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Bill McGarveyDecember 29, 2014

Early reports from the holiday weekend indicate that The Interview performed strongly online. NBC News reported that the controversial film was rented or sold through online outlets more than 2 million times.  That netted Sony more than $15 million dollars and was the studio's highest selling movie online ever. Despite only being released in 331 independent theaters the movie grossed close to $3 million and they were finding numerous sellouts across the US.

Not bad for a film that had initially been derailed by what the FBI believes were North Korean hackers who threatened violence if it opened in theaters.

I took the path of least resistance (and danger) by ordering it online. Though it could be argued that giving your credit card information to a company that has just been so publically hacked is a far more threatening proposition.

Read my review here.

 

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