GTA 6 is reportedly expected to collect over $1 billion from pre-orders alone.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is likely going to be a sales juggernaut when it comes out later this year, but it may outsell most other big games just through pre-orders. A research group predicts that GTA 6, one of the most anticipated games of all time, would earn more than $1 billion (approximately Rs. 8,577 crore) in pre-orders before its release on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in Fall 2025. The open world game is also predicted to produce more than $3 billion in revenue for Take-Two Interactive in its first year.

DFC Intelligence, a video game industry research organization, informed the Financial Times that Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders were expected to reach $1 billion. To put it in context, Grand Theft Auto 5 earned $1 billion within three days of its release.

According to the FT, GTA 6 is predicted to make $3.2 billion (approximately Rs. 27,450 crore) in revenue in the first 12 months of release, citing DFC. This statistic would treble GTA 5’s income during the same time span. According to the research, GTA 6’s predicted exceptional success would make it the biggest entertainment launch in 2025, outperforming the year’s highest grossing films and other media releases.

In fact, Rockstar Games’ next offering, which has sparked more anticipation than any other media series, video game, or film, is expected to be the most successful entertainment product of all time, according to IDG Consulting, another games-focused consulting group.

“We believe it will be one of the biggest entertainment launches in history, not just in games, but across all media,” IDG Consulting CEO Yoshio Osaki told the Financial Times. “The pent-up demand is greater than anything we’ve seen before.” Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, is preparing for the release of GTA 6, which will improve its revenues in fiscal year 2026. While the game is projected to surpass all sales records, Take-Two’s CEO attempted to moderate the lofty expectations.

“I never claim victory before it occurs. That said, I think Rockstar Games will once again deliver something absolutely phenomenal… Certainly the anticipation is high,” he told FT.Zelnick had said last year that he was “highly confident” GTA 6 would launch in the Fall season of 2025. Rockstar has not yet confirmed a launch date for the game, and consequently GTA is not yet available to pre-order on PlayStation and Xbox platforms.

Grand Theft Auto games have consistently established a high standard for sales in the gaming industry and beyond. GTA 5, which was released on PS3 and Xbox One in 2013, is one of the most profitable entertainment items of all time, with over $8.5 billion in revenue. The game has sold over 205 million copies and is still popular across platforms a decade after its debut. Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2, an open-world Western that was launched in 2018, is also one of the best-selling games of all time, having sold over 67 million copies.