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Rockefeller tree. i don't know what that means. i am here with imus in the morning associate producer. she is going home for the holidays, home is what she calls the nearest liquor store that takes food stamps. it is joanne nosuchunsky. and he will be spending christmas at the movies because he is a lonely, stupid freak. it is tv's andy levey. i asked for a chee yaw pet, but this is close enough. sam morrell. a block. that's the first story. >> it will play and a victory for freedom and fart jokes they say the "the interview" will see a limited release this christmas. so will i. it had been ya...

The independent films down with doing the big releases, too, and i feel like they are trying to avoid the bigger theater chains. what do you think? >> i think their hand was forced when president obama criticized them at the press conference. >> you should have called me and let me in on this kind of stuff. >> that was the moment. i think that's when their rhetoric changed. >> and they were saying, hey, the a-list celebs -- >> people can say what they want on the internet or twitter but when the president is calling you out, i think they were in a position where they felt they had to do someth...

Brian stelter has all the details. >> now that "the interview" is out, the big question is how many people are paying money to see it? today we're getting the answers to that. it premiered in about 331 theaters on christmas day in the united states and made a bit more than $1 million at the box office. that's according to sony, which put out a statement on friday morning celebrating the news. here's part of what it said -- the audience reaction was fantastic. the limited release in under 10% amount the theaters originally planned featured numerous sellouts and a first-day gross over $1 million...

"the interview" night might be a preview of the day when maybe you can see movies at home the same day in the theater. >> it wasn't without missteps, right? >> reporter: on youtube it worked well but one of the other websites hosting the movie a brand new startup called kernel, there were some problems in the beginning, too much traffic going to the website. they got it sorted out after a couple of hours. but it does go to show that this is new. this is new terrain for hollywood for the movie industry and for technology firms. i think we will see more of this in the future, but the big theater...

Don't worry, you shouldn't get in any legal trouble, but just in case, texas has passed a law, to make sure that you can use your greeting of cois without fear without any legal retribution. doesn't free speech cover that? come on, it's christmas. lay off, already. hello, everyone. welcome to. i'm ashleigh banfield. merry christmas, welcome to "legal view". wonderful to have you with us this morning. despite threats of violence and cyber attacks, despite almost all the major theater chains in america refusing to show it, sony's "the interview" is opening after all in about 300 theaters across ...