Complex sentence: Initial press screenings Rush Hour 2 indicated the possibility of an even higher grossing movie than the first and New Line Cinema and TriStar Pictures therefore distributed it to 3118 screens across America, 480 more theaters than the first movie.
Split into simpler sentences: Initial press screenings of "Rush Hour 2" indicated the possibility of an even higher grossing movie than the first. As a result, New Line Cinema and TriStar Pictures distributed it to 3,118 screens across America, 480 more theaters than the first movie.