Fastest Launches: $1 Billion in Three Days and the 10M Club

GTA V hit $1 billion in three days in 2013 — the fastest entertainment launch ever — while Black Myth: Wukong, Zelda: TotK, and Pokémon each moved 10M in a weekend.

The top 3

  1. GTA V's $1 Billion in 72 Hours: GTA V earned $815.7M on day one and crossed $1 billion in three days in September 2013 — faster to that mark than any entertainment product in history.
  2. Black Myth: Wukong — 10 Million in Three Days: China's 2024 breakout sold 4.5M copies on launch day and 10M within three days, one of the fastest premium single-player debuts ever recorded.
  3. Nintendo's 10-Million Weekend Club: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom each sold over 10M copies in their first three days — the two biggest launches in Nintendo's history.

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