In Amazon’s reality show “Beast Games”, the contestants participated in a potato capture career, task of Torres Escalada and a currency collection challenge, among others, since they competed for a cash prize of $ 10 million , the biggest prize in the history of television and transmission. The program, which issued the final episode of its first season on February 13, was the largest program without Amazon script, winning 50 million viewers In its first 25 days.
Now Jimmy Donaldson, the 26 -year -old creator who is also known on YouTube as Mrbeast, reveals that he lost “dozens of millions” of dollars in the program, but does not regret using his own money to help fill in the holes of the program.
“I lost a ton of money filming the program,” Donaldson told Steven Bartlett in A “CEO diary“Podcast episode launched Earl this month. “It was not a good financial decision to make ‘Beast Games’.”
Jimmy Donaldson. Photo of Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC through Getty Images
Donaldson revealed that the first episode only required more than $ 15 million to build the set, which consisted of 1,000 towers that had each 10 feet high. The set of the second episode, meanwhile, took $ 14 million to build.
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Donaldson refused to specify how much the 10 -episodes season costs, but said the program cost more than its $ 100 million budget in general.
However, when Bartlett asked him if he regretted, Donaldson said no.
“For me, it was about making the first season as good as possible,” said Donaldson. “I can’t disappoint the YouTube community.”
According to Donaldson, YouTube creators do not have a good reputation when it comes to moving on to transmission platforms. He said that even he, like the youtuber with him Most of the world’s subscribersHe fought to get interest among transmission executives for their show.
So the bets were not only high for “beast games”, they were high for the YouTube community in general, Donaldson said. Now that the program is a success, the doors are opening for him and other creators.
“I already know two creators who have signed agreements based on the success of ‘Beast Games’, and probably hundreds of millions of dollars [are] It flows to the pockets of the creators only for ‘Beast Games’ in the next year, “Donaldson said.
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Donaldson also revealed in the interview that, although it can be a billionaire on paper, he actually has less than $ 1 million in his bank account. Although there is a salary, it ensures that it is sufficient to cover your personal expenses. The rest in your brand.
Beast Games is available exclusively in Prime Video. According to Donaldson, the program attracts about 700,000 new unique spectators every day.
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