‘The Acolyte’ Was Over Budget At $230 Million

[just444]

Disney has revealed that its controversial Star Wars streaming show The Acolyte came in "over the production budget" with its costs hitting $230.1m.https://t.co/Cc0gFL8tWm pic.twitter.com/SV1pvAPyOO
- Forbes Entertainment (@ForbesEnt) September 26, 2024

sourceadding to the "what kind of money laundering is going on with Star Wars projects" pile,

Comments

[lovelylaura23]

[anus]

Insane. Reddit was talking about this back when the budget was thought to be $180m and it was a staggering cost then since it cost more per minute than any other Star Wars show.

Why are they spending so much? Do they even draw in enough subscribers to make that worth it or is Disney+ bleeding money?

[euraylie]

This is just as bad as Secret Invasion, which had a similar price tag. Just throwing money at mediocre ideas and scripts.
Were there several reshoots?

[neuers]

Apparently Agatha was super cheap compared to other D+ shows and from what I've seen so far it looks pretty amazing.

I uave no idea how this was that expensive because it did not look that great on screen :O

[skyler_white_yo]

They can’t even pay the behind the scenes people a livable wage. What did they spend the money on?