Marking the first time that a major theater operator has addressed The Interview debacle, AMC Entertainment CEO Gerry Lopez said Wednesday that the movie's release was "poorly handled" by Sony and the film studio's chairman, Michael Lynton.
"You had the president of the United States promoting the movie on television, and it still bombed," Lopez told The Hollywood Reporter. "Let's just say the situation could have been handled a lot better. And in a quiet moment, Michael might even agree. Sony was blindsided and destroyed by the hack. They made a lot of wrong decisions."
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