It basically means they don’t think they’ll make less than that if they would release. So they’d rather have $30M immediately (since 2023 is almost over) than

It basically means they don’t think they’ll make less than that if they would release. So they’d rather have $30M immediately (since 2023 is almost over) than release and have to perform accounting over the life of the film plus supplemental (streaming, other licenses) that they expect would result in less than $30M when all is said and done.