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Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 09:38 Thursday, 19th November 2009 GMT
Source: Neowin News

According to an Activision press release, Infinity Ward's highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has passed $550 million in sales in the game's first five days at retail.

The title has now broken a slew of records for entertainment

sales, claimed the publisher.

These include the following:

• The largest reported five-day opening worldwide box office gross figures, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million)
• The largest reported five-day opening domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($203.8 million)
• The largest reported five-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (6 million units, $500 million)
• The largest reported opening first-day domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($66.4 million)
• The largest reported first-day book sales in dollars, held by Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows ($220 million)
• The largest reported first-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (3.6 million units, $310 million)

Additionally, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has set a new Xbox

Live record on the game's day of release with 2.2 million gamers playing the shooter. 5.2 million multiplayer hours were logged on November 10 alone with more than 11 million achievements being unlocked in just 24 hours from launch.

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