The Scoggins Report: May 2012 Pitch Sales Scorecard
The Scoggins Report is a compilation of sales and trends in the industry. The Report is reprinted at ScriptMag.com by permission of the authors.
The Scoggins Report
by Jason Scoggins & Cindy Kaplan
May 14, 201
May 2012
Pitch Sales Scorecard
This week’s edition of the Scoggins Report was a blast to pull together, thanks to the incredibly vibrant pitch market: There were 13 pitch sales in the past four weeks. The spec market has been on a tear, too, as you can see from the combined numbers below: There were 13 spec sales in the past four weeks as well. Any way you slice it, 2012 is still outpacing 2011: This year’s combined numbers are up 18% over 2011.
Here are our favorite highlights since the April 9 edition of the Pitch Sales Scorecard:
• Four new studio buyers made this week’s Scorecard, including New Line, which bought two.
• Universal and Warner Bros. have been on a buying spree. Each studio bought three pitches in the past four weeks, plus Universal bought one spec and Warner Bros. bought two.
• UTA and WME each sold an impressive 5 pitches since the last Scorecard. UTA is now tied for second with CAA among the agencies, but WME is still way ahead (50% ahead, to be exact).
We’ll be back next week with the Spec Market Scorecard.
Overall Pitch Numbers
Here are overall pitch sales numbers through May 12 on their own...
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
2012 Pitch Sales | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 39 | 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 | 2 | 51 | 119 | |||||||
Pitches | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 39 | 106 | |||||||
2012 Total | 20 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 90 | 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 | 7 | 17.9% | |||||||||
Comedy | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 30.8% | |||||||
Drama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.1% | ||||||||||
Horror | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.1% | ||||||||||
Sci-fi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20.5% | ||||||||
Thriller | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17.9% |
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 | 8 | |||||||||||
Fox Searchlight | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
New Line | 2 | 2 | 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 | 6 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
New Regency | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Paramount | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
Universal | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
Warner Bros. | 6 | 4 | 10 | 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
Bluegrass Films
Break Media
Captivate Entertainment
Carousel
Di Novi Pictures
Disruption Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Fake Empire
Grady Twins Productions
Hartbeat Productions
JC23 Entertainment
Imagine
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 | 8 | 25 | ||||||||
ICM | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 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 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 50 |
ICM | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
Paradigm | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
UTA | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
Verve | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
WME | 12 | 17 | 29 | 5 |
The following 44 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 scorecar
Three:
Ida Ziniti (Paradigm)
Mike Esola (WME)
Two:
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:
Billy Hawkins (CAA)
Bill Zotti (CAA)
Blake Fronstin (WME)
Blair Johan (UTA)
Brett Loncar (CAA)
Brian DePersia (WME)
Brian Kend (CAA)
Bryan Besser (Verve)
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)
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)
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 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
Rich Demato | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Tom Sawyer | 1 | 1 |
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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 | 1 | 6 |
Anonymous | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Apostle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Circle of Confusion | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Energy | 3 | 4 | 7 | 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 28 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)
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)
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 (Mgmt360)
Larry Kennar
Michael Lasker (Mosaic)
Paul Young (PYE)
Peter McHugh (Gotham)
Rich Demato
Sean Perrone (K/P)
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.
