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The Interview is enjoying a hugely successful VOD-run since becoming available earlier in the week to viewers.

The James Franco and Seth Rogen controversial comedy, which was rented or downloaded over 2 million, brought in $15 million online through Saturday (December 27) over the long holiday weekend.

The film also enjoyed a limited release in movie theaters, bringing in $3 million, Variety reports.

You can view the movie on YouTube, Google Play, Microsoft Xbox, and as of today, iTunes instantly.

James and Seth are currently live-tweeting the movie if you want to follow along!

North Korea is blaming the United States for shutting down the country’s internet and criticizing President Barack Obama for encouraging the Christmas release of The Interview following the cancellation of the movie.

“Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest,” a spokesman from the National Defense Commission, North Korea’s top governing body led by Kim Jong-un, said in a statement.

The spokesperson added, “The U.S., a big country, started disturbing the Internet operation of major media of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), not knowing shame like children playing a tag.”

North Korea has already faced two internet outages in the last week.

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Seth Rogen and his co-writer/co-director Evan Goldberg surprise a crowd at the first public screening of their movie The Interview on early Thursday morning (December 25) at Cinefamily in Los Angeles.

“Thank you so f�”king much for coming,” Seth told the crowd at the midnight screening. “We thought this might not happen at all.”

“This is our neighborhood,” Evan added. “We live around here… The fact that it’s showing here and you guys all came out…”

“Is super f�”king exciting,” Seth continued. “So, we really wanted to say ‘thank you.’ If it wasn’t for theaters like this and for people like you guys, this literally would not be f�”king happening right now. So thank you.”

Good news for people in Canada – you can now watch The Interview!

The movie’s star/co-writer/co-director Seth Rogen announced the news on his Twitter account on Wednesday evening (December 24) after the country was previously locked out from renting the movie on demand.

“CANADIANS! Sincere apologies but #TheInterview is not available 4 u 2 download yet BUT will be soon. We are working on it!” Seth wrote in the afternoon. See what he just said below.

Make sure to get the links for where to watch The Interview and vote in our poll to tell us if you will be seeing it.

Now that The Interview has been released online and is hitting theaters across the country tomorrow, we want to know if JustJared.com readers plan on seeing the film!

If you do plan on watching the film, Seth Rogen has a suggestion for how to see it.

“I need to say that a comedy is best viewed in a theater full of people, so if you can, I’d watch it like that. Or call some friends over,” Seth tweeted.

Here is the movie’s official synopsis: “In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show ‘Skylark Tonight.’ When they discover that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the most unlikely candidates, to ‘take out’ Kim Jong-un.”

Do you need a reminder of where to watch the movie? We have you covered for both online and the full list of theaters!

The Interview is available to be viewed on VOD across many online platforms right now and we have all the links you need to watch it right here!

While the film will be released in 300 theaters across the country on Christmas Day, you can also rent or buy it to watch at home.

Through the following options, you can rent the HD version for $5.99 or buy the HD version for $14.99.

• Google Play
• YouTube
• Microsoft Xbox Video
• SeeTheInterview.com

The movie’s star/co-writer/co-director Seth Rogen suggests that you watch the movie in a theater surrounded by an audience, but if you don’t have a theater near you playing the film, definitely rent it!

WILL YOU WATCH the movie The Interview?

The Interview showings are already selling out one day after news broke that theaters would be screening the film with Sony’s permission.

“We’re seeing filmgoers come out in droves,” Christian Parkes, chief branding officer for the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain said (via Variety). “I can’t imagine what the people at Sony have been through. But this is definitely the kind of publicity that you can’t buy. People were going to see the movie anyway but now they are telling us that they believe it’s their patriotic duty.”

In case you missed it, here’s a list of theaters where you can catch the movie this weekend. You can also watch online in the comfort of your own home, however, the film’s star Seth Rogen tweeted, “I need to say that a comedy is best viewed in a theater full of people, so if you can, I’d watch it like that. Or call some friends over.”