Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II made over $800 million in its first three days on the market, more than any other title in the franchise’s 19-year.
The big picture: A new Call of Duty game is always one of the top-selling releases each year, but the latest entry broke a decade-old franchise record. The numbers represent a positive turnaround for the series after last year’s game suffered a disappointing commercial performance.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II made over $800 million in its first three days on the market, more than any other title in the franchise’s 19-year history. According to Activision, that performance beats the opening weekend box office numbers of marquee Hollywood films like Top Gun: Maverick and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
The previous sales record-holder in the franchise was 2011’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (the sequel to the original 2009 Modern Warfare 2). Modern Warfare II’s success is a turnaround after last year’s Call of Duty: Vanguard failed to surpass the sales of 2020’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
