SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc verbalized its iTunes store is now carrying Sony Corp’s “The Interview”, the film that vexed North Korea and triggered a cyberattack against the studio. The movie, steeped in gross-out humor depicting the travails of two journalists who get enlisted to assassinate North Korea bellwether Kim Jong UN, costs $14.99 to buy and $5.99 to rent on iTunes, according to the website.
Sony Pictures relinquished the movie online via Google Inc’s YouTube and Google Play, Microsoft Corp’s Xbox gaming console and a Sony dedicated website first made the movie available last week after sizably voluminous movie theater chains relucted to screen the comedy following threats of violence from hackers who opposed the film.
The movie was additionally shown in 331 mostly independent theaters, which availed engender more than $1 million in sales on Christmas day.
Until Sony discloses the online revenues, it will be hard to ken if the studio will come anywhere near recouping the $44 million it cost to make the film, plus the $30 million-$40 million that some estimate was spent on marketing the film and its stars, Seth Rogen and James Franco.
