MOVIE DETECTIVE · 2025 · Argentina

Where the money in The Eternaut went

El Eternauta · Netflix

BudgetUnknown
MarketingUnknown
Worldwide grossUnknown
Break-evenUnknown

Gross is before cinemas, distributors and producers split it, so gross ÷ budget is not a return.

01 BASICS

Basics

Format
Series · Streaming original
Studio
Unknown
Distributor
Netflix
Cast
Unknown

02 PRODUCTION

Production cost

Unknown

No line-item breakdown (cast, VFX, sets…) is public. We do not split by assumed ratios.

03 MARKETING

Marketing (P&A)

Marketing cost not disclosed

04 BOX OFFICE

Box office

A streaming original has no box office; platform revenue per title is not public.

05 REVENUE FLOW

Revenue waterfall

Box office
Unknown
Cinema share
Contract-specific — not public
Distribution fee
Unknown
Marketing (P&A)
Marketing cost not disclosed
Production cost
Unknown
Talent backend
Specific contract terms not public
What remains · Not calculated while any line above is unknown.
Unknown

06 BREAK-EVEN

Break-even

No sourced break-even figure, so none is calculated. We do not use rules of thumb like “2.5× budget”.

07 WINDOWS

Cinema to streaming

Streaming on: Netflix

08 STARS

Stars and promotion

Fees and backend: specific contract terms not public

09 PIRACY

Piracy timeline

No credible first-seen record. This page never lists sites, links or access methods.

10 AI

AI use

Generative video

Generative AI footage used for one building-collapse scene — the first Netflix original case the company disclosed

Stated claim: Co-CEO Ted Sarandos (Q2 2025 earnings): finished ten times faster than traditional VFX and not feasible on that budget otherwise

Performer consent
Not disclosed
Likeness rights
Not disclosed
Voice rights
Not disclosed
Training-data use
Not disclosed
Extra compensation
Not disclosed
Reuse allowed
Not disclosed

11 SOURCES

Sources

Last checked: 2026-10-02

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