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Amazon and the Billion Dollar Series: The blockbuster associated with “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has been making headlines since 2018, and now Middle-earth fans and Prime subscribers around the world can assess whether Amazon’s investment was worth it. “The Rings of Power” has been available since September 2, 2022 video head are streamed.

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In this article, you can find out exactly how you can watch the series and why – as is always the case with Amazon’s big series – there’s an unusual posting cadence again this time around:

“The Rings of Power” is finally here: here’s how you can watch the new “Lord of the Rings” series now!

But what’s the point of all this from a billion-dollar budget? Did Amazon really spend that much money on one season of the series? The answer is of course a little more complicated than that.

Is The Rings of Power really the most expensive series of all time?

One thing’s for sure: Amazon paid nearly $250 million for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” novels (including the supplements). Only for your rights, excluding production, marketing, etc. costs.

That alone is more than most expensive series cost per season: For example, the MCU series “WandaVision” and “The Falcon And The Winter Soldier” are said to have cost 25 million per episode. And “Game Of Thrones” cost “only” 15 million per episode even in Season 8.

Additionally, the first season of Rings of the Power alone was said to have cost $462 millionLike the magazine Vanity Fair mentioned. However, that amount still had to be deducted from the $108 million in tax benefits granted by the New Zealand government for filming in New Zealand, such as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy.

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And many of the costs of the first season will, of course, pay off in subsequent seasons – a large part of the sets, outfits, weapons and, in general, the developed ideas should continue to be used. In all, Amazon has committed to five seasons (plus the possibility of a spin-off), which is also estimated to cost $100-150 million per season.

No matter how you twist and turn it, it will definitely work with a billion dollar budgetNot just for one season, but for the entire series. The first season, “The Rings of Power,” is also supposed to have the highest cost-per-episode of any series.

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