Top Grossing Screenwriters: We All Dare to Dream | Showwatcher ...

Posted by Michael C. on Aug 13, 2012 in Movies | 0 comments

Just to get your motor going a bit, to get that creative drive engaged, I?ve listed the Top 10 Highest Grossing Screenwriters of all time.

We?re all looking for a little inspiration and maybe this list will help.

George Lucas ($3.374 billion)

Unfortunately, he gave the world Episodes I-III and the final installment of Indiana Jones, but his place in the pantheon of writers and filmmakers was secured long ago. No, dialogue and character development are not in his wheelhouse, so to speak, but we all remember the first time we saw Star Wars.

?Nuff said.

Terry Rossio ($2.478 billion)

Pirates of the Caribbean. That?s why Mr Rossio?s on the list. Saw the first one and passed on the rest. If you dig a bit deeper into his filmography, you?ll see he also wrote Shrek (cool) and The Mask of Zorro (maybe not so cool).

Ted Elliott ($2.414 billion)

Terry?s writing buddy. See above.

Steve Kloves ($2.296 billion)

Harry Potter. Yep, this is the guy. I caught moments of a few of the early ones and wasn?t impressed but I?m the guy who thinks anyone writing anything about wizards and orges and kings and battles should just give a piece to JRR Tolkien?s kin.

Dig into his jacket a bit and you?ll find some gems: The Wonder Boys (with Michael Douglas) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (the Bridges brothers).

David Koepp ($2.184 billion)

I like this guy?s stuff: Jurassic Park, Carlito?s Way, Snake Eyes, Stir of Echoes, War of the Worlds. And Tobey Maguire?s Spider Man. Mr. Koepp can do a little bit of everything and do it well. Us aspiring scribes would do well to follow his lead.

James Cameron ($2.106 billion)

His last two films (Titanic and Avatar) accounted for a little over half of his total. He?s a deep sea explorer, adventurer and mad scientist. He?s revolutionized the ways films are made (see Avatar) and elicited Arnie?s best performance ever (Terminator).

Maybe a Titanic 2 is in the works.

John Hughes ($1.698 billion)

Anyone over the age of forty has a soft spot for this man. Seminal films like Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller?s Day Off made this man the king of high school angst.

But how can we forget his other treasures: National Lampoon?s Vacation (Chevy at his best); Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Amen John Candy) and the movie that made me fall in love with Mary Stuart Masterson, Some Kind of Wonderful.

Here?s hoping that he?s writing something good for the Big Man up there.

Andrew Stanton ($1.684 billion)

Yes, he was part of that debacle called John Carter but he?s one of the mighty men behind Toy Story, films whose dialogue and action brought to life the treasures of our childhood. ?The man who made this man cry in a darkened movie theater as Andy leaves his toys for another child on his way to college ?

And beyond.

Akiva Goldman ($1.595 billion)

On the plus side: Lost in Space; A Beautiful Mind; I, Robot; Cinderella Man; I Am Legend.

On the minus side: Batman and Robin (the movie that almost killed the franchise); Practical Magic; The Da Vinci Code; Angels & Demons.

John Lasseter ($1.451 billion)

The man. That?s all there is to it. Yes, as a screenwriter he?s credited with only the Toy Story and Cars franchises but his imprint is on each and every Pixar film. He is the lifeblood, the nourishing source of creativity and whimsy that fills each wonderful moment in a Pixar film.

We are forever indebted to you kind sir.

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James Cameron: Angela George [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Source of data: http://boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Writer&sort=sumgross&order=DESC&p=.htm; retrieved on 7/11/2012.

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