So, like the headline of this article states, it appears that HBO made about $2.2 billion from Game of Thrones. That’s roughly $285 million per season, or even $31 million per episode, numbers.
'game of thrones' season 8 budget: what 'battle of winterfell,' other episodes cost to make 'Kit Harington got more money than me, but he had a bigger storyline.

The new Game of Thrones cast members share their excitement in playing their characters at Comic Con. Courtesy HBO..

The new Game of Thrones cast members share their excitement in playing their characters at Comic Con. Courtesy HBO.

Bitcoin to real money. Salary per Episode: $500,000. Net Worth: $16 million. Dinklage was also part of the cast member negotiation process that secured his per-episode salary, meaning Game of Thrones has given him about $12.5 million. The actor also benefits from his various film roles, appearing in movies such as Elf, The Chronicles of Narnia and Avengers: Infinity.

Emilia Clarke is Daenerys Targaryen in a Game of Thrones.Source:AP

WINTER is coming and so is a massive payday.

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It was reported by Deadline that Game of Thrones’ five biggest stars — Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau — will be paid $300,000 an episode and they have all extended their contracts through the show’s seventh season. Sure, that means that Tyrion, Jon Snow, Cersei, Daenerys and Jaime are all making Friends money now, but it also might reveal massive spoilers for who lives and who dies in the still unpublished sixth and seventh books.

**GAME OF THRONES SPOILERS AHEAD**

Emmy award-winning star Peter Dinklage is Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones.Source:Supplied

Usually it makes sense to lock down a popular show’s five lead actors through upcoming seasons. However, one of those aforementioned characters is kind of left for dead at the end of the fifth book.

**AGAIN: MAJOR GAME OF THRONES SPOILERS AHEAD**

At the end of A Dance With Dragons, our favourite brooding hero, Jon Snow, is betrayed by the Night’s Watch and stabbed multiple times, Julius Caesar-style. George R.R. Martin has left character’s fates up in the air before, but it’s hard to recover from being stabbed dozens of times.

Extras acting in Game of Thrones leave the bullring in Spain.Source:AFP

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Clever fans have concluded that Jon might be brought back from the dead using any number of magical techniques — Melisandre could bring him back using her connection to R’hllor, Jon could activate his warg abilities, he could become an Other, and then there’s a pesky prophecy or two that hints that a great hero will rise from the dead, blah blah blah … Anyway, fans thought they would have to wait until either George R.R. Martin publishes the sixth book or until the show tackles that epic moment to find out if Jon pulls through.

Or do they?

Kit Harington is Jon Snow in Game of Thrones.Source:Foxtel

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If Kit Harington’s contract has been extended through the seventh season, there’s a strong chance that Jon either won’t be killed or will come back from the dead. Obviously, this contract could be a smokescreen to hide this plot twist, and it’s entirely possible that Game of Thrones show runners might nix Jon’s death from their adaptation. After all, set photos have revealed that Jaime and Bronn are going to Dorne this season and they totally don’t do that in the books …

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This article originally appeared in the New York Post.