Deferred Revenue and Other Advances (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2010		Jun. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2010		Dec. 31, 2010
Total deferred revenue and other advances	$ 32,964,000				$ 32,964,000				$ 20,793,000
Home Box Office Inc Advance Member [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	15,000,000	[1]			15,000,000	[1]			0	[1]
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	30,000,000	[1]	0	[1]	30,000,000	[1]	13,333,000	[1]
Nonsoftware License Arrangement [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	8,143,000				8,143,000				12,967,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	6,012,000		11,023,000		6,024,000		20,051,000
Deferred Revenue [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	4,615,000				4,615,000				3,795,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	3,340,000		6,258,000		3,678,000		7,965,000
Strategic Alliance Or Development Advances [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	4,167,000				4,167,000				1,667,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	6,549,000	[2]	1,962,000	[2]	13,100,000	[2]	4,955,000	[2]
Amount capitalized as offset to property, plant and equipment	3,100,000		400,000		7,700,000		1,900,000
Amount capitalized as offset to other assets	1,800,000
Other Advances [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	1,039,000				1,039,000				2,364,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	$ 5,233,000		$ 4,734,000		$ 6,193,000		$ 9,055,000

[1] The Company remains a participant of an exclusive multi-picture domestic pay television license agreement originally entered into between Old DreamWorks Studios and Home Box Office, Inc. ("HBO"), pursuant to which the Company receives advances against license fees payable for future film product. The agreement is currently set to expire in 2014. The advance recorded as of June 30, 2011 relates to the Company's remaining 2010 film that is expected to be made available to HBO during 2011.

[2] Of the total amounts earned against the “Strategic Alliance/Development Advances,” $3.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, and $7.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, were capitalized as an offset to property, plant and equipment. Additionally, during the three months ended June 30, 2011, of the total amounts earned against the “Strategic Alliance/Development Advances,” $1.8 million was recorded as a reduction to other assets.