Complex sentence: The movie was a box office flop, and thanks in part to Cosby's advice on the film, it only grossed $4,615,255--a mere fraction of its $24 million budget.
Split into simpler sentences: The movie was a box office flop, and thanks in part to Cosby's advice on the film, it only grossed $4,615,255. It only grossed $4.6 million--a mere fraction of its $24 million budget.