Well, even with the insanely high budget per episode, each episode brings HBO a fair amount of profit. In addition to this, HBO has ties with numerous other broadcasters all over the world, making sure that they reach into as many markets as they can.
According to estimates, previous showpiece episodes of the series, which are almost always episodes 8 and 9, have cost up to $8 million per episode, with the budget dropping to about $6 million for the other episodes. For season 7, this budget was hiked to $10 million/episode since virtually all remaining episodes will have some big visual spectac
Well, even with the insanely high budget per episode, each episode brings HBO a fair amount of profit. In addition to this, HBO has ties with numerous other broadcasters all over the world, making sure that they reach into as many markets as they can.
According to estimates, previous showpiece episodes of the series, which are almost always episodes 8 and 9, have cost up to $8 million per episode, with the budget dropping to about $6 million for the other episodes. For season 7, this budget was hiked to $10 million/episode since virtually all remaining episodes will have some big visual spectacle.
We’ve always wanted to get to a place - story-wise and budget-wise and time-wise and resource-wise - where we would be able to do a proper battle, with one army on one side, one army on another side,
This is Daniel Weiss, one of the two principal showrunners.
HBO doesn’t rely on advertising to supplement its revenue, instead it banks on the quality of its content to spur viewers to purchase and renew subscriptions. And speaking of the viewers, here is a graphic of how the viewer base has risen over the years (sourced from Game of Thrones - Wikipedia)
The current season is averaging almost 2 million more viewers every single episode as compared to the last season, which was no slouch in its own right. This massive viewer base is about 52% male and 48% female, meaning that HBO has captured both principal demographics. With such a massive and consistent viewer base, HBO is assured of turning a fair amount of profit even after they put in millions of dollars into every episode, with the five principal cast members (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke) now earning around £2 million each per episode.
And this is all peanuts compared to what the show will earn once it has ended and HBO sends it into syndication, meaning that it will be broadcast as reruns on multiple channels for years, if not decades. That will essentially be free money and free marketing for HBO, as the syndicated Game of Thrones will series will also serve to remind viewers of the five reported spinoffs being developed by HBO, of whom at least one will be on air. This is also why HBO wants the show to end; they want to transition to the phase where they earn billions from this show by spending almost nothing.
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Like many of you reading this, I’ve been looking for ways to earn money online in addition to my part-time job. But you know how it is – the internet is full of scams and shady-grady stuff, so I spent weeks trying to find something legit. And I finally did!
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A LOT.
So much that there is really no justification for the poor job David Benioff and Dan Weiss did on the last season.
Too much, considering what they did to the last season. HBO wanted at least 2 more seasons, but they couldn’t be bothered and wanted to move on. They didn’t care to give the fans the ending we deserved. So any amount is too much.
Much of these answers are incorrect. Producers are writers. Creators are writers who are owners. All of these profit numbers are puffed up. Salaries are inflated. I'll tell you one thing I'm sure is true : from every episode budget a huge amount of money is skimmed and stolen. The CGI is amateurish. The cast are nobodies. You won't be seeing waste like this on HBO any more.