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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,301-5,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,301 | Lilly Wachowski | $7,011,317 | 1 | $7,011,317 |
| 5,302 | Greg Iles | $7,005,468 | 1 | $7,005,468 |
| 5,303 | Larry Block | $7,000,141 | 1 | $7,000,141 |
| 5,304 | Gregory K. Heller | $7,000,000 | 1 | $7,000,000 |
| 5,305 | Amos Poe | $7,000,000 | 2 | $3,500,000 |
| 5,306 | Mona Fastvold | $6,992,386 | 4 | $1,748,097 |
| 5,307 | Jenny Slate | $6,983,781 | 1 | $6,983,781 |
| 5,308 | Dean Fleischer-Camp | $6,983,781 | 1 | $6,983,781 |
| 5,309 | Nick Paley | $6,983,781 | 1 | $6,983,781 |
| 5,310 | Mark L. Lester | $6,965,361 | 1 | $6,965,361 |
| 5,311 | Joseph Stinson | $6,964,734 | 1 | $6,964,734 |
| 5,312 | Amin Hajee | $6,952,492 | 3 | $2,317,497 |
| 5,313 | Frank A. Cappello | $6,950,596 | 1 | $6,950,596 |
| 5,314 | Lukas Heller | $6,947,000 | 2 | $3,473,500 |
| 5,315 | Harald Rosenlow | $6,946,492 | 3 | $2,315,497 |
| 5,316 | Robert Foster | $6,935,216 | 1 | $6,935,216 |
| 5,317 | Neil Peng | $6,933,000 | 1 | $6,933,000 |
| 5,318 | Craig Johnson | $6,928,875 | 3 | $2,309,625 |
| 5,319 | Nick Murphy | $6,924,321 | 1 | $6,924,321 |
| 5,320 | Fred Schepisi | $6,908,797 | 1 | $6,908,797 |
| 5,321 | George MacDonald Fraser | $6,908,640 | 2 | $3,454,320 |
| 5,322 | Graham Greene | $6,888,822 | 3 | $2,296,274 |
| 5,323 | Sebastian Borensztein | $6,881,204 | 1 | $6,881,204 |
| 5,324 | Daniel Sadek | $6,881,021 | 1 | $6,881,021 |
| 5,325 | Robert Foreman | $6,881,021 | 1 | $6,881,021 |
| 5,326 | Stan Foster | $6,879,730 | 1 | $6,879,730 |
| 5,327 | Santiago Mitre | $6,879,014 | 3 | $2,293,005 |
| 5,328 | Claire Denis | $6,863,306 | 6 | $1,143,884 |
| 5,329 | Alice Winocour | $6,858,926 | 5 | $1,371,785 |
| 5,330 | Robb Wells | $6,854,073 | 3 | $2,284,691 |
| 5,331 | Choi Jung-Mi | $6,851,448 | 1 | $6,851,448 |
| 5,332 | Melvin Van Peebles | $6,834,000 | 1 | $6,834,000 |
| 5,333 | Brad Silberling | $6,830,957 | 2 | $3,415,479 |
| 5,334 | Jeanne Herry | $6,830,360 | 2 | $3,415,180 |
| 5,335 | Nicole Taylor | $6,826,420 | 1 | $6,826,420 |
| 5,336 | Martin Petit | $6,824,619 | 1 | $6,824,619 |
| 5,337 | Dick Maas | $6,820,238 | 1 | $6,820,238 |
| 5,338 | Abderrahmane Sissako | $6,818,073 | 2 | $3,409,037 |
| 5,339 | Kessen Tall | $6,818,073 | 2 | $3,409,037 |
| 5,340 | Deborah Amelon | $6,813,570 | 1 | $6,813,570 |
| 5,341 | Jimmy Chi | $6,812,530 | 1 | $6,812,530 |
| 5,342 | Rachel Perkins | $6,812,530 | 1 | $6,812,530 |
| 5,343 | Leonard Freeman | $6,800,000 | 2 | $3,400,000 |
| 5,344 | Franklin Coen | $6,800,000 | 1 | $6,800,000 |
| 5,345 | Mel Goldberg | $6,800,000 | 1 | $6,800,000 |
| 5,346 | Frank Davis | $6,800,000 | 1 | $6,800,000 |
| 5,347 | Gabe Ibanez | $6,775,458 | 1 | $6,775,458 |
| 5,348 | Igor Legarreta | $6,775,458 | 2 | $3,387,729 |
| 5,349 | Javier Sanchez Donate | $6,775,458 | 1 | $6,775,458 |
| 5,350 | Michel Spinosa | $6,761,636 | 1 | $6,761,636 |
| 5,351 | Hannes Holm | $6,759,169 | 1 | $6,759,169 |
| 5,352 | Kevin Seccia | $6,756,182 | 1 | $6,756,182 |
| 5,353 | Tim McKeon | $6,756,182 | 1 | $6,756,182 |
| 5,354 | Charles Binamé | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 5,355 | Pierre Billon | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 5,356 | Lorraine Richard | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 5,357 | Antonine Maillet | $6,749,187 | 1 | $6,749,187 |
| 5,358 | Virgil Williams | $6,736,244 | 3 | $2,245,415 |
| 5,359 | Nathan Parker | $6,728,882 | 4 | $1,682,221 |
| 5,360 | Sebastian Schipper | $6,721,032 | 1 | $6,721,032 |
| 5,361 | Olivia Neergaard Holm | $6,721,032 | 1 | $6,721,032 |
| 5,362 | Eike Schulz | $6,721,032 | 1 | $6,721,032 |
| 5,363 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $6,712,903 | 1 | $6,712,903 |
| 5,364 | Paul Provenza | $6,702,604 | 1 | $6,702,604 |
| 5,365 | Peter Adam Golden | $6,702,604 | 1 | $6,702,604 |
| 5,366 | Laure de Clermont | $6,699,047 | 1 | $6,699,047 |
| 5,367 | Julien Fournet | $6,696,239 | 1 | $6,696,239 |
| 5,368 | Abbas Kiarostami | $6,691,638 | 6 | $1,115,273 |
| 5,369 | Mike Birbiglia | $6,684,049 | 2 | $3,342,025 |
| 5,370 | Robert Henny | $6,649,658 | 3 | $2,216,553 |
| 5,371 | Suzie Miller | $6,646,622 | 1 | $6,646,622 |
| 5,372 | Larry Ketron | $6,640,346 | 1 | $6,640,346 |
| 5,373 | Nick Shafir | $6,632,909 | 1 | $6,632,909 |
| 5,374 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $6,625,140 | 2 | $3,312,570 |
| 5,375 | Chuck Barris | $6,621,520 | 1 | $6,621,520 |
| 5,376 | Richard Tanne | $6,612,968 | 2 | $3,306,484 |
| 5,377 | John Groves | $6,609,870 | 1 | $6,609,870 |
| 5,378 | Peter O'Brien | $6,607,476 | 2 | $3,303,738 |
| 5,379 | Leo Rossi | $6,601,992 | 1 | $6,601,992 |
| 5,380 | John Wilcox | $6,601,743 | 1 | $6,601,743 |
| 5,381 | Paul Andersen | $6,601,743 | 1 | $6,601,743 |
| 5,382 | Bill Murray | $6,600,000 | 1 | $6,600,000 |
| 5,383 | Adam Braff | $6,591,365 | 1 | $6,591,365 |
| 5,384 | Barry Wernick | $6,590,172 | 2 | $3,295,086 |
| 5,385 | Gary Marks | $6,584,204 | 2 | $3,292,102 |
| 5,386 | Kelly Fremon | $6,563,402 | 1 | $6,563,402 |
| 5,387 | Jeffrey Ellis | $6,561,653 | 1 | $6,561,653 |
| 5,388 | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | $6,554,791 | 1 | $6,554,791 |
| 5,389 | Siva Ananth | $6,550,709 | 1 | $6,550,709 |
| 5,390 | Suyash Trivedi | $6,550,709 | 1 | $6,550,709 |
| 5,391 | Shaad Ali | $6,550,709 | 1 | $6,550,709 |
| 5,392 | Neil McKay | $6,530,068 | 1 | $6,530,068 |
| 5,393 | John Chester | $6,526,377 | 1 | $6,526,377 |
| 5,394 | Pik Kwan Lee | $6,516,060 | 1 | $6,516,060 |
| 5,395 | Christophe Offenstein | $6,500,729 | 1 | $6,500,729 |
| 5,396 | Jean Cottin | $6,500,729 | 1 | $6,500,729 |
| 5,397 | Ian Masters | $6,500,000 | 1 | $6,500,000 |
| 5,398 | Cheri Steinkellner | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 5,399 | Bill Steinkellner | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
| 5,400 | Catalina Aguilar Mastretta | $6,491,385 | 2 | $3,245,693 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.