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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 | Costa-Gavras | $35,711,010 | 4 | $8,927,753 |
| 3,002 | Henry Chaisson | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
| 3,003 | Jennifer Saunders | $35,672,155 | 1 | $35,672,155 |
| 3,004 | Brett Baer | $35,609,577 | 1 | $35,609,577 |
| 3,005 | Dave Finkel | $35,609,577 | 1 | $35,609,577 |
| 3,006 | Stephen Sheilds | $35,567,500 | 1 | $35,567,500 |
| 3,007 | Kerry Williamson | $35,426,759 | 4 | $8,856,690 |
| 3,008 | Noel Langley | $35,348,551 | 1 | $35,348,551 |
| 3,009 | Edgar Allan Woolf | $35,348,551 | 1 | $35,348,551 |
| 3,010 | Florence Ryerson | $35,348,551 | 1 | $35,348,551 |
| 3,011 | Jymn Magon | $35,336,439 | 1 | $35,336,439 |
| 3,012 | Brian Pimental | $35,336,439 | 1 | $35,336,439 |
| 3,013 | Ethan Hawke | $35,268,423 | 5 | $7,053,685 |
| 3,014 | Henry Olek | $35,243,581 | 1 | $35,243,581 |
| 3,015 | Elaine Pope | $35,195,939 | 1 | $35,195,939 |
| 3,016 | Dennis Gansel | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 3,017 | Peter Thorwarth | $35,122,948 | 1 | $35,122,948 |
| 3,018 | Doug Atchison | $35,114,640 | 3 | $11,704,880 |
| 3,019 | Sang-ho Yeon | $35,091,523 | 1 | $35,091,523 |
| 3,020 | Meg Leonard | $35,090,691 | 4 | $8,772,673 |
| 3,021 | Jason Schwartzman | $35,077,571 | 1 | $35,077,571 |
| 3,022 | Tina Mabry | $35,067,665 | 1 | $35,067,665 |
| 3,023 | Jay Basu | $35,036,092 | 2 | $17,518,046 |
| 3,024 | Walter Bernstein | $35,026,696 | 4 | $8,756,674 |
| 3,025 | Paul Laverty | $35,025,764 | 4 | $8,756,441 |
| 3,026 | Ivo Perilli | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,027 | Vittorio Bonicelli | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,028 | Christopher Fry | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,029 | Jonathan Griffin | $34,903,530 | 1 | $34,903,530 |
| 3,030 | Preston A. Whitmore II | $34,806,670 | 6 | $5,801,112 |
| 3,031 | Jordan Cahan | $34,787,111 | 1 | $34,787,111 |
| 3,032 | David Pastor | $34,763,780 | 2 | $17,381,890 |
| 3,033 | Alex Pastor | $34,763,780 | 2 | $17,381,890 |
| 3,034 | Josh Safran | $34,718,173 | 1 | $34,718,173 |
| 3,035 | Reginald Hudlin | $34,670,508 | 2 | $17,335,254 |
| 3,036 | Jeff Cesario | $34,645,374 | 1 | $34,645,374 |
| 3,037 | Christopher Crowe | $34,607,338 | 3 | $11,535,779 |
| 3,038 | Michael Seitzman | $34,521,898 | 2 | $17,260,949 |
| 3,039 | Michael Weber | $34,515,303 | 2 | $17,257,652 |
| 3,040 | Jamie Kennedy | $34,499,204 | 1 | $34,499,204 |
| 3,041 | Neal Jimenez | $34,485,835 | 3 | $11,495,278 |
| 3,042 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $34,452,023 | 3 | $11,484,008 |
| 3,043 | Barry Michael Cooper | $34,450,383 | 2 | $17,225,192 |
| 3,044 | Peng Sanyuan | $34,432,439 | 1 | $34,432,439 |
| 3,045 | Fernando de Felipe | $34,409,206 | 1 | $34,409,206 |
| 3,046 | Richard Stanley | $34,399,930 | 3 | $11,466,643 |
| 3,047 | Harvey Miller | $34,356,778 | 3 | $11,452,259 |
| 3,048 | John Dixon | $34,346,450 | 2 | $17,173,225 |
| 3,049 | Richard Morris | $34,335,025 | 1 | $34,335,025 |
| 3,050 | Kirk R. Thatcher | $34,327,391 | 1 | $34,327,391 |
| 3,051 | Han Jung-Hoon | $34,307,303 | 1 | $34,307,303 |
| 3,052 | Louise Arhex | $34,299,855 | 1 | $34,299,855 |
| 3,053 | Aleksandr Karpov | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 3,054 | Oleg Stepchenko | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 3,055 | Adrian Hodges | $34,240,572 | 1 | $34,240,572 |
| 3,056 | Sidney J. Furie | $34,159,872 | 2 | $17,079,936 |
| 3,057 | Robin Campillo | $34,155,232 | 2 | $17,077,616 |
| 3,058 | Laurent Cantet | $34,114,067 | 1 | $34,114,067 |
| 3,059 | François Bégaudeau | $34,114,067 | 1 | $34,114,067 |
| 3,060 | Jack Davies | $34,104,883 | 2 | $17,052,442 |
| 3,061 | Jin Mo-young | $34,100,278 | 1 | $34,100,278 |
| 3,062 | Phillip Schneider | $34,084,228 | 1 | $34,084,228 |
| 3,063 | Charles F. Bohl | $34,084,228 | 1 | $34,084,228 |
| 3,064 | Noe Debre | $34,077,923 | 5 | $6,815,585 |
| 3,065 | Nora Smith | $34,074,480 | 1 | $34,074,480 |
| 3,066 | Loren Bouchard | $34,074,480 | 1 | $34,074,480 |
| 3,067 | Tony Chan | $34,036,393 | 3 | $11,345,464 |
| 3,068 | William Harrison | $34,011,793 | 2 | $17,005,897 |
| 3,069 | Dito Montiel | $34,004,052 | 4 | $8,501,013 |
| 3,070 | Matt Greenhalgh | $34,000,024 | 4 | $8,500,006 |
| 3,071 | Philippe Le Guay | $33,980,390 | 3 | $11,326,797 |
| 3,072 | John Raffo | $33,956,608 | 2 | $16,978,304 |
| 3,073 | Philippe Lefebvre | $33,954,018 | 1 | $33,954,018 |
| 3,074 | Stephen Saint-Leger | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 3,075 | James Mather | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 3,076 | Paul Angunawela | $33,913,835 | 1 | $33,913,835 |
| 3,077 | Dev Patel | $33,913,835 | 1 | $33,913,835 |
| 3,078 | Ken Friedman | $33,879,551 | 2 | $16,939,776 |
| 3,079 | Arnold Schulman | $33,860,464 | 2 | $16,930,232 |
| 3,080 | Nanni Moretti | $33,817,963 | 2 | $16,908,982 |
| 3,081 | James R. Silke | $33,793,878 | 4 | $8,448,470 |
| 3,082 | Shashank Khaitan | $33,774,685 | 3 | $11,258,228 |
| 3,083 | Farhad Sajid | $33,729,227 | 4 | $8,432,307 |
| 3,084 | Casey Robinson | $33,693,955 | 3 | $11,231,318 |
| 3,085 | Carlos Cuarón | $33,649,881 | 1 | $33,649,881 |
| 3,086 | Jim McBride | $33,601,552 | 2 | $16,800,776 |
| 3,087 | Arthur Laurents | $33,600,000 | 1 | $33,600,000 |
| 3,088 | Mark Handley | $33,592,700 | 1 | $33,592,700 |
| 3,089 | D.J. Pooh | $33,526,835 | 3 | $11,175,612 |
| 3,090 | Tom Butterworth | $33,515,809 | 3 | $11,171,936 |
| 3,091 | Michael Ian Black | $33,512,260 | 1 | $33,512,260 |
| 3,092 | William Mastrosimone | $33,461,345 | 2 | $16,730,673 |
| 3,093 | Bruce Schooley | $33,430,314 | 4 | $8,357,579 |
| 3,094 | Ashutosh Gowariker | $33,395,344 | 3 | $11,131,781 |
| 3,095 | Rodney Dangerfield | $33,383,348 | 2 | $16,691,674 |
| 3,096 | William Kennedy | $33,322,067 | 2 | $16,661,034 |
| 3,097 | Scott Windhauser | $33,314,635 | 3 | $11,104,878 |
| 3,098 | Maiwenn | $33,272,694 | 4 | $8,318,174 |
| 3,099 | Bill Phillips | $33,228,951 | 2 | $16,614,476 |
| 3,100 | Jeff Dixon | $33,222,314 | 1 | $33,222,314 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.