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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Miles Millar | $1,298,184,714 | 6 | $216,364,119 |
| 202 | Tommy Swerdlow | $1,297,606,317 | 6 | $216,267,720 |
| 203 | Dean Georgaris | $1,297,280,992 | 6 | $216,213,499 |
| 204 | Emily Carmichael | $1,294,934,740 | 2 | $647,467,370 |
| 205 | Leslie Dixon | $1,294,256,983 | 9 | $143,806,331 |
| 206 | Stephen Chbosky | $1,292,830,989 | 2 | $646,415,495 |
| 207 | Melissa Mathison | $1,281,230,312 | 6 | $213,538,385 |
| 208 | Steven E. de Souza | $1,280,626,311 | 15 | $85,375,087 |
| 209 | Robert Zemeckis | $1,276,667,859 | 12 | $106,388,988 |
| 210 | Josh Miller | $1,272,492,273 | 5 | $254,498,455 |
| 211 | Patrick Casey | $1,272,492,273 | 5 | $254,498,455 |
| 212 | Harold Ramis | $1,269,747,618 | 13 | $97,672,894 |
| 213 | Yu Bu | $1,268,963,754 | 2 | $634,481,877 |
| 214 | Ethan Coen | $1,267,585,313 | 25 | $50,703,413 |
| 215 | Stephen Chow | $1,265,399,226 | 7 | $180,771,318 |
| 216 | Will Beall | $1,252,962,710 | 4 | $313,240,678 |
| 217 | Michael Dougherty | $1,246,518,353 | 4 | $311,629,588 |
| 218 | Paul Rudd | $1,236,503,935 | 3 | $412,167,978 |
| 219 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $1,227,080,268 | 7 | $175,297,181 |
| 220 | Jac Schaeffer | $1,226,965,662 | 2 | $613,482,831 |
| 221 | T.S. Nowlin | $1,219,392,436 | 5 | $243,878,487 |
| 222 | Michael Goldenberg | $1,217,571,957 | 5 | $243,514,391 |
| 223 | Tab Murphy | $1,217,147,179 | 5 | $243,429,436 |
| 224 | Anthony McCarten | $1,212,889,820 | 6 | $202,148,303 |
| 225 | Scott Derrickson | $1,199,513,224 | 8 | $149,939,153 |
| 226 | Winnie Holzman | $1,198,818,165 | 2 | $599,409,083 |
| 227 | Baz Luhrmann | $1,195,958,632 | 6 | $199,326,439 |
| 228 | Rob Letterman | $1,186,516,849 | 3 | $395,505,616 |
| 229 | Bobby Farrelly | $1,184,215,891 | 10 | $118,421,589 |
| 230 | David Benioff | $1,173,263,150 | 7 | $167,609,021 |
| 231 | Evan Daugherty | $1,162,090,387 | 5 | $232,418,077 |
| 232 | Denis Villeneuve | $1,160,773,709 | 4 | $290,193,427 |
| 233 | Michael J. Wilson | $1,160,014,148 | 3 | $386,671,383 |
| 234 | Tom McGrath | $1,156,240,340 | 2 | $578,120,170 |
| 235 | Alfred Gough | $1,151,989,555 | 5 | $230,397,911 |
| 236 | Ryan Fleck | $1,142,716,089 | 6 | $190,452,682 |
| 237 | Anna Boden | $1,142,716,089 | 6 | $190,452,682 |
| 238 | Robert Ben Garant | $1,137,421,536 | 7 | $162,488,791 |
| 239 | Oliver Stone | $1,131,421,876 | 15 | $75,428,125 |
| 240 | Paul King | $1,130,723,028 | 4 | $282,680,757 |
| 241 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $1,127,856,057 | 2 | $563,928,029 |
| 242 | Gong Geer | $1,127,856,057 | 2 | $563,928,029 |
| 243 | Judd Apatow | $1,115,697,298 | 12 | $92,974,775 |
| 244 | C. Robert Cargill | $1,111,745,365 | 7 | $158,820,766 |
| 245 | Jeffrey Boam | $1,104,512,245 | 7 | $157,787,464 |
| 246 | Skip Woods | $1,103,955,788 | 6 | $183,992,631 |
| 247 | Bob Gale | $1,096,506,794 | 7 | $156,643,828 |
| 248 | Marianne Wibberley | $1,094,732,813 | 6 | $182,455,469 |
| 249 | Cormac Wibberley | $1,094,732,813 | 6 | $182,455,469 |
| 250 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $1,088,111,735 | 8 | $136,013,967 |
| 251 | Harald Kloser | $1,085,796,621 | 3 | $361,932,207 |
| 252 | Jon Lucas | $1,071,961,543 | 9 | $119,106,838 |
| 253 | Scott Moore | $1,071,961,543 | 9 | $119,106,838 |
| 254 | Stephany Folsom | $1,071,177,215 | 1 | $1,071,177,215 |
| 255 | Lowell Ganz | $1,064,925,880 | 14 | $76,066,134 |
| 256 | Babaloo Mandel | $1,064,925,880 | 14 | $76,066,134 |
| 257 | Sam Raimi | $1,063,037,176 | 6 | $177,172,863 |
| 258 | Dana Ledoux Miller | $1,059,135,998 | 1 | $1,059,135,998 |
| 259 | Bruce Feirstein | $1,057,664,869 | 3 | $352,554,956 |
| 260 | David Hayter | $1,056,182,834 | 5 | $211,236,567 |
| 261 | Robert Smigel | $1,054,851,943 | 4 | $263,712,986 |
| 262 | Josh Friedman | $1,053,445,029 | 4 | $263,361,257 |
| 263 | Matt Ember | $1,050,753,723 | 5 | $210,150,745 |
| 264 | Susannah Grant | $1,043,016,801 | 8 | $130,377,100 |
| 265 | Will Gluck | $1,039,272,158 | 6 | $173,212,026 |
| 266 | Chris Kekaniokalani Bright | $1,038,017,312 | 1 | $1,038,017,312 |
| 267 | Nora Ephron | $1,036,247,540 | 9 | $115,138,616 |
| 268 | Garth Jennings | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
| 269 | Yu Yonggan | $1,035,096,802 | 4 | $258,774,201 |
| 270 | John-Henry Butterworth | $1,031,457,706 | 6 | $171,909,618 |
| 271 | Craig Pearce | $1,029,355,906 | 6 | $171,559,318 |
| 272 | Victoria Strouse | $1,025,006,125 | 3 | $341,668,708 |
| 273 | Dan Mazeau | $1,019,645,197 | 5 | $203,929,039 |
| 274 | Kurt Wimmer | $1,018,274,381 | 11 | $92,570,398 |
| 275 | Han Han | $1,017,490,222 | 5 | $203,498,044 |
| 276 | Chris Bowman | $1,010,242,349 | 3 | $336,747,450 |
| 277 | Hubbel Palmer | $1,010,242,349 | 3 | $336,747,450 |
| 278 | Richard LaGravenese | $1,006,702,288 | 16 | $62,918,893 |
| 279 | Evan Goldberg | $1,004,872,404 | 10 | $100,487,240 |
| 280 | Mark L. Smith | $999,298,996 | 10 | $99,929,900 |
| 281 | Seth Rogen | $994,971,965 | 9 | $110,552,441 |
| 282 | David Twohy | $994,507,621 | 13 | $76,500,586 |
| 283 | Jared Stern | $993,816,317 | 6 | $165,636,053 |
| 284 | James L. Brooks | $993,564,554 | 7 | $141,937,793 |
| 285 | David Scarpa | $993,100,234 | 5 | $198,620,047 |
| 286 | Ronald Bass | $992,047,808 | 8 | $124,005,976 |
| 287 | Bob Tzudiker | $980,434,474 | 4 | $245,108,619 |
| 288 | Noni White | $980,434,474 | 4 | $245,108,619 |
| 289 | Joel Cohen | $975,646,162 | 6 | $162,607,694 |
| 290 | Christina Hodson | $970,686,464 | 6 | $161,781,077 |
| 291 | Kurt Johnstad | $965,784,444 | 8 | $120,723,056 |
| 292 | Dan Gilroy | $964,925,140 | 10 | $96,492,514 |
| 293 | Justin Marks | $963,358,285 | 2 | $481,679,143 |
| 294 | Alec Sokolow | $962,821,358 | 7 | $137,545,908 |
| 295 | Matthew Michael Carnahan | $958,805,125 | 9 | $106,533,903 |
| 296 | Chris Galletta | $957,442,999 | 3 | $319,147,666 |
| 297 | Edward Zwick | $957,397,077 | 8 | $119,674,635 |
| 298 | Neil Widener | $956,080,390 | 1 | $956,080,390 |
| 299 | Gavin James | $956,080,390 | 1 | $956,080,390 |
| 300 | Michael Waldron | $952,224,986 | 1 | $952,224,986 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.