because of these difficulties, distribution was first secured in numerous countries outside the u.s. on may 28, 2004, after more than a week of talks, disney announced that miramax film studio founders harvey and bob weinstein had personally acquired the rights to the documentary after disney declined to distribute it. the weinsteins agreed to repay disney for all costs to that point, estimated at around $6 million. they also agreed to be responsible for all costs to finish the film and all marketing costs not paid by any third-party film distributors. a settlement between the weinsteins and disney was also reached so that 60% of the film's profit would be donated to charity.