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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Ted Griffin | $779,438,555 | 5 | $155,887,711 |
| 402 | Jeremy Slater | $778,724,699 | 7 | $111,246,386 |
| 403 | Jordan Peele | $778,094,007 | 6 | $129,682,335 |
| 404 | Gilbert Taylor | $775,398,007 | 1 | $775,398,007 |
| 405 | Cameron Crowe | $774,022,225 | 10 | $77,402,223 |
| 406 | Kelvin Lee | $772,563,385 | 2 | $386,281,693 |
| 407 | Warren Skaaren | $772,156,982 | 4 | $193,039,246 |
| 408 | Nicole Perlman | $770,882,395 | 1 | $770,882,395 |
| 409 | David O. Russell | $768,742,210 | 10 | $76,874,221 |
| 410 | Glenn Ficarra | $767,437,843 | 8 | $95,929,730 |
| 411 | John Requa | $767,437,843 | 8 | $95,929,730 |
| 412 | Brad Copeland | $765,821,718 | 5 | $153,164,344 |
| 413 | Ryan Engle | $761,165,009 | 8 | $95,145,626 |
| 414 | Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | $760,928,081 | 3 | $253,642,694 |
| 415 | William Monahan | $760,508,687 | 9 | $84,500,965 |
| 416 | William Steig | $756,244,673 | 1 | $756,244,673 |
| 417 | Winnie Holzman | $755,275,470 | 1 | $755,275,470 |
| 418 | Hossein Amini | $754,953,610 | 12 | $62,912,801 |
| 419 | Andrew Barrer | $754,110,394 | 4 | $188,527,599 |
| 420 | Qin Wan | $753,987,593 | 6 | $125,664,599 |
| 421 | David Franzoni | $753,375,779 | 6 | $125,562,630 |
| 422 | Niall Leonard | $753,352,064 | 2 | $376,676,032 |
| 423 | Matt Sazama | $752,955,645 | 6 | $125,492,608 |
| 424 | Burk Sharpless | $752,955,645 | 6 | $125,492,608 |
| 425 | Gabriel Ferrari | $751,523,262 | 3 | $250,507,754 |
| 426 | Robert Rodat | $751,426,999 | 6 | $125,237,833 |
| 427 | Dan Mazer | $750,876,557 | 6 | $125,146,093 |
| 428 | Michael Mann | $748,835,788 | 9 | $83,203,976 |
| 429 | Xu Yun | $748,309,603 | 5 | $149,661,921 |
| 430 | Robert Gordon | $745,247,553 | 3 | $248,415,851 |
| 431 | Damien Chazelle | $743,357,348 | 8 | $92,919,669 |
| 432 | Mel Gibson | $743,345,907 | 5 | $148,669,181 |
| 433 | Chad Hayes | $742,182,671 | 7 | $106,026,096 |
| 434 | Carey Hayes | $742,182,671 | 7 | $106,026,096 |
| 435 | Barry W. Blaustein | $742,096,390 | 5 | $148,419,278 |
| 436 | Steven Spielberg | $741,760,866 | 4 | $185,440,217 |
| 437 | Zach Dean | $741,108,895 | 6 | $123,518,149 |
| 438 | Danny McBride | $736,490,694 | 8 | $92,061,337 |
| 439 | Andrew Niccol | $735,204,312 | 9 | $81,689,368 |
| 440 | Daniel Casey | $729,743,592 | 4 | $182,435,898 |
| 441 | Dan Aykroyd | $729,522,084 | 8 | $91,190,261 |
| 442 | Pamela Ribon | $726,869,416 | 2 | $363,434,708 |
| 443 | Kirk DeMicco | $724,518,290 | 5 | $144,903,658 |
| 444 | Mark O Keefe | $722,153,697 | 2 | $361,076,849 |
| 445 | Randall Wallace | $721,779,840 | 6 | $120,296,640 |
| 446 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | $718,701,459 | 4 | $179,675,365 |
| 447 | Lorne Cameron | $716,325,011 | 3 | $238,775,004 |
| 448 | Michael Brandt | $713,360,258 | 7 | $101,908,608 |
| 449 | Andrew Davies | $713,189,748 | 5 | $142,637,950 |
| 450 | Jeffrey Caine | $712,165,881 | 4 | $178,041,470 |
| 451 | Creighton Rothenberger | $710,838,039 | 5 | $142,167,608 |
| 452 | Katrin Benedikt | $710,838,039 | 5 | $142,167,608 |
| 453 | Rich Jaffa | $710,644,566 | 1 | $710,644,566 |
| 454 | Timothy Dowling | $709,943,150 | 6 | $118,323,858 |
| 455 | Michael Patrick King | $709,928,036 | 3 | $236,642,679 |
| 456 | Billy Frolick | $707,962,985 | 3 | $235,987,662 |
| 457 | Gerry Swallow | $705,460,990 | 5 | $141,092,198 |
| 458 | Chase Palmer | $704,138,329 | 3 | $234,712,776 |
| 459 | John Gatins | $702,828,089 | 8 | $87,853,511 |
| 460 | Peter Gaulke | $698,960,760 | 6 | $116,493,460 |
| 461 | Adam Cozad | $696,966,571 | 5 | $139,393,314 |
| 462 | Andrew Kevin Walker | $695,264,318 | 10 | $69,526,432 |
| 463 | Seth Grahame-Smith | $695,204,329 | 6 | $115,867,388 |
| 464 | Scott Z. Burns | $692,848,945 | 8 | $86,606,118 |
| 465 | Guy Busick | $692,472,112 | 7 | $98,924,587 |
| 466 | Eric Heisserer | $691,447,103 | 10 | $69,144,710 |
| 467 | William Wisher | $690,531,710 | 3 | $230,177,237 |
| 468 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | $690,018,268 | 4 | $172,504,567 |
| 469 | Jonas Cuaron | $689,598,150 | 3 | $229,866,050 |
| 470 | Oren Uziel | $687,349,975 | 6 | $114,558,329 |
| 471 | Michael Bacall | $686,554,040 | 7 | $98,079,149 |
| 472 | Matt Damon | $684,568,870 | 4 | $171,142,218 |
| 473 | Julian Fellowes | $682,341,237 | 13 | $52,487,787 |
| 474 | Derek Haas | $681,146,674 | 7 | $97,306,668 |
| 475 | Ben Queen | $679,538,619 | 2 | $339,769,310 |
| 476 | James DeMonaco | $679,085,306 | 10 | $67,908,531 |
| 477 | Suzanne Collins | $677,923,379 | 2 | $338,961,690 |
| 478 | Jason Hall | $675,473,795 | 3 | $225,157,932 |
| 479 | Dante Lam | $675,035,491 | 3 | $225,011,830 |
| 480 | Barry Fanaro | $672,718,942 | 4 | $168,179,736 |
| 481 | Ryan J. Condal | $671,516,847 | 3 | $223,838,949 |
| 482 | Brendan O'Brien | $670,353,135 | 8 | $83,794,142 |
| 483 | Jonathan Hales | $667,696,263 | 2 | $333,848,132 |
| 484 | J.F. Lawton | $663,154,935 | 5 | $132,630,987 |
| 485 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | $660,213,325 | 4 | $165,053,331 |
| 486 | Richard Price | $659,855,198 | 12 | $54,987,933 |
| 487 | Matt Lopez | $657,909,226 | 7 | $93,987,032 |
| 488 | Mark Frost | $656,835,145 | 4 | $164,208,786 |
| 489 | Fred Wolf | $656,832,926 | 10 | $65,683,293 |
| 490 | Rodo Sayagues | $655,861,410 | 4 | $163,965,353 |
| 491 | William Goldman | $655,814,314 | 17 | $38,577,313 |
| 492 | Muye Wen | $655,632,500 | 2 | $327,816,250 |
| 493 | Zhong Wei | $655,632,500 | 2 | $327,816,250 |
| 494 | Jim Hecht | $651,899,282 | 3 | $217,299,761 |
| 495 | Jeb Stuart | $643,449,292 | 9 | $71,494,366 |
| 496 | Simon Barrett | $643,092,024 | 11 | $58,462,911 |
| 497 | Bob Fisher | $642,279,557 | 4 | $160,569,889 |
| 498 | Derek Kolstad | $641,822,875 | 7 | $91,688,982 |
| 499 | Jason Reitman | $638,878,568 | 8 | $79,859,821 |
| 500 | Abby Kohn | $638,134,182 | 6 | $106,355,697 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.