Modern Warfare 3 demolishes records: $776m in five days

The tens of thousands of people who queued at video game stores across Australia and the world to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this month have helped the game to demolish box office, book and video game sale records within a five-day period.

The game established an new five-day worldwide sell-through record of more than $US775 million ($776m), exceeding the record of $US650 million set a year ago by Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops and the $US550 million two years ago for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information that Activision cited in a statement.   Read More