The Scoggins Report: September 2013 Pitch Market Scorecard

The Scoggins Report
by Jason Scoggins & Landon Rohwedder
September 16, 2013

September 2013

Pitch Market Scorecard

With the major Fall film festivals now behind us and several studios’ development coffers about to replenish, we decided to take a look at which buyers bought the most pitches in the fourth quarter of each of the past couple of years. As you’ll see, there’s still room to hope that 2013’s total pitch sales will end up close to last year’s total:

Now take a look at the studios with the biggest year-over-year drops in pitch purchases (2012 compared to year-to-date 2013):

Paramount only bought 1 pitch in the fourth quarter of each of the last two years, so we’re not holding out hope that they’ll change their pattern. But it’s certainly possible that the other three laggards will step up as in years past, and we’re hoping they do.

Keep your fingers crossed, Hollywood.

Overall Pitch Numbers

Here are basic pitch sales numbers through September 14 on their own, with year-over-year monthly comparisons...

and the following are combined spec and pitch sales numbers through September 14, with year over year monthly comparisons...

Pitch Sales By Genre

Pitch Sales By Month - Studios

* 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.

Pitch Purchases by Genre - Studios

* 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.

Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for Studio Buyers that have bought at least one of each in 2013 (plus Columbia, which hasn’t bought a spec in 12 months).

* 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.

Pitch Purchases By Month - Other Buyers

Pitch Purchases By Genre - Other Buyers

Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for Non-Studio Buyers that have bought at least one of each in 2013.

Each of the following production companies has been attached to at least one pitch sale so far this year. Names in bold are new or have set up an additional pitch since the last Scorecard.

21 Laps (2)

Action Entertainment

Aggregate Films (2)

Anonymous Content

Appian Way (2)

Arcana Comics

Atlas Entertainment

Bandito Brothers

Benderspink (2)

Blue Grass Films (3)

Broken Road (2)

Chernin Entertainment (3)

Davis Entertainment

De Line Pictures

Di Bonaventura Pictures

Disruption Entertainment

Energy Entertainment

Gambit Pictures

Gran Via

Groundswell Productions

Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions

Hutch Parker Productions (2)

IAM Entertainment

Jim Whitaker Entertainment

K/O Paper Products

Langley Park

Lin Pictures

New Regency

Oasis Media Group

Offspring Entertainment (2)

Original Film (3)

Platinum Dunes

Ranger 7

State Street

Sunny Field Entertainment

Temple Hill

Thunder Road (2)

Underground (2)

Vinson Films

Wild West Picture Show

Pitch Sales by Seller - Agencies

Here are the combined pitch and spec sales numbers for the agencies that have sold at least one of each in 2013:

The following 66 agents have been involved with at least one pitch sale so far this year.

Four:

Mike Esola (WME)

Three:

Charlie Ferraro (UTA)

Cliff Roberts (WME)

Greg McKnight (CAA)

Rich Cook (WME)

Two:

David Boxerbaum (Paradigm)

David Karp (WME)

David Kramer (UTA)

Jason Burns (UTA)

Jay Baker (CAA)

Jeff Gorin (WME)

John Garvey (CAA)

Keya Khayatian (UTA)

Marc Korman (WME)

Phil d’Amecourt (WME)

Sandra Lucchesi (Gersh)

Todd Hoffman (ICM)

One:

Adam Levine (Verve)

Andrew Miller (CAA)

Bill Weinstein (Verve)

Bill Zotti (CAA)

Blair Kohan (UTA)

Brett Loncar (CAA)

Brian Kend (CAA)

Bryan Diperstein (ICM)

Chris Ridenhour (APA)

Cori Wellins (WME)

Dan Aloni (WME)

Dan Rabinow (CAA)

Daniel Cohan (WME)

Danny Greenberg (WME)

David Kopple (CAA)

David Lubliner (WME)

David Wirtschafter (WME)

Erik Garfinkle (Gersh)

Geoff Morley (UTA)

Greg Hodes (WME)

Jeff Barry (ICM)

Jenny Maryasis (UTA)

Joel Roman (Paradigm)

Jon Cassir (CAA)

Jon Huddle (UTA)

Jon Levin (CAA)

Jordan Cerf (WME)

Josh Hornstock (UTA)

Josh Katz (UTA)

Kathleen Remington (ICM)

Kevin Cooper (CAA)

Kimberly Bialek (WME)

Lee Keele (Gersh)

Lisa Harrison (WME)

Martin Spencer (Resolution)

Matt Rice (UTA)

Matt Rosen (CAA)

Michael Sheresky (UTA)

Nick LoPiccolo (Paradigm)

Peter Micelli (CAA)

Ramses Ishak (UTA)

Risa Gertner (CAA)

Roger Green (WME)

Scott Greenberg (CAA)

Simon Faber (WME)

Solco Schuitt (WME)

Stuart Manashil (CAA)

Trevor Astbury (Paradigm)

Zach Druker (WME)

Pitch Sales by Seller - Management Companies

Here are the combined pitch and spec sales for management companies that have sold at least one of each in 2013.

The following 43 managers have been involved with at least one pitch sale so far this year:

Five:

Brooklyn Weaver (Energy)

Four:

Keith Redmon (Anonymous)

Three:

Adam Simpson-Marshall (Caliber)

Bard Dorros (Anonymous)

Two:

Adam Kolbrenner (Madhouse)

Bob Sobhani (Magnet)

Brian Lutz (Lutz)

Dawn Saltzman (Mosaic)

George Heller (Apostle)

Greg Walter (3 Arts)

Jake Wagner (Benderspink)

Jennie Frankel Frisbie (Magnet)

Jill McElroy (Mgmt 360)

Paul Nelson (Mosaic)

Trevor Engelson (Undergrnd)

One:

Aaron Kaplan (K/P)

Brian Dobbins (PYE)

Dan Halsted (Manage-ment)

Daniel Rappaport (Mgmt 360)

Darin Friedman (Mgmt 360)

Eryn Brown (Mgmt 360)

Jeff Okin (Anonymous)

Jeff Silver (Fourth Floor)

Jennifer Levine (Untitled)

Jimmy Miller (Mosaic)

Josh Adler (New Wave)

Josh Turner McGuire (Underground)

Langley Perer (Mosaic)

Margaret Riley (Brillstein)

Michael Shlain (Digital Consp.)

Michael Sugar (Anonymous)

Mike Goldberg (New Wave)

Missy Malkin (Brillstein)

Mitch Solomon (Magnet)

Noah Rothman (Underground)

Paul Young (PYE)

Rosalie Swedlin (Anonymous)

Ryan Cunningham (Madhouse)

Scott Glassgold (IAM Ent.)

Sean Perrone (K/P)

Stephen Crawford (Industry)

Tom Lasally (3 Arts)

Tony Blain (Blain)

About The Scoggins Report:

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.