A lot of the smaller studios like eOne and Studiocanal often sell the distribution rights to their films because they either don't have the resources to distribute to every country and also it helps recoup the production costs. The only disadvantage is that they don't get a share of the profits and this is what sunk New Line Cinema back in 2008 when The Golden Compass as it poorly in the US but decently overseas but because New Line sold the overseas distributors to local distributors, they didn't see a penny of that overseas money.
Since the forum is closing at the end of the month, perhaps on the final day we should allow Asa, Charlie and Bail the opportunity to slag off all the forum members who have pissed them off over the last few months and years, like The Purge but with insults.