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Daniel Gross writes in V Life, a Variety publication, in its last issue, that the long-held mutual suspicion between the Dream Factory and the Deal Factory is slowly giving way to mutual trust and that in the past year, several nine-figure deals have been struck worth about $2 billion. According to figures from the Motion Picture Association of America cited by Mr. Gross, the average film cost $98.4 million to make and produce in 2004 so the studios need the financing help. He estimates that the typical studio has the infrastructure to release 20 to 24 films a year, but the ability to finance only a dozen or so on its own.