Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones set a production benchmark among fantasy series, with a $15 million per-episode budget that was 30% higher than #4 The Sopranos' adjusted cost. It won 59 Emmy Awards, including four for Outstanding Drama Series, and achieved 10.5 million average viewers per season in the US. The show's global piracy data reveals it was downloaded over 1 billion times by 2019.