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Since we’re several days away from pulling together our mid-month spec numbers, this installment of the Scoggins Report is an update of the Pitch Sales Scorecard we put out in April. As you go through the below grids, remember that no one has perfect data on how many pitches actually make the rounds every year. All of the below are simply the projects that we’ve heard about so far this year.
That said, we’ve heard about a bunch, and the numbers are impressive: There have been nearly two dozen pitch sales since our last report. There’s plenty to chew on below, but here are our favorite highlights:
• There’s a three-way tie for first among the studios so far this year: Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. have each purchased 7 pitches in 2011. By contrast, the three have bought 3, 3 and 6 specs so far this year, respectively. The biggest spec buyer this year, Columbia Pictures, has only picked up 3 pitches so far.
• CAA has absolutely dominated the pitch market so far in 2011, with 14 sales. WME is not all that far behind, with 11. Together, the two giants account for 60% of all pitch sales, and the gap between their numbers and everyone else is huge. UTA, which is number one in spec sales so far this year, is a distant third in pitch sales, with 6.
Below are the grids, followed by the list of pitch sales since April 15.
Each of the following production companies has been attached to at least one pitch sale so far this year. Items in bold are new since the last report:
21 Laps
3 Arts
33andout (2)
Apatow Productions
Atlas
Broadway Video
Bruckheimer
Chernin (2)
Color Force
Contrafilm
Di Bonaventura
Dickhouse
The Donners’ Company
Evergreen Media
Gary Sanchez
The Gotham Group
Imagine (2)
The Jinks/Cohen Company
Leverage
Lightstorm
Little Stranger, Inc.
Laurence Mark Productions
Original Film (2)
Overbrook
Panay Films
Rat Entertainment
ROAR
Roth Films
The Safran Company
Smokehouse
Stuber
Thunder Road (2)
Weston
Wonderland
Pitch Sales: April 15 through July 13 (Alphabetical by Title)
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