 In the case of "The Birth of a Nation", its distributor, Epoch, sold off many of its distribution territories on a "states rights" basis—which typically amounted to 10 percent of the box-office gross—and Epoch's accounts are only indicative of its own profits from the film, and not the local distributors.Carl E. Milliken, secretary of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association, estimated that "The Birth of a Nation" had been seen by fifty million people by 1930.When it was re-released in 1947, it earned an impressive $5 million rental in the United States and Canada, and was one of the top ten releases of the year.