Fox Searchlight Pays $10 Million For "Little Miss Sunshine" After Sundance Premiere...

The Hollywood Reporter:

Marking the first big buy at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide rights Saturday to "Little Miss Sunshine," the audacious comedy debut from husband-and-wife rookie filmmakers Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton.

Sources placed the deal at north of $10 million, the record set by Miramax Films' purchase of "Happy, Texas" in 1999.

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