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| Whopping 609,000 copy sold on first day: Grand Theft Auto IV record |
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Grand Theft Auto IV sold a record 609,000 copies on its first day of release, generating an estimated £24.4 million at the tills — nearly double the box-office takings of a blockbuster film.
The higher-than-expected UK sales figure, compiled by Chart-Track, eclipsed the record of 501,000 held by the previous instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series, San Andreas, in October 2004.
It also comes hard on the heels of the success of Wii Fit, on the Nintendo console, which sold 240,000 in its first two days — more than the 200,000 that retailers had been predicting. Wii Fit is the sixth-best seller ever, generating £16.8 million at the tills.
Last weekend the highest-grossing film was Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which generated £2.1 million at the box office. Casino Royale and Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man’s Chest each generated just over £13 million on their opening weekends.
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