GTA V Made $1 Billion In 3 Days. Here's What It Cost.

On September 17, 2013, Grand Theft Auto V made $800 million in a day and $1 billion in three. No film, album or game had ever done that. This is the part the headlines left out: the delay, the leak three weeks before launch, the day GTA Online broke, and the studio boss who ended up suing for $150 million. Chapters 0:00 One billion dollars 0:43 The bet 2:09 Three heroes 3:32 Late, then leaked 4:54 Three days 6:24 The cracks 7:52 The game that never ended Tell me in the comments: where were you when GTA V came out? Subscribe to Save Point Stories for the untold stories behind the games you grew up with. Sources Guinness World Records, "Confirmed: Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records" (October 2013) Take-Two Interactive press releases, 18 and 20 September 2013 Leslie Benzies interview, Develop (2013), via MCV Dan Houser interview, The Guardian (September 2013) Rockstar Games statement on the delay, 31 January 2013 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe statement, 24 August 2013 Nightly Business Report, 20 September 2013 Metropolitan Police statement relayed by NBC News and AFP, 17 September 2013 Rockstar Games on GTA Online's launch (October 2013), via Game Informer and IGN Benzies v. Take-Two (2016-2019), as reported by Kotaku, Game Informer and Giant Bomb Imran Sarwar interview, Game Informer (October 2017) Take-Two Interactive quarterly results (August 2026) Footage and images: Grand Theft Auto IV, V, Online, VI and San Andreas trailers © Rockstar Games; news excerpts from Nightly Business Report, Onlooker UK and VG247, used for commentary. Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons): Leslie Benzies: Austin Hargrave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edinburgh: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Los Angeles: Levi Clancy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rockstar North: Discott, CC0 · consoles: Evan-Amos, public domain. Save Point Stories is an independent channel, not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive. #GTA5 #GrandTheftAuto #gaminghistory