▁highest ▁re venue ▁outside ▁of ▁North ▁America ▁came ▁from ▁Russia ▁and ▁the ▁C IS ▁( £ 1 4 4 , 0 0 0 ), ▁Portugal ▁( £ 4 , 0 0 0 ) ▁and ▁Ser bia ▁( £ 2 , 0 0 0 ), ▁while ▁the ▁prof its ▁from ▁Hung ary , ▁Sloven ia , ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁Ukraine ▁were ▁minimal . ▁In ▁France , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁straight ▁to ▁DVD . ▁ ▁A ub urt in , ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁interview ▁since ▁the ▁film ' s ▁dis astr ous ▁US ▁opening ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁told ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁that ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁strike ▁a ▁balance ▁between ▁" a ▁Disney ▁propag anda ▁film ▁[ and ] ▁a ▁Costa - G av ras / Michael ▁Moore ▁movie ", ▁but ▁the ▁project ▁ultimately ▁t ipped ▁in ▁FIFA ' s ▁favor . ▁He ▁added , ▁" Now ▁I ' m ▁seen ▁as ▁bad ▁as ▁the ▁gu y ▁who ▁brought ▁A ID S ▁to ▁Africa ▁or ▁the ▁gu y ▁who ▁caused ▁the ▁financial ▁crisis . ▁My ▁name ▁is ▁all ▁over ▁[ this ▁mess ], ▁and ▁apparently ▁I ▁am ▁a ▁propag anda ▁gu y ▁making ▁films ▁for ▁cor rupt ▁people ." ▁▁ ▁Roth , ▁who ▁has ▁not ▁seen ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁has ▁decl ined ▁repeated ▁requests ▁to ▁speak ▁about ▁the ▁film , ▁conf essed ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁before ▁the ▁sc andal ▁broke , ▁to ▁German ▁newspaper ▁Die ▁Welt : ▁" Y e ah , ▁I ▁apolog ize ▁I