"Call Of Duty" Breaks Records

To put this in perspective, the top movie of all time, Titanic, has done $600 million domestic and $1.8 billion worldwide to date. The biggest opening weekend for a film was The Dark Knight, which did $158 million, and went on to do $533 million domestic.
The most viewed TV show was the M*A*S*H finale in 1983, which reportedly was viewed by 50 million households.
The top selling music album, Thriller, has sold 110 million copies since it's release in 1982.
The top selling DVD of all time is evidently Finding Nemo with over 40 million copies sold.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold about 5 million units to date. Having each game sell for $60 does quite a bit to boost these revenues.

Reuters - Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) said on Friday its "Call of Duty" video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales.

Overall, the "Call of Duty" series has sold more than 55 million units since its launch in 2003, Activision said, citing data compiled by NPD Group, Charttrack, GfK and internal company estimates.

The company released the sixth title in the series, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," earlier this month to record-breaking results.

The first-person shooter game recorded an estimated $550 million in sales in its first five days on the market. It sold 4.7 million copies on the first day in the United States and United Kingdom alone.

"If you consider the number of hours our audiences are engaged in playing Call of Duty games, it is likely to be one of the most viewed of all entertainment experiences in modern history," Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a company release.