3.《权力的游戏》(Game of Thrones)：600万美元/集

　　HBO’s Game of Thrones costs about $6 million per episode, E reports, with the network spending between $5 million and $10 million on the pilot episode alone. As with the majority of HBO hits, the staggering budget isn’t focused on its cast, but rather the beautiful and massive sets used, in addition to the elaborate shooting locations, according to Liberty Voice.

　　The unbelievably popular show is based on George R.R. Martin’s best selling series, A Song of Ice and Fire. According to the HBO description, “Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts, and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men … all will play the Game of Thrones.”

　　《权力的游戏》每集的制作费用约600万，但试播集花费了500-1000万。像大多数HBO剧一样，预算并没花在演员身上，而是在于精美宏大的布景和美丽的拍摄地点。该剧根据乔治·马丁(George R.R. Martin)的畅销书《冰与火之歌》(ASong of Ice and Fire)改编。