FilmFunds Tracking Report
by Jason Scoggins & Cindy Kaplan
June 11, 2012
June 2012
Pitch Sales Scorecard
It’s a good thing the spec market has been so strong over the past six weeks -- it’s making up for a faily low number of pitch sales over the same period. As you can see from the first grid below, last year’s June and July numbers were top shelf, so 2012 is all but certain to trail 2011’s year-to-date total through at least mid-summer.
Have no fear, though, the spec market is here. Five of the last six months have seen double digit spec sales, and by the time the Spring selling season closes at the end of June, that’s as likely as not to be 6 out of 7. Thanks to those numbers, 2012’s combined spec and pitch sales through the end of May are still 16% up over 2011.
Enjoy the grids.
Overall Pitch Numbers
Here are overall pitch sales numbers through June 9 on their own...
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
2012 Pitch Sales | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 106 | ||||||
2011 Pitch Sales | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 106 |
...and here are combined spec and pitch sales numbers for the same period.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
Specs | 12 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 119 | ||||||
Pitches | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 106 | ||||||
2012 Total | 20 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 106 | 225 | ||||||
2011 Totals | 7 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 16 | 24 | 225 |
Pitch Sales By Genre
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | % | |
Action/Adventure | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19.0% | ||||||||
Comedy | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 31.0% | |||||||
Drama | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7.1% | ||||||||||
Horror | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.8% | ||||||||||
Sci-fi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19.0% | ||||||||
Thriller | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16.7% |
Pitch Sales By Buyer - Studios
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
Columbia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||
Disney | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
DreamWorks | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Fox | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
Fox Searchlight | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
New Line | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
New Regency | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Paramount | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||
Universal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |||||||
Warner Bros. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for studios that have bought at least one of each:
Pitches | Specs | Total | 2011 | |
Columbia | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 |
Disney | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Fox | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
New Regency | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Paramount | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
Universal | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
Warner Bros. | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
Pitch Sales By Buyer - Other Buyers
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
Bazelevs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Davis Entertainment | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Imagine | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Indian Paintbrush | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Overbrook | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Reel FX | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Square One | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for other buyers that have bought at least one of each:
Pitches | Specs | Total | 2011 | |
Bazelevs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Indian Paintbrush | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Each of the following production companies has been attached to at least one pitch sale so far this year. Companies in bold are new or were attached to an additional pitch sale since the last scorecard.
1stAveMachine
Atlas Entertainment
Bluegrass Films
Break Media
Captivate Entertainment
Carousel
Di Novi Pictures
Disruption Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Fake Empire
Grady Twins Productions
Hartbeat Productions
JC23 Entertainment
Imagine
Invention Films
Katzsmith Productions
LBI Entertainment
Mark Gordon Company (2)
Offspring
Our Stories Films
Overbrook Entertainment
Original Film
Palermo Productions
Panay Films
Point Grey Pictures
Roth Films (2)
Ryan Murphy Productions
Strange Weather Films
Vertigo Entertainment (2)
Viking Funeral
The Walsh Co.
Pitch Sales by Seller - Agencies
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
CAA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 25 | |||||||
Gersh | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
ICM | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
Paradigm | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
UTA | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
Verve | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
WME | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
Here are the combined pitch and spec sales numbers for agencies that have sold at least one of each:
Pitches | Specs | Total | 2011 | |
CAA | 9 | 5 | 14 | 50 |
Gersh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
ICM | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
Paradigm | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
UTA | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
Verve | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
WME | 12 | 18 | 30 | 50 |
The following 49 agents have been involved with at least one pitch sale in 2012. People in bold are new or sold an additional pitch since the last scorecard.
Three:
Ida Ziniti (Paradigm)
Mike Esola (WME)
Two:
Billy Hawkins (CAA)
Danny Gabai (WME)
David Karp (WME)
David Kramer (UTA)
Geoff Morely (UTA)
Jason Burns (UTA)
Julien Thuan (UTA)
Matt Rosen (CAA)
Rowena Arguelles (CAA)
Sarah Self (WME)
One:
Abram Nalibotsky (Gersh)
Bill Zotti (CAA)
Blake Fronstin (WME)
Blair Johan (UTA)
Brett Loncar (CAA)
Brian DePersia (WME)
Brian Kend (CAA)
Bryan Besser (Verve)
Charles King (WME)
Christopher Smith (Paradigm)
Dan Erlij (UTA)
Dan Rabinow (CAA)
Elia Infascelli-Smith (WME)
Emile Gladstone (ICM)
Jay Baker (CAA)
Jay Mandel (WME)
Jeremy Zimmer (UTA)
John Burnham (ICM)
Jon Levin (CAA)
Kevin Huvane (CAA)
Larry Salz (UTA)
Mark Ross (Paradigm)
Matt Rice (UTA)
Michael Sheresky (UTA)
Nicole Clemens (ICM)
Ramses Ishak (UTA)
Rebecca Ewing (UTA)
Rob Herting (Verve)
Robert Lazar (ICM)
Scott Carr (UTA)
Scott Greenberg (CAA)
Sharon Jackson (WME)
Simon Faber (WME)
Spencer Baumgarten (CAA)
Todd Hoffman (ICM)
Trevor Astbury (Paradigm)
Valarie Phillips (Paradigm)
Pitch Sales by Seller - Management Companies
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
3 Arts | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
Anonymous | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
Apostle | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Caliber | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Circle of Confusion | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
The Collective | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Energy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Fourth Floor | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Generate | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
The Gotham Group | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
Inphenate | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Kaplan/Perrone | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
Larry Kennar | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Magnet | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Management 360 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
Mosaic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
Principato-Young | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Rich Demato | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Tom Sawyer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Here are the combined pitch and spec sales for management companies that have sold at least one of each in 2012.
Pitches | Specs | Total | 2011 | |
3 Arts | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Anonymous | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Apostle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Circle of Confusion | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Energy | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
Fourth Floor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
The Gotham Group | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Kaplan/Perrone | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Mosaic | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Principato-Young | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
The following 30 managers have been involved with at least one pitch sale in 2012. People in bold are new or sold an additional pitch since the last scorecard.
Three:
Britton Rizzio (Circle)
Brooklyn Weaver (Energy)
Two:
Guymon Casady (Mgmt 360)
Paul Young (PYE)
One:
Aaron Kaplan (K/P)
Adam Marshall (Caliber)
Alex Lerner (K/P)
Bob Sobhani (Magnet)
Dallas Sonnier (Caliber)
Darin Friedman (Mgmt 360)
David Milner (3 Arts)
E. Brian Dobbins (PYE)
Elana Barry (Anonymous)
George Heller (Apostle)
Glenn Rigberg (Inphenate)
Gregory Shephard (Circle)
Jeff Silver (Fourth Floor)
Jennie Frisbie (Magnet)
Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Jesse Hara (Tom Sawyer)
Joy Gorin (Anonymous)
Julian Rosenberg (Caliber)
Jill McElroy (Mgmt 360)
Larry Kennar
Michael Lasker (Mosaic)
Peter McHugh (Gotham)
Peter Principato (PYE)
Rich Demato
Sean Perrone (K/P)
Zach Tann (Magnet)
About FilmFunds Tracking Report:
FilmFunds Tracking Report, formerly known as the Scoggins Report, is a terribly unscientific analysis of the feature film development business based on information assembled from a variety of public and non-public sources. The numbers in the reports are by no means official statistics. Caveat emptor. Mol??n labé.
