Back before the elections, much was written about how Disney would not distribute Fahrenheit 9/11, the anti-Bush movie made by Michael Moore, because that would put the company at risk for "retribution" at their Florida amusement properties by Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
Edward Jay Epstein tells how The Mouse managed to make a huge pile of dough anyway.
"The net receipts returned to Disney were $78 million. Disney now had to pay Michael Moore's profit participation. (snip) Disney, in honoring this deal, paid Moore a stunning $21 million. Moore never disclosed the amount of his profit participation. When asked about it, the proletarian Moore joked to reporters on a conference call, 'I don't read the contracts.'"
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