Once the studio paid that much, the press for the movie exploded, and its success was pretty much guaranteed.

I found out that the studios paid a tremendous amount of money to dry-clean clothes.

The studio will also pay homage to Tony Bennett's career.

We won't go on '60 Minutes' and complain that the big bad studio didn't pay us.

To keep the peace, studios, if asked, will pay theater owners for extra security.

The studios will pay top dollar for certain actors, writers or directors, but only if they need them, he said.

The settlement included having the studios pay into the writers' pension and health funds in the amount of $600,000.

The studio paid about $500,000, an executive said.

"The studios don't pay the whole costs of movie specials," he said.

Other studios pay participants as much as 35 percent to 40 percent.