I might believe that except for the highly embarrassing revelations of the studio heads emails by the hackers.
Right. The amount of money they are losing because of this stunt is not just limited to how much less “The Interview” takes in at the box office. They are going to lose future deals they would have gotten, just because of the bad press. Actors and directors who are profitable for them may not want to renew contracts now. Then, there are the inevitable lawsuits. Nobody would be stupid enough to bring all that on themselves for “publicity”.