A short flip sequence. At the beginning of December 2023, the Rockstar studio presented the first trailer for the new opus of its billionaire GTA franchise; In the sixth saga. For ten years, legions of fans have been waiting for this. The first playable female Latin American character in the saga is expected to be released this year; Except for possible postponements.
Barely released in the arena, this trailer reached 90.6 million views in 24 hours. If the record still holds for K-Pop music group BTS’s video with 108 million views in 24 hours, it remains in the stratosphere. To date, it has over 230 million views on Rockstar’s YouTube channel.
Here is the trailer again for fun..
In front of this new steam roller that moves, an article Financial Times (via Darkhorizons), citing a financial analyst firm, estimates that GTA VI’s release will be the biggest of all cultural products combined in 2025.
In a very tight and difficult video game market, GTA VI should bring in $3.2 billion in its first year of release. Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s publisher, is expected to make $1 billion from pre-orders for the game alone.
“This will be one of the biggest entertainment industry launches in history.”
$3.2 billion in its first year is almost double what GTA V did in the same period. “We believe this will be one of the biggest launches in the history of the entertainment industry; not just in games, but in all media. The demand is bigger than anything we’ve seen before.” comments the analyst firm based on the Financial Times.
Financial results that even Hollywood’s bigwigs can’t stand. For comparison, the absolute record in the cinema is held by Avatar, with 2.92 billion dollars. The GTA license, one of the most profitable of all time, is used for records.
When it was released in 2013, GTA V set the record for the fastest-selling cultural product in 24 hours, grossing over $815 million and selling over 11 million copies on its day of release. Since then, 205 million copies have been sold. Ten years after its release, it was the highest-grossing cultural product of all time.
Source: Allocine
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