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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Martin Roth | $18,607,492 | 1 | $18,607,492 |
| 3,902 | Arthur Julian | $18,607,492 | 1 | $18,607,492 |
| 3,903 | Umesh Shukla | $18,602,281 | 1 | $18,602,281 |
| 3,904 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $18,594,123 | 3 | $6,198,041 |
| 3,905 | Phoef Sutton | $18,582,965 | 1 | $18,582,965 |
| 3,906 | Michael Burton | $18,564,613 | 1 | $18,564,613 |
| 3,907 | Matt MacManus | $18,564,613 | 1 | $18,564,613 |
| 3,908 | Dewayne Perkins | $18,563,767 | 1 | $18,563,767 |
| 3,909 | Jack Baran | $18,557,462 | 2 | $9,278,731 |
| 3,910 | Simon Moore | $18,552,460 | 1 | $18,552,460 |
| 3,911 | Lawrence Lasker | $18,532,286 | 1 | $18,532,286 |
| 3,912 | Nunzio Randazzo | $18,527,037 | 2 | $9,263,519 |
| 3,913 | April Wolfe | $18,526,087 | 1 | $18,526,087 |
| 3,914 | Sophia Takal | $18,526,087 | 2 | $9,263,044 |
| 3,915 | Elmore Leonard | $18,481,380 | 3 | $6,160,460 |
| 3,916 | Alain Chabat | $18,481,089 | 1 | $18,481,089 |
| 3,917 | Eric Garcia | $18,480,069 | 2 | $9,240,035 |
| 3,918 | Amos Vernon | $18,480,000 | 1 | $18,480,000 |
| 3,919 | Edward Norton | $18,477,276 | 1 | $18,477,276 |
| 3,920 | Er Cheng | $18,340,604 | 1 | $18,340,604 |
| 3,921 | Jesse Armstrong | $18,318,588 | 3 | $6,106,196 |
| 3,922 | Thomas Vinterberg | $18,309,793 | 1 | $18,309,793 |
| 3,923 | Bruce Cohn | $18,300,000 | 1 | $18,300,000 |
| 3,924 | Seth M. Sherwood | $18,294,883 | 1 | $18,294,883 |
| 3,925 | Boots Riley | $18,285,560 | 1 | $18,285,560 |
| 3,926 | Kyle Ward | $18,273,009 | 1 | $18,273,009 |
| 3,927 | Max Eggers | $18,263,746 | 1 | $18,263,746 |
| 3,928 | Greg Mottola | $18,208,715 | 2 | $9,104,358 |
| 3,929 | Garrett Lerner | $18,195,238 | 1 | $18,195,238 |
| 3,930 | Rick Famuyliwa | $18,190,831 | 1 | $18,190,831 |
| 3,931 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 4 | $4,543,982 |
| 3,932 | Jorma Taccone | $18,167,015 | 2 | $9,083,508 |
| 3,933 | Adam Chapman | $18,151,746 | 1 | $18,151,746 |
| 3,934 | Alastair Fothergill | $18,151,746 | 1 | $18,151,746 |
| 3,935 | Taylor Allen | $18,148,091 | 1 | $18,148,091 |
| 3,936 | Andrew Logan | $18,148,091 | 1 | $18,148,091 |
| 3,937 | Marcus Hinchey | $18,117,319 | 2 | $9,058,660 |
| 3,938 | Carole Eastman | $18,099,091 | 1 | $18,099,091 |
| 3,939 | Rocco Urbisci | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
| 3,940 | Paul Mooney | $18,034,150 | 2 | $9,017,075 |
| 3,941 | Gary L. Baim | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,942 | Tim Conway | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,943 | Ernest Hotch | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,944 | John Mythers | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,945 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 3,946 | Terence H. Winkless | $17,985,130 | 1 | $17,985,130 |
| 3,947 | Rebecca Angelo | $17,956,910 | 3 | $5,985,637 |
| 3,948 | Lauren Schuker Blum | $17,956,910 | 3 | $5,985,637 |
| 3,949 | Iain Morris | $17,924,872 | 1 | $17,924,872 |
| 3,950 | Shane Atkinson | $17,901,314 | 1 | $17,901,314 |
| 3,951 | Glen Morgan | $17,882,696 | 3 | $5,960,899 |
| 3,952 | Andrew Lane | $17,858,597 | 2 | $8,929,299 |
| 3,953 | Wayne Crawford | $17,858,597 | 2 | $8,929,299 |
| 3,954 | Martha Goldhirsh | $17,854,933 | 1 | $17,854,933 |
| 3,955 | Alexander Charlot | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 3,956 | Franck Magnier | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 3,957 | Gustaf Molander | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 3,958 | Gösta Stevens | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 3,959 | John Binder | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 3,960 | Pepe Portillo | $17,769,299 | 2 | $8,884,650 |
| 3,961 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
| 3,962 | Charles Wood | $17,759,608 | 2 | $8,879,804 |
| 3,963 | Howard Rodman | $17,754,335 | 2 | $8,877,168 |
| 3,964 | Eun-kyo Park | $17,735,928 | 1 | $17,735,928 |
| 3,965 | Saiwyn Quadras | $17,732,887 | 3 | $5,910,962 |
| 3,966 | William Bast | $17,700,000 | 1 | $17,700,000 |
| 3,967 | Lindy Laub | $17,684,580 | 1 | $17,684,580 |
| 3,968 | John Kaye | $17,659,377 | 2 | $8,829,689 |
| 3,969 | Austen Earl | $17,657,217 | 1 | $17,657,217 |
| 3,970 | Sebastian Maniscalco | $17,657,217 | 1 | $17,657,217 |
| 3,971 | Nate Monaster | $17,648,927 | 1 | $17,648,927 |
| 3,972 | Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh | $17,647,662 | 3 | $5,882,554 |
| 3,973 | Steven Levenson | $17,625,444 | 3 | $5,875,148 |
| 3,974 | Matthew Orton | $17,612,099 | 2 | $8,806,050 |
| 3,975 | Michael Koryta | $17,601,631 | 1 | $17,601,631 |
| 3,976 | Zhangke Jia | $17,590,826 | 4 | $4,397,707 |
| 3,977 | Joshua Michael Stern | $17,589,867 | 1 | $17,589,867 |
| 3,978 | Carl Franklin | $17,589,652 | 2 | $8,794,826 |
| 3,979 | John C.W. Saxton | $17,574,875 | 2 | $8,787,438 |
| 3,980 | James Iver Mattson | $17,573,594 | 1 | $17,573,594 |
| 3,981 | B.E. Brauner | $17,573,594 | 1 | $17,573,594 |
| 3,982 | Chetan Bhagat | $17,550,830 | 3 | $5,850,277 |
| 3,983 | Jeff Buhai | $17,500,399 | 2 | $8,750,200 |
| 3,984 | David Obst | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 3,985 | Steve Zacharias | $17,500,399 | 2 | $8,750,200 |
| 3,986 | Christina Welsh | $17,499,242 | 1 | $17,499,242 |
| 3,987 | Ernie Barbarash | $17,499,242 | 1 | $17,499,242 |
| 3,988 | Michael Weller | $17,468,158 | 1 | $17,468,158 |
| 3,989 | Supratik Sen | $17,467,404 | 3 | $5,822,468 |
| 3,990 | Susan Minot | $17,458,904 | 2 | $8,729,452 |
| 3,991 | Ian McEwan | $17,455,931 | 2 | $8,727,966 |
| 3,992 | Norman Vance Jr. | $17,433,072 | 1 | $17,433,072 |
| 3,993 | Neal Brennan | $17,416,667 | 2 | $8,708,334 |
| 3,994 | Maria Nation | $17,368,520 | 2 | $8,684,260 |
| 3,995 | Martha Higareda | $17,341,051 | 2 | $8,670,526 |
| 3,996 | Cory Brusseau | $17,341,051 | 2 | $8,670,526 |
| 3,997 | Megan Holley | $17,329,337 | 1 | $17,329,337 |
| 3,998 | Damon Daniels | $17,322,212 | 1 | $17,322,212 |
| 3,999 | Gerald Petievich | $17,307,302 | 1 | $17,307,302 |
| 4,000 | Daniel Kunka | $17,306,648 | 2 | $8,653,324 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.