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Article: Nation Goes Ape For Donkey Kong Country; Runaway Sales for Hit Video Game Exceed Box Office Gross for Current Number One Movie.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 30, 1994
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REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1994--Nintendo of America Inc. Wednesday announced that first-week, nationwide sales of its revolutionary 16-bit video game, Donkey Kong Country, exceeded 500,000 units.
As a result, the video game grossed more than $30 million over the Thanksgiving holiday week -- outpacing the Thanksgiving tallies of the nation's Number One movie, The Santa Clause, at $27.4 million. On average, Donkey Kong Country has sold at the rate of one game per second since its launch on Nov. 21.(1)
Twenty-five percent of the 2 million units shipped to retail for the holiday season have already been sold and there are still four ...