By Andreas Wiseman, Mike Fleming Jr
EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has won out in a multi-distributor tug of war for Jennifer Lawrence‘s Cannes Competition film Die My Love, we understand. The voracious buyer is taking domestic and multiple international rights.
The deal is for $24 million, with full domestic theatrical commitment on 1,500 screens for 45 days, we hear. The territories were: North America, Latin America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Turkey, India, Australia and New Zealand. It’s the first major deal on the ground for a film playing at Cannes and by far Mubi’s biggest acquisition ever.
Lawrence and Robert Pattinson took to the Cannes red carpet Saturday night for the world premiere of the drama from director Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here). This is a big one for Mubi and its chief Jason Ropell, coming after its breakout work last Oscar season on The Substance. We hear the bidding on this one was fevered, with Apple, Neon and others also in the mix. The theatrical plan and Mubi’s creative alignment on the film and how to release it won the day. CAA Media Finance and Patrick Wachsberger’s 193 brokered the deal; it is the first big deal for the latter since the sales stalwart launched his new shingle.
