U.S.-based TV and film production budgets, by type of content
Quarterly; Q1 2021 to Q3 2023
A bar chart showing U.S.-based TV and film production budgets for episodic and feature-length content. Budgets peaked in September 2021, hitting nearly $8b. Budgets in Q2-Q3 2023 were dramatically lower than any prior quarter because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In Q3 2023, budgets were only $400m.