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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,801 | Tony Richardson | $5,142,858 | 1 | $5,142,858 |
| 5,802 | Bernard Slade | $5,140,538 | 1 | $5,140,538 |
| 5,803 | Michel Ocelot | $5,138,843 | 1 | $5,138,843 |
| 5,804 | Jane Schoenbrun | $5,132,773 | 2 | $2,566,387 |
| 5,805 | Ralph Sall | $5,119,629 | 1 | $5,119,629 |
| 5,806 | Don Cheadle | $5,117,098 | 1 | $5,117,098 |
| 5,807 | Patrick Rotman | $5,103,083 | 1 | $5,103,083 |
| 5,808 | Xavier Durringer | $5,103,083 | 1 | $5,103,083 |
| 5,809 | Mark Halliley | $5,100,135 | 1 | $5,100,135 |
| 5,810 | Tony Kayden | $5,099,316 | 1 | $5,099,316 |
| 5,811 | Trevor De Silva | $5,094,646 | 1 | $5,094,646 |
| 5,812 | Richard Vetere | $5,091,888 | 1 | $5,091,888 |
| 5,813 | Gilles Marchand | $5,086,120 | 3 | $1,695,373 |
| 5,814 | Martin Zandvliet | $5,076,693 | 4 | $1,269,173 |
| 5,815 | Jonathan King | $5,063,452 | 1 | $5,063,452 |
| 5,816 | Albert Maltz | $5,050,000 | 1 | $5,050,000 |
| 5,817 | Ichirô Kusuno | $5,045,144 | 2 | $2,522,572 |
| 5,818 | Robert Smith | $5,024,760 | 2 | $2,512,380 |
| 5,819 | Albert Lewin | $5,021,536 | 2 | $2,510,768 |
| 5,820 | Ingmar Bergman | $5,004,701 | 3 | $1,668,234 |
| 5,821 | Burt Styler | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,822 | Louis Morheim | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,823 | John Crawford | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,824 | John Paragon | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,825 | Phoebe Ephron | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,826 | Edmund Penney | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,827 | Cassandra Peterson | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,828 | Henry Ephron | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,829 | Fred Freiberger | $5,000,000 | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| 5,830 | Eugene Lourie | $5,000,000 | 2 | $2,500,000 |
| 5,831 | Hark Bohm | $4,997,844 | 1 | $4,997,844 |
| 5,832 | Ron Swanson | $4,992,085 | 1 | $4,992,085 |
| 5,833 | Rafael Casal | $4,985,354 | 1 | $4,985,354 |
| 5,834 | Daveed Diggs | $4,985,354 | 1 | $4,985,354 |
| 5,835 | Nancy Dowd | $4,971,088 | 1 | $4,971,088 |
| 5,836 | Steve Antin | $4,967,493 | 1 | $4,967,493 |
| 5,837 | Julia Ducournau | $4,964,277 | 1 | $4,964,277 |
| 5,838 | Tim Winton | $4,958,023 | 2 | $2,479,012 |
| 5,839 | Peter Kassovitz | $4,956,401 | 1 | $4,956,401 |
| 5,840 | Didier Decoin | $4,956,401 | 1 | $4,956,401 |
| 5,841 | Viktor Lakisov | $4,946,941 | 1 | $4,946,941 |
| 5,842 | Bob Underwood | $4,946,941 | 1 | $4,946,941 |
| 5,843 | John Mickevich | $4,946,941 | 1 | $4,946,941 |
| 5,844 | Francis Lee | $4,943,053 | 2 | $2,471,527 |
| 5,845 | Frederique Moreau | $4,942,337 | 1 | $4,942,337 |
| 5,846 | Mateo Garcia | $4,940,419 | 1 | $4,940,419 |
| 5,847 | David L. Corley | $4,932,915 | 1 | $4,932,915 |
| 5,848 | Bekah Brunstetter | $4,920,099 | 1 | $4,920,099 |
| 5,849 | Rick Parks | $4,920,099 | 1 | $4,920,099 |
| 5,850 | Elisabeth Bartel | $4,917,315 | 1 | $4,917,315 |
| 5,851 | Giulio Ricciarelli | $4,917,315 | 1 | $4,917,315 |
| 5,852 | Kim Young-tak | $4,913,889 | 1 | $4,913,889 |
| 5,853 | Kim Jung-kwon | $4,913,889 | 1 | $4,913,889 |
| 5,854 | Ronald L. Buck | $4,900,000 | 1 | $4,900,000 |
| 5,855 | Paul Newman | $4,900,000 | 1 | $4,900,000 |
| 5,856 | Alan Cumming | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 5,857 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,898,065 | 1 | $4,898,065 |
| 5,858 | Harold Crooks | $4,897,525 | 2 | $2,448,763 |
| 5,859 | Patricia Rozema | $4,897,047 | 3 | $1,632,349 |
| 5,860 | Galen Gilbert | $4,892,438 | 1 | $4,892,438 |
| 5,861 | Timothy Ratajczak | $4,892,438 | 2 | $2,446,219 |
| 5,862 | Zachary Warren Smith | $4,892,438 | 1 | $4,892,438 |
| 5,863 | Jean Chalopin | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 5,864 | David Schmoeller | $4,888,270 | 2 | $2,444,135 |
| 5,865 | Michael Wolk | $4,877,567 | 1 | $4,877,567 |
| 5,866 | Aditya Dhar | $4,876,800 | 1 | $4,876,800 |
| 5,867 | Scott Parker | $4,875,436 | 1 | $4,875,436 |
| 5,868 | Upendra Sidhaye | $4,874,159 | 1 | $4,874,159 |
| 5,869 | Yûji Sakamoto | $4,873,801 | 1 | $4,873,801 |
| 5,870 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $4,869,140 | 2 | $2,434,570 |
| 5,871 | Krzysztof Piesiewicz | $4,869,140 | 2 | $2,434,570 |
| 5,872 | Harvey Fierstein | $4,865,997 | 1 | $4,865,997 |
| 5,873 | Leo Garen | $4,865,912 | 1 | $4,865,912 |
| 5,874 | Yongbo Zhen | $4,860,000 | 1 | $4,860,000 |
| 5,875 | Jorge Ramirez Suarez | $4,854,356 | 1 | $4,854,356 |
| 5,876 | Joel Bakan | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 5,877 | Mark Achbar | $4,843,572 | 1 | $4,843,572 |
| 5,878 | Nick Payne | $4,842,617 | 2 | $2,421,309 |
| 5,879 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,835,599 | 1 | $4,835,599 |
| 5,880 | Ross Schwartz | $4,815,890 | 1 | $4,815,890 |
| 5,881 | Jill Gordon | $4,812,891 | 1 | $4,812,891 |
| 5,882 | Michael Kvamme | $4,810,790 | 1 | $4,810,790 |
| 5,883 | Tarik Saleh | $4,805,590 | 2 | $2,402,795 |
| 5,884 | Mike Carey | $4,801,837 | 1 | $4,801,837 |
| 5,885 | Ed. Weinberger | $4,800,000 | 1 | $4,800,000 |
| 5,886 | Stan Daniels | $4,800,000 | 1 | $4,800,000 |
| 5,887 | James Costigan | $4,800,000 | 1 | $4,800,000 |
| 5,888 | Gregg Hurwitz | $4,797,845 | 2 | $2,398,923 |
| 5,889 | Abhijeet Sandhu | $4,797,619 | 1 | $4,797,619 |
| 5,890 | Raj Kumar Gupta | $4,796,979 | 2 | $2,398,490 |
| 5,891 | David Keating | $4,790,801 | 1 | $4,790,801 |
| 5,892 | Robert Kenner | $4,789,579 | 2 | $2,394,790 |
| 5,893 | Ciro Guerra | $4,787,818 | 1 | $4,787,818 |
| 5,894 | Acán Coen | $4,758,094 | 1 | $4,758,094 |
| 5,895 | Alberto Rodriguez | $4,758,094 | 1 | $4,758,094 |
| 5,896 | Michael Genet | $4,755,905 | 1 | $4,755,905 |
| 5,897 | Lawrence J. Cohen | $4,755,853 | 1 | $4,755,853 |
| 5,898 | Fred Freeman | $4,755,853 | 1 | $4,755,853 |
| 5,899 | Ben Barzman | $4,750,000 | 1 | $4,750,000 |
| 5,900 | Basilio Franchina | $4,750,000 | 1 | $4,750,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.