Modern Warfare 3 grosses $775 million within 5 days

Activision’s announced that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has grossed an accumulative of over $775 million during its first five days in retail.

Consequently, a new five-day entertainment record has been set as a result of $775 million being made from worldwide sales for the shooter worldwide.

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said:

With $775 million of sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in its first five days, Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for three consecutive years across all forms of entertainment. Life-to-date retail sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded $6 billion worldwide, which makes Call of Duty one of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world. We expect continued sales momentum, as reviews and audience enthusiasm suggest that this is the best Call of Duty game that we have ever made. Online play for Modern Warfare 3 is at record levels and we continue to see high online play for both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which ranked as the #2 and #4 top-played Xbox LIVE games for the week of November 7, according to Major Nelson.

In comparison, Call of Duty: Black Ops made $650 million for its first five days following the game’s November 8th release. Modern Warfare 2, meanwhile, made $550 million during the same time frame.