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It cost more than $10 million to shoot each episode of Season 6.
"Game of Thrones" is an epic, expensive production, and you can see all of the money on screen for each episode, especially in the current Season 6. In Entertainment Weekly this past April, reporter James Hibberd wrote about the massive budget for the show: "The show easily costs north of $10 million per episode at this point — not that you'll hear HBO complain."
As Tech Insider noted, that's a jump from earlier season reports, including in Season 2, when the showrunners said they had to beg HBO for an extra $2 million to film the Battle of the Blackwater, which brought that episode's price tag to an estimated $8 million. Over time, the show has only gotten bigger and more ambitious. For example, Season 5 shot in 5 countries, on 151 sets, for 240 days, with 166 cast members, more than 1,000 crew members and more than 5,000 extras.
"Game of Thrones" is an epic, expensive production, and you can see all of the money on screen for each episode, especially in the current Season 6. In Entertainment Weekly this past April, reporter James Hibberd wrote about the massive budget for the show: "The show easily costs north of $10 million per episode at this point — not that you'll hear HBO complain."
As Tech Insider noted, that's a jump from earlier season reports, including in Season 2, when the showrunners said they had to beg HBO for an extra $2 million to film the Battle of the Blackwater, which brought that episode's price tag to an estimated $8 million. Over time, the show has only gotten bigger and more ambitious. For example, Season 5 shot in 5 countries, on 151 sets, for 240 days, with 166 cast members, more than 1,000 crew members and more than 5,000 extras.
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