Guess who blew over $30 million on films at TIFF this weekend

Guess who blew over $30 million on films at TIFF this weekend

Keira Knightly Stars in Can a Song Save Your Life?
Keira Knightly arrives at the premiere of the newly purchased Can a Song Save Your Life? (Image: Kayla Rocca)

TIFF’s only on day five, but already four huge films have found buyers. On Saturday, A24 purchased the rights to Tom Hardy’Lock and Focus Features spent $7 million on Jason Bateman’s Bad Words; on Sunday, Harvey Weinstein won a $20-million bid for John Carney’Can a Song Save Your Life? starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo; and today, ICM Partners sold the U.S. rights to John Turturro and Woody Allen’s Fading Gigolo to Millenium Pictures for $3 million. Doing the math, that’s over $30 million dropped in three days.

Toronto: Festival Deals Set to Heat Up in Second Half [Variety]
Fading Gigolo Sells for $3 Million To Millenium Entertainment [Deadline]