{"id":128649,"date":"2022-08-03T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=128649"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:37:24","slug":"neon-exploring-sale-as-it-taps-merchant-bank-raine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/neon-exploring-sale-as-it-taps-merchant-bank-raine\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Exploring Sale As It Taps Merchant Bank Raine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Neon, the independent film distributor founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League and which broke through at the 2020 Oscars with Parasite,<\/em> the first foreign-language title <\/em>to win Best Picture, is looking to be sold, Deadline has confirmed from sources.<\/p>\n The company is hoping to branch out more into television and streaming, and bulk up its production pipeline. The fact that A24 notched a $225 million equity investment in March provides hope that some or all of Neon’s businesses could be sold. Reports are that A24 at that time was valued at $2.5 billion. It’s unclear at this time what Neon would be worth.<\/p>\n The distributor has had a recent streak of distributing those movies winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, starting with 2019’s Parasite<\/em> from Bong Joon Ho. It continued with Julia Ducournau’s Titane <\/em>and this year’s comedic crowdpleaser Triangle of Sadness <\/em>from Ruben Ostlund.<\/p>\n Neon turned Parasite <\/em>into one of the top-grossing foreign films in the U.S.\/Canada, grossing $53.3 million; the pic altogether made $263.1M worldwide. The movie won four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay and International Film. The pic was nominated for six Oscars.<\/p>\n Neon also had at Cannes this year the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream <\/em>and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future <\/em>starring Kristen Stewart, Lea Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen. The distributor’s other top-grossing movies include the Oscar-winning I, Tonya, <\/em>which made $30M, and the breakout documentary hit Three Identical Strangers <\/em>which made $12M at the domestic B.O.<\/p>\n The New York Times <\/em>was the first to report the news about Neon.<\/p>\n Neon declined to comment for the story.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nMust Read Stories<\/h2>\n
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