Netflix uses viewership completion rates (how many finish a series) to greenlight seasons. They famously cancel expensive shows after two or three seasons because new subscribers come from new series, not long-running ones.
Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa), Godzilla Minus One (2023 – Oscar for VFX on a $15M budget), Your Name (2016 – anime distribution).
The line is blurring. (producers of Arcane ) and PlayStation Productions (the The Last of Us HBO series) are now entertainment studios in their own right. They are taking video game IP and turning it into prestige television, often outperforming traditional film studios.