It may have been pulled from cinemas and then given a limited commercial screening but controversial new comedy The Interview has earned €12.3 million from its online release in just three days.
The movie, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen, is at the centre of the recent Sony hack and has angered North Korea over its storyline about a plot to assassinate their leader, Kim Jong-un.
The film earned over $15 million (€12.3 million) and was downloaded more than two million times in the first three days it was available online. It raised a further $2.8 million at the Box Office, after a limited opening in theatres on Christmas Day.
It has now become Sony’s most successful online release ever.
YouTube and Xbox have been joined by Tunes in offering The Interview for rent, and according to copyright and privacy news site TorrentFreak, The Interview was also downloaded illegally more than 200,000 times in the first ten hours it was available on Christmas Day.
