Take-Two Expects Up to $3.5 Billion in Net Bookings in the GTA 6 Launch Quarter

The guidance covers Take-Two's fiscal third quarter, October through December 2026, which holds about 42 days of Grand Theft Auto 6 sales, from launch day on November 19 through December

31. The range is more than double the $1.6 billion in net bookings Take-Two just reported for the September quarter, and well above the $1.9 billion it booked in the same quarter a year earlier.

GamesBeat calculated that the forecast implies roughly $1.45 billion to $1.6 billion in Grand Theft Auto 6 sales in the quarter. The figure comes from GamesBeat's own math. Take-Two does not break out sales by title, and it gave no pre-order number for the game.

For the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, Take-Two reiterated net bookings guidance of $8 billion to $8.2 billion. The September quarter itself came in at $1.6 billion in net bookings, down 18 percent from a year earlier and just below Take-Two's own forecast of $1.62 billion to $1.67 billion. The company reported a net loss of $54 million, or $0.29 per share, narrower than the $133.9 million loss a year earlier.

Chief executive Strauss Zelnick said pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are at unprecedented levels, and chief financial officer Lainie Goldstein called the level of pre-orders 'extraordinary.' Zelnick told investors the company expects 'an historic year.' Grand Theft Auto 5 has now sold more than 235 million copies, Take-Two said, as of September 30, 2026.

The December-quarter forecast is a whole-company number, not a Grand Theft Auto 6 sales target. Goldstein said the expected net bookings split is roughly 37 percent Rockstar Games, 34 percent Zynga and 29 percent 2K. Grand Theft Auto 6 launches November 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with pre-loading from November

10. Take-Two gave no date for a PC version.

Take-Two reports the December quarter in February 2027, when the first real Grand Theft Auto 6 sales figure will land.