The Interview
“The film hackers tried to get banned.”
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
Genres
Action, Comedy
Studio
Point Grey Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Interview performed
Budget
$44.0M
Worldwide Gross
$12.3M
Gross Profit
−$31.7M
Return
0.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Dave Skylark
James Franco
Dave Skylark
Aaron Rapaport
Seth Rogen
Aaron Rapaport
Agent Lacey
Lizzy Caplan
Agent Lacey
President Kim Jong-un
Randall Park
President Kim Jong-un
Sook
Diana Bang
Sook
Malcolm
Timothy Simons
Malcolm
Agent Botwin
Reese Alexander
Agent Botwin
Officer Koh
James Yi
Officer Koh
Officer Yu
Paul Bae
Officer Yu
Cole
Geoff Gustafson
Cole
Jackie
Dominique Lalonde
Jackie
Janet
Anesha Bailey
Janet
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