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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,301 | Ursula K. Le Guin | $68,048,658 | 1 | $68,048,658 |
| 2,302 | Shawn Slovo | $67,879,693 | 2 | $33,939,847 |
| 2,303 | Iris Yamashita | $67,867,998 | 1 | $67,867,998 |
| 2,304 | Drew Fellman | $67,680,102 | 3 | $22,560,034 |
| 2,305 | Elisa Bell | $67,652,888 | 3 | $22,550,963 |
| 2,306 | Peter Schink | $67,647,574 | 1 | $67,647,574 |
| 2,307 | Marcus Gardley | $67,509,383 | 3 | $22,503,128 |
| 2,308 | Greg Erb | $67,504,319 | 4 | $16,876,080 |
| 2,309 | Brent Spiner | $67,312,826 | 1 | $67,312,826 |
| 2,310 | Rick Berman | $67,312,826 | 1 | $67,312,826 |
| 2,311 | Fred Walton | $67,215,435 | 1 | $67,215,435 |
| 2,312 | Chris Sparling | $67,164,953 | 9 | $7,462,773 |
| 2,313 | James Ellroy | $66,998,151 | 2 | $33,499,076 |
| 2,314 | Neal Israel | $66,904,101 | 4 | $16,726,025 |
| 2,315 | Chap Taylor | $66,790,248 | 2 | $33,395,124 |
| 2,316 | Dinesh D'Souza | $66,780,255 | 5 | $13,356,051 |
| 2,317 | Paul Webb | $66,670,998 | 1 | $66,670,998 |
| 2,318 | Samir Foco | $66,655,938 | 1 | $66,655,938 |
| 2,319 | Robert B. Weide | $66,540,205 | 1 | $66,540,205 |
| 2,320 | Emi Mochizuki | $66,428,778 | 2 | $33,214,389 |
| 2,321 | Carrie Evans | $66,428,778 | 2 | $33,214,389 |
| 2,322 | Donald S. Sanford | $66,420,000 | 1 | $66,420,000 |
| 2,323 | Kasi Lemmons | $66,333,196 | 4 | $16,583,299 |
| 2,324 | Graham Roland | $66,295,121 | 1 | $66,295,121 |
| 2,325 | Dan Sterling | $65,967,056 | 2 | $32,983,528 |
| 2,326 | Andrew Fleming | $65,900,310 | 6 | $10,983,385 |
| 2,327 | Xu Haofeng | $65,886,660 | 2 | $32,943,330 |
| 2,328 | Nadine Labaki | $65,797,588 | 3 | $21,932,529 |
| 2,329 | Jihad Hojeily | $65,765,606 | 2 | $32,882,803 |
| 2,330 | Pierce Gradner | $65,669,001 | 1 | $65,669,001 |
| 2,331 | Laurice Elehwany | $65,601,654 | 2 | $32,800,827 |
| 2,332 | Elizabeth Berger | $65,520,633 | 3 | $21,840,211 |
| 2,333 | Isaac Aptaker | $65,520,633 | 3 | $21,840,211 |
| 2,334 | Francesco Piccolo | $65,470,244 | 7 | $9,352,892 |
| 2,335 | Richard Kelly | $65,440,971 | 3 | $21,813,657 |
| 2,336 | Matt Sherring | $65,409,046 | 1 | $65,409,046 |
| 2,337 | Leslye Headland | $65,396,882 | 3 | $21,798,961 |
| 2,338 | David E. Talbert | $65,379,342 | 3 | $21,793,114 |
| 2,339 | Seth Lochhead | $65,343,694 | 2 | $32,671,847 |
| 2,340 | Emily Halpern | $65,332,168 | 2 | $32,666,084 |
| 2,341 | Sarah Haskins | $65,332,168 | 2 | $32,666,084 |
| 2,342 | Rick Elice | $65,282,732 | 1 | $65,282,732 |
| 2,343 | Khaled Mouzanar | $65,233,793 | 1 | $65,233,793 |
| 2,344 | Michelle Keserwany | $65,233,793 | 1 | $65,233,793 |
| 2,345 | Georges Khabbaz | $65,233,793 | 1 | $65,233,793 |
| 2,346 | Darryl Ponicsan | $65,199,103 | 4 | $16,299,776 |
| 2,347 | Ted Berman | $65,187,923 | 2 | $32,593,962 |
| 2,348 | Peter Young | $65,187,923 | 2 | $32,593,962 |
| 2,349 | Jennie Snyder Urman | $65,084,116 | 1 | $65,084,116 |
| 2,350 | Joe Piscatella | $65,033,328 | 1 | $65,033,328 |
| 2,351 | Craig A. Williams | $65,033,328 | 1 | $65,033,328 |
| 2,352 | Morton Grant | $65,000,000 | 1 | $65,000,000 |
| 2,353 | Maurice Rapf | $65,000,000 | 1 | $65,000,000 |
| 2,354 | Dalton S. Reymond | $65,000,000 | 1 | $65,000,000 |
| 2,355 | Vernon Stallings | $65,000,000 | 1 | $65,000,000 |
| 2,356 | Jesus Olmo | $64,985,266 | 2 | $32,492,633 |
| 2,357 | Mao Dai | $64,450,599 | 1 | $64,450,599 |
| 2,358 | Kirk Jones | $64,402,127 | 2 | $32,201,064 |
| 2,359 | Nelson Greaves | $64,364,198 | 1 | $64,364,198 |
| 2,360 | Jose Padilha | $64,307,758 | 1 | $64,307,758 |
| 2,361 | August Wilson | $64,282,881 | 1 | $64,282,881 |
| 2,362 | Enrique Lopez Lavigne | $64,232,714 | 1 | $64,232,714 |
| 2,363 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | $64,232,714 | 1 | $64,232,714 |
| 2,364 | Jon Bokenkamp | $64,232,363 | 1 | $64,232,363 |
| 2,365 | George Webster | $64,188,387 | 1 | $64,188,387 |
| 2,366 | George Melrod | $64,188,387 | 1 | $64,188,387 |
| 2,367 | Jason Richman | $64,188,000 | 2 | $32,094,000 |
| 2,368 | Li Jie | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,369 | Tianyu Zhao | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,370 | Raymond Lei Jin | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,371 | Qin Zhen | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,372 | Eric Zhang | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,373 | Shen Shiqi | $64,036,296 | 1 | $64,036,296 |
| 2,374 | Marc Hyman | $63,999,615 | 4 | $15,999,904 |
| 2,375 | Julie Delpy | $63,815,992 | 7 | $9,116,570 |
| 2,376 | Cary Bickley | $63,781,100 | 1 | $63,781,100 |
| 2,377 | Yuri Zeltser | $63,781,100 | 2 | $31,890,550 |
| 2,378 | Tracy Letts | $63,700,915 | 4 | $15,925,229 |
| 2,379 | Mark H. Young | $63,545,341 | 5 | $12,709,068 |
| 2,380 | Brian Nelson | $63,368,980 | 2 | $31,684,490 |
| 2,381 | Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas | $63,288,854 | 1 | $63,288,854 |
| 2,382 | John Gregory Dunne | $63,129,898 | 1 | $63,129,898 |
| 2,383 | Joan Didion | $63,129,898 | 1 | $63,129,898 |
| 2,384 | Kim Fuller | $63,115,856 | 3 | $21,038,619 |
| 2,385 | Nancy M. Pimental | $63,078,756 | 1 | $63,078,756 |
| 2,386 | Chun Sung-il | $62,883,705 | 1 | $62,883,705 |
| 2,387 | Choi Yi-young | $62,883,705 | 1 | $62,883,705 |
| 2,388 | Alan Ormsby | $62,814,878 | 5 | $12,562,976 |
| 2,389 | Nicholas Martin | $62,641,034 | 2 | $31,320,517 |
| 2,390 | James Flynn | $62,582,520 | 1 | $62,582,520 |
| 2,391 | Dong-Hyuk Kim | $62,490,342 | 1 | $62,490,342 |
| 2,392 | Douglas Day Stewart | $62,460,249 | 4 | $15,615,062 |
| 2,393 | Arthur A. Ross | $62,455,495 | 3 | $20,818,498 |
| 2,394 | Jordan Moffet | $62,432,423 | 1 | $62,432,423 |
| 2,395 | Michael Elliot | $62,432,423 | 1 | $62,432,423 |
| 2,396 | Adam Jay Epstein | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
| 2,397 | Andrew Jacobson | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
| 2,398 | Michael Bender | $62,401,343 | 1 | $62,401,343 |
| 2,399 | Neelesh Misra | $62,347,774 | 1 | $62,347,774 |
| 2,400 | Amy Jones | $62,294,936 | 3 | $20,764,979 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.