TV shows have long become full-fledged competitors of a full meter, and often their budget exceeds the cost of creating a feature film lasting 1.5-2 hours. Great attention is paid not only to the script, the cast, but also the special effects that costs a lot of money. The Price Runner resource has collected 10 series, which are the most expensive television shows from ever created.

Popular trilogy J.. Tolkien has become one of the largest commercial and critical successes in the world of cinema thanks to the favorite film adaptation of Peter Jackson in 2001. Production was also one of the most expensive for the whole time. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the wake of the success of Amazon Prime Video decided to adapt the popular work to the series, without regretting the money to create a television show, which studied the world of Middle -earth and its history outside the "

The first season of the series " This is more than the day of the HBO throne game, despite the fact that the audience has grown significantly over 8 seasons. The budget of the series is estimated at about $ 465 million only in the first season (not to mention the fact that Amazon won a tender war for the rights to the show, paying $ 250 million.

For comparison, a very successful " The duration of the Lord of the Rings is 11 hours 26 minutes, which costs it $ 38.4 million per hour. For the "

Thanks to the widespread use of CGI and fantastic decorations, the fourth season of “Very strange deeds” cost Netflix $ 30 million per episode. This is a huge leap compared to the expected budget of the first season of $ 6 million per episode, the budget of the second season of $ 8 million per episode and the budget of the third season less than $ 10 million per episode. The budget of the fifth season has not yet been voiced, but it is assumed that it will be $ 250-300 million.

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Disney+ directs all his efforts to stream gear. Mcu (Marvel Cinematic Universe) demonstrates incredible success, it is easy to understand why. At this very moment, several shows are already available, and a long queue is waiting for the exit. Budgets talk about Disney ambitions, as well as the popularity of the show. Most Marvel series, as a rule, cost about $ 140-50 million per season. This is the same golden middle that Marvel sought to achieve with such projects as Loki, Lunar Knight, Falcon Eye, Miss Marvel and Falcon and Winter Soldier. The most expensive project is still " The show took $ 225 million.

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanksu Mini-series 2010 still holds the position of one of the most expensive projects to date and the most expensive show ever created HBO, even 11 years after its release. From the budgets of $ 217 million, he surpassed such favorites of the service as " The epic scenes of the battles of World War II in the Pacific Ocean are partially responsible for the impressive budget. By the way, initially it was planned to spend $ 100 million on shooting. Although some initiatives to reduce expenses were used during the shooting (for example, unknown actors who paid two or three times more than the US film actors a day), realistic aspects of costumes, locations and requisite led to a sharp increase in expenses.

The action of the 10-episode series " Although the new release manages to surpass their predecessor according to the budget, the producers boast of how they managed to maintain low expenses, despite the extensive computer graphics of the dragons, which must be taken into account.

For comparison, the “game of thrones” cost HBO about $ 100 million per season. The cost of the episode in the first season was about $ 6 million, and in the eighth and last season it increased to $ 15 million.

Apple TV+ made every effort to get a part of the gold mine of streaming television shows when he released his service with his flagship of the Morning Show in 2019. The star project, in which, among other things, were Jennifer Eniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell in the main roles, provided for the corresponding fees. If the second season cost $ 15 million per episode, then in the third season this figure increased to $ 17.5 million. The first two seasons cost a streaming service of $ 300 million, and Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston received $ 1.25 million per episode.

It is not surprising that one of the most popular shows in the history of television had a rather large price tag. With a huge permanent cast, thousands of statists, hard -to -reach and visually overwhelming places of filming, as well as three very realistic dragons, it is not surprising that for the embodiment of books g. Martin needed a large budget. In the eight seasons of " According to the Finance Monthly report, HBO invested about $ 1.095 billion in the production of the series, and the eighth season has become the most expensive in terms of episode.

Unwathered and beloved by many the series " With amazing special effects and impressive visual effects, like Disney could not fork out. They say that Baby Yoda (or Grogu) cost $ 5 million dollars only in the CGI-History. The production of one season of the Mandalorza costs $ 120 million (according to IGN). Given that the Bobba Bobs of Fett and Mandalorets have many common production problems - shooting in volume, creating dozens of mandalor costumes, practical effects, etc.. It is logical that these shows will have similar budgets.

The post -apocalyptic fantastic series with the participation of Jason Momoa in the title role, telling about the future, where the remaining people are blind, generally pulled $ 240 million in two seasons. Director Francis Lawrence, before starting work on " "

The NBC television show with impressive 15 seasons behind the television on television from 1994 to 2009, participated, among other things, George Clooney, who had a large breakthrough in the show and the beginning of his Hollywood glory. This, along with an incredibly popular show, led to more and more budget for every season.

Even Quentin Tarantino appeared there as an invited director. The series that will remain cult for everyone who followed him in the 90s and early 2000s.

From 4 to 6 seasons " TNT also paid a record price of $ 1 million per episode for four years of repetitions of the series during this time. The cost of the first three seasons amounted to $ 2 million per episode, and seasons from 7 to 9 cost $ 8 million per episode.

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