Activision has now more official sales figures for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare called third Alone in North America and Great Britain were within the first 24 hours of the entire 6.5 million first-person shooters are sold, which corresponds to a turnover of 400 million U.S. dollars. No movie or book could, according to Activision for a launch venture into similar dimensions.
Hence the launch of Call of Duty figures were: Black Ops (360 million USD, 5.6 million units sold) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 exceeded (310 million USD, 4.7 million copies sold). Battlefield 3 required for at least 5 million units a week.
Activision CEO Robert Kotick said: “The launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time, and we have already achieved this with only two territories.” He adds: “Early sales figures for the series are even blockbusters like Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings in the shadows, two of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time.”
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