Released exactly three years ago on Netflix, the animated series Arcane enjoyed unprecedented success on the platform. Video game adaptation League of Legends It managed to appeal to a wide audience, not just game fans, to the point of becoming one of the highest rated series of all time with an average viewership rating of 4.6 out of 5.
Produced on an XXL budget of around $80 million, Arcane set a string of records, including nine awards at the Annie Awards – the Oscars for animation – winning in every category in which the series was nominated. I have never seen it!
Arkan Season 2 Record Budget
from the article Diversity It reveals that Netflix has spent at least $250 million on two seasons of Arcane, a budget that covers both production costs and promotion of the show. 80 million was needed to produce the first season, or about $13.9 million per episode.
The second season – which will also be the last – cost $100 million, the biggest budget of all time for an animated series. That amount also puts it close to the top 10 highest-grossing series of all time, all media combined. As never before, Arkan is playing in the big leagues.
League of Legends unites 180 million online players worldwide. Although the game is free-to-play, its revenue is estimated at $3 billion a year, mainly thanks to the sale of personalized packages and other types of virtual products offered to players.
Season 2 of Arcane premieres this Saturday, November 9, with three episodes a week exclusively on Netflix.
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