Speaking in a press release, Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has grossed over $1 billion since its launch back in November.
"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."
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."
The press release comes after ELSPA"s confirmation that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the best-selling game of 2009 in the UK followed by FIFA 10 and Wii Sports Resort. Since its launch, the highly anticipated first-person shooter has remained number one for nine consecutive weeks, and is the third biggest game in the UK ever.
The following are the top 20 best-selling games of 2009 in the UK.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. FIFA 10
3. Wii Sports Resort
4. Wii Fit
5. Wii Fit Plus
6. Assassin"s Creed II
7. Mario Kart Wii
8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
9. Call Of Duty: World At War
10. FIFA 09
11. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
12. Wii Play
13. Professor Layton And The Curious Village
14. Forza Motorsport 3
15. Lego Batman: The Videogame
16. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
17. Need For Speed: Shift
18. Resident Evil 5
19. Dr Kawashima"s Brain Training
20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games