The Scoggins Report: September 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 & Cindy Kaplan
September 10, 2012
September 2012
Pitch Sales Scorecard
As we noted last week, buyers have been far more interested in specs than in pitches over the past month, so rather than searching for a pattern in the past month’s four pitch sales, we thought it’d be more helpful to review 2012’s top pitch buyers and sellers going into the Fall selling season. You know, to save you the trouble of actually scanning through the below grids.
Top Studio Buyers
1. Warner Bros. (9)
2. Universal (8)
3. Tie: Columbia, Paramount (7 each)
Top Other Buyers
1. Tie: 1984 Films, Davis Entertainment, Indian Paintbrush (2 each)
Top Agencies
1. WME (20)
2. CAA (12)
3. UTA (8)
Top Management Companies
1. Energy (6)
2. Circle of Confusion (5)
3. Tie: Management 360, Principato-Young (4 each)
Overall Pitch Numbers
Here are overall pitch sales numbers through September 8 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 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 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 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 95 | 119 | |||
| Pitches | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 106 | |||
| 2012 Total | 20 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 166 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 23% | ||||||
| Comedy | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 36% | |||
| Drama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7% | |||||||||
| Horror | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3% | ||||||||||
| Sci-fi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15% | |||||||
| Thriller | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16% |
Pitch Sales By Buyer – Studios
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
| Columbia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| Disney | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
| DreamWorks | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Fox Searchlight | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| New Line | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| New Regency | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Paramount | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |||||||
| Universal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
| Warner Bros. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 |
Disney | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
DreamWorks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Fox | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
New Regency | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Paramount | 7 | 9 | 16 | 17 |
Universal | 8 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
Warner Bros. | 9 | 5 | 14 | 30 |
Pitch Sales By Buyer – Other Buyers
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
| 1984 Films | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bazelevs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| BroBible/Five All in |
the Fifth
1
1
0
Davis Entertainment
1
1
2
0
Energy Independent
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
State Street
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 | 2 | 3 | 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 (2)
Branded Films (2)
Break Media
Captivate Entertainment
Carousel
Di Novi Pictures
Disruption Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Escape Artists
Fake Empire
Four By Two Films
Gary Sanchez Productions
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
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
| APA | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| CAA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| Gersh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| ICM | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
| Paradigm | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| UTA | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
| Verve | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| WME | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 28 |
Here are the combined pitch and spec sales numbers for agencies that have sold at least one of each:
Pitches | Specs | Total | 2011 | |
APA | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
CAA | 12 | 9 | 21 | 50 |
Gersh | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
ICM | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 |
Paradigm | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
UTA | 8 | 12 | 20 | 30 |
Verve | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
WME | 20 | 24 | 44 | 50 |
The following 68 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)
Kimberly Bialek (WME)
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)
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)
Dianne McGunigle (CAA)
Elia Infascelli-Sm (WME)
Emile Gladstone (ICM)
Eric Garfinkel (Gersh)
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)
Susie Fox (CAA)
Todd Hoffman (ICM)
Pitch Sales by Seller – Management Companies
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | 2011 | |
| 3 Arts | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Anonymous | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Aperture | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Apostle | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Caliber | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Circle of Confusion | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| The Collective | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Energy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fourth Floor | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Generate | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| The Gotham Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Industry | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Inphenate | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kaplan/Perrone | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Kailey Marsh | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Larry Kennar | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Magnet | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Management 360 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mosaic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Principato-Young | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Rich Demato | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| The Safran Co. | 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Anonymous | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Aperture | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Apostle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Circle of Confusion | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Energy | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
Fourth Floor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
The Gotham Group | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Industry | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Kailey Marsh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Kaplan/Perrone | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Magnet Management | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Management 360 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Mosaic | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Principato-Young | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
The Safran Co. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
The following 43 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.
Six:
Brooklyn Weaver (Energy)
Four:
Britton Rizzio (Circle)
Two:
Allen Fischer (PYE)
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)
Angelina Chen (Energy)
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)
Greg Walter (3 Arts)
Jeff Silver (Fourth Floor)
Jennie Frisbie (Magnet)
Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Jess Rosenthal (Industry)
Jesse Hara (Tom Sawyer)
Josh Lieberman (3 Arts)
Julian Rosenberg (Caliber)
Jill McElroy (Mgmt 360)
Kailey Marsh (Station3)
Larry Kennar
Michael Lasker (Mosaic)
Molly Mandel (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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