How Much Would These Famous TV and Film Offices Cost?
We all know that TV apartments are almost offensively unrealistic, as many a 20-something probably discovered while trying to live the Friends lifestyle in New York City. But what about offices you see on TV?
VoiceNation, a live answering service, crunched the numbers for the commercial real estate from 11 movies and television series, calculating total running costs from approximate rental prices, equipment costs, and employee counts.
And here are those offices, ranked by running expense per year.
11. Payton Hobart’s campaign office in The Politician: $52,615
Good thing Payton (Ben Platt) comes from money!
10. Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton location in The Office: $242,347
It helps, of course, that Scranton isn’t exactly a bustling Pennsylvania metropolis.
9. Sterling Cooper’s headquarters in Mad Men: $322,644
Don’t worry, Roger Sterling (John Slattery): That’s $322k in today’s money.
8. Pearson Hardman’s office in Suits: $368,305
The lawyers are getting a bargain, considering some of the other price tags on this list!
7. Mode magazine’s office in Ugly Betty: $1,154,022
And all those glassy walls are an occupational hazard for Betty (America Ferrera)!
6. The publishing office in Bridget Jones’s Diary: $2,602,782
The company shells out many a quid for its Central London location.
5. Runway magazine’s office in The Devil Wears Prada: $2,880,807
Not that Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) would bat an eye!
4. The Daily Telegraph newsroom in The Holiday: $9,321,074
Hopefully, Iris’s (Kate Winslet) society column is helping keep the Telegraph’s readership up!
3. Scarlet magazine’s office in The Bold Type: $9,829,433
With that kind of running cost, maybe Scarlet could take a page from Runway or Mode’s proverbial book.
2. Stratton Oakmont’s office in The Wolf of Wall Street: $10,366,694
Then again, when you’re throwing money off the deck of a yacht as Jordan Beflort (Leonardo DiCaprio) does in this film, you’re not hard up for cash.
1. The NBC studio in 30 Rock: $14,325,300
Over the course of seven seasons, that’s more than $100 million. (What the what?)
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