'RINGS OF POWER' Series Requires a Budget of Up to 890 Billion, Check Out 8 Hollywood TV Series with the Highest Budget!

The most expensive television series in the first position is RINGS OF POWER (2022) produced by Amazon Prime. This series adapts the story of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and is also rumored to match the quality of the films directed by Peter Jackson. According to Movieweb, this series requires 58 million US dollars or 890 billion Indonesian rupiah per episode. It is known that this series has 8 episodes.

In addition to RINGS OF POWER (2022), Amazon Prime is also producing a spy action television series starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra titled CITADEL. CITADEL (2023) ranks second as the most expensive series. According to Movieweb, CITADEL requires a budget of 50 million US dollars or 767 billion Indonesian rupiah per episode.

Entering phase five in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel releases SECRET INVASION this year through Disney Plus, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Emilia Clarke. It is known that the budget for SECRET INVASION per episode is 35 million US dollars or 537 billion Indonesian rupiah. This makes SECRET INVASION the most expensive Marvel series.

One of the iconic series produced by Netflix, STRANGER THINGS, also made it into the list of the most expensive series. According to Movieweb, this series requires a budget of 30 million US dollars or 460 billion Indonesian rupiah. It's no wonder that this series definitely needs extraordinary special effects to support the adventure of Eleven and her friends in their fight against Vecna. 

Prior to the release of SECRET INVASION, Marvel has released several television series through Disney Plus after seeing the success of SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME amidst the pandemic. Marvel television series such as WANDAVISION, LOKI, THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, and HAWKEYE are known to require a budget of 25 million US dollars or 383 billion Indonesian rupiah per episode.

Not wanting to miss the opportunity, HBO released the series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022). This series is a prequel to GAME OF THRONES which was released in 2011 and was considered quite profitable. According to Movieweb, this series, which has achieved the highest ratings for HBO, requires 20 million US dollars or 307 billion Indonesian rupiah per episode.

Not only the Marvel Cinematic Universe, THE MANDALORIAN and OBI-WAN KENOBI are also released as part of the Star Wars Universe story. In fact, THE MANDALORIAN managed to become a hit series after being directed by Jon Favreau, who is also the director of one of the MCU films. As reported by Movieweb, this series is known to require 15 million US dollars or 230 billion Indonesian rupiah per episode.

According to Movieweb, in the early seasons, GAME OF THRONES only required 6 million US dollars per episode or around 92 billion Indonesian rupiah. However, in the final season, the budget soared to 15 million US dollars or 230 billion Indonesian rupiah per episode, which was allocated to create realistic scenery, professional film crew, costumes, and other expenses that made GAME OF THRONES a huge success.