The studio has had several animated hits in the last few years including Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and The Smurfs.

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It was a huge year for animated motion pictures, with box-office hits like "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "Up" earning nominations in the best animated feature category.

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Sony Pictures offered its 2008 Will Smith film "Hancock" and its animated 2009 "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" early to users of its Bravia TV before the films were out on DVD.

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When Sony recently offered a video- on-demand download of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs one month before the film was scheduled to come out on DVD, theater chains like Regal and AMC pulled the film from screens.

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Sony ( SNE - news - people ) recently offered a video- on-demand download of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs one month before the film was scheduled to come out on DVD, theater chains like Regal and AMC pulled the film from screens.

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