Entertainment
Netflix Spent $135 Billion on Films, TV Shows in Past 10 Years
Cast extras and crew on set of the Netflix film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro, in Edinburgh, in 2024.
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Netflix Inc. said it spent $135 billion over the past decade making films and TV shows in more than 50 countries.
The productions employed over 425,000 people, hundreds of thousands of extras and day laborers, as well as hundreds of vendors, everything from caterers to historical advisers. The stats were part of a new website called the Netflix Effect that the company is using to demonstrate how it boosts local economies.