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With both NBC and HBO paying more than $10 million for television rights, with guarantees from theater owners nearing $25 million, and millions more in licensing fees for Annie dolls, dresses, books, crayons, etc., Ray Stark may already be close to breaking even. But Stark wants more: a megahit success for his baby. "I can only hope," he told the New York Times, "that on my tombstone are the words: 'Annie, she is the one I was looking for.' " Funeral services may be held starting this week at a theater near you. —By Richard Corliss