8 most expensive foreign series in television history

eighth feeling

• Fiction, thriller.
• United States, 2015.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 8,4.
• 9 million dollars per episode.

The series is about how the world works, from the Wachowski sisters received excellent ratings at the end of the first season. series budget of $ 9 million per episode. Most expenditure accounted for transfers, since the series was shot in eight different countries: Kenya, India, Germany, Iceland, South Korea, Mexico, the USA and the UK.

Rome

• History, Action, Drama.
• United Kingdom, United States, 2005.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 8,8.
• 10 million dollars per episode.

One of the few series that had everything: huge budgets, attractive characters, high ratings. But it was not enough to convince the producers to extend the "Rome" for a third season.

HBO management considered that the production of the series will be financially disadvantageous and close the show, which allocates 10 million dollars per episode. A couple of years it was decided to shoot "game of thrones"With the same budgets.

Game of Thrones

• Fantasy, drama, adventure.
• US, UK, 2011.
• Duration: 6 seasons.
• IMDb: 9,5.
• 10 million dollars per episode.

By the sixth season of the budgets of "Game of Thrones" have grown strongly. For the production of each episode of 10 million dollars was spent on the average. Although for the most battle-series "Battle of bastards" we have spent a lot more. The first season has managed in 50 million, and the sixth - 100.

whether such costs are beneficial? According to rumors, the profits from "Game of Thrones" by the end of the series will be greater than that of the film adaptation of "Lord of the rings». This $ 3 billion.

Friends

• Comedy, Romance.
• USA, 1994.
• Duration: 10 seasons.
• IMDb: 9,0.
• 10 million dollars per episode.

The case where a large part of the budget is spent on the show the actors' fees, performing leading roles. And in such "friends" as many as six. For each episode of the tenth season of the actors, who played Ross, Phoebe, Rachel, Monica, Chandler and Joey's, received a million dollars each. For comparison, at the start of the series they were paid for 22.5 thousand dollars.

But Bruce Willis in "Friends" starred "free." He lost a bet Matthew Perry and donated all the royalties received to charity.

Ambulance

• Drama, Romance.
• USA, 1994.
• Duration: 15 seasons.
• IMDb: 7,7.
• 13 million dollars per episode.

"ER" - an exception to the rule. Firstly, the series has become one of the longest medical dramas shown in prime time. This show 15 seasons and 331 series. Second, 13 million - the price is not the final episodes of "ER." The series came out in 1994, and 13 million were spent on the series from 1998 to 2002. After a series of budget cut to 9 million.

By the way, the scenario of "ambulance" written back in 1974, but only 20 years later, started filming.

Annealing

• A musical drama.
• United States, 2016.
• Length: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8,5.
• $ 120 million per season.

"This is the Bronx rather than Disneyland!" - says one of the characters of the series. But it is not just harsh story of the South Bronx of the 1970s and the musical: music and dancing against the burned buildings, drugs and street gangs.

This is a story about one of the most powerful movements in music, was born in the seemingly hopeless place. Colorful and rhythmically! And in "a joke" played by Jaden Smith. And the role of the disco guy in the '70s he is given the better than the role of space in the boy's "After Earth".

Brothers in Arms

• War, Action, Drama.
• United Kingdom, United States, 2001.
• Length: 1 season.
• IMDb: 9,5.
• $ 125 million per season.

This series ended after the first season, because the story is based on a true story, was told fully. Is the rare case when the huge budgets spent on military weapons, special effects makeup and not in order to make profits from the show over the next 5-7 years. As a result - "Golden Globe" in the nomination "The best mini-series or movie on TV."

By the way, the third series "Band of Brothers" had spent more than fireworks and ammunition than it took for all of the shooting of the film "Saving Private Ryan."

Crown

• History of the drama.
• US, UK, 2016.
• Length: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8,8.
• $ 130 million per season.

While that is the most expensive series in television history. Most of the budget spent on sewing costumes and scenery. And a lot of time spent on the coordination of the script with the representatives of the royal family.

Scheduled six seasons, "Crown", which will tell all about the modern British monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II. And while the show has such budgets, it will look as interesting as the way of Daenerys Targaryen to his crown.