Complex sentence: The film eventually grossed a total of $8,620,929 domestically, making it the 76th highest-grossing film that year, though it failed to exceed its $15,000,000 budget.
Split into simpler sentences: The film eventually grossed a total of $8,620,929 domestically, making it the 76th highest-grossing film that year. Thus it failed to exceed its $15,000,000 budget.