Seven Guinness World Records Broken by Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar Games last game in the Grand Theft Auto series is now the world record holder for the "Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion."

Grand Theft Auto V, the latest Rockstar open-world game made over $1 billion in revenue in three days of its launch on September 17, and now overtook the lifetime sales of Grand Theft Auto IV in the US within three weeks of release.

The blown records were previously held by the Call of Duty videogame series and blockbuster movies including "The Avengers" and "Avatar."

"GTA totally deserves to be recognized as an icon of modern British culture, and we're thrilled to be able to feature the game in the record books. Gaming is no longer a niche hobby, as GTA 5 has proved, and how exciting that it's taken on the might of Hollywood and won! I'm also doubly proud as a Dundonian to welcome this home-grown series back into the Guinness World Records book,” said Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief, Craig Glenday.

The list of records held by Grand Theft Auto V:

1. Best-selling action-adventure videogame in 24 hours
2. Best-selling videogame in 24 hours
3. Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion
4. Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion
5. Highest grossing videogame in 24 hours
6. Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours
7. Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame