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‘The Interview’ Makes Over $15 Million Dollars

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The  made $15 million dollars over the weekend.

Despite the mishandling of the release,  has been able to make over $15 million in sales in less than five days, plus an additional $3 million more in theaters. According to , the movie was “rented or purchased online more than 2 million times” between and Satruday, making it one of the most successful straight to On Demand releases of all time.

Read more: ‘The Interview' is the Most Watched Video on YouTube

However, The Interview has not made a profit. The movie cost $80 million to make The Interview a huge failure for Sony.

“We worked hard to get the film out there by Christmas day,” Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution, told Variety. “It was such a whirlwind to get it done that it kind of amazes me that we were able to make it happen.”

Read more: Russia Considering Banning ‘The Interview'

Of course it was chaos because Sony, concerned about threats from hackers, pulled the movie from theaters. However, they were still managed to make $15 million only, 65 million dollars left to go…

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