12 Biggest First Week Launches In Gaming History

2. Black Ops 2 - 11.22 million

Black Ops 2, surprisingly managed to break even a few of the records set by its predecessor, MW3. Treyarch's third technical and second official installment in the Black Ops sub-saga of the Call of Duty franchise grossed over $500 million units withing the first 24 hours of its sale worldwide, thus surpassing MW3 by no less than a hefty $100 million. Once again, a Call of Duty game became the biggest entertainment launch of all time, which it still is, and should be for some time to come, considering MW4 or whatever the next CoD game will be doesn't sell even better. The game sold approximately 6.3 million units on its first day (unofficial figures), and 11.22 million units in its first week. It even grossed $1 billion 1 day quicker than Modern Warfare 3 did.