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ktay95 on 27 December 2014
DerNebel said:

You find it funny, I read from a lot of people that they were really pissed at the movie not being released worldwide

Well its all the more reason to pirate it if you ask me. If they arent willing to let me buy it but are going to allow those who can buy it share it with me then thats on them. Next time maybe they will consider a worldwide release.



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thismeintiel on 27 December 2014
DerNebel said:
spurgeonryan said:
So 6 dollars a rental times 80 million equal......

Sony execs just hired more Korean cyber terrorist to their marketing team!

Plus people who bought it, made this on its way to a billion dollar movie?

"But it’s unclear how many of these represent individuals who paid to rent the film. Users who pay can easily share the link with friends."

So not every one of those 77.5 million views was paid, I hope Sony financials in January/February will gives us more clarity on how much the movie actually made/lost.

Oh and I just read that the 77.5 million include trailer views since the trailer and the full movie apparently have the same youtube link, that should distort the number quite a bit.

I'm pretty sure that's not how it works.  Otherwise, Youtube would barely make any money on movies.  Only one person could rent/buy a movie, then give out the link for all to watch, just killing the point.  I'm pretty sure that if someone gave me a link to the movie, it would just bring me to the page that allows me to rent it myself.



 

DerNebel on 27 December 2014
thismeintiel said:
DerNebel said:

"But it’s unclear how many of these represent individuals who paid to rent the film. Users who pay can easily share the link with friends."

So not every one of those 77.5 million views was paid, I hope Sony financials in January/February will gives us more clarity on how much the movie actually made/lost.

Oh and I just read that the 77.5 million include trailer views since the trailer and the full movie apparently have the same youtube link, that should distort the number quite a bit.

I'm pretty sure that's not how it works.  Otherwise, Youtube would barely make any money on movies.  Only one person could rent/buy a movie, then give out the link for all to watch, just killing the point.  I'm pretty sure that if someone gave me a link to the movie, it would just bring me to the page that allows me to rent it myself.

Dude, I highly doubt that they made that up.

It might not be how it's supposed to work, but it did/does for this movie, possibly something that Youtube/Sony overlooked.



thismeintiel on 27 December 2014
DerNebel said:
thismeintiel said:
DerNebel said:

"But it’s unclear how many of these represent individuals who paid to rent the film. Users who pay can easily share the link with friends."

So not every one of those 77.5 million views was paid, I hope Sony financials in January/February will gives us more clarity on how much the movie actually made/lost.

Oh and I just read that the 77.5 million include trailer views since the trailer and the full movie apparently have the same youtube link, that should distort the number quite a bit.

I'm pretty sure that's not how it works.  Otherwise, Youtube would barely make any money on movies.  Only one person could rent/buy a movie, then give out the link for all to watch, just killing the point.  I'm pretty sure that if someone gave me a link to the movie, it would just bring me to the page that allows me to rent it myself.

Dude, I highly doubt that they made that up.

It might not be how it's supposed to work, but it did/does for this movie, possibly something that Youtube/Sony overlooked.

Or it could be something that they just assumed works, but never actually tried it.  Do we have any other sources that back it up?  Or that back up the trailer theory from a single Reddit post?



 

Fifaguy360 on 27 December 2014

Awful movie. Few funny scenes. Rest is just crap.



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DerNebel on 27 December 2014
thismeintiel said:

Or it could be something that they just assumed works, but never actually tried it.  Do we have any other sources that back it up?  Or that back up the trailer theory from a single Reddit post?

I already said that I have no other source for the trailer thing. As for the other thing, I can only find articles saying that the URL copying thing works on the seetheinterview website, but I do find it more likely that people could somehow share the link with friends, than that a) 77.5m people actually rented the movie (which would mean that it made $465m on Youtube alone) or b) fewer people rented it and rewatched it time and again.

Something about that view count just isn't right.



thismeintiel on 27 December 2014
DerNebel said:
thismeintiel said:

Or it could be something that they just assumed works, but never actually tried it.  Do we have any other sources that back it up?  Or that back up the trailer theory from a single Reddit post?

I already said that I have no other source for the trailer thing. As for the other thing, I can only find articles saying that the URL copying thing works on the seetheinterview website, but I do find it more likely that people could somehow share the link with friends, than that a) 77.5m people actually rented the movie (which would mean that it made $465m on Youtube alone) or b) fewer people rented it and rewatched it time and again.

Something about that view count just isn't right.

Unless the people who rented it watched it more than once, maybe a 2nd time with friends or family, which I find more believable, so that could cut the count down by 1/3 to 1/2 or so legit rentals.  That's my guess, anyway.



 

Dr.Vita on 27 December 2014

Link for the film? 8)




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TheSpindler on 27 December 2014
Fifaguy360 said:

Awful movie. Few funny scenes. Rest is just crap.


Pretty much.  I saw a moment when the actual interview was happening for a really interesting interview and discussion, but of course something like that wouldn't do, and it was quickly back to the stupidity.

A dumb and forgettable movie.  Well it should be anyway, but it wont.




kljesta64 on 27 December 2014

watched it the other day I cant even remember how that dude got killed..



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