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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's only $715,000,000.00 for the rights and the first season.

https://www.distractify.com/p/rings-of-power-budget-per-episode

It's not a billion, but it's twice as much as the 3 LotR movies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

So with inflation, around the same actual budget, but stricter time constraints