Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01303
This certifies how far it spread
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown (author); Doubleday / Random House (US publisher) ·March 2003 ·seeded onRetailthenPressTVOpen webBox officeYouTube
Spread Score
48
Notable
Verified independently
Verified
#1
New York Times hardcover fiction debut, reported by CNN
CNN
Verified
4 outlets
National press, from CNN and Le Monde
Verified
May 2006
Peak proxy date, Mar 18 ’03 to May 2006
Verified
6 platforms
Started on Retail
Claimed, not audited
Claimed
85M sold
Worldwide copies sold, current publisher claim, lower bound
Per Penguin Random House
Claimed
82M sold
Worldwide copies sold, Lagardère claim in 2009
Per Lagardère Publishing
Claimed
5.7M sold
2003 hardcover shipped and billed; not final net sales
Per Publishers Weekly