The Scoggins Report: August 2012 Pitch Sales Scorecard
The Scoggins Report is a compilation of sales and trends in the industry. The Report is reprinted on ScriptMag.com by permission of the authors. The Scoggins Report by Jason Scoggins…
The Scoggins Report is a compilation of sales and trends in the industry. The Report is reprinted on ScriptMag.com by permission of the authors.
The Scoggins Report
by Jason Scoggins & Cindy Kaplan
August 13, 2012
August 2012
Pitch Sales Scorecard
It’s hard to tell from just glancing at the below overall numbers, but pitches have been hot this summer: There were eight pitch sales over the past four weeks, one shy of the nine that sold over the previous four weeks. Granted, the same period in 2011 was even hotter (there were 25 pitch sales in June/July 2011), but we’ll take it: The only two month period to beat this summer’s numbers so far this year was March/April, in the thick of the Spring selling season.
The past month’s sales were pretty down-the-middle -- sales were spread pretty evenly across the studios, WME continued to dominate its rivals, etc. -- so we’ll dispense with the usual bullet points and get you straight to this month’s grids. Enjoy.
Overall Pitch Numbers
Here are overall pitch sales numbers through August 13 on their own...
...and here are combined spec and pitch sales numbers for the same period.
Pitch Sales By Genre
Pitch Sales By Buyer - Studios
Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for studios that have bought at least one of each:
Pitch Sales By Buyer - Other Buyers
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Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for other buyers that have bought at least one of each:
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 (2)
Branded Films
Break Media
Captivate Entertainment
Carousel
Di Novi Pictures
Disruption Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Escape Artists
Fake Empire
Four By Two Films
Grady Twins Productions
Hartbeat Productions
JC23 Entertainment
Imagine
Invention Films
Katzsmith Productions
LBI Entertainment
Mandeville (2)
Mark Gordon Company (2)
Offspring
Our Stories Films
Overbrook Entertainment
Original Film
Palermo Productions
Panay Films
Platinum Dunes
Point Grey Pictures
Roth Films (2)
Ryan Murphy Productions
Smart Entertainment
Strange Weather Films
Vertigo Entertainment (2)
Viking Funeral
The Walsh Co.
Wild West Picture Show
Wonderland Sound & Vision
Pitch Sales by Seller - Agencies
Here are the combined pitch and spec sales numbers for agencies that have sold at least one of each:
The following 65 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.
Four:
Mike Esola (WME)
Three:
Ida Ziniti (Paradigm)
Two:
Ari Greenburg (WME)
Bill Zotti (CAA)
Billy Hawkins (CAA)
Blake Fronstin (WME)
Bryan Besser (Verve)
Danny Gabai (WME)
David Karp (WME)
David Kramer (UTA)
Geoff Morely (UTA)
Jason Burns (UTA)
Jeff Gorin (WME)
Julien Thuan (UTA)
Kimberly Bialek (WME)
Matt Rosen (CAA)
Rowena Arguelles (CAA)
Sarah Self (WME)
Sharon Jackson (WME)
Simon Faber (WME)
Trevor Astbury (Paradigm)
Valarie Phillips (Paradigm)
One:
Adam Venit (WME)
Abram Nalibotsky (Gersh)
Adriana Alberghetti (WME)
Bayard Maybank (Gersh)
Blair Johan (UTA)
Bob Hohman (Gersh)
Brett Loncar (CAA)
Brian DePersia (WME)
Brian Kend (CAA)
Charles King (WME)
Christopher Smith (Paradigm)
Cliff Roberts (WME)
Cori Wellins (WME)
Dan Erlij (UTA)
Dan Rabinow (CAA)
Dave Wirtschafter (WME)
Devra Lieb (Gersh)
Elia Infascelli-Smith (WME)
Emile Gladstone (ICM)
Greg Cavic (CAA)
Jason Hayman (CAA)
Jay Baker (CAA)
Jay Mandel (WME)
Jeremy Zimmer (UTA)
John Burnham (ICM)
Jon Levin (CAA)
Kevin Huvane (CAA)
Larry Salz (UTA)
Mark Ross (Paradigm)
Martin Lesak (CAA)
Matt Rice (UTA)
Michael Sheresky (UTA)
Nicole Clemens (ICM)
Ramses Ishak (UTA)
Rebecca Ewing (UTA)
Rob Herting (Verve)
Robert Lazar (ICM)
Ryan Saul (APA)
Scott Carr (UTA)
Scott Greenberg (CAA)
Spencer Baumgarten (CAA)
Steve Smooke (CAA)
Todd Hoffman (ICM)
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 2012.
The following 39 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.
Five:
Brooklyn Weaver (Energy)
Four:
Britton Rizzio (Circle)
Two:
Dallas Sonnier (Caliber)
Guymon Casady (Mgmt 360)
Joy Gorman (Anonymous)
Paul Young (PYE)
Peter McHugh (Gotham)
One:
Aaron Kaplan (K/P)
Adam Goldworm (Aperture)
Adam Marshall (Caliber)
Alex Lerner (K/P)
Allen Fischer (PYE)
Bob Sobhani (Magnet)
Brad Mendelsohn (Circle)
Darin Friedman (Mgmt 360)
David Milner (3 Arts)
E. Brian Dobbins (PYE)
Elana Barry (Anonymous)
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (Gotham)
Eryn Brown (Mgmt 360)
George Heller (Apostle)
Glenn Rigberg (Inphenate)
Gregory Shephard (Circle)
Jeff Silver (Fourth Floor)
Jennie Frisbie (Magnet)
Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Jess Rosenthal (Industry)
Jesse Hara (Tom Sawyer)
Julian Rosenberg (Caliber)
Jill McElroy (Mgmt 360)
Kailey Marsh
Larry Kennar
Michael Lasker (Mosaic)
Peter Principato (PYE)
Rich Demato
Sean Perrone (K/P)
Shawn Simon (Gotham)
Tom Drumm (Safran)
Zach Tann (Magnet)
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. Mol??n labé.

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