JEFFREY KATZENBERG (Up 33%): DreamWorks Animation had a dreadful end to 2012, as the failure of "Rise of the Guardians" led to an $87 million write-down. Yet Katzenberg's compensation jumped from $3.9 million to $5.2 million.
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