should have had better security in the first place. what about number six brian? sony wants successful release of annie. it shows the movie studio is up and running, able to get out of this and still be online and alive. annie came out friday, made $16 million over the weekend. okay, didn t do great, but okay. they re hoping it will gain momentum as people go to movies over christmas and new year s holiday. peace and quiet maybe too for the company? yeah. it s an interesting situation right at the holiday season. this is the biggest time of year for movies to be released. it s also the time of year hollywood executives try to get out of the country and go on vacation for a while. i don t think folks at sony will be able to. all right. certainly messy there. brian and lori, nice to see you guys. thank you. still to come, falling oil prices good or bad? the answer may not be as obvious
they want some. they feel the rest of the industry hasn t rallied around them enough. that started to happen last week. the association that represents studios came to sony s defense. now they want it from distributors, netflix, you tube, theater owners. i checked with sony this morning. month update on distribution. i think we ll hear about a plan to release this movie. lori, any sympathy for sony on this? it s hard. sony has been a target for hackers n. 2011 play station was hacked. like 70 million accounts were exposed. what former employees said to me yesterday on the phone, they should have learned. they left our information out will there and of course anyone would have sympathy for someone that s been through such a violating hack. a lot of people are saying you
tech correspondent. good morning to you guys. good morning. brian, you made a wish list for sony they could use now, right? all the things they want for christmas. let s talk about that. trying to get in the holiday spirit. number one being a way to release the interview . that has to be at the top of the list. now in active talks to get this distributed, the question is how. who is going to help them do it? number two, support from other companies. they need help from others to get this done. they also need leaks to stop. leaks keep coming from hackers, n anonymous hackers. sony has more data. i imagine they want the lawsuits to stop. there s been a number against them. let me bring lori in. number two is stop the leaks. is that possible? who knows what else is out there. speaking to sony employees within the company are sitting there thinking oh my god we have no idea if our personal information will end up on the