How Much Money Did GTA 5 Make?

With GTA 6 becoming a reality in 2025, many players are flocking back to the iconic game GTA V (many never even left). The hype for the next game is bringing up the question – how much money did GTA 5 make?

The longevity proven by this game has been mind boggling, since it boasts of popularity even more than a decade after its initial release. Here’s how much revenue it collected since then.

How Much Money Did GTA 5 Make in Total?

Grand Theft Auto V is a massive commercial success, raking in over $8.5 billion in revenue worldwide. Considered the second-best-selling video game ever, GTA V has shipped around 200 million copies.

Apart from game sales, GTA V generates revenue through subscriptions and in-game purchases, making up a huge portion of its total earnings. Here’s a snippet from Take Two Games’ Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Highlights that shares the data:

“Recurrent consumer spending (which is generated from ongoing consumer engagement and includes virtual currency, add-on content, in-game purchases, and in-game advertising) increased 84% and accounted for 78% of total GAAP net revenue.

Digitally-delivered GAAP net revenue increased 62% to $5.09 billion, as compared to $3.15 billion in fiscal year 2022, and accounted for 95% of total GAAP net revenue. The largest contributors to GAAP net revenue were NBA 2K23 and NBA 2K22; Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto V; Empires & Puzzles; our hyper-casual mobile portfolio; Toon Blast; Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online; Words With Friends; and Merge Dragons.”

All of this made the title one of the most financially successful entertainment products of all time. The game itself costed $200 million to make and with revenue generated close to $8.5 billion, the profits have been massive.

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