Take-Two's 'Grand Theft' has $500 million in sales

Grand Theft Auto IV is now the best selling video game. Take-Two's game generated 500 million dollars in it's first week in sales.

The biggest opening 7 days ever for a major motion picture is Pirates of the Carribean with just under $200 million. Over 10 days the movie generated $300 million.

Here is more from the LA Times article:

"Grand Theft Auto IV," the latest version of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.'s gangland video game, generated a record $500 million in sales during its first week in stores.

Sales beat the $300 million benchmark set by Microsoft Corp.'s "Halo 3" in September. Stores sold 6 million copies of "Grand Theft," including 3.6 million, worth $310 million, on the first day, Take-Two said.

And BTW, I am playing the xbox 360 version... it's ridiculously great.