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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Edward Norton | $18,477,276 | 1 | $18,477,276 |
| 4,002 | Er Cheng | $18,340,604 | 1 | $18,340,604 |
| 4,003 | Jesse Armstrong | $18,318,588 | 3 | $6,106,196 |
| 4,004 | Thomas Vinterberg | $18,309,793 | 1 | $18,309,793 |
| 4,005 | Bruce Cohn | $18,300,000 | 1 | $18,300,000 |
| 4,006 | Seth M. Sherwood | $18,294,883 | 1 | $18,294,883 |
| 4,007 | Boots Riley | $18,285,560 | 1 | $18,285,560 |
| 4,008 | Kyle Ward | $18,273,009 | 1 | $18,273,009 |
| 4,009 | Max Eggers | $18,268,614 | 2 | $9,134,307 |
| 4,010 | Greg Mottola | $18,208,715 | 2 | $9,104,358 |
| 4,011 | Garrett Lerner | $18,195,238 | 1 | $18,195,238 |
| 4,012 | Rick Famuyliwa | $18,190,831 | 1 | $18,190,831 |
| 4,013 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 4 | $4,543,982 |
| 4,014 | Jorma Taccone | $18,167,015 | 2 | $9,083,508 |
| 4,015 | Alastair Fothergill | $18,151,746 | 1 | $18,151,746 |
| 4,016 | Adam Chapman | $18,151,746 | 1 | $18,151,746 |
| 4,017 | Andrew Logan | $18,148,091 | 1 | $18,148,091 |
| 4,018 | Taylor Allen | $18,148,091 | 1 | $18,148,091 |
| 4,019 | Marcus Hinchey | $18,117,319 | 2 | $9,058,660 |
| 4,020 | Carole Eastman | $18,099,091 | 1 | $18,099,091 |
| 4,021 | Paul Mooney | $18,034,150 | 2 | $9,017,075 |
| 4,022 | Rocco Urbisci | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
| 4,023 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 4,024 | Tim Conway | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 4,025 | Gary L. Baim | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 4,026 | Ernest Hotch | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 4,027 | John Mythers | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 4,028 | Terence H. Winkless | $17,985,130 | 1 | $17,985,130 |
| 4,029 | Iain Morris | $17,972,980 | 1 | $17,972,980 |
| 4,030 | Rebecca Angelo | $17,956,910 | 3 | $5,985,637 |
| 4,031 | Lauren Schuker Blum | $17,956,910 | 3 | $5,985,637 |
| 4,032 | Shane Atkinson | $17,901,314 | 1 | $17,901,314 |
| 4,033 | Glen Morgan | $17,882,696 | 3 | $5,960,899 |
| 4,034 | Andrew Lane | $17,858,597 | 2 | $8,929,299 |
| 4,035 | Wayne Crawford | $17,858,597 | 2 | $8,929,299 |
| 4,036 | Martha Goldhirsh | $17,854,933 | 1 | $17,854,933 |
| 4,037 | Alexander Charlot | $17,850,115 | 1 | $17,850,115 |
| 4,038 | Gösta Stevens | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 4,039 | John Binder | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 4,040 | Gustaf Molander | $17,815,212 | 1 | $17,815,212 |
| 4,041 | Alejandro Montalvo | $17,769,299 | 1 | $17,769,299 |
| 4,042 | Pepe Portillo | $17,769,299 | 2 | $8,884,650 |
| 4,043 | Charles Wood | $17,759,608 | 2 | $8,879,804 |
| 4,044 | Howard Rodman | $17,754,335 | 2 | $8,877,168 |
| 4,045 | Eun-kyo Park | $17,735,928 | 1 | $17,735,928 |
| 4,046 | Saiwyn Quadras | $17,732,887 | 3 | $5,910,962 |
| 4,047 | William Bast | $17,700,000 | 1 | $17,700,000 |
| 4,048 | Lindy Laub | $17,684,580 | 1 | $17,684,580 |
| 4,049 | John Kaye | $17,659,377 | 2 | $8,829,689 |
| 4,050 | Austen Earl | $17,657,217 | 1 | $17,657,217 |
| 4,051 | Sebastian Maniscalco | $17,657,217 | 1 | $17,657,217 |
| 4,052 | Nate Monaster | $17,648,927 | 1 | $17,648,927 |
| 4,053 | Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh | $17,647,662 | 3 | $5,882,554 |
| 4,054 | Steven Levenson | $17,625,444 | 3 | $5,875,148 |
| 4,055 | Matthew Orton | $17,612,099 | 2 | $8,806,050 |
| 4,056 | Michael Koryta | $17,601,631 | 1 | $17,601,631 |
| 4,057 | Zhangke Jia | $17,590,826 | 4 | $4,397,707 |
| 4,058 | Joshua Michael Stern | $17,589,867 | 1 | $17,589,867 |
| 4,059 | Carl Franklin | $17,589,652 | 2 | $8,794,826 |
| 4,060 | John C.W. Saxton | $17,574,875 | 2 | $8,787,438 |
| 4,061 | James Iver Mattson | $17,573,594 | 1 | $17,573,594 |
| 4,062 | B.E. Brauner | $17,573,594 | 1 | $17,573,594 |
| 4,063 | Chetan Bhagat | $17,550,830 | 3 | $5,850,277 |
| 4,064 | Steve Zacharias | $17,500,399 | 2 | $8,750,200 |
| 4,065 | Jeff Buhai | $17,500,399 | 2 | $8,750,200 |
| 4,066 | David Obst | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 4,067 | Ernie Barbarash | $17,499,242 | 1 | $17,499,242 |
| 4,068 | Christina Welsh | $17,499,242 | 1 | $17,499,242 |
| 4,069 | Michael Weller | $17,468,158 | 1 | $17,468,158 |
| 4,070 | Supratik Sen | $17,467,404 | 3 | $5,822,468 |
| 4,071 | Susan Minot | $17,458,904 | 2 | $8,729,452 |
| 4,072 | Ian McEwan | $17,455,931 | 2 | $8,727,966 |
| 4,073 | Norman Vance Jr. | $17,433,072 | 1 | $17,433,072 |
| 4,074 | Neal Brennan | $17,416,667 | 2 | $8,708,334 |
| 4,075 | Cory Brusseau | $17,341,051 | 2 | $8,670,526 |
| 4,076 | Martha Higareda | $17,341,051 | 2 | $8,670,526 |
| 4,077 | Megan Holley | $17,329,337 | 1 | $17,329,337 |
| 4,078 | Damon Daniels | $17,322,212 | 1 | $17,322,212 |
| 4,079 | Gerald Petievich | $17,307,302 | 1 | $17,307,302 |
| 4,080 | Daniel Kunka | $17,306,648 | 2 | $8,653,324 |
| 4,081 | Tony Grisoni | $17,297,851 | 3 | $5,765,950 |
| 4,082 | Mark Blackwell | $17,292,381 | 1 | $17,292,381 |
| 4,083 | Xu Zhaoqing | $17,283,136 | 1 | $17,283,136 |
| 4,084 | Stephanie Katz | $17,265,487 | 1 | $17,265,487 |
| 4,085 | Henri-Georges Clouzot | $17,263,027 | 2 | $8,631,514 |
| 4,086 | Jon Michael Johnson | $17,252,287 | 1 | $17,252,287 |
| 4,087 | Elisabeth Mantello | $17,252,287 | 1 | $17,252,287 |
| 4,088 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 4,089 | Joel Gross | $17,213,233 | 1 | $17,213,233 |
| 4,090 | Michael Gaylin | $17,213,233 | 1 | $17,213,233 |
| 4,091 | Ilya Naishuller | $17,187,434 | 1 | $17,187,434 |
| 4,092 | Nicolas Bedos | $17,184,753 | 2 | $8,592,377 |
| 4,093 | Lou Illar | $17,180,393 | 1 | $17,180,393 |
| 4,094 | Nate Parker | $17,173,343 | 4 | $4,293,336 |
| 4,095 | Gianni Romoli | $17,146,006 | 3 | $5,715,335 |
| 4,096 | Harry Colomby | $17,124,395 | 1 | $17,124,395 |
| 4,097 | Jeff Harris | $17,124,395 | 1 | $17,124,395 |
| 4,098 | Karin Howard | $17,116,963 | 1 | $17,116,963 |
| 4,099 | Joseph Landon | $17,111,111 | 1 | $17,111,111 |
| 4,100 | Claire-Dee Lim | $17,098,297 | 1 | $17,098,297 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.