Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion (US)

PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced today that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to set sell-through records crossing the US $1 billion mark in retail sales worldwide since its launch in November, according to internal Activision estimates.

In its first five days alone, the game sold an estimated US $550 million worldwide, outpacing five-day worldwide theatrical box office gross figures for such films as Avatar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Dark Night, according to internal Activision estimates and boxofficemojo.com.

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box office and video game records,” said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “There are only a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the US $1 billion mark, which illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game.”

Reader Comments:

Posted by G-Train 15/01/2010 12:54pm

So THAT'S why they haven't fixed any of the major networking issues.....too busy counting their money >

Posted by insanopointless 15/01/2010 3:03pm

Hah! Well done to them - well, Infinity Ward, though, yes the big, evil Activision deserve it too. I think it is a really great game if you can look past all the hate towards it. Just imagine you're playing Die Hard but in a warzone.