The game had sold around 1.7 million units by the end of May 2016. By the end of December 2016 over 2.1 million paid franchise units were sold of "Elite Dangerous". As of 15 January 2019, cumulative sales of "Elite Dangerous" exceeded 4.3 million franchise units, composed of 3 million base game units and 1.3 million "Horizons" expansion units. In April 2020 the sales of "Elite Dangerous" base game units had passed 3.5 million. During an interview published on 23 October 2020, Frontier CFO Alex Bevis announced that "Elite Dangerous" had generated more than £100 million of revenue.