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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | John L. Solomon | $8,629,895 | 1 | $8,629,895 |
| 5,002 | Anvita Dutt Guptan | $8,621,794 | 1 | $8,621,794 |
| 5,003 | Jacques Tati | $8,609,949 | 1 | $8,609,949 |
| 5,004 | Sylvain Chomet | $8,609,949 | 2 | $4,304,975 |
| 5,005 | Annmarie Morais | $8,607,815 | 1 | $8,607,815 |
| 5,006 | Edmund Beloin | $8,600,000 | 2 | $4,300,000 |
| 5,007 | Wang Xingdong | $8,593,154 | 1 | $8,593,154 |
| 5,008 | Chen Baoguang | $8,593,154 | 1 | $8,593,154 |
| 5,009 | Robert A. Heinlein | $8,579,626 | 1 | $8,579,626 |
| 5,010 | Susan Coyne | $8,558,693 | 1 | $8,558,693 |
| 5,011 | Mark Young | $8,556,572 | 1 | $8,556,572 |
| 5,012 | Anusha Rizvi | $8,544,969 | 1 | $8,544,969 |
| 5,013 | John Banville | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,014 | Gabriella Prekop | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,015 | Glenn Close | $8,539,003 | 1 | $8,539,003 |
| 5,016 | Mark Jones | $8,533,294 | 1 | $8,533,294 |
| 5,017 | Robert Clouse | $8,527,743 | 1 | $8,527,743 |
| 5,018 | Sngmoo Lee | $8,514,325 | 1 | $8,514,325 |
| 5,019 | Cunningham O'Keefe | $8,503,459 | 1 | $8,503,459 |
| 5,020 | Lazaro Gomez Carriles | $8,503,459 | 1 | $8,503,459 |
| 5,021 | Jennifer Kent | $8,501,153 | 2 | $4,250,577 |
| 5,022 | Philippe Lioret | $8,477,792 | 2 | $4,238,896 |
| 5,023 | Abbas Tyrewala | $8,436,133 | 1 | $8,436,133 |
| 5,024 | Siddharth Anand | $8,436,133 | 1 | $8,436,133 |
| 5,025 | Larry Sulkis | $8,434,601 | 1 | $8,434,601 |
| 5,026 | Paul Staheli | $8,431,304 | 3 | $2,810,435 |
| 5,027 | Chris Bryant | $8,415,112 | 1 | $8,415,112 |
| 5,028 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $8,413,128 | 2 | $4,206,564 |
| 5,029 | Richard Sherman (Screenwriter) | $8,400,000 | 2 | $4,200,000 |
| 5,030 | Castille Landon | $8,379,378 | 3 | $2,793,126 |
| 5,031 | Adam Simon | $8,378,853 | 2 | $4,189,427 |
| 5,032 | Shell Danielson | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 5,033 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 5,034 | Lasse Hallström | $8,346,115 | 2 | $4,173,058 |
| 5,035 | Reidar Jönsson | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,036 | Brasse Brännström | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,037 | Per Berglund | $8,345,266 | 1 | $8,345,266 |
| 5,038 | Garry Williams | $8,341,909 | 2 | $4,170,955 |
| 5,039 | Ko Jeong-un | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 5,040 | Lee Sang-hyun | $8,339,975 | 1 | $8,339,975 |
| 5,041 | Barry Wong | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,042 | Joe Cheung | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,043 | Huang Yi | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,044 | Teddy Robin Kwan | $8,332,431 | 1 | $8,332,431 |
| 5,045 | Margery Doppelt | $8,316,206 | 1 | $8,316,206 |
| 5,046 | Roy Blount Jr. | $8,295,903 | 1 | $8,295,903 |
| 5,047 | Kevin Spacey | $8,292,914 | 1 | $8,292,914 |
| 5,048 | Steven Katz | $8,279,017 | 1 | $8,279,017 |
| 5,049 | Liang Wu (吴亮) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 5,050 | Lizhu Wu (吴骊珠) | $8,278,886 | 1 | $8,278,886 |
| 5,051 | Caroline Vignal | $8,276,700 | 1 | $8,276,700 |
| 5,052 | Bille August | $8,271,344 | 2 | $4,135,672 |
| 5,053 | Oliver Daly | $8,259,753 | 1 | $8,259,753 |
| 5,054 | Neil Gibbons | $8,253,426 | 2 | $4,126,713 |
| 5,055 | Rob Gibbons | $8,253,426 | 2 | $4,126,713 |
| 5,056 | Cary Bates | $8,251,071 | 1 | $8,251,071 |
| 5,057 | Steven Bloom | $8,247,627 | 1 | $8,247,627 |
| 5,058 | Markus Imhoof | $8,244,071 | 1 | $8,244,071 |
| 5,059 | Rhidian Brook | $8,242,415 | 1 | $8,242,415 |
| 5,060 | Brock Norman Brock | $8,231,742 | 2 | $4,115,871 |
| 5,061 | Olivier Dazat | $8,226,868 | 3 | $2,742,289 |
| 5,062 | Wil Shriner | $8,224,998 | 1 | $8,224,998 |
| 5,063 | Tommy Lee Jones | $8,217,571 | 1 | $8,217,571 |
| 5,064 | Wesley A. Oliver | $8,217,571 | 1 | $8,217,571 |
| 5,065 | Brian Moore | $8,211,952 | 1 | $8,211,952 |
| 5,066 | Jemaine Clement | $8,209,627 | 1 | $8,209,627 |
| 5,067 | Jean-Claude Grumberg | $8,208,866 | 2 | $4,104,433 |
| 5,068 | Lyle Kessler | $8,205,703 | 1 | $8,205,703 |
| 5,069 | Graeme Whifler | $8,205,290 | 1 | $8,205,290 |
| 5,070 | Shaun Grant | $8,200,705 | 5 | $1,640,141 |
| 5,071 | Brian McKay | $8,200,000 | 1 | $8,200,000 |
| 5,072 | Mark Rosman | $8,184,633 | 1 | $8,184,633 |
| 5,073 | Yaron Zilberman | $8,181,982 | 2 | $4,090,991 |
| 5,074 | Raymond De Felitta | $8,173,486 | 2 | $4,086,743 |
| 5,075 | Morwenna Banks | $8,164,049 | 1 | $8,164,049 |
| 5,076 | Richard Christian Matheson | $8,148,947 | 2 | $4,074,474 |
| 5,077 | Joseph Cedar | $8,147,559 | 2 | $4,073,780 |
| 5,078 | Robert Adetuyi | $8,135,024 | 1 | $8,135,024 |
| 5,079 | Oh Jung-Mi | $8,127,489 | 1 | $8,127,489 |
| 5,080 | Lee Changdong | $8,127,489 | 1 | $8,127,489 |
| 5,081 | Marion Doussot | $8,126,380 | 2 | $4,063,190 |
| 5,082 | Tigmanshu Dhulia | $8,124,665 | 4 | $2,031,166 |
| 5,083 | JP Miller | $8,123,146 | 1 | $8,123,146 |
| 5,084 | Wallace C. Bennett | $8,103,330 | 1 | $8,103,330 |
| 5,085 | Brian Patrick O'Toole | $8,088,406 | 2 | $4,044,203 |
| 5,086 | Valérie Ranson-Enguiale | $8,087,707 | 1 | $8,087,707 |
| 5,087 | Gabriel Le Bomin | $8,087,707 | 1 | $8,087,707 |
| 5,088 | Michael Winterbottom | $8,079,069 | 5 | $1,615,814 |
| 5,089 | Nicolas Winding Refn | $8,054,363 | 2 | $4,027,182 |
| 5,090 | Seth Grossman | $8,038,792 | 1 | $8,038,792 |
| 5,091 | Etienne Charry | $8,033,866 | 1 | $8,033,866 |
| 5,092 | Laurent Chouchan | $8,033,866 | 1 | $8,033,866 |
| 5,093 | Terence Marsh | $8,033,397 | 1 | $8,033,397 |
| 5,094 | Chad Law | $8,023,159 | 13 | $617,166 |
| 5,095 | Tennessee Williams | $8,008,372 | 3 | $2,669,457 |
| 5,096 | Elia Kazan | $8,008,372 | 1 | $8,008,372 |
| 5,097 | Shin Youn-Shick | $8,004,283 | 1 | $8,004,283 |
| 5,098 | Franck Khalfoun | $8,004,169 | 4 | $2,001,042 |
| 5,099 | James Warner Bellah | $8,000,498 | 1 | $8,000,498 |
| 5,100 | Willis Goldbeck | $8,000,498 | 1 | $8,000,498 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.