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 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 sales hit $1 billion
Posted on Thursday, January 14 2010 @ 20:19 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Activision Blizzard reveals sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have surpassed $1 billion. It's not all profit though, LA Times reports the game had a development cost of around $40 million to $50 million, and in addition to that it also received a massive $200 million marketing campaign.