Netflix hit the jackpot with their South Korean drama smash hit Squid Game and according to Bloomberg, the price for the series was well it. Despite becoming the streaming platform's biggest launch ever, Squid Game only cost $21.4 million to acquire, a product of the streaming service investing in a small, previously unknown IP that has now taken the world by storm.
For comparison, Squid Game cost less for Netflix than The Closer, the controversial final one-hour comedy special from Dave Chappelle, which the company spent $24.1 million on. At around $2.4 million per episode across its nine-episode run, securing the K-drama was also less costly than fellow top ten launches on the platform like The Crown and Stranger Things which, per a Variety report, came in at $10 million and $8 million per episode respectively. While still a lot of money, Squid Game was a bargain, especially in the age of increasingly rising costs for television shows fueled by bigger properties like Marvel and Disney seeping into the market.
Read more: https://collider.com/squid-game-budget-cost-netflix/
#SquidGame #Netflix
BREAKING NEWS, REVIEWS & MORE: https://collider.com
SUBSCRIBE: https://youtube.com/collider
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
https://twitter.com/collider
https://instagram.com/collider
https://facebook.com/collider
For copyright matters please contact us at: legal@valnetinc.com
0 Comments