Facts on Pacts

Sony adds the most deals over the past 6 months
After years of relentlessly slashing costs, Hollywood's major studios are slowly building back the number of producing deals -- though at a level still far below the heyday of such pacts at the turn of century. Variety's Facts on Pacts compilation, based on info supplied by the six major studios on their producing deals, now stands at 158, or 19% above the low point two years ago when the figure bottomed out at 133. It's up three from six months ago, although the numbers pale in comparison to the 2000 report, when an all-time high 292 deals were listed.

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