The final season of Stranger Things has reignited one of the most surprising budgeting conversations, could a TV show’s single season actually cost more than one of the most expensive and most successful film - "Avengers: Endgame"? Multiple outlets have reported from industry sources that Season 5 of 'Stranger Things' will be highly expensive which is roughly $50–60 million per episode and for eight episodes it would cost about $400–480 million in production and the budget of Avengers: Endgame was around $356–400 million (according to multiple reports).
Rumour or confirmed?
Even though many people in social media and other reputable sites have found the source of these reports, but Netflix has not released an official production budget for Season 5, and the streaming giant typically does not disclose per-episode production costs. So, in short: multiple outlets report the high budget figure of Stranger Things series, but there’s no formal confirmation from Netflix or the Duffer Brothers as of the reporting cited on the internet. Otherwise, Marvel or Disney has always reported the approximate budgets of their Movie/Series to their community.
If this information is true, then Stranger Things Season 5 might get even more and different level of value in future. But still, readers should remember two important things: firstly, these are production-cost comparisons (not including marketing, which can dramatically alter totals); secondly, the figures for Stranger Things are leak-driven and not officially published by Netflix. Anyway, what do you guys think of this series budget, which is more than the most successful film 'Avengers: Endgame'? Let us know your own thoughts in the Comments.