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Disney finalizes DreamWorks deal


February 09, 2009 Three years after acquiring Pixar because Disney's animation output was lagging, the Burbank studio has agreed to distribute DreamWorks films to fill gaping capacity in Disney's theatrical pipeline after the major reduced its film slate to 12-14 pictures per year. DreamWorks will pay Disney a fixed distribution fee -- believed to be set at 9% of boxoffice -- to release six movies per year starting in 2010. Disney will provide cash-starved DreamWorks an unspecified capital infusion to be repaid as mezzanine debt.

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