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Amy Pascal: Some box office hits and misses during her Sony tenure

Amy Pascal announced she is stepping down from her perch as Sony co-chair.
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It was the exit heard around Hollywood.

Amy Pascal will step down from her post as Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment in the wake of the fallout of the crippling, weeks-long Sony hacking crisis.

But Pascal is not totally cutting her Sony ties. In conjunction with the announcement of her exit was news that she will launch a production company that will be underwritten by Sony as part of a four-year deal. The venture will be based at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. Pascal will step into her new role in May.

Pascal’s departure was somewhat of a sure thing after the breakdown that basically shut down operations and made public thousands of emails and highly personal information of the studio’s employees. But even before the fiasco, Pascal’s track record after a string of box office misses — including “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” — had her future on watch.

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As she begins her venture into producing movies, TV and plays, here’s a sampling of some of the hits and misses during her tenure.

Misses:

That’s My Boy (2012)

Budget: $70 million

Lifetime gross: $36,931,089

White House Down (2013)

Budget: $150 million

Lifetime gross: $73,103,784

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Budget: $200 million

Lifetime gross: $202,853,933

The Interview (2014)

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Budget: $44 million

Lifetime gross: $6,105,175

Hits:

Skyfall (2012)

Budget: $200 million

Lifetime gross: $304,360,277

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Budget: $125 million

Lifetime gross: $217,536,138

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Budget: $40 million

Lifetime gross: $95,720,716

American Hustle (2013)

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Budget: $40 million

Lifetime gross: $150,117,807

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