Deferred Revenue and Other Advances (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred Revenue And Other Advances By Category [Line Items]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	$ 62,128,000				$ 25,517,000
Home Box Office Inc Advance [Member]
Deferred Revenue And Other Advances By Category [Line Items]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	35,000,000	[1]			0	[1]
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	0	[1]	0	[1]
Licensing Advances [Member]
Deferred Revenue And Other Advances By Category [Line Items]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	274,000				42,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	868,000		0
Deferred Revenue [Member]
Deferred Revenue And Other Advances By Category [Line Items]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	19,008,000				16,547,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	5,667,000		391,000
Strategic Alliance Or Development Advances [Member]
Deferred Revenue And Other Advances By Category [Line Items]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	417,000	[2]			1,667,000	[2]
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	9,074,000	[2]	6,550,000	[2]
Amount capitalized as offset to property, plant and equipment	5,200,000		4,800,000
Amount Capitalized As Offset To Prepaid Assets	900,000
Amount capitalized as offset to other assets	500,000
Other Advances [Member]
Deferred Revenue And Other Advances By Category [Line Items]
Total deferred revenue and other advances	7,429,000				7,261,000
Deferred revenue and other advances, amounts earned	$ 5,949,000		$ 463,000

[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 output term of the agreement expired at the end of 2012. Accordingly, the last feature films subject to this agreement are Madagascar 3 and Rise of the Guardians, which will be released in the pay television market during 2013.

[2] Of the total amounts earned against the "Strategic Alliance/Development Advances," for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, $5.2 million and $4.8 million, respectively, were capitalized as an offset to property, plant and equipment. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2013, of the total amounts earned against the "Strategic Alliance/Development Advances," $0.9 million and $0.5 million were recorded as a reduction to prepaid assets and other assets, respectively.