Regardless of its quality or eventual revenue, “The Interview” can be deemed a hit so far.
The comedy about an assassination attempt on North Korea’s dictator opened in about 300 independent movie theaters on Christmas Day to many sold-out crowds, with another 85 theaters already lined up by January 2. After 24 hours of online streaming on four websites, the movie has attracted tens of thousands of mostly supportive reviews and was listed as the No. 1 movie on both YouTube Movies and Google Play. It’s been trending on Twitter. And it’s been illegally downloaded more than 750,000 times, according to TorrentFreak.
Up to now at least, the hackers who originally tried to prevent the movie’s release by infiltrating Sony’s servers and promising violence on Christmas Day haven’t made any new moves — cyber or otherwise.
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