On 19 December, Amazon Prime TV launched one of its most ambitious projects to date- Beast Games, a game show created and hosted by YouTube sensation and Guinness World Records icon, MrBeast. The show is a testament to the scale of MrBeast’s vision, with an incredible $100 million budget and an epic prize fund.

The Largest Game Show

MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, described Beast Games as the “largest game show in history.” The show featured 1,000 contestants vying for a massive $5 million prize, setting a new record for the largest unscripted reality TV show prize, surpassing the previous record held by Squid Game: The Challenge, which offered a $4.56 million reward.

The show, which aired its final episode on 13 February, has since garnered massive attention and broken 44 Guinness World Records. These records were kept under wraps until now, giving fans something to marvel at beyond the thrilling games.

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Breaking Records With Scale And Money

With a budget of $100 million, Beast Games quickly made its mark, setting records not just in terms of the scale of the competition, but also in monetary achievements.

The show’s financial stakes were as dramatic as its gameplay, with huge sums of money on the line throughout the series. Additionally, the final episode saw $2.02 million awarded in a single episode, setting a new record for the most money won in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show.

While the monetary records were the show’s most shocking, Beast Games also broke several quirky records that added an element of fun to the competition.

These eye-catching moments brought a touch of spectacle to the show, adding to its already impressive list of world records.

Filming Locations & Record-Breaking Teams

Filming took place in two major locations: Las Vegas, Nevada (Beast City) and Toronto, Ontario (Beast Island). The production was so vast that it required over 60 people to work as part of the story producer team, with 198 challenge testers and 1,000 contestants mic’d up to ensure the best possible filming experience.

The show’s crew also set records for the most amount of challenge testers, the largest set for a competitive reality TV show, and the fastest time to costume-fit 1,000 contestants—just 72 hours.

List Of The Guinness World Records Broken

The following are some of the notable Guinness World Records broken by Beast Games:

Full list of record titles:

1. Fastest time to lift a boulder with a pulley (team) – 17.27 seconds
2. Largest game of mystery briefcase opening – 1,583 people
3. Most people opening mystery briefcases simultaneously – 407 people
4. Largest game of “flag sprint” – 2,000 people
5. Largest game of team betrayal – 1,100 people
6. Largest physical cash prize on set for a competitive reality show – $5,000,000 (£3,845,000)
7. Most participants in a single competitive reality show season – 2,000 people
8. Largest display of cardboard cutouts of the same character – 50,000
9. Most participants eliminated in one episode of a competitive reality show – 1,000 people
10. Most cinema cameras used in a single competitive reality show season – 43 cameras
11. Largest area of land won on a competitive reality TV show – 67 acres (270,120.31 m2)
12. Most expensive non-cash prize won on a competitive reality TV show – $1.8 million ($1,809,500) in Pearl Islands, Panama
13. Largest area of scaffolding used for a single set on a TV show – 68,523.59 ft2 (6,366.05 m2)
14. Most foam cubes used on the set of a competitive reality TV show – 250,000 cubes
15. Most trap doors used on a single set of a TV show – 1,000 trap doors
16. Most people simultaneously dropped through trap doors – 83 people
17. Most people dropped consecutively through trap doors – 83 people
18. Largest pong cup – 10 ft (3.04 m)
19. Most cameras recording simultaneously on a competitive reality TV show – 1107 (107 cams + 1000 GoPros)
20. Most expensive prize/item intentionally destroyed on a competitive reality TV show – $26,490
21. Most prize money turned down on a competitive reality TV show – $1,000,000
22. Highest amount of money won/lost on a coin toss on a competitive reality show – $5,000,000
23. Tallest towers used in a competitive reality show – 75 ft 11.62 in
24. Most motion cams used on a single challenge on a TV show – 1,000 motion cams
25. Most competitors mic’d up on a competitive reality TV show – 1,000
26. Most expensive season of a competitive reality TV show – $100,000,000
27. Fastest monster truck pull by a team – 15 min 14.25 sec
28. Largest story producer team for a competitive reality TV show – 63
29. Most amount of challenge testers on set of a competitive reality TV show – 198
30. Largest subsidiary prize fund on a competitive reality TV show – $1,000,000
31. Most tablets used in a challenge on a competitive reality TV show – 1,000 tablets
32. Most pneumatic pistons used on the set of a competitive reality TV show – 3,000
33. Most LED light strips used on a competitive reality TV show – 1000 (1 strip per trapdoor)
34. Highest drop of a ball into an oversized target – 39 ft (11.88 m)
35. Most money used in a cash grab on a competitive reality TV show – $1,000,000
36. Most balls used in a single episode on a competitive reality TV show – 5,000 balls
37. Most lavalier microphones recording simultaneously in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show – 1,000 microphones
38. Most costume fittings for a competitive reality TV show – 1,000
39. Fastest time to costume fit 1,000 people on a competitive reality TV show – 72 hours
40. Youngest series director of a $100 million competitive reality TV show – Tyler Conklin (USA), at 26 years and 60 days
41. Most amount of money in in-game bribes awarded on a competitive reality TV show – $6,719,996
42. Most money in in-game bribes turned down on a competitive reality TV show – $1,809,767
43. Largest prize fund awarded for a competitive reality TV show – $10,000,000
44. Most money won in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show – $2,020,000

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The overwhelming success of Beast Games demonstrates MrBeast’s unique ability to push the boundaries of entertainment, blending his viral YouTube challenges with a multi-million dollar production. With over 50 million viewers tuning in within the first 25 days, the show has become Amazon’s second-largest new series of 2024, right behind Fallout.

With 44 Guinness World Records and an unprecedented scale, Beast Games is not just a show- it’s a phenomenon, proving once again that MrBeast knows how to break records, one game at a time.