Marvel’s Wolverine: Alinea estimates $130 million in revenue and 1.9 million sales in three days
Kotaku reports that Alinea Analytics estimates Marvel’s Wolverine made about $130 million in its first three days, or roughly 1.9 million sales.
- Kotaku says that estimate works out to roughly 1.9 million copies sold for the PS5 exclusive from Insomniac Games and Sony.
- In the same analysis, Wolverine would already rank sixth among the best-performing PS5 games of 2026.
What happened
Kotaku wrote on September 18, 2026, that Marvel’s Wolverine, the PS5 game from Insomniac Games and Sony, appears to be performing strongly in its first three days after release according to market data firm Alinea Analytics. The estimate comes in at around $130 million in revenue, which Kotaku translates to roughly 1.9 million copies sold.
According to the same analysis, Wolverine would already be in sixth place among the highest-earning PS5 games of 2026. These are not official sales figures from Sony or Insomniac, but an external market estimate based on preliminary data.
Kotaku also cites comparison figures from Alinea Analytics for other recent PlayStation releases. Death Stranding 2 is said to have generated about $51.7 million in its first three days, while Ghost of Yōtei is estimated at $121.9 million. Based on those estimates, Wolverine would be outperforming both titles over the same early period.
Separate from the sales estimate, Kotaku also reported that Insomniac does not see a strange-looking sign in Marvel’s Wolverine as an AI-generated asset, but as a bug that will be fixed later. That discussion started after social media posts made the sign go viral, including a TikTok that Kotaku says passed 700,000 views.
Timeline
2026-09-18: Kotaku publishes a report on Alinea Analytics’ estimates for Marvel’s Wolverine.
First three days after release: Alinea estimates Marvel’s Wolverine at about $130 million in revenue.
First three days after release: Kotaku converts that estimate to roughly 1.9 million copies sold.
First three days after release: Alinea places Wolverine at an estimated sixth place among the best-performing PS5 games of 2026.
First three days after release: Kotaku also cites estimated three-day revenue of $51.7 million for Death Stranding 2 and $121.9 million for Ghost of Yōtei.
2026-09-18: Kotaku reports that Insomniac considers the strange sign in the game a bug, not an AI asset.
2026-09-18: Kotaku says a viral TikTok about the sign surpassed 700,000 views.
Background
The revenue and sales estimates come from Alinea Analytics and have not been confirmed by Sony or Insomniac. That means both the $130 million figure and the estimate of 1.9 million copies sold remain provisional.
Alinea’s head of market research, Rhys Elliott, responded on X to the online discussion around Wolverine. Kotaku summarizes that response as suggesting the backlash around the game is amplified by algorithms and is less negative than social media makes it seem.
The sign discussion is separate from the sales estimate, but it ran alongside the same reporting. Kotaku links the viral social media posts to Insomniac’s explanation that it is a bug, while the original online debate focused on whether it was an AI-generated element.
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Sources
Kotaku bases the report on Alinea Analytics and also cites a response from Rhys Elliott on X.