scoggins report - october 2013 spec market scorecard

7/27/2019 Scoggins Report - October 2013 Spec Market Scorecard

1/13

The Scoggins Reportby Jason Scoggins & Landon RohwedderOctober 21, 2013

October 2013Spec Market Scorecard

The word of the day is: Shocking. And not because our favorite holiday is next week.

The big news out of the spec market so far this month has been two seven figure scriptsales (Section 6, to Universal, and Reminiscence, to Legendary). The shocking part isnot so much the price tags (although Reminiscences$1.75m raised our eyebrows) asthe fact theyre the first seven figure sales for unpackaged scripts in 2013.

The second shocking item this month is the total number of spec scripts to hit themarket this year. As in, s.-ly low (if youll excuse the Wodehousianism) - were ontrack to end up in the range of 250 new screenplays on the market through theend of the year. That sounds like quite a few until you consider that 437 went out in2009. The last three years were in the middle of the range (360, 370 and 338 in 10, 11and 12, respectively). Last year, more than 30 scripts came out in 5 different months,including 56 in October alone. You can see this years raw numbers for yourself below.

And because we just cant resist the Rule of 3s, a final shocker: Reigning spec saleschamp WME hasnt sold a spec since July, the first three-month drought since July-September 2010. Barring a late-inning surge, UTA will claim this years pennant.

2013 Overall Numbers

Of 2013s 92 spec sales, 12 (13%) have been of scripts that originally went outprior to 2012. Here are the overall spec market numbers through October 18...

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

New Specs 19 16 22 26 23 29 18 13 23 21 210

Spec Sales 8 8 10 15 9 10 11 6 9 6 92

2012 12 13 14 12 12 15 5 13 9 13 7 7 132

2011 * 3 13 15 9 7 12 10 5 7 20 8 10 132

2010 * 1 10 7 13 4 7 0 1 6 7 5 1 65

2009 3 12 10 9 10 6 5 3 4 5 4 1 72

* For 2010 and 2011, sales of scripts that originally went to market in years prior are not distributed monthly inthe above table but have been added to the year-end totals.

The Scoggins Report is brought to you by

SpecScout.com -- The Spec Market, Quantified

The Scoggins Report, by Jason Scoggins & Landon Rohwedder October 2013 Spec Scorecard October 21, 2013Creative Commons Attribution 2012 Page 1 of 13
http://specscout.com/homepage.phphttp://specscout.com/homepage.phphttp://specscout.com/homepage.php


2/13

...and here are the monthly spec sales numbers in graph form.

The following are combined total spec and pitch sales numbers through October 18,with year over year monthly comparisons...

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2012 2011

Specs 8 8 10 15 9 10 11 6 9 6 92 132 132

Pitches 3 10 8 10 6 5 8 4 5 6 65 81 106

Totals 11 18 18 25 15 15 19 10 14 12 157 213 238

2012 Total 20 20 22 26 16 22 13 16 13 19 10 15

2011 Total 7 21 28 16 15 28 20 9 12 30 16 24

...and here are those combined spec and pitch sales numbers in graph form as well.

0

5

10

15

20

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

510

15

20

25

30

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2013 2012 2011





3/13

Spec Sales By Genre

J F M A M J J A S O N D Total 2012 2011 2010 2009

Action/Adventure 2 2 2 4 2 2 6 1 3 2 26 29 20 16 15

Comedy 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 11 28 28 17 23

Drama 1 1 2 1 5 10 14 7 7

Horror 1 1 2 2 1 7 13 8 0 0

Sci-fi 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 16 15 15 5 7

Thriller 2 2 4 5 3 1 2 2 2 2 25 36 37 17 21

Western 1 1 0 3 0 0

Spec Sales By Month - Studios


CBS Films 1 2 3 0 3 0 2

Columbia 0 8 7 1 5

Dimension 1 1 1 1 0 1

Disney 1 1 2 2 2 2

DreamWorks 0 1 2 1 4

Focus Features 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Fox 1 1 2 4 6 8 2 3

Fox 2000 1 1 1 1 2 0

Lionsgate* 2 1 3 4 2 1 3

MGM 1 1 0 0 0 1

New Line 1 1 1 4 0 0

New Regency 0 3 0 2 2

Paramount 1 1 11 5 4 5

Par. Insurge 1 1 2 0 0 0

Relativity 1 2 3 1 2 6 3

Screen Gems 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 Universal 1 1 1 2 1 6 9 5 2 6

Warner Bros. 1 1 2 7 14 9 6

Totals 2 3 3 6 4 3 2 5 2 2 32 57 56 32 46

! * 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.





4/13

Spec Purchases by Genre - Studios

Action Comedy Drama Horror Sci-fi Thriller 2013 2012 2011

CBS Films 2 1 3 0 3Columbia 0 8 7

Dimension 1 1 1 1

Disney 1 1 2 2

DreamWorks 0 1 2

Focus 1 1 2 0 0

Fox 1 3 4 6 8

Fox 2000 1 1 1 1

Lionsgate* 1 1 1 3 4 2

MGM 1 1 0 0

New Line 1 1 1 4

New Regency 0 3 0Paramount 1 1 11 5

Par. Insurge 1 1 2 0

Relativity 2 1 3 1 2

Screen Gems 1 1 2 0 0

Universal 1 2 1 2 6 9 5

Warner Bros. 2 2 7 14

Totals: Studios 6 9 1 4 6 6 32 57 56

! * 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.The following are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for Studio Buyersthat have bought at least one of each so far in 2013 (plus Columbia Pictures):

Pitches Specs 2013 2012 2011

Columbia 3 3 16 16

Disney 2 1 3 12 11

Fox 7 4 11 12 16

Fox 2000 1 1 2 1 3

Lionsgate* 3 3 6 5 6

MGM 1 1 2 1 0

New Line 5 1 6 6 8

Paramount 3 1 4 20 17

Relativity 1 3 4 1 2

Universal 10 6 16 20 19

Warner Bros. 5 2 7 18 30

* 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.





5/13

Spec Sales By Month - Other Buyers


1821 Pictures 1 1 0 0 0 0

1984 1 1 0 0 0 0

Aldamisa 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Amazon 1 1 2 0 0 0

Atlas Independ. 1 1 1 0 0 0

Atmosphere 1 1 0 1 0 0

Automatik 1 1 0 0 0 0

BCDF Pictures 4 1 5 0 0 0 0

Big Beach 1 1 1 0 0 0

Blumhouse1

1 0 0 0 0

Boies/Shiller 1 1 0 0 0 0

Bold Films 1 1 0 1 1 0

Electric 2 2 0 0 1 0

Gold Circle 1 1 0 4 2 1

GoodUniverse 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Gulfstream 1 1 0 0 0 0

Incognito 1 1 0 0 0 0

JuntoBox 1 1 0 0 0 0

Legendary 1 1 2 0 0 0

Lotus Ent. 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Mammo Media 1 1 0 0 0 0 Millennium 1 1 1 3 7 3 0 0

MRC 1 1 0 0 0 0

Nostromo Pics. 1 1 0 0 0 0

Ocean Blue 1 1 0 0 0 0

Preferred Cntnt. 1 1 0 0 0 0

QED 1 1 4 0 1 0

Radar 1 1 0 1 2 0

RadioactiveGiant 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Sentinel 1 1 1 0 0 0

Sidney Kimmel 1 1 1 3 0 1

Sierra/Affinity 1 1 0 0 0 0 Skydance 1 1 1 1 0 0

Sollipsist 1 1 0 0 0 0

Start Mtn. Pics. 1 1 0 0 0 0

The Exchange 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

The Solution 1 1 0 0 0 0

Thunder Road 1 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 0

Treehouse 1 1 0 0 0 0





6/13


Vendome 1 1 1 0 1 0 Voltage 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 0

Working Title 1 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 5 4 7 8 6 10 9 1 7 4 61 27 17 8 2

Spec Purchases by Genre - Other Buyers


1821 Pictures 1 1 0 0

1984 1 1 0 0

Aldamisa 1 1 2 1 0

Amazon 1 1 2 0

Atlas Independ. 1 1 1 0

Atmosphere 1 1 0 1

Automatik 1 1 0 0

BCDF Pictures 2 1 2 5 0 0

Big Beach 1 1 1 0

Blumhouse 1 1 0 0

Boies/Shiller 1 1 0 0

Bold Films 1 1 0 1

Electric 1 1 2 0 0

Gold Circle 1 1 0 4

Good Universe 1 1 2 0 0

Gulfstream 1 1

Incognito 1 1 0 0

JuntoBox 1 1 0 0

Legendary 1 1 0 0

Lotus Ent. 1 1 2 0 0

Mammo Media 1 1 0 0

Millennium 2 1 3 7 3

MRC 1 1 0 0

Nostromo Pics. 1 1 0 0

Ocean Blue 1 1 0 0Preferred Contnt 1 1 0 0

QED 1 1 4 0

Radar 1 1 0 1

RadioactiveGiant 1 1 2 0 0

Sentinel 1 1 1 0

Sidney Kimmel 1 1 1 3

Sierra/Affinity 1 1 0 0





7/13


Skydance 1 1 1 1Sollipsist 1 1 0 0

Start Motion Pics 1 1 0 0

The Exchange 1 1 2 0 0The Solution 1 1 0 0

Thunder Road 2 1 2 5 1 0

Treehouse 1 1 0 0

Vendome 1 1 1 0

Voltage 4 4 4 3

Working Title 1 1 0 0

Totals 21 2 4 3 10 21 61 25 17

Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for Non-Studio Buyers that

have bought at least one of each so far in 2013.

Pitches Specs 2013 2012 2011

1984 1 1 2 2 1

Good Universe 1 2 3 0 0

MRC 1 1 2 0 0

QED 1 1 2 4 0

Skydance 1 1 2 1 2

Thunder Road 1 5 6 2 0

Treehouse 1 1 2 0 0

Each of the following production companies has been attached to at least one spec saleso far this year. Names in bold are new or have set up an additional spec since thelast Scorecard.

1492 Pictures21 Laps (2)Allison Shearmur ProductionsAnonymous Content

Apatow ProductionsApocalyptic EntertainmentAtlas EntertainmentBenderspink (2)Bluegrass FilmsBroken Road (2)Circle of ConfusionContentFilm

Crave FilmsDe Line Picturesdi Bonaventura FilmsDisruption Entertainment (2)

Double NickelDYD 26 EntertainmentElectric EntertainmentEnergy Entertainment (4)Friendly FilmsGrey Matter ProductionsGunn FilmsHutch Parker Entertainment





8/13

ImageMoversIndustry EntertainmentIntrigue Entertainment (2)Invention Films

Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsJon Shestack ProductionsKerner EntertainmentLaurence Mark ProductionsLe Grisbi ProductionsMad Chance ProductionsMadhouse Entertainment (3)Mandeville Films (2)Marc Platt ProductionsMichael De Luca ProductionsMidnight Kitchen

Olive BridgeOne Race FilmsPacific StandardPlatinum Dunes

Process MediaQED InternationalRiche ProductionsRosa EntertainmentScott FreeSean Daniel CompanySilver Pictures/Zinc EntertainmentSourian ProductionsSunny Field EntertainmentVendetta Entertainment





9/13

Spec Sales by Seller - Agencies


APA 2 2 1 1 6 10 8 4 2

CAA 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 10 16 26 11 14

Gersh 1 1 1 2 5 8 8 1 3

ICM 1 1 1 3 8 13 4 10

Kaplan Stahler 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Original Artists 1 2 1 4 6 4 3 4

Paradigm 1 2 1 1 5 9 10 2 1

Resolution 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0

UTA 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 18 24 17 7 10

Verve 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 0 WME 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 13 35 22 10 0

Totals 5 7 7 10 9 8 8 6 8 6 74 121 112 43 44

Here are the combined pitch and spec sales numbers for the agencies that have sold atleast one of each in 2013:

Pitches Specs Total 2012 2011

APA 2 6 7 9 11

CAA 16 10 26 32 50

Gersh 4 5 9 11 14

ICM 4 3 7 15 27

Paradigm 3 5 8 15 14

Resolution 1 4 5 0 0

UTA 10 18 28 34 30

Verve 1 4 5 9 9

WME 20 13 33 61 50

The following 74 agents have been involved with at least one spec sale so far this year.Names in bold are new or sold an additional spec since the last Scorecard.

Six:Mike Esola! ! ! (WME)Four:Charlie Ferraro! ! (UTA)Emerson Davis! ! (UTA)

Three:Aaron Hart ! ! ! (Verve)David Boxerbaum!! (Paradigm)Jon Huddle! ! ! (UTA)





10/13

Two:Chris Sablan! ! (Original)Daniel Cohan! ! (WME)David Park! ! ! (UTA)David Saunders

! !(APA)Debbie Deuble-Hill! ! (APA)

Devra Lieb! ! ! (Gersh)Geoff Morley!! ! (UTA)Ida Ziniti! ! ! (Paradigm)Jason Burns!! ! (UTA)Jordan Bayer! ! (Original)JP Evans! ! ! (CAA)Julien Thuan!! ! (UTA)Larry Salz! ! ! (UTA)Lee Keele! ! ! (Gersh)Marissa Devins! ! (UTA)Matt Leipzig! ! ! (Original)Matthew Rosen! ! (CAA)Philip Raskind! ! (WME)Rob Herting! ! ! (Verve)Shan Ray ! ! ! (KSA)Simon Faber!! ! (WME)One:Abram Nalibotsky! ! (Resolution)Adam Kanter!! ! (Resolution)Adam Levine!! ! (Verve)Adam Perry! ! ! (APA)Adriana Alberghetti! ! (WME)Andrew Miller! ! (CAA)Bayard Maybank! ! (Gersh)Bill Weinstein! ! (Verve)Billy Hawkins! ! (CAA)Bob Hohman!! ! (Gersh)Brian Kend! ! ! (CAA)Carolyn Sivitz! ! (UTA)

Chris Licata! ! ! (Paradigm)Chris Ridenhour! ! (APA)Cliff Roberts! ! ! (WME)Dan Erlij

! ! !(UTA)David Kopple! ! (CAA)

David Kramer! ! (UTA)Debbee Klein! ! (Paradigm)Dennis Kim! ! ! (Resolution)Doug MacLaren! ! (ICM)Erik Horine! ! ! (ICM)Frank Jung! ! ! (CAA)Greg McKnight! ! (CAA)Harley Copen! ! (ICM)Holly Jeter! ! ! (WME)James Kearney! ! (UTA)Jacqueline Sacerio!! (CAA)Jenny Maryasis! ! (UTA)John Garvey!! ! (CAA)Josh Hornstock! ! (UTA)Josh Katz! ! ! (UTA)Keya Khayatian! ! (UTA)Matt Martin! ! ! (CAA)Max Michael!! ! (UTA)Mickey Berman! ! (UTA)Rich Green! ! ! (Resolution)Roger Green!! ! (WME)Ryan Saul! ! ! (APA)Sandra Lucchesi! ! (Gersh)Sheryl Petersen! ! (APA)Solco Schuit! ! ! (WME)Spencer Baumgarten! (CAA)Tim Phillips! ! ! (UTA)Todd Feldman! ! (CAA)Valarie Phillips! ! (Paradigm)Will Lowery! ! ! (APA)





11/13

Spec Sales by Seller - Management Companies


Anonymous 1 1 8 2 3 1Anthem 1 1 0 0 0 0

Anvil 1 1

Art/Work 1 1 1 0 0 1

Aperture 1 1 1 0 0 0

Apostle 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Benderspink 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 5 5 2 5

Caliber 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 0

Circle of Confusion 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 3

Elevate 1 1 1 0 0 0

Energy 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 13 9 7 2 2

Fourth Floor 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Haven 1 1

Hollander Ent. 2 2 0 0 0 0

Hung Ent. 1 1 4 1 0 1

Industry 1 1 2 4 3 1 1

Jeff Ross Ent. 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Kapital 1 1 0 0 1 0

Kaplan/Perrone 1 1 5 4 2 4

Kersey Mgmt 1 1 0 0 0 0

Linda Seifert 1 1 0 0 0 0

Luber-Roklin 1 1 1 0 0 2

Madhouse 1 3 46 2 2 1

Magnet 1 1 2 3 3 0 0

Management360 2 1 3 2 1 2 2

Manus Ent. 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Mosaic 1 1 2 5 0 1 1

New Wave 1 1 1 3 8 7 0 0

Oasis Media Grp. 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Plumeria 1 1 0 0 0 0

Principato Young 1 1 1 2 1 3

Prolific 1 1 3 0 0 0

Rosa Ent. 1 1 0 0 0 0

Think Tank 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Wet Dog Ent. 1 1 0 0 0 0

Wirehouse Ent. 1 1 0 1 0 0

Zero Gravity 1 1 2 1 1 1 0

Totals 5 6 9 14 7 14 7 4 7 4 77 80 46 24 27





12/13

Here are the combined pitch and spec sales for management companies that have soldat least one of each in 2013.

Pitches Specs Total 2012 2011Anonymous 7 1 8 11 9

Apostle 3 2 5 2 3

Benderspink 2 7 9 9 6

Caliber 3 3 6 7 2

Energy 5 13 18 15 7

Fourth Floor 2 2 3 2 0

Industry 1 2 3 5 3

Kaplan/Perrone 1 1 2 9 10

Madhouse 2 4 6 6 2

Magnet 3 2 5 4 6

Management 360 5 3 8 7 6

Mosaic 2 2 4 10 5

New Wave 1 3 4 10 11

Principato Young 1 1 2 6 4

The following 56 managers have been involved with at least one spec sale so far in2013.

Thirteen:Brooklyn Weaver! ! (Energy)Seven:Jake Wagner! ! (Benderspink)Three:Adam Kolbrenner! ! (Madhouse)Josh Adler! ! ! (New Wave)Mike Goldberg! ! (New Wave)Two:Ben Rowe! ! ! (Oasis)David Alpert! ! (Circle)George Heller! ! (Apostle)Jeff Belkin! ! ! (Zero Gravity)Jeff Ross! ! ! (Jeff Ross)Jeff Silver! ! ! (Fourth Floor)Marc Manus! ! ! (Manus Ent.)

Russell Hollander! ! (Hollander)Tom Drumm! ! ! (Think Tank)Will Rowbotham! ! (Prolific)One:Aaron Kaplan! ! (Kapital)Adam Goldworm! ! (Aperture)Adam S.-Marshall! ! (Caliber)Ashley Berns! ! (Circle)Alex Cole! ! ! (Elevate)Alex Lerner! ! ! (K/P)Andrew KerseyAva Jamshidi! ! (Industry)Bryan Brucks! ! (Luber-Roklin)Cindy Adams! ! (Art/Work)C. Campos-Greenberg! (Anthem)Chris Huvane! ! (Mgmt 360)Dallas Sonnier! ! (Caliber)





13/13

One (cont):Dan Vang! ! ! (Benderspink)Dan Vantresca! ! (Haven)Darin Friedman! ! (Mgmt 360)David Lonner

! !(Oasis)DJ Talbot

Eryn Brown! ! ! (Mgmt 360)Evan Cavic! ! ! (PYE)Greg Shephard! ! (Circle)Guymon Cassidy! ! (Mgmt 360)JC Spink! ! ! (Benderspink)Jeff Okin! ! ! (Anonymous)Jennie Frankel Frisbie! (Magnet)Jenny Wood!! ! (Elevate)Jesse Hara! ! ! (Haven)

Jessica Jordan! ! (Wirehouse)Jimmy Miller! ! ! (Mosaic)Jonathan Hung! ! (Hung)Ken Freimann

! !(Circle)Langley Perer! ! (Mosaic)

Linda SeifertMike De Trana! ! (Anvil)Michael Botti!! ! (Industry)Rachel Miller!! ! (Haven)Rhonda Bloom! ! (Plumeria)Ryan Cunningham! ! (Madhouse)Sidney Sherman! ! (Rosa Ent.)Stephanie Davis! ! (Wet Dog)Zach Tann! ! ! (Magnet)

About The Scoggins Report:The Scoggins Report is a terribly unscientific analysis of the feature film developmentbusiness based on information assembled from a variety of public and non-publicsources. The numbers in the reports are by no means official statistics. Caveat emptor.

Check out the newsletters beautiful new-ish home on SpecScout.com.



https://specscout.com/scogginsreporthttps://specscout.com/http://specscout.com/homepage.phphttp://specscout.com/homepage.phphttp://specscout.com/homepage.phphttps://specscout.com/https://specscout.com/https://specscout.com/scogginsreporthttps://specscout.com/scogginsreporthttp://scogginsreport.com/http://scogginsreport.com/

scoggins report - october 2013 spec market scorecard

Documents