Activision Blizzard announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has passed a billion dollars in sales since its launch last November. The game is still getting some really solid purchasing numbers and all signs point to this figure growing even higher before petering out.
Official Release:
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to set sell-through records crossing the $1 billion mark… (cont.)
(cont.) …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 $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 $1 billion mark, which illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game.’
Modern Warfare 2 is rated ‘M’ (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Language. For additional information about the game, visit www.modernwarfare2.com.
