Netflix Millions: 5 Highest Earning Netflix Originals
4 La Casa De Papel (Season 5)
La Casa De Papel or Money Heist to most people is one of Netflix most popular creations. The show is about eight thieves who took hostages and locked themselves in Royal Mint of Spain, the story revolved and developed from there. All the seasons of the said show gathered huge amount of viewers, however, the season 5 which happen to be last and final season of the series garnered over 69 Million viewership topping all the previous seasons. The viewership will still gather more as finale will premiere in two volumes, first volume came out last September 3, 2021 and the ultimate finale part 2 is yet to come out on December 3, 2021. The total costs of the production was not disclosed yet but the per episode salary of the main characters alone costs $1,035,000 with Álvaro Morte, known as The Professor in the series, being the highest paid at $150,000 salary per episode. Total earnings of the show is yet to be disclosed as well since the part 2 of the finale has not been shown yet.
3 The Witcher (Season 1) And Lupin (Season 1)
The Witcher Season 1 and Lupin Season 1 both landed in fourth place both with 76 Million Viewership. The Witcher revolves around Geralt, a mutated hunter of monster who strives to find a place in the world of humans where he finds people eviler than beasts. The budget for the entire season was not officially confirmed, but rumor has it that the entire production costs for season 1 of The Witcher are $70-80 Million. The costs per episode were reported to be $10 Million, with Henry Cavill getting $400,000 as salary for each episode which totals to $3.2 Million for the entire season. With the addition of The Witcher on Netflix in the last quarter of 2019, it was reported that the earnings of Netflix have increased by $133.9 million compared to the previous year’s earnings.
Lupin, on the other hand, is a series about a world-famous thief and the master of disguise, Arsene Lupin. The series was labeled as the most surprising Netflix hit, considering the production costs are not as big as the other shows on this list. The production costs and financial gains of Lupin to the company were not disclosed, but Netflix claims the series is their ‘biggest French hit’, and about 4 million subscribers were added to their customers in the first quarter of 2021, the same period when Lupin was released.
2 Bridgerton (Season 1)
Landing on 2nd spot, Bridgerton makes history as it brings in 82 Million viewership to Netflix. The show is an adaptation of romance novel creations of American best-selling author Julia Quinn. The Bridgerton is one of the shows which was included in the $100 Million deal made with TV Producer Shonda Rhimes where the mega-producer is expected to produce hit shows for Netflix. The deal might seem overpriced, but considering the success and profit Bridgeton brought in, the deal might be worth it. The cost per episode of the series is reported to be £5million, which is about $6.8 Million. The series is said to have boosted the Revenue of Netflix UK in 2020; it was reported that revenue right after the Bridgeton was released totaled $239 Million in the UK alone.
1 Squid Game
Squid Game is now considered to be Netflix’s biggest show ever as it brought in 142 million viewership just after four weeks after the release of the series. The South Korean series tackles the risks people are willing to take to get out of debt and earn money. It revolves around the players of a survival game who are all in a huge amount of debt, the losers of each game being played will be killed off by the game staff, and the winners will have a chance to get the prize money at the end of the final game. The show has reportedly generated $900 Million of financial value for Netflix just recently. The show also brought in the biggest profit for Netflix since the production costs for the series are only at $21.4 Million, which is only about $2.4 Million per episode. Squid Game is also part of the $500 Million Netflix investment to produce TV and Movies in South Korea this year.
Sources: HollywoodReporter, Quartz, Cnet, LATimes, IndiaGlitz
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