List of fastest-selling products

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This is a list of the fastest-selling product superlatives. The definition of "fastest-selling" typically refers to sales results in the first week of a product's release, (i.e., which product had the biggest launch). Sometimes, rather than comparing sales figures relative to time, the target to be reached is fixed (e.g. sales at 5 million units), and the comparison is based upon how many weeks it takes to reach it (e.g. 52 weeks vs. 56 weeks).

Books[]

  • 2007 Book – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling selling approximately 15 million copies worldwide in its first day.[1]

Cars[]

  • 2016 Car – Tesla, Inc. Model 3 reservations for over 180,000 units, the record for the highest single-day commitment of cars.[2][3][4] 276,000 units pre-sold in the first 3 days, equivalent to US$11.5 billion.[5][6][7]
  • 2014 Car – Tesla, Inc. Model X having advanced sales of over $40 million without any advertising.[8]
  • 2012 Car (US) – Toyota Prius c was the fastest selling car model of 2012.[9]
  • 2012 Hybrid Vehicle – Ford C-Max Hybrid is the fastest selling hybrid vehicle ever made by Ford.[10]

Consumer electronics[]

  • 2020 Nvidia selling 6.4 million units of graphics cards in the first 4 weeks.[11]
  • 2017 Game Console (Japan) – Nintendo Switch selling 1.3 million units in 1 week.[12]
  • 2010 Gaming Peripheral – Kinect selling 8 million units in its first 60 days on sale.[13]
  • 2010 Operating System – Windows 7 selling over 90 million licenses in around 4 months.[14]
  • 2010 Reader Device – Barnes & Noble Product Nook titles were sold and downloaded almost a million times on Christmas Day alone.[15]
  • 1987 Game Console - PC Engine sold 500,000 units in 1 week.[16]

Film[]

Main article: List of fastest-grossing films
See also: List of highest-grossing openings for films, List of highest-grossing openings for animated films, and List of highest-grossing second weekends for films

Music[]

Album[]

Main article: Lists of fastest-selling albums
  • 2020 Album (SK) – Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS selling 3.37 million copies in its first week.[17]
  • 2020 Album (SK) – Be by BTS selling 2.27 million copies in its first week.[18]
  • 2020 Album (SK) – Heng:garæ by Seventeen selling 1.09 million copies in its first week.[19]
  • 2019 Album (SK) – Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS selling 2,13 million copies in its first week.[20]
  • 2018 Album (SK) – Love Yourself: Tear by BTS selling 1 million copies in its first week.[21]
  • 2015 Album (UK) – 25 by Adele selling 800,307 units in its first week.[22]
  • 2015 Album (US) – 25 by Adele selling 3,378,000 units in its first week.[23]
  • 2012 Album (UK) – Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars selling 136,000 copies in 1 week.[24][needs update]
  • 2012 Single (UK) – Impossible by James Arthur selling 490,000 copies on 1 week.[25][needs update]
  • 2006 Album (UK) – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by indie rock band Arctic Monkeys selling over 360,000 copies in its first week.[26]
  • 2002 Single (UK) – Anything is Possible/Evergreen by Will Young selling 1.11 million copies in its first week.[citation needed]
  • 2001 Album (Japan) – Distance by Hikaru Utada selling 3,002,720 units in its first week.[27]
  • 1997 Single (UK) – Candle in the Wind 1997 by Elton John selling 1.5 million copies in its first week.[28]
  • 1997 Single (US) – Candle in the Wind 1997 by Elton John selling 3.5 million copies in its first week.[28]
  • 1990 Album (US) – To the Extreme by Vanilla Ice peaking at #1, staying on the charts for 16 weeks, and selling eleven million copies.[citation needed]
  • 1964 Album (US) – John Fitzgerald Kennedy—A Memorial Album, recorded on the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination, sold 4 million copies at 99 cents each within six days of its release.[29]
  • 1964 Single (US) – Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles selling 940,225 copies in its first day.[30]

Concerts[]

  • 2014 Concert (South Korea) - EXO Planet #1 The Lost Planet Concert at Olympic Gymnastics Arena sold out (42,174 tickets) in 1.47 seconds.[31][32]
  • 2017 Concert (South Korea) - G-Dragon at Seoul World Cup Stadium sold out (65,000 tickets) in 8 minutes.[33][unreliable source][34][unreliable source]
  • 2016 Concert (Japan) - TVXQ at Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome sold out (300,000 tickets) in 2 minutes.[35][unreliable source]
  • 2016 Concert (South Korea) - Big Bang at Seoul World Cup Stadium sold out (60,000 tickets) within 30 minutes.[36]
  • 2012 Concert (Japan) – Super Junior-K.R.Y. sold out at Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center (15,000 tickets) in 3 seconds, as part of Super Junior-K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert 2012 concert tour.[37]
  • 2012 Concert (UK) – The Stone Roses at Manchester's Heaton Park sold out (220,000 tickets) in 68 minutes.[38]
  • 2009 Concert (UK) (Cancelled) – Michael Jackson at the O2 Arena sold out (750,000 tickets) in 4 hours.[39]
  • 2006 Tour (UK) – Robbie Williams sold 1.6 million tickets within 24 hours.[40]
  • 2022 World Tour - Bad Bunny sold 480,000 tickets in less than a week and has become the fastest selling tour since 2018.[41]

Smartphones[]

  • 2014 Samsung Electronics – Galaxy S5 sold 11 million units during the first month of availability.[42]
  • 2014 Apple Inc. – iPhone 6s pre-orders exceeded 4 million units in 24 hours.[43]
  • 2012 Apple Inc. – iPhone 5 pre-orders exceeded 2 million in 24 hours of its launch.[44]

Video games[]

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Worldwide[]

Launch (1 hour to 3 weeks)[]

Video game launch (1 hour to 3 weeks)
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 hour 1 day 3 days 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(PUBG) 		Multi-platform December 20, 2017[a] 30,000,000
($900 million)[b] 		30,000,000
($900 million)[b]
Grand Theft Auto V Consoles September 17, 2013 11,210,000
($815.7 million)[47] 		16,500,000
($1 billion)[48]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multi-platform November 13, 2012 ?
($500 million)[49] 		7,500,000[50] ?
($1 billion)[51]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multi-platform November 8, 2011 6,500,000
($400 million)[52] 		?
($775 million)[53] 		?
($1 billion)[54]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multi-platform November 9, 2010 5,600,000
($360 million)[55] 		?
($650 million)[56]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platform November 10, 2009 4,700,000[57]
($310 million)[58][59] 		?
($550 million)[60]
Grand Theft Auto IV Consoles April 29, 2008 3,600,000
($310 million)[61] 		6,000,000
($500 million)[62]
Halo 3 Xbox September 25, 2007 ?
($170 million)[63] 		5,200,000
($300 million)[64]
Dragon Quest VIII PlayStation 2 November 27, 2004 3,000,000[65]
($244 million)[66]
Halo 2 Xbox November 9, 2004 2,380,000
($125 million)[67][68]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 October 26, 2004
Final Fantasy VIII[c] PlayStation February 11, 1999 2,210,000
($151 million)[70] 		2,504,044[71]
($176 million)[72]
Final Fantasy VII[d] PlayStation January 31, 1997 2,300,000[74]
Dragon Quest VI Super Famicom December 9, 1995 1,274,857[75]
($159 million)[76]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2[e] Mega Drive November 21, 1992 3,200,000[78]
($176 million)[79]
Dragon Quest V Super Famicom September 27, 1992 1,300,000[80][81]
($99 million)[80][82]
Dragon Quest IV Famicom February 11, 1990 1,300,000
($98 million)[83] 		1,300,000
($98 million)[83]
Dragon Quest III Famicom February 10, 1988 1,100,000[84]
($50 million)[85] 		3,000,000[16]
($138 million)[86]
The Hyrule Fantasy:
Zelda no Densetsu 		Famicom Disk System February 21, 1986 1,000,000[87]
($14 million)[88]

1 month to 1 year[]

1 month to 1 year
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months 6 months 1 year
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(PUBG) 		Multi-platform December 20, 2017[a] 40,000,000[89] 50,000,000[90] ?
($2.088 billion)[f]
Grand Theft Auto V Consoles September 17, 2013 34,000,000[93]
($1.98 billion)[94]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multi-platform November 13, 2012 24,200,000[95]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multi-platform November 9, 2010 ?
($1 billion)[96]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii November 12, 2009 14,700,000[97]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platform November 10, 2009 11,860,000[98]
($1 billion)[99] 		20,000,000[100]
Wii Fit Plus Wii October 1, 2009 10,160,000[101] 12,650,000[97]
Grand Theft Auto IV Consoles April 29, 2008 8,500,000[102] 10,000,000[103]
Mario Kart Wii Wii April 10, 2008 15,400,000[104]
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multi-platform November 5, 2007 7,000,000[105]
Halo 3 Xbox September 25, 2007 8,100,000[106]
Dragon Quest VIII PlayStation 2 November 27, 2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 October 26, 2004 6,100,000[g] 12,000,000[111]
Final Fantasy VIII PlayStation February 11, 1999
Donkey Kong Country SNES November 18, 1994 6,000,000[112]
($420 million)[113] 		7,000,000[114]
($490 million)[113] 		7,500,000[115]
($500 million)[113]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2[e] Mega Drive November 21, 1992 4,500,000[116] 5,000,000[117]
($450 million)[118][119]
Street Fighter II Home systems June 10, 1992 4,000,000[120] 5,000,000[121] 10,000,000[122]
Super Mario Bros. 3[h] NES February 12, 1990 8,000,000[123][124]
($500 million)[125]
Dragon Quest III Famicom February 10, 1988 ?
($143 million)[126]
Super Mario Bros. Famicom September 13, 1985 3,000,000[127]
($83 million)[128][129]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 December 1982 2,637,985[130]
Pac-Man Atari 2600 March 16, 1982 1,000,000[131][i] 7,271,844[130]
($200 million)[133]
Pac-Man Arcade December 1980[h] 100,000[134]
July 1980[j] 100,000[134]
($1 billion)[135]
Space Invaders Atari 2600 March 1980 2,000,000[136]
Arcade July 1978 100,000
($600 million)[137][138] 		500,000[139]

Regional[]

Japan[]

Video games in Japan
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 hour 1 day 2 days 3 days 1 month 4 months 6 months 1 year
Animal Crossing:
New Horizons 		Switch March 20, 2020 3,840,000[140] 7,150,000[140][141] 7,500,000[142] 9,190,000
[140][143]
Pokémon Black /
Pokémon White 		DS September 18, 2010 2,637,285[144] 4,914,813[145]
Pokémon Ruby /
Pokémon Sapphire 		GBA November 21, 2002 4,400,000[146]
Dragon Quest IX PS2 July 11, 2009 2,318,932[147] 4,100,968[148]
Dragon Quest VIII PS2 November 27, 2004 2,167,072[75]
(¥19.1 billion)[66] 		3,000,000[65]
(¥26.4 billion)[66] 		3,327,167[149] 4,000,000
[150]
Dragon Quest VII PS1 August 26, 2000 3,900,000[151]
Pokémon Gold /
Pokémon Silver 		GBC November 21, 1999 3,628,624[152]
Final Fantasy VIII[c] PS1 February 11, 1999 2,210,000
(¥17.2 billion)[70] 		2,504,044[71]
(¥20 billion)[72] 		3,300,000[153] 3,610,000
[154]
Final Fantasy VII[d] PS1 January 31, 1997 2,300,000[74]
(¥16 billion)[155] 		3,447,500
[156]
Dragon Quest VI SFC December 9, 1995 1,274,857[75]
(¥15 billion)[76]
Dragon Quest V SFC September 27, 1992 1,300,000[80][81]
(¥12.5 billion)[80][82]
Dragon Quest IV Famicom February 11, 1990 1,300,000
(¥14.4 billion)[83] 		1,300,000
(¥14.4 billion)[83]
Dragon Quest III Famicom February 10, 1988 1,100,000[84]
(¥6.4 billion)[85] 		3,000,000[16]
(¥20 billion)[126]
Dragon Quest II Famicom January 26, 1987 500,000[157]
The Hyrule Fantasy:
Zelda no Densetsu 		FDS February 21, 1986 1,000,000[87]
(¥2.4 billion)[88]
Super Mario Bros. Famicom September 13, 1985 3,000,000[127]
(¥14.1 billion)[128][129]
Space Invaders Arcade July 1978 100,000
($600 million)[137][138] 		350,000[139]

United Kingdom[]

Video games in the United Kingdom (1987–2004)
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 day 2 weeks 3 weeks 2 months 3 months 1 year
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 29 October 2004 1,000,000[107]
(£35 million)[158]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2[e] Mega Drive 24 November 1992 750,000[159]
(£27 million)[160] 		1,000,000[161]
Street Fighter II Arcade March 1991 10,000
(£260 million)[162]
Out Run Computers 10 December 1987 200,000
(£1.6 million)[163] 		250,000[164]
(£2 million)[163] 		350,000[165]
Space Invaders Arcade November 1978 85,000[166]

United States[]

Video games in the United States (1978–2007)
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 day 2 days 3 days 5 days 1 week 2 weeks 1 month 2 months 3 months 1 year
Halo 3 Xbox September 25, 2007 ?
($170 million)[63] 		3,300,000
($198 million)[167]
Halo 2 Xbox November 9, 2004 2,380,000
($125 million)[168] 		4,200,000
($218 million)[108]
Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas 		PS2 October 26, 2004 2,060,000[169]
($103 million)[170] 		5,100,000
($250 million)[108]
Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City 		PS2 October 29, 2002 500,000[171]
($25 million)[172] 		1,400,000[173]
($70 million)[172]
Metal Gear Solid 2:
Sons of Liberty 		PS2 November 13, 2001 500,000[174]
($25 million)[175] 		680,000[174]
($34 million)[175]
Pokémon Gold /
Pokémon Silver 		GBC October 15, 2000 1,400,000[176]
The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time 		N64 November 23, 1998 1,000,000[177]
($60 million)[178] 		2,500,000
($150 million)[179]
Resident Evil 2 PS1 January 28, 1998 380,000
($19 million)[73]
Final Fantasy VII[d] PS1 September 7, 1997 330,000
($16.5 million)[180]
Star Fox 64 N64 June 30, 1997 300,000[181]
($24 million)[182]
Super Mario 64 N64 September 29, 1996 2,000,000
($140 million)[183]
Killer Instinct SNES August 30, 1995 150,000[184]
($11 million)[185]
Donkey Kong Country SNES September 21, 1994 70,000[184]
($5 million)[113] 		500,000[186]
($35 million)[113]
Mortal Kombat II Consoles September 9, 1994 500,000[186]
($50 million)[187]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2[e] Genesis November 24, 1992 400,000[188]
($20 million)[189]
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES February 12, 1990 250,000
($13 million)[190] 		8,000,000[123][124]
($500 million)[125]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 December 1982 2,637,985[130]
Pac-Man Atari 2600 March 16, 1982 1,000,000[131]
($24 million)[191] 		7,271,844[130]
($200 million)[133]
Pac-Man Arcade December 1980 100,000[134] ?
($1 billion)[192]
Space Invaders Atari 2600 March 1980 2,000,000[136]
Asteroids Arcade December 1979 70,000[193]
Space Invaders Arcade November 1978 60,000[194]

Platforms[]

  • Nintendo game consoles
    • 2021 (Switch) - Monster Hunter Rise sold 4 million copies in three days,[195] and 5 million in one week.[196]
    • 2020 (Switch) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 13.41 million copies in its first 6 weeks, with 11.77 million selling in the first 11 days.[197][198]
    • 2019 (Switch) – Pokémon Sword and Shield sold 6 million copies worldwide (physical and digital) during their launch weekend, and are among the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch games of all time.[199]
    • 2018 (Switch) – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 5 million units within its first week,[200] is the fastest-selling Nintendo game of all time[201] and has an all-time high record for launch-month dollars sales for a console exclusive (12 million units sold in 3 weeks).[202][203]
    • 2017 (Switch) – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is considered the fastest selling game in Mario Kart's franchise history with over 1.0 million units sold in its first 3 days (459,000 units in USA in 2 days).[204]
    • 2017 (Switch) – Super Mario Odyssey shipped 2 million units in three days.[205]
    • 2017 (Switch and Wii U) – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is considered Nintendo's fastest selling launch title of all time with 1.3 Million units sold in US alone in its first month (925,000 units on Switch and 460,000 units on Wii U).[206]
    • 2013 (Nintendo 3DS) – Pokémon X and Y selling 4 million units in two days.[207]
  • PlayStation and Xbox home consoles
    • 2018 (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) – Red Dead Redemption 2 shipped 10 million units within its first two days.[208]
    • 2018 (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) – Monster Hunter: World shipped 5 million units in its first three days.[209]
    • 2016 (PlayStation 4) – Final Fantasy XV shipped 5 million units on its first day.[210]
    • 2012 (Xbox Live) – Minecraft selling 100,000 units within its first day.[211]
    • 2012 (PlayStation Network) – Journey is the fastest-selling game ever released in the SCEA region on the PlayStation Network.[212][213]
  • Sega home consoles
    • 1992 (Mega Drive) – Sonic the Hedgehog 2 sold out 3.2 million units worldwide within two weeks.[78]
    • 1991 (Mega Drive) – Sonic the Hedgehog sold 2 million cartridges in just over six months, from late June through December 1991.[214] It went on to sell 2.8 million cartridges worldwide within nine months, through March 1992.[78]
  • Personal computer (PC) systems
    • 2020 - Cyberpunk 2077 sold 4.72 million pre-ordered PC copies on the first day, becoming the fastest-selling PC game of all time.[215][216]
    • 2012 – Diablo III selling 6.3 million units in its first week.[217]
    • 2011 (Steam) – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim sold 10 million units for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms in about a month and 7 million in the first week.[218][219]
    • 1997 – Riven (released October 1997) sold 1,003,414 units and grossed $43.7 million by May 1998.[73]
    • 1993 – Myst sold 500,000 CD-ROM units within a year.[73]

Other[]

  • 2019 (2K Games) – Borderlands 3 sold 5 million units within its first five days,[220] making it the most sold game in 2K Games history.
  • 2011 (original IP in the United Kingdom) – L.A. Noire becomes fastest-selling original IP in the United Kingdom.[221]

Miscellaneous[]

  • 2014 Jetliner Family – Airbus A320 sold 250 airplanes in one order with list price of $26.6 billion minus discounts.[222][223]
  • 2012 Perfume – Lady Gaga Fame by Lady Gaga was the fastest selling perfume after Coco Chanel.[224]
  • 2011 Jetliner Family – Boeing 737 MAX sold over 900 airplanes from 13 customers during launch with the real market value of the order is estimated at about $10.5 billion.[225][226]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was officially released on December 20, 2017. Its pre-release early access phase began in March 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) sold 30 million units during its pre-release early access phase between March 2017 and December 20, 2017,[45] grossing about $900 million.[46]
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) surpassed the fastest-selling record of Final Fantasy VII.[69]
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) became the fastest-selling video game in history at the time.[73]
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sonic the Hedgehog 2 broke sales records upon release.[77]
  6. ^ PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) grossed $900 million upon release on December 20, 2017,[b] and grossed $1.025 billion on PC and consoles in 2018.[91] PUBG Mobile (released February 2018) grossed a further $160.3 million by November 2018.[92]
  7. ^ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold over 1 million copies in the United Kingdom within nine days,[107] and 5.1 million copies in the United States by the end of 2004.[108][109][110]
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b North America release date
  9. ^ Pac-Man (Atari 2600) also set a pre-order record, with a total of 3–4 million pre-orders.[132]
  10. ^ Japan release date

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