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Photorealistic scene featuring a newspaper, laptop, and smartphone displaying movie streaming data in front of a theater.

Photorealistic scene featuring a newspaper, laptop, and smartphone displaying movie streaming data in front of a theater.

In 2014, Sony Pictures got the necessity to find out for real with the film, The Interview, when vague terrorist threats against showing it caused all the major theatre chains to drop the film. As a result, Sony decided to shelve the film, which drew a storm of criticism ranging from media pundits to US President Barack Obama himself about "giving in to terrorists." As a result of the pressure, Sony decided to open it not only in the few independent theaters willing to show it, but also simultaneously made it available online such as on iTunes and Google Play as well. The result of this move was that it earned about $31 million. Ver más