Angel Studios announced on Wednesday that it had repaid all 6,678 investors who crowdfunded the film’s theatrical debut, plus a promised 20 percent dividend, given the movie’s phenomenal $174 million takings at the box office on a budget of $19 million since being released in early July.
Newsweek previously reported that Fabian Marta, one of the many who helped fund the movie, was arrested in late July and charged with accessory to child kidnapping, according to a Missouri court filing. Marta has denied any wrongdoing and his attorney has said he will plead his innocence in court.
I don’t plan on seeing the film, but this is quite a stretch to get the headline: “One of your 6,678 investors is a piece of shit! GOTCHA!”