'Stronger collection' nets Sundance sales boom

January 24, 2007 Amid an unexpected feeding frenzy at the Sundance Film Festival, indie mogul Harvey Weinstein continued to gobble up a smorgasbord of films. Paramount Vantage, which seemed to be staying out of the spotlight, announced Tuesday the acquisition of worldwide rights to two films, "How She Move," for which it paid slightly $3 million in partnership with MTV Films, and "Son of Rambow," the fest's biggest buy so far at about $7 million. After the Cinetic Media party Monday night at Zoom, a number of deep-pocketed buyers, from Sony Pictures Classics to Lionsgate, jumped into yet another bidding war over the Mexican film "Luna," directed by Patricia Riggen.

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