‘Grand Theft Auto 5’ Almost Makes More Than ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ And ‘GTA IV’ Launch Day Sales Combined; Will ‘GTA V’ Make $1 Billion?

"Grand Theft Auto 5," also called "GTA V," made a whopping $800 million in just 24 hours after its launch, publisher Take-Two Interactive announced Wednesday. It is likely that GTA V will make $1 billion in revenue sales.

The record for single-day game sales was last held by the launch of "Call of Duty: Black Ops II," which made roughly $500 million on its release last November, CNET reports.

As a result, Take-Two and developer Rockstar Games nearly made more in a single day than Black Ops II and GTA IV's launch day sales combined, according to CNET. GTA IV made $310 million on launch day in April 2008.

These numbers come despite "Grand Theft Auto 5" has yet to reach markets in Japan and Brazil.

Coincidentally, GTA V is also the most expensive game ever made, with a combined development and marketing budget of $265 million, which it's just made back three times over, CNET reports.

Analysts had estimated that GTA V would make around $1.4 billion in total, but those estimates may need to be adjusted considering the game hit the 60 percent mark in a single day, according to CNET.

An interesting spin on "Grand Theft Auto 5" is that new consoles from PlayStation and Xbox are scheduled to be released this fall, while the new "Grand Theft Auto 5" is designed for the current, older consoles, The Christian Science Monitor reports.

But Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said the majority of people will still be playing games on the existing consoles over the next few months