 |
| 3,076 | Ti West | $50,315,056 | 8 | $6,289,382 |
| 3,077 | Chris Brancato | $50,307,562 | 4 | $12,576,891 |
| 3,078 | David Veloz | $50,283,563 | 1 | $50,283,563 |
| 3,079 | Richard Rutkowski | $50,283,563 | 1 | $50,283,563 |
| 3,080 | Jacqueline Feather | $50,236,940 | 2 | $25,118,470 |
| 3,081 | Frank Cottrell Boyce | $50,206,614 | 8 | $6,275,827 |
| 3,082 | Stéphane Durand | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 3,083 | Jacques Perrin | $50,188,638 | 2 | $25,094,319 |
| 3,084 | Stephen Hauser | $50,168,294 | 1 | $50,168,294 |
| 3,085 | Clio Chiang | $50,145,607 | 1 | $50,145,607 |
| 3,086 | Brian Kesinger | $50,145,607 | 1 | $50,145,607 |
| 3,087 | Don Dougherty | $50,145,607 | 1 | $50,145,607 |
| 3,088 | Nicole Mitchell | $50,145,607 | 1 | $50,145,607 |
| 3,089 | Jeremy Spears | $50,145,607 | 1 | $50,145,607 |
| 3,090 | Kendelle Hoyer | $50,145,607 | 1 | $50,145,607 |
| 3,091 | Diane English | $50,103,808 | 1 | $50,103,808 |
| 3,092 | Deric Washburn | $50,065,450 | 2 | $25,032,725 |
| 3,093 | Benny Safdie | $50,023,780 | 2 | $25,011,890 |
| 3,094 | George Tillman, Jr | $49,965,090 | 3 | $16,655,030 |
| 3,095 | Sergio Adrian Sanchez | $49,918,736 | 2 | $24,959,368 |
| 3,096 | Claudio Herrera | $49,918,736 | 2 | $24,959,368 |
| 3,097 | Clifford Green | $49,874,341 | 4 | $12,468,585 |
| 3,098 | Jules Feiffer | $49,823,037 | 2 | $24,911,519 |
| 3,099 | Hayao Kirkpatrick | $49,741,540 | 1 | $49,741,540 |
| 3,100 | Kerry Conran | $49,730,854 | 1 | $49,730,854 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.