The record-setting “Squid Game” cost only $21 million in investment

According to media reports, the Korean drama “Squid Game” has not only become an original series with the highest ratings in Netflix history, but it is also a typical example of “small and big”.

According to Bloomberg News, this 9-episode series only cost Netflix US$21.4 million in budget, about US$2.4 million per episode.

In Asia, the 9-episode TV series invested 21 million US dollars (may be more expensive, but it is very cheap compared to Netflix’s European and American series).

Each episode of “Stranger Things” invests $8 million, and a single episode of “The Crown” costs $10 million.

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And Disney+’s Marvel series are more expensive, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Wanda Vision” each cost 25 million U.S. dollars, and “The Mandalorian” each cost 15 million U.S. dollars.

Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings” episode of the first season production cost is as high as 215 million US dollars.

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According to reports, Netflix’s annual investment in South Korea is about 500 million U.S. dollars.

After “Squid Game” became popular, the company not only made profits on peripheral products, but even developed a video game of the same name.

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