Money Sure Pass;Thrones stars Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau signed a new contract worth $300,000 for each episode

With the fourth season's record high ratings, Game Of Thrones became U.S, cable network HBO's highest rated show of all time. 

So now, it's no surprise that the show's main stars are have secured a share of the spoils.

According to Deadline, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau have all signed deals which secures them around $300,000 an episode. 

Dance with dragons: Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, the Queen of Dragons in Game Of Thrones, has negociated a new contract, according to new reports

The actors have also extended their contracts to run through a seventh season of the George R.R. Martin adapted show. 

Previously contracted through to the sixth season, the stars are said to have negotiated their contracts separately over the past two months with Kit, Lena and Emilia closing their contracts first followed by Peter and Nikolaj in what the website describes as 'marathon talks.'

All five actors have been busy reprising their roles in the fifth season.

 

New deal: Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage as Cersei and Tyrion Lannister will get more cash per episode and will appear until the seventh season 

Heart-throb: Nickolaj Coster-Waldau, pictured as Jaime Lannister has also signed on until series seven 

Tyrion Lannister (Dinklage) has fled after murdering his father Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) while Night's Watchman Jon Snow (Kit Harington) will have to pick up the pieces following the epic battle at The Wall. 

Clarke's character Daenerys Targaryen continues to carve out her own regal empire, while Jaime Lannister is sent on a mission to Dorne following the shocking defeat and death of Prince Oberyn Martell by Ser Gregor Clegane during a trial by combat at King's Landing.

The show's success has brought an increasing amount of recognition for the actors, with Emmy-Award winner Peter describing the exposure as 'crazy.'

No trip to Spain for Jon Snow: Kit Harington normally films in the icy climes of Iceland

'When you’re on a TV show you get recognised more [than doing films] because it’s immediate,' he told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year. 'Like, “You were in my living room last night.” So, that’s changed me quite a bit. I'm not one of those people who takes it in stride. I’m a private person in many ways.'

British actor Kit added to GQ: 'I think people like [the show] because people actually respond to not being treated like idiots. It's a really complex story, and it's very hard to follow, and people love working that puzzle out. 

'And I mean essentially why I think people like it is it's a rollicking good story with sex and violence.'

House of luxury: The production team will use the 15th century Alcázar Palace as the palace of the House Martell in Spain 

HBO renewed the show for two more seasons earlier this year and the forthcoming fifth season has recently been filming in Spain with the southern town of Osuna and city of Seville providing the locations for the Westeros land of Dorne.

The production team is using using the 15th century Alcázar Palace as the palace of the House Martell.

In previous seasons, the ensemble show has filmed in Northern Ireland, Croatia and Iceland. 

The new series adapts material from A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, the fourth and fifth in George R.R. Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series. 

Ensemble: The cast of Game Of Thrones including Harington, Maisie WilliamsRose Leslie, Natalie Dormer, Sophie Turner and John Bradley last year