Were the Millions worth it?

Were the Millions worth it

In the latest edition of our Moviepilot podcast Streamgestöber we look at the most expensive films in Netflix history The streaming service has been trying to compete with big blockbuster productions for a while now and is investing a lot of money to do so. But what will the end result be?

We take a closer look at the streaming service’s seven most expensive film projects to find out whether the nine-digit budgets with the success and quality of the films. We were particularly interested in three questions:

  • What was the aim of the project?
  • Why was it so expensive?
  • And did it leave a pop culture footprint?
  • The seven most expensive Netflix films in the podcast check

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    Whether a film is good or bad has nothing to do with its budget, of course. What is interesting in the case of Netflix, however, is that the streamer spends considerable sums on huge films with Hollywood stars, which are sold off after just a few days. disappeared from the discourse while smaller productions like Im Wasser der Seine unexpectedly become streaming giants and dominate the charts for weeks.

    Why does In the Waters of the Seine have such a strong hold on the audience, while a sci-fi blockbuster like Atlas seems to be completely forgotten a month after its release? Jennifer Lopez had a 100 million blockbuster this year? It almost seems as if he had never existed. How can that be? We think about this question in the podcast.

    We took a closer look at the following films:

    The next budget record for a Netflix original film has already been decided: The upcoming sci-fi blockbuster The Electric State with Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt is said to have cost a whopping 300 million US dollars to produce.

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