Source: Maxblizz 2024.09.28
Agatha All Along is Marvel Studios’ Most Budget-Friendly Live-Action Disney+ Series to Date

According to THR’s Heat Vision report, Agatha All Along is Marvel’s least expensive live-action series to date, significantly so. Marvel Television has recalibrated its shows, and that may now be paying off.

Year Budget Show
2024 < $40M Agatha All Along
2024 $40M Echo
2023 $141M Loki S2
2022 $147.9M Moon Knight
2021 $150M Hawkeye
2021 $150M Loki S1
2022 $150M Ms. Marvel
2021 $150M The Falcon & the Winter Soldier
2023 $212M Secret Invasion
2022 $225M She-Hulk
2021 $225M WandaVision

The Agatha All Along premiere episode received 9.3 million views in its first seven days on Disney+.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    37
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    3 months ago

    And yet it’s still entertaining. I’m certainly enjoying it more than I did Wandavision (which tops the list).

  • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    3 months ago

    First two episodes were fun, the third episode was like a kindergartners puzzle box, it was embarrassing, hope it returns to form

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldM
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    The budget for most MCU films is ~$200 million, so most of these are a little bit less (ok $50 million less), but importantly this aligns with all the talk about the TV shows being treated like films.

    I’m also curious how a film budget vs a TV budget breakdown.

    I can only guess a shit ton of money was wasted unnecessarily. Like, if you have a $200 million dollar budget, you spend $200 million.

    • Andy@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      3 months ago

      Where did they spend $150 M in Hawkeye?

      I guess I remember one big outdoor chase scene, but generally I feel like someone embezzled $10 or $20 mill. Loki? Sure. Falcon and the Winter Soldier? Yeah, that had a bunch of locations and high-value actors. But seriously, how would one spend $150 million on Hawkeye? No disrespect, but I didn’t see that on screen.

      I wish I did. I unironically love Hawkeye.

      • MimicJar@lemmy.worldM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        3 months ago

        I can only assume they produced (and ran for several years) the entirety of Rogers the Musical and just played the one part in the show.

        But seriously I have no idea.

        • Andy@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          3 months ago

          That is really funny!

          You know, that stage show actually did run at Disneyland for about two months. What if that’s actually it? What if they just used the budget from Hawkeye to underwrite the stage performance and call it “Marketing and Promotion” without having to dip into the theme park budget?? That actually doesn’t sound too crazy to me.

          Incidentally: my husband went to Disneyland to see Rogers! The Musical and said it was quite good.

          • MimicJar@lemmy.worldM
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            3 months ago

            Oh my God! I had no idea they developed a 30 min musical. It looks like there are recordings on YouTube so I’ll have to give it a watch.

    • Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      3 months ago

      What about Ms marvel that had no big names very little big scenes and the effects were pretty basic. I have no idea how much it costs to film stuff but I feel like I could have made that for 50 mil.

  • Artyom@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    How did SheHulk cost $225mil? Every moment of that series felt cheap, and the only big actor was Mark Ruffalo for 1 episode. Someone in production saw a chance to line the crap out of their pockets.

    • Microw@lemm.eeOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      3 months ago

      I mean, they had to animate Jen in lots of shots? Paying VFX artists costs money