Budget Template: Netflix Productions
A free studio-scale budget template set up for a streaming original, with 656 line items and a dedicated Netflix deliverables account, plus the reported budgets of Netflix films from Extraction to The Electric State.
What's in this Netflix production budget template
The template uses a studio-style chart of accounts in the 1100 to 7200 range and opens in Saturation as a live budget with 656 line items. Saturation is not affiliated with Netflix.
- Above the line: 1100 Script, 1200 Producers Unit, 1300 Direction, 1400 Cast, 1500 Agency Commission, 1600 Travel and Living.
- Production: 2000 Production Staff through 3700 Stage Rentals, plus 4000 Special Shoot Units, 4100 Tests and 4300 to 4600 video and visual effects.
- Post-production: 5000 Editing (including closed captions and watermarking), 5100 Music, 5200 Post-Production Sound, 5300 Film Library, 5400 Opticals and Titles, 5600 Digital Intermediate.
- Deliverables and other: 5700 Netflix Deliverables (4K files and other deliverables), 7000 Administrative Expenses, 7200 Insurance.
Netflix shares its production and delivery specifications, including its approved camera list, with productions through the Netflix Partner Help Center. Price camera and post packages against those specs once you have them, not against a generic 4K assumption.
What Netflix films have cost
Reported production budgets for Netflix original films, with our full breakdowns:
Film | Reported budget |
|---|---|
$320 million | |
$200 million | |
$200 million | |
$159 million to $250 million | |
$120 million | |
$100 million or more | |
$65 million | |
$40 million |
Tracking a streaming original
Keep the approved budget as the estimate, post actuals as they land, and every line shows its variance. On a paid plan, export to Excel (XLSX), CSV or PDF when the studio asks for a cost report.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Netflix's official budget template?
No. Saturation is not affiliated with Netflix. It is a studio-style template with a dedicated deliverables account for streaming originals. If a studio gives you its own chart of accounts, import or mirror it in Saturation.
Which of these Netflix films cost the most?
The Electric State, with a reported budget of $320 million.
Can I import a budget from Movie Magic?
Yes. Saturation imports Movie Magic Budgeting budgets (an XML export from version 7 or later) and Showbiz budgets with their account structure and line items.
Open this template in Saturation
Every template lands in a live budget: auto-fill the line items, set your phases and rate packs, and let fringes and reports follow the numbers.
Budget Engine 2.0
Your budget, your cost report and every export run on one engine.
Auto-fill
Rates fill in as you type, from the source you turned on.
PhasesRebuilt
Every column knows its type.
Reports
Drag blocks onto the page and split a row in two.
Rate packs
Verified union rates, versioned.
Fringes and markupsRebuilt
Stack them, cap them, and see the split on every line.
