The Walt Disney Company plans to spend $33 billion to produce approximately 195 original contents.
The Walt Disney Company estimates in 2022 the production of 50 new theatrical releases and a wide portfolio of 145 television and streaming series divided into: 60 unscripted series, 30 comedy series, 25 drama series, 15 docuseries/limited series, 10 animated series, 5 TV movies and numerous specials and shorts
According to the company’s annual report, Disney expects fiscal year 2022 spending on produced and licensed content to increase by $8 billion over 2021 ($25 billion) to a total of $33 billion.
As the report states, “The increase is driven by higher spend to support our DTC expansion and generally assumes no significant disruptions to production due to COVID-19″.