Searchlight Buys in Mega Deal

Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” one of the buzziest movies to premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has sold to Searchlight in a huge $10 million deal.

Given the warm reception in Park City, the film sparked a bidding war among several distributions to land global rights. Searchlight Pictures plans to release “A Real Pain” theatrically this year.

Eisenberg directed “A Real Pain” in addition to starring alongside Kieran Culkin. They play cousins whose tour through Poland in honor of their grandmother sparks some serious family rivalry.

“We are blown away by Jesse’s vision and craft in telling this hilarious and profound film,” said Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. “He tells a deeply personal story and makes it universal. We can’t wait to bring it to audiences around the world.”

Eisenberg added, “Making ‘A Real Pain’ was a true labor of love, and it has been so thrilling to premiere at Sundance. I couldn’t be more honored to work with Searchlight and to bring this story to a wider audience.”

CAA Media Finance and WME Independent brokered the deal with Searchlight execs Paul Hoffman and Chan Phung.

More to come…