Salon.com > Call of Duty:Black Ops II http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:55:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” grosses $1B in 15 days http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/call_of_duty_black_ops_ii_grosses_1b_in_15_days/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/call_of_duty_black_ops_ii_grosses_1b_in_15_days/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13115896 If you’ve wondered why movies look more and more like video games, here’s part of the answer: “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” the ninth in the popular video game franchise, racked up sales of $1 billion in its first 15 days of release, according to the research firm Chart-Track and estimates by Activision Publishing, the game's developer.

“Black Ops II” took a day less to reach the $1 billion mark than last year’s entry, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.” By contrast, the fastest movie to $1 billion box office was “Avatar,” which took a poky 17 days. According to the Telegraph it’s the fourth consecutive year that Activision has claimed the biggest global entertainment product launch for a "Call of Duty" game.

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