Activision announced earlier today that Modern Warfare 3 has brought in $1 billion in sales during the game's first sixteen (16) days of availability. The number surpasses the previous record held by the film "Avatar," which brought in $1 billion in the first 17 days.
The publisher also gave a fun fact of the day: the 30 million gamers currently part of the entire Call of Duty community surpass the populations of New York, London, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid combined.
Activision previously announced that it had sold 6.5 million copies of Modern Warfare 3 in the first 24 hours of availability and 12.3 million in the first week, setting a new record. In addition, the game broke several Xbox LIVE records for number of gamers online at one time, etc.
