11.   They huddled over tour plans, production budgets, demo discs, international licensing deals and Internet promotions.

12.   To make the most of its production budget, Dolgen says he is scouting for similar joint deals.

13.   Whether any studio can handle that immense production budget without losing a fortune remains to be seen.

14.   When classical-record labels responded to falling sales in recent years by trimming production budgets, American orchestras watched helplessly as projects were canceled and contracts went unrenewed.

15.   With a limited production budget, it made sense for Sony to find a way to minimize its risk.

16.   With living novelists, film rights can take up a chunk of the production budget.

17.   With the bigger films, this has led to enormous advertising budgets, often as large as half the size of the production budget.

18.   Lalonde declined to give the actual production budget.

19.   Veteran stunt coordinators say the thirst for more and more stunts comes just as the studios are trying to hold production budgets down.