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"The sale of multiple films to a theater as a unit, sight unseen, allowing the studio to package inferior films with more popular ones."
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"(film industry, historical) The sale of multiple films to a theater as a unit, sight unseen, allowing the studio to package inferior films with more popular ones."
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