I don't believe WB thinks they were wrong, they needed assurance that the movie would be watched.
You're right, dsr. This was pretty much a win-win for them. And I don't think they'll even spend a lot of money as their part of the deal. One of the articles said "limited release" meaning that it opens at a few theatres in big population centers but pretty much goes straight to dvd.
But on the positive side, our friends at Searching for Sonny caught the moment it went over 2million.
And they also noticed something else that I'll put under a spoiler in case you want to know nothing.Searching for Sonny @searchforsonny
In case you missed it last night, here's the Veronica Mars @kickstarter campaign rolling to $2 million. http://vine.co/v/bdOnbgDuIPl