The game sets the record for the most money earned in a day by an entertainment product, topping figures set by film Spiderman 3.

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To date the mobile industry has flirted with films with Motorola shipping its Z8 handset with The Bourne Identity and Nokia offering users of its N95 8GB model, the Spiderman 3 movie.

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