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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | Melissa McCarthy | $240,919,773 | 3 | $80,306,591 |
| 1,102 | Allison Moore | $240,274,313 | 1 | $240,274,313 |
| 1,103 | Matt Greenberg | $240,138,337 | 3 | $80,046,112 |
| 1,104 | Paul Hogan | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 1,105 | Brett Hogan | $239,606,210 | 1 | $239,606,210 |
| 1,106 | Kieth Merrill | $239,000,000 | 1 | $239,000,000 |
| 1,107 | Rajkumar Hirani | $238,676,197 | 3 | $79,558,732 |
| 1,108 | Zak Olkewitz | $238,534,963 | 1 | $238,534,963 |
| 1,109 | Seven Su | $237,273,381 | 1 | $237,273,381 |
| 1,110 | Peter A. Dowling | $237,164,791 | 4 | $59,291,198 |
| 1,111 | Oren Peli | $236,594,755 | 2 | $118,297,378 |
| 1,112 | Jamie Linden | $236,487,244 | 3 | $78,829,081 |
| 1,113 | Don DaGradi | $236,373,706 | 4 | $59,093,427 |
| 1,114 | JiangJiang Liu | $236,339,479 | 1 | $236,339,479 |
| 1,115 | Jingwei Bu | $236,085,820 | 1 | $236,085,820 |
| 1,116 | Shi Ce | $236,085,820 | 1 | $236,085,820 |
| 1,117 | Qin Haiyan | $236,085,820 | 1 | $236,085,820 |
| 1,118 | Stephen Schiff | $235,927,239 | 4 | $58,981,810 |
| 1,119 | William D. Wittliff | $235,517,428 | 6 | $39,252,905 |
| 1,120 | Tina Fey | $234,866,296 | 2 | $117,433,148 |
| 1,121 | Tony Puryear | $234,400,000 | 1 | $234,400,000 |
| 1,122 | Christopher Kyle | $233,922,601 | 4 | $58,480,650 |
| 1,123 | Scott Marshall Smith | $233,686,351 | 5 | $46,737,270 |
| 1,124 | Mark Torgove | $233,635,613 | 1 | $233,635,613 |
| 1,125 | Paul Kaplan | $233,635,613 | 2 | $116,817,807 |
| 1,126 | Scott Armstrong | $232,313,823 | 3 | $77,437,941 |
| 1,127 | Graham Moore | $231,718,221 | 4 | $57,929,555 |
| 1,128 | Bill Dubuque | $231,471,431 | 7 | $33,067,347 |
| 1,129 | Jon Favreau | $231,374,370 | 4 | $57,843,593 |
| 1,130 | Charise Castro Smith | $231,026,295 | 1 | $231,026,295 |
| 1,131 | Peter Steinfeld | $230,821,562 | 5 | $46,164,312 |
| 1,132 | Xu Yimen | $230,104,810 | 1 | $230,104,810 |
| 1,133 | Lam Wing-sum Lam | $230,104,810 | 1 | $230,104,810 |
| 1,134 | Li Yuan | $230,104,810 | 1 | $230,104,810 |
| 1,135 | John Swetnam | $228,856,630 | 5 | $45,771,326 |
| 1,136 | Steve Franks | $228,641,283 | 1 | $228,641,283 |
| 1,137 | Hideaki Anno | $228,293,442 | 5 | $45,658,688 |
| 1,138 | Ed Naha | $227,242,346 | 2 | $113,621,173 |
| 1,139 | Geling Yan | $227,089,269 | 1 | $227,089,269 |
| 1,140 | Jarrad Paul | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,141 | Andrew Mogel | $226,807,470 | 2 | $113,403,735 |
| 1,142 | Tom G. Glazer | $226,739,416 | 1 | $226,739,416 |
| 1,143 | John Thomas | $226,202,142 | 3 | $75,400,714 |
| 1,144 | Caleb Wilson | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,145 | Matt R. Allen | $226,126,003 | 2 | $113,063,002 |
| 1,146 | John Sayles | $225,665,782 | 16 | $14,104,111 |
| 1,147 | Jay Cocks | $225,375,743 | 3 | $75,125,248 |
| 1,148 | Rob Sprackling | $225,288,293 | 2 | $112,644,147 |
| 1,149 | Craig Bolotin | $224,768,842 | 5 | $44,953,768 |
| 1,150 | Leslie Bohem | $224,279,721 | 3 | $74,759,907 |
| 1,151 | Dana Olsen | $224,203,536 | 3 | $74,734,512 |
| 1,152 | Nikolaj Arcel | $224,101,115 | 3 | $74,700,372 |
| 1,153 | David Arata | $224,010,337 | 4 | $56,002,584 |
| 1,154 | Alejandro Amenábar | $223,612,585 | 2 | $111,806,293 |
| 1,155 | Anne Rice | $223,564,608 | 1 | $223,564,608 |
| 1,156 | Susanna Fogel | $223,337,887 | 4 | $55,834,472 |
| 1,157 | Craig Tiley | $223,050,874 | 1 | $223,050,874 |
| 1,158 | Tom Schalman | $222,700,000 | 1 | $222,700,000 |
| 1,159 | Ken Anderson | $222,675,066 | 3 | $74,225,022 |
| 1,160 | John W. Richardson | $222,383,055 | 1 | $222,383,055 |
| 1,161 | Cui Tiezhi | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,162 | Liu Zhenjie | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,163 | Xu Yun | $221,982,308 | 1 | $221,982,308 |
| 1,164 | Hui-Ling Wang | $221,260,624 | 2 | $110,630,312 |
| 1,165 | Stephen Judson | $221,240,243 | 3 | $73,746,748 |
| 1,166 | Philip Halprin | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,167 | Mark Gibson | $221,126,193 | 4 | $55,281,548 |
| 1,168 | Paul Guyot | $220,796,009 | 1 | $220,796,009 |
| 1,169 | Don Hall | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,170 | Stephen Anderson | $220,698,326 | 2 | $110,349,163 |
| 1,171 | Jinliang Han | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,172 | Jiawei Jia | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,173 | Yan Han (韩延) | $220,490,000 | 1 | $220,490,000 |
| 1,174 | Harve Bennett | $220,000,000 | 2 | $110,000,000 |
| 1,175 | David Weissman | $219,820,167 | 2 | $109,910,084 |
| 1,176 | David Diamond | $219,820,167 | 2 | $109,910,084 |
| 1,177 | John Singleton | $219,590,208 | 4 | $54,897,552 |
| 1,178 | Ilana Wolpert | $219,589,175 | 1 | $219,589,175 |
| 1,179 | Greg Berlanti | $219,535,492 | 1 | $219,535,492 |
| 1,180 | Aaron Guzikowski | $219,493,622 | 3 | $73,164,541 |
| 1,181 | Kate Boutilier | $219,422,582 | 3 | $73,140,861 |
| 1,182 | Sacha Gervasi | $219,167,964 | 5 | $43,833,593 |
| 1,183 | Adam Rifkin | $219,028,828 | 8 | $27,378,604 |
| 1,184 | Angus Maclane | $218,768,299 | 1 | $218,768,299 |
| 1,185 | Ron Nyswaner | $218,415,663 | 5 | $43,683,133 |
| 1,186 | Ike Barinholtz | $217,598,658 | 3 | $72,532,886 |
| 1,187 | David Zucker | $217,233,012 | 6 | $36,205,502 |
| 1,188 | David Stassen | $217,194,805 | 3 | $72,398,268 |
| 1,189 | Parker Finn | $217,068,735 | 1 | $217,068,735 |
| 1,190 | John Hoffman | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,191 | Anthony Leondis | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,192 | Eric Siegel | $216,564,839 | 1 | $216,564,839 |
| 1,193 | Grant Nieporte | $215,849,002 | 2 | $107,924,501 |
| 1,194 | Mikki Daughtry | $215,687,948 | 3 | $71,895,983 |
| 1,195 | Tobias Iaconis | $215,687,948 | 3 | $71,895,983 |
| 1,196 | Pierre Christin | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,197 | Jean Claude Mezieres | $215,098,356 | 1 | $215,098,356 |
| 1,198 | Richard Flanagan | $215,080,810 | 1 | $215,080,810 |
| 1,199 | Tommy Wirkola | $214,982,333 | 2 | $107,491,167 |
| 1,200 | Kevin Barnett | $214,942,265 | 3 | $71,647,422 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.