Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Opens With Over 600 Million Dollars in Three Days

Written by Brandon Hofer on October 31, 2019

News: The latest entry into the Call of Duty franchise is another massive success for Infinity Ward and Activision.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched a few days ago and immediately started setting records and flying off physical and digital shelves. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare had more than $600 million in sell-through worldwide during its first three days of release. Modern Warfare has sold more in its first three days than any other Call of Duty game this generation. Modern Warfare also helped establish a new record as the #1 top-selling digital opening in Activision history. An interesting statistic was also released with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare more than doubling the box office opening for the movie Joker. Of course Call of Duty costs more than a ticket to see Joker, but it is an amazing accomplishment nonetheless.

Modern Warfare set new records on the PlayStation Network for the highest digital pre-orders and highest three-day digital sales ever on PlayStation 4. Modern Warfare also has become the #1 top-selling Call of Duty PC launch ever, as opening weekend PC sales on Blizzard Battle.net were significantly up over last year.

“Call of Duty is once again the top selling new premium game of the year, proving the enduring nature of the franchise across console, PC, mobile, and esports,” said Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard’s Chief Executive Officer. “In its first three days of release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare more than doubled the box office opening of Joker.”

“Through the first three days, Modern Warfare has more total players and total hours played than any Call of Duty opening release in the last six years. More importantly, our players are having a great time playing,” said Rob Kostich, president, Activision. “Congratulations to Infinity Ward and all our teams involved on an incredible game and its spectacular launch. We also want to thank the community for your incredible support. The launch of Modern Warfare is only the start. There’s much more to come.”

Sell-through sales figures include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare retail and digital unit sales and revenues, including sales of the Defender DLC pack, for the opening three-days following initial launch. Sales figures based on retail customer sell-through information and Activision data and estimates. Reported movie sales according to publicly available data. Total players and total hours played based on Activision data. Top selling new premium release of the year based on Activision data and internal estimates, and excludes free-to-play games.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare brings the community together through crossplay and cross progression support as well. There will also be a load of new post-release content coming free for all players on all platforms. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare features a new engine delivering an immersive and photo-realistic experience across the entire game.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The title features a fully-optimized PC version, developed in partnership with Beenox, which will be available exclusively on Blizzard Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment’s online gaming platform.

Check out the trailer below and then tell us what you think. Have you picked up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare? If not, will you be picking it up?