Man, I love reading these lists. They're simultaneously invigorating and infuriating at the same time. Now, I have no doubt that these are great scripts, but some of them seem so outlandish, I can't imagine how the writer could have pulled that plot off. These loglines not only challenge me to write better loglines, but they also make me think, "If THAT ridiculous movie sold, then I'm positive they'll buy MY ridiculous premise." My fave logline was for Vicious, about the couple who sabotages other couples. And the Best Title Award has to go to Daddy's Little Ghoul. I didn't even need a logline with that title. That one writes itself. Interestingly, there were 2 with the same title, #39 and #165: "Two By Two." Radically different movies. It's such a weird thing, to read through 173 loglines. So many CIA agents and assassins. Fuck. And that movie where the guy talks through time to his dad has since been done to death. For once I wish someone could FUCK through time. You'd have a split-screen and the two leads would be thrusting their pelvises into the air. We'd call it IN THE DICK OF TIME. If someone wants to write that, you can TOTALLY have that one. Also, reading through all the rom-com loglines, you realize just how formulaic it is. I mean, I knew it, but to have to confront all the variations on the same theme condensed like this is crazy. But I was actually inspired to come up with one, just to make fun of them. Again, whoever wants this can have it. I hate rom-coms and so this is useless to me: DATE FROM HELL: Two people, forever alone, kill themselves. They meet in Hell and must climb back up through the various circles, helping each other escape from the various demons who want to rape and torture them. While doing so, they Fall In Love. YOU'RE WELCOME.

inconsolablecat, this whole Definitive Spec Script Sales project might have been worth it just to have propose the idea of a couple engaging in intercourse through time and the title "In the Dick of Time." Classic! I hear you about reading all those loglines and how they start to sound alike. Now remember: All of these sold as spec scripts. Now imagine what I'm going through as I review 4000 loglines! And man, there are some trends and common topics emerging. When I get done with this process, I will definitely share some thoughts on that front. But the larger point, and this goes back to reading Halliwell's Film Guide. There is value in reading a bunch of loglines at once because you start to see a lot of different things, not the least of which is that idea you think is like totally remarkable and unique? It's been done before. Many different iterations. Which forces you to raise your game: How can you take this idea and make it really special? Like 'In the Dick of Time'! Thanks again for that, inconsolablecat. My laugh for the day!

Oh Jesus. Sorry, I just don't know where to start. So I won't. Best of luck to the statisticians.

STUDIOS Disney (20) 12% Fox (20) 12% Universal (17) 10% New Line (14) 8% Warner (11) 6% Paramount (7) 4% Columbia (5) 3% Savoy (5) 3% TriStar (5) 3% Interscope (4) 2% Mandalay (4) 2% Miramax (4) 2% MGM (3) 2% Caravan (3) 2% Island (3) 2% Touchstone (3) 2% Turner (3) 2% Rysher Entertainment (2) 1% ICM (2) 1% Trimark (2) 1% Tricoast (2) 1% New Regency (2) 1% Live Entertainment (2) 1% DreamWorks (2) 1% Others 1 and less thatn 1% GENRES Comedy (32) 18% Drama (21) 12% Thriller (17) 10% Romantic Comedy (15) 9% Action (14) 8% Action Thriller (9) 5% Action Comedy (6) 3% Black Comedy (6) 3% Political Thriller (6) 3% Sci-fi (6) 3% Action Adventure (5) 3% Sci-fi Thriller (5) 3% Comedy Drama (3) 2% Fantasy (3) 2% Horror (3) 2% Romance Fantasy (3) 2% Action Drama (2) 1% Erotic Thriller (2) 1% Sci-fi Action (2) 1% Supernatural Thriller (2) 1% Action Suspense (1) 1% Biography (1) 1% Comedy Satire (1) 1% Comedy Teenage (1) 1% Comedy Thriller (1) 1% Drama Military (1) 1% Drama Romance (1) 1% Psychological Thriller (1) 1% Sci-fi Action Thriller (1) 1% Sci-fi Fantasy (1) 1% Western Adventure (1) 1%

Finally someone dethrones Warners. Funny that in one of the busiest of all spec script sale years, Warners actually dropped to 5th. But once again Comedy at #1. Will be interesting to see if it keeps that streak alive. Thanks again, jolli68, for this. I and the entire GITS community thank you for busting out these numbers. They will carry forward with the series [which I now have made available under Lists].

Wow thanks to everyone compiling these lists & great statistics jollie68. Any chance of including how many were female writers either in a team or solo. It would be interesting to see if the figure rises over the years.

Actually I make it about 25 out of the 173 had woman writers and most of those were with a team and most of them were Comedy and Romance.

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