The Interview sees over 1.5M estimated torrent downloads in first two days of availability, comparable to popular blockbusters
and other early stats Dave Smith / Business Insider : This Korean Singer Is Suing Sony For Using Her Music In ‘The Interview’ Deadline : ‘The Interview’ Available In Canada On Sony Site Powered By Kernel Potoroaca Adrian / Neowin : Sony scores $1 million in ticket sales for “The Interview,” but VOD could be the big winner Chris Smith / BGR : ‘The Interview’ has quickly become a top illegal downloaded Stan Schroeder / Mashable : ‘The Interview’ is a hit on torrent sites Charlie Hall / Polygon : The Interview was pirated more than 750,000 times in its first day of release Reuters : Sony's ‘Interview’ draws U.S. moviegoers who trumpet free speech Edwin Kee / Ubergizmo : The Interview Pirated Over 750,000 Times In Under 24 Hours New York Times : In Asia,' The Interview' Is Watched Illegally Online, and Panned Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : The Interview fills theaters on Christmas Day Mike Wuerthele / Electronista : Seeing Sony's ‘The Interview’ is hardly patriotic Dan Colman / Open Culture : The Interview Now Available on Google Play, YouTube Movies, the Xbox & the Web Natalie Weinstein / CNET : ‘The Interview’ basks in attention — both good and bad Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Pirates flock to The Interview as Sony blocks global distribution Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times : Obama glad ‘Interview’ released, but won't say if he'll watch film Robert Briel / Broadband TV News : Massive interest for ‘The Interview’ online Catherine Shu / TechCrunch : Viewers Worldwide Are Torrenting ‘The Interview’ Despite U.S.-Only Release Michael Phillips / Chicago Tribune : Spending Christmas Eve with ‘The Interview,’ and all its trappings MacNN : Editorial: Seeing Sony's ‘The Interview’ is hardly patriotic Fred O'Connor / Computerworld : Google, Microsoft, Sony make ‘The Interview’ available online Chris Mills / Gizmodo : Everyone Is Torrenting The Interview Greg Baumann / Upstart Business Journal : Google to stream ‘The Interview’ despite ‘security implications’; Here's where to watch it Chris Smith / BGR : This is why Microsoft and Google went ahead and released ‘The Interview’