Deferred Revenue and Other Advances (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010		Dec. 31, 2010
Total deferred revenue and other advances	$ 27,225,000				$ 27,225,000				$ 20,793,000
Home Box Office Inc Advance Member [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	0	[1]			0	[1]			0	[1]
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	15,000,000	[1]	0	[1]	45,000,000	[1]	13,333,000	[1]
Licensing Advances [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	9,939,000				9,939,000				12,967,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	1,204,000		16,000		7,228,000		20,067,000
Deferred Revenue [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	9,830,000				9,830,000				3,795,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	611,000		376,000		4,289,000		8,341,000
Strategic Alliance Or Development Advances [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	2,917,000				2,917,000				1,667,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	6,550,000	[2]	9,295,000	[2]	19,650,000	[2]	14,250,000	[2]
Amount capitalized as offset to property, plant and equipment	3,300,000		7,400,000		11,000,000		9,300,000
Amount capitalized as offset to other assets					2,100,000
Other Advances [Member]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	4,539,000				4,539,000				2,364,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	$ 487,000		$ 958,000		$ 6,680,000		$ 10,013,000

[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. In September 2011, the agreement was amended and is currently set to expire at the end of 2012.

[2] Of the total amounts earned against the “Strategic Alliance/Development Advances,” $3.3 million and $7.4 million, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and $11.0 million and $9.3 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, were capitalized as an offset to property, plant and equipment. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, of the total amounts earned against the “Strategic Alliance/Development Advances,” $2.1 million was recorded as a reduction to other assets.