Complex sentence: New Line Cinema wrote Raimi a check large enough to pay off all the investors, and decided to release the film in a unique manner: simultaneously into both cinemas and onto VHS, with substantial domestic promotion.
Split into simpler sentences: New Line Cinema wrote Raimi a check large enough to pay off all the investors, and decided to release the film in a unique manner. It was supposed to be released simultaneously into both cinemas and onto VHS, and received substantial domestic promotion.