From trackingb.com...
There were a few specs out in the first couple of weeks of January, but the spec market really got started the week of January 26, post- Sundance. Starting with that week:
– The average number of specs out per week has been 16. (That’s also the median, for those of you who remember your high school algebra.)
– The slowest week was the week of February 16 (President’s Day was that Monday), with 10.
– The busiest week was the week of March 2, with 23.
The total number of specs so far in 2009 (January 1 through April 3) is 173 (plus or minus a few we may not have caught). Of these, 23 have sold.
The average (and median) number of specs that sold from a given week’s crop is 2 (starting with the post-Sundance week; the prior three weeks are outliers). Three weeks’ scripts saw no sales; the most productive week was, again, the week of March 2, with 6 of the 23 that went out eventually selling.
Of the 23 sales, here’s the genre breakdown:
– 10 comedies
– 8 action/thrillers
– 3 sci-fi
– 1 drama (this is a bit of an outlier — it’s the remake of the Swedish film, Patrik 1.5)
– 1 horror (not including a couple of comedy/horror projects, which are included above)
Of the 23 sales, 7 (30%) had meaningful attachments (star actors, directors or producers) when they went on the market.
There were a few specs out in the first couple of weeks of January, but the spec market really got started the week of January 26, post- Sundance. Starting with that week:
– The average number of specs out per week has been 16. (That’s also the median, for those of you who remember your high school algebra.)
– The slowest week was the week of February 16 (President’s Day was that Monday), with 10.
– The busiest week was the week of March 2, with 23.
The total number of specs so far in 2009 (January 1 through April 3) is 173 (plus or minus a few we may not have caught). Of these, 23 have sold.
The average (and median) number of specs that sold from a given week’s crop is 2 (starting with the post-Sundance week; the prior three weeks are outliers). Three weeks’ scripts saw no sales; the most productive week was, again, the week of March 2, with 6 of the 23 that went out eventually selling.
Of the 23 sales, here’s the genre breakdown:
– 10 comedies
– 8 action/thrillers
– 3 sci-fi
– 1 drama (this is a bit of an outlier — it’s the remake of the Swedish film, Patrik 1.5)
– 1 horror (not including a couple of comedy/horror projects, which are included above)
Of the 23 sales, 7 (30%) had meaningful attachments (star actors, directors or producers) when they went on the market.
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