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Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin Sundance Comedy-Drama ‘A Real Pain’ Sells to Searchlight for $10 Million


Searchlight shelled out $10 million to land "A Real Pain" after its Sundance debut.

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

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