2 Years of Service
They're pretty much rolling in money from the games. And the financial burden of the movie probably would have been carried by Lionsgate.
Haha, it's still wild, that it does exists, specially after such a flop, but, you're probably right, perhaps the studio paid the publisher for the rights, and they're now using the boost of sales from the terrible movie, as well as the money they got from Lionsgate for the rights of the IP. Well, so far all of them have been pretty good, so, here's hoping the 4th doesn't disappoint.