Yeah I agree with Chippy. I could see HBO offering the possibility to view the movie in theater at the same time it airs on TV. That would also earn them lots of extra $$$.

This... might not be a bad idea. Late night Sunday showings at like 7PM/10PM could make them BANK.

To bring this back up...I know this will not happen. But hypothetically, if the series finale were to be a theatrical feature, how big do you think could it be? It is the one show that seriously grew in hype and viewership from season to season and we all know that it has not reached its peak yet.

Back in summer 2016 I called the proposed $100+ million opening ridiculous. I think I'd take that back. With proper hype a warp-up film featuring an all-out battle between the walkers and the Seven Kingdoms would make $110-120 million opening weekend (and be insanely frontloaded).

Yeah it would be a huge event.

A 2.5-3 hour epic conclusion to the biggest and most talked about show in the world would open to $100m. That would only require 10-12m people to go see it which is less than half the number that watch the show each week. I'd say thats the floor.

Are those global viewing figures you're referring to? Because according to this, the peak is actually 12m (the series finale). Average viewership is actually 10m. And not all of those will attend opening weekend. I think it would not be as big as you guys are saying. One reason viewership is so high is because it's TV, and you don't have to do anything but use the remote to watch it.

If you do not watch the show, you won't attend the film. It's that simple. I think total US gross would be around $120m.

That was in June 2016 - last August, HBO said that the 7th season, across all official HBO platforms, averaged 30.6 million viewers an episode. I would now say that a hypothetical GoT movie that was basically a series finale would do over $65 million opening day - albeit while having one of the harshest opening day multipliers of all time, but it would still make something like $250 million domestically.

Those figures include repeats and streaming. Repeats is useless as it could easily be the same people as who saw the original, and streaming is difficult to extrapolate to box office because you can stream at any time you want - you can't see a film at the cinema any time you want. Streaming is perfect for people that do not fit into the normal daily routine that most people follow, hence it is difficult to use those figures for predicting box office, especially opening weekend box office.

You have to take into account the piracy downloads and a huge chunk of people watching it on HBO Go. True enough you may argue that people will just pirate the film but it will be from someone else's cell phone unlike the pirated high defination tv quality.

I think it would have broken the R rated opening. Still there might be a possibility of a movie depends on how they will carry it when the show ends.

As a 'series finale' event?

$70-$80m OW followed by huge drops and ending with about $130m-$140m total. But probably over $400m overseas, even $500m. OS audiences seem less discerning about whether or not its totally accessible to new audiences, it's more about brand name, and Game of Thrones is arguably the biggest brand name in fantasy since LOTR/Harry Potter.

So... this probably won't happen for a looong time but I feel sometime down the line, it'll happen. And it'll be massive.

It's not like the general public will say this will ruin the series lol

Yeah despite the numerous prequels they are planning - I can easily see a major feature film happening.

Perhaps Princess and the Queen with all the politics, murder, dragon fights would fit best. Could even stretch it out to two/three films when including other material (from Fire and Blood).

Robert's Rebellion could also work because the characters will be familiar to most but it doesnt offer anything new.

Or - with the way they ended the show they could very well do a sequel and bring it direct to the big screen.

If all 12m viewers saw the finale on OW that gets you $100m+. Best to promote it as a 1 week limited release. HBO was concerned they would be betraying their subscribers if they made it widely available.