GREAT job compiling this list, Scott.

Wish more sci-fi was being bought. What happened to that genre?

- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA

I just realized, no one really sells animation specs, do they?

I thought family movies would be a larger part of the list ... but clearly most of that stuff is either developed internally or not at all.

Bear in mind that there were likely over 400 deals last year, most of them remakes, books, comic books, graphic novels, real life newspaper and magazine articles.

Animation is its own thing with most development done internally. Although I have seen a few spec ani scripts sell in the last few years.

As society's outlook grows gloomier, the laughter coming from cinemas gets louder. Escapism and the healing power of the smile. Gotta love it.

A fascinating list, Scott. Well done.

Thanks for posting this! Very enlightening. I put this data into google charts to visualize it:


Chart: 2008 Script Sales by Genre

Feel free to "save as" the png and add it to the post. :)

That is an awesome chart, joeld42. Great work.

Scott, if you want to embed it in the article, I've copied it to tinypics for permanent reference. The URL is http://s5.tinypic.com/25zledw.jpg

Thank you for this - it is a bunch of great information and analysis.

- Bill

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This is strange, I thought horror was the second most popular after comedy. This isn't true?

@JabberWocky: Horror is a popular genre, but the top 3 genres in spec sales have tended to be comedy, thriller, and action. Science fiction and fantasy oftentimes have huge B.O. movies, but those are generally from pre-branded graphic novels, comic books, books, video games, toys, etc.