WEMUS Productions

Investing in Films

The motion picture industry is dominated by studio giants which run on overheads approaching a billion dollars a year, with countless  resources in terms of talent, organizational strength and capital,  WEMUS Productions is a true independent distributor of feature-length  motion pictures intended for initial theatrical release.

WEMUS Productions distributes and licenses its original or acquired product on a worldwide basis through initial theatrical release, as well as to the  ancillary and tertiary markets, with emphasis on direct distribution in  all media for the United States, Canada and The United Kingdom, and  licensing in other key markets overseas.

Managed by a core of film industry  professionals, our mission is to develop into a viable long-term  competitor of quality film and distribution companies such as Miramax, Sony  Classics and Fox Searchlight, while retaining its true creative  independence, creating substantial returns and building long-term value  for its investor-owners in the process.

Why Invest in Movies
A Radical Upside View

A movie is the best investment one can make for the upside potential versus the risk. They’re better than real estate, blue chip stocks, gold, silver, precious stones, income-producing rental properties, futures, treasuries, international currencies...better than anything, with the possible exception of investing in your own education.

There is simply is no business with manufacturing capital entry requirements as low as motion pictures where the potential return can be as unlimited over the short, medium and long terms. For instance, a movie such “Halloween”, costing as little as $320,000 to produce, earned $75,000,000 and it does not stop earning money - for a lifetime. “Return of the Secacus 7” cost only $60,000 and grossed $2,500,000. “Benji” cost $550,000 and grossed $45,000,000; “Night of the Living Dead” cost $144,000 and grossed $40,000,000; “Grizzly” cost $700,000 and grossed $31,000,000; “Dawn of the Dead” cost $700,000 and grossed $55,000,000 and “Blair Witch Project” cost $5,000 and grossed over $150,000,000.

And when you thought nothing could top Blair Witch, along came “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” which was produced for about $1.5 million as an independent film (turned down by all the studios for financing)and it has generated over $200,000,000 to include home video and foreign. There are thousands of other example where the return was at least times anything done by securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the S&P 500 or the NASDAQ.

Movies are Good for Commerce

Top-Grossing Genres 1995 to 2010

Quick Recoupment

You can invest in the Development of movie projects and recoup your investment the minute the movie goes into production and still retain ownership in the profits generated from distribution.

An investment in the development of movie projects means you are investing in the story, the talent package and the producers ability to get it financed.

Development investment usually gets you the most “Points” (units of ownership) per dollar. No securities rise in value as fast as development Points in a movie that will go into production. Points continue to rise in value forever because the movie can be rented forever as long as new people are born on the planet earth.

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