When the arithmetic mean is used to calculate this, it can be misleading because the salaries can be widely spread. Thus it may happen that 10% of the class have gotten excellent job offers while half the class is without jobs. Even in such a scenario, the mean salary can be a good number, but it hides facts behind it.
âGame of Thrones is a piece of the puzzle,â Pursel said. Time Warner owns HBO, which owns the television rights to the GOT franchise. In early February 2014, Time Warner formally released financial results for HBO. For 2013, HBOâs revenues were $4.9 billion with operating income of $1.7 billion.
If Game of Thrones costs around $6 million an episode to make, and there are no commercials shown during the show, how does anybody make money off the series? By being insanely, widely, and increasingly popular, that's how.