Call of Duty Ghosts has sold over $1 billion on its opening day.
In September, 2013, Grand Theft Auto 5 had a opening day of $800 million in worldwide video game sales. The record in 2012 was $500 million Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and beaten in a single day the $500m in revenue which Grand Theft Auto’s fourth installment generated in its first week nearly five years ago.
The biggest opening weekend for movies is $483 million in 2011 for the last Harry Potter movies.
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