Modern Warfare 3 Grosses $775 Million Worldwide in First Five Days

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken records with a five-day worldwide sell-through of $775 million, topping the $650 million made by Call of Duty: Black Ops in 2010, and the $550 million from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in 2009, according to publisher Activision Publishing, Inc.

“With $775 million of sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in its first five days, Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for three consecutive years across all forms of entertainment,” said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, owners of Activision Publishing.

“Life-to-date retail sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded $6 billion worldwide, which makes Call of Duty one of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world. We expect continued sales momentum, as reviews and audience enthusiasm suggest that this is the best Call of Duty game that we have ever made. Online play for Modern Warfare 3 is at record levels and we continue to see high online play for both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which ranked as the #2 and #4 top-played Xbox LIVE games for the week of 7^th November, according to Major Nelson.”

According to Microsoft:

• More than 7 million multiplayer hours were logged playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 by the end of launch day, 8^th November, a 19% increase over last year’s 5.9 million multiplayer hours logged playing Call of Duty: Black Ops on last year’s launch day.
• More than 3.3 million unique gamers played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one day on 8^th November up from 2.6 million unique gamers for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 set a new record for concurrent players on Xbox LIVE with 3.3 million simultaneous users on 8^th November