
StarCraft 2 has already sold more copies than StarCraft 1 did over it's 12 years in United Kingdom.
StarCraft has been on the market for 12 years now, but in just five days did StarCraft 2 sell more copies than StarCraft ever did in the United Kingdom.
The sequel topped the charts in United Kingdom, beating Toy Story 3 and Red Dead Redemption on respective second and third place on the charts of it's first week and is holding a bright future as most of the reviewers agree that StarCraft 2 has it all.

Links
mcvuk.com - UK Charts
mcvuk.com - Source