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Said whether they liked the movie or not, it didn't matter, it was about not letting people tell them what they could watch. >> we cannot let them tell us what we want to watch. >> reporter: and movie goers singing proud to be an american. microsofts x box online and sony play station store suffered eruptions from a group calling itself the lizard squad. the problem is the gaming and is not exactly sure whether it's tied to the internet release or just a fwagaming issue but theye look nothing to that as well.

Demand options. microsoft xbox and sony playstation suffered disruptions due to an apparent attack from a group called the lizard squad, different than the guardians of peace blamed for the sony hack a month ago. unsure whether it's tied to the sbe release or christmas day or just an actual gaming issue. authorities are looking into that possibility as well. meantime a lot of talk about cyber security in washington. the president urged congress to pass legislation when they convene in january. and some republican leaders in congress have criticized the president, but they both can agree on one...

People are embracing this as a symbol not just of america but as a symbol of free speech. so the controversy as a whole seems to be what's getting people through the door, especially for this particular movie. >> we saw on christmas day there were disruptions to the servers of both xbox, microsoft xbox and sony playstation. what more do we know about those hacks on both of those game consoles? >> neither microsoft which owns xbox or sony which owns playstation is talking about the cause of the outages but a particular hacking group called lizard squad is claiming responsibility for these outag...

And "the interview." this was lizard squad wanting to wreak havoc. if you go on a freeway and cause disturbance, you get a lot of congestion. this is what was called a ddos hack, a distribution denial of service attacks. so you will a of the online networks were disrupted but, at last check, the xbox platform seems to be operating normally while there are still lingering issues for the playstation. ashleigh? >> our colleague, brian stelter, was reporting as well this morning, alongside these issues of trying to expose the holes and vulnerabilities of these companies, if that's really the motiv...

Christmas day. a hacking group, calling itself, lizard squad, is claiming responsibility. meantime the entertainment giant who released the movie "the interview" in some theaters and online, well, they're reporting record sales and as you can see, sold out audiences. adam housley is live in los angeles with the details. adam? >> reporter: leland, originally when this movie was going to come out before all the hacking scandal and chaos that ensued in hollywood the last three or four weeks, 3,000 theaters nationwide were going to show it. because of movie pulled and put back on and all different...