List of fastest-selling products

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

Cars
  • 2016 Car – Tesla, Inc. Model 3 reservations for over 180,000 units, the record for the highest single-day commitment of cars.[3][4][5] 276,000 units pre-sold in the first 3 days, equivalent to US$11.5 billion .[6][7][8]
  • 2014 Car – Tesla, Inc. Model X having advanced sales of over $40 million without any advertising.[9]
  • 2012 Car (US) – Toyota Prius c was the fastest selling car model of 2012.[10]
  • 2012 Hybrid Vehicle – Ford C-Max Hybrid is the fastest selling hybrid vehicle ever made by Ford.[11]

Consumer electronics

Music

Album
Main article: Lists of fastest-selling albums

Concerts
  • 2009 Concert (UK) (Cancelled) – Michael Jackson at the O2 Arena, sold out (750,000 tickets) in 4 hours[36]
  • 2012 Concert (UK) – The Stone Roses at Manchester's Heaton Park, sold out (220,000 tickets) in 68 minutes.[37]
  • 2019 Concert (UK) – BTS at Wembley Stadium, sold out (60,000 tickets) in 90 minutes.[38]
  • 2006 Tour (UK) – Robbie Williams sold 1.6 million tickets within 24 hours.[39]

Smartphones

Video games
Video games
Platforms
Genres
Lists
Development

Milestones
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 hour 1 day 3 days 4 days 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Multi-platform December 20, 2017 30,000,000
($900,000,000)[lower-alpha 1] 		30,000,000
($900,000,000)[lower-alpha 1]
Grand Theft Auto V Consoles September 17, 2013 11,210,000
($815,700,000)[lower-alpha 2] 		16,500,000
($1,000,000,000)[46]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multi-platform November 9, 2010 5,600,000
($360,000,000)[lower-alpha 3]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platform November 10, 2009 4,700,000
($310,000,000)[lower-alpha 4]
Grand Theft Auto IV Consoles April 29, 2008 3,600,000
($310,000,000)[53]		 6,000,000
($500,000,000)[54]
Halo 2 Xbox November 9, 2004 2,380,000
($125,000,000)[lower-alpha 5]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 October 26, 2004 2,737,000[lower-alpha 6]
Final Fantasy VIII PlayStation February 11, 1999 2,210,000
($151,000,000)[lower-alpha 7] 		2,500,000[lower-alpha 8]
Final Fantasy VII PlayStation January 31, 1997 2,300,000[lower-alpha 9]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Drive November 21, 1992 1,500,000[lower-alpha 10] 1,900,000[lower-alpha 10] 3,200,000[67]
Dragon Quest IV Famicom February 11, 1990 1,300,000
($98,000,000)[lower-alpha 11] 		1,300,000
($98,000,000)[lower-alpha 11]
Dragon Quest III Famicom February 10, 1988 1,000,000[69]
Out Run Computers December 10, 1987 200,000
($2,600,000)[lower-alpha 12] 		250,000[lower-alpha 13]
Title Platform(s) Release date Units sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months 6 months 9 months 1 year
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Multi-platform December 20, 2017 40,000,000[73] 50,000,000[74]
Grand Theft Auto V Consoles September 17, 2013 34,000,000[75]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii November 12, 2009 14,700,000[76]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platform November 10, 2009 11,860,000[77] 20,000,000[78]
Wii Fit Plus Wii October 1, 2009 10,160,000[79] 12,650,000[76]
Grand Theft Auto IV Consoles April 29, 2008 8,500,000[80]
Mario Kart Wii Wii April 10, 2008 15,400,000[81]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 October 26, 2004 12,000,000[82]
Final Fantasy VIII PlayStation February 11, 1999 3,300,000[lower-alpha 8]
Donkey Kong Country SNES November 18, 1994 6,000,000[83] 7,000,000[84] 7,500,000
($500,000,000)[85]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Drive November 21, 1992 5,000,000[86]
($450,000,000)[87]
Dr. Mario Multi-platform November 15, 1990[lower-alpha 14] 2,500,000[88]
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES February 12, 1990[lower-alpha 14] 8,000,000
($400,000,000)[lower-alpha 15]
Dragon Quest III Famicom February 10, 1988 2,000,000[92]
($143,000,000)[93]
Super Mario Bros. Famicom September 13, 1985 2,500,000
($72,000,000)[94]		 3,000,000
($80,000,000)[lower-alpha 16]
Pac-Man Atari 2600 March 16, 1982 1,000,000[lower-alpha 17] 7,000,000[99]
Space Invaders Atari 2600 March 1980 2,000,000[100]

Regions
  • North America and Europe
    • 1994 – Mortal Kombat II (consoles) grossed $50 million in retail sales revenue upon its first week of release in September 1994, out of an initial batch of 2.5 million cartridge shipments.[121]

Platforms

Other
  • 2019 (2K Games) – Borderlands 3 sold 5 million units within its first five days,[144] 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.[145]

Miscellaneous
  • 2014 Jetliner Family – Airbus A320 sold 250 airplanes in one order with list price of $26.6 billion minus discounts.[146][147]
  • 2012 Perfume – Lady Gaga Fame by Lady Gaga was the fastest selling perfume after Coco Chanel.[148]
  • 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.[149][150]

Notes
  1. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) sold 30 million units during its early access phase, prior to official release,[43] grossing about $900 million.[44]
  2. Grand Theft Auto V sold 11.21 million units and grossed $815.7 million in its first day,[45] including pre-orders.
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 5.6 million units and grossed $360 million in North America and the United Kingdom on the day of its release.[47] After five days, the game grossed $650 million worldwide.[48]
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold approximately 4.7 million units in North America and the United Kingdom during its first 24 hours of release,[49] grossing $310 million.[50][51] After five days, the game grossed $550 million worldwide.[52]
  5. Halo 2 sold 2.38 million copies in the United States and Canada during its first 24 hours of release in November 2004, grossing about $125 million.[55][56]
  6. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold 2.06 million units within six days of release in the United States (released 26 October 2004).[57] In the United Kingdom (released 29 October 2004), it sold an estimated 677,000 copies within two days.[58]
  7. Final Fantasy VIII surpassed the fastest-selling record of Final Fantasy VII.[59] Final Fantasy VIII set a single-day sales record, having sold 2.21 million copies and grossing ¥17.2 billion ($151 million) upon its first day of release in Japan.[60]
  8. Final Fantasy VIII sold 2.5 million units in Japan within four days and more than 3.3 million units within a month.[61]
  9. Final Fantasy VII became the fastest-selling video game in history at the time,[62] having sold 2.3 million copies in Japan within three days of its release.[63]
  10. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 broke video game sales records.[64] In Europe (released 24 November 1992), it set a pre-order record with 1.5 million cartridges ordered.[65] In the United States, it sold over 400,000 copies within its first six days of release.[66]
  11. Dragon Quest IV sold out 1.3 million cartridges in Japan and grossed an estimated ¥14 billion ($98 million) within one hour during its first day of release.[68]
  12. Out Run (8-bit home computers) sold more than 200,000 copies within two weeks of release in the United Kingdom, grossing an estimated £1.6 million ($2.6 million) in sales revenue.[70][71]
  13. Out Run (8-bit home computers) sold over 250,000 copies in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1987.[72]
  14. North American release date
  15. Super Mario Bros. 3 sold more than 8 million cartridges in 1990, following its North American release,[89][90] grossing 400 million in 1990.[91]
  16. Super Mario Bros. sold 3 million cartridges in Japan by early March 1986, grossing an estimated ¥13–15 billion ($77–83 million) in sales revenue.[95][96]
  17. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) shipped more than 1 million cartridges across the United States in less than a month,[97] out of 3–4 million worldwide pre-orders.[98]

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