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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,801-4,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,801 | David Preston | $16,478,265 | 1 | $16,478,265 |
| 4,802 | Edith Rey | $16,478,265 | 1 | $16,478,265 |
| 4,803 | Anjum Rajabali | $16,470,773 | 2 | $8,235,387 |
| 4,804 | Prakash Jha | $16,470,773 | 2 | $8,235,387 |
| 4,805 | Charlie Bean | $16,425,701 | 1 | $16,425,701 |
| 4,806 | Lauren Faust | $16,425,701 | 1 | $16,425,701 |
| 4,807 | Paul Rudish | $16,425,701 | 1 | $16,425,701 |
| 4,808 | Craig McCracken | $16,425,701 | 1 | $16,425,701 |
| 4,809 | Don Shank | $16,425,701 | 1 | $16,425,701 |
| 4,810 | Frank Capra | $16,420,592 | 1 | $16,420,592 |
| 4,811 | Lisa Joy | $16,400,193 | 1 | $16,400,193 |
| 4,812 | Sam Cowan | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 4,813 | Harry Chandlee | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 4,814 | Fred Segal | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 4,815 | Abem Finkel | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
| 4,816 | Martin Ranshoff | $16,400,000 | 1 | $16,400,000 |
| 4,817 | Bethany Ashton Wolf | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 4,818 | Brian Klugman | $16,369,708 | 1 | $16,369,708 |
| 4,819 | Lee Sternthal | $16,369,708 | 1 | $16,369,708 |
| 4,820 | Franco Amurri | $16,344,520 | 1 | $16,344,520 |
| 4,821 | Jason Dean Hall | $16,340,767 | 1 | $16,340,767 |
| 4,822 | Barry Levy | $16,340,767 | 1 | $16,340,767 |
| 4,823 | Jeph Loeb | $16,337,355 | 1 | $16,337,355 |
| 4,824 | Arthur Conan Doyle | $16,324,573 | 1 | $16,324,573 |
| 4,825 | Blaise Hemingway | $16,288,031 | 1 | $16,288,031 |
| 4,826 | John Guare | $16,284,090 | 2 | $8,142,045 |
| 4,827 | Stephen Beresford | $16,250,004 | 2 | $8,125,002 |
| 4,828 | Andrew DeYoung | $16,228,274 | 1 | $16,228,274 |
| 4,829 | Paul Stanton | $16,222,303 | 1 | $16,222,303 |
| 4,830 | Donn Pearce | $16,218,771 | 1 | $16,218,771 |
| 4,831 | Romain Compingt | $16,193,401 | 4 | $4,048,350 |
| 4,832 | James Glickenhaus | $16,191,588 | 2 | $8,095,794 |
| 4,833 | Shawn Lawrence Otto | $16,154,786 | 1 | $16,154,786 |
| 4,834 | Vadim Perelman | $16,154,786 | 1 | $16,154,786 |
| 4,835 | Brendan Hood | $16,140,842 | 1 | $16,140,842 |
| 4,836 | Abhishek Kapoor | $16,120,909 | 2 | $8,060,455 |
| 4,837 | Jay McInerney | $16,118,077 | 1 | $16,118,077 |
| 4,838 | Bo Zenga | $16,107,363 | 2 | $8,053,682 |
| 4,839 | David Engelbach | $16,100,000 | 1 | $16,100,000 |
| 4,840 | Gary Sherman | $16,091,558 | 3 | $5,363,853 |
| 4,841 | Cedric Jimenez | $16,076,129 | 2 | $8,038,065 |
| 4,842 | Ray Bradbury | $16,067,978 | 2 | $8,033,989 |
| 4,843 | Ivan Cotroneo | $16,060,511 | 2 | $8,030,256 |
| 4,844 | Jeff Pollack | $16,026,469 | 1 | $16,026,469 |
| 4,845 | Michelle Ashford | $16,018,205 | 3 | $5,339,402 |
| 4,846 | Valerie Beaugrand-Champagne | $16,017,448 | 1 | $16,017,448 |
| 4,847 | Brad Kaaya | $16,017,403 | 2 | $8,008,702 |
| 4,848 | Nick May | $16,017,096 | 1 | $16,017,096 |
| 4,849 | David Williamson | $16,011,162 | 2 | $8,005,581 |
| 4,850 | Hal Fimberg | $16,000,000 | 1 | $16,000,000 |
| 4,851 | Ben Starr | $16,000,000 | 1 | $16,000,000 |
| 4,852 | Donald E. Stewart | $16,000,000 | 1 | $16,000,000 |
| 4,853 | Michael Polish | $15,976,089 | 6 | $2,662,682 |
| 4,854 | Lisa Azuelos | $15,962,710 | 2 | $7,981,355 |
| 4,855 | William Schneider | $15,952,484 | 2 | $7,976,242 |
| 4,856 | Brian Grazer | $15,945,534 | 1 | $15,945,534 |
| 4,857 | Beau Bauman | $15,943,081 | 1 | $15,943,081 |
| 4,858 | Michael Jenning | $15,942,628 | 1 | $15,942,628 |
| 4,859 | A. J. Carothers | $15,934,737 | 1 | $15,934,737 |
| 4,860 | Daryl Matthews | $15,923,354 | 1 | $15,923,354 |
| 4,861 | Stanley Tucci | $15,912,157 | 2 | $7,956,079 |
| 4,862 | Britt Allcroft | $15,911,332 | 1 | $15,911,332 |
| 4,863 | James Solomon | $15,907,411 | 1 | $15,907,411 |
| 4,864 | Brett Morgen | $15,870,687 | 2 | $7,935,344 |
| 4,865 | Mark Lee | $15,851,228 | 1 | $15,851,228 |
| 4,866 | Anuraadha Tewari | $15,835,948 | 1 | $15,835,948 |
| 4,867 | Manoj Tyagi | $15,835,948 | 1 | $15,835,948 |
| 4,868 | Gaby Chiappe | $15,821,342 | 2 | $7,910,671 |
| 4,869 | Fatih Akin | $15,803,072 | 6 | $2,633,845 |
| 4,870 | Rob Hardy | $15,778,152 | 1 | $15,778,152 |
| 4,871 | Matt Brown | $15,743,645 | 3 | $5,247,882 |
| 4,872 | Lewis Friedman | $15,723,430 | 3 | $5,241,143 |
| 4,873 | Isobel Lennart | $15,700,000 | 2 | $7,850,000 |
| 4,874 | William Ivory | $15,644,196 | 1 | $15,644,196 |
| 4,875 | Gilbert Adair | $15,623,954 | 2 | $7,811,977 |
| 4,876 | John Kos Kostmayer | $15,600,149 | 1 | $15,600,149 |
| 4,877 | Victor Nunez | $15,600,000 | 1 | $15,600,000 |
| 4,878 | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | $15,594,460 | 3 | $5,198,153 |
| 4,879 | Eleanor Coppola | $15,555,781 | 2 | $7,777,891 |
| 4,880 | Charles B. Griffith | $15,541,070 | 1 | $15,541,070 |
| 4,881 | Wentworth Miller | $15,538,674 | 2 | $7,769,337 |
| 4,882 | Jim Harrison | $15,535,771 | 1 | $15,535,771 |
| 4,883 | Pete Dexter | $15,531,853 | 2 | $7,765,927 |
| 4,884 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | $15,518,636 | 1 | $15,518,636 |
| 4,885 | Teresa Hsiao | $15,518,636 | 1 | $15,518,636 |
| 4,886 | Suzie Miller | $15,513,413 | 1 | $15,513,413 |
| 4,887 | Ben Collins | $15,505,733 | 3 | $5,168,578 |
| 4,888 | Luke Piotrowski | $15,493,093 | 2 | $7,746,547 |
| 4,889 | Lee Isaac Chung | $15,474,659 | 1 | $15,474,659 |
| 4,890 | Terence Davies | $15,474,589 | 6 | $2,579,098 |
| 4,891 | George Stevens | $15,473,333 | 1 | $15,473,333 |
| 4,892 | Adam Scheinman | $15,471,969 | 1 | $15,471,969 |
| 4,893 | Aaron Paul | $15,471,229 | 1 | $15,471,229 |
| 4,894 | Massy Tadjedin | $15,452,978 | 1 | $15,452,978 |
| 4,895 | Peter Markle | $15,448,400 | 1 | $15,448,400 |
| 4,896 | Mark Whitman Johnson | $15,448,400 | 1 | $15,448,400 |
| 4,897 | Oren Aviv | $15,448,043 | 1 | $15,448,043 |
| 4,898 | Zhang Yang | $15,441,189 | 1 | $15,441,189 |
| 4,899 | Michael Christofer | $15,432,314 | 1 | $15,432,314 |
| 4,900 | Stephen Kay | $15,415,361 | 1 | $15,415,361 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.