‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg’s Sundance Dramedy, Sells to Searchlight for $10 Million

The first big sale of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival goes to Searchlight Pictures, which is acquiring the global rights to the dramedy “A Real Pain,” directed by Jesse Eisenberg and starring newly minted Emmy winner Kieran Culkin for a reported $10 million.

Eisenberg stars in the film alongside Culkin as David and Benji, a pair of cousins who have trouble getting along — David is a polite and responsible father and husband, while Benji is more free-spirited, but blunt. The two go on a trip to Poland after the death of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, tracing the steps of her struggle to survive.