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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international 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 | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Stephen Chbosky | $780,009,673 | 2 | $390,004,837 |
| 202 | Peter Farrelly | $779,266,926 | 14 | $55,661,923 |
| 203 | Hu Guan | $777,445,610 | 3 | $259,148,537 |
| 204 | Paul Rudd | $772,352,077 | 3 | $257,450,692 |
| 205 | Kelvin Lee | $769,713,825 | 2 | $384,856,913 |
| 206 | Tab Murphy | $769,518,928 | 5 | $153,903,786 |
| 207 | Ron Clements | $769,287,959 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
| 208 | John Musker | $769,287,959 | 5 | $153,857,592 |
| 209 | Jac Schaeffer | $764,718,785 | 2 | $382,359,393 |
| 210 | Chris Sanders | $763,218,230 | 4 | $190,804,558 |
| 211 | Stephen Sommers | $759,829,886 | 8 | $94,978,736 |
| 212 | Michael J. Wilson | $758,151,735 | 3 | $252,717,245 |
| 213 | James Mangold | $757,663,585 | 10 | $75,766,359 |
| 214 | Michael Goldenberg | $756,714,819 | 5 | $151,342,964 |
| 215 | Denis Villeneuve | $756,535,885 | 3 | $252,178,628 |
| 216 | Matt Reeves | $755,452,465 | 3 | $251,817,488 |
| 217 | Richard Wenk | $753,637,259 | 13 | $57,972,097 |
| 218 | David Ayer | $753,214,522 | 10 | $75,321,452 |
| 219 | Joel Coen | $752,550,798 | 26 | $28,944,261 |
| 220 | David Benioff | $750,478,933 | 7 | $107,211,276 |
| 221 | Tsui Hark | $748,450,575 | 8 | $93,556,322 |
| 222 | Baz Luhrmann | $726,553,193 | 6 | $121,092,199 |
| 223 | Dante Lam | $722,827,228 | 3 | $240,942,409 |
| 224 | Woody Allen | $721,851,360 | 49 | $14,731,660 |
| 225 | Thomas Lennon | $716,670,481 | 6 | $119,445,080 |
| 226 | Ryan Fleck | $705,609,464 | 5 | $141,121,893 |
| 227 | Anna Boden | $705,609,464 | 5 | $141,121,893 |
| 228 | Bruce Feirstein | $698,999,992 | 3 | $232,999,997 |
| 229 | David Lindsay-Abaire | $693,490,004 | 7 | $99,070,001 |
| 230 | Melissa Mathison | $692,087,595 | 6 | $115,347,933 |
| 231 | Steve Oedekerk | $691,108,065 | 10 | $69,110,807 |
| 232 | Doug Miro | $690,195,644 | 4 | $172,548,911 |
| 233 | Carlo Bernard | $690,195,644 | 4 | $172,548,911 |
| 234 | Mike Berg | $690,113,112 | 1 | $690,113,112 |
| 235 | Ryan Reynolds | $681,510,053 | 1 | $681,510,053 |
| 236 | Shawn Levy | $681,510,053 | 2 | $340,755,027 |
| 237 | Zeb Wells | $681,510,053 | 2 | $340,755,027 |
| 238 | Rob Letterman | $678,479,457 | 3 | $226,159,819 |
| 239 | Skip Woods | $676,752,397 | 6 | $112,792,066 |
| 240 | Charles Leavitt | $675,039,937 | 8 | $84,379,992 |
| 241 | Michael Dougherty | $674,222,822 | 4 | $168,555,706 |
| 242 | Robert Rodriguez | $673,700,958 | 19 | $35,457,945 |
| 243 | Evan Daugherty | $664,800,983 | 5 | $132,960,197 |
| 244 | Tommy Swerdlow | $663,238,441 | 6 | $110,539,740 |
| 245 | Ethan Coen | $660,026,204 | 25 | $26,401,048 |
| 246 | Muye Wen | $655,625,748 | 2 | $327,812,874 |
| 247 | Zhong Wei | $655,625,748 | 2 | $327,812,874 |
| 248 | Joe Cornish | $651,999,607 | 5 | $130,399,921 |
| 249 | Edward Zwick | $649,393,759 | 8 | $81,174,220 |
| 250 | Yang Zhixue | $646,375,683 | 1 | $646,375,683 |
| 251 | Ye Junce | $646,375,683 | 1 | $646,375,683 |
| 252 | Yan Dongxu | $646,375,683 | 1 | $646,375,683 |
| 253 | John Hughes | $640,829,791 | 19 | $33,727,884 |
| 254 | Ge Rui | $639,655,694 | 2 | $319,827,847 |
| 255 | Travis Beacham | $639,200,000 | 2 | $319,600,000 |
| 256 | Stephany Folsom | $638,779,956 | 1 | $638,779,956 |
| 257 | Robert Ben Garant | $638,668,840 | 7 | $91,238,406 |
| 258 | Scott Derrickson | $638,403,608 | 6 | $106,400,601 |
| 259 | Robert Smigel | $637,798,465 | 4 | $159,449,616 |
| 260 | Will Gluck | $630,542,954 | 6 | $105,090,492 |
| 261 | Sam Raimi | $629,743,923 | 6 | $104,957,321 |
| 262 | Steven E. de Souza | $629,616,918 | 15 | $41,974,461 |
| 263 | Carlton Cuse | $627,986,691 | 2 | $313,993,346 |
| 264 | Josh Friedman | $625,361,697 | 3 | $208,453,899 |
| 265 | Michael G. Wilson | $623,914,996 | 5 | $124,782,999 |
| 266 | Christina Hodson | $622,079,675 | 6 | $103,679,946 |
| 267 | Kurt Wimmer | $619,779,322 | 11 | $56,343,575 |
| 268 | Robert Zemeckis | $618,141,891 | 12 | $51,511,824 |
| 269 | Leslie Dixon | $617,236,704 | 9 | $68,581,856 |
| 270 | Simon Farnaby | $616,323,510 | 5 | $123,264,702 |
| 271 | Jenny Bicks | $615,763,682 | 2 | $307,881,841 |
| 272 | Sean Anders | $610,344,290 | 11 | $55,485,845 |
| 273 | John Morris | $610,344,290 | 11 | $55,485,845 |
| 274 | Miles Millar | $604,220,701 | 6 | $100,703,450 |
| 275 | Bob Gale | $603,504,212 | 7 | $86,214,887 |
| 276 | Garth Jennings | $602,478,735 | 2 | $301,239,368 |
| 277 | Edmond Wong | $602,326,572 | 6 | $100,387,762 |
| 278 | Stanley Tong | $599,058,896 | 4 | $149,764,724 |
| 279 | John-Henry Butterworth | $598,611,332 | 6 | $99,768,555 |
| 280 | Richard Maibaum | $595,599,985 | 8 | $74,449,998 |
| 281 | Zach Dean | $595,108,700 | 5 | $119,021,740 |
| 282 | Justin Marks | $591,723,625 | 2 | $295,861,813 |
| 283 | Dan Gilroy | $586,628,797 | 8 | $73,328,600 |
| 284 | Matthew Aldrich | $586,011,299 | 2 | $293,005,650 |
| 285 | Adrian Molina | $585,941,706 | 1 | $585,941,706 |
| 286 | Bob Tzudiker | $583,858,836 | 4 | $145,964,709 |
| 287 | Noni White | $583,858,836 | 4 | $145,964,709 |
| 288 | C. Robert Cargill | $581,212,871 | 5 | $116,242,574 |
| 289 | Da-Mo Peng | $579,622,472 | 2 | $289,811,236 |
| 290 | Fei Yan | $579,622,472 | 2 | $289,811,236 |
| 291 | Craig Pearce | $578,298,206 | 6 | $96,383,034 |
| 292 | Stephen Sinclair | $576,599,780 | 1 | $576,599,780 |
| 293 | Luyang Xu (许渌洋) | $574,825,092 | 2 | $287,412,546 |
| 294 | Tim Herlihy | $574,316,584 | 12 | $47,859,715 |
| 295 | Marianne Wibberley | $572,248,306 | 6 | $95,374,718 |
| 296 | Cormac Wibberley | $572,248,306 | 6 | $95,374,718 |
| 297 | Josh Klausner | $571,065,515 | 2 | $285,532,758 |
| 298 | Adam McKay | $569,026,347 | 10 | $56,902,635 |
| 299 | Ivan Raimi | $568,329,917 | 3 | $189,443,306 |
| 300 | Nancy Meyers | $565,680,827 | 12 | $47,140,069 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.