Archive · 18 Sep 2025
Disney Receives $2.2 Billion in UK Subsidies
Imagine a big company, like Disney, getting money from the UK government to make movies and shows there.
Over 15 years, Disney received $2.2 billion!
This money, called subsidies, helps pay for making movies in the UK.
It's like a discount to encourage companies to film there.
The UK is now a hotspot for Hollywood blockbusters.
The government hopes it helps the economy by creating jobs and bringing in more money.
Some people worry, though, as it squeezes out local filmmakers.
Disney received $2.2 billion in UK subsidies over 15 years.
The UK's AVEC reimburses studios up to 25.5% of production costs.
Foreign studios accounted for 87% of UK production spending last year.
Disney has pledged to invest $5 billion more in UK/European content.
Increased production has created studio space shortages for some.
- Who
- Disney and other foreign studios (Netflix, Amazon)
- What
- Received $2.2 billion in subsidies from the UK
- When
- Over the past 15 years
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Why
- To attract big-budget productions
- Subsidy Amount
- $2.2 billion
- Subsidy Source
- UK Government
- Subsidy Program
- Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC)
- Disney Investment
- $5 billion (planned in UK/Europe)
- Films & Shows (2019-Present)
- 41 shows, 29 films
- Benefit to Economy
- £8.30 GVA for every £1 reimbursed (2019)