Complex sentence: Sony Pictures Classics paid an estimated $1 million to acquire the film's distribution rights in the United States, Latin America and South Africa; the film went on to gross $2.5 million in limited theatrical release in the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: Sony Pictures Classics paid an estimated $1 million to acquire the film's distribution rights in the United States, Latin America and South Africa. The film went on to gross $2.5 million in limited theatrical release in the United States.