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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,501-5,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,501 | Xiaoyu Wu | $6,022,603 | 1 | $6,022,603 |
| 5,502 | Benoit Graffin | $6,016,441 | 1 | $6,016,441 |
| 5,503 | Danish Aslam | $6,004,138 | 1 | $6,004,138 |
| 5,504 | Renuka Kunzhu | $6,004,138 | 1 | $6,004,138 |
| 5,505 | Steve Schmidt | $6,003,000 | 1 | $6,003,000 |
| 5,506 | Frederick Knott | $6,000,108 | 1 | $6,000,108 |
| 5,507 | Michael S. Murphey | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,508 | Andrew J. Fenady | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,509 | John Hill | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,510 | Stephen Neigher | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,511 | Miles Hood Swarthout | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,512 | C.S. Forester | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,513 | Lester Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,514 | Scott Hale | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,515 | Samuel A. Taylor | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,516 | Tina Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,517 | Fernando Fonseca | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,518 | Clair Huffaker | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,519 | Hugo Gilbert | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 5,520 | Erica Schmidt | $5,986,924 | 1 | $5,986,924 |
| 5,521 | Mark Burnell | $5,983,043 | 1 | $5,983,043 |
| 5,522 | René Brisebois | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 5,523 | François Camirand | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 5,524 | Nathalie Saugeon | $5,969,923 | 1 | $5,969,923 |
| 5,525 | Lorraine Levy | $5,969,923 | 1 | $5,969,923 |
| 5,526 | Noam Fitoussi | $5,969,923 | 1 | $5,969,923 |
| 5,527 | Nicola Guaglianone | $5,969,047 | 1 | $5,969,047 |
| 5,528 | Roberto Marchionni | $5,969,047 | 1 | $5,969,047 |
| 5,529 | Ron Fricke | $5,966,671 | 1 | $5,966,671 |
| 5,530 | Mark Magidson | $5,966,671 | 1 | $5,966,671 |
| 5,531 | Vladimir Moiseyenko | $5,953,886 | 1 | $5,953,886 |
| 5,532 | Aleksandr Novototskiy | $5,953,886 | 1 | $5,953,886 |
| 5,533 | Carla Simón | $5,947,940 | 2 | $2,973,970 |
| 5,534 | Steve Armour | $5,946,780 | 1 | $5,946,780 |
| 5,535 | Louise Stratten | $5,946,642 | 1 | $5,946,642 |
| 5,536 | David H. Steinberg | $5,942,218 | 2 | $2,971,109 |
| 5,537 | Tyler Russell | $5,937,306 | 1 | $5,937,306 |
| 5,538 | James Gibson | $5,936,477 | 1 | $5,936,477 |
| 5,539 | Bejoy Nambiar | $5,917,869 | 1 | $5,917,869 |
| 5,540 | Jacques Deray | $5,914,747 | 2 | $2,957,374 |
| 5,541 | Gonzalo Maza | $5,913,454 | 2 | $2,956,727 |
| 5,542 | Mani Ratnam | $5,912,895 | 1 | $5,912,895 |
| 5,543 | Elango Kumaravel | $5,912,895 | 1 | $5,912,895 |
| 5,544 | B. Jeyamohan | $5,912,895 | 1 | $5,912,895 |
| 5,545 | Junya Ikegami | $5,908,700 | 1 | $5,908,700 |
| 5,546 | Carl Dupre | $5,906,914 | 2 | $2,953,457 |
| 5,547 | Rupert Goold | $5,894,210 | 1 | $5,894,210 |
| 5,548 | Bill Forsyth | $5,875,100 | 2 | $2,937,550 |
| 5,549 | Harutoshi Fukui | $5,866,131 | 1 | $5,866,131 |
| 5,550 | Steven Haft | $5,857,534 | 1 | $5,857,534 |
| 5,551 | Kim Young-hoon | $5,856,796 | 1 | $5,856,796 |
| 5,552 | Gopi Puthran | $5,854,240 | 1 | $5,854,240 |
| 5,553 | Ron Friedman | $5,849,647 | 1 | $5,849,647 |
| 5,554 | Jim McClain | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 5,555 | Ron Mita | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 5,556 | Jean-Pol Fargeau | $5,838,605 | 3 | $1,946,202 |
| 5,557 | Daniel Kwan | $5,837,111 | 1 | $5,837,111 |
| 5,558 | Daniel Scheinert | $5,837,111 | 1 | $5,837,111 |
| 5,559 | Nicholas McCarthy | $5,835,970 | 4 | $1,458,993 |
| 5,560 | Jeremy Sims | $5,821,137 | 1 | $5,821,137 |
| 5,561 | Harriet Frank, Jr. | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 5,562 | Irving Ravetch | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 5,563 | Nicolas Casariego | $5,819,708 | 2 | $2,909,854 |
| 5,564 | Jaime Marques | $5,819,708 | 2 | $2,909,854 |
| 5,565 | Amaresh Misra | $5,801,422 | 1 | $5,801,422 |
| 5,566 | Jules Furthman | $5,800,064 | 2 | $2,900,032 |
| 5,567 | Matthew Newton | $5,798,885 | 4 | $1,449,721 |
| 5,568 | Charles Baxter | $5,796,467 | 1 | $5,796,467 |
| 5,569 | Zdeněk Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 1 | $5,770,254 |
| 5,570 | Vadim Sveshnikov | $5,769,353 | 2 | $2,884,677 |
| 5,571 | Michael Auerbach | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 5,572 | Roy Andersson | $5,758,767 | 1 | $5,758,767 |
| 5,573 | Dean Koontz | $5,755,333 | 1 | $5,755,333 |
| 5,574 | Scott Yagemann | $5,747,802 | 1 | $5,747,802 |
| 5,575 | Daniel Cohen | $5,738,990 | 1 | $5,738,990 |
| 5,576 | John Varley | $5,725,353 | 1 | $5,725,353 |
| 5,577 | Millie Santiago | $5,724,790 | 1 | $5,724,790 |
| 5,578 | Linran Fu | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 5,579 | Yan Yunfei | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 5,580 | Hongjiu | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 5,581 | André Øvredal | $5,706,783 | 2 | $2,853,392 |
| 5,582 | Miguel Tejada-Flores | $5,701,359 | 2 | $2,850,680 |
| 5,583 | Richard Eyre | $5,692,941 | 1 | $5,692,941 |
| 5,584 | Kim Krizan | $5,691,852 | 1 | $5,691,852 |
| 5,585 | Barry Glasser | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 5,586 | Malcolm Bradbury | $5,682,429 | 1 | $5,682,429 |
| 5,587 | Joshua Enck | $5,679,324 | 1 | $5,679,324 |
| 5,588 | Jeff Bender | $5,679,324 | 1 | $5,679,324 |
| 5,589 | Myron Goble | $5,672,903 | 1 | $5,672,903 |
| 5,590 | François Truffaut | $5,672,361 | 3 | $1,890,787 |
| 5,591 | E.A. Rocha | $5,665,641 | 1 | $5,665,641 |
| 5,592 | Jerrold Tarog | $5,665,641 | 1 | $5,665,641 |
| 5,593 | Henry Francia | $5,665,641 | 1 | $5,665,641 |
| 5,594 | Bill Rubenstein | $5,656,641 | 1 | $5,656,641 |
| 5,595 | Peter Crabbe | $5,646,500 | 2 | $2,823,250 |
| 5,596 | Paul Dini | $5,635,204 | 2 | $2,817,602 |
| 5,597 | Martin Pasko | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 5,598 | Michael Reaves | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 5,599 | Scott Walker | $5,631,655 | 2 | $2,815,828 |
| 5,600 | Tran Anh Hung | $5,631,125 | 1 | $5,631,125 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.