N. Korea makes a ‘monkey’ out of O

Daffy North Korean despot Kim Jongun’s regime hit a new rhetorical low Saturday — calling President Obama “a monkey” and blaming him personally for the release of the movie “The Interview.”

A government spokesman called the goofy flick illegal, dishonest and reactionary.

“Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest,” an unidentified spokesman at the Policy Department said in a slur carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Meanwhile, Sony’s decision to release “The Interview” has paid off.

The comedy made $1 million in theaters on Christmas Day — and its onlinestreaming sales were just as impressive. “It will probably go down as the biggest ondemand title in history,” said Jeff Bock, senior boxoffice analyst for Exhibitor Relations.

The controversial movie — which allegedly upset North Korea with its plot about assassinating the hermit kingdom’s ruler — was the best seller on both Google Play and YouTube Movies on Christmas Day.

The movie had a “really strong showing” even though it played at only 331 theaters — with many soldout shows, according to Bock and other analysts.

Sony honchos declined to release official digital numbers on Friday, but more people likely watched the movie online than saw it in theaters — which could inspire some studios to distribute films online sooner after intheater release dates, Bock said.

“It would be theater chains’ worst nightmare,” Bock said. “But if people want to watch movies at home on computers or even on cellphones, Hollywood is going to have to listen.”

The movie’s Web success is no match for how much it would have made at the box office had the bigname theaters been on board, Bock said.

Sony pulled the plug on the movie’s original release date after hacker group Guardians of Peace threatened to attack theaters that showed it.