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Don’t sweat the subdued sales numbers so far in June — we had to set this month’s cutoff a little early thanks to our publishing schedule, and reps sent 15 scripts into the marketplace last week alone in hopes of catching buyers before they check out for the summer. There’s no reason to think this month won’t end up on par with April and May.
Here's one reason to think it will: Paramount made a pre-emptive spec purchase this week that isn’t reflected in the below grids (Bastards, by Justin Malen, for Montecito to produce). The way the sale went down was very 1997: It went wide with no attachments (from Verve and Chris Fenton at H2F) and sold within 24 hours.
Highlights from the below grids include:
• Columbia added yet another spec sale since the last Scorecard, putting it well ahead of the field. Paramount got on the board for the first time last month and doubled down with the Bastards purchase.
• UTA and WME are running neck and neck for the lead among sellers, with 8 spec sales each. The two companies are 60 percent ahead of CAA so far, which has 5 sales this year.
Here are the numbers for 2011 through June 10:
Each of the following production companies has been attached to at least one spec sale so far this year. Companies in bold are new since the last scorecard.
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