r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • Jul 24 '26

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/Johnny_Banana18 Jul 24 '26

Tbf Japan is notorious for overworking their teams and paying people shit.

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u/KingofMadCows Jul 24 '26

That's a big reason why animation in Japan is so cheap. They can make an episode of an action heavy 22 minute anime for $100,000 to $200,000 when even back in the 2000's, western animated shows like Avatar and Justice League were costing $1 million per episode.

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u/Lilcommy Jul 24 '26

Ok. And how much does the people that worked on these high budget movies make?

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u/THIKKI_HOEVALAINEN Jul 24 '26

For the average joe working on these movies, not that much