Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01245
This certifies how far it spread
Gone Girl (novel)
Gillian Flynn / Crown / W&N ·May 2012 ·seeded onOpen webthenRetailAudioPressXRedditYouTubeBox officeTikTok
Spread Score
60
Viral
Verified independently
Verified
962.8K sold
2014 US trade paperback, BookScan reporting outlets
Publishers Weekly
Verified
$1.5M
Reported novel-to-film rights price
The Hollywood Reporter
Verified
Week of Oct 8, 2014
Milestone date, May 24 ’12 to Week of Oct 8, 2014
Verified
9 platforms
Started on Open web
Claimed, not audited
Claimed
20M sold
Current publisher worldwide copies claim, lower bound
Per W&N / Orion
Claimed
6.4M sold
Crown-reported cumulative copies, lower bound
Per USA TODAY (via Chicago Sun-Times)
Claimed
6M sold
Random House-reported cumulative copies, lower bound
Per Publishers Weekly