# The most expensive TV series ever, per episode

The Rings of Power at almost $58 million an episode, then Citadel, the final season of Stranger Things and a long run of Marvel shows for Disney+: the series that went over $20 million per episode, according to the trade-press figures compiled by Wikipedia.

- 39 votes · 22 items
- Jul 13, 2026 · Federico Testa
- https://even.best/en/l/5097/the-most-expensive-tv-series-ever-per-episode

## Top 22

1. **The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 2)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Year: 2024. Estimated cost per episode: $57.275 million.
2. **Stranger Things (season 5)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Year: 2025. Estimated cost per episode: $50 million.
3. **Citadel** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Year: 2023. Estimated cost per episode: $50 million.
4. **Secret Invasion** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Year: 2023. Estimated cost per episode: $35.3 million.
5. **The Falcon and the Winter Soldier** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Year: 2021. Estimated cost per episode: $25 million.
6. **The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 1)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Year: 2022. Estimated cost per episode: $58 million.
7. **Stranger Things (season 4)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Year: 2022. Estimated cost per episode: $30 million.
8. **WandaVision** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Year: 2021. Estimated cost per episode: $25 million.
9. **Loki (season 1)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Year: 2021. Estimated cost per episode: $25 million.
10. **The Acolyte** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Year: 2024. Estimated cost per episode: $22.5 million.
11. **Loki (season 2)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Year: 2023. Estimated cost per episode: $29.5 million.
12. **She-Hulk: Attorney at Law** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Year: 2022. Estimated cost per episode: $25 million.
13. **1923** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Year: 2022–2025. Estimated cost per episode: $22 million.
14. **House of the Dragon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Year: 2022–2024. Estimated cost per episode: $20 million.
15. **3 Body Problem** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Year: 2024. Estimated cost per episode: $20 million.
16. **Andor (season 2)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Year: 2025. Estimated cost per episode: $24.2 million.
17. **The Pacific** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Year: 2010. Estimated cost per episode: $20 million.
18. **Hawkeye** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Year: 2021. Estimated cost per episode: $25 million.
19. **Ms. Marvel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Year: 2022. Estimated cost per episode: $25 million.
20. **Moon Knight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Year: 2022. Estimated cost per episode: $24 million.
21. **Severance (season 2)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Year: 2025. Estimated cost per episode: $20 million.
22. **Andor (season 1)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Year: 2022. Estimated cost per episode: $20 million.

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