Complex sentence: Hollywood Pictures gave "Evita" a "platform release" which involved releasing the film in select cities, before expanding distribution in the following weeks; the film opened in limited release on December 25,1996, before opening wide on January 10,1997.
Split into simpler sentences: Hollywood Pictures gave the film a "platform release" which involved releasing it in select cities, before expanding distribution in the following weeks. The film opened in limited release on December 25,1996, before opening wide on January 10,1997.