Photo Gallery: The Interview first showing at Five Star Cinema in Glendale

The theater is nearly full for a sell-out first showing of The Interview at MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The theater was sold out for the showing which earlier was dropped from theaters because of perceived threats against Sony for creating the film. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Dec. 25, 2014 5:07 PM PT

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On Christmas Day, MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale debuted “The Interview,” the Sony Pictures comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, which sparked a cyber-attack on the studio and threats of violence from hackers.

Photo Gallery: The Interview first showing at Five Star Cinema in Glendale

A reporter and photographer from Channel 4 interview James Passarella, of Pasadena, about why he is at the theater to see the controvesial movie The Interview at MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale for the first showing of the movie on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The theater was sold out for the showing which earlier was dropped from theaters because of perceived threats against Sony for creating the film. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The lobby of the theater is void of any other publicity material because when it was originally scheduled, then cancelled for release, all of it had to be pulled and sent back, so the only marketing display for The Interview is on a LED display board outside at MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale for the first showing of The Interview on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The theater was sold out for the showing which earlier was dropped from theaters because of perceived threats against Sony for creating the film. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The lobby of the theater with theater goers buying tickets is void of any other publicity material because when it was originally scheduled, then cancelled, for release, all of it had to be pulled and sent back, so the only marketing display for The Interview is on a LED display board outside the theater at MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale for the first showing of The Interview on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The theater was sold out for the showing which earlier was dropped from theaters because of perceived threats against Sony for creating the film. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Movie goers as the theater is filling for a sold out first showing of The Intereview at MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The theater was sold out for the showing which earlier was dropped from theaters because of perceived threats against Sony for creating the film. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The lobby of MGN Five Star Cinema in Glendale was void of any publicity material for “The Interview” because of Sony’s cancellation of the release due to perceived threats. The only marketing display on Christmas Day, when it opened in select theaters, was an LED display board outside. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)