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DreamWorks has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling more than $100 million each. In 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom. At its peak in the early 2000s, it arguably qualified as a seventh major film studio (having outgrossed [[Paramount]]). The sale was completed in February 2006. In 2008, Dreamworks announced its intention to end its partnership with [[Paramount]] and signed a US$1.5 billion deal to produce films with India's Reliance ADA Group, with [[Disney]] to handle distribution -- a bitter pill for Katzenberg.
 
The most successful section of the enterprise, its animation department, was spun-off in 2004 into [[Dreamworks Animation]]. Between 1996 and 2005, DreamWorks also owned a record label called, naturally, DreamWorks Records. The roster included [[Toby Keith (Music)|Toby Keith]], [[Randy Travis (Music)|Randy Travis]], Papa Roach, Jimmy Eat World, [[Eels (Music)|Eels]], [[Randy Newman (Music)|Randy Newman]] and a bunch of guys you've never heard of. Except for their [[Country Music]] division, they were all later acquired by [[Geffen Records|Geffen's old label]] [[Irony|that he stepped down from]].
 
In 1999, 2000 and 2001, [[Dream WorksDreamWorks]] won three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Picture for ''[[American Beauty]]'', ''[[Gladiator (Filmfilm)|Gladiator]]'' and ''[[A Beautiful Mind]]'' (the latter two with [[Universal]]).
 
DreamWorks' television division was responsible for ''[[Spin City (TV)|Spin City]]'', as well as both of [[Judd Apatow]]'s sitcoms, ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' and ''[[Undeclared]]''.
 
Its [[Vanity Plate]] features a young boy sitting on a crescent moon while fishing. [[Word of God]] states it was made by some employees of [[Industrial Light and Magic]]. Also popularized the marketing term known as "[[Dreamworks Face]]".