According to Chart-Track and internal company estimates, the Treyarch shooter reached the magical mark of $1 billion in two weeks and one day.
The game has reached the $1 billion mark in retail sales all over the world within 15 days of launch. Black Ops 2 was released on November 13 2012. Since it's launch 150 million hours have been logged online through PSN and XBL. The previous game of the series, Modern Warfare 3, reached the mark in 16 days back in 2011.
“The release of Call of Duty has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for Harry Potter and Star Wars, the two most successful movie franchises of all time.”
The box office record for feature films was in 2009 by “Avatar” which hit $1 billion in 17 days.
