15Exit Strategies
Summary—The value of film libraries is discussed and library valuation metrics are reviewed. The aims of strategic and financial buyers are contrasted.
In 2010 Disney sold Miramax, which was founded in 1979 by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, to Filmyard Holdings, a consortium consisting of Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and Qatar Investment Authority for $663 million.1 The Miramax library included more than 700 titles, including such prominent films such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape, My Left Foot, Cinema Paradiso, Reservoir Dogs, The Crying Game, Like Water for Chocolate, The Piano, The Crow, Pulp Fiction, Bullets Over Broadway, Il Postino, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Good Will Hunting ...
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