"On 9 November 2010, what first-person shooter video game broke the 24-hour sales record, selling more than 5.6 million copies in the U.S. and U.K., breaking the record set by its predecessor, ""Modern Warfare 2"" by around 900,000 copies?"
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Kotick stated that "the launch of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we [Activision] achieved this record with sales from only two territories." The title grossed more than $775 million globally in its first five days of availability, exceeding the $650 million record set by 2010s "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and the $550 million one achieved by 2009's "Modern Warfare 2". To be exact, it has beaten theatrical box office, book, and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell-through in dollars. "Modern Warfare 3" went on
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to gross $1 billion throughout the world in 16 days of availability, beating "Avatar"'s record of 19 days, according to Activision. According to NPD Group, "Modern Warfare 3" was November's biggest selling game of the month in the U.S. "Modern Warfare 3" sales surpassed first-month sales of 2010s "Black Ops" by 7 percent, and sales for November sit at around the 9 million unit mark. In November 2013, IGN confirmed that "Modern Warfare 3" sold 28.5 million copies, becoming the highest selling game in the "Call of Duty" series. "Modern Warfare 3" topped the UK video game sales chart in