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Having been downloaded 15 million times in less than a week, Nintendo’s third mobile game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, has grossed an estimated $10 million worldwide since its global launch, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data. In this post, we look at how that compares to the first two mobile game releases from the Kyoto-based gaming giant, along with which countries’ players are spending the most in-game.

Early estimates based on Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence data indicate that Nintendo’s third mobile game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, has already been downloaded at least 15 million times worldwide across the App Store and Google Play. This cements the title as the Kyoto-based gaming giant’s second most successful mobile launch so far in terms of installs, after last year’s Super Mario Run and ahead of Fire Emblem Heroes, which was released in February.

Despite being launched a day ahead of its widely publicized November 22 release date, it would appear that players around the globe were more than ready to download — and start spending money in — Nintendo’s latest mobile game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Soft launched in Australia last month, the game has become the No. 1 downloaded iPhone app on the U.S. App Store in just seven hours and has rocketed into the top 10 highest grossing iPhone apps on Japan’s App Store in the same amount of time.

Facebook was once again the world’s largest mobile app publisher in terms of downloads last quarter, along with owning four of the world’s top five most installed apps from the App Store and Google Play. This is just one of the stories you’ll find in Sensor Tower’s latest quarterly Data Digest. Learn about the top apps, publishers, trends, and insights for Q3 2017 in this indispensable free report.

We’ve previously reported on the massive subscriber growth experienced by CBS for its premium All Access service since the debut of Star Trek: Discovery in late September of this year, and now Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data reveals that the corresponding surge in revenue has sent the network’s mobile apps past the $20 million mark in terms of all-time in-app spending.